Radha Mitchell, Adam Demos & Bart Edwards Lead Romance Drama ‘Take My Hand’; Filming Underway In Australia

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar winner Adrien Brody (The Pianist), Oscar nominee Felicity Jones (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story), Emmy winner Guy Pearce (Mare of Easttown) and Conversations With Friends and The Favourite star Joe Alwyn are among cast confirmed for Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist.

EXCLUSIVE: SAG winner Hugo Weaving (The Lord of the Rings), BAFTA winner Joanna Scanlan (Notes On A Scandal), IFTA winner Ruth Bradley (Guilt), Tom Brooke (Empire of Light) and James Callis (Battlestar Galactica) have joined the season four cast of spy series Slow Horses, starring Oscar winner Gary Oldman. 

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety senior awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any individual contender. As other formal (and informal) polls suggest, competitions are fluid and subject to change based on buzz and events. Predictions are updated every Thursday. Visit the prediction pages for the respective ceremonies via the links below:

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety senior awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any individual contender. As other formal (and informal) polls suggest, competitions are fluid and subject to change based on buzz and events. Predictions are updated every Thursday. Visit the prediction pages for the respective ceremonies via the links below:

EXCLUSIVE: Andie MacDowell (Groundhog Day), Carmen Ejogo (True Detective) and Kevin Pollak (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) have joined Michael Keaton and Mila Kunis in comedy Goodrich, which began filming in LA this week.

Sarah Shahi is speaking out about her marriage to Steve Howey, which ended in 2020, and her relationship with Sex/Life co-star Adam Demos.

Setting the record straight. Sarah Shahi opened up about her romance with Sex/Life costar Adam Demos — and detailed the end of her relationship with ex-husband Steve Howey.

Pop sensation Rita Ora has been dubbed a “goddess” by her fans as she showcased her slim and toned figure in a skimpy bikini while sunning it up in Sydney, Australia. The British singer and songwriter, 32, swapped the doom and gloom of the UK for a well earned break to the Aussie city where she took to Instagram to document her adventure.

Married at First Sight Australia viewers have called out Alyssa Barmonde's "hypocritical" reaction to Adam Seed cheating with Claire Nomarhas on the hugely-popular reality TV series. While Alyssa isn't Adam's wife and has her own drama going on, she became increasingly worked up during the latest instalment and determined to stand up for Janelle Han, who walked down the aisle with Adam at the start.The show's dinner parties are always a chance for the couples to air their dirty laundry, but season 10 so far has been hotting up even more than usual. Yet as Alyssa was launching constant barbs about Adam and Claire's secret tryst, fans were puzzled as the gorgeous blonde publicly admitted to cheating prior to the series.

St Mirren boss Stephen Robinson wants to line up a summer raid for Morecambe defender Jacob Bedeau.

Little Mix‘s Perrie Edwards has announced that she is working on new solo music, but has “no deadline” set on when it’ll be released.Edwards was a part of the multi-platinum award-winning girl group, who are currently “taking a break” since last year.Prior to Little Mix’s hiatus, Jesy Nelson left the group and embarked on her own solo career, releasing the Nicki Minaj-assisted ‘Boyz’ that sparked some online controversy.The remaining girls – Leigh-Ann Pinnock and Jade Thirlwall – have all done a solo project. Pinnock was a protagonist in the Christmas movie Boxing Day and has since signed to Warner Records.

EXCLUSIVE: Filming has begun on location in Italy and Morocco on virus thriller Cold Storage with Smile star Sosie Bacon joining Joe Keery (Stranger Things), Liam Neeson (Taken) and Georgina Campbell (Barbarian). The Crown star and Oscar nominee Lesley Manville (Phantom Thread) is in final talks to join.

Procol Harum’s recorded material – has died at the age of 76.Reid died last Thursday (March 23), a post on the Procol Harum website confirms, with his former bandmates writing in a statement that he died in a hospital in London; “He had been receiving cancer treatment for the past couple of years,” they wrote.The band went on to note that Reid’s family “would like to thank numerous well-wishers for their very kind messages”, and confirmed that a private funeral will be held in the near future. The website, too, “will be updated soon with details for those who would like to make a donation in his memory”.“Keith will be greatly missed,” Procol Harum’s statement said in closing.Reid’s biggest hit with Procol Harum was their 1967 debut ‘A Whiter Shade Of Pale’, which fast became one of the anthems for the mid-‘60s “summer of love”.

Keith Reid, who cowrote the lyrics for most of Procol Harum’s original songs, died March 23 of cancer, his wife confirmed. No details on location were provided.

EXCLUSIVE: Screen greats Samuel L. Jackson and Vincent Cassel have been set to lead cast in action thriller Damaged, about a Chicago detective who goes to Scotland after an emerging serial killer’s crimes match those that he investigated five years earlier, one of which was the crime scene of his murdered girlfriend. 

Sydney Sweeney looks effervescent as she films her latest project in Sydney, Australia.

My Chemical Romance played the final show of their lengthy reunion tour earlier today (March 26).The legendary emo band originally broke up in 2013 but played their first show together in almost eight years on December 20, 2019 at the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall in Los Angeles, grossing a record $1.5million – the most in the venue’s history.A world tour was meant to follow before it was delayed due to COVID. My Chemical Romance finally kicked off their reunion tour with two shows at The Eden Project in Cornwall last summer, before playing gigs across Europe and North America, including a headline appearance at When We Were Young Festival.Earlier this month, My Chemical Romance played gigs in New Zealand and Australia before two shows in Japan.

The parents of a Gorton-born man shot dead by police in Australia allege officers waited for around seven minutes before they gave him CPR at the scene. They also allege Luke Gilbert didn't lunge at them with a penknife he was carrying on a belt clip - or threaten them in any way at all.

Sarah Shahi is opening up about working with her real-life boyfriend Adam Demos!

Ed Sheeran has spoken about his struggles with suicidal thoughts, and claimed that the UK still has a negative stigma around therapy.The singer-songwriter has opened up about his ongoing battle with depression in a new interview, and explained that he often feels “embarrassed” by them since becoming a father.Although he has faced these issues throughout his life, according to Sheeran, last March marked the toughest time yet. This was due to the passing of two of his close friends: DJ, Jamal Edwards, and Australian cricketer, Shane Warne.Edwards – who helped launch Sheeran’s career – died in February 2022 after suffering a heart attack, triggered by substance use. He was 32.