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will.i.am, founder and CEO of FYI, will headline at Variety's Entertainment Summit at CES. The conversation will explore his latest initiatives in AI, creative technologies and entertainment. Register here: Variety.com/CES

VIP+ Analysis: The end of the Arrowverse marks the first time in over 12 years a DC superhero isn’t on the CW’s roster. While early viewership figures for “Creature Commandos” suggest a promising start to DC’s new chapter, the Arrowverse’s small-screen legacy, inconsistent as it was, offers a crucial lesson that Gunn, Safran & Co. would be wise to remember going forward.

Exclusive survey data provided to VIP+ by the National Research Group indicates some fans of faith-based films and shows aren't being catered to enough on one genre front.

This year, Pedro Almodóvar and Halina Reijn worked outside their native languages to make movies about transgressive topics: Almodóvar’s “The Room Next Door” intertwines a narrative about the intimacy of friendship (led by Swinton and Julianne Moore) with the hot-button subject of euthanasia. Reijn’s “Babygirl” stars Nicole Kidman as a high-powered CEO grappling with suppressed sexual desires. And as they made these movies about sex and death, they found themselves moved to tears on set.     Read their full #DirectorsOnDirectors conversation here: https://lnkd.in/gExvPxus 

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Adrien Brody and Tilda Swinton both confront themes of life and death in their movies this year. In “The Brutalist,” Brady Corbet’s ambitious “great man” tale, Brody’s László Tóth, an architect and an immigrant to the U.S. from Hungary in the years after the Holocaust, seeks to make a structure that will express his worldview and define his legacy. And in “The Room Next Door,” Pedro Almodóvar’s first English-language feature, Swinton’s Martha Hunt, a terminally ill former war correspondent, contemplates suicide.     In their #ActorsOnActors conversation, Brody and Swinton unpack their respective roles. Read it here: https://lnkd.in/eR6NKcpm

Production has wrapped on the fifth and final season of #StrangerThings. A release date for the finale hasn’t been revealed yet, but Netflix has confirmed the show will be back in 2025. Get the details here: https://bit.ly/3VNcb5S

Sneak peek at Adrien Brody and Tilda Swinton's #ActorsonActors conversation, which goes live tomorrow at 8 a.m. PT across Variety's channels. 🤎