Variety

‘Act One’ Director on the Sexy, Scary Teen-Actress Thriller

Hannah, a teen actress, just wants to be great. And she’ll sacrifice everything to get there. In writer-director Sophia Takal’s new film “Act One,” debuting at the Tribeca Festival on June 10, Ella Beatty throws herself into a performance as a would-be star who, snubbed by her school’s drama club, enrolls in an acting class […]

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The Guardian Culture

Kanya King obituary

Co-founder of the Mobo awards, which celebrate music of Black origin, as well as initiatives to encourage and recognise new talentKanya King, who has died aged 57 of colon cancer, was co-founder of the Mobo awards, which were set up in the UK in 1996 to celebrate music of Black origin. As CEO of the Mobo Organisation, which runs the awards and its various offshoots, King became one of the highest profile champions of Black music in the UK, while the awards themselves were credited by many Black

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The Guardian Culture

‘We got banned from YouTube but they showed Saddam Hussein being hanged’: the wild viral visions of Romain Gavras

What will life be like in 2034? Will kids surf in quarries – or live in the woods since they think Earth is hollow? We meet the film-maker behind Gener8ion, whose dark predictions have a habit of going viralOne of the standout videos of Visions of 2034, a new audio-visual exhibition from film-maker Romain Gavras and musician Benoit Heitz (AKA Surkin), is a blackly comic twist on conspiracy theory culture. In God Hates Space, some young people have defected to the woods somewhere in middle Americ

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The Guardian Culture

Danish String Quartet review – captivating performance from a world-class group

Wigmore Hall, LondonThe quartet communicated intimately and naturally in a programme of music by Shostakovich, Ravel and Stravinsky A hushed chord sustained by the second violin, viola and cello. Fragments of a melody played as a distant memory by the first violin, which reached slowly upwards to a final crystalline harmonic. Pizzicato, diminuendo, silence. In this captivating performance by the Danish String Quartet, stillness settled over the closing portion of Shostakovich’s String Quartet N

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Variety

With ‘Disclosure Day,’ Steven Spielberg Aims to Prove He’s Still the King of the Summer Box Office

Steven Spielberg helped create the summer blockbuster with “Jaws,” a smash hit that opened in June 1975 and showed Hollywood how much money could be made when school’s out. It’s been more than 50 years since “Jaws” made audiences scared to go in the water, and Spielberg, who was 28 when the film premiered, is […]

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Variety

Don’t Forget About Maggie Q

Maggie Q doesn’t know what it looks like to play it safe. The Hawaiian-born actress’s route to the big and small screens began in Hong Kong under the tutelage of Jackie Chan, who took Q under his wing and threw her into stunt work. She was always meant to be an action star. Q got […]

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The Guardian Culture

Win a Tate membership, Tracey Emin merch and more

Enter our competition to snag lunch for two, an arty blanket or a year of free Tate entry as part of our partnership with Tate for Emin’s A Second Life exhibitionThis summer, as part of our partnership with Tate for their Tracey Emin: A Second Life exhibition, we have an amazing prize up for grabs.A Second Life is the largest ever exhibition of Emin’s work, and features career-defining sensations alongside works never before exhibited.A special-edition one-year Tate Membership for you and a frie

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Hollywood Reporter

Jay-Z Announces Concerts in Los Angeles and Paris

The hip-hop icon will play in Paris on Sept. 10 and SoFi Stadium on Oct. 23.

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Variety

Helena Zengel on Meeting the Woman She Plays in Drugs Trade Thriller Series ‘Westend Girl’: ‘When She First Saw a Few Clips, She Cried’ (EXCLUSIVE)

The sun sets over the bay of Cassis, a charming seaside resort near Marseille, as a young woman gazes toward the horizon. It’s the concluding episode of thriller “Westend Girl,” a German series starring Helena Zengel, a rising international star. The show, which is being distributed worldwide by Beta Film, premieres today at Seriencamp, a […]

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Variety

‘Girl Meets World’ Producer Says Sabrina Carpenter and Rowan Blanchard Cried at Table Read When Creator Was ‘Horrible’ to Them

The cast of “Boy Meets World” is getting honest about their experiences growing up on the set, and what happened when they moved on to the spinoff, “Girl Meets World” years later. In “Doc Meets World,” Danielle Fishel, Will Friedle and Rider Strong’s new documentary that debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival on Saturday, the […]

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Variety

‘A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder’ Renewed for Third and Final Season at Netflix

“A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder” is officially getting a third season of Netflix, which will also be its last. Starring Emma Myers as amateur sleuth Pip, the three-season arc completes the adaptation of Holly Jackson’s bestselling trilogy and will “bring Pip’s ultimate investigation to its gripping conclusion,” according to a press release. The four-episode […]

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Variety

How ‘The Simpsons’ Made It Into ‘Fantasy Capitalism’ World of ‘Monopoly Go’ Without Butt Cracks and Beer

Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie entered the world of “Monopoly GO!” last week with the launch of the hit Scopely mobile game’s “The Simpsons” integration. The in-game event marks the biggest collaboration for “Monopoly Go!” so far — following tie-ins with Marvel, Star Wars and Harry Potter — and the most grownup. “There’s some […]

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Hollywood Reporter

“I Loved ‘SNL,’ But It Wasn’t Mine”: Why Rosebud Baker Left the Show After Having a Baby (Exclusive Excerpt)

In a chapter from her new memoir 'Fully Baked,' the comedian writes about the indirect pressure to return after maternity leave, pursuing her standup career, and getting a co-op board recommendation letter from Lorne Michaels.

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Variety

Conan O’Brien Partners With AI Cybersecurity Firm for 15-Part Training Series

If you’re going to train people on how to recognize AI-generated deepfakes, who better to recruit than the deepfake pioneer himself, Conan O’Brien? That’s what the cybersecurity AI firm Adaptive Security did, enlisting the Emmy-winning comedian to star in a 15-part training series for its customers exploring the various cyber threats emerging in the AI […]

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Variety

Geese, Oklou Win Big at Libera Indie Awards

Geese, Oklou and label of the year Partisan were among the big winners at the Libera Awards, presented by Merlin and the Foundation for Independent Music, with support from the American Association of Independent Music (A2IM). The ceremony, which took place Monday at Gotham Hall in New York City — just a few blocks from […]

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Variety

Jay-Z Announces Concerts in Paris and Los Angeles

Following his performance at the Roots Picnic earlier this month and his three upcoming Yankee Stadium shows, Jay-Z and Roc Nation have announced shows in Paris on Thursday, September 10, 2026, and Los Angeles on Friday, October 23. Tickets will be available beginning Thursday, June 11 through Citi and Mastercard presales (details below). The general […]

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The Guardian Culture

‘I was dazzled. I thought the walls would fall down’: the oral history of DMZ, the label and club night that gave dubstep its soul

In an extract from Aftershock, a definitive new history of dubstep, DMZ’s Mala, Coki and Loefah recall the bass drops and pacifist mentality that went into their creationBy the turn of the millennium, British electronic music had some growing pains. The jungle and drum’n’bass scenes that energised the 1990s were running out of creative gas, and garage had shifted from the moody underground into champagne flash and chart hits. Across pockets of London, Croydon and Essex, a tiny group of artists c

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Hollywood Reporter

‘Elle’ Makes Her Debut in Trailer for ‘Legally Blonde’ Prequel Series

The series drops all eight episodes on Prime Video July 1.

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Variety

Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger to Be Formally Investigated by U.K. Competition Watchdog

The U.K.’s competition regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority, has started an investigation into the proposed $110 billion acquisition by David Ellison-led Paramount Skydance of Warner Bros. Discovery. The deadline for the CMA to announce its decision on the first phase of the investigation and whether it will approve the deal or refer the merger […]

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Variety

Bryan Cranston and Rhea Seehorn on ‘Pluribus’ Twists, Landing ‘Breaking Bad’ Right After ‘Malcom in the Middle’ and Playing Catherine O’Hara’s Husband Three Times

This interview is part of Variety and CNN’s Actors on Actors series. Watch the full video interview now at CNN.com/Watch (or on the CNN app) and on Variety’s YouTube channel starting at 11:59 pm ET. Bryan Cranston and Rhea Seehorn are key players in the crime-ridden, “Breaking Bad” universe created by Vince Gilligan. Cranston’s portrayal of […]

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