Variety

Prime Video’s Stunning Drama ’Sterling Point’ Elevates the YA Genre Beyond the Mundane: TV Review

There is a plethora of recent YA television series across streamers and networks, including “The Summer I Turned Pretty, “Off Campus,” “Cruel Intentions,” and “Every Year After” (which all happen to be Prime Video series). However, these shows tend to zero in on romance, focusing almost solely on those initial feelings of love and sexual […]

entertainment  Aug 5, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Dog Man: The Musical review – Dav Pilkey’s megastar mutt sniffs out the spotlight in a barking show

Southbank Centre, LondonA part-canine cop, a villainous cat and a psychokinetic butterflyfish burst into song as the wildly popular children’s books are adapted for the stagePerhaps, if you don’t have a child in primary school, you will be blissfully unaware of Dog Man, Dav Pilkey’s series of graphic novels about a cop who – after a terrible injury – has his dog’s head sewn on to his own body, thereby creating a crime-fighting canine/human crossbreed. But if you’ve been swept up by the phenomeno

entertainment  Aug 5, 2026

Variety

Disney CEO Admits ‘Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu’ and ‘Moana’ Failed at Box Office but ‘Fueled Other Parts of Our Company’

Disney CEO Josh D’Amaro admitted on the company’s latest earnings call that “Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu” and the live-action “Moana” remake both underperformed at the box office this summer, although he maintained that both titles were not outright busts for the studio as they contributed to merchandise sales, drove people to theme parks […]

entertainment  Aug 5, 2026

Variety

‘Resident Evil Requiem’ Stars Nick Apostolides, Angela Sant’Albano to Host Gamescom’s Future Games Show (EXCLUSIVE)

“Resident Evil Requiem” stars Nick Apostolides and Angela Sant’Albano will co-host the Future Games Show at gamescom on Aug. 26. Best known for playing Leon S. Kennedy and Grace Ashcroft to life in Capcom’s latest installment in the “Resident Evil” franchise, which was released in February, the “Resident Evil Requiem” stars will unveil a number […]

entertainment  Aug 5, 2026

Variety

Jonny Greenwood, Alexandre Desplat, Hildur Guðnadóttir Among World Soundtrack Awards Contenders

Jonny Greenwood, Alexandre Desplat and Hildur Guðnadóttir are among the nominees for Film Composer of the Year at the 26th edition of the World Soundtrack Awards, which takes place on Oct. 10. Greenwood, Radiohead’s lead guitarist, was the composer for Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another.” His film scoring career has been defined by […]

entertainment  Aug 5, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Charlie Sheen Launching ‘Mostly Sheenius’ Podcast With Fox’s Red Seat Ventures (Exclusive)

The new show will see the actor have "candid conversations with some of the biggest names in entertainment, sports, music and popular culture."

entertainment  Aug 5, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Cooper Hoffman Is Courting Controversy — Onscreen, Anyway

Finding his way beyond father Philip Seymour Hoffman’s formidable shadow, the 23-year-old ‘I Want Your Sex’ and ‘Artificial’ star is embracing kink, channeling his inner tech bro and getting comfortable being uncomfortable.

entertainment  Aug 5, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

FuboTV Shrinks Third Quarter Loss on Sharply Higher Revenues After World Cup

The sports-first streamer reported 5.75 million subscribers during its lastest quarter, up from a year-ago 5.63 million customers and 5.73 million subs in the most recent second quarter.

entertainment  Aug 5, 2026

The Guardian Culture

I’m Every Woman: The Chaka Khan Musical review – Queen of Funk’s jukebox epic lacks the X factor

Troubadour Wembley Park theatre, LondonAlexandra Burke is valiant in the leading role but the superstar’s story is squandered in this sprawling and uneven showIn the pantheon of soul divas, Chaka Khan is surely one of the fiercest. With a soaring, multioctave vocal range that earned accolades from Aretha Franklin and Miles Davis, as well as a chequered personal life and a stint in the Black Panthers alongside Fred Hampton, Khan’s story has long felt ripe for immortalisation in a jukebox musical.

entertainment  Aug 5, 2026

The Guardian Culture

‘Like Backstreet Boys, but less sultry’: how the Jonas Brothers notched up 20 years of pop stardom against the odds

Unlike their Disney peers, the toothesome trio didn’t pivot to being sexy – and they’re now at their stadium-filling peak. Fans and collaborators explain their unique, cheesy appealThe Jonas Brothers appeared in the mid-00s in a blaze of smiles, dressed in shirts, suspenders and ties, singing sappy love songs that won the hearts of girls who quickly became obsessed with this Disney-signed band. Many assumed the fraternal trio would fade away, overtaken by whatever new act replaced them in the wh

entertainment  Aug 5, 2026

Variety

Prateek Kuhad to Make Feature Film Acting Debut in Marginal MediaWorks, D36 and Jugaad’s ‘Drowning,’ Directed by Dar Gai (EXCLUSIVE)

Prateek Kuhad, the Indian singer-songwriter known for hits including “Cold/Mess” and “Kasoor,” will make his feature film acting debut in “Drowning” (“Doobna” in Hindi/Urdu), Marginal MediaWorks has revealed. Directed by Dar Gai and shot on location in New Delhi, the film marks Marginal’s first fiction feature produced in South Asia, in partnership with Los Angeles-based […]

entertainment  Aug 5, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

‘Toy Story 5’ and Theme Parks Power Disney in Latest Quarter, as Company Teases Big Changes Ahead

The company will use $1 billion from the sale of A+E to buy back stock, will move consumer products under its entertainment division, and teases a new era for Disney+ early next year.

entertainment  Aug 5, 2026

Variety

Disney Streaming Profit Doubles in June Quarter, Company Shifting Consumer Products to Studios Division

Disney posted mixed results for the June 2026 quarter, as Disney+ and Hulu continued to boost profits and the theme parks division turning in solid performance. And Disney CEO Josh D’Amaro revealed his latest move to restructure the media conglomerate’s operations: He’s moving most of consumer products out of Disney Experiences and into the entertainment […]

entertainment  Aug 5, 2026

Variety

‘The Mummy’ Poster Ads Banned From London Underground After Advertising Watchdog Cites ‘Distressing’ Imagery

The U.K. Advertising Standards Authority has ruled that outdoor poster ads for “Lee Cronin’s The Mummy” breached its code by presenting an image that gave “a realistic impression of a dead child,” while clearing companion TV and streaming spots for the same campaign. The ASA investigated four issues stemming from several complaints about ads for […]

entertainment  Aug 5, 2026

Variety

Alba Rohrwacher-Starrer ‘A Common Story’ Gets Boarded by True Colours Ahead of its Venice and Toronto Premieres (EXCLUSIVE)

Italian sales company True Colours has taken world sales outside Italy on first-time director Anna Foglietta’s marriage drama “A Common Story” (“Una Storia”) starring Alba Rohrwacher, ahead of its bow in Venice and Toronto. Foglietta is an actress-turned director best-known to international audiences for her role in Italy’s smash hit “Perfect Strangers” that earned her […]

entertainment  Aug 5, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Sterling Point review – this teen drama from Gossip Girl’s creators is brilliant escapist TV

Set on an idyllic Canadian island, this coming-of-age series is juicy stuff. It swaps the darkness of recent YA TV for warmth, humour and a surprisingly compelling mysteryI’ll be honest: I was prepared to grit my teeth through Sterling Point, Prime Video’s newest coming-of-age offering, which I dismissed as another by-the-numbers high-school drama. The show follows a type-A teen on a journey of sun-dappled self-discovery, escaping her native New York for an idyllic getaway on a picturesque Canad

entertainment  Aug 5, 2026

The Guardian Culture

A Child of My Own review – barely believable true crime tale of desperation and delusion

Candy-coloured recreations of one woman’s pregnancy unravel as dark truths are revealed in Maite Alberdi’s intimate docudramaThis cheekily inquisitive docudrama by Chilean director Maite Alberdi features a unique variation on the long con, and one with a precise duration: nine months. After suffering three miscarriages and under pressure from her husband and in-laws to give them a child, Eleonor Alejandra Marín Mendoza (aka Ale, and played by Ana Celeste in re-enactments) decides to fake her nex

entertainment  Aug 5, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Ice Cream Man review – Eli Roth’s junky slasher is one of year’s worst horrors

The Hostel and Thanksgiving director takes a massive stumble with a rushed retro horror made on the cheapA few years ago, Eli Roth realized his long-held ambition to make a movie out of Thanksgiving, the horror-movie trailer he made as a gag for the Quentin Tarantino/Robert Rodriguez anthology feature Grindhouse, back in 2007. Though he didn’t actually go so far as to make the scratched-up decades-ago slasher shown in the original trailer, Thanksgiving was still Roth’s most satisfying movie in a

entertainment  Aug 5, 2026

Variety

Disney, TikTok Strike Content-Sharing Deal Aimed at Boosting Short-Form Programming on Disney+

Disney is going long on short-form content. The entertainment giant struck an alliance with TikTok that will have creators on the popular quick-hit video service making shorts tied to characters and stories from Marvel, Pixar, Star Wars, FX and more. The resulting pieces from creators who opt-in to the program will be available on both […]

entertainment  Aug 5, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Disney and TikTok Ink Wide-Ranging Deal, Videos From Tech Platform Will Be Added to Disney+

Creators on TikTok will get access to Disney photo and video assets if they opt-in to the program, with their videos living on both platforms.

entertainment  Aug 5, 2026