Variety

Box Office: ‘The Dog Stars’ Bombs With $8 Million; ‘Spider-Man’ Continues Reign in Fifth Weekend

“The Dog Stars” couldn’t beat the heat during the dog days of summer and melted down over its opening weekend. Disney and 20th Century’s “The Dog Stars” opened to just $8 million domestically from 3,330 locations for a fifth-place finish. The post-apocalyptic thriller, which cost more than $80 million to produce, has not sat well […]

entertainment  Aug 30, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

‘Coyote vs. Acme’ Snags No. 2 With $15.4M as ‘Spider-Man’ Nears ‘Avatar 2’; ‘Dog Stars’ Put to Sleep

Jacob Elordi's thriller from director Ridley Scott settled for box office scraps, while Tom Holland's 'Brand New Day' topped 'Titanic' and 'Ne Zha 2' to hit No. 4 on the all-time global chart.

entertainment  Aug 30, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Tom Gauld on the end of the summer books season – cartoon

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entertainment  Aug 30, 2026

Variety

‘Call My Agent! The Movie’ Review: Love-Hate Energy Keeps the Gang Together in a Fast, Funny Feature-Length Return

The rare reboot pitch that that can actually be greeted with “this again!” rather than “this again?,” “Call My Agent! The Movie” makes sense of its rote title in two ways. First, and most obviously, it’s a feature-length spinoff of the hit French comedy series, which wittily satirized the national showbiz industry from the perspective […]

entertainment  Aug 30, 2026

Variety

Laura Dern to Give George Clooney Venice Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement

Laura Dern is set to give the Laudatio speech honoring George Clooney at Venice Film Festival where, as previously announced, he will be honored on Wed., Sept. 2, with a Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement. Clooney – who is one of only three people to have been nominated in six different Oscar categories throughout his career […]

entertainment  Aug 30, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Mere Mortals review – a dazzling, maddening ballet for the AI age

Edinburgh PlayhouseSan Francisco Ballet brings a spectacular collision of dance, music and digital wizardry to the Edinburgh international festival in this bold reimagining of Pandora’s boxThis is a spectacular show. Literally, it is full of spectacle: as much a visual extravaganza as it is a concert, as it is dance – and a gloriously maddening piece of dance at that. The dancers are as impressive as you’d expect from San Francisco Ballet, the US’s oldest professional ballet company, and the spl

entertainment  Aug 30, 2026

Variety

’17’ Review: Harrowing Teen Pregnancy Drama from Macedonia Could Be the Feel-Bad Movie of the Year

From the first frame, Kosara Mitić’s “17” refuses to pull any punches, plunging us immediately into the traumatic moment when a hookup between high-school student Sara (Eva Kostić) and two boys takes a violent turn. From here, this nervy teen drama from Macedonia picks up several months later and follows the withdrawn Sara over the […]

entertainment  Aug 30, 2026

The Guardian Culture

The Bridge review – a funny, furious odyssey through occupation

Assembly George Square studios, EdinburghWriter and actor Alaa Shehada turns a simple bus trip from the West Bank into a vivid tale of bureaucracy, humiliation and resistanceIt is the simplicity of the task that gives this story heft. Recalling his formative years in the West Bank, actor and writer Alaa Shehada is asked by his mother to go on a bus journey that would take a couple of hours in any other part of the world.His mission is to deliver a plastic jerry can filled with the family’s home-

entertainment  Aug 30, 2026

The Guardian Culture

‘That’s what saved me’: Darren Raymond and Mark Rylance on the prison drama workshop that brought them together

A masterclass led by the actor helped set Raymond on a new path. Now the head of a theatre company, he has coaxed his friend back to the stage for a show to encourage young people to fall in love with performingDarren Raymond doesn’t remember having any significant interest in acting when he was growing up. And when he met Mark Rylance for the first time, on Christmas Eve 2004, he had never heard of the multi-award winning actor. These days, things are very different: Raymond is the artisti

entertainment  Aug 30, 2026

Variety

‘Sea of Glass’ Review: A Widow’s Coastal Healing Retreat Turns Into a Stately, Moody Greek Tragedy

There are Greek waves aplenty lapping at the forlorn beachside setting of “Sea of Glass,” though they’re not especially weird ones. Amid a national cinema that has become internationally recognized for perverse plotting and deadpan absurdism, writer-director Alexis Alexiou’s third feature stands out for its stark storytelling and earnest emotional intensity. There is more than […]

entertainment  Aug 30, 2026

Variety

Inside the Global Rise of CJ ENM’s ‘The Legend of Kitchen Soldier’

When “The Legend of Kitchen Soldier” was selected as the only K-drama in the Special Screening section at Series Mania in Lille earlier this year, it marked an early signal that something unusual was happening with a show that had started life as a calculated creative gamble. By July 31, when the series took best […]

entertainment  Aug 30, 2026

The Guardian Culture

TV tonight: Hamza Yassin’s delightful birding odyssey in Africa

The wildlife presenter gets very excited about brilliant birds of prey in Kenya. Plus: Suranne Jones returns in cop drama Vigil. Here’s what to watch this evening7pm, BBC One“I’m like a kid who’s just been shown their Christmas present!” It’s always a delight to see Hamza Yassin in the wild. He starts this new series about incredible but endangered birds in Kenya, where the martial eagle – huge yellow eyes, terrifying talons, thighs of steel – blows him away. Then, he makes a case for why we sho

entertainment  Aug 30, 2026

The Guardian Culture

‘I was miserable for a lot of this century’: Stewart Lee on divorce, his adoption and the twisted children’s poem that explains his life

After a rocky few decades, the standup is nearing 60 – and finding contentment at last. But what does his grotesque retelling of The Owl and the Pussy-cat tell us about his inability to connect with people?Stewart Lee is somewhat fretfully tidying his kitchen. Nothing is exactly where he left it two months ago to go on tour. Plus, he says, “I’ve come back with a load of records that need to be alphabetised, and that’s really stressing me out.” His house is miles from minimalist – posters everywh

entertainment  Aug 30, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Melinda French Gates Doubles Olivia Rodrigo’s Daisy Chain Fields Donation Sum Bringing Total to $20 Million

The philanthropist matched the $10 million that Rodrigo announced the festival had raised in support of women-focused organizations on Friday.

entertainment  Aug 30, 2026

The Guardian Culture

When Prophecy Fails review – gripping dive into a doomsday cult

Studio theatre, Edinburgh Groupwork’s physical theatre show captures the real story of a midwest mystic from the 50s and the followers she drew, in all their eerie ordinarinessIn the early 1950s in the American midwest, a woman known by the alias of Marian Keech awoke in the night with the urge to write. But the words that came out weren’t her own: it was the voice of her late father, she was sure. Other voices from the beyond began to use Marian as a conduit, ultimately Jesus Christ himself, wh

entertainment  Aug 30, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Tom Cruise, Olivia Colman and the return of Rocky: the best films of autumn 2026

Old favourites Shaun the Sheep, Dune, Jane Austen and Godzilla join Charles de Gaulle, the Peasants’ Revolt and queer identity in Spain• See all of our unmissable autumn arts recommendations here• Big tech goes to Hollywood: is Silicon Valley ready for a silver-screen reckoning?All release dates are UK and subject to changeWillem Dafoe is typically grizzled and poetic for this study of a near-retirement postal worker who, it turns out, was a beatnik rhymester of cachet – but no lasting renown –

entertainment  Aug 30, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Big tech goes to Hollywood: is Silicon Valley ready for a silver-screen reckoning?

Its moguls are ripe subjects for drama, and there is huge anticipation for forthcoming features The Social Reckoning and Artificial. But other projects have failed as the film industry is increasingly colonised by IT empires• Tom Cruise, Olivia Colman and the return of Rocky: the best films of autumn 2026• See all of our unmissable autumn arts recommendations here‘I know there are easier enemies to make,” tech reporter Jeremy Allen White tells his colleague in a recent trailer for The Social Rec

entertainment  Aug 30, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Where to Watch the 2026 U.S. Open Tennis Tournament Online

The main singles draws begin Sunday. Aug. 30.

entertainment  Aug 30, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Harry Styles Jokes About Taylor Swift’s Wedding During Madison Square Garden Concert

“We’re at Madison Square Garden, home of the world champion New York Knicks! And they also do weddings," the Grammy winner said during his Aug. 29 show.

entertainment  Aug 30, 2026

Variety

Harry Styles Shouts-Out Ex Taylor Swift’s Wedding During Madison Square Garden Show

On the opening night of his 30-concert residency at Madison Square Garden, pop superstar Harry Styles paid tribute to the late, great Dolly Parton. And at the tail end of Saturday night’s show, he shouted-out his ex-girlfriend Taylor Swift’s wedding to Travis Kelce. “We’re at Madison Square Garden, home of the world champion New York […]

entertainment  Aug 30, 2026