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Variety

Dec 15 2022
Magazine

Features breaking entertainment news, reviews, box office results, cover stories, photo galleries and features

Can ‘Avatar’ Help Rescue the 2022 Box Office?

Contributors

Tenpercentery Titan Tells All • CAA’s Bryan Lourd offers his candid view on urgent industry issues for 2023

Enter ‘Sandman’ • Netflix’s Peter Friedlander explains the streamer’s focus on engagement

Sundance Gears Up for In-Person Return

5 Films to Watch

That’s His Jam • Britain’s Mo Gilligan gets his big break with a U.K. version of Jimmy Fallon’s primetime game show

A Few Things the Globes Noms Got Right • There were missed opportunities, but the HFPA is showing signs of improvement

RETURN to Pandora • Sam Worthington never wanted to be ‘Avatar’ famous, but 13 years later, he’s learned how to be a movie star on his own terms

TAYLOR SWIFT + MARTIN MCDONAGH

JOSEPH KOSINSKI + RIAN JOHNSON

GINA PRINCE-BYTHEWOOD + RYAN COOGLER

SARAH POLLEY + FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA

CHINONYE CHUKWU + TYLER PERRY

JAMES CAMERON + ROBERT RODRIGUEZ

LOVE LETTERS TO SOME GREAT MOVIES • This year, society almost got back to normal, with some caveats, and we all went back to film festivals and theaters, thankful for the myriad features from some of the best filmmakers around. In the following 18 essays, directors offer praise and insight into their favorite films — or movies that moved them the most or ones they found just plain astonishing — of 2022.

Voters’ Guide: Grammys Phase 2 • Emerging artists from TikTok mingle with veteran rockers, Latin musicians and Brandi Carlile, making for an interesting awards ceremony set for Feb. 5 at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.

Doing the Grammy Dance • Brandi Carlile reflects on her career arc, Americana vs. country and why queer acceptance lags in mainstream music

History Waits in the Wings • Viola Davis inches closer to EGOT status with Grammy nom

TikTok Buzz Turns Into Noms • Grammys’ new artist nominees found fame on the social media app

Grammy Rock Categories Show Signs of Life • Dinosaurs still rule the Earth, but noms for Idles and Turnstile give reason for hope

Worth the Wait • Jorge Drexler breaks down his Latin Grammy-winning record ‘Tinta y Tiempo’

Crescent City Salute • Music film contender ‘Jazz Fest’ salutes the ‘life-affirming’ sounds of New Orleans

Oscar Contenders Address Mental Illness Head-On • Awards hopefuls tackle depression and the shadow it casts on families

Oscar Speaks in Foreign Tongues • Screenplay category is not shy about nominating international films

In a World of ‘Safe’ Movies, Pix Take Risks • From ‘Everything Everywhere’ to ‘Tár’ helmers did it their way

NEOM OPENS ITS DOORS • Officially open for business, Saudi Arabia’s sustainable region sets new production standards

SCALING REGIONAL PRODUCTIONS

Avatar: The Way of Water

Variety

Kindred

Noah Centineo • “I like to think of myself as the anti-Tom Cruise.”


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Features breaking entertainment news, reviews, box office results, cover stories, photo galleries and features

Can ‘Avatar’ Help Rescue the 2022 Box Office?

Contributors

Tenpercentery Titan Tells All • CAA’s Bryan Lourd offers his candid view on urgent industry issues for 2023

Enter ‘Sandman’ • Netflix’s Peter Friedlander explains the streamer’s focus on engagement

Sundance Gears Up for In-Person Return

5 Films to Watch

That’s His Jam • Britain’s Mo Gilligan gets his big break with a U.K. version of Jimmy Fallon’s primetime game show

A Few Things the Globes Noms Got Right • There were missed opportunities, but the HFPA is showing signs of improvement

RETURN to Pandora • Sam Worthington never wanted to be ‘Avatar’ famous, but 13 years later, he’s learned how to be a movie star on his own terms

TAYLOR SWIFT + MARTIN MCDONAGH

JOSEPH KOSINSKI + RIAN JOHNSON

GINA PRINCE-BYTHEWOOD + RYAN COOGLER

SARAH POLLEY + FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA

CHINONYE CHUKWU + TYLER PERRY

JAMES CAMERON + ROBERT RODRIGUEZ

LOVE LETTERS TO SOME GREAT MOVIES • This year, society almost got back to normal, with some caveats, and we all went back to film festivals and theaters, thankful for the myriad features from some of the best filmmakers around. In the following 18 essays, directors offer praise and insight into their favorite films — or movies that moved them the most or ones they found just plain astonishing — of 2022.

Voters’ Guide: Grammys Phase 2 • Emerging artists from TikTok mingle with veteran rockers, Latin musicians and Brandi Carlile, making for an interesting awards ceremony set for Feb. 5 at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.

Doing the Grammy Dance • Brandi Carlile reflects on her career arc, Americana vs. country and why queer acceptance lags in mainstream music

History Waits in the Wings • Viola Davis inches closer to EGOT status with Grammy nom

TikTok Buzz Turns Into Noms • Grammys’ new artist nominees found fame on the social media app

Grammy Rock Categories Show Signs of Life • Dinosaurs still rule the Earth, but noms for Idles and Turnstile give reason for hope

Worth the Wait • Jorge Drexler breaks down his Latin Grammy-winning record ‘Tinta y Tiempo’

Crescent City Salute • Music film contender ‘Jazz Fest’ salutes the ‘life-affirming’ sounds of New Orleans

Oscar Contenders Address Mental Illness Head-On • Awards hopefuls tackle depression and the shadow it casts on families

Oscar Speaks in Foreign Tongues • Screenplay category is not shy about nominating international films

In a World of ‘Safe’ Movies, Pix Take Risks • From ‘Everything Everywhere’ to ‘Tár’ helmers did it their way

NEOM OPENS ITS DOORS • Officially open for business, Saudi Arabia’s sustainable region sets new production standards

SCALING REGIONAL PRODUCTIONS

Avatar: The Way of Water

Variety

Kindred

Noah Centineo • “I like to think of myself as the anti-Tom Cruise.”


Expand title description text