Variety

‘Black Mirror’ Season 8 Starts Production as Netflix Renews ‘Being Gordon Ramsay’ and ‘Legends’ (EXCLUSIVE)

An eighth season of “Black Mirror” is officially in production, Variety can confirm. The show started shooting this summer, although no launch date for the new season has been set yet. Earlier this year creator Charlie Brooker vowed the dystopian anthology series “will return, and hopefully it’ll be more ‘Black Mirror’ than ever.” He is […]

entertainment  Aug 24, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Mike Schur: The Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Is Existential for Writers

"A market ceases to function when competition disappears. And it’s disappearing," argues the comedy writer whose credits include 'Saturday Night Live,' 'The Office,' 'Parks and Recreation', 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' and many more.

entertainment  Aug 24, 2026

The Guardian Culture

‘Better than The Godfather’: how we made brutal Yorkshire crime classic Red Riding

‘The show’s hardly an advert for Yorkshire. Sets would have a burnt-out car and maybe an upturned shopping trolley. Locals would say, “Can’t you put a nice floral arrangement there instead?”’I’d been writing screenplays with Michael Winterbottom and in 2006, his producer Andrew Eaton said: “There’s this quartet of novels by David Peace. Are you interested in adapting them?” I read the first, 1974, and was drawn to it and repelled at the same time. It was strong meat, full of anger and injustice.

entertainment  Aug 24, 2026

Variety

Reggie Watts’ Theme Song Axed From ‘Comedy Bang Bang’ Podcast After Report Alleging ‘Reckless’ Drug Use in Relationships

Reggie Watts’ “Comedy Bang Bang” theme song was cut from Monday’s episode of the popular podcast following a Rolling Stone report that alleged the comedian and musician has exhibited “reckless and selfish” behavior regarding drugs in his past relationships. The story, which was published on Thursday, alleges that Watts’ late ex-girlfriend, Katherine McCollough, developed a […]

entertainment  Aug 24, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

California AG Calls Off Paramount-Warner Bros. Meeting, Accusing Company of “Playing Games”

"Not only did Paramount leak the alleged substance of settlement discussions, but they misrepresented these discussions, demonstrating a lack of good faith," says Rob Bonta.

entertainment  Aug 24, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Gaza documentary produced by the Guardian to receive world premiere at Venice film festival

Film directed by Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, the two Israeli co-directors of No Other Land, investigates ‘Israel’s calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians’ during the war A new documentary about Israel’s bombing campaign in Gaza, directed by Oscar-winning directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor and produced by the Guardian is to receive its world premiere at the Venice film festival.The film, called NAZA, has been produced with Jim Wilson and executive produced by Jonathan Glazer,

entertainment  Aug 24, 2026

Variety

‘Small Things’ Review: Zvonimir Jurić’s Island-Set Chamber Drama Unfolds a Quietly Devastating Family Reunion

In the opening of “Small Things,” Zvonimir Jurić’s elegant and understated chamber drama, the giggling grandchildren of an elder patriarch (Bosnian film and theater veteran Izudin Bajrović) show their charmingly clueless pops how to operate a smartphone. Later that night, along with the kids’ mother Irena (Ivana Roščić) and aunt Anica (Marija Skaričić), the crew […]

entertainment  Aug 24, 2026

Variety

Guillermo del Toro, James Gunn, ‘Beyond the Spider-Verse’ Directors Set for Crunchyroll’s Inaugural Anime Future Forum

Anime giant Crunchyroll plans to dissect the growing business of anime with its first-ever thought leadership summit to be held as a precursor to New York Comic Con in October. The Crunchyroll Anime Future Forum will be held Oct. 7 at New York’s Javits Convention Center, with conference tracks focusing on four key themes: fandom, […]

entertainment  Aug 24, 2026

Variety

Roku Names Gianluca Pucacco VP, Revenue Operations, International Growth

Gianluca “GL” Pucacco has been named vice president of revenue operations and international growth at Roku, just as the streaming company is working toward its sale to Fox Corporation. Pucacco’s role is effective Monday, August 24. He reports to Patrick Harris, who was named senior vice president of global media revenue at Roku in February. […]

entertainment  Aug 24, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Post your questions for Alex Winter

The 80s icon and star of The Lost Boys and Bill & Ted has also had a storied career behind the camera and on stage. Now, he’ll answer your (non-bogus) questions You probably still think of Alex Winter as Kiefer Sutherland’s bloodsucking, peroxide-haired vampire biker mate Marko in 1987’s The Lost Boys, or the air-guitaring slacker Bill S Preston Esq alongside Keanu Reeves’s Ted “Theodore” Logan in the Bill & Ted franchise.But Winter actually started out as a child actor on Broadway, appe

entertainment  Aug 24, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Marquise Gilmore review – bassoon earns its spotlight in Thea Musgrave’s Out of the Darkness

Royal Albert Hall, London Amy Harman brought a warm baritonal vocalise to premiere from nonagerian Thea Musgrave, while Felix Klieser played a remarkable trickAmid this year’s crop of Proms premieres, one stood out a mile – long before any of us had heard a note of it. Out of the Darkness is a new bassoon concerto by the 98-year-old Scottish composer Thea Musgrave, whose music was first heard at the Proms in 1960. Sixty-six years later, Musgrave is one of classical music’s

entertainment  Aug 24, 2026

Variety

‘EastEnders’ Puts Out Casting Call for Character Named Meghan After Duchess’ U.K. Return: ‘Confident, Gorgeous and Ready to Cause Chaos’

Reports of Meghan Markle’s return to acting in the U.K. prompted numerous quips and memes over the weekend that the Duchess of Sussex was planning to make an appearance on long-running BBC soap “EastEnders.” Now it seems “EastEnders” producers have gotten in on the joke, as BBC Studios have put out a casting call for […]

entertainment  Aug 24, 2026

The Guardian Culture

‘A cognitive cacophony’: hands-on with the Call of Duty Modern Warfare 4 beta test

Players will get what they expect from the new CoD title: boots-on-the-ground military action with a slight tactical edge. But what’s with all the distractions?There’s a lot riding on this year’s Call of Duty, the inescapable first-person shootfest that’s been lobbing a grenade into the autumn release schedule since 2003. Previous instalment, Black Ops 7, performed poorly compared to previous titles, forcing Activision to post a semi-apology to fans. And that’s not the only challenge Modern Warf

entertainment  Aug 24, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

AEG, Archer Aviation Unveil Plans for Air Taxis at L.A. Live

Downtown’s first “vertiport” is expected to join a local network of hubs that includes LAX, SoFi Stadium and USC.

entertainment  Aug 24, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Women Photograph + Leica grantees for 2026 – in pictures

Women Photograph, a non-profit which launched in 2017 to elevate the voices of women and nonbinary visual journalists, has announced three recipients of their 2026 grants. Grants of $10,000 have been awarded to Fatma Fahmy, Caroline Gutman, and Yixi Tian. This year’s grant was sponsored by Leica USA Continue reading...

entertainment  Aug 24, 2026

Variety

Toronto’s Midnight Madness Title ‘Vintage Violence’ Starring Cole Sprouse and Kiko Mizuhara Gets Boarded by Best Friend Forever (EXCLUSIVE)

Best Friend Forever has boarded international sales on Eugene Kotlyarenko’s “Vintage Violence,” starring Cole Sprouse (“Riverdale”) and Kiko Mizuhara, ahead of the film’s world premiere at Toronto’s Midnight Madness section. WME is handling domestic rights on the thriller, which marks Kotlyarenko’s eighth feature. The filmmaker is known for weaving internet and online-video culture into contemporary […]

entertainment  Aug 24, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Brad Pitt to Return to San Sebastian Film Festival With David Ayer’s ‘Heart of the Beast’

It marks Pitt's first visit to the Spanish film festival since he and Quentin Tarantino presented 'Inglourious Basterds' in 2009.

entertainment  Aug 24, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Venice Adds Gaza Doc ‘Naza’ to Competition

Directed by 'No Other Land' filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, the doc explores Israeli military killings of Palestinian civilians in Gaza.

entertainment  Aug 24, 2026

The Guardian Culture

The Visitor review – existential Lithuania-set homecoming drama leaves everything in limbo

This portrait by Vytautas Katkus of a man contemplating his recent fatherhood and his own father is steeped in ennui and ends up driftingAt one point in this Nordic-Baltic homecoming film, Danielius (Darius Šilėnas) refuses an invite for beachfront karaoke, preferring to watch from behind a polythene partition. At another, a neighbour glimpses him exercising across the courtyard, through the window of the flat in an end-of-summer Lithuanian resort that Danielius is trying to sell. Having returne

entertainment  Aug 24, 2026

Variety

Vietnamese Found-Footage Horror Hit ‘Lau Chu Hoa: The Deadliest Mansion’ Heads to North American Theaters (EXCLUSIVE)

Vietnamese found-footage horror film “Lầu Chú Hoả: The Deadliest Mansion” is opening in North American theaters on Sept. 4, with Mockingbird Pictures placing the title across AMC, Regal and Cinemark circuits. Directed by Hùng Trần, the film became Vietnam’s first theatrical found-footage horror release and turned into a breakout hit after its June debut. It […]

entertainment  Aug 24, 2026