The Guardian Culture

TV tonight: a devastating drama about the mass removal of Canada’s Indigenous children

A young woman sacrifices everything to find the siblings she lost in the 1960s. Plus: Ricky Gervais jumps aboard the Magical Sitcom Tour. Here’s what to watch this evening9pm, Sky AtlanticA devastating drama about the “Sixties Scoop” – when Canadian authorities enabled a mass removal of Indigenous children from their families and put them into the welfare system. Twentysomething Esther Rosenblum is investigating how she came to be adopted as a five-year-old in Montreal and is looking for her est

entertainment  Aug 18, 2026

Variety

Rosie O’Donnell Shines in ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ Hosting Debut, Attacks ‘Mango Mussolini’ Trump and Gives Moving Hayden Panettiere Tribute

When Jimmy Kimmel announced that Rosie O’Donnell would be filling in as a week-long guest host of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” during his summer vacation, he teased it would be “a special treat” for Donald Trump, who’s harbored a 20-year-long vendetta against the comic for her mocking his bankruptcies on “The View” back in 2006. O’Donnell […]

entertainment  Aug 18, 2026

Variety

Vin Diesel Says ‘Fast Forever’ Starts Shooting in December

Vin Diesel says filming for “Fast Forever” has a start date. “We start shooting in December, if I can make good on the request from the studio,” Diesel told Variety Monday night at the 25th anniversary screening of “The Fast and the Furious.” “I’m in a good place, though. I had to go through four […]

entertainment  Aug 18, 2026

The Guardian Culture

‘We risked our lives for £250’: how pole dancing exploded out of strip clubs and became serious art

With abs like Olympians and skin like hide, pole dancers are besieging the Edinburgh fringe. We meet four high-flying, physics-defying acts tackling everything from New York’s underbelly to neurodiversityIf you tell someone in Edinburgh you’re going to see a pole dancing show, they might direct you towards the so-called Pubic Triangle, where the city’s strip clubs are. But there’s more to pole dance than that – and it’s popping up in theatre shows across the fringe this year. Not only do these a

entertainment  Aug 18, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Robot helpers and flying houses: Edinburgh fringe tips for families

From wacky versions of The ABC Song to Quentin Blake’s eccentric Mrs Armitage, these five shows offer fun for young audiencesUnderbelly until 31 August Continue reading...

entertainment  Aug 18, 2026

Variety

Michelle Rodriguez Remembers Hayden Panettiere After Co-Hosting World Music Awards: ‘Can’t Stand How Many Young People Are Leaving Us Lately’

Michelle Rodriguez is sharing her memories of Hayden Panettiere after the “Scream 4” star died at age 36 on Sunday. Rodriguez and Panettiere co-hosted the World Music Awards back in 2010. When asked what she remembers about Panettiere while walking the carpet at the 25th anniversary screening of “The Fast and the Furious,” Rodriguez told […]

entertainment  Aug 18, 2026

Variety

Jeanie Buss Seeks to Contest Sale of Los Angeles Lakers to Bob Iger and Josh Kushner: Report

Jeanie Buss, the Los Angeles Lakers owner who has been the face of the team since the death of her father Jerry Buss in 2013, is reportedly contesting the plan approved by her siblings to sell the family’s remaining 18% stake in the storied NBA franchise to investors Bob Iger and Josh Kushner. ESPN and […]

entertainment  Aug 18, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

‘Scream 4’ Casting Director Recalls Hayden Panettiere’s “Fierce Warrior Nature” Helping Her Land Role

"The world is losing a very talented actress and beautiful soul," Nancy Naylor tells The Hollywood Reporter of the actress who died Sunday at age 36.

entertainment  Aug 18, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Tupac Murder Trial Begins as Prosecution Calls Rapper’s Death “An Act of Revenge”

Thirty years after Shakur's death, Duane "Keffe D" Davis is on trial in Las Vegas on claims he orchestrated his murder.

entertainment  Aug 18, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Hayden Panettiere’s Talent Never Got the Next Chapter It Deserved

'Heroes' and 'Nashville' let the actress evolve from precocity to maturity, but her personal struggles left that journey incomplete.

entertainment  Aug 18, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Lisa Kudrow on Watching ‘Friends’ After Matthew Perry’s Death, ‘Romy & Michele’ Sequel and Why ‘The Comeback’ May Be “Highlight” of Her Career

Twenty-eight years after becoming the first 'Friends' star to win an Emmy, the beloved actress/writer is poised to take home another one — or two — having been nominated for acting and writing on the third and final season of her HBO comedy series.

entertainment  Aug 18, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Witney Carson Answers Burning ‘DWTS’ Questions After Pregnancy Announcement, Chats ‘Next Pro’

The pro dancer revealed on Monday morning that she is pregnant and returning for season 35. In conversation with THR, she details her plans for navigating her pregnancy while competing and why she surprisingly loved guest judging on the dancing spinoff.

entertainment  Aug 18, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Details of Amazon’s ‘Melania’ Followup Begin to Emerge

The director of the original film, Brett Ratner, said that two new docuseries “chapters” are forthcoming to the platform.

entertainment  Aug 18, 2026

Variety

David F. Sandberg to Direct Horror Movie ‘Mommy’s Home’ For Lionsgate

David F. Sandberg has been tapped to direct a new psychological horror movie, “Mommy’s Home,” for Lionsgate. From screenwriter James Morosini, “Mommy’s Home” follows “a young dad whose family life becomes terrifyingly unhinged when his cryogenically preserved mom is unfrozen and sent to live with him,” according to an official logline. Sandberg is probably best […]

entertainment  Aug 18, 2026

Variety

LISTEN: How Chris Carter Got a Second Shot at ‘The X-Files: I Want to Believe’ Film

On today’s episode of “Daily Variety” podcast, “The X-Files” creator Chris Carter explains to Variety’s Michael Schneider how he got the chance to do a director’s cut of his 2008 “The X-Files: I Want to Believe” feature film. The new cut dubbed “The X-Files: I Wanted to Believe: Vrach Frankenshteyn” debuted Aug. 14 on Hulu […]

entertainment  Aug 18, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

‘The Drop’ Trailer Sees ‘Snowfall’ Characters Go After “New Gold Rush” of West Coast Rap

'Snowfall' alums Wanda (Gail Bean) and Leon (Isaiah John) try to reinvent themselves in '90s Los Angeles in the new FX series, set to premiere on Sept. 8 on FX and Hulu.

entertainment  Aug 18, 2026

Variety

‘Furious’ Star Steve Way on the Beauty of ‘Disabled Love’ and the Difficulty of Navigating Hollywood Without a Team: ‘I Want an Agency to Whore Me Out’

It’s uncommon to meet an actor bold enough to call Ari Emanuel, the executive chairman of WME Group and one of the most powerful people in Hollywood, a “prick” on the record. But it’s also uncommon to interview an actor as unfiltered as Steve Way. “I want an agency to whore me out,” he says. […]

entertainment  Aug 18, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Round Hill Files $1 Billion Copyright Infringement Suits Against Suno, Anthropic

"There is simply nothing fair about a company using theft to build for purely commercial purposes a multi-billion dollar business while those from which they steal receive nothing," Round Hill said.

entertainment  Aug 17, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Inside Netflix’s Field of Dreams Face-Off in Iowa: “A Magical Moment”

Movie nostalgia mixed with Major League Baseball in a major way last Thursday night in an Iowa cornfield: "It was really cool to be able to come back here and live out my dream."

entertainment  Aug 17, 2026

Variety

‘Friday the 13th’ Prequel Series ‘Crystal Lake’ Is ‘Gory’ and ‘Gross’ With ‘Blood Everywhere,’ Says Star Linda Cardellini

“Crystal Lake” star Linda Cardellini is teasing the upcoming “Friday the 13th” prequel television series. Cardellini stars in the Peacock series as the franchise antagonist Pamela Voorhees. The show, premiering Oct. 15 on the streamer, follows Voorhees’ life prior to the events of the first “Friday the 13th” film. It also stars William Catlett as […]

entertainment  Aug 17, 2026