Hollywood Reporter

Dominic Monaghan to Join ‘Lord of the Rings’ 25th Anniversary Reunion With Elijah Wood, More at CCXP

The annual fan event takes place Dec. 3-6 in Brazil.

entertainment  Aug 25, 2026

The Guardian Culture

The Great Dictator by Matthew Sweet review – the life of Barbara Cartland

An excellent, compassionate biography of the wildly prolific romantic novelistBarbara Cartland was famous for dictating her novels. With a pekingese clamped to her hot pink bosom she would lie back on a library couch and exhale a story about virginal girls taming wayward dukes, damaged airmen or misunderstood surgeons. Meanwhile Miss Savory, Mrs Smith or Mrs Morgan, picked for being unfidgety and sneezeless, would take everything down in immaculate Pitman shorthand. Cartland reckoned on being ab

entertainment  Aug 25, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Zip Wire review – cancer-curing scientist is on the hook for cable-dangle thriller

This nonsensical film sees an OCD-afflicted scientist fending off assassins while hanging from an aerial wire, and fails to get pulses racing for even a minuteIn this silly, low-adrenaline thriller, the title star is a rickety old zip wire bolted into the side of a mountain in the Italian Dolomites that was never intended for human use. It was constructed in the first world war to sling weapons and supplies hundreds of feet down the valley – and is still used to get the occasional goat off the m

entertainment  Aug 25, 2026

The Guardian Culture

‘My way to escape reality’: LensCulture street photography awards 2026 winners – in pictures

From pre-dawn Vietnam to cats scaling walls, the scenes in these prize-winning photographs show how the everyday can become mysterious, poetic and surreal Continue reading...

entertainment  Aug 25, 2026

The Guardian Culture

‘Why isn’t there hip-hop in 3/4 time?’: the groups reinventing a Polish folk dance for the modern age

The oberek is a traditional dance beloved of state folk ensembles – but a new generation of musicians is reconfiguring its music into wild new forms, merging folk steps with electronics and the sound of Chicago footworkIt’s 6pm on the first day of OFF festival in Katowice, and a crowd is gathering in front of one of the stages to watch newcomers Tercet Imperial. Sporting disco outfits of nylon jackets, tracksuits and Chicago Bulls caps, keyboardist Piotr Zabrodzki deploys resonant acid melodies,

entertainment  Aug 25, 2026

The Guardian Culture

TV tonight: this heartwrenching drama about Indigenous child welfare will make you seethe with anger

In this week’s double bill , a grown-up woman confronts her adoptive mother. Plus: the Spanish Armada tries to overthrow Elizabeth I. Here’s what to watch this evening9pm, Sky AtlanticA drama with minimal dialogue that can still stir such deep outrage is proof of its power. But there is a guttural cry in this week’s double bill that, somehow, makes you even angrier about the Sixties Scoop – the period when Canada removed Indigenous children from their families. Patti Bird is fighting to get her

entertainment  Aug 25, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Foo Fighters Rock Hollywood Bowl Debut as Gustavo Dudamel Says Goodbye to L.A. Philharmonic

"What an honor to be invited to this hallowed ground," Dave Grohl gushed during the performance that featured accompaniment from the full orchestra.

entertainment  Aug 25, 2026

The Guardian Culture

The Librarians: A Very Serious Comedy! review – workplace meltdown borrows from classic sitcoms

Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh Well-tuned performances help along a familiar set of laughs as a rickety library gets a new manager and an inspectionThe sign says Plumstanton Library but this could be The Brittas Empire’s Whitbury New Town Leisure Centre, The Office’s Wernham Hogg or Torquay fleapit Fawlty Towers. Such is the instant familiarity of a failing workplace whose staff have a new manager and an inspector to contend with at once. It’s not only the books that are well worn in Matthew How

entertainment  Aug 25, 2026

The Guardian Culture

The ear witness: Turner-winner Lawrence Abu Hamdan and his ‘sound evidence’ exposés of human rights abuses

From killings in Gaza to the alleged use of a sonic weapon on a vigil in Belgrade, the Lebanese-British artist reveals how his work for activist group Earshot is inseparable from his artLawrence Abu Hamdan has a double identity. He is an artist who, in 2019, jointly won the Turner prize; and one of his works is, for my money, among the most striking on show at this year’s Venice Biennale. But he is also the director of a young NGO, founded in 2023, called Earshot, which investigates human rights

entertainment  Aug 25, 2026

Variety

Nandamuri Balakrishna, Sunny Deol, Nayanthara Lead Zee Studios’ Multilingual 2026-27 Slate (EXCLUSIVE)

India’s Zee Studios has unveiled a diversified multilingual, multi-genre content slate for 2026-27, spanning Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Gujarati and Kannada cinema. The portfolio brings together commercial entertainers, action spectacles, thrillers, mythology-driven epics and regionally rooted stories. On the Hindi-language side, the slate includes “Baap,” starring Sunny Deol, Sanjay Dutt, Jackie Shroff and Mithun […]

entertainment  Aug 25, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Hulu Cancels ‘Not Suitable for Work’ After One Season

Mindy Kaling created the comedy series, which premiered in June.

entertainment  Aug 25, 2026

Variety

Imagen Awards Red Carpet: Andy Garcia, Karla Souza, Wilmer Valderrama and More Celebrity Photos

Andy Garcia, Karla Souza and Wilmer Valderrama were among those on the red carpet Friday night for the 41st annual Imagen Awards at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills. Celebrating Latino talent and creatives across entertainment, the gala honored Andy Garcia with the Lifetime Achievement Award for his four-decade career. In his acceptance speech, the […]

entertainment  Aug 25, 2026

Variety

Hulu Cancels Mindy Kaling-Created Comedy ‘Not Suitable for Work’ After One Season (EXCLUSIVE)

Hulu will not be moving forward on a second season of its recent comedy “Not Suitable for Work,” from creator Mindy Kaling. The series, which Kaling executive produced with showrunner Charlie Grandy and 3 Arts Entertainment’s Howard Klein, launched in June and ran for nine episodes. Warner Bros. TV, which produces the series, plans to […]

entertainment  Aug 25, 2026

Variety

Taylor Swift Sings Mashup of ‘All Too Well,’ ‘I Knew It, I Knew You’ and ‘August’ in Grammy Museum Video

Most Taylor Swift fans probably do not think of the sad events of “All Too Well” and the ultimately happy “Toy Story 5” as occurring in the same cinematic or musical universe. But, to the contrary, Swift sees a clear thematic connection between her epic romantic tragedy of 14 years ago and the happily-ever-after saga […]

entertainment  Aug 25, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Taylor Swift on Dealing With Public Perception and Deciding Not to Opt Out Before Her Career “Got Unmanageably Big”

The star joined Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. for a 20-year retrospective chat at the Grammy Museum.

entertainment  Aug 25, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Guillermo del Toro, James Gunn Join Crunchyroll’s Inaugural Anime Future Forum

The Oct. 7 industry summit in New York will also feature some of Japan's most powerful anime executives, including leaders from MAPPA, Toho, Shueisha and Aniplex.

entertainment  Aug 25, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Brenda Song Loves the Los Angeles Rams So Much She Ended Up in a Broadcast Booth at SoFi Stadium

The 'Running Point' star sat with THR in a golf cart after her broadcast debut to explain her obsession with defense and how a love for sports brought her closer to partner Macaulay Culkin.

entertainment  Aug 24, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Disney and NFL Fandoms Collide in Character-Inspired Collection of Team Gear

Created in partnership with Champion and Fanatics, the first-of-its-kind clothing collaboration pairs each NFL team with a beloved Disney, Pixar, Marvel or 'Star Wars' character.

entertainment  Aug 24, 2026

Variety

Taylor Swift Recalls How ‘I Knew You Were Trouble’ Was Written As a ‘Really Sad Ballad’ in Grammy Museum Conversation Video

Taylor Swift opened up about the process of writing and recording her 2012 hit “I Knew You Were Trouble,” revealing that it was initially penned as a “really sad ballad” before she was encouraged to incorporate dubstep. Swift reflected on the song’s creation during a Q&A at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles last week, […]

entertainment  Aug 24, 2026

Variety

Wendy Williams Documentary Series ‘Clap If You Care,’ From the Host’s Longtime TV Producer, Picked Up at Peacock

Peacock is digging into the well-mined world of former radio host and TV talk show star Wendy Williams, greenlighting the three-part documentary “Clap If You Care: The Wendy Williams Show” (which is a working title) to air in 2027. Williams is not involved in the new docuseries, but her former producer is spearheading the project. […]

entertainment  Aug 24, 2026