Variety

Stray Kids Score Their Biggest Sales Week as ‘This & That’ Debuts Atop Albums Chart

Stray Kids have scored their biggest sales week yet as their latest, “This & That,” becomes their ninth No. 1 on the Billboard 200. The group bows atop the chart with 369,000 equivalent album units, with traditional album sales accounting for 357,000 of that sum. The latest feat extends their record for most No. 1s […]

entertainment  Aug 16, 2026

Variety

‘The Challenge’ Contestants Pay Tribute to Tyler Duckworth: ‘You Were the Brother I Never Had’

“The Challenge” two-time winner Tyler Duckworth died Tuesday in North Dakota, and his fellow contestants are remembering him as a “joy to be around” with “vibrant energy.” Johnny “Bananas” Devenanzio posted a video tribute to Duckworth on Instagram on Sunday. The pair started their reality show careers together in their early 20s on “The Real […]

entertainment  Aug 16, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Blackbox review – a legendary escape from slavery is told with magic tricks

Underbelly, Edinburgh The story of Henry ‘Box’ Brown, who succeeded in mailing himself out of bondage, is recounted rather than fully dramatisedHenry “Box” Brown is wrapped up in chains when he has an idea to claim his freedom. As inspiration hits him, actor Josiah Alpher flexes his muscles and, miraculously, the chains appear to pass through his neck. Magic!It is a neat visual metaphor for a true story that seems miraculous in itself. In 1849, Brown made a break to flee slavery near Richmond, V

entertainment  Aug 16, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

‘DTF St. Louis’ Creator Steven Conrad Has No Plans to Make More Movies

“My appetite to continue to make television is really it now because of the length of the engagement,” Conrad tells THR.

entertainment  Aug 16, 2026

Variety

‘I Don’t Know’: Kenneth Branagh on Directing,  ‘Harry Potter’ and How Christopher Nolan Had Him Speaking Russian Backwards

Sunday at the Edinburgh Intl. Film Festival turned into Edinbranagh, with a morning screening of the four-hour epic “Hamlet” followed by a wide-ranging onstage conversation with Kenneth Branagh, which began with him receiving the inaugural EIFF Outstanding Contribution to Cinema award. “Festivals are more important to our industry than ever before,” Branagh said, holding the […]

entertainment  Aug 16, 2026

Variety

Mariska Hargitay Says Jalen Brunson Is ‘Definitely’ Getting a Role in ‘Law & Order: Special Victims Unit’: ‘It’s Happening’

Mariska Hargitay told Variety at the HBO Max Emmy Nominee Celebration that New York Knicks star Jalen Brunson is “definitely” getting a role in “Law and Order: Special Victims Unit.” “It’s definitely happening,” Hargitay said. “He’s kind of magnificent that way. He is just open and ready. I don’t think there is much Jalen can’t […]

entertainment  Aug 16, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

In ‘A Vineyard for A Lobster,’ Snowfall in a Ugandan Village Becomes a Political and Colonial Allegory

Director Talemwa Pius, who pitched his project at Locarno Open Doors, where it won one of the main awards, asks: "What really changed after colonialism, and what didn’t."

entertainment  Aug 16, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

‘The Pitt’ Showrunner Admits Season One’s Notoriety Amped Up Pressure For Season Two: “We Had to Prove That It Wasn’t Just a Fluke”

Gemmill also teases season three, er, a tiny bit.

entertainment  Aug 16, 2026

Variety

‘The Sopranos’ Star Drea de Matteo Says Starting an OnlyFans Was a ‘Political Statement’: ‘F— You. I Don’t Have to Work’

“The Sopranos” star Drea de Matteo recently told Jamie Kennedy on the “Hate to Break It To Ya” podcast (via EW) that starting her OnlyFans page was a “political statement.” “In some ways, the OnlyFans page was almost like a political statement on my part in a way…It was like, ‘Fuck you. I don’t have […]

entertainment  Aug 16, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

The French Designer Behind the Sexiest Moments of Hollywood’s Golden Age (Including That Marilyn Dress)

A new book tells the story — and revels in the lavish work — of couturier Jean Louis, the Da Vinci of Va Va Voom, who shaped some of the most memorable silhouettes in cinema

entertainment  Aug 16, 2026

Variety

Dolly Parton Skips Dollywood Ride Opening Amid Ongoing Health Problems: ‘My Nashville Doctor Has Kinda Clipped My Wings’

Dolly Parton was unable to attend the opening of NightFlight Expedition at Dollywood on Friday due to ongoing “health issues.” Dollywood President Eugene Naughton shared a pre-recorded video of the singer during the dedication ceremony for the new ride. “Well, hey Eugene. I’m right here… Well, kind of. Sorta,” Parton said in the video. “I’m […]

entertainment  Aug 16, 2026

Variety

Paul Mescal, Joseph Quinn, Barry Keoghan and Harris Dickinson Spotted Filming Beatles Biopic at Iconic Abbey Road Crosswalk

It wouldn’t be a Beatles movie without Abbey Road. In a video shared on social media, Harris Dickinson, Paul Mescal, Joseph Quinn and Barry Keoghan were shown recreating the iconic album cover for Sam Mendes’ multi-part Beatles biopic, titled “The Beatles – A Four-Film Cinematic Event.” Each film in the series will be from the […]

entertainment  Aug 16, 2026

Variety

Box Office: ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Remains No. 1 With $70 Million, ‘End of Oak Street’ Debuts to $21 Million

Dog days of summer? This year’s August at the box office didn’t get the memo. This popcorn season is ending with a bang rather than the usual whimper as “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” and “The Odyssey” continue to pack in crowds. Meanwhile two new movies, Warner Bros. prehistoric sci-fi mystery “The End of Oak Street” […]

entertainment  Aug 16, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Nick Reiner Blocked From Trust Fund Due to “Slayer Statute” Amid Charges For Parents’ Murder

Trustees opposed Reiner's petition to access the $1.5 million trust fund because he is accused of killing his parents.

entertainment  Aug 16, 2026

Variety

‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Hits $2 Billion Worldwide in Three Weeks

New day, new box office milestone for Sony’s latest Spidey adventure. “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” has surpassed $2 billion in global ticket sales, eclipsing the rare benchmark after just three weekends of release. The comic book adventure, starring Tom Holland as Marvel’s neighborhood web-slinger, has grossed $785 million in North America and $1.23 billion overseas […]

entertainment  Aug 16, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

“It Was a Bumpy Ride!”: Jack Rowan and Director Kieron J. Walsh on the Many Lives of Head-Bopping, Troubles-Set ‘Skintown’

The English actor and Irish filmmaker arrive at Edinburgh Film Festival with one of the most raucous indies of the year, backdropped by '90s rave culture and war-weary Northern Ireland: "It's not really been recorded — what it was like for young people to grow up there."

entertainment  Aug 16, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Ariana Grande Eternal Sunshine tour review: pop illusion at its most effective – for good and bad

The O2, LondonOn her last live dates before she steps back from the public eye, Grande holds her own – but it’s also impossible to avoid feeling concerned for her wellbeingThere’s a thrum of excitement in the air as an eight-minute countdown starts and Ariana Grande’s unmistakable silhouette appears on a giant backlit curtain on the stage of the O2. Is it actually her? Posing there for eight minutes before the show starts? It can’t be. But is it? It’s the first time we question what is and isn’t

entertainment  Aug 16, 2026

Variety

‘Mission’ Review: An All-In George MacKay Performance Anchors a Fevered Mental Illness Portrait

Back in 2013, actor George MacKay and director Paul Wright paired up for “For Those in Peril,” an atmospheric study of youthful alienation, trauma and psychological collapse in small-town Scotland that sealed both men’s place on the U.K. industry “ones to watch” list. Since then, MacKay’s career has gone from strength to strength, while Wright […]

entertainment  Aug 16, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Four Walls and a Roof review – fascinating tale of Brecht, the red scare and today’s émigrés

Studio Theatre, EdinburghRabih Mroué and Lina Majdalanie explore the playwright’s life, and their journey from Beirut to Berlin, in an absorbing show at the Edinburgh international festivalBertolt Brecht termed it “cold execution”. He was thinking of the way the US government, in the era of the House Un-American Activities Committee (Huac), could murder its opponents not by directly killing them but by cutting them off from what kept them alive. Where the cold war was waged without bullets, the

entertainment  Aug 16, 2026

Variety

Locarno Winner ‘Forgotten Spaceman’ Adds Khan & Kumar Media, Prism Entertainment as Executive Producers Ahead of Toronto Bow (EXCLUSIVE)

“Forgotten Spaceman,” the documentary short by BAFTA-nominated filmmaker Elham Ehsas that won the Leopard of Tomorrow (International Competition) award at Locarno’s Junior Jury Awards, has added Khan & Kumar Media and Prism Entertainment as executive producers ahead of its Toronto Film Festival premiere next month. The new executive producers are Sharib Khan and Vikas Kumar […]

entertainment  Aug 16, 2026