Ten News Media Stories To Watch For In 2024

Naman Ramachandran Despite a resurgent 2023 for Bollywood both at home and overseas, the industry’s international box office performance is likely to be weaker in 2024, a leading U.K. distributor has said. London-based Pranab Kapadia, a seasoned Bollywood media executive with stints at studios Eros and Zee, now runs U.K.

Alex Ritman The nominees for the 2024 EE BAFTA Film Awards are set to be revealed on Thursday, with Naomi Ackie and Kingsley Ben-Adir — both former BAFTA Rising Star nominees — making the announcement at 12 p.m. U.K. time (4 a.m.

Nominations for the EE British Academy Film Awards will be unveiled Thursday in London via a livestream that begins at 12 pm GMT/4 AM PST.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Rachel Maddow‘s next project will take her to Russia — in a sense. The journalist’s Surprise Inside production company will team up with Adam McKay‘s Hyperobject Industries to work on the Rakontur documentary project “From Russia With Lev.” All three production entities are clients of WME.

Diego Ramos Bechara editor GLAAD has announced the nominees for its 35th annual GLAAD Media Awards, with Variety earning two nods for outstanding online journalism (Michaela Jaé Rodriguez Calls Out The New York Times’ Anti-Trans Coverage & Advice for Trans Youth) and magazine overall coverage. Other nominees include “All of Us Strangers,” “And Just Like That…,” “Bottoms,” “The Color Purple,” “Deadloch,” “Despierta America,” “Everything Now,” “Fellow Travelers,” “Heartstopper,” “Kokomo City,” “The Last of Us,” “Our Flag Means Death,” “Red, White and Royal Blue,” “Rustin,” “Sin Huellas,” “Ted Lasso” and “Yellowjackets.” These are a total of 310 nominees across 33 categories.

Callum McLennan Continuing their alliance into 2024, EO Media, led by Ezequiel Olzanski and SPI International, a Canal+ company, have secured all rights for Latin America, including Brazil, to a star-stacked slate of movies from topline talent such as Keanu Reeves, Kate Hudson, Nicole Kidman, Michael Shannon and fanbase stalwart Jean Claude Van Damme. As star talent continues to mark apart titles in a crowded marketplace, the new nine-pic distribution lineup also features Alec Baldwin, Diane Keaton.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. After being postponed due to the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, the 2023 Emmy Awards are finally here…in 2024. The 75th Emmy Awards will take place this Monday, January 15 att 8 p.m.

Have you heard it’s cold in Des Moines? The subzero temperatures are making Monday’s caucuses in Iowa the coldest on record, a running theme of coverage throughout the day and into this evening. It’s not trivial, as the frigid weather may very well impact turnout.

NBA Hall of Famer Dwyane Wade is considered one of the greatest to ever play the game of basketball, winner of three NBA championships and a gold medal at the Olympic Games. For those accomplishments, he and the rare sports figures on his level earn widespread public adulation.

The Berlin Film Festival today unveiled further titles for the 2024 edition of its Berlinale Special Presentations sidebar section alongside its classics program. Scroll down for the full list of titles announced today.

Lily Collins reappeared as Emily Cooper, her character in Netflix‘s Emily in Paris, for a promo for NBC Sports’ coverage of the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Manchester United will be dealt the difficult task of beating Tottenham Hotspur at Old Trafford if they are to return to winning ways in the Premier League.

Whitney Dean is set to leave Walford later this year and while details of her exit storyline are still yet to be revealed, EastEnders fans are sure they've worked out what prompts her to leave Albert Square. Whitney (Shona McGarty) is currently in a happy relationship with Zack Hudson (James Farrar), with the pair having moved in together and recently started fostering. Shortly after Christmas, Whitney discovered she's pregnant again and has ultimately decided to keep her baby.

“Live coverage here, as it happens,” declared Fox News Martha MacCallum today with an on-screen Breaking News alert. “We are now minutes away from Hunter Biden’s arraignment in a Los Angeles courtroom!”

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. The 29th annual Critics’ Choice Awards, honoring the year’s best in film and television, are set to air Sunday evening. The ceremony will broadcast live on the CW starting at 7 p.m.

Protesters briefly interrupted a Fox News town hall with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who in campaigning in Iowa in the final days before that state’s caucuses.

NME recently supported the Featured Artist Coalition’s 2023 End of Year Party and AGM at Walthamstow’s Signature Brew in London. Following on from 2021 and 2022, NME returned to support the event as well as chairing an artist-led ‘Year in Music’ panel discussion featuring Murray Matravers of the band formerly known as Easy Life, Sam Duckworth of Get Cape.

th year, Variety’s annual 10 Directors to Watch highlights some of the most promising and creative young filmmakers in the entertainment industry. Presented this year (as we have for the last several) at the Palm Springs International Film Festival, our list is as full of promising up-and-comers as ever, with at least three directors whose work has already staked a claim during the 2023-2024 awards season, and several with films that are set to premiere at Sundance, Berlin and other spring festivals.

The 2024 Sundance Film Festival has set 16 alums from past editions to serve on its Competition Jury, also announcing the set of five set as jurors for the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize.

Pat McAfee Show on Tuesday (January 2), the New York Jets quarterback implied Kimmel would be named on the soon-to-be-published list of Epstein associates.The names of over 150 associates of the late sex offender are set to be made public after a federal judge authorised the unsealing of court documents in December last year. Those in the list were given 14 days to appeal the judge’s decision, with the deadline passing at midnight on Monday (January 1).The list of names were part of the 2015 defamation lawsuit brought by Virginia Giuffre, who accused Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell of trafficking her as a minor.“There’s a lot of people, including Jimmy Kimmel, really hoping that doesn’t come out,” Rodgers said on the show regarding the Epstein list.He added: “I’ll tell you what, if that list comes out, I definitely will be popping some sort of bottle.”In response to his comments on X, Kimmel denied any connection to Epstein, writing: “Dear Aasshole: for the record, I’ve not met, flown with, visited, or had any contact whatsoever with Epstein, nor will you find my name on any ‘list’ other than the clearly-phony nonsense that soft-brained wackos like yourself can’t seem to distinguish from reality.Dear Aasshole: for the record, I’ve not met, flown with, visited, or had any contact whatsoever with Epstein, nor will you find my name on any “list” other than the clearly-phony nonsense that soft-brained wackos like yourself can’t seem to distinguish from reality.