Variety

Eras Tour Opener Marie Ulven – Girl in Red – Is Not Playing Herself in ‘Low Expectations’: ‘I Have a Real Interest in Acting’

Singer Marie Ulven, known to her millions of fans and followers as girl in red, plays a musician in Eivind Landsvik’s drama “Low Expectations.” But she’s not playing herself.  “It has been a little frustrating because I’m very different from Maja, and I put a lot of work into this role. But just because I’m […]

entertainment  Aug 27, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Authentic Brands Group Acquires Drake’s Lifestyle Brand OVO

The licensing firm will work with Vince Holding Corp. on products, with Drake continuing to hold an ownership stake and helping to shape its creative vision.

entertainment  Aug 27, 2026

Variety

‘Toy Story 5’ Sets Disney+ Streaming Release Date After Making $1 Billion at the Box Office

In “Toy Story 5,” the Woody, Buzz and the rest of the gang face an existential crisis after technology takes priority over playtime. Now that the film has set its Disney+ premiere date for Sept. 23, it’s only fitting that fans of the beloved franchise can now watch it on their own tablets. In addition, […]

entertainment  Aug 27, 2026

The Guardian Culture

‘She should have been queen of the world!’ Readers remember Dolly Parton

From quiet acts of generosity and life-changing gigs to singing for a professional puppeteer, Dolly Parton has had a profound impact on readers’ lives • Photo gallery: fans pay tribute to Dolly PartonI had the opportunity to meet her when I volunteered to work the Country Music Awards in the late 70s. Me and three other kids had Dolly all to ourselves for about 20 minutes. I remember with disbelief how she took several unhurried minutes with each of us and gave us her undivided attention for tha

entertainment  Aug 27, 2026

Variety

Olivia Rodrigo Exhibit Coming to Grammy Museum, With Launch Including an On-Stage Cameron Crowe Q&A (EXCLUSIVE)

Olivia Rodrigo’s “The Cure” music video only came out three months ago, but it’s already a museum piece. An exhibit titled “Olivia Rodrigo: The Cure Unraveled” will open at the Grammy Museum in downtown Los Angeles Sept. 2 and run through Feb. 22, 2027, highlighting the props, artwork and sets that were created for what […]

entertainment  Aug 27, 2026

Variety

James Cameron’s ‘Terminator 2,’ Michael Mann’s ‘Manhunter’ and Jacques Tati Retrospective Anchor Studiocanal’s New Classics Label

Studiocanal has launched Studiocanal Classics, a new worldwide catalogue label, drawing on a library of more than 18,000 titles the company describes as the largest outside the U.S. The library spans 100 years of film history. Studiocanal has put some €25 million ($29 million) into 4K restorations of nearly 1,000 classic feature films over the […]

entertainment  Aug 27, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

A Deep Dive Into ‘Possible Love’: Lee Chang-dong on His Searingly Acted Study of Class and Filmmaking

The Korean mastermind behind ‘Secret Sunshine’ and ‘Burning’ has reunited with some of his greatest stars for a provocative relationship drama that confronts the resentments and possibilities of contemporary life.

entertainment  Aug 27, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

StudioCanal Classics Catalogue Label Launches to Showcase “Largest Library Outside the U.S.”

"Over the past seven years, StudioCanal has invested close to $29 million into the 4K restoration of nearly 1,000 classic feature films," the Canal+ unit says.

entertainment  Aug 27, 2026

Variety

‘Married at First Sight’ Scandal Being Taken ‘Very Seriously’ Says Channel 4 Exec as Contributor Welfare Takes Spotlight

Channel 4 is taking the “Married at First Sight” scandal “very seriously,” says a senior exec, although she declined to comment on the prospect of the hit reality show being axed for good. “‘MAFS’ is something that we’re taking very seriously at the channel,” said Kiran Nataraja director of content strategy, speaking at the Edinburgh […]

entertainment  Aug 27, 2026

Variety

ESPN’s Six Part ‘Saban’ Gives Fans Hours of Unseen Footage of Famous Football Coach in Action

Followers of veteran football coach Nick Saban will learn even more about his life, upbringing and philosophy upon viewing “Saban,” a new six-episode documentary series slated to debut 6 p.m. on October 8 on ESPN. The series offers unique insight not only into Coach Saban’s 17 seasons at the University of Alabama, but his time […]

entertainment  Aug 27, 2026

Variety

Sister Group Inks Production and Distribution Deal With ‘University Challenge’ Host Amol Rajan

Sister Group has signed a production and distribution deal with “University Challenge” host Amol Rajan. The news was announced at the Edinburgh TV Festival, where Rajan, formerly the BBC’s media editor, was giving the alternative MacTaggart lecture. The first project under the partnership will be “The Amol Rajan Connection,” set to be recorded at the […]

entertainment  Aug 27, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy review – picture-postcard retelling of haunting Minoan myth

PlayStation 5, Xbox Series S/X, PC; Asobo StudioThe medieval franchise is transplanted to Crete, conjuring action-adventure magic from familiar ingredientsThe path in Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy is a familiar one. Amid ancient ruins and sun-dappled gorges, a young woman, Sophia, dutifully treads the same footsteps as a Minoan warrior from millennia ago, one with whom she seems to share a visionary connection. The “resonance” between these two characters is made clear by their echoing actions

entertainment  Aug 27, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Ain’t nobody better: Chaka Khan’s 20 best songs – ranked!

Ahead of the release of her 13th solo album, the fantastically titled Chakzilla, we rank the best of a sublime catalogue of funk, slow jams and tears-on-the-dancefloor discoChaka Khan had harsh words for the “assholes” at her then record company, Warner Bros, who she felt under-promoted 1992’s The Woman I Am, her first album in four years. Listening to Love You All My Lifetime’s cocktail of funk and contemporary R&B, you wonder if she didn’t have a point. There’s no obvious reason why it was

entertainment  Aug 27, 2026

Variety

Patrick Holland to Remain Chair and CEO of Banijay U.K. Following All3Media Merger

Patrick Holland is set to stay in place as executive chairman and CEO of Banijay U.K. following the company’s merger with All3Media. He will report to Banijay Entertainment CEO Marco Bassetti. The $8 billion merger with All3Media completed last month resulting in the behemoth Banijay Entertainment, which is headquartered in London and jointly owned by […]

entertainment  Aug 27, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

With All3Media Deal Closed, Patrick Holland to Run Combined Banijay U.K. as CEO and Executive Chair

"The range and depth of phenomenal talent across All3 and Banijay U.K. is truly inspiring, and I’m excited to help unlock the vast potential of bringing these businesses together.”

entertainment  Aug 27, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Thieves steal bronze age Treasure of Villena in four-minute heist

Most of 50-piece Spanish gold collection worth at least €1.7m stolen in latest high-profile European raidThieves have stolen the Treasure of Villena – one of the greatest bronze age gold collections – in the latest high-profile heist of a European museum, officials said.The early morning raid on the 50-plus mainly gold objects in the Spanish town of Villena on Thursday lasted just minutes. Continue reading...

entertainment  Aug 27, 2026

The Guardian Culture

‘He could arch both eyebrows and curl his lips in every direction all at once’: Tim Curry’s five best screen roles

The actor fully embraced his physical talents and outsized personality with a line in theatrical baddies teetering deliciously on the edge of serious and silly• Tim Curry, star of The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Stephen King’s It, dies aged 80• Tim Curry on sexuality, surviving a stroke – and 50 years of stardom• Clowns, corsets and kings: Tim Curry – a life in picturesAs Dr Frank-N-Furter, the gender-nonconforming alien mad scientist who presides over Richard O’Brien’s glam rock musical, admi

entertainment  Aug 27, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Yayoi Kusama’s psychedelic art was at its best when taken in high doses

With dots that dizzied the viewer, the giddy sensory overload of seeing the grandest installations of her octopuses and giant pumpkins was hard to resist• Yayoi Kusama, Japanese artist who became a global superstar, dies aged 97• A life in picturesI once had an argument about Yayoi Kusama with Peter Gabriel. Not in person – I’ve never met the prog rock hero. But after I recorded some critical comments on her work for the BBC, I watched the segment only to see Gabriel passionately defending her.

entertainment  Aug 27, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Billy Strings: So Much for Goodbyes review – staggering, stirring songs of grief draw the blues out of bluegrass

(Reprise)The crossover star’s introspective sixth album is full of memories of his mother, who died in 2025, bringing his dextrous guitar to songs rooted in tradition and yearningOn the face of it, 2025 was a landmark year for Billy Strings. His fifth album, Highway Prayers, won him his third Grammy. The first bluegrass album in more than 22 years to debut at the top of the US album sales chart, it confirmed him as the genre’s biggest crossover star in decades. He was feted by everyone from Bob

entertainment  Aug 27, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Idiots review – throwback bro comedy is an entertaining summer seat-filler

Dave Franco and O’Shea Jackson Jr lead a goofy roadtrip comedy that is just sharp enough to keep you strapped inIdiots is billed as a return to the raunchy bro comedies of the 2000s like Pineapple Express and The Hangover and about halfway through there is a visual gag involving bodily functions that is so revolting, so unexpected and so genius that it comes close to them. For a moment, I was transported back to the mix of delight and disgust I felt upon watching a ‘90s Farrelly Brothers movie w

entertainment  Aug 27, 2026