Hollywood Reporter
The 2015 Facebook-driven interlude was dumb, but in 2026 it's real, as TV loses its grasp on consumer attention.
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It Ends With Us director and his wife, Emily, shared five-minute Instagram video on ‘traumatic’ experienceJustin Baldoni has spoken out about his legal battle with Blake Lively for the first time.In a five-minute Instagram video recorded with his wife, Emily, Baldoni talked about the “injustice and pain” that he says the couple endured in the year-long legal battle with his It Ends With Us co-star. Continue reading...
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Godzilla is back and getting a nuclear bomb dropped on him in the new trailer for “Godzilla Minus Zero,” the latest installment in the popular kaiju franchise. “Godzilla Minus Zero” is a direct sequel to the 2023 Japanese film “Godzilla Minus One,” which was an international hit and won the Oscar for best visual effects. […]
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The full trailer for Na Hong-Jin’s “Hope” is finally here ahead of its Sep. 9 U.S. release with Neon and it’s got a little something for everyone. Well, at least everyone who enjoys their films with massive alien monsters, giant spaceships plummeting from the sky and ludicrously-paced over-the-top action sequences. The buzzy, balls-to-the-wall sci-fi action-thriller […]
The Guardian Culture
On the back of our editors’ choices of the year’s finest, we asked you to share your magical movie moments from the first half of 2026The film that had me gripped right from its ridiculous and bizarre first scene at a Brazilian country road petrol station was The Secret Agent by Kleber Mendonça Filho. The gorgeous Armando is on the run from a corrupt private company official, who wants to steal his academic expertise for his own financial gain. It’s a deal that Armando knows will sully his acade
Hollywood Reporter
The cult Korean director's first feature in a decade — a record pre-seller out of its buzzy Cannes competition premiere — lands in North American theaters Sept. 9 via Neon.
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As his American Utopia tour film hits cinemas, the musician answers your questions about his Scottish sense of humour, working with Brian Eno and his desire to direct another filmIn May 1977, Talking Heads along with Ramones toured the UK starting at Eric’s Club in Liverpool. Did touring as punk exploded have an impact on you? SpiritofWackerThere was something really great about that tour because other than maybe a few singles the audience had never seen us, so there was a lot of curiosity and o
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Game of Thrones actor Anton Lesser brings poise and depth to this classic adaptation, conjuring monsters, heroes and GodsWith its gods, monsters and dizzying scale, Homer’s the Odyssey is deemed by many to be unfilmable, though it hasn’t stopped directors from having a go, including Christopher Nolan, whose blockbuster adaptation comes to cinemas next week. An audiobook would seem a smart choice, allowing listeners to deploy their imaginations to conjure dark sorcery, supernatural beasts and epi
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Blanchard House, USG Audio and Exactly Right Media have set a new limited podcast about a high society scam. Titled “Royal Swindle,” it tells the story of two Australian women who infiltrated London high society, becoming toast of the town. Soon the women, who it also turns out are lovers, offer an “exclusive investment opportunity” […]
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Karol G is giving away a pair of tickets to see her on tour with a cocktail-making challenge. From July 9 to Aug. 20, U.S.-based fans of the Colombian pop star can recreate the Chellita Sunrise, the “official cocktail” of her tour, and post a video to Instagram or TikTok in which they dedicate a […]
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This fall, Roku’s “Gamechangers: Mother/Athlete” will take viewers behind the scenes of the WNBA to explore how some of the greatest players balance the demands of the game with motherhood, Variety has learned. In this intimate documentary, which is the newest installment in Roku Originals’ “Gamechangers” anthology series, WNBA stars Sheryl Swoopes, Skylar Diggins-Smith, Bria […]
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Nickelodeon has announced a “slime-fueled” experience at Comic-Con International: San Diego 2026 that expands beyond the convention center floor. At the brand’s 1,800-square-foot booth in the convention center, fans can experience interactive challenges and photo opportunities inspired by Nickelodeon franchises like “SpongeBob SquarePants,” “Avatar: The Last Airbender” and “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.”  Across 1,800 square […]
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The installment is an all-star reunion with a slew of returning castmembers; premiering Sept. 24.
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This is going to sound like an odd way to praise a television show, but it’s how I feel, so here goes: I’m so glad “The Five-Star Weekend” doesn’t have a dead body. Ever since “Big Little Lies” started the trend in 2017 and “The White Lotus” kicked it into overdrive three years later, prestige […]
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Whether the British star is still on board for a likely season 3 renewal after reportedly clashing with producers remains a mystery as Paramount+ premieres the latest cycle on Sept. 18.
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Netflix is still signing checks to fill out its growing podcast lineup. The streamer’s latest pact is with the Vox Media Podcast Network, now owned by James Murdoch’s Lupa Systems, for exclusive rights to video versions of podcasts “Unexplainable” and “Switched on Pop.” Under the deal, video episodes of Vox’s “Unexplainable” and Vulture’s “Switched on […]
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Character.ai is getting into the microseries game. The company, known for letting its users generate and engage with a suite of original and user-generated characters, is introducing “c.ai Series,” a collection of microseries created using characters native to the Character.ai platform. In a blog post Thursday, the company said c.ai Series differs from traditional microseries […]
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“MobLand” Season 2 has an official premiere date at Paramount+. The 10-episode second season of the British crime drama will debut on Sept. 18, with Paramount also releasing a first-look teaser, which can be seen below. News of the second season release date comes not long after it was reported that series star Tom Hardy […]
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Salman Rushdie warned that free expression in the U.S. is under sustained pressure from the Trump administration as he accepted the Liberatum Cultural Honor at Camden Town Hall at King’s Cross in London, the same building where he once worked on community relations before becoming one of the world’s most recognized novelists. The conversation was […]
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‘Podlandia: A-O Rewatch' premieres on July 16.