Variety

Mike Leigh Says It’s ‘Very Likely’ He’ll Retire After Next Film Due to Illness

Mike Leigh, one of the independent movie world’s most celebrated directors with a career spanning six decades and wins including multiple BAFTA and both a Palme d’Or and Golden Lion, has said he’s likely to be hanging up his filmmaking boots. Speaking at a Golden Globes-hosted event in London, the 83-year-old said that “Tender Loving […]

entertainment  Jul 29, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Dua Lipa to interview Zadie Smith at London Literature festival

The pop star is curating the 2026 festival, which also features Patti Smith, Mustafa and Ta-Nehisi Coates, as part of the Southbank Centre’s anniversary yearZadie Smith, Patti Smith and Mustafa are among the star names lined up to be interviewed by Dua Lipa, as the pop star reveals her curation of this year’s London Literature festival at the Southbank Centre.The festival, now in its 19th year, will run from 21 October to 1 November, with the Brit award-winning singer shaping a programme of even

entertainment  Jul 29, 2026

The Guardian Culture

‘It sounds good next to almost anything’: how Choosin’ Texas became the biggest song of the year

Ella Langley’s country single has spent 15 weeks as US number one thanks to its retro-modern sound, a viral misheard lyric – and a boost from the Ella FellasThis week, Ella Langley beat a chart record held by Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey. The country singer’s Choosin’ Texas has now spent 15 weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100, making it the longest-running US No 1 by a female solo artist for a non-holiday single. The previous record holders, Houston’s I Will Always Love You and Carey’s We Belon

entertainment  Jul 29, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

‘Bloody Tennis,’ Tunisian Horror and a Surgeon With Kleptomania: Quirky Films at Locarno

Two fairy tales and a movie using scant dialogue that is inspired by the director's childhood experience of German reunification are also among the more offbeat-sounding offerings at the Swiss festival.

entertainment  Jul 29, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Jared Leto Accused of Sexual Misconduct by Four Women In New BBC Doc

In all, 10 women make allegations against the Oscar-winning actor and rock star in the documentary, 'Jared Leto: Hollywood’s Dark Secret.'

entertainment  Jul 29, 2026

Variety

Jared Leto Accused of Criminal Sexual Conduct by Four Women in BBC Documentary

Jared Leto has been accused of criminal sexual conduct by four women, who claim the offenses occurred when they were teenagers. In a new BBC documentary “Jared Leto: Hollywood’s Dark Secret” — airing Wednesday — a total of 10 women come forward with allegations against Leto, nine of whom the BBC says are sharing their stories for […]

entertainment  Jul 29, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Petrol bombs, drugs and Bradley from S Club 7: inside the wild 00s hood movie that the police seized

Breakin’ the Cycle had celeb performers who hoped it would go to Cannes. Until they realised its creators were still running a drug gang while filming – and it all went very wrongThe story of the making of the 2005 British film Breakin’ the Cycle is surely more compelling than the film itself. Nobody can say for sure, because a rough cut was confiscated by the Met police and the raw footage was considered lost. But the film’s origins and subsequent unravelling is extraordinary. Two of Hackney’s

entertainment  Jul 29, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Personal Problems review – an exhilarating lo-fi epic of Black working-class life in 80s New York

The director of Ganja & Hess, Bill Gunn, turns analogue video and improvisation into a work of startling intimacy, humour and emotional forceIn 1980, Bill Gunn, director of cult 70s horror Ganja & Hess, took on this quietly amazing micro-budget video project with author Ishmael Reed. It is an improvised melodrama in two parts about Black lives in New York, originally intended for television, and shot on analogue video. It is rough and ready, and the sound mix is sometimes very muddy inde

entertainment  Jul 29, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Alive by Melanie Challenger review – a maverick study of what it means to have a body

In this disorienting book, a poet argues we have been looking at nature – and ourselves – the wrong wayThe eastern breakwater of Granton harbour is almost 1km long, and swimmers can follow its crooked finger, heading straight out into the Firth of Forth, while benefiting from its reassuring presence. One Thursday lunchtime, I thought: why not, let’s give it a go, and headed for its tip. I felt cold, but, as I progressed, I seemed to grow strangely warmer. I did not notice the comp

entertainment  Jul 29, 2026

Variety

BTS Won’t Submit for 2027 Grammy Awards Consideration

BTS will not submit its music for consideration at the 69th Grammy Awards, scheduled for Feb. 7, 2027, the group announced on Wednesday. All seven members – RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V and Jungkook – posted the same statement on their individual instagram accounts. “We have decided not to submit for Grammy consideration this […]

entertainment  Jul 29, 2026

The Guardian Culture

The Devil’s Mouth review – Amazon’s shark thriller gives us just about enough to chew on

A group of holidaying friends get trapped in a cave system with a bull shark in a solidly entertaining b-movie lifted by a toxic central friendshipWe’ve officially reached maximum shark movie this year, with around six released so far and even more on the way and so the drop of yet another one, in the middle of Shark Week, begs a number of questions: is it in any way essential? Will anyone ever come close to matching what Steven Spielberg achieved with Jaws or, more realistically, Renny Harlin w

entertainment  Jul 29, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Silent Hill Townfall: the series is coming to Scotland, but what fresh horrors will it bring?

An amnesiac loner arrives in a remote town for who knows what reason … this may sound familiar but this time we’re on a remote Scottish island and surprises lie in waitA man washes up at the harbour of a small coastal village, his memories vague, an eerie sea fog rolling in all around him. As beginnings go, this couldn’t be more Silent Hill – an amnesiac loner drawn to a remote town for who knows what reason. But this time, we’re not in the Pacific Northwest of the original games or the Japan of

entertainment  Jul 29, 2026

Variety

Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Rajasthan Royals Sales Push IPL Cricket’s Business Value to $20.6 Billion, Houlihan Lokey Study Finds

The Indian Premier League cricket tournament’s business value has climbed to $20.6 billion, up 11.4% year over year, according to Houlihan Lokey’s 2026 IPL Valuation Study released Wednesday, as record-setting sales of Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Rajasthan Royals reset franchise pricing across the league. The league’s stand-alone brand value rose 10.3% to $4.3 billion, marking […]

entertainment  Jul 29, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

‘As Light as Air’ Is a Hypnotic Experimental Doc About Collective Ecstasy in a City in Pakistan (Locarno Trailer)

Umair Bilal's debut feature, premiering in the Locarno Critics' Week lineup, dives into spiritual life in Sehwan, Pakistan, a Sufi city where people "surrender themselves to a shared state of trance."

entertainment  Jul 29, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Banijay Entertainment First-Half Revenue Drops 2 Percent in First Post-All3Media Deal Update

The company's live events business posted a 49.8 percent revenue gain, driven by the FIFA World Cup and the Winter Olympics.

entertainment  Jul 29, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

BTS Will Not Be Submitting to 2027 Grammy Awards

The news comes just over a month after the introduction of the Asian pop music performance category.

entertainment  Jul 29, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Solo Sunny review – a rueful East German gem of ambition, loneliness and faded dreams

Konrad Wolf’s 1980 drama follows a singer trying to escape the drab compromises of GDR life, capturing the melancholy of thwarted ambition with warmth and witThe terrible sadness, tattiness and poisoned idealism of the old GDR is preserved as if in a time capsule in this East German film from 1980; it could be a kind of B-side to Bob Fosse’s Cabaret. The heroine, would-be solo pop singer Sunny, is told by her ungallant MC that she is no Liza Minnelli; Cabaret fans might well incidentally recogni

entertainment  Jul 29, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Beginning Middle End by Valeria Luiselli review – a mother and daughter’s odyssey

This journey of discovery from the US to Sicily tackles urgent themes, but is increasingly inward-lookingIn Grace Paley’s short story A Conversation With My Father, a request is made of the Paley-like narrator. “I would like you to write a simple story just once more,” her father says, “the kind Maupassant wrote, or Chekhov … Just recognisable people and then write down what happened to them next.” Her attempt, and its failure to impress him, is the action that powers the story. Valeria Luiselli

entertainment  Jul 29, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Take the plunge! A deep dive into New York and other great American cities – in pictures

A new exhibition featuring work by Peter Hujar, Garry Winogrand, Edward Steichen and more paints a picture of a nation in motion Continue reading...

entertainment  Jul 29, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Swings to China’s Biggest Superhero Opening in Seven Years

The film is set to earn more than $35 million on its first day in China, with local analysts projecting a full-run total as massive as $250 million.

entertainment  Jul 29, 2026