Variety

Jonas Brothers Podcast Coming to Disney+ and Hulu, Along With Five Other iHeartMedia Shows

Disney cut a licensing deal for six podcasts from iHeartMedia that will stream on Disney+ and/or Hulu, starting with the Jonas brothers’ recently launched “Hey Jonas!” In addition to “Hey Jonas!”, the deal encompasses video editions of iHeartPodcasts’ “Pod Meets World,” which will stream on Disney+ as well as “Desperately Devoted,” “Fake Doctors, Real Friends […]

entertainment  Aug 10, 2026

Variety

Procter & Gamble Aims to Make Bladder-Leak Conversations Part of NFL Chatter

Football games have long stood as a welcome place for beer commercials. Now Procter & Gamble hopes they will also become a great roost for discussions of an inevitable byproduct of liquid intake: bladder leaks. The consumer-products giant plans a substantial campaign for its Always Discreet incontinence pads for women that will air largely during […]

entertainment  Aug 10, 2026

The Guardian Culture

This Is Ballroom review – pulsating documentary tells story of Brazilian ballroom

Paris is Burning gets a South American update in a film that shows the Brazilian scene as a space of solidarity and tensionOriginating among the Black, Latin and trans communities in 1960s New York, queer ballroom culture has not only entered the mainstream but also travelled well outside the United States. In recent years, a movement has flourished in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro and its outskirts, an evolution intimately captured in Juru and Vitã’s documentary debut. Here fly-on-the-wa

entertainment  Aug 10, 2026

Variety

Brad Pitt Says AI Could Help More ‘Mid-Budget Films’ Get Made if It’s ‘Used as a Tool’: ‘Gonna Be a Very Interesting Experiment’

Brad Pitt is keeping an open mind about AI use in movies, saying that it could actually help more mid-budget projects get made. The Oscar-winning actor was asked his thoughts on the topic in a new Esquire cover story, particularly when it comes to creating visual effects that could otherwise be very expensive. “There’s a […]

entertainment  Aug 10, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Cathy review – snappy comedy with a perfect role for Elaine C Smith

Traverse theatre, EdinburghWriter-director Eilidh Loan takes inspiration from her grandmother for this portrait of grief and religionEilidh Loan marked her arrival as a playwright with Moorcroft, a tremendous male-centred comedy inspired by her father’s amateur football team. Now she has moved up a generation to write a female-centred family comedy inspired by her grandmother.It was the older woman who stipulated that her character – the Cathy of the title – should be played by Elaine C Smith, a

entertainment  Aug 10, 2026

Variety

Jeremy Irons, Keke Palmer, Alan Cumming and More Attached to Projects Launching at Toronto Market

Jeremy Irons, Keke Palmer, Alan Cumming and other talent are attached to projects launching at the inaugural market at Toronto Intl. Film Festival, known as TIFF: The Market, which runs Sept. 10-16. The projects are among 40 film, six series and five “innovation” projects to be pitched at TIFF’s International Financing and Project Market. Standout […]

entertainment  Aug 10, 2026

The Guardian Culture

‘For this record, I took an edible and said, screw it’: jazz pianist Sullivan Fortner on confronting the trauma of Hurricane Katrina

The New Orleans native is a three-time Grammy winner at the top of his game – and is now using his instinctive style to celebrate the resilience and clarity of Katrina survivors‘Black music is forward and upward in movement, you know? Never forward or upward,” pianist Sullivan Fortner declares. “It’s a tornado that’s always getting bigger and moving faster,” he adds, whizzing his fingers around with delight.On a video call between sets at Rotterdam’s North Sea jazz festival, the 39-year-old spea

entertainment  Aug 10, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Julianne Moore Will Return to the Stage In World Premiere of ‘Faydra’ (Exclusive)

The new play, written by Sarah Ruhl, is a modern take on the Greek myth of Phaedra.

entertainment  Aug 10, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Keke Palmer, Deepa Mehta, Jacob Tremblay, and Jeremy Irons Projects Set for TIFF Financing Market

TIFF unveiled its selection of films, series and immersive projects for its inaugural industry market.

entertainment  Aug 10, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Overmono review – irresistible dance duo swap club intimacy for well-earned spectacle

Old Royal Naval College, LondonPlaying their biggest headlining gig to date, the Russell brothers are in a bouncy mood, though their grandstanding rave melodies lose some punch in an outdoor environmentIn the age of shortform video supremacy, there has been a great deal of angst about the authentic club music experience being rendered a vapid spectacle. Stop expecting DJs to be social media stars, put your phones away on the dancefloor, close your eyes and lose yourself in the beats, goes the re

entertainment  Aug 10, 2026

Variety

Locarno Open Doors: Talemwa Pius’ ‘A Vineyard for a Lobster’ and Mohammed Sheikh’s ‘Accept My Plea for a Burial’ Win Top Prizes at Festival’s Africa Industry Focus

Ugandan Talemwa Pius’ striking magic realist fable “A Vineyard for a Lobster” and “Accept My Plea for a Burial,” a Somalia set critique of ancient custom, emerged triumphant at Locarno’s 2026 Open Doors, winning its two biggest cash prizes. Neither prize comes as a surprise.  Picturing a miraculous snowfall in a drought-ridden Ugandan village, in […]

entertainment  Aug 10, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Lesbians, latex and $2,000 condoms: why are this summer’s movies so obsessed with sex?

From One Night Only to The Invite, a wave of new movies are a raunchy antidote to gen Z celibacyThe first alarm bells sounded nearly 10 years ago, and since then, a deluge of books, podcasts and roundtables has tried to get at the bottom of the problem: why is gen Z not having sex?Recently it’s as though culture has been recalibrated to make up for the youth’s apparent frigidity. “Smut” literature is on the rise, prestige TV is now depicting OnlyFans models, and indie films have taken a turn tow

entertainment  Aug 10, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Sinking ships, dark humour and really good bad guys: Beryl Bainbridge – ranked!

From the last days of the Titanic to desperate romantics, we rate the work of a British master of black comedyBainbridge’s novel of the last days on RMS Titanic was acclaimed and popular (“They probably thought it was the book of the film,” she said), and the scenes of the sinking are brilliantly delivered. “There is about me an element of showmanship,” says one character, but Bainbridge’s own showmanship is muffled here by her need to stick with facts, meaning the novel lacks the humour, fluidi

entertainment  Aug 10, 2026

Variety

How Norway’s Øyafestivalen Became One of Europe’s Best Music Fests: Balancing Huge Headliners With Homegrown Artists, Prioritizing Gender Parity and More

In a year without Glastonbury, music lovers have turned to other festivals in the U.K. and Europe to fill the void. There’s Primavera Sound in Barcelona, with its proximity to the beach and genre-diverse lineup, or Reading and Leeds in England for those who want a true camping experience with a rock-focused flair. But look […]

entertainment  Aug 10, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

And the Winners Are… Locarno Open Doors Program Unveils 2026 Awards

'A Vineyard for A Lobster,' 'Accept My Plea for Burial,' 'Too Much Music' and 'Chapa 100' are among the winners of the co-production platform and talent development program's second year of an Africa focus.

entertainment  Aug 10, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Roleplay review – Fleabag producer scores again with one woman’s life as a ‘slutfluencer’

Summerhall, EdinburghHannah Reilly is a bold and deft performer in a knotty solo show that questions whether sexual empowerment can survive its commodificationIt is hard to ignore the buzz around Roleplay, which is star-producer Francesca Moody’s latest fringe find (previous wins: Baby Reindeer and Fleabag) and has queues around the corner. An erotic dance intro fulfils the promise of its racy poster but does the production actually live up to its hype?In the end, yes, even if at first it seems

entertainment  Aug 10, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Can FIFA Boss Infantino Survive?

The backlash to Infantino's plans to sell a stake in the World Cup continues to grow, with soccer execs, player legends and world leaders calling on the FIFA president to reign.

entertainment  Aug 10, 2026

The Guardian Culture

‘Comedy is my seed of hope’: UK Palestinian comic Sami Abu Wardeh on his Edinburgh show

A growing wave of Palestinian performers are using comedy to tell their stories of occupation, exile and warThe war in Gaza is a topic many avoid discussing, let alone joke about. But for Palestinian comedians, humour has become an essential tool for keeping life going while loved ones live under occupation and bombardment.“A lot of Palestinian solidarity events are, rightfully, about grieving,” said the British Palestinian comedian Sami Abu Wardeh. “They’ll read out the names of children and al

entertainment  Aug 10, 2026

The Guardian Culture

RL Stine’s Pumpkinhead review – horror from Goosebumps writer has kid confined inside large fruit

Based on a short story by the Goosebumps author, this derivative but tautly plotted tale over-relies on Scooby-Doo-style sleuthery, and its truly unsettling turn comes too lateAdapted from a 1999 short story by Goosebumps’ RL Stine, this kid-proofed piece of midwestern folk horror borrows merrily from The Wicker Man, Stephen King and Tim Burton. Rattling those influences around in its horn of plenty, it rigs up a taut enough plotline about a New York family arriving in the suspiciously fecund fa

entertainment  Aug 10, 2026

Variety

Pippa Harris and James Wilson to Headline London Film Festival Industry Forum

The BFI London Film Festival has announced that two of the U.K.’s most acclaimed producers will lead the industry program at its upcoming 70th edition. Pippa Harris, who produced “Hamnet,” “1917” and is currently working on “The Beatles” biopics, and James Wilson, who produced “The Zone of Interest,” “The Voice of Hind Rajab” and “Under […]

entertainment  Aug 10, 2026