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 Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety chief awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any individual…
The Lebanese militant group is attacking Israeli troops with explosive drones controlled by fiber-optic cables, like those commonly used in the war in Ukraine.
Gas prices are displayed at a Mobil gas station as the moon rises on March 30, 2026 in Pasadena, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images California gasoline prices hit $6 per gallon on Thursday, a 30% increase since the U.S. and Israel launched the war against Iran in late February. Drivers in California are paying…
The Oscar statuette belonging to Pavel Talankin, star and co-director of the Academy award-winning documentary Mr Nobody Against Putin, has disappeared after officials at New York’s John F Kennedy airport confiscated it before he boarded a flight, claiming it could be used as a weapon. Talankin, whose documentation of Russia’s propaganda machine in grade schools…
After Sam Altman trash-talked Anthropic for gatekeeping its cybersecurity tool Mythos by only releasing it to select users, he confirmed that OpenAI would be doing the same with its competing tool, Cyber. Altman said in a post on X on Thursday that OpenAI will begin rolling out GPT-5.5 Cyber “to critical cyber defenders” in the…
Britney Spears was charged in California on Thursday with driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol, authorities said. The 44-year-old pop star was charged with a single misdemeanor count of driving under the combined influence of alcohol and at least one drug, the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office said. An email sent to a…
Smartphone maker increased revenue nearly 17% as iPhone sales rise by a fifth
House approves funding measure, which excludes ICE, ending weeks-long crisis that left many federal workers without pay. President Donald Trump has signed into law a bill to resume funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) after the United States House of Representatives has passed the Senate-approved proposal. The adoption of the bill, which did…
LOUSVILLE, Ky. — Trainer Brad Cox will have to get by with two starters in his bid to win his second Kentucky Derby after Fulleffort was scratched Thursday morning. The Daily Racing Form, which first reported the news, said Fulleffort has a chip in his left hind ankle. “We’ll get that cleaned up and hopefully have a…
Air Canada suspended its full-year 2026 guidance due to uncertainty related to jet fuel prices.
