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Ten years ago, Cord Jefferson was blogging for Gawker. Now, his directorial debut, American Fiction, is almost guaranteed a Best

Writer-director Cord Jefferson was told to make his characters “Blacker.” Instead, he wrote the scathingly hilarious satire “American Fiction.”

Variety profiles elite business managers of 2023, who detail modern challenges while continuing to build wealth for their clients.

Closer Media has hired veteran producers Joey Marra and Nate Matteson to lead non-fiction and scripted divisions, respectively.

Girl Talk is the stage name of DJ and electronic musician Gregg Michael Gillis. In the aughts, Girl Talk became briefly famous, and a little bit infamous, for long-form mash-up albums, in which he’d superimpose vocals from a rap track onto a recognizable pop or rock hit. He’d then move briskly from sample to sample, picking up on small phrases and shared rhythms, composing in stream of consciousness. The albums are—in ways sometimes rapturous and sometimes banal—completely exhausting.Because Gir