The Guardian Culture

The Guide #260: From Oasis to K-pop, music is going mad for the big-screen documentary

A new wave of concert films and career retrospectives is drawing fans to cinemas – but why now?• Don’t get The Guide delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereThere’s a moment towards the end of Don’t Look Back in Anger, the newly released documentary capturing Oasis’s 2025 reunion tour, that helps explain why those planet-conquering gigs happened in the first place. Liam and Noel Gallagher are sitting down together for the rarest of paired interviews – the first since the 2009 scrap that broke up th

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Variety

Gary Oldman Predicts HBO’s ‘Harry Potter’ Series Will Be ‘More Satisfying’ for Fans Than the Movies

Gary Oldman, who played Sirius Black in four “Harry Potter” movies, said he believes HBO’s forthcoming TV series adaptation set in the Wizarding World will be a bigger crowd-pleaser than the Warner Bros. films. That’s because the movies were significantly abridged from J.K. Rowling’s original books, whereas HBO’s “Harry Potter” is including far more of […]

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The Guardian Culture

TV tonight: surprise smash hit show Saturday Night Like UK is back!

Jeff Goldblum is the first guest host and new faces join the comedy cast. Plus, another magnificent farewell to the Proms! Here’s what to watch this evening10pm, Sky One Continue reading...

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The Guardian Culture

From Practical Magic 2 to Saturday Night Live UK: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead

Bullock and Kidman try to put a second spell on you in the fantasy comedy sequel, while the topical sketch show returns after a well-regarded debutPractical Magic 2Out now The beloved fantasy romance from the 1990s returns with Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman reprising their roles as the Owens sisters. The story picks up 25 years later, with more family secrets and curses in the offing, plus a trip to the UK. Sure to be spellbinding stuff. Continue reading...

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The Guardian Culture

Last Seen to Angine de Poitrine: the week in rave reviews

Patrick Brammall and Maxine Peake star in a propulsive new drama, and the microtonal polka-dotted alien duo return to the live stage. Here’s the pick of the week’s culture, taken from the Guardian’s best-rated reviews Continue reading...

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Variety

Paramount Argues States’ Antitrust Suit Will ‘Collapse Under Scrutiny’

Paramount’s lawyers filed a legal response to the states’ antitrust lawsuit against the Warner Bros. Discovery merger on Friday, sketching out arguments and defenses it may use at a trial next March. Among other defenses, Paramount’s lawyers said they may claim that the coalition of 12 states lacks the authority to regulate the merger, “which […]

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Variety

Jimmy Kimmel’s Pulled TV Interview With James Talarico Hits 5 Million Views in 24 Hours on YouTube

Jimmy Kimmel’s pulled TV interview with James Talarico, the Texan Democrat running for the U.S. Senate, has crossed 5 million views in the 24 hours since it was posted to YouTube. It was revealed during Wednesday night’s episode of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” that the interview would not air on his ABC show because of threats […]

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Variety

‘The Julia Set’ Review: Chase Infiniti Confirms Her Movie-Star Mettle in Niki Byrne’s Riveting Math-Geek Bad Romance

In "The Julia Set," she portrays a numbers genius in the most convincing way possible — by wearing her virtuosity lightly and casually, as if it were second nature (which, for someone like Julia, it is). But she also makes Julia a highly focused and mature young woman who is still, by virtue of age and inexperience, just naïve enough to be poised between assertion and following the lead of a dude she should have steered clear of.

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Hollywood Reporter

Sorry, Caleb Hearon Is Not Your Clown in ‘Trash Mountain’ Grief Dramedy

The comic and actor and co-star Zooey Deschanel helped unveil Kris Rey’s indie about love and death penned by Hearon and Ruby Caster during a world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival.

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Hollywood Reporter

Courteney Cox Says She Decided to Direct ‘Evil Genius’ After Chance Encounter at the Beverly Hills Hotel: “I Made a Lot of Deals There”

The 'Friends' alum reveals the role the iconic Beverly Hills property played in bringing the crime thriller to life.

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Hollywood Reporter

Sydney Sweeney Faces Backlash for Sexualized Novig Ad: “Exactly Why Women in Sports Aren’t Taken Seriously”

Many online users, including women who work in the sports industry, have shared their frustration with the actress' campaign for the sports trading app, which features multiple shots of her mostly naked body covered with different sports balls and uniforms.

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Hollywood Reporter

Josh Hartnett Reveals He Was “Actively Not Looking to Do a TV Show” Before Joining ‘Below’

The actor says he wanted to star in "another movie" before accepting his role in the Netflix miniseries.

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Hollywood Reporter

Lady Gaga Welcomes First Child With Fiancé Michael Polansky

The Grammy and Oscar winner and the entrepreneur are parents.

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Hollywood Reporter

Pink Issues Statement Following Backlash for Critiquing Macklemore’s Pro-Palestine Comments: “Standing Up for My Own People”

Pink broke her silence a week after receiving extensive backlash for resharing a post calling for Macklemore to get dropped from Ed Sheeran's tour over his Free Palestine messaging.

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Variety

Lil Durk Acquitted in Murder-for-Hire Trial

A Los Angeles federal jury on Friday found Grammy-winning rapper Lil Durk not guilty of murder-for-hire, conspiracy and stalking resulting in death charges in the 2022 killing of rapper Quando Rondo’s cousin, according to the Los Angeles Times. Prosecutors alleged that rapper (real name: Durk Banks) directed hit men to target rapper Quando Rondo, born […]

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Variety

‘The Uprising’ Star Woody Norman on the ‘Power Trip’ Playing King Richard II and Going Meatless at Age 10 After Working With Joaquin Phoenix

Filming “The Uprising” gave British actor Woody Norman, who plays 14-year-old King Richard II in the historical fiction drama, a massive headache. It turns out the only crown they had for him to use during the shoot got damaged the first day of filming. “So it didn’t fit my head,” Norman, 17, tells me over […]

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Variety

Ocean Way Festival Featuring Killers, Olivia Dean and Jack White Is Canceled, as Santa Monica Blames Beach Damage From Hurricane Forces

Ocean Way is going away, at least for a year. Goldenvoice’s inaugural Ocean Way Festival, which was scheduled to take place on the beach in Santa Monica Sept. 26-27, has been called off, with city officials saying the culprit is erosion along the shore caused by recent hurricane-level forces off the coast. A statement from […]

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Hollywood Reporter

‘60 Minutes’ to Tackle Trump Pardons in Season Premiere

Lesley Stahl will lead the segment, titled 'The Pardon Economy,' for the show's season 59 premiere.

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Hollywood Reporter

Sebastian Stan Says “Invitation to Be Negative” in Society “Starts at the Top”: “It’s Just So Lazy”

The ‘Fjord’ actor criticized the current climate while speaking at the Toronto International Film Festival.

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Hollywood Reporter

Toronto Film Festival: THR’s Studio With Gary Oldman, Michelle Yeoh, Naomi Watts, Ziwe and More

Other stars who stopped by the 1 Hotel space, sponsored by Canada Goose, include Sebastian Stan, Jodie Comer, Michael Imperioli, Martin Freeman and Buddy the dog.

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