Variety

Venice Film Festival to Kick Off With Steady Stream of Stars on Red Carpet and Politics Looming in the Background

The Venice Film Festival opens Wednesday with Danny Boyle’s “Ink,” a juicy exposé of how British tabloid The Sun propelled Rupert Murdoch’s rise to right-wing media baron, kicking off 11 days of buzzy movies, major stars and an unusually charged political debate on the Lido. Venice director Alberto Barbera has described this year’s lineup as the […]

entertainment  Sep 1, 2026

Variety

Kogonada’s ‘Zi’ Sets Korean Distribution With Atnine Film Ahead of Busan Asian Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)

“Zi,” the latest film from Kogonada, will have its Asian premiere at the Busan International Film Festival in the Icons section. Following the unveiling of the festival’s program, Atnine Film has been confirmed as the film’s Korean distributor. Shot over three weeks on the streets of Hong Kong, “Zi” stars Michelle Mao, Haley Lu Richardson […]

entertainment  Sep 1, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Fewer Women Are Creating TV Shows Now Than They Were Nearly a Decade Ago, Study Finds

The latest “Boxed In” report spotlights a decline in female representation behind and in front of the camera.

entertainment  Sep 1, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Howard Stern Hands Over One SiriusXM Channel to Andy Cohen

Andy Cohen's Radio Andy empire will move to Channel 101, as Stern retains Channel 100.

entertainment  Sep 1, 2026

The Guardian Culture

‘We’re hunky in our own way’: Modern Family’s Mitch and Cam on their hilarious and groundbreaking love

Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Eric Stonestreet proved that opposites really do attract in the smash hit sitcom. But beyond the bickering and and pranks, there was a romance so special that it changed many fans’ livesOpposites attract. And spend most of their time arguing. But the love between Cameron and Mitchell Tucker-Pritchett remained strong throughout the 11 years of Modern Family.The two met at a games night when Mitch rolled his eyes every time Cam “got a little boisterous”. They married in tw

entertainment  Sep 1, 2026

Variety

‘Zynga Poker’ Teams With Keegan-Michael Key, ‘Righteous Gemstones’ Director Jody Hill for New ‘Inner Winner’ Ad Spots (EXCLUSIVE)

“Zynga Poker” is launching a new ad campaign featuring Keegan-Michael Key in the role of your “Inner Winner.” The free-to-play mobile poker game has unveiled a series of new ad spots directed by Jody Hill (“The Righteous Gemstones”) starring Key as “the confident voice inside your head telling you to grab life by the chips […]

entertainment  Sep 1, 2026

The Guardian Culture

‘There’s always a fresh fury’: Tracey Scott Wilson on Black America and her play about a fraudulent journalist

As The Story – inspired by a scandal that ended a young Black reporter’s career – makes its London debut, its author explains why, two decades on, it’s more relevant than everIf our ability to discern fake news from fact is a hot topic today, Tracey Scott Wilson was on to it more than two decades ago. As a child, the playwright’s father trained her to watch the news every night and discuss it with her three siblings. It meant that she was well placed in the early 00s to spot how stations such as

entertainment  Sep 1, 2026

The Guardian Culture

The man who shaped Trump: book sheds fresh light on ruthless Roy Cohn

American Scoundrel tells story of McCarthy attack dog, mob lawyer and Trump mentor – will the president be thumbing its pages?Kai Bird and Susan Goldmark have written a book Trumpworld doesn’t want you to read. Published on Tuesday, American Scoundrel is a propulsive, horrifying biography of Roy Cohn, the New York mob lawyer whose extraordinary life charted, as the book’s subtitle has it, a “Dark Journey from Joe McCarthy to Donald Trump”.“I told my publicist to reach out to any of the Fox News

entertainment  Sep 1, 2026

The Guardian Culture

‘Led us down such a dark path’: documentary explores how 9/11 changed America

In Netflix film Turning Point: Generation 9/11, the lives of people forever impacted by the terrorist attack on 2002 are exploredTwenty-five years on, memory is giving way to history. Soon the US will cross the point where half its population were born after 11 September 2001 or were too young to remember the day that terrorists crashed planes into the World Trade Center in New York, the Pentagon in northern Virginia and a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.“When I do that math, I get to the bom

entertainment  Sep 1, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Netflix’s New Releases Coming in September 2026

Take a look at the movies and TV shows that are hitting the streaming service this month.

entertainment  Sep 1, 2026

Variety

Marco Bassetti, Anna Marsh, Jane Tranter, Edward Berger to Speak at Rome’s MIA Market

Marco Bassetti, CEO of Banijay Entertainment, Anna Marsh, deputy CEO of Canal+, CEO of Studiocanal and chief content officer of Canal+, Jane Tranter, CEO of Bad Wolf, and director Edward Berger, best known for “All Quiet on the Western Front,” will be among the speakers attending Rome film and TV market MIA. The event runs […]

entertainment  Sep 1, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Happy 60th anniversary, Notting Hill carnival – a symbol of all that London can be | Sadiq Khan

Its founders understood the power of culture to challenge racism, build understanding and turn strangers into neighbours. We need that now as much as everSadiq Khan is the mayor of LondonThis bank holiday weekend, the streets of Notting Hill once again set the stage for one of the greatest celebrations on Earth.Children danced through the streets in a blaze of colour. Costume-makers with deft fingers created masterpieces from feathers, sequins and gems. Street vendors served up world-class peppe

entertainment  Sep 1, 2026

The Guardian Culture

‘It’s more freaky, more balls to the wall’: how alt-country won over a new generation

From Waxahatchee and Florry in the US to Brown Horse and Little Grandad in the UK, a wave of young songwriters are reinvigorating the subgenre’s earnest emotion and twang‘It’s so important to talk about this before it’s gone,” says Francie Medosch, singer, guitarist and songwriter of the band Florry, “because it’s really a flash in the pan.” The flash she means is a brief moment where it feels as though on both sides of the Atlantic, scores of exciting indie bands are playing something that, wit

entertainment  Sep 1, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Super Nature review – crowd-sourced Super 8 film is a triumphant collage of hope for the natural world

Film-maker Ed Sayers’ project gathered footage from collaborators all over the world, cleverly edited to combine human and animal contributionsThis delightful, fleet-footed film represents a labour of love both for its writer-director-producer-editor, Briton Ed Sayers, and his many, many collaborators who shot the film’s footage on Super 8 all over the world. Between them they’ve used decades-old rigs in newfangled setups with stock that, like several of the species seen here, would have gone ex

entertainment  Sep 1, 2026

Variety

London Film Festival Sets Screen Talks With Andrew Scott, Cynthia Erivo, Jesse Eisenberg, Sofia Coppola and More

The BFI London Film Festival has unveiled an impressive lineup of talent set to take part in screen talks at its upcoming 70th edition, including several stars who are already starting to appear on early awards contender lists. This year’s roster includes Andrew Scott (“All of Us Strangers,” “Ripley”), Ava DuVernay (“Selma,” “13th”); Brad Bird […]

entertainment  Sep 1, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Diane Von Furstenberg to Honor Jane Fonda in Venice; Tina Brown and Karlie Kloss to Present

The DVF Awards, taking place amid the Venice Film Festival, will also fete "extraordinary women" like Mia Amor Mottley, Lynsey Addario, Wawira Njiru and Gisèle Pelicot.

entertainment  Sep 1, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Andrew Scott, Cynthia Erivo, Jesse Eisenberg Among Star-Studded London Film Festival Screen Talk Slate

John Malkovich, Mahershala Ali, Sofia Coppola, Ava DuVernay, Naomi Ackie and Danny Boyle are also set to attend the BFI London Film Festival for a discussion on their processes, influences and careers.

entertainment  Sep 1, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Ari Emanuel and His Brothers Donate $550,000 to Palestinian Doctor Training Program

The donation will go towards funding the training of pediatric doctors and nurses from An-Najah University Hospital in the West Bank city of Nablus.

entertainment  Sep 1, 2026

Variety

SND Swoops on Toronto-Bound Bérénice Bejo Starrer  ‘Alice: Pioneer of Cinema’ Ahead of Unifrance Rendez-Vous in Le Havre (EXCLUSIVE)

Paris-based film and television studio SND, part of French media group M6, has picked up world sales on the high-end period drama “Alice: Pioneer of Cinema,” in which Oscar-nominee Bérénice Bejo (“The Artist”) stars as Alice Guy, the very first female fiction filmmaker.  The six-parter, ordered by HBO Max and France Télévisions, is due to world […]

entertainment  Sep 1, 2026

The Guardian Culture

‘I feel like I’m grieving’: staff on the devastating fallout of widespread layoffs at Xbox

Last month, Microsoft’s gaming division told its workforce it was cutting 3,200 jobs, which some say will have big ramifications for game development – as well as taking a huge personal tollOn the morning of 6 July, an email went out from Asha Sharma, the chief executive of Xbox, to all of the division’s employees around the world. Under the headline “Resetting Xbox”, it announced the most significant restructuring in the history of Microsoft’s console business: 3,200 staff would be laid off thr

entertainment  Sep 1, 2026