Variety will host three panels with talent, filmmakers and creators, presented by Adobe, at the Sundance Film Festival. The conversations, running Jan. 24-25, will take place at the Adobe House. The first panel on Friday, Jan. 24, Anatomy of a Film Bubble & Squeak, will be a deep dive into the creative and technical […]

Here are the films mentioned most often by buyers and sellers setting up shop at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. The action begins Thursday. ATROPIA Director:Hailey Gates. Cast:Alia Shawkat, Callum Turner, Chlo Sevigny, Tim Heidecker, Jane Levy. When an aspiring actress in a military role-playing facility falls in love with a soldier cast as […]

Cole Webley, a Salt Lake City-based director, spent decades dreaming of premiering one of his films in Park City. The Utah native has attended the Sundance Film Festival for nearly 20 years, waiting in long lines as the snow fell around him, shivering in the cold in hopes of catching a hot new movie. Hed […]

Around 10 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 19, deputies responded to reports of possible illegal cockfighting in a residential area at the 3200 block of Avenue E.

"(Police) never attempted to de-escalate the situation or to use non-lethal force, or to use any other method that might have avoided this needless loss of a young man's life," an attorney for the family said.

Will TikTok find a way to remain legal in the U.S. under a new ownership structure? A range of possible new owners for TikTok in the U.S. — including MrBeast, Elon Musk and Oracle founder Larry Ellison — have emerged as a federal law banning TikTok in the country went into effect this Sunday, Jan. […]

One of the best parts of covering the Sundance Film Festival is getting to know the filmmakers and casts, and hearing their stories of struggle to get films made, accepted and the chance to play on a big stage that has launched some of Hollywood’s great careers. I would be hard pressed to find a […]

A family is mourning the loss of Agknesa Soukoulli, a 25-year-old from Albania, who was killed in what Ontario police call a dangerous driving crash on Sunday.

The 67th annual Grammy Awards will still take place Sunday, Feb. 2, at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles though the Recording Academy has refocused its aim to support relief efforts.

Spotted Fawn Productions will produce an animated series based on its film, “Inkwo for When the Starving Return,” which was directed by the company’s owner, Amanda Strong, and plays at Sundance this week. Strong, who is Mtis, will be showrunner for the new six-part limited series. She has directed episodes of the PBS Kids show […]

A popular sunfish in Japan lost its appetite and banged on the side of its tank after the aquarium it lived in closed for renovations.

As devastating fires haunt Los Angeles, Earth Lounge, a new day-long climate event taking place during the Sundance Film Festival, added programming and included an optional donation tab on for wildfire relief on its registration form Over 800 have signed up for the first full day collaboration of the Hollywood Climate Summit, the Redford Center, […]

Im egregiously picky, insists Dylan OBrien, reflecting on a burst of productivity that, in the last 12 months, includes the films Ponyboi, Saturday Night, Caddo Lake, the Max comedy series Fantasmas and James Sweeneys Twinless, which screens at Sundance. Im going to get skewered for this type of quote being out there but I […]

Premiering out of Sundances world dramatic competition on Jan. 25, Two Women plays as a sex farce for the post-#MeToo era, following two stay-at-home moms who simply want more out of life and who find, in games of seduction with local handymen, the most convenient way to scratch that itch. Director Chloe Robichaud and […]

According to AccuWeather, a storm sliding south along the California coast from Friday to Sunday could bring some much-needed rainfall.

EXCLUSIVE: Ponyboi, the first film produced under Fox Entertainment Studios’ new indie label, Tideline, is set to hit theaters June 7, as Pride Month celebrations unfold across the U.S. In addition to a traditional platform release, the film will utilize a Direct To Audience theatrical distribution strategy developed by event management platform Gathr, looking to […]

The NBA rumor mill is abuzz as the Miami Heat, Phoenix Suns, and Milwaukee Bucks negotiate a three-team blockbuster trade. Centered around stars Jimmy Butler, Bradley Beal, and Khris Middleton, the deal could significantly reshape the league’s landscape. With the Suns making a bold move earlier this week to acquire three future first-round picks, all […]The post