Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
PBS SoCal and Variety take you inside the biggest movies and TV shows of the past year through candid conversations with today's hottest actors. Hosted by Variety Film Awards Editor Clayton Davis and Variety Chief Correspondent Elizabeth Wagmeister, each episode brings together pairs of actors engaging in intimate one-on-one discussions about their craft and work.
India's Got Latent
India's Got Latent is an Indian Hindi comedy talent show hosted by Samay Raina on YouTube. Inspired by the international Got Talent franchise and Kill Tony, it features a wide variety of acts including singing, dancing, magic, and comedy.
The Comeback
For Valerie Cherish, no price is too high to pay for clinging to the spotlight. Desperate to revive her career, she agrees to star in a reality TV series, allowing cameras to follow her every move as she lands a part on a new network sitcom.
A3!
In Tokyo, there is a place called Velude Way. It is a district notorious for its performers and theatrical groups. Izumi Tachibana, who was previously a stage actress, arrives with a letter that reads, "Full of debt! Zero customers! Only one actor!" It describes the current state of the once-popular theater group Mankai Company. Her task is to rebuild the company to its former glory as the new owner and chief director.
Record of Youth
In a cutthroat world where the life you’re born into decides your success, three aspiring youths are determined to change that perception as they fight for their dreams.
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
Critically acclaimed performers are paired in candid, unscripted conversations about their craft.
Unexpected Business
Set in a small, rural town, the show is about two friends, actors Zo In-sung and Cha Tae-hyun, running a supermarket for 10 days. They not only sell goods, but also operate small restaurant, where they cook and serve dishes. The two actors, who lived their whole lives in the city, experience life in the small town and blend into the neighborhood.
Unscripted
A dryly humorous insider's look at the all-too-earnest, frequently raucous, often disillusioning lives of several young actors trying to make a living — and make it big — in Hollywood.
Skip Beat!
Kyoko followed her true love and childhood friend Sho to Tokyo so she could help him reach his dream of becoming an idol. She cleans, cooks, works three jobs and does nothing for herself because she loves him so much, but gets nothing in return. Still, she remains by his side. But then one day she goes unannounced to his agency with a delivery, and overhears him talking about her; he reveals to his manager that he only took her with him as a maid, and that he doesn't care for her at all. Upon hearing this, Kyoko doesn't just sit around and cry. She cuts and dyes her hair, changes her clothes and attitude and thus begins her journey to join showbiz and have her revenge against Sho
At 25:00, in Akasaka
When a rookie actor is cast alongside a charming former classmate, he struggles to separate his on-set performance from his true feelings.
The Elegant Empire
A man and a woman take revenge desperately yet elegantly after being trampled on by enormous power.
My Troublesome Star
A romantic comedy that follows the story of a top actress who, after reaching the peak of her career and even winning the youngest-ever Best Actress award, suffers an accident and finds herself transported 25 years into the future.
After They Were Famous
GBRB: Reap What You Sow
A-listed actors under the spotlight become farmers under the sunlight
I Became the Main Role of a BL Drama
Yuichiro Akafuji and Hajime Aoyagi are cast as co-leads in a BL manga adaptation and move in together for publicity, but Akafuji remains distant.
Hollywood
A 1980 documentary series exploring the establishment and development of the Hollywood studios and its impact on 1920s culture.
Play Me
Years after a bitter falling-out, a former child star and his estranged high school friend reunite to star in a musical, rediscovering buried love through the characters they play.
The Artist's Adventures
An inside look at the professional and personal life of Andrey Batt. A peek inside the exploits and privileged adventures of the artist himself and his friends. Batt welcomes viewers into his unfiltered world of fame, relationships, sport and art.
Prince of Mollywood
Firoz has one dream: become a Pan-Indian superstar. But everyone around him has other plans. His friends are experts at ruining things. Vappa Mammali turns producer hoping one flop will send him straight back to the family business. Umma is busy finding him a bride on matrimony sites. And then there's his girlfriend.
Depp V Heard
The story of the tumultuous defamation trial between superstar Johnny Depp and his former wife Amber Heard.