Oscars 2020: Snubs and Surprises

The 2020 Academy Awards nominations are out, and with a multitude of snubs and surprises. From the all-woman director shut out to Jennifer Lopez’s “Hustlers” denial to “The Farewell’s” lack of acting, directing and writing snubs. Here’s our biggest snubs and surprises from the Oscars.

Abigail Spencer stars in Hulu’s new drama “Reprisal” as Katherine Harlow, a woman whose brother chained her to a truck and left her for dead. To seek revenge, she recreates herself comes back as an alter ego named Doris Quinn. The femme fatale thriller put Spencer in a visceral, dual role, which she enjoyed. “What [...]

James Scully plays Forty Quinn, whose parents own a health food store in Los Angeles, in the second season of Netflix’s drama series “You.” Since Scully plays a so-called expert on green foods in the show, Daily Variety host Audrey Yap puts him to the test with a health food tasting challenge. However, his taste buds [...]

Hillary Clinton got candid in a wide-ranging interview at Variety’s Sundance Studio, opening up about misogyny, the 2020 election and her upcoming Hulu documentary, “Hillary.” During the conversation, she also clarified recent comments she made about Bernie Sanders, where she said “nobody likes” him. “I think we did that interview about a year and a […]

Director and writer of “Bad Hair,” Justin Simien, was joined by his cast Kelly Rowland, Elle Lorraine, Yaani King Mondschein, James Van Der Beek and Ashley Blaine Featherson for a deeply intimate conversation about black hair and Hollywood expectations. The conversation turned personal after Yaani King Mondschein revealed that she’s actually lost jobs in the […]

“Blast Beat” creators didn’t see themselves reflected in Latin stories being told today, so they wrote and shot their own. “This story is inspired by so many stories of our friends, family member that came from Latin America to the States,” director Esteban Arango explained at the Variety Sundance Studio presented by AT&T. “But we […]