Variety

Nicole Kidman, Elle Fanning Legal Drama Series ‘Discretion’ Casts Stephan James, Colton Ryan

Nicole Kidman and Elle Fanning’s upcoming legal thriller series “Discretion” at Paramount+ is officially in production, with the series adding two new cast members. Both Stephan James (“I Play Rocky,” “If Beale Street Could Talk”) and Colton Ryan (“The Girl From Plainville,” Broadway’s “New York, New York”) are joining Kidman and Fanning in the show, […]

entertainment  Aug 13, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Pop Singer Hayes Warner Never Acted Professionally in Her Life. Ryan Murphy Cast Her in ‘The Shards’ Anyway

At her first screen test, Murphy gave the newbie some notes. She didn’t understand them but was too afraid to ask. Luckily, she got another shot.

entertainment  Aug 13, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Evan Ross Katz to Host Live Podcast With Netflix YA Talent as Streamer Goes All In on the Genre (Exclusive)

Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Anna Cathcart, Nikki Rodriguez, Miku Martineau and Kristina Bogic will take part in the 'Shut Up Evan: The Group Chat' episode.

entertainment  Aug 13, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Whitney Leavitt to Make Broadway Return in ‘Just in Time’

This is the second Broadway role for the 'Secret Lives of Mormon Wives' star after her record-breaking role in 'Chicago.'

entertainment  Aug 13, 2026

Variety

Viu, TrueVisions Now Launch Content Collaboration in Southeast Asia

Viu and TrueVisions Now are launching a content collaboration that brings a curated slate of premium Thai series to Viu users across Southeast Asia, with a branded zone debuting Aug. 20 in Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines. The zone opens with six series pulled from TrueVisions Now’s catalogue, with the roster expected to expand in […]

entertainment  Aug 13, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Gerhard Zeiler to Receive 2026 International Emmy Directorate Award

Warner Bros. Discovery’s international president will be honored at the 54th International Emmy Awards Gala in New York on Nov. 23.

entertainment  Aug 13, 2026

Variety

Ken Russell’s Controversial NC-17 Horror Film ‘The Devils’ Sets First Look at Restored Cut – Film News in Brief

Ken Russell’s controversial film “The Devils” will finally be seen in its original form, as seen in a new trailer for the NC-17 release. The 4K restoration references Russell’s private edit from 2004 and serves as the first release from Warner Bros. Clockwork, the studio’s new specialty label. The British horror film stars Oscar-winner Vanessa […]

entertainment  Aug 13, 2026

Variety

‘Heated Rivalry’ Season 2 Casts Emily Hampshire, Edvin Ryding, Robert Naylor, Sabrina Jalees, Priyanka

“Heated Rivalry” is continuing to build out its Season 2 cast with five new additions. Variety has learned that Emily Hampshire (“Schitt’s Creek,” “VisionQuest”), Edvin Ryding (“The Young Royals,” “28 Years Later”), Robert Naylor (“Mile End Kicks,” “Cardinal”), Sabrina Jalees (“I Used to Be Funny,” “Black Mirror”), and Priyanka (“Drag Brunch Saved My Life,” “Meet […]

entertainment  Aug 13, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Emily Hampshire, Edvin Ryding, Priyanka and More Join ‘Heated Rivalry’ Season 2

Robert Naylor and Sabrina Jalees round out the latest batch of actors cast in the queer hockey series.

entertainment  Aug 13, 2026

Variety

Nicole Kidman Got Warned About Marrying Tom Cruise But Fired Back: ‘I Don’t Care. I’m in Love… Of Course I’ll Throw My Career Away’

Nicole Kidman said in a new British Vogue cover story that she was repeatedly warned about marrying Tom Cruise because it could hugely impact her career. The two A-listers met in 1989 during the production of Tony Scott’s “Days of Thunder,” which marked Kidman’s Hollywood feature debut. The duo got married one year later and […]

entertainment  Aug 13, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Oscars: Switzerland Picks Gaza Doc ‘Who is Still Alive’ as Best International Feature Submission

Nicolas Wadimoff’s documentary follows nine Palestinians who share their stories of survival and exile after escaping the violence in Gaza.

entertainment  Aug 13, 2026

Variety

A Bulldog in Business: How Moving into the Booth Opened Other Doors for Dodger Great Orel Hershiser

Orel Hershiser knows that he is a bona fide Los Angeles icon. But he has no illusions — he wouldn’t have the business opportunities he enjoys today without the platform provided by his broadcasting gig with the team. “You have a resume, but the resume slowly dies,” Hershiser says. “You have to be active. You […]

entertainment  Aug 13, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Bruckner Symphony No 3 album review – Anima Eterna’s period instruments bring visceral drama

Anima Eterna Brugge/Heras-Casado(Harmonia Mundi)There’s bone-crushing intensity in this striking recording of the original version of the Bruckner’s third. Pablo Heras-Casado teases out vital, almost operatic detailAccording to legend, in the summer of 1873 Anton Bruckner travelled to Bayreuth intending to dedicate one of a pair of scores to his hero, Wagner. Apparently, the two composers got legless and by the time Bruckner arrived back home, he could no longer remember which symphony the maste

entertainment  Aug 13, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Becomes Fastest Movie to Hit $700M at Domestic Box Office

Tom Holland's blockbuster continues to make history for Sony after swinging into theaters July 31.

entertainment  Aug 13, 2026

Variety

Dodger Great Orel Hershiser on the Devotion to Broadcasting, Baseball and Faith That Led Him to Hollywood Walk of Fame

As a baseball player coming up in the late 1970s, Orel Hershiser was never seen as a red-hot prospect.No scouts made the trek to Bowling Green State University in Ohio to check out his arm. As Hershiser describes his entrée into Major League Baseball, “I was a 17th-round draft pick that signed for a new […]

entertainment  Aug 13, 2026

Variety

‘Off Campus’ Casts Shay Rudolph as Summer Di Laurentis in Season 2

“Off Campus” has found its Summer Di Laurentis. Amazon Prime Video’s college soap has cast Shay Rudolph in the guest role for Season 2. The season will focus on the romance between Allie Hayes (Mika Abdalla) and Summer’s brother, Dean Di Laurentis (Stephen Kalyn). Rudolph’s casting was announced in an Instagram post. Based on the […]

entertainment  Aug 13, 2026

Variety

‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Hits $700 Million at Domestic Box Office, One of Seven Movies to Ever Reach the Milestone

“Spider-Man: Brand New Day” has surpassed $700 million in domestic ticket sales, becoming the fastest film to notch the box office benchmark. So far, Sony and Marvel’s comic book adventure, starring Tom Holland as web-slinging hero, has generated $704.5 million in North America and $1.8 billion worldwide after just two weekends of release. Notably, only […]

entertainment  Aug 13, 2026

Variety

‘American Blue’ Pilot With Milo Ventimiglia Not Moving Forward at HBO Max

The cop drama pilot “American Blue” is not moving forward at HBO Max, Variety has confirmed. The show was one of two drama pilots recently commissioned by HBO Max alongside the family drama “How to Survive Without Me.” Both shows were developed under the model established by “The Pitt,” with an eye to have both […]

entertainment  Aug 13, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Mine by Adam Ouston review – novel told in a single sentence is a hallucinatory reading experience

Ouston’s second novel follows a poet who is trapped in an abandoned mine in Tasmania while searching for inspiration for his ‘last great work’The ideal way to approach Mine, Adam Ouston’s second novel, might be to read it out loud in one exhausting sitting, to let its cadences roll and accumulate. This is a novel that consists of one long sentence, and thousands of clauses, digressions, conjunctions, modifications and clarifications. There is nowhere for the reader to rest.To read Mine out loud

entertainment  Aug 13, 2026

The Guardian Culture

‘It was fun to get pushed around’: Andrew Rannells on ‘razzle dazzle’, kissing co-stars and being a better friend to Lena Dunham

The star of Girls and The Book of Mormon talks about coming out, turning a showmance into a romance, and going toe to toe with the West Wing’s Allison Janney in new film Miss You Love YouImagine a cute, young, gay Jim Carrey with a withering line in put-downs: that is Andrew Rannells. Or rather, it was, back when he starred in Lena Dunham’s HBO series Girls as Elijah, the formerly closeted ex of her character, Hannah. Dunham had seen Rannells playing Elder Price, the zealous missionary spreading

entertainment  Aug 13, 2026