Variety

‘I Love Lucy’ Will Receive the Television Academy’s First-Ever Legacy Award at the Emmys

It’s probably only fitting that the Television Academy’s first-ever “Legacy Award” will recognize the series that has probably had the most profound impact of any TV program on the medium: “I Love Lucy.” The series that set the blueprint for sitcoms and created the template for TV syndication will receive the honor on Sunday, Sept. […]

entertainment  Aug 25, 2026

Variety

‘Unleashed Spirits: The Rise of the Hollywood Vampires’ to Open 42nd Boston Film Festival

Alice Cooper, Joe Perry and Tommy Henriksen are set to appear at next month’s 42nd annual Boston Film Festival to discuss the event’s opening night premiere, the feature “Unleashed Spirits: The Rise of the Hollywood Vampires.” The movie shows how Cooper’s secret 1970s “drinking and social club” eventually inspired the rock supergroup Hollywood Vampires, with […]

entertainment  Aug 25, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

‘I Love Lucy’ Set for TV Academy’s Inaugural Legacy Award

The landmark sitcom premiered 75 years ago and won four Emmys during its original run.

entertainment  Aug 25, 2026

Variety

Australia Bans AI-Generated Tracks From Official Music Charts to ‘Promote the Human Nature of Artistry’

The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), the trade group representing the country’s music industry, has banned wholly AI-generated songs from its weekly charts that showcase the most popular tracks in Australia. The changes, which take effect Friday, were outlined in an update to the ARIA Charts’ code of practice, which states that music produced with generative […]

entertainment  Aug 25, 2026

Variety

Martin Scorsese Appointed Honorary President of Italy’s David di Donatello Academy

Martin Scorsese is set to be appointed honorary president of the David di Donatello Academy of Italian cinema, the entity that runs Italy’s equivalent of the Oscars. Scorsese’s appointment to the government-run entity follows that of Gianluca Farinelli, head of Italy’s venerable Il Cinema Ritrovato festival dedicated to cinematic treasures of the past, as the […]

entertainment  Aug 25, 2026

Variety

Oscars: Belgium Selects Lukas Dhont’s Cannes Prizewinning ‘Coward’ for International Feature Race

Lukas Dhont’s “Coward,” which won the best actor prize at Cannes for Emmanuel Macchia and Valentin Campagne, will represent Belgium in the international feature film race at the 99th Academy Awards. The selection marks the third time Belgium has submitted a film by Dhont to the Oscars. His 2018 debut “Girl” – which won Cannes’ […]

entertainment  Aug 25, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Oscars: Belgium Picks Lukas Dhont’s ‘Coward’ as Best Int’l Feature Submission

The queer WWI drama won best acting honors in Cannes for leads Emmanuel Macchia and Valentin Campagne.

entertainment  Aug 25, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Kit Harington to replace Nicholas Hoult in HBO’s Harry Potter TV series

Actor best known as Jon Snow in Game of Thrones will now play Gilderoy Lockhart in show’s second seasonKit Harington will replace Nicholas Hoult in HBO’s Harry Potter television series, after the Skins actor left the production because of scheduling conflicts.Harington will play Gilderoy Lockhart, the vain and inept defence against the dark arts teacher, in the season based on Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, the second novel in JK Rowling’s series. The casting change was announced just

entertainment  Aug 25, 2026

Variety

George Clooney, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Alexandre Desplat and More Set for Finch & Partners and CAA’s ‘Future of Creativity’ Forum in Venice

George Clooney, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Alexandre Desplat and more are set to take part in an inaugural forum themed around creativity in Venice next month, held alongside the film festival. Presented by Finch & Partners and CAA, the invitation-only forum is titled “The Future of… Creativity” and, according to a press release, aims to gather “leading […]

entertainment  Aug 25, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Camping trips, grief and embarrassing your kids – the fringe shows embracing every facet of fatherhood

Edinburgh comedies by Whisper Theatre, Lightning Rod Special and Olaf Falafel are exploring what it’s like to be a dad, from the hilarious and melancholic to the devastatingly accurate cringeIn a historic masonic lodge in Edinburgh’s New Town I find myself raising my hand. The call has gone out for fathers in the audience and I join our hosts, Dick and Dale, along with another volunteer on stage. It’s just us four guys at a campsite, practising trick shots with a baseball, busting some moves and

entertainment  Aug 25, 2026

Variety

Hannah Einbinder Defends Mark Ruffalo After Paramount Calls His Merger Attack ‘Antisemitic’: ‘Those of Us With a Platform Need to Use Our Voices’

“Hacks” star Hannah Einbinder has come to the defense of Mark Ruffalo after Paramount accused him of invoking “antisemitic tropes” when criticizing the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger. It all kicked off on Friday, when Ruffalo shared a clip on Instagram of Paramount board member Safra Catz outlining “really profoundly scary technologies” that Oracle — which was […]

entertainment  Aug 25, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Climate-saving wonder – or €240m vanity bauble that ages like milk? The rocks set to hit Rotterdam docks

MVRDV – the firm behind Marble Arch Mound – says Rotterdam ROCKS! will inspire visitors to live sustainably. But in an era when the greenest building is the one that already exists, this tottering cairn looks set to misfire‘It looks like something Shrek would throw up,” sniffed one online commentator, unflatteringly comparing Rotterdam ROCKS!, the recently unveiled proposal for a waterfront site in Europe’s largest port, with the vomitings of a cartoon ogre. Designed by Dutch architectural firm

entertainment  Aug 25, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Russian stadium says it will not host Kanye concerts – but promoter says shows have not been cancelled

The controversial rapper now known as Ye was due to play two huge shows at St Petersburg’s Gazprom Arena, which now states it cannot host performances for contractual reasonsThe St Petersburg stadium that was set to host two concerts by Ye – making the rapper formerly known as Kanye West the biggest western act to play in Russia since start of the Ukraine war – has now said that the concerts will not take place at the venue, although the promoter has stressed that they have not been cancelled.Ga

entertainment  Aug 25, 2026

Variety

Crooked Media Is Bringing Back Nate Silver’s ‘FiveThirtyEight Politics’ Podcast, Which Will Relaunch Next Month as ‘Still Counting’ (EXCLUSIVE)

FiveThirtyEight is coming back from the dead — sort of. Just ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, Crooked Media inked a deal to acquire and revive the “FiveThirtyEight Politics” podcast hosted by Nate Silver, Clare Malone and Galen Druke. And under Crooked Media’s wing, the show is getting a new name: “Still Counting,” a weekly […]

entertainment  Aug 25, 2026

Variety

Patricio Valladares Descends Into Hell With Horror Adaptation of Dante’s ‘Inferno’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Chilean filmmaker Patricio Valladares, behind the 2023 found-footage horror pic “Invoking Yell,” is set to direct a fantasy-horror reimagining of Dante’s “Inferno.” “The Divine Comedy,” slated to begin filming in Rome in September, is produced by Italian film company Anxur Films, in collaboration with Ireland’s Skincrawl Studios, which is also handling international sales.  “You’ve likely […]

entertainment  Aug 25, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Disney’s Lavish K-Drama ‘The Remarried Empress’ Sets Busan Premiere Ahead of Streaming Launch

The lavish fantasy-romance, Disney's most expensive Korean drama to date, stars Shin Min-a, Ju Ji-hoon, Lee Jong-suk and Lee Se-young.

entertainment  Aug 25, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Kate Cheka: The Last Funny Woman review – pregnant standup calls for comedy industry to grow up

Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh Cheka considers her tendency to ‘live life like a joke’ in a frank hour, with her frustrations leaving a lasting impressionKate Cheka wasn’t supposed to be here. After her debut hour two years ago, she swore she would never do the fringe again. But now she’s back, mic in hand and eight months pregnant, walking us through her life’s greatest romantic escapades, from Marseille to Texas and Nepal to Berlin. She does it all with mountains of energy – if you thought the fringe

entertainment  Aug 25, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Hannah Einbinder Defends Mark Ruffalo From Paramount “Antisemitism” Claim: “All of Us Artists Could Stand to Be More Like Mark”

The Emmy-winning 'Hacks' actress added that Ruffalo was "fighting for the working class of Hollywood" in his opposition to the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger deal.

entertainment  Aug 25, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Anthony Boyle, Connor Swindells to Star in Sky “Anti-Romcom” Series ‘Charmer’

Siena Kelly and Sophie Wilde also feature in the eight-part show from Working Title Television and Story Films on a seducer-for-hire employed to test the fidelity of wealthy London clients’ partners.

entertainment  Aug 25, 2026

Variety

Anthony Boyle to Lead Sky Drama ‘Charmer’ From Working Title, Story Films

Anthony Boyle, the “House of Guinness” star soon to be seen playing Sam Bankman-Fried in Netflix’s “The Altruists,” is set to lead upcoming Sky Original drama “Charmer.” The eight-part series, now in production, comes from Working Title Television and Story Films, with Siena Kelly (“Black Mirror,” “Adult Material”), Connor Swindells (“The Entertainment System Is Down,” […]

entertainment  Aug 25, 2026