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Requiem for a Queen • The global press is mobilizing to cover the monarch’s funeral on Sept. 19

Remembered: 1930-2022 Jean-Luc Godard • ‘Breathless’ filmmaker provided key spark for French New Wave

New Season, New Closer • CBS’ long-running newsmagazine, ‘60 Minutes,’ hasn’t stopped experimenting with its format

Green Scene • Organizers of Norway’s Øya, possibly the world’s most eco-friendly music fest, explain how it’s done

Game On for Amazon Prime • Can the streamer get football fans on board Thursday nights?

‘Revenge,’ Gen Z Style • Jennifer Kaytin Robinson revisits teenage troubles for Netflix comedy pic

EXPOSURE

Toronto Intl. Film Festival Toronto

‘Pinocchio’ Premiere

‘Gutsy’ Premiere

D23 Expo

THE EDUCATION OF QUINTA BRUNSON • THE MULTI-HYPHENATE FEELS THE WEIGHT OF HER EMMY-WINNING SUCCESS AS THE SOPHOMORE YEAR OF ‘ABBOTT ELEMENTARY’ BEGINS

STUCK IN REVERSE • THE KUDOCAST’S TOP MOMENTS DEMONSTRATE WHY EMMY VOTERS NEED TO RECOGNIZE A WIDER VARIETY OF SHOWS

HEARTFELT SPEECHES ELEVATE THE SHOW • VARIETY’S TV CRITICS GENTLY SPAR OVER THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF THIS YEAR’S PRIMETIME EMMYS KUDOCAST

CLOSE ENCOUNTERS • EMMY NOMINEES AND PRESENTERS KICKED OFF THE TELEVISION INDUSTRY’S BIG NIGHT WITH A WALK DOWN THE GOLD CARPET BEFORE HEADING INTO THE MICROSOFT THEATER FOR THE 74TH ANNUAL CEREMONY

NIGHT MOVES • THE EVENING DIDN’T END WHEN THE LAST EMMY WAS HANDED OUT — CHAMPAGNE BOTTLES WERE POPPING INTO THE WEE HOURS

WON LOVE • CHECK OUT THE NIGHT’S FRESHLY MINTED WINNERS WITH THEIR SHINY NEW STATUETTES

CASUAL AFFAIRS • THE INDUSTRY GOT ITS PARTY ON IN THE DAYS AND NIGHTS LEADING UP TO THE BIG CEREMONY

EXECUTIVES COMING THROUGH! • INDUSTRY INSIDERS TOOK TIME TO MIX AND MINGLE ON THE EMMYS’ GOLD CARPET

Campaigns That Elevate Great Product • Brand marketing gurus take cues from fans to promote film and TV

Brand Marketing Mavens Drive Hit Campaigns • Variety highlights the successful promos behind the year’s top series and films

AFCI Cineposium Marks Several Firsts • Confab meets in person in Latin America as pandemic eases

Colombia Takes Lead in Latin America • Incentives, crews, locations available to lure productions

New Zealand Focuses on Diversity • Heritage Trust works to preserve film materials for future generations

British Columbia Tackles Growth • Creative B.C. bows website with training and networking for crews

Biz Flirts With Financial Wild West • NFTs and cryptocurrency entice producers looking for funding but buyer beware

Indies Wrestle With Inflation • Producers see budgets balloon over skyrocketing interest rates and COVID costs

Inaugural Fest Focuses on Spanish-Language Culture • Viva Texas includes tribute to Frido Kahlo

Zurich Film Festival Flexes Star Muscle • A heady mix of Hollywood and auteur films, and a stellar guestlist awaits

Inside Bowie’s Brain With Sound and Vision • Audio pros teamed with director Brett Morgen for complex production on ‘Moonage Daydream’

Luma Pictures Surfs VFX and Previz Wave

How ‘Goodnight Mommy’ Visuals Build Fear, Tension

Blonde

The Handmaid’s Tale

Rina Sawayama • “I don’t know if I’ll ever get used to seeing myself in a movie, to be honest.”