Awards HQ: Viola Davis and Austin Butler Rally for ‘Sinners,’ Neon Parties With Kristen Stewart and Elle Fanning, and a Tribute to Rob Reiner

Awards HQ: Viola Davis and Austin Butler Rally for ‘Sinners,’ Neon Parties With Kristen Stewart and Elle Fanning, and a Tribute to Rob Reiner

Welcome to Variety Awards HQ — your weekly command center for the Oscars race. It’s Dec. 15, 2025, and this edition is dedicated to the magnificent Rob Reiner. The news out of Los Angeles is devastating. Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer, are no longer with us, and the shock of that loss still hasn’t settled in. In moments like this, language feels inadequate. I won’t focus on the tragedy. Instead, all we can do is look back — at the w…