Variety

‘Half Man’ Creator and Star Richard Gadd on the ‘Ambiguous’ Finale, That ‘Grueling’ Fight and [SPOILER]’s Death: ‘It Felt Like the Right Way to End a Show Like This’

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains major spoilers for the series finale of the HBO/BBC drama “Half Man,” now streaming on HBO Max. For the past six weeks, Richard Gadd’s sophomore drama, “Half Man,” kept viewers on tenterhooks as they waited to find out what actually went down between his character Ruben and Jamie Bell’s Niall in […]

entertainment  May 29, 2026

Variety

Martina McBride Becomes Fourth Performer to Withdraw From D.C. Concert Series as Backlash to Trump-Backed ‘Freedom 250’ Grows

Country star Martina McBride has become the latest performer to back out of the upcoming “Freedom 250” concerts on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., posting on her social accounts Thursday night that she was dropping out of her planned show after learning that it carried far more political baggage than she’d realized. McBride is […]

entertainment  May 29, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Gareth Edwards Is Excited About AI Filmmaking — Even Thought It’s Like a “Second-Unit Director Who Is a Billionaire on Acid”

The ‘Jurassic World Rebirth’ and ‘Rogue One’ director said he has been experimenting with diffusion models and eventually wants to create a hybrid AI film.

entertainment  May 29, 2026

Variety

The Series Finale of ‘Hacks’ Showed What the Rest of Season 5 Was Missing

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers from the series finale of “Hacks,” now streaming on HBO Max. In the closing minutes of “Hacks,” Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) and Ava Daniels (Hannah Einbinder) do what they conspicuously have not for most of the streaming comedy’s fifth and final season: workshop some jokes.  The push and pull […]

entertainment  May 29, 2026

Variety

‘Hacks’ Producers and Stars Dissect the Finale, Including That Twist Ending for Deborah and Ava

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers from the series finale of “Hacks,” now streaming on HBO Max. Deborah Vance was never really going to die. But as “Hacks” said bon voyage with a series finale that took viewers to Paris and back, the series’ creators knew they needed to heighten the stakes with its lead […]

entertainment  May 29, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Scooter Braun on Spencer Pratt: “He’s Speaking for a Lot of People Who Are Very Frustrated”

In a wide-ranging interview with The Free Press, the music executive spoke about the mayoral candidate, Taylor Swift, Kanye West and girlfriend Sydney Sweeney.

entertainment  May 29, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

The Best Premium Father’s Day Gifts (at Every Budget), From Sonos Speakers, Nintendo Consoles, Nike Sneakers and More

For Father's Day in June, we've rounded up unique and elevated picks that your dad will just love.

entertainment  May 29, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Downtown Napa Gets First Full-Service Resort With the Opening of New Hilton Property

The on-site restaurant, BOA Steakhouse, also makes its Napa debut.

entertainment  May 29, 2026

Variety

CBS Says Late-Night Deal With Byron Allen Will Generate $15 Million in Profit

How to make big, well, some bucks in late night? According to CBS, the trick is to cancel your traditional show and lease the time to someone else. The Paramount Skydance broadcast outlet, which has been grilled for weeks over its decision to oust Stephen Colbert and cancel its long-running “Late Show,” says the move […]

entertainment  May 29, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

CBS Says Late Night Will Now Turn a $15 Million Profit After Byron Allen’s Time Buy

A network rep said that late night was "cost prohibitive" to keep programming itself. Allen's 'Comics Unleashed' debuted to 1.1 million viewers.

entertainment  May 29, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Jay Daniel, Peacemaking Producer on ‘Moonlighting’ and ‘Roseanne,’ Dies at 82

He also worked with Glenn Gordon Caron on the Michael Keaton movie ‘Clean and Sober’ and with Cybill Shepherd on her CBS sitcom.

entertainment  May 28, 2026

Variety

LISTEN: ‘The U.S. Against the World’ Director-Producer Rand Getlin Documents the Road to the World Cup: ‘It’s a Coming of Age Story’

On today’s episode of “Daily Variety” podcast, Rand Getlin, director-executive producer of the HBO documentary “U.S. Against the World: Four Years With the Men’s National Soccer Team,” discusses the road to the World Cup and the rising popularity of men’s and women’s soccer in America. Getlin spent more than four years documenting the road to the […]

entertainment  May 28, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

How Andrea Martin’s Hollywood Ambitions Came Full Circle at THR’s Women in Entertainment Canada Gala

"This country has given me endless opportunity," the Tony- and Emmy-winning actress said as she and other high-profile women were honored at The Hollywood Reporter's third annual gala in Toronto.

entertainment  May 28, 2026

Variety

‘The White Lotus’ Recreates Dramatic Cannes Closing Night With Laura Dern, Steve Coogan, Ari Graynor and Max Greenfield

After wrapping its Saint-Tropez leg at the posh Chateau de la Messardiere, the production of Mike White’s hit anthology series “The White Lotus” Season 4 has moved to Cannes, where it has taken over the Palais des Festivals for what appears to be some of the season’s most pivotal scenes. The production has been shooting […]

entertainment  May 28, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Beetlejuice review – Tim Burton’s super creep reanimated as a shock jock in ghoulish musical

Prince Edward theatre, LondonThere are drop-dead gorgeous designs and the performances are full of life but this off-kilter escapade has scattershot gags and unmemorable songsHalloween has arrived early as yet another movie turned musical hits the West End. This art deco theatre is now a haunted house festooned with purple and green lights. A sandworm slithers around the auditorium and it all kicks off with an evil cackle. Tim Burton’s 1988 fright-night favourite is reanimated with song and danc

entertainment  May 28, 2026

Variety

‘Deli Boys’ Stars Asif Ali and Saagar Shaikh Break Down Season 2: Cocaine, Ping Pong, and Viral Mugshots

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for “Deli Boys” Season 2, which premiered May 28 on Hulu with all six episodes. Hulu’s crime comedy “Deli Boys” ramps things up in its second season, as Mir (Asif Ali) and Raj Dar (Saagar Shaikh) try to run their late father’s cocaine empire with the help of Lucky […]

entertainment  May 28, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Ousted ’60 Minutes’ Correspondent Cecilia Vega Says She Fears “What Comes Next” For CBS Newsmagazine

Vega was terminated Thursday alongside fellow correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi and '60' EP Tanya Simon, with Nick Bilton set to take over the newsmagazine.

entertainment  May 28, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

‘Star City’ Review: Apple’s ‘For All Mankind’ Spinoff Puts a Darkly Compelling Spin on the Space Race

Rhys Ifans leads the 1970s-set alt-history sci-fi, following the cosmonauts, scientists and intelligence officials on the Soviet side of the quest for scientific advancement.

entertainment  May 28, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

‘Descendants’ Cast Celebrate Cameron Boyce’s Birthday: “You Are Sunshine, Forevermore”

The 'Jessie' actor died July 6, 2019, at age 20. He was born May 28, 1999, meaning he would have turned 27 on Thursday.

entertainment  May 28, 2026

Variety

Cecilia Vega, Fired From ’60 Minutes,’ Says She Fears ‘For The Future of the Legendary Broadcast’

Cecilia Vega, one of the “60 Minutes” correspondents ousted in Thursday’s reorganization of the CBS News magazine, says she’s worried about the future of the program and where it may be headed under the management installed by parent company Paramount Skydance. “I have the utmost respect and admiration for my colleagues at ’60 Minutes’ and the stories […]

entertainment  May 28, 2026