Variety

Oasis Documentary Captures Gallagher Brothers’ ‘Moment of Reconciliation’ on Camera, Teases Disney+ EMEA Boss

The camera was rolling when the Gallaghers made up. An upcoming Disney+ documentary on Oasis has captured the moment Liam and Noel Gallagher reconciled after 15 years without contact, Angela Jain, head of content for Disney+ EMEA, revealed Wednesday at the Edinburgh TV Festival’s Spotlight on Disney+ session. “This is the story of two brothers […]

entertainment  Aug 26, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Rupert Grint to Join Broadway Cast of ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’

Grint will play the adult version of Ron Weasley, a role which he originated in the film franchise.

entertainment  Aug 26, 2026

Variety

Nile Rodgers & Chic to Headline DKMS Cancer Benefit Gala in New York

Nile Rodgers & Chic will headline the 20th annual gala for DKMS, a top non-profit organization fighting blood cancer and blood disorders. The black-tie event at will take place at Cipriani Wall Street in New York on Thursday, October 15th. The evening’s programming includes a live concert from Rodgers — a cancer survivor as well […]

entertainment  Aug 26, 2026

Variety

‘Love Island’ and ‘The Traitors’ Star Maura Higgins to Host ‘Blind Date’ on Disney+

“Love Island” and “The Traitors” star Maura Higgins has a new gig: hosting Disney+’s upcoming reality series “Blind Date.” The iconic British dating show, which ran from 1985 to 2003, is being revamped by the streamer for modern audiences and promises to be “bigger, better and bolder than ever,” according to a press release. “As […]

entertainment  Aug 26, 2026

The Guardian Culture

A Ugandan quarry worker carrying rocks on her head: Dan Nelken’s best photograph

‘Janet had eight children. Her husband drove a boda-boda taxi, but had lost a leg – so she had been working in her local quarry for 10 years. “I am now the husband in this home,” she said’In 2017, my wife, Adele Brown, was invited to spend three weeks at an NGO in Gulu, Uganda, teaching critical thinking skills to blind high school-age students. I was asked along to document the organisation’s activities. I became fascinated by the town’s main market, where vendors sold goods such as used clothe

entertainment  Aug 26, 2026

Variety

‘Tommy & Tuppence’ Trailer: Antonia Thomas and Josh Dylan Solve Mysteries and Fall in Love in Modern Agatha Christie Series (EXCLUSIVE)

BritBox has unveiled the official trailer for “Agatha Christie’s Tommy & Tuppence,” a modern take on the beloved detective duo starring Antonia Thomas and Josh Dylan. The six-part series is the first contemporary English-language TV adaptation of Christie’s “Tommy & Tuppence” stories, set in present-day London and starring Dylan (“Buccaneers,” “Mamma Mia 2”) as Tommy […]

entertainment  Aug 26, 2026

Variety

‘Emily in Paris’ Season 6 First Look Shows a Glamorous Greek Adventure as Netflix Sets Christmas Release

“Emily in Paris” will take its final bow on Christmas Eve. Netflix set a Dec. 24 premiere date for the series’ sixth and final season and released new photos, including a look at the show’s latest adventure in Greece. As reported by Variety in April, Emily’s (Lily Collins) life and work will take her from […]

entertainment  Aug 26, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

‘The Love Hypothesis’ Trailer: Lili Reinhart and Tom Bateman Embark on Fake Dating Scheme in STEM Romance

Adapted from Ali Hazelwood’s bestselling novel, Reinhart and Bateman star as a Ph.D. candidate and the school’s intimidating professor pretending to be in a relationship.

entertainment  Aug 26, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Barry Keoghan to Lead and Produce ‘Top Boy’ Prequel Series ‘Jonny Boy’ at Netflix (Exclusive)

Creator-writer of the original show Ronan Bennett is returning for 'Jonny Boy,' as is Canadian rapper Drake, who executive produced the British BAFTA-winning crime drama.

entertainment  Aug 26, 2026

Variety

Meta to Pay $17.1 Billion in Settlement With 29 States Over Social-Media Addiction Claims

Meta will pay a record $17.1 billion — and implement broad child-safety reforms on Instagram and Facebook — under a nationwide settlement with 26 state attorneys general, including California’s Rob Bonta. The agreement, subject to court approval, resolves claims by the state AGs that Meta designed Instagram with addictive features, knowingly exposed young users to […]

entertainment  Aug 26, 2026

Variety

Meta to Pay up to $18 Billion in Settlement With 29 States Over Social-Media Addiction Claims

Meta will pay up to $18 billion over 10 years — and implement broad child-safety reforms on Instagram and Facebook — under a nationwide settlement with 29 state attorneys general, including California’s Rob Bonta. The agreement, subject to court approval, resolves claims by the state AGs that Meta designed Instagram with addictive features, knowingly exposed […]

entertainment  Aug 26, 2026

Variety

Gary Oldman on the ‘Pleasure’ of Playing ‘Slow Horses’ Spy Jackson Lamb: ‘A Man Who Has Single-Handedly Lowered the Public’s Expectation of Personal Hygiene’

Gary Oldman received the Edinburgh TV Festival’s Global Icon Award on Wednesday and, unsurprisingly, spent much of the time in an on-stage conversation discussing his most famous — and current — TV character. “For the last six years, I’ve had the pleasure of inhabiting Jackson Lamb, a man who has single-handedly lowered the public’s expectation of personal […]

entertainment  Aug 26, 2026

Variety

‘Finding Emily’ Review: The Working Title Romantic Comedy Gets a Fresh, Funny GenZ Makeover

The big-screen romantic comedy is unfashionable enough these days that it tends to come dressed up in at least one of two ways: with a quasi-absurd high concept (see this summer’s “One Night Only”) or draped in enough ironic quote marks to make clear that the filmmakers are rolling their eyes right along with you. […]

entertainment  Aug 26, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

DAZN Buys EverPass Media in Commercial Sports Rights Push

EverPass investors the NFL, TKO and RedBird will become minority shareholders in DAZN, which is making a major move into the commercial side of sports media.

entertainment  Aug 26, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Jaye P. Morgan, Singer and Bawdy ‘Gong Show’ Panelist, Dies at 94

A lover of double entendres, she got fired from the Chuck Barris game show after showing her breasts during a Mean Gene Dancing Machine routine.

entertainment  Aug 26, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Kirsty Mann: Corpse review – a comedy so creepy you’ll fear the next revelation

Summerhall, Edinburgh The comedian brings a calm authority to her tale of a haunted house and digs out maximum horror from a minimal stagingSome shows work their magic on you slowly but Kirsty Mann will have you hooked in under a minute. A thunderous sound effect, a flash of blood-red lighting and a DIY ghost costume is all it takes to get the audience strapped in for her comic tale of a haunting. “Are you a believer?” she asks us. Mann may not convince you of supernatural powers but she overwhe

entertainment  Aug 26, 2026

Variety

Women’s Basketball League Unrivaled Raises More Than $100 Million From Carmelo Anthony, Ashton Kutcher, Alex Morgan, University of California Fund and More

Unrivaled, the women’s three-on-three basketball league, announced that its Series C fundraise has surpassed an initial $100 million target and is now oversubscribed — valuing the league at $650 million. The funding round was led by Ten Pillars Sports Fund, backed by UC Investments, which manages the University of California system’s investment funds. Other participants […]

entertainment  Aug 26, 2026

Variety

DAZN Will Acquire EverPass in Bid to Expand NFL Sunday Ticket

Streaming-sports purveyor DAZN has struck an agreement to buy EverPass Media, the distributor of licensed sports properties to commercial establishments like hotels and bars. In doing so, DAZN will pick up the commercial arm of the NFL’s popular “Sunday Ticket” package, and expand its U.S. foothold, while working to bring content distributed via EverPass to […]

entertainment  Aug 26, 2026

Variety

Independent Talent Group Launches Creator Studio With Hire of Deborah Turness

U.K. agency Independent Talent Group is launching a creator studio to be headed by Deborah Turness, who has joined as president of Independent Talent Studio. Most recently, Turness was CEO of BBC News and Current Affairs and a member of the BBC board, and previously served as president of NBC News in the U.S., CEO […]

entertainment  Aug 26, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Goodbye, Dolly Parton: a gay icon whose appeal reached across age, class and politics, and into the Maga heartlands | Emma Brockes

Straight women loved her, so did Eminem. Even Donald Trump found something nice to say. Her allure had no boundaries and was truly uniqueI was at the National Theatre in London on Tuesday night, at a production of Pride, which tells the story of the unlikely alliance between gay activists and Welsh miners during the 1984 miners’ strike, when news broke of Dolly Parton’s death. Well. Against the sadness, one couldn’t help smiling. At a very gay production, attended by a majority gay audience, I h

entertainment  Aug 26, 2026