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

Variety

Natalie Portman at the Center of Literary Furor as Rachel Cusk’s ‘Life of M’ Nears Release

For decades, Natalie Portman has been one of our most cerebral stars. A 1999 Vanity Fair cover, promoting “The Phantom Menace,” asked whether the then-17-year-old might “choose Harvard over Hollywood.” She managed to do both, earning an Ivy League degree and an Oscar. Her characters in movies from “Jackie” to “May December” are often overthinkers, […]

entertainment  Aug 21, 2026

Variety

The Cramps’ ‘Gravest Gravy’ Unearths Long-Lost Sessions From One of Rock’s Most Brilliantly Deranged Bands: Album Review

The Cramps were one of the greatest and strangest bands to emerge from the punk-rock generation — which is truly saying something. By fusing rockabilly with humor and imagery inspired by vintage horror movies, they helped to pioneer the sound sometimes called psychobilly — a gloriously twisted take on rockabilly’s trademark twang and groove with deranged […]

entertainment  Aug 21, 2026

Variety

‘Our Loves’: Director Avi Nesher on His October 7 Film, Netanyahu and Boycotts Over Israeli Art

The terror attacks of Oct. 7, 2023, wherein Hamas and other Palestinian militants poured across the Gaza-Israel barrier into southern Israel, attacking 21 communities and killing 1,195 Israelis and foreign nationals (and abducting an additional 251 people), have been revisited a number of times via documentaries (“We Will Dance Again”) and miniseries (“One Day in […]

entertainment  Aug 21, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Chase Stokes Bids Farewell to ‘Outer Banks’

As the 33-year-old actor moves on from his breakout role in the hit Netflix series, he's opening up about what comes next and the struggles he's overcome since wrapping the show: "I had so much shit wrong."

entertainment  Aug 21, 2026

The Guardian Culture

‘I could have put a deposit on a house or do this crazy experiment’: the British musician playing 365 gigs this year

Isaac Neilson is burning through his savings to play a gig every day in 2026 in a bold bid to break through – and champion Britain’s struggling grassroots music sceneIn a lively pub in Oxford this week, Isaac Neilson picked up his guitar and performed live for the 231st day in a row.The singer-songwriter’s performance at the Old Bookbinders is part of a marathon effort to play a gig every day this year. The challenge has seen him put nearly 20,000 miles on the clock of his Peugeot 208 and cost h

entertainment  Aug 21, 2026

Variety

Prince Harry, Elton John and More Ordered to Pay Initial $13 Million to Daily Mail Publisher After Losing Privacy Case

Prince Harry looks like he might be returning back to the U.K. with a sizeable bill to pay. The prince is among a group of seven high-profile figures — including Elton John and Liz Hurley — who have been ordered to pay £9.54 million ($13 million) in legal costs to the publisher of the Daily Mail […]

entertainment  Aug 21, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Meghan Markle Eyeing Acting Return as She and Prince Harry Move Back to the United Kingdom

The former 'Suits' co-star stepped away from acting in 2017 amid her engagement with Harry.

entertainment  Aug 21, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Movie Theater Owner: What Worries Me About the War on Paramount and Warner Bros.

"Industries rarely suffer because too many people are willing to make sensible long-term investments. The greater danger comes when investment stops," writes the owner of Phoenix Theatres.

entertainment  Aug 21, 2026

Variety

RFK Jr. Blasts CNN’s Erin Burnett as Having ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’ Over Report Finding His ‘Affordable’ Family Meal Costs 3.6 Times What Health Secretary Claimed

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. lashed out at CNN anchor Erin Burnett, claiming she is afflicted with “Trump Derangement Syndrome” that has left her without “common sense” or “basic arithmetic.” RFK Jr., Trump’s Secretary of Health and Human Services, was complaining about a report on “Erin Burnett OutFront” that found one of his “affordable” meal plans […]

entertainment  Aug 21, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Who Killed Marilyn? review – dismal attempt to solve mystery of Monroe with Pixie Lott

Emerald theatre, LondonAn account of the superstar’s life revisits her relationships and considers some conspiracy theories but never gets beyond clicheThere have been 600 books written about Marilyn Monroe since she died in 1962. So we are told by Monroe (Pixie Lott) herself in Sharleen Cooper Cohen’s play. The star’s body was discovered by her housekeeper, and her death at the age of 36 has spawned as many conspiracy theories as Elvis Presley’s. Was it an overdose, or a contract killing by the

entertainment  Aug 21, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Mike D: ‘After Yauch died I couldn’t make music. I’d open a computer file and just feel sadness’

As part of the Beastie Boys, the rapper shot to fame and notoriety in the 80s, before bandmate Adam Yauch’s death saw him withdraw from the spotlight. He returns with a solo album that sees him reckon with greed, mortality – and his past‘It’s funny how far a joke will get you,” Michael Diamond grins. This time 40 years ago, the New York rapper known as Mike D was working with schoolfriends Adam “MCA” Yauch and Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz on Licensed to Ill, their 1986 debut album as the Beastie

entertainment  Aug 21, 2026

The Guardian Culture

When TV turns sour: the shows we simply can’t stomach any more

They were once the hottest shows on television – gripping, sexy, hilarious, zeitgeisty. But for our writers, the likes of America’s Next Top Model, House of Cards and The Office are now part of their viewing history they feel tainted byWhen I think of the summer holidays when I was a teenager, I think of watching America’s Next Top Model for hours on end, critiquing each contestant with my sister. The makeover episode was always my favourite: girls sobbing as their hair was cropped short, or eve

entertainment  Aug 21, 2026

Variety

Kenneth Branagh on Doing His Own Stunts as a KGB Operative in ‘Mayday,’ Bonding With Ryan Reynolds Over Soccer: ‘We Can Be Pretty Nerdish’

While he may not be known as an action star, Kenneth Branagh absolutely wanted to give it a go for “Mayday,” his upcoming Apple TV Cold War action-comedy in which he co-stars with Ryan Reynolds. He just needed to find out how best to get involved. “I asked the directors, ‘What’s the way to do […]

entertainment  Aug 21, 2026

Variety

Canada’s H264 Nabs Colombia’s ‘Where the River Begins’ Ahead of Toronto Fest World Premiere

Canadian distributor h264 has pounced on worldwide sales rights to “Where the River Begins” (“Donde comienza el rio”) by Colombian-Canadian filmmaker Juan Andrés Arango (“La Playa DC”), ahead of its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival (TIFF). Starring Girleza Duave Cerezo, Juan David Junca Linares and Ana Michell Nama Dumaza, “Where the River Begins” […]

entertainment  Aug 21, 2026

Variety

‘Supporting Role’ Director Ana Urushadze Preps ‘Fear of Butterflies,’ a Detective Story With ‘Mysticism and a Touch of Body Horror’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Georgian director Ana Urushadze (“Scary Mother”), whose Rotterdam prizewinner “Supporting Role” plays in competition this week at the Sarajevo Film Festival, is prepping her third feature film. “Fear of Butterflies” follows a young woman on the cusp of 30 who is “going through some bizarre things, mentally and physically,” Urushadze told Variety. The director described the […]

entertainment  Aug 21, 2026

The Guardian Culture

The best recent translated fiction – review roundup

The Red Book of Farewells by Pirkko Saisio; Short Circuit by Wolf Haas; Cosmos by Lucia Odoom; The Fallen Trees Are Also the Forest by Alejandra KamiyaThe Red Book of Farewells by Pirkko Saisio, translated by Mia Spangenberg, Penguin Classics (£14.99)Following Lowest Common Denominator and Backlight, this book completes Finnish author Saisio’s autofictional trilogy. It covers her young adulthood in the 1970s, where she comes out as lesbian (“The electricity doesn’t go out. The Richter scale rema

entertainment  Aug 21, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Add to playlist: the righteous jangle and snaking melodies of Jawdropped and the week’s best new tracks

The LA-based powerpop project’s triumphant debut is a celebration of low-stakes creativity in the slacker-skater traditionFrom Los AngelesRecommended if you like the Lemonheads, Sugar, the MuffsUp next Secret to Spare released 18 SeptemberMaybe it’s to do with getting older, maybe it’s to do with the broad-spectrum grimness of it all, but the thrill of low-stakes creativity, of making something for the joy of making it rather than in the hope of making it, feels particularly vital at the moment.

entertainment  Aug 21, 2026