The Guardian Culture

OnlyFans for Therapy review – a brave and unsettling emotional exposure

Zoo Playground, EdinburghVeering from confident to crumbling, Verona Verbakel delivers a vivid show mixing humour with traumaWe are all familiar with the cliche of the influencer narrating their daily routines – or should I say, their journey? – and trying to convince us, and perhaps themselves, they are living their best life. We know, too, about the websites offering intimate access in exchange for cash.But what if the online medium were put to more honest purposes? What if, instead of endless

entertainment  Aug 9, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Helloooo, Emmy: Art Carney’s Enduring ‘Honeymooners’ Triumph

Jackie Gleason may have ruled the Kramden household, but Carney’s turn as Ed Norton earned the sitcom’s only Emmy.

entertainment  Aug 9, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Bill Maher’s Jab About Ariana Grande’s Weight Leads to ‘Real Time’ Studio Audience Groans

The comedian's joke came after it was recently revealed that the Grammy winner would be "taking a step back from visibility" once her tour ends following "endless, ongoing public scrutiny."

entertainment  Aug 9, 2026

Variety

The Blockbuster Mentality Is Back, Baby!

The suits of Hollywood are used to big numbers. That’s how they roll. But the record-setting opening weekend of “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” isn’t something that happens every day, or every year — more like once a decade. Domestically, the film enjoyed the biggest opening weekend in movie history. And while it had to take […]

entertainment  Aug 9, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Prophets review – a mysterious tale of faith at the end of the world

Assembly Roxy, EdinburghA researcher encounters an isolated community in thrall to a mysterious religious leader in Jack MacGregor’s atmospheric but elusive dramaWhat impresses about Jack MacGregor as a playwright is their willingness to take us into the wider world. Nightlands was set in a deserted Russian research base in Svalbard; Everything Under the Sun concerned militias in Mali; and Our Brother played out in the Cambodia of Pol Pot. So it is with Prophets, which begins with the arrival of

entertainment  Aug 9, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

What Finally Made Rafael Nadal Quit? Netflix’s ‘Rafa’ Has the Answer

After years of resisting a documentary about his personal life, the 22-time Grand Slam tennis champion allowed Zach Heinzerling to follow his final season on and off the court.

entertainment  Aug 9, 2026

Variety

‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ to Open Real Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza Location in 2027

“Five Nights at Freddy’s” and New Jersey entertainment and retail center American Dream announced that they will open a real-life Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza location in East Rutherford, N.J., in 2027. Based on the “Five Nights at Freddy’s” franchise, the immersive restaurant experience is a functional reimagining of the game’s location, designed in collaboration with IP […]

entertainment  Aug 9, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Letterboxd Responds to Website Crash that Signed Users Out of Accounts

"We’re still working to resolve the outage affecting our service," the platform for cinephiles wrote on social media Sunday morning.

entertainment  Aug 9, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

‘Destroy All Girls’ Review: A Young Jersey Woman Joins a Group of Itinerant Skater Dudes in a Hip and Evocative Drama

Debuting at the Locarno Film Festival, Erin Vassilopoulos' film is an anthropological study of a subculture that's been going for years but remains forever young.

entertainment  Aug 9, 2026

Variety

Florian Hoffmann’s U.N. Compound Drama ‘Yazz’ Takes Main Alliance 4 Development Prizes at Locarno Pro Awards

Florian Hoffmann’s “Yazz,” about a teenager growing up in a UN compound in the Central African Republic, celebrated two major wins at this year’s Locarno Pro Awards for the Alliance 4 Development co-development platform for projects from Austria, France, Germany, Italy and Switzerland Swiss-German-French co-production from Tellfilm, NiKo Film and Eaux Vives Productions beat out […]

entertainment  Aug 9, 2026

Variety

What’s It Going to Take for Steve Carell to Finally Win an Emmy?

What does Steve Carell have to do for Emmy voters to take notice? In recent years, he’s died in car accidents twice (Apple TV’s “The Morning Show” and Netflix’s “Four Seasons”), been a billionaire with incurable cancer (HBO’s “Mountainhead”) and a therapist held hostage by his homicidal patient (FX’s “The Patient”). Geez, hasn’t this guy […]

entertainment  Aug 9, 2026

Variety

‘The Odyssey’ Is Christopher Nolan’s Highest-Grossing Movie Ever With $1.1 Billion and Imax’s Biggest Release of All Time With $289 Million

“The Odyssey” has notched two major box office milestones over the weekend. The big-budget adaptation of Homer’s original epic is officially Christopher Nolan’s biggest movie ever with $1.1 billion, ranking ahead of 2012’s “The Dark Knight Rises” with $1.08 billion, not adjusted for inflation. And the sword-and-sandal adventure is Imax’s highest-grossing release of all time […]

entertainment  Aug 9, 2026

Variety

‘Spring Story’ and ‘The Surubí’ Win Big at Locarno’s First Look 

LOCARNO, Switzerland —  Cross ocean love story “Spring Story” and miracle comedy “El Suburi,” at Locarno’s 2026 pix-in-post First Look focus on Uruguay, sharing two prizes a piece at a Sunday evening prize ceremony.  The industry awards went to two of its most substantial offerings, underscoring the range of productions on offer from a offbeat […]

entertainment  Aug 9, 2026

Variety

Letterboxd Goes Down, Leaving Users Locked Out of Their Accounts

Letterboxd, the cinephile social media platform for sharing movie reviews, went down Sunday morning, leaving users locked out of their accounts. Users who opened the Letterboxd app early Sunday found themselves signed out of their profiles. Entering account information and trying to sign in causes the app to briefly load before kicking users back to […]

entertainment  Aug 9, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

How the Late-Night Emmy Became the Anti-Trump Award

Kimmel, Colbert or Oliver could each be anointed Hollywood's anti-White House avatar -- and become even more emboldened to take on the president.

entertainment  Aug 9, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

‘Spring Story,’ ‘The Surubí,’ ‘Yazz’ Among Locarno Pro Winners

'Magnetic Storms' and 'Cuore Matto' are also among the projects receiving prizes as the Locarno Film Festival’s industry strand unveiled the winners of its awards.

entertainment  Aug 9, 2026

Variety

Olivia Wilde Calls ‘The Invite’ the ‘Most Incredible’ Experience of Her Life: ‘It Was the Highlight of My Career’

Olivia Wilde brought “The Invite” to Locarno. “I’m in shock. This is overwhelming and exciting,” she told the audience at Piazza Grande, which reportedly has one of the world’s largest cinema screens.  “This is the European premiere of ‘The Invite’ and it’s the first time – and probably the only time – it will be […]

entertainment  Aug 9, 2026

The Guardian Culture

The Kettlewell scarecrow festival – in pictures

The two-week event celebrates the creativity of the Yorkshire Dales village and has gone from strength to strength since beginning as a fundraiser for the local primary school in 1994 Continue reading...

entertainment  Aug 9, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

The 20 Most Unforgettable ‘Real Housewives’ Moments, Ranked

From the shiny streets of Beverly Hills to the iconography of Atlanta’s early days, THR breaks down the franchise’s most OMG-worthy scenes and the women who made them so iconic.

entertainment  Aug 9, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Paddy Young: Will Sir Be Laughing Alone? review – morose misadventures of a luckless bachelor

Monkey Barrel, EdinburghThe SNL UK star’s romantic failures and house-share humiliations make for a fun hour of downbeat yet twinkling comedyA recent star of Saturday Night Live UK, Paddy Young is enjoying a moment of life-changing fulfilment and success. But “I’ve brought the worst plus-one to the party,” he says – by which he means himself. If ever the truism that money can’t buy you happiness needed demonstration, look no further than Young’s new show, Will Sir Be Laughing Alone? It finds the

entertainment  Aug 9, 2026