Academy Award-winning actor Matthew McConaughey will receive the Variety Legend & Groundbreaker Award at Filmland in Little Rock, Arkansas.
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Variety to Honor Matthew McConaughey at Arkansas’ Filmland
The Rivals of Amziah King by Andrew Patterson
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Teyana Taylor to Receive Icon of the Year Award at BET Awards
Teyana Taylor Teyana Taylor, singer, actress, director, and culture-shaper, will receive the Icon of the Year Award at the 2026 BET Awards.
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Katherine LaNasa to Receive Variety Virtuoso Award at Bentonville Film Festival
Katherine LaNasa (Mlmattes) Katherine LaNasa will be honored by Variety with the Variety Virtuoso Award at Bentonville Film Festival for her career achievements in film and television, including most recently, winning the Emmy and Critics’ Choice Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her role in the HBO Max series “The Pitt.”
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Joshua and Rebecca Tickell Awarded Golden Globes Documentary Prize at Cannes Film Festival
(L-R): Geralyn White Dreyfous, Regina K. Scully, Rebecca Tickell, Joshua Tickell, Helen Hoehne, Danielle Turkov Wilson, Kelvin Harrison Jr. Photo Credit: Earl Gibson III Filmmakers Joshua Tickell and Rebecca Tickell were honored with the Golden Globes Prize for Documentary during the 79th edition of the Cannes Film Festival.
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Interview – ‘Mistura’ Director Ricardo de Montreuil Talks Food, Self-discovery in Peruvian Drama
Mistura by Ricardo de Montreuil Set against the colorful backdrop of 1960s Lima, writer-director Ricardo de Montreuil’s latest feature, Mistura, tells the story of Norma Piet, a privileged French-Peruvian woman whose life is forever changed when her husband’s betrayal ostracizes her from the elite society around which she had forged her identity.
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Otilia Portillo Padua Explores Entanglements and Reciprocity in ‘Daughters of the Forest’ Interview
Otilia Portillo Padua, director of Daughters of the Forest (photo credit Jesse Sabatier) There is an entwined relationship between humans and nature, the visible and invisible, and a world that is being threatened by ecological loss. In a sci-fi documentary centering two scientifically trained women from Indigenous communities in Mexico, Daughters of the Forest (Hijas del Bosque) explores how mushrooms offer models of coexistence.
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Filmmaker Steve McQueen Awarded 2026 Erasmus Prize
Steve McQueen (Wesley Verhoeve) Filmmaker Steve McQueen has been awarded the 2026 Erasmus Prize, themed ‘Ecce Homo, Behold the Human Being’, presented each year by the Praemium Erasmianum Foundation.
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Glenn Close to Receive Hand & Footprint Ceremony at TCL Chinese Theatre
Glenn Close (Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency) Actress Glenn Close will be honored with a Hand & Footprint Ceremony at the legendary TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood as part of the 2026 TCM Classic Film Festival.
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Chuck Norris, Action Film Star and Martial Arts Legend, Dies at 86
Chuck Norris (Kathy Hutchins / Hutchins Photo) Chuck Norris, martial artist and one of the defining action stars of the 1980s and 1990s, has died at the age of 86.
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Watch Eric Dane in Latest Edition of Netflix’s Famous Last Words Docuseries
Netflix revealed a clip from the second episode of the Famous Last Words docuseries, featuring an interview with Eric Dane, who passed away on February 19, 2026, after battling amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a neurological disease, which was diagnosed in 2025.
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Eric Dane, Actor Known for Grey’s Anatomy and Euphoria, Dies at 53
Eric Dane (Jean Nelson) Eric Dane, the television and film actor known for starring in Grey’s Anatomy and Euphoria, has died at the age of 53.
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Tom Noonan, Actor and Sundance-Winning Filmmaker, Dies at 74
Tom Noonan Tom Noonan, the actor known for his haunting performances in Manhunter, The Monster Squad, and his work as a writer-director, has died at the age of 74.