Hollywood Reporter
After years of doom and gloom, 2026 is on track to be the biggest year at the box office since the pandemic.
Variety
The San Sebastián Film Festival will dedicate a 20-feature retrospective to José Giovanni, the French director, screenwriter and novelist who became one of the defining figures of the country’s postwar crime cinema. Running during the festival’s 74th edition, the program will span films released between 1960 and 2001, presenting almost all of Giovanni’s work as […]
Variety
TIFFCOM will expand its Tokyo IP Market: Adaptation & Remake for its 2026 edition, running Oct. 28–30 at the Tokyo Metropolitan Industrial Trade Center Hamamatsucho-kan, with a conference program adding sessions on AI and anime. The Tokyo-based content market, affiliated with the Tokyo International Film Festival, is jointly organized by Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade […]
Hollywood Reporter
Broadway's original Aaron Burr is thrilling the West End with his return to Lin-Manuel Miranda's zeitgeist-capturing show. Here, Odom Jr. reveals exactly why he chose to come back — and how his years away from 'Hamilton' changed everything: "I'm having the time of my life."
Variety
Todrick Hall’s “Midnight” will make its North American premiere this fall off Broadway at the Daryl Roth Theatre following two sold-out engagements in London. Joining Hall in the cast will be Jeremy Beloate (“The Voice”), Jimmy Brewer (“Shucked”), Kennedy Caughell (“Hell’s Kitchen”), Dwayne Clark (“Shucked”), Sidney DuPont (Tony Award nominee, “Paradise Square”), Ayana George (“MJ […]
Variety
From Huntr/x’s high-gloss stage costumes to the Saja Boys’ demonic transformations, nearly every frame of “KPop Demon Hunters” is packed with details worth pausing over. Now, fans can get a closer look at how the Netflix phenomenon’s candy-colored world came together in “The Art of KPop Demon Hunters: Platinum Edition,” a new deluxe hardcover arriving […]
Hollywood Reporter
The Phoenix Species Project launches with a $200 million commitment, making it one of if not the largest single philanthropic initiative dedicated "exclusively to the recovery of critically endangered species."
Hollywood Reporter
"In times where development funding is increasingly under threat, it's remarkable that we've been able to increase our grant allocation,” supporting 20 films, up from 15 last year.
The Guardian Culture
Sure, it’s about jealousy, infidelity and paranoia, but the Killers’ biggest hit is a dancefloor banger: any marriage that starts without it is guaranteed to end in divorceI’ve been to two weddings where the bride and groom refused to play the Killers’ pop-rock hit Mr Brightside, and both ended in divorce. Well, not yet or anything – but I’m sure it’s coming. How happy can a couple really be if they’re not willing to play the biggest banger to ever bang moments after their hearts have been bound
Hollywood Reporter
English actress Tanya Reynolds plays the assistant coach of AFC Richmond’s women’s soccer team — and the most significant new character of the Apple hit's fourth season.
The Guardian Culture
The world’s largest performing arts festival returns to the Scottish capital for three weeks – and over 4,000 shows – from this weekend. Brian Logan is answering your questions about it nowAsk a question: log in or sign up here.Pgetz1 asks: What act or show(s) have been most unfairly overlooked for a Comedy Award nomination in your years of covering the festival?Brian:How long have you got?! Last year gave us a prime example, when the American comedy/cabaret act Cat Cohen had the most fantastic
Variety
“Baywatch” is heading to Canada, India and Europe, among other territories, thanks to a new multi-territory between international distributor Fremantle and Prime Video. The pact also includes the original series’ complete back catalogue, including spin-off “Baywatch Hawaii.” Italy, Germany, France, Spain, Portugal, Benelux, Switzerland, Austria, Turkey, Canada, Latin America and India will be able to […]
Variety
Sony’s “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” delivered a historic theatrical debut in India, dethroning “Avengers: Endgame” to claim the biggest opening frame for a non-Indian film in the country’s box office history. The superhero tentpole generated a gross collection of INR72.44 crore ($7.6 million) on its first day, surpassing the previous Hollywood launch benchmark set by […]
The Guardian Culture
In my standup, I’m not trivializing the death penalty. I’m getting people to stay engaged when the subject is uncomfortableThe first time I came out as gay to a client on death row, he said: “Josh, I don’t care what you do with your ass, as long as you’re helping mine.” That joke did something legal arguments and moral philosophy rarely could: it made him impossible to keep at a distance.I spent seven years working as a lawyer for men on both Alabama and federal death rows. I stumbled my way int
Hollywood Reporter
'While I was silent, others were happy to write my story for me. No more," Ellison writes in a new op-ed.
Variety
“Spider-Man: Brand New Day” has broken box office records across the Middle East, scoring the region’s biggest opening of all time, according to Empire Entertainment, which serves as exclusive theatrical distributor for Sony Pictures across the region. Across the four-day period of July 30 to Aug. 2, “Brand New Day” generated a total $18.4 million from […]
Hollywood Reporter
"We view the business as well positioned to deliver improved growth and margins in 2026 as we reinvest to support our long-term potential."
Variety
Paramount CEO David Ellison said he believes the antitrust litigation filed by 12 states and the Writers Guild of America isn’t about market share but about “whether I can be trusted as a steward of Warner’s CNN.” Ellison, in an op-ed published by the New York Times Tuesday, noted, “There has been speculation about my […]
The Guardian Culture
The Shards brings the cocaine-addled teens of a 1980s prep school to life with a cast of newcomers and a heavy dose of sleazeOne of the first things Ryan Murphy’s TV adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’s The Shards will make you ask is: where the hell are these kids’ parents? The answer is simple. This is Los Angeles in 1981, and these fabulously benumbed kids aren’t being helicopter-parented. They’re going to parties, drinking whiskey, listening to Ultravox’s Vienna on repeat and doing copious amou
Variety
Jesse Eisenberg’s Musical Comedy ‘The Debut,’ Starring Julianne Moore, to Close London Film Festival
Jesse Eisenberg is set to bring the curtain down on the 70th edition of the BFI London Film Festival with the U.K. premiere of his next feature as director. “The Debut,” a musical comedy starring Julianne Moore, Paul Giamatti, Halle Bailey and Havana Rose Liu, will close the 2026 festival on Oct 18 at London’s […]