Reed Hastings, co-founder and co-CEO of Netflix, is stepping down as chief executive officer. He will remain an employee of the company, serving as executive chairman of the board. Ted Sarandos, co-CEO and formerly chief content officer, and Greg Peters, previously chief product officer and COO, will now serve jointly as co-CEOs. In addition, Netflix…

A new documentary about the explosive sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh will debut at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. Veteran feature director Doug Liman is directing, marking his documentary debut. “It’s a film that focuses on the allegations against Brett Kavanaugh and the investigation that ensured,” said Sundance director of programing Kim…

Monica Albuquerque, who joined Warner Bros. Discovery Latin (WBDLA) in 2021 as head of talent and telenovela development, has been upped to head of scripted content at the company. She takes over the responsibilities of Marcelo Tamburri who leaves the company in March after nearly two decades. In her new role, she will be responsible…

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 senior awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages are Davis’ assessment of the current standings of the race and…

“Glass Onion” and “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan” scored major streaming opening weeks. Both Rian Johnson’s whodunit murder mystery sequel and the Amazon Prime action thriller cracked Nielsen’s streaming Top 10 during the week of December 19-25 with over 1.5 billion viewing minutes within just days after their release. Also notably making an appearance on the…

Singer-songwriter-guitarist David Crosby, a founding member of two popular and enormously influential ’60s rock units, the Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash (later Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young), has died. He was 81 years old. His wife released a statement to Variety, saying, “It is with great sadness after a long illness, that our beloved…

Billie Eilish’s U.K. fans have been left disappointed after her concert film “Billie Eilish: Live at the O2” was handed a 15 age rating by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) when it was initially thought the film would be rated 12A. According to the BBFC, the stringent rating means those younger than 15…