Variety has received 100 nominations during the 2025 calendar year for the Los Angeles Press Club’s annual SoCal Journalism Awards . Four journalists were finalists for Journalist of the Year, including Daniel D’Addario for journalist of the year, print (over 50,000 circulation); Brian Steinberg for online journalist of the year; and Brent Lang and Chris Willman, entertainment journalists of the year. Variety ‘s nominations spanned magazine and entertainment journalism, video, photography and graphic design, audio and online content. Variety’s critics were nominated in the film, TV, music and theater categories, including Owen Gleiberman, Alison Herman, Aramide Tinubu and Jem Aswad.…