From Christina Aguilera and Don Toliver to endless lines and wild weather, here are the best and worst moments from SXSW 2026 ...

Literary masterworks like Le Guin's A Wizard of Earthsea and Tolkien's The Hobbit are foundational efforts that have come to define the fantasy genre.

Colombian sound artist's new 'A Danger to Ourselves' limns the miracle of love, with help from a New Wave legend.

The Best Picture award went to “One Battle After Another.” With its tally of six Oscars, Paul Thomas Anderson’s opus was the big winner of the night. The show ended with a parody of the big winner. I ...

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 ...

What if running into an alien while far from home wasn’t necessarily terrifying? After decades of “Alien” movies (and their rip-offs) convincing us that deep space alien encounters end with ...

In a conversation with pianist Lara Downes, the New Yorker staff writer says music in America will keep evolving as long as the country keeps an open door to new people and new sounds.

On one hand — perhaps, if you will, a red right hand — “Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man” is, largely, a formidable cinematic successor to “Peaky Blinders,” a British period crime drama that debuted ...

Music has always been a powerful tool in video games, shaping atmosphere and connecting players emotionally to the world they ...