Variety

I Saw ‘Hell Grind,’ the AI Film From Cannes. The Plot Is Nonsensical, but the Visuals Were Shockingly Realistic

Some facets of a trip to see an AI-generated movie mimic seeing a regular one. You’re seated in a theater, one thankfully with reclining chairs. Living, breathing human beings take up the seats surrounding you. A bowl of popcorn, ostensibly popped by humans, sits in front of you. But everything you see and hear on […]

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The Guardian Culture

Tell us: what is your favourite beach read?

We would like to hear about the holidays reads you’d recommendSummer is here, which means lazy days at the beach or the pool with a great book by your side.We would love to hear from people about their favourite beach reads. What books have you loved reading on holiday? What are the page turners that you keep returning to every summer and always recommend to friends? We would love to hear what books these are and why they make a great beach read. Continue reading...

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Variety

Rodrigo Teixeira, Producer of ‘Paper Tiger,’ Boards Sci-Fi Drama ‘Bodies of Summer’ From Berlin Winner Iván Fund (EXCLUSIVE)  

Rodrigo Teixeira’s Brazil-based RT Features, producer of 2025 Oscar winner “I’m Still Here” and James Gray’s 2026 Cannes contender “Paper Tiger,” has boarded “Bodies of Summer,” a sci-fi drama from Iván Fund who won a Berlin Film Festival 2025 Silver Bear Jury Prize for “The Message.” Argentina’s Fund is set to direct “Bodies of Summer” […]

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Hollywood Reporter

Can One of These Guys Save Hollywood?

The industry finally has politicians promising to rebuild it. Easier said than done.

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The Guardian Culture

How Max put Orkney at the heart of his St Magnus festival – and in the heart of his extraordinary music

The festival founded by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies hits its 50th edition this midsummer and continues to connect culture and community. Also this week – is 432Hz the magic number? This midsummer will be the 50th St Magnus festival. Founded in Orkney in 1977 by the composer Peter Maxwell Davies, who had recently moved there, and the poet George Mackay Brown, who rarely left the archipelago, that half-century of festivals is a living legacy of connection across culture and community.The first festiv

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Variety

‘X-Men’ Sabretooth Actor Tyler Mane Reveals Breast Cancer Diagnosis: ‘It’s Super Rare. Only 1% of Breast Cancers Are Men’

Tyler Mane, the professional wrestler turned actor whose best known for playing Sabretooth in the original “X-Men” movie, announced on Instagram that he’s been diagnosed with a super-rare form of breast cancer. “I have some bad news: I start chemo today. One in 750 men will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime and […]

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Variety

Adam Ray Sets Netflix Video Podcast ‘The Adam Ray Show’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Dr. Phil already has a podcast. But it’s probably not as interesting as Adam Ray hosting a podcast as Dr. Phil. The comedian will tap into his roster of characters to interview famous guests on his new Netflix video podcast, “The Adam Ray Show.” The podcast will debut on the streamer on June 19 with […]

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The Guardian Culture

No fairytale: what happened to the real children behind fiction’s best-loved characters?

Peter Pan, Christopher Robin and Alice in Wonderland … being the star of a classic story might seem like a dream, but there’s a dark side, argues the author of The ChildrenI’d loved the children for years before discovering they were real. I can almost summon the magic I felt when I first saw the photographs that proved it: the little boy clad in an approximation of hunters’ skins, posing victorious. The dark-haired girl with the offset gaze, her interior expression that of a person just growing

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Hollywood Reporter

‘Social Reckoning’ Trailer Reveals Jeremy Strong’s Fiery Portrayal of Mark Zuckerberg

Mikey Madison, Jeremy Allen White and Bill Burr also star in Aaron Sorkin's companion piece to 'The Social Network' that Sony will release this fall.

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Variety

EU Kicks Off Probe of Paramount’s $24 Billion in Middle Eastern Funding for Warner Bros. Deal

The European Union’s regulatory arm is investigating Paramount Skydance’s proposed Warner Bros. Discovery megamerger over the financial backing of three Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds. The European Commission is investigating the $111 billion Paramount-WBD deal under the EU’s Foreign Subsidies Regulation, looking at the approximately $24 billion being fronted for the takeover by the sovereign wealth […]

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Hollywood Reporter

Andy Cohen Confirms Jennifer Lawrence’s Sleuth Role in ‘Summer House’ Reunion Leak

The Oscar-winning actress was the Bravo superfan who helped the network conclude their audio leak investigation.

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Variety

‘The Social Reckoning’ Trailer: Jeremy Strong Is Mark Zuckerberg in Aaron Sorkin’s ‘Social Network’ Sequel

Sixteen years after “The Social Network” chronicled the rise of Facebook, audiences are getting their first look at its highly anticipated follow-up. Sony Pictures has unveiled the trailer for “The Social Reckoning,” a sequel to the 2010 Oscar-winning drama that again turns its focus to the social media giant, this time examining the whistleblower revelations […]

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Variety

Tracy Morgan and Marcello Hernández Have a Bonkers Conversation About ‘SNL,’ Eddie Murphy, Colonoscopies and Making Babies: ‘All I Do Is Touch My Wife and Count Money’

This interview is part of Variety and CNN’s Actors on Actors series. Watch the full video interview now at CNN.com/Watch (or on the CNN app) and on Variety’s YouTube channel starting at 11:59 pm ET. Tracy Morgan, the comedy veteran beloved for his work on “Saturday Night Live” and “30 Rock,” has returned to the spotlight […]

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Variety

Zurich Film Festival Appoints German Producer Martin Moszkowicz as President (EXCLUSIVE)

German producer Martin Moszkowicz, the former chief executive of Constantin Film, has been appointed as president of Zurich Film Festival. Moszkowicz and Christian Jungen, the festival’s CEO, spoke to Variety about how they intend to achieve the event’s strategic objectives. As producer, executive producer and co-producer, Moszkowicz has been involved in more than 300 film […]

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Hollywood Reporter

Callum Turner’s Moment of Truth

Hollywood’s latest “It” Brit is newly married to Dua Lipa, leading the race to be the next James Bond and starring in the summer’s biggest rom-com. No pressure.

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Hollywood Reporter

‘Spring Awakening’ Revival Set For Off-Broadway This Fall

Danya Taymor will direct the revival of the 2006 musical that brought Lea Michele and Jonathan Groff into the spotlight.

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Hollywood Reporter

French Star Patrick Bruel Appears Before Judge on Rape, Sexual Harassment Charges

Nine women have accused the French actor and singer of sexual violence, including rape and attempted rape.

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The Guardian Culture

Every Year After review – this hunk-packed romance is sweet, irresistible trash

Many muscly boys cavort in board shorts in this cute bit of escapist tosh set by a beautiful lake. Think The Summer I Turned Pretty in big girl pantsPersephone Fraser (Sadie Soverall) is sad. “My whole world is filled with regret because of the choices I made,” she says forlornly as she clutches an oversized coffee cup, while standing at best friend Chantal (Aurora Perrineau)’s marble kitchen island. Regret? How can this be? Even Persephone – or Percy, for short (“it’s easier”) – is perplexed. A

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The Guardian Culture

Eight trends I’ve noticed from watching hour of livestreams from Nintendo, PlayStation, Xbox and more

From horror galore to Chinese action games and YRK nostalgia, the key trends, trailers and surprises from the Summer Game Fest• Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereDid you spend hours of your weekend watching a relentless series of video game adverts? No? I don’t blame you – Summer Game Fest, the collection of livestreams that has arisen in place of the giant annual E3 video game expo in Los Angeles, is extremely overwhelming. There are the bigger, longer shows: the Pl

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The Guardian Culture

Under the Shadow review – Leila Farzad is fantastic in this nerve-shredding tale of 80s Tehran

Almeida theatre, LondonCarmen Nasr’s adaptation of the film set during the Iran-Iraq war is searing enough to feel like a 2026 livestreamReprimanded for wearing her headscarf too loosely, Shideh, a former medical student in Tehran, is warned: “A woman should be more scared of exposing herself than anything else.”Shideh has other concerns. It is 1988, the height of the Iran-Iraq war, and her husband is on the frontline, leaving her to raise their seven-year-old daughter. Shideh’s ambitions to bec

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