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As Bob Iger Exits, Disney Loses Some Magic

The Biggest Media Cliffhangers of 2021 • Hollywood watches in fear as another COVID surge threatens to slow the biz’s rebound

Disruptive Deals Will Shape 2022 • Buying and selling activity underscores how the industry is reinventing itself

2021’s TV Ratings Winners and Losers

France Flexes Soft Power Stateside • New initiatives are giving French creatives U.S. exposure

‘ADELE,’ ‘SOUTH PARK’ HELP STREAMER SIZZLE

Best Films, TV Shows and Albums of 2021

Is It Bradley Cooper’s Time to Shine at the Oscars? • In ‘Nightmare Alley’ and ‘Licorice Pizza,’ the beloved actor gives two of his best performances

Held Tight • Writers, actors struggle with contract terms that hinder access to the supercharged job market

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Newborns & Nuptials

Food Fit for a ‘God’

Darren Criss Is High on a Shelf

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DISNEY’S REIMAGINEER • During his tenure, BOB IGER fortified the company’s creative fortunes with Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm and Fox and built a multiplatform enterprise with Disney Plus

VARIETY: Tell us something about Bob Iger we don’t already know.

BOB IGER’S MAGIC RIDE • His career trajectory and highlights

New Shores Welcome Capri Festivities • In the face of another variant, the Italian fest remains steadfast in celebrating cinema

Penning an Upside-Down Fairy Tale • Steven Knight set aside traditional biopic structures to write a cinematic snapshot that conjures Lady Diana Spencer as an innocent princess longing to escape from her tower prison

Greenwood’s Blend Sends Score Soaring • Composer’s unexpected union of baroque and free jazz reinvented monarchal music

Finding the Miracle Moment • To make their scenes convincingly relaxed and intimate, Kristen Stewart explored her maternal side while the boys playing her sons bonded with her — and with each other

Oscar Is Bullish on Biopics • Whether a snapshot in time or covering decades, real people are catnip to showbiz

Picture Lock • The race for the top prize takes shape

Scribes Salute Screenplays • Top writers pen tributes to this year’s awards contender scripts

BAFTA Embraces Surprises After Voting Overhaul • Committee system boosts chances for local heroes and outsiders

Performances to Savor • Variety’s chief film critic picks his favorite of the film actors from the 27th annual Critics Choice noms

Standout Star Power • Variety’s chief TV critic chooses seven noteworthy nominees

Almodóvar Brothers and Their ‘Mothers’ • Moral dilemma at the center of Cruz starrer

‘Cyrano’ Uniforms Get to the Heart of the Story • Costume designer helps director Joe Wright drum up a fresh look for the iconic character

Crafting the Future History of ‘Dune’

A ‘Licorice’ Palace of Pinball and Waterbeds

The Matrix Resurrections

Emily in Paris

David Arquette