Variety

Nick Reiner Indicted for Murders of Parents Rob and Michele Reiner

Nick Reiner has been indicted on charges of murdering his parents, Rob and Michele Reiner, as prosecutors aim to expedite the process of getting to a trial. Reiner, 32, has been held without bail since the day his parents’ bodies were found in their Brentwood home last December. He was charged initially with two counts […]

entertainment  Aug 12, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Netflix’s ‘Charlie vs. the Chocolate Factory’ Lands Wide Theatrical Release

Kate Winslet, Helena Bonham Carter and Nicola Coughlan join Kit Connor and Taika Waititi in the voice cast for the animated feature.

entertainment  Aug 12, 2026

Variety

The Band Perry’s Family Feud Lights Up: Neil Perry Says He Was ‘Terminated’ From Sibling Trio, as Kimberly Perry’s Husband Stepped In to Make It a Marital Duo

The Band Perry used to have sibling “blood harmony,” but now things are just looking bloody between the sister and two brothers who used to make up country music’s foremost contemporary family band. Former member Neil Perry has gone public with his far-from-harmonious feelings about the lineup of the newly reconstituted act — which now […]

entertainment  Aug 12, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

A Late ‘Pinky & The Brain’ Writer’s Movie Is Now Getting Made — by His Son and With Puppets

Emmy winner Gordon Bressack died in 2019. Now his son, filmmaker James Cullen Bressack, is dusting off an old story and putting his own spin on it.

entertainment  Aug 12, 2026

Variety

Travis Kelce Speaks Out on Wedding to Taylor Swift: ‘Best Night of My Life’ and ‘It Was Cool to Live Out My Childhood Dream’ of Being in MSG

During this NFL offseason, Travis Kelce marked one item off his “Wi$h Li$t,” marrying Taylor Swift. “It was a fun offseason, man,” Kelce told reporters on Wednesday, as he returned to the practice field ahead of his 14th season. “Wedding was the best night of my life, and I appreciate everybody who came out and […]

entertainment  Aug 12, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

How an Abandoned Shopping Mall Was Transformed into the Las Vegas Strip for ‘Fallout’ Season Two

For season two of the Prime Video series, production designer Howard Cummings had to adhere closely to the elements laid out in the video game.

entertainment  Aug 12, 2026

Variety

How ‘Meet the Press,’ TV’s Longest-Running Program, Continues to Take the Nation’s Political Pulse

When Kristen Welker was named host of NBC’s “Meet the Press” in 2023, she went back and re-watched pivotal episodes and interviews conducted by the show’s legendary moderator Tim Russert. Russert, who died in 2008, reinvented “Meet the Press” in 1991 when he moved away from the show’s original press conference format and turned it […]

entertainment  Aug 12, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

‘The Lowdown’ Reveals Season 2 Storyline and Premiere Date

The FX series will feature Tommy Lee Jones and Betty Gilpin when it returns in October.

entertainment  Aug 12, 2026

Variety

Ryan Murphy on His Three-Season ‘Shards’ Plan, What Past Seasons Will Pop Up in ‘AHS13’ and His Powerful Connection to Norman Lear

Ryan Murphy knows one thing for certain: 1981 was the year that made him. He was 16, growing up in a Catholic family but getting his first taste of freedom. That included television. It was only a few years earlier that his mother had even let him watch it for the first time, an experience […]

entertainment  Aug 12, 2026

Variety

‘The Lowdown’ Sets Season 2 Release Date at FX, Hulu

FX has set the Season 2 release date for “The Lowdown.” The acclaimed drama series will return on Oct. 14 at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT on FX and Hulu, airing on Disney+ internationally. New episodes will then drop weekly. Ethan Hawke returns for the second season as Tulsa “truthstorian” Lee Raybon. Returning cast members […]

entertainment  Aug 12, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Travis Kelce on How Marrying Taylor Swift at Madison Square Garden Fulfilled “Childhood Dream”: “Mecca of All Sports Venues”

“I can’t thank the owners of MSG enough for allowing us to get an opportunity to do that, knowing that we wanted a private event and everything,” Kelce said.

entertainment  Aug 12, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Aaron Sorkin Says Facebook Is “Completely Out of Control,” Knowingly Pumped “Rage Bait”

'The Social Reckoning' writer-director on how "dangerous" the social media platform has become.

entertainment  Aug 12, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Patrick Ness to Adapt ‘Dallergut Dream Department Store’ Novels For Disney Live Action

The ‘A Monster Calls’ writer will bring Korean author Miye Lee’s bestselling book series to the big screen as the first in a trilogy of movies set in a magical world.

entertainment  Aug 12, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

‘The Paper’ Tries to Build on Success in Season 2 Trailer

There's also secret romance and storm chasing.

entertainment  Aug 12, 2026

Variety

Riz Ahmed on Why ‘Bait’ Is His Most Vulnerable and Personal Piece of Work to Date

Riz Ahmed spent 10 years bringing “Bait” to life. Part of that journey was driven by fear: “It’s a very scary project to make because it’s so personal,” he says. Some of the delay, he reflects, came from finding excuses or sabotaging the process because it felt so exposing. “Bait” is indeed Ahmed’s most vulnerable […]

entertainment  Aug 12, 2026

Variety

‘Barbie 2’ in Crisis: Sequel Could Be Shelved Amid Pay Battle and Crumbling Deal Talks

“Do you guys ever think about dying?” Margot Robbie asks at the start of 2023’s “Barbie.” It’s one of many moments of existential dread that her character faces on the journey to becoming a real woman. Cut to three years later, and Hollywood insiders have spent the past week asking, “Do you guys think ‘Barbie’ […]

entertainment  Aug 12, 2026

The Guardian Culture

How the Other Half Loves review – Alan Ayckbourn’s ingenious farce brings the houses down

The Old Vic, London The suburban romp of envy and infidelity in two different homes comes bouncing back to life with a fizzing cast led by Roger AllamEarly in a career that reaches 92 plays with The Trial of Romeo Oscar at his Scarborough home base next month, Alan Ayckbourn often spins titles from expressions: Absurd Person Singular, Relatively Speaking, Joking Apart and How the Other Half Loves, his ninth play.In How the Other Half Loves (1969), the pun is doubled. Two couples – the Phillipses

entertainment  Aug 12, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Netflix Renews ‘Seinfeld’ Licensing Deal for Five More Years

And Paramount has extended its basic-cable rights for another three years.

entertainment  Aug 12, 2026

Variety

Top 61 Showrunners of the 2026

Get to know the voices behind some of television’s biggest shows of the last 12 months. Doneen Arquines “Top Chef” veteran Arquines oversaw the Carolinas-based Season 23, which was stuffed with clever challenges that tapped into local culture, history and cuisine — including a NASCAR-themed Quickfire Challenge. One of the most diverse — and low-key […]

entertainment  Aug 12, 2026

Variety

‘Seinfeld’ to Stay on Netflix for Another Five Years

“Seinfeld” has renewed its licensing agreement with Netflix and will stay on the streamer for another five years. The beloved sitcom has also re-upped its deal with Paramount, extending the studio’s exclusive basic cable rights in the U.S. for three years across Comedy Central, TV Land and other Paramount cable networks. Financial terms were not […]

entertainment  Aug 12, 2026