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Shiny Pokémon are some of the rarest and most desirable Pokémon in the games. This is funny, considering the significant difference between them is the slight color change. Outside of that, they're entirely the same as regular Pokémon. However, they still make players dedicate weeks to hunting for their favorite Shiny Pokémon in their favorite Pokémon game. For many, some of this love of Shiny Pokémon started in the anime with the sudden appearance of differently colored Pokémon.

Like in the games, the Pokémon anime will also randomly debut a Shiny Pokémon with a powerful or quirky trainer. These Shiny Pokémon will often drum up hype for an eventual gym battle or call attention to an upcoming movie. The reveal of a Shiny Pokémon is always monumental and should be remembered as the series continues.

While Ash and company have met some slightly altered colored Pokemon like the Pink Butterfree,...

In the glitz and glam of Hollywood, not every actor has a smooth sailing journey, In fact, it can be even more dramatic than the films they star in. For instance, many stars step away from the limelight and fade away with time. Their reasons could be personal, professional, or both. Either way, it doesn’t matter to the audience who only remembers the recurring faces.

Cameron Diaz as Tina Carlyle | New Line Cinema

However, some of these stars make a return to the industry after a long hiatus and try to re-establish the spot they once claimed. Some of them were driven by desire, others by a sense of confidence, but regardless of the reason, they surprised everyone! So, let’s dive into the stories of these five celebrities, who shocked us by coming back from their career break.

Cameron Diaz: A Decade of Rebuilding and Returning to the...

As the Thessaloniki Film Festival’s industry arm, Agora, celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, organizers are looking to maintain the right balance for an event that continues to grow in stature while retaining its carefully curated, almost intimate feel.

To that end, industry head Angeliki Vergou — an Agora veteran who assumed her current post in 2022 — is pragmatic in her approach to the Thessaloniki event and where it fits into the broader marketplace. While several thousand exhibitors and industry professionals will descend on Las Vegas next week for a whirlwind, new-look AFM, Vergou stresses that the Agora is determined to maintain its “friendly,” personal approach.

“We really want to keep having this scale of a market — not too big, but the right amount of professionals coming and meeting with each other,” Vergou tells Variety. “Our specialty is to nurture talents and offer them their first experience in a market. An...

Alert! Alert! Emily has left Paris and has now landed in Rome for the part two of season 4. Spoiler: there’s a mystery man and the love triangle has more or less gotten resolved. Here’s why the show’s creator chose to send the beloved titular character to Rome.

‘Emily In Paris’ Creator Says He Wants “To Expand Footprint of the Show”

In this new season of the hit Netflix show, series creator Darren Star was keen to expand Lily Collins’ Emily Cooper’s story with the addition of her international travel.

Star shared his reason for sending Emily to Italy in his chat with People at the premiere for season 4 part 2, which took place in Rome on Tuesday, Sept. 10. He explained that he “wanted to expand the footprint of the show” and “broaden out the universe” with this fourth installment.

“But also, Rome to me is like the...

In a world where sitcoms strive to be clever, Community didn’t just aim high—it shot for the stars. While Winona Ryder and Michael Keaton made Beetlejuice iconic, Community took things a step further, playing the long game with a genius Beetlejuice joke that spanned three whole seasons.

Catherine O’Hara, Jenna Ortega, Winona Ryder, and Justin Theroux in the first look image of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice | Credits: Warner Bros.

When Beetlejuice finally made his appearance, fans knew they were witnessing TV gold. No other show could stretch a gag that far, making Community the true king of meticulous setups. Prepare to dive into a world where three seasons of patience paid off in the quirkiest way possible!

Community’s 3-Season Beetlejuice Joke Proves No One Does Long Setups Better A still from Community | Sony Pictures Television

Community’s known for its witty humor, but it also mastered the art of...

Famously… Winona launches today as a six-part podcast series on BBC Sounds, hosted by Emmy-nominated actress, producer and activist, Maisie Williams. As part of the BBC’s celebrity culture strand, Famously (including Famously…In Love and Famously…On Trial) Maisie unpicks the twists and turns of the career of Hollywood legend, Winona Ryder. From her emergence as a child star in the 1980s to her upcoming return to the spotlight in the Beetlejuice sequel next month, her career – at times tumultuous and at times acclaimed - has spanned almost 40 years.

Drawing comparisons with her own experiences in Hollywood and the pitfalls of being a young, female star, Maisie takes an empathetic look at how the industry has treated Winona over the years. The podcast tells the story of Winona's rise, fall and comeback, along with the shifting public perception of the star. Maisie explores why so many women in the...

Robert Rich met Winona Ryder shortly after the release of “Girl, Interrupted” in 1999 when she was shopping at the Marc Jacobs store in the Mercer Hotel in New York City. Rich, who was head of communications for the designer at the time, nervously approached the actor.

“I said, ‘I loved ‘Girl Interrupted,’ and she went, ‘That’s a girls movie,’” Rich recalls. “I said, ‘I’m a girls movie kind of guy.’”

They became fast friends. Now, more than two decades later, Rich is the author of “Winona,” a coffee table book featuring over 100 photos of Ryder, plus a forward by Jacobs. Rich took most of the picture. These aren’t glamour shots, but intimate Polaroids and images that were taken during private times together — many snapped inside the Marc Jacobs offices with other superstars like Kate Moss.

Variety caught up with Rich over Zoom as he prepares to host...

Say it once, say it twice — but say it a third time and expect an explosion of chaotic supernatural hilarity. That was the premise of "Beetlejuice," the second feature film from director Tim Burton. Released in 1988, the film focused on newly dead couple Adam and Barbara Maitland (Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis), whose quaint country house was posthumously sold to Charles and Delia Deetz (Jeffrey Jones and Catherine O'Hara). Adam and Barbara, however, remain in their home, as ghosts, horrified by the bizarre architectural changes being made to their beloved home by its obnoxious new owners. Taking advice from "The Handbook for the Recently Deceased," the Maitlands attempt to haunt their unwanted roommates into leaving — a tactic that proves unsuccessful when the Deetzes remain utterly oblivious to their efforts to scare them out.

The Deetz's death-obsessed teenage daughter, Lydia (Winona Ryder), can see the Maitlands, and befriends them. Just when all seems hopeless,...

Color Farm Media has partnered with WarnerMedia OneFifty to develop a slate of scripted television projects, Variety has learned exclusively.

The media company and WarnerMedia content innovation hub will focus on developing projects featuring underrepresented creative talent.

“We are thrilled to partner with WarnerMedia OneFifty,” said Color Farm co-founder Erika Alexander. “The brand is unlike any other in the industry and sets a new standard that other studios should aspire to – creating more equitable relationships between creatives and producers.”

The first three projects under the deal are:

–“Sex On Wheels,” a live-action, half-hour television series created by Larime and Sylv Taylor, a non-binary, disabled couple. It tells the story of Morning Glory “Mo” Schoener, a disabled mouth artist who draws sexy women for a living but has never felt sexy herself. She is in a self-destructive downward spiral of grief, alcohol, and doubt. Oddly enough, she is about to find...

Biopic of celebrated Greek songwriter Eftyhia Papagianopoulou wins eight awards.

Eftyhia, a biopic of celebrated Greek songwriter Eftyhia Papagianopoulou, scooped eight awards including best film at the at the Iris Hellenic Film Academy (Helfiac) awards last night (April 14).

The ceremony was conducted online, due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, and broadcast by public TV network Ert.

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Directed by Angelos Frantzis, Eftyhia went into the night with 13 nominations and picked up awards including best actor for Pygmalion Dadakaridis, supporting actress for Katia Goulioni and supporting actor for Thanos Tokakis.

The film, produced by Donysis Samiotis for Athens-based Tanweer Productions,...