Promotional drawings were created and published in Variety during the casting process before the budget was deemed too little for the plot.

According to Moodysson, the problem with the original title started when the film was Sweden's candidate for the Academy Awards, though it was eventually not chosen as a nominee: the Hollywood industry magazine Variety refused to run an advertisement for a film with that title, and thus American distributor Strand Releasing asked for a new title to be chosen.

In a year of recognition, he was also nominated for an Emmy for Best Performance in a Variety Special for his PBS special Swingin ' Out Live, which was also released as a video.

Todd McCarthy in Variety noted that Dunst was " just right " for the family.

Derek Elley of Variety described the film as " playful and sporty ," saying that this was Dunst's best performance to date: " Believable as both a spoiled ingenue and a lover to two very different men, Dunst endows a potentially lightweight character with considerable depth and sympathy.

He was also named one of the top 10 " Icons of the Century " by Variety magazine.

Cruz's performance in the film was praised by film critics, with Jonathan Holloland of Variety magazine writing " if confirmation is still needed that Cruz is an actress first and a pretty face second, then here it is.

On August 3, 2007, GameSpot reported that Variety confirmed Return to Castle Wolfenstein and that the writer / producer team that was involved with Silent Hill will be involved with the Wolfenstein project.

It was described as " a blend of Sex and the City and The Devil Wears Prada " and a " pseudo-sophisticated romantic comedy " according to Variety. com.

Micky said later that someone at Screen Gems forgot to contact his agent to inform him the series was picked up by NBC ; he wound up learning about his new job by reading the announcement in Variety.

Variety, erroneously, announced the salary increase as a ' new contract ' before news of the lawsuit was released.

Starring opposite Tracy was Fredric March, a pairing Variety described as " a stroke of casting genius ...

In reviewing the film's sequel twenty-three years later, Variety noted that though the original film was " Intended as a cautionary tale on the pitfalls of unchecked ambition and greed, Stone's 1987 original instead had the effect of turning Douglas ' hugely charismatic ( and Oscar-winning ) villain into a household name and boardroom icon -- an inspiration to the very power players and Wall Street wannabes for whom he set such a terrible example.

In 2008, he was awarded the prize for Outstanding Contribution to Showbusiness at the Variety Club Awards.

Noted reviewer Graham Greene was effusive that this was Capra's finest film to date, describing Capra's treatment as " a kinship with his audience, a sense of common life, a morality ..." Variety noted " a sometimes too thin structure the players and director Frank Capra have contrived to convert (...) into fairly sturdy substance.

According to a 1986 Variety interview with Frank Capra, Jr., his father had wanted to shoot the film in color, but because the only suitable stock footage he intended to incorporate into the film, such as scenes from a documentary about the Himalayas, was in black and white, he was forced to change his plans.

" Variety wrote that the film was the most unsatisfying of the original three films and that " The acting here is generally unimpressive and in the case of Sarah's romantic partner, Miguel ( Antone DiLeo Jr ), unintentionally risible.

In a 1950 Daily Variety opinion poll, Garbo was voted Best Actress of the Half Century,

In September 2010, Variety announced that a 3D film version was being planned by producers Don Murphy and Michael Preger.

Circuit City announced a 114 million dollar after-tax loss, and Variety estimated the total loss on the scheme was around 337 million dollars.

His act was soon heard on radio, making his debut in early December 1946 on the BBC's Variety Bandbox programme with a number of other ex-servicemen.

" According to Variety, the film's " transition from serious or melodramatic to the slap-happy and humorous sometimes is a bit awkward, but in the main it is solid escapist comedy.

Variety noted, " Curtis Bernhardt's direction handles the drama surely, if at times a bit measured, and never strives for dramatic tricks beyond the level of the simple, warm story being told.

Variety credited Hull's performance: " the slightly balmy aunt who wants to have Elwood committed, is immense, socking the comedy for every bit of its worth.

Variety thought it was " a beautifully crafted film with flawless performances and many splendid moments, yet the overall effect is a bit disappointing " and added, " While the day-to-day details are drawn with a striking clarity, Ephron's script never goes much beyond the mannerisms of middle-class life.

Variety called it an " inventive and mild bit of whimsy " in which Brooks has a " little fun with the Liliom idea of being judged in a fanciful afterlife, but he doesn't carry his conceit nearly far enough.

Variety noted, " Joan Crawford ( as herself ) does a pip of a bit in a swank gown shop with the three principals, rating plenty of howls.

Some critics talked more positively of the film, with Variety calling it " an elegant looking, period romantic charade ".

Variety and contrast within a piece became more pronounced than before.

Variety of keys, melodies, rhythms and dynamics ( using crescendo, diminuendo and sforzando ), along with frequent changes of mood and timbre were more commonplace in the Classical period than they had been in the Baroque.

Both studios mounted aggressive campaigns ; DreamWorks bought 38 % more advertising space in Variety than Miramax.

Les Brown, a writer for Variety, saw in Sesame Street " a hope for a more substantial future " for television.

Also — several useful Tables, and valuable Receipts .— Various Selections from the Commonplace – Book of the Kentucky Philosopher, an American Sage ; with interesting and entertaining Essays, in Prose and Verse — the whole comprising a greater, more pleasing, and useful Variety than any Work of the Kind and Price in North America.

In the same year as the Variety article, a noted screenwriter stated that " the Hays moral code is not even a joke any more ; it's just a memory.

Variety noted " a decided tendency towards a broader, more casual approach " in the enforcement of the Code.

" Variety called the show " forced and derivative ," " bland " and " predictable and silly " while conceding that the sex is " no more outrageous than daytime soapers, no more outspoken than Three's Company.

Variety said the film was " consistently funny, though more academic than boulevardier ", and the Christian Science Monitor called it " amazingly funny and poignant ".

Variety shows were once as common on television as Westerns, courtroom dramas, suspense thrillers, sitcoms, or ( in more modern times ) reality shows.

" While Derek Elley of Variety argued that " it's hard to accept him ( Khan ) as the title character " and that " Khan is far more convincing as Vijay, playing up to his rom-com fanbase with plenty of boyish humor.

Other organisations, comics and entrepreneurs including, Maria Kempinska's Jongleurs and Roland and Clare Muldoon's CAST / New Variety added more regular venues bringing the number of gigs per week from 24 in ' 83 to 69 by 1987.

Frank Rizzo of Variety was more critical of the production, declaring, " even cartoon characters with a diminishing fan base should be shown some respect.

" David Rooney of Variety praised Jolie for being " hotter, faster and more commanding than last time around as the fearless heiress / adventuress, plus a little more human.

Variety called it " a zany little film that's a startling and clever debut ", while Empire calls it " A fair bet for cultdom, a lot more likeable than its subject matter suggests, and simply essential viewing for vegetarians ".

All music before 1980 was dropped, more songs from the 2000s were added, and the station abandoned the longtime " Atlanta's Best Variety of Soft Rock " tagline in favor of " Your Favorites From the 80's, 90's, and Now ".

Samuel Stanhope Smith wrote an essay titled Essay on the Causes of Variety of Complexion and Figure in the Human Species in 1787, in the essay Smith claimed that Negro pigmentation was nothing more than a huge freckle that covered the whole body as a result of an oversupply of bile, which was caused by tropical climates.

Reviewing the first episode, Carole Horst of Variety magazine said the show is a " wildly unfunny sitcom " that " looks more like a TV Land reject than an MTV-sanctioned production ".

Although the reviews were generally negative, Knowles earned praise from Variety magazine: " Solange Knowles is nearly as dazzling as big sister Beyoncé and does little more than smile winningly in her first bigscreen outing.

Ken Eisner of Variety took a more neutral view, finding that " the film is too silly to offend ".

" Conversely, Leslie Felperin of Variety had a negative opinion of the narrative, called some battle sequences " irritating ", and noted that the last battles have more ferocious antagonists.