The Guardian Culture

What’s a wedding without a dirtbike doughnut? Hark1karan’s best photograph

‘On the day the youngest brother got married, they were out doing doughnuts and burnouts at eight in the morning’As a Londoner with Punjabi roots, I’d say one of the best places to experience Punjabi culture is Southall, in west London, which has one of the UK’s largest Punjabi communities. This was taken there back in March 2021, when I was looking for people to feature in my short documentary, Zimmers of Southall. I like to capture everyday people doing something a little different, like these

entertainment  Aug 12, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Lakers to Be Sold to Bob Iger and Joshua Kushner’s Firm

It's a surprise deal.

entertainment  Aug 12, 2026

Variety

Steve Lacy Announces ‘Oh Yeah?’ Fall Tour Dates

Grammy-winning artist Steve Lacy announced the Oh yeah? Tour across North America in support of his third studio album, “Oh Yeah?,” which was released July 17 on RCA Records and features collaborations with SZA, Erykah Badu, and Cecile Believe.   Promoted by Live Nation, the 27-city tour kicks off on Sunday, September 27 at The […]

entertainment  Aug 12, 2026

The Guardian Culture

‘Nightmare fodder’: Roku’s AI slop channel is even worse than expected

Fairground TV is a 24/7 channel devoted to low-quality AI content for viewers sick of watching real people move in ways that won’t haunt youThe appeal of Roku is that, whatever you happen to want to watch, there will almost certainly be a live channel for it. Just want to watch Little House on the Prairie? There’s a channel for it. Just want to watch Duck Dynasty? There’s a channel for that too. Purely want to watch nothing but local news from Wisconsin? Guess what: there’s a channel for that to

entertainment  Aug 12, 2026

The Guardian Culture

From sensation to spectacular, to silence: the strange history of Coleridge-Taylor’s Song of Hiawatha

Chances to hear Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s choral masterpiece in concert are rare. Ahead of its belated Edinburgh festival premiere with the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, we look at the epic work - and its epic baggageThe Song of Hiawatha, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s setting of Henry Longfellow’s poem, comes to the Edinburgh international festival next week. It’s the first time the work will be performed there, a very belated premiere for the three-part cantata that sealed the composer’s reput

entertainment  Aug 12, 2026

Variety

Mel Gibson Says ‘Lethal Weapon 5’ Is Stuck in ‘Some Kind of Industrial Film Hell’ Even Though the ‘Script Is Better Than All the Others’

Mel Gibson gave an update on the long-gestating “Lethal Weapon 5” this week, saying the sequel is “tied up in some kind of industrial film hell that you can’t extract it from to make it.” Gibson says that he and the film’s writer, Richard Wenk, finished the script following the death of “Lethal Weapon” franchise […]

entertainment  Aug 12, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Why we’re going back to the games of our youth

As millennials return to the games of their youth, remakes of Star Fox and Halo suggest there is still plenty to learn from the past• Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereAs much as some people more or less cease to listen to new music in their 30s, I have noticed a retreat to safe, familiar gaming territory among some of my fellow millennial gamers.Retro collections are started, or resumed; jewel-cases of PS1 classics or cardboard boxes with SNES or Mega Drive games ha

entertainment  Aug 12, 2026

Variety

James Franco Stars in ‘Love, Lies & Frank’ Microdrama on Shortical

James Franco is headlining a microdrama. The actor stars in “Love, Lies & Frank,” now streaming exclusively on Shortical and counted among the first series produced under SAG-AFTRA’s Verticals Agreement. Franco, known for “127 Hours” and “The Disaster Artist,” shares the screen with established vertical stars Eric Guilmette (“CEO’s Kansas Sweetheart”) and Neela Jolene (“Cheerleader […]

entertainment  Aug 12, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

What to Expect in ‘Adults’ Season Two: A Love Triangle, Secrets, and One of the ‘Girls’

Show creators Ben Kronengold and Rebecca Shaw explain how they kept the faith for a long-awaited season two renewal and what this season has in common with 'Challengers.'

entertainment  Aug 12, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Miku Martineau Hits the Water in First Trailer for Netflix’s New YA Series ‘Crew Girl’

The coming-of-age drama is the latest sports romance to hit television.

entertainment  Aug 12, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

How ‘Coyote vs. Acme’ Was Rescued From Oblivion — and Blew Up in David Zaslav’s Face

Shelved as a tax writeoff by Warner Bros. Discovery, the ambitious Looney Tunes courtroom comedy was brought back to life — and director Dave Green is having the last laugh.

entertainment  Aug 12, 2026

Variety

Lucy Davis Supported by Fellow ‘The Office’ Alum Jenna Fischer, ‘Sabrina’ Star Kiernan Shipka and More After ‘Incurable’ Cancer Diagnosis

“The Office” and “The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” actor Lucy Davis is receiving an outpouring of love and support from the industry after revealing she is battling an “incurable” form of Stage 4 breast cancer. Many of Davis’ collaborators, from her “Shaun of the Dead” director Edgar Wright to her “Sabrina” co-stars Kiernan Shipka and […]

entertainment  Aug 12, 2026

Variety

Locarno’s Spanish Previews: A Big Basque Period Thriller, the Debut of ‘The Others’ Editor and Tales of Millennials’ New Emotional Bonds

Big Basque period production “Blind Ants,” “How the Lights Get In” from emerging director Diego Llorente and “War Material Captured From the Enemy,” the first feature directed by “The Others” editor Nacho Ruiz Capillas, all played at a vibrant second edition of Locarno’s Spanish Film Previews.    Joined by Carmela Román’s “Bed of Grass” and […]

entertainment  Aug 12, 2026

The Guardian Culture

‘Today’s Brazilians have no idea what it feels like to lose democracy’: Joyce Moreno on her battles to become a Latin musical great

After her defiant femininity outraged many in Brazil, she lived through a military dictatorship and was boycotted for years. But after more than 30 albums, she explains how she kept goingAt 78, Joyce Moreno is one of Brazil’s musical icons, but for decades that status seemed far from assured: this headstrong singer, guitarist and composer was frequently viewed as a threat by her country’s establishment. Aged 19, the reaction to her song Me Disseram – which began “I was told my man didn’t love me

entertainment  Aug 12, 2026

Variety

Teona Mitevska, Célina Sciamma and More to Launch Female-Empowerment Initiative Sister Sister at Sarajevo Film Festival (EXCLUSIVE)

North Macedonia’s Teona Mitevska (“Mother”) and French director Céline Sciamma (“Portrait of a Lady on Fire”) are among the filmmakers who will launch an initiative at the Sarajevo Film Festival that looks to reshape the role of women in the film and TV industries with a “bold, punk and revolutionary” vision of an inclusive and […]

entertainment  Aug 12, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Addiction Experts on Brad Pitt: “Alcoholics Are a Horrible Source of Information About Themselves”

Experts react to Pitt revealing he's "off the wagon," and how the actor's journey is very common — and not necessarily worrisome.

entertainment  Aug 12, 2026

Variety

Audible’s ‘Exoplanet’ Sci-Fi Thriller From ‘Project Hail Mary’ Author Andy Weir Stars Anthony Mackie, Ariana DeBose, John Leguizamo

Get ready for a new mind-bending celestial adventure from Andy Weir, coming soon to a pair of earbuds near you. Audible has set a fall launch for “Exoplanet,” a sci-fi thriller executive produced by Weir — author of “Project Hail Mary” and “The Martian” — and written by novelist Benjamin Percy. The cast is led […]

entertainment  Aug 12, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

The Pillsbury Doughboy Is Coming for Hollywood

Studios may be strapped, but big brands are rolling in dough. How companies from Gap to General Mills are luring A-list talent and keeping an ailing industry afloat. 

entertainment  Aug 12, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Béis and Disney’s Travel Collab Takes Fans From Plane to Park

The Mickey & Friends-themed bag and luggage lineup marks Béis' first-ever collection built around a character IP.

entertainment  Aug 12, 2026

Variety

Peter Chan’s Toronto-Bound ‘The Road Not Taken’ Boards Moebius Entertainment for International Sales

Hong Kong-based Moebius Entertainment has boarded Peter Ho-Sun Chan’s new film, “The Road Not Taken,” picking up international sales rights ahead of its bow in the Special Presentations lineup at the Toronto Film Festival. Chan directs Zhou Xun, Wen Qi, Tian Zhuangzhuang and Wang Xiao in the drama, which centers on early-onset Alzheimer disease. Zhou […]

entertainment  Aug 12, 2026