The Guardian Culture

‘It’s more than backcombing a beehive!’ How tribute acts got massive – and put the live music scene back in the black

Versions of Amy Winehouse and hundreds of other musicians are generating millions for beleaguered UK venues. But what is the emotional toll for the imitators, and are they pushing out original artists?As peak heatwave sun beams down on to a field in Derbyshire, Amy Winehouse tells the crowd she is in need of hydration – so Robbie Williams fetches her a drink. Elsewhere, members of the public stop the Beastie Boys for selfies, Fred Durst grooves along as Diana Ross covers Al Green, and shirtless

entertainment  Jul 24, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Charli XCX Brings in the Post-‘Brat’ Era With ‘Music, Fashion, Film’

The pop star released her much-anticipated seventh album on Friday after officially announcing the album in June.

entertainment  Jul 24, 2026

Variety

Director Na Hong-Jin Makes Comic-Con Debut With Frightening New ‘Hope’ Footage, Says Casting Hoyeon Was His ‘Best Decision’

South Korean director Na Hong-Jin made his San Diego Comic-Con debut to preview his latest film, Neon’s alien action movie “Hope.” Before the action auteur took the stage in Ballroom 20, a sizzle reel of his previous work — from his 2008 debut “The Chaser” to “The Yellow Sea” and “The Wailing,” all set to Ozzy […]

entertainment  Jul 24, 2026

Variety

‘Sia: Nostalgic for the Present’ Review: A Concert Performance Film from 2016, but It Channels Sia’s Mystery and Power

Sia’s greatest songs, like "Unstoppable" and "Titanium" and "The Greatest," are anthems of strength, power, fortitude, invincibility, and watching the movie it’s fascinating to behold how her facelessness feeds that quality. She’s an abstract figure, a pair of lips singing, and this creates the sensation that the power she’s singing about doesn’t emanate from her. She’s channeling a force larger than herself — the rising specter of feminine triumph. She’s merely the vessel.

entertainment  Jul 24, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Mary Kate Golding, ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ Set Decorator, Dies at 34 in Fatal Stabbing

Golding was found dead on Tuesday in her Astoria, Queens, apartment, having suffered a stab wound on her back, an NYPD spokesperson told People.

entertainment  Jul 24, 2026

Variety

Creepy Twins, Religious Fanaticism and a Loaded Gun Collide in Tense Chamber Drama ‘Godhead’ — Fantasia

Mark H. Rapaport’s new film “Godhead” is a master-class in ratcheting up tension. Shot in black-and-white with camerawork that makes the audience feel like a voyeur uncovering perverse secrets, the film blends faith, sex, lies and discomfort into an unknowable dance between its leads. The premise begins simply: A rural Catholic priest (Al Warren) is […]

entertainment  Jul 24, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Zach Cregger Teases His ‘Weapons’ Prequel and Its “Crazy” Approach to Gladys’ Origin Story

"There's an amazing story to be told about where Gladys comes from," the filmmaker told the Comic-Con crowd.

entertainment  Jul 24, 2026

Variety

‘Stuart Fails to Save the Universe’ Co-Creator Bill Prady Explains the Science Behind the Show’s Multiverse

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers from the series premiere of “Stuart Fails to Save the Universe,” now streaming on HBO Max. HBO Max’s “Stuart Fails to Save the Universe” opens in a post-apocalyptic Pasadena, an alternative world where zombie hands poke out of the ground, giant moths terrorize, random tears in reality serve as vacuum […]

entertainment  Jul 24, 2026

Variety

’72 Hours’ Review: Kevin Hart Tries to Be Down With the Kids in a Mediocre ‘Hangover’ Knockoff

Great comedies are in short supply these days, but “72 Hours” offers a reminder that a crime subplot can quickly ruin even a potentially average one. Directed by Tim Story (“Barbershop,” “Ride Along”) and written by Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg (the “Harold & Kumar” trilogy, “American Reunion”), this latter-day “Hangover” retread did not need […]

entertainment  Jul 24, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

‘72 Hours’ Review: Kevin Hart Throws Himself Into the Slapstick but Netflix’s Intergenerational Farce Squanders Its Premise

A 40-year-old marketing exec spends time with a group of Gen Zers to get a handle on youth culture in Tim Story's raucous action-comedy, also featuring Teyana Taylor and Mason Gooding.

entertainment  Jul 24, 2026

Variety

Men Flock to Microdramas, Romance Stories Rule and Sunday Nights are Prime Time for Viewing

Microdrama viewership has grown 28-fold over the past two years, and it’s not just for women of a certain age anymore. More than two-thirds of users, male and female, watch romance-based series. And just like TV, microdrama viewership typically peaks on Sunday nights between 8-10 p.m. Those are among the findings of a research report, […]

entertainment  Jul 24, 2026

Variety

‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ Set Decorator Mary Kate Golding Fatally Stabbed in N.Y.

Mary Kate Golding, a set decorator for shows including “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “Goosebumps” and “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” died Tuesday in Queens, N.Y. after being stabbed. She was 34. Police were called to her apartment just after midnight. The NYPD said in a statement, “On Tuesday, July 21, 2026, at approximately 0024 hours, police […]

entertainment  Jul 24, 2026

Variety

‘Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol’ Trailer: Johnny Depp Stars as Grouchy, Snowball-Throwing Scrooge

Paramount Pictures has released the first trailer for “Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol,” starring Johnny Depp in his first major Hollywood role since his 2022 trial against ex-wife Amber Heard. Directed by Ti West, the holiday film is described as a dark reimagining of the Charles Dickens’ classic, with Depp playing the infamous Christmas grouch Ebenezer […]

entertainment  Jul 23, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

‘Toy Story 5’ Has Given Away 18,000 Woodys* to Sick Kids

*Also Buzz Lightyear and other toys. And Disney has partnered with Starlight Children's Foundation to screen the box-office hit at 400 children's hospitals.

entertainment  Jul 23, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Pause Extended

Both sides are jockeying for an edge in preliminary injunction proceedings.

entertainment  Jul 23, 2026

Variety

‘Batman: Caped Crusader’ Season 2 Reveals Joker Voice Actor: ‘House of the Dragon’ Star Matthew Needham

“Batman: Caped Crusader” has unmasked its Joker. “House of the Dragon” star Matthew Needham will voice the villain in Season 2 of the animated noir series after the Clown Prince of Crime was teased at the end of Season 1. (John DiMaggio, who voices Detective Harvey Bullock on the show, is credited with voicing the […]

entertainment  Jul 23, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

‘Every Year After’ Star Joseph Chiu on Season One Reception and Hopes for Next Season

The Canadian actor plays Jordie in the Prime Video romance series: “I poured a lot of myself into this role.”

entertainment  Jul 23, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Charli xcx: Music, Fashion, Film review – slippery search into selfhood that hits just as hard as Brat

(Atlantic)How do you follow up the album that made you a star – and a caricature? In classic Charli style: with a pivot to guitar and a meta masterpiece about the instability of identityAfter a decade spent trailblazing a unique kind of pop freedom from the genre’s fringes, A-list success seemed like the thing that might finally trap Charli xcx. Her 2024 club-rat opus Brat spawned memes, embarrassing political bandwagoning, Collins’ word of the year and possibly terminal damage to the bra indust

entertainment  Jul 23, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Peacock’s ‘Dungeon Crawler Carl’ Series Casts Audiobook Narrator Jeff Hays

He'll voice the key character of Princess Donut, a talking cat.

entertainment  Jul 23, 2026

Variety

Charli xcx Cranks Up the Guitars and Launches Her Post-‘Brat’ Era With the Razor-Sharp ‘Music, Fashion, Film’: Album Review

When an artist is as prolific — and as easily bored — as Charli xcx, “How much is too much?” becomes a significant question, and one she herself addressed in “The Moment,” the mock-umentary on her “Brat” era released earlier this year. That remarkably self-aware film, in which she plays a sort of parallel-universe version of […]

entertainment  Jul 23, 2026