Variety

Seth Rogen, Colman Domingo, Danny Boyle Join Speakers Lineup at Toronto Market Summit

The Toronto Intl. Film Festival’s Market, which runs Sept. 10-16, has added Seth Rogen, Colman Domingo and Danny Boyle to its list of speakers. The industry program, known as TIFF: The Market, has finalized its lineup and schedule of its conference program, the Summit, which has more than 70 sessions. Rogen and Boyle join The […]

entertainment  Aug 21, 2026

Variety

Trump’s White House Blasts Rosie O’Donnell After ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ Hosting Run: A ‘Nasty Woman’ and ‘Total Slob’

The White House has hit back at Rosie O’Donnell after she repeatedly skewered President Donald Trump during her guest-hosting gig on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” this week. In a statement to Entertainment Weekly on Friday, a White House spokesperson said: “Rosie O’Donnell is a nasty woman and a total slob whose brain has been completely destroyed […]

entertainment  Aug 21, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

‘Insidious: Out of the Further’ Hunts Down $3M in Box Office Previews

Jason Statham's 'Mutiny' also storms theaters to face off against the fourth weekend for 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day.'

entertainment  Aug 21, 2026

Variety

‘The Pitt’ Season 3 Trailer: Dr. Robby’s First Day Back Is Filled With More Medical Emergencies

It’s time to clock back in for “The Pitt.” HBO has released the first trailer for Season 3 of the medical drama, which will premiere in January 2027. It follows the first day back on the job for Noah Wyle’s Dr. Robby, after he went on a three-month sabbatical at the end of Season 2. […]

entertainment  Aug 21, 2026

Variety

Deauville American Film Festival Unveils Buzzy Lineup, Sets Honors for Brendan Fraser, Faye Dunaway, Ethan Hawke, Susan Surandon, Sophie Thatcher and Patrick Schwarzenegger

The Deauville American Film Festival has unveiled the lineup of films screening at the upcoming 2026 edition, including numerous French premieres for some the year’s buzziest movies. Among the titles set to land at the festival in the French seaside town are Florian Zeller’s “Bunker,” fresh from its world premiere in Venice, plus “Butterfly Jam” […]

entertainment  Aug 21, 2026

Variety

Korean Esports Group DRX Launches Digital Entertainment Division, Signs Two K-Drama Projects and Game Publishing Business

DRX built its name inside competitive gaming, growing into one of Korea’s most recognized esports organizations with a young, globally engaged fan base. Now the group is betting that base can carry it somewhere new: a broader digital entertainment business spanning K-dramas, game publishing and original content IP. “I think the timing feels right because […]

entertainment  Aug 21, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Salty Brine: How Strange It Is (The Neutral Milk Hotel Show) review – one of today’s most powerful stage voices

Summerhall, EdinburghIntertwining his diaries with Anne Frank’s gives Brine a tough job, but his passionate performance and force of will combine in a heady brewIt’s a hell of a swing to make a show paralleling your first love with Anne Frank’s – the more so for that show about her to end on an uplift. But Salty Brine is nothing if not the man for a big swing. This most overbrimming of cabaret artists is in town with his Living Record Collection project, which makes shows inspired by, and featur

entertainment  Aug 21, 2026

The Guardian Culture

‘We’re barely above porn’: why would a film-maker choose to make a deliberately bad ‘mockbuster’?

With a tiny budget and six days, Anthony Frith directed a film for the studio behind Sharknado – and then made Mockbuster, a documentary about the experienceDirectors don’t tend to appreciate having their films eviscerated by critics. And us critics, well practised in lobbing proverbial grenades from the safety of our pretentiously book-lined, Cahiers du Cinéma-strewn offices, don’t tend to look an artist in the eyes and tell them that their work sucks.This is, however, exactly what I do to the

entertainment  Aug 21, 2026

Variety

Can Microdramas Save Hollywood? Why the New Vertical Boom Isn’t Quibi 2.0

Kenan Thompson’s next project leans deep into camp. He’s set to star as a man who’s kidnapped at a Toys R Us and locked in the store’s basement. When he realizes his handcuffs are actually made of fuzz, he escapes and returns home. Back to safety, he discovers that his wife has already moved on […]

entertainment  Aug 21, 2026

Variety

Sam Smith Wears Their Heart on Their Sleeve With the Lovestruck ‘Hazel Eyes’: Album Review

It’s sometimes easy to forget what a massively successful artist Sam Smith is: five Grammys, an estimated 65 million albums sold and nearly 60 billion streams, a James Bond theme and multiple No. 1 singles all over the globe across a dozen-year career. But after three multiplatinum albums that were basically in the same musical […]

entertainment  Aug 21, 2026

Variety

Magenta Light Studios Nabs U.S. and Canadian Distribution Rights to Brazilian Crime Drama ‘The King of the Internet’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Magenta Light Studios has acquired the U.S. and Canadian distribution rights to “The King of the Internet” (“O Rei da Internet”), the acclaimed Brazilian crime drama from filmmaker Fabrício Bittar. Based on the true story of Daniel Nascimento, a teenage hacker who became one of Brazil’s most notorious cybercriminals, the film is vying to represent […]

entertainment  Aug 21, 2026

Variety

Edward Bluemel Suits Up as Detective Poirot in First Look at BBC and BritBox Series ‘Hercule’

Edward Bluemel has suited up as famed Agatha Christie detective Hercule Poirot in a first look at the upcoming BBC and BritBox series “Hercule.” The six-part show, which is shooting now in Liverpool, is an “intimate study of Hercule Poirot the man and an epic portrait of Britain between the wars,” according to a press […]

entertainment  Aug 21, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Disney Strikes Content Deal With Dhar Mann Studios

The studio, known for popular, short-form moral dramas, will produce 20 episodes of original content for Disney.

entertainment  Aug 21, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Edward Bluemel Is Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot in BBC, BritBox First-Look Image for ‘Hercule’

The six-part series, set to debut in 2027 and produced by ITV Studios' Mammoth Screen, will tell stories from the early years of the famous fictional Belgian detective.

entertainment  Aug 21, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Opens Up About ‘Wonder Man’ Un-Renewal: “It’s a Lesson in Life”

The Marvel series was renewed for a second season in March, but Disney+ reversed course last month: "I was told that it had something to do with the viewership numbers. I wasn’t told what those numbers were, but ultimately ... I think they decided that it didn’t make sense for business."

entertainment  Aug 21, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

‘The Last Sunrise’ Star Maia Reficco Is Finally Facing Her Fears

The American-Argentine actress and singer is showing a whole new side of herself with her starring role in Prime Video's new coming-of-age romance film and her debut EP: "I've kind of let go of all of those fears and understood that I need to go full force or don't go at all."

entertainment  Aug 21, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

‘The Last Sunrise’ Star Maia Reficco Is Finally Facing Her Fears

The American-Argentine actress and singer is showing a whole new side of herself with her starring role in Prime Video's coming-of-age romance film and her new music: "I've kind of let go of all of those fears and understood that I need to go full force or don't go at all."

entertainment  Aug 21, 2026

Variety

Box Office: ‘Insidious: Out of the Further’ Makes $3 Million in Previews

Halloween is coming a little early this year, as “Insidious: Out of the Further” is opening in theaters this weekend. The sixth entry in Sony’s horror franchise has made $3 million in Thursday previews at the box office. The new movie, which is a sequel to 2023’s “Insidious: The Red Door,” is aiming for a […]

entertainment  Aug 21, 2026

The Guardian Culture

A History of Paper review – Shirley Henderson and Alan Cumming sing a fragile romance

Pitlochry Festival theatreOliver Emanuel’s musical love story between tenement neighbours is told via origami gifts and restaurant receiptsIt started as a BBC radio drama in 2016, and was reworked as a small-scale musical two years ago. Now, A History of Paper gets the mainstage treatment with two bona fide stars in the leads. The good news is that little is overblown about the production. Stars or not, Shirley Henderson and Alan Cumming only bring a greater degree of subtlety to this fragile wo

entertainment  Aug 21, 2026

Variety

Sandra Bullock Joined Social Media to Fight Scammers ‘Using My Name and Likeness’ to Defraud Fans — Not Just to Promote ‘Practical Magic 2’

Sandra Bullock revealed on the “SmartLess” podcast (via People) that she was forced to join social media to combat scammers ripping off her likeness in order to defraud people out of money. The Oscar winner joined Instagram in April and has since amassed 6 million followers. While many assumed Bullock was joining social media simply to promote […]

entertainment  Aug 21, 2026