Variety

‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ Celebrates 10 Years as Longest-Running Two-Part Play in Modern West End History – Global Bulletin

DISTINGUISHED DECADE “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” turns 10 at London’s Palace Theatre today, July 30, cementing its place as the longest-running play in modern West End history to be performed as a two-part theatrical experience. Produced by Sonia Friedman Productions, Colin Callender and Harry Potter Theatrical Productions, the production has been seen by more than 2.5 million […]

entertainment  Jul 30, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Love’s Labour’s Lost review – paella, bullfighting and flamenco make Shakespeare’s farce a fiesta

Shakespeare’s Globe, LondonChoreographers Carmen Igarza and Vanessa Guevara deserve to take a bow as spectacular dance and movement add passion to the seemingly unfinished playThe fact that Love’s Labour’s Lost is relatively unloved by Shakespeare producers and scholars is due to this mid-16th-century comedy being an early example of his dramatic craft – an RSC online timeline lists it ninth in the 38 main attributed plays – and an unusually inconclusive ending: the typical act five marry-go-rou

entertainment  Jul 30, 2026

Variety

AMC Global Media Streaming Revenue Rises 6% in Q2, U.S. Ad Sales Down 11%

AMC Global Media reported its second-quarter 2026 earnings Thursday, on the heels of announcing a $500 million co-exclusive streaming deal with Netflix for “The Walking Dead.” Streaming revenue for the second quarter, which ran March-May, increased 6% to $180 million. U.S. ad sales were down 11% at $109 million. During its last quarterly earnings report […]

entertainment  Jul 30, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Marianela: Timeless review – perfect ballerina shows off a leg-whipping, frictionless mastery

Royal Opera House, London In what is officially her first solo show, the star principal marshals technically peerless performances from a tremendous company in finely chosen repertoireIs there such a thing as being too perfect? Marianela Nuñez is certainly one of the most perfect ballerinas around. At 44, she still has superlative technique and absolute command. She can reel off a fiendish string of fouettés (as in tonight’s extract from Le Corsaire), whipping her leg in circles, and then come t

entertainment  Jul 30, 2026

The Guardian Culture

‘The crude language of Maga folks’: Joyce Carol Oates criticises Emily Wilson for criticising Nolan’s Odyssey

The novelist suggested Wilson should have been ‘a wee bit more thoughtful and respectful’ towards a film-maker who may have helped her book salesThe off-screen drama surrounding Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster version of the Odyssey stepped up a gear overnight, as the novelist Joyce Carol Oates sought to defend the film-maker from an attack by classicist Emily Wilson.Writing on X, Oates took issue with the style as well as the rhetoric of Wilson’s essay published earlier this week in the London

entertainment  Jul 30, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Netflix and AMC Global Media Ink $500 Million ‘Walking Dead’ Streaming Deal

The non-exclusive deal extension will bring the show to new Netflix territories, including the U.K. and Australia, include all the spinoffs, and let AMC+ stream the show too.

entertainment  Jul 30, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Freudian trip: how psychoanalysis and skydiving are helping Aurora orchestra open up Mahler’s First

When Mahler premiered his first symphony, it left audiences baffled. For their latest Prom, Aurora are bringing it to life – with the help of Sigmund FreudIn 2014, Aurora Orchestra did something that had never been done at the Proms before. We played Mozart’s 40th symphony – that has been done, many times – but from memory.It was terrifying. Orchestral musicians usually start getting out their instruments 10 minutes before they go on stage, but people started warming up nearly an hour before – e

entertainment  Jul 30, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Shaboozey: The Outlaw Cherie Lee & Other Western Tales review – a striking addition to the rich canon of country concept albums

(American Dogwood/Empire)Beneath the Hollywood narrators, Pink Floyd-y interludes and accompanying comic books lies songwriting that proves the Tipsy singer’s breakout success was no flukeIt’s fair to say that if Shaboozey never released another note of music, his place in history would still be assured.He wasn’t the only Black country-leaning artist brought to a wider audience by a guest appearance on Beyoncé’s 2024 album Cowboy Carter, but no one else capitalised on the exposure quite so remar

entertainment  Jul 30, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Giordano: Marina album review – a fascinating resurrection of an unsung early opera

Buratto/De Tommaso/Orchestra I Pomeriggi Musicali/Milletarì(Decca)The long-lost score, finally premiered 138 years after it was written, brims with melodic promise despite its dramatic shortcomingsIt was a bold move by the 21-year-old Umberto Giordano to enter the 1888 one-act opera competition won by Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana. Marina, set in Montenegro during an unspecified conflict with Serbia, came sixth, the score languishing until 2026, when it received its belated premiere at Milan’s

entertainment  Jul 30, 2026

The Guardian Culture

A Line Held Tight – miners, mechs and mismanagement on a distant planet

Deep underground the player joins a colony of ruthlessly exploited pit workers who could be taking on the bosses. How things play out will depend on youIt is rare for video games to feature industrial action as a key theme, but it does happen. There’s the shady Dockworker’s Union in Disco Elysium and the Orbital Workers Union in space adventure Tacoma; then there is Lynx, the evil union-bashing corp in Hardspace: Shipbreaker. Soon we can add A Line Held Tight, a visual novel that puts workers’ r

entertainment  Jul 30, 2026

Variety

‘The Walking Dead’ Franchise to Stream on Both Netflix and AMC+ Beginning in 2027 Under New $500 Million Deal

AMC Global Media’s “The Walking Dead” franchise will stream on both Netflix and AMC+ beginning in 2027 as part of a new five-year, $500 million licensing deal. The co-exclusive global licensing pact between Netflix and AMC Global Media covers the original “The Walking Dead,” as well as all six of its spinoffs, including “Fear the […]

entertainment  Jul 30, 2026

Variety

San Sebastián New Directors: Billy Lumby, Marlene Emilie Lyngstad, ‘Money Heist’ Star Jaime Lorente and More

BAFTA nominee Billy Lumby and Norway’s Nordic Talents winner Marlene Emilie Lyngstad will compete at San Sebastian’s New Directors strand. One of the most prestigious new talent spreads in Europe, New Directors will open with “The Bad Son” (“El mal hijo”), the debut feature film as a director of “Money Heist” star Jaime Lorente, and […]

entertainment  Jul 30, 2026

The Guardian Culture

“We have to become warriors”: the fight to save the world’s only women’s sculpture park

With most monuments in London made by men, Claire Mander envisaged the Artist’s Garden as a way to redress the balance. Now, she says, it could be turned into a generic space for VIP events and cocktailsTen years ago, when Claire Mander was studying for an art history MA at the Courtauld Institute in London, she stumbled upon the neglected roof terrace of nearby Temple underground station. She found herself strangely drawn to the overgrown expanse with its stunning views of the Thames and the Lo

entertainment  Jul 30, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Zoe Saldaña to Receive Locarno Fest Special Honor

Claudio Simonetti will be honored for his contribution to film music, while Olivia Wilde, Caleb Landry Jones, Monica Bellucci, Isabelle Huppert and Kingsley Ben-Adir will be among the stars at the fest.

entertainment  Jul 30, 2026

The Guardian Culture

‘Kind of like a fairy tale’: documentary tells the unusual tale of Flaco the Owl

Wild Inside looks back on the incredible year when an escaped zoo owl managed to bring New Yorkers together Flaco the Eurasian eagle-owl gained a cult following after leaving his life in captivity at the Central Park zoo in 2023 and surviving, against all odds, for more than a year as a free bird in Manhattan.Birdwatchers tracked his every move, capturing his vast wingspan and luminous orange eyes with their cameras. His fans got tattoos in his honor. And now, Wild Inside, a new documentary chro

entertainment  Jul 30, 2026

Variety

‘Ramayana’ Trailer: Ranbir Kapoor and Yash Face Off in First Part of Nitesh Tiwari’s Epic

The first trailer for “Ramayana” has debuted, marking the most substantial promotional asset yet for Nitesh Tiwari’s two-part adaptation of the ancient Hindu epic, ahead of a worldwide release this November. The story follows exiled prince Rama (Ranbir Kapoor) and his consort Sita (Sai Pallavi) through exile into catastrophe, as Sita’s abduction at the hands […]

entertainment  Jul 30, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Paul McCartney becomes first-time nominee for Mercury prize, up against Olivia Dean, Dave and more

Big names including Raye and Suede face off against smaller artists such as Knats and Nia Archives for prestigious album awardA formidable array of chart-topping A-listers feature in a competitive shortlist for the 2026 Mercury prize, the prestigious award that honours the best album of the year by a British or Irish artist.Despite the prize’s history stretching back to 1992, Paul McCartney gets his first ever nomination this year, for his album The Boys of Dungeon Lane, a hugely affecting look

entertainment  Jul 30, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Opposition Grows to FIFA World Cup Sell-Off Plan

European soccer body UEFA has called an emergency meeting on Thursday to discuss a response to Gianni Infantino's plan to sell off stakes in FIFA's commercial operations, including rights to the World Cup.

entertainment  Jul 30, 2026

The Guardian Culture

‘I had a really crippling break’: how author Michael Thomas lost 20 years to mania, depression and more

In 2006 the novel Man Gone Down made Thomas famous and won him a €100,000 prize. He expected to produce a follow-up within a year – but life had other plansIt should be some kind of happy ending when, after years of poverty and graft, an aspiring writer publishes their debut novel and it is greeted with acclaim and awards – but that’s not how it happened for Michael Thomas. His 2006 novel Man Gone Down seemed to augur the arrival of a powerful new literary voice, the beginning of a brilliant car

entertainment  Jul 30, 2026

The Guardian Culture

How Harlan Coben became the king of potboiler TV

The prolific crime author’s latest Netflix thriller I Will Find You has become one of the streamer’s most-watched shows of all time – but what’s his secret?Netflix’s all-time top 10 English language series chart is starting to look like a stale old thing. It is topped by Wednesday, which is four years old, and includes dusty old hits including Stranger Things season four (four years old), Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (four years old), The Queen’s Gambit (six years old), and Bridgerton seaso

entertainment  Jul 30, 2026