Variety

Crunchyroll Founder Launches AniBiz, New Global Anime Licensing Platform With Offerings From Aniplex, Toei and More Top IP Holders (EXCLUSIVE)

Crunchyroll founder and former CEO Kun Gao’s anime-focused media company Nakama launched new platform AniBiz.com Thursday. The offering is described as “the first dedicated B2B marketplace built specifically for the global anime industry.” Led by Nakama co-founder and president Gao, co-founder and CEO Brady McCollum and co-founder and Sae Whan Song, AniBiz.com is designed to […]

entertainment  Jul 2, 2026

Variety

‘Dutton Ranch’ Season Finale Sneak Peek: Watch Rip Punch a Dude Who Foolishly Puts His Hands on Beth (EXCLUSIVE)

The season finale of “Dutton Ranch” debuts on July 3, and there is plenty of action — including one big beatdown we can debut on Variety. In the clip, Beth Dutton (Kelly Reilly) forces her way into the 10 Petal Ranch slaughterhouse facility owned by Beulah Jackson (Annette Bening) and has some choice words for the […]

entertainment  Jul 2, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Why Stars Love Karlovy Vary and Vice Versa. Just Ask Dakota Johnson or Russell Crowe

The big Czech fest has developed a celebrity fan base as an escape from doom-mongering about AI and streaming, a chance to showcase favorite films and much more.

entertainment  Jul 2, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Telemundo Expected a World Cup Ratings Boost, But Not One This Big

The Spanish-language network's telecasts have more than doubled compared to 2022, which Telemundo's head of sports calls "an incredible win."

entertainment  Jul 2, 2026

Variety

UTA Partner Jeremy Barber on Joining UNICEF Board and Enlisting Hollywood to Tell Organization’s Stories: ‘I Believe We’re Here to Take Care of Each Other’ (EXCLUSIVE)

UTA partner and agent Jeremy Barber has been appointed to UNICEF USA’s national board of directors. “I don’t know that there’s more important work ultimately than the well-being of children,” Barber tells me during an exclusive interview. “It’s irrefutable, right? It’s not left or right. I would tell you, I’m a Rockefeller Republican, which means […]

entertainment  Jul 2, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Lexi Minetree Isn’t Reese Witherspoon, And She’s Not Trying to Be

The 25-year-old tackles one of modern pop culture’s most beloved characters in ‘Elle.’ With the approval of the original star, a slew of hot pink looks and the character’s signature optimism, Minetree proves she was born for the world of ’Legally Blonde.’

entertainment  Jul 2, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Back to the Future: Why Every New Media Must Reexamine Our Past

As the U.S. nears its 250th anniversary, the head of A+E Global Media contends that every generation — from Thomas Paine to TikTok — must reinvent how history is told.

entertainment  Jul 2, 2026

Variety

Questlove Teams Up With North Road for Digital Talk Show ‘The Next Move’

Roots drummer Questlove’s next move is a new talk show titled just that: “The Next Move.” Developed in collaboration with North Road Company and Two One Five Entertainment, “The Next Move” is a talk show based on Questlove’s personal celebrity game nights. The series will feature Questlove and three guests playing a variety of games […]

entertainment  Jul 2, 2026

The Guardian Culture

‘There’s not a lot of Black stories made by Black creatives in theater’: inside Kwame Kwei-Armah’s new TLC musical

CrazySexyCool, the celebrated playwright’s new show in DC, is a vibrant love letter to the hits and sisterhood of the R&B trioCrazySexyCool, an ambitious new musical about the visionary 90s trio TLC at Arena Stage in Washington DC, aspires to make good on its title and then some. Crammed with platinum sing-alongs and tabloid-chronicled plot twists, it follows the legendary girl group – Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes, Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas and Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins – through more than a decade of s

entertainment  Jul 2, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Taylor Swift Wedding Details Revealed in New York Police Memo

A rehearsal dinner. A huge party. Hundreds of cops. And, perhaps, a big twist.

entertainment  Jul 2, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Disgraced Singer Gary Glitter Charged With Historic Sex Offenses, Including Alleged Intercourse With a Girl Under 13

The ex-singer is currently serving jail time in his native U.K. relating to one count of attempted rape, one count of unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl under 13, and four counts of indecent assault.

entertainment  Jul 2, 2026

Variety

Studiocanal Unveils Teaser for ‘Les Miserables,’ Fred Cavayé’s Sweeping Take on Victor Hugo’s Classic Novel Starring Vincent Lindon and Tahar Rahim

Studiocanal has unveiled the teaser for “Les Misérables,” Fred Cavayé’s anticipated adaptation of Victor Hugo’s 1862 classic novel, offering a first look at a sweeping take on one of France’s most enduring literary works. The teaser also offers glimpses of Vincent Lindon as Jean Valjean, the ex-convict who rebuilds his life as a benevolent industrialist, […]

entertainment  Jul 2, 2026

Variety

Peyton Manning’s Omaha Productions Builds Line-Up Tied to Women’s Sports

Roku launched a new look at top female athletes Thursday that includes a relative newcomer to the field. Omaha Productions is best known for the programs it produces for ESPN — particularly the so-called “ManningCast” featuring Omaha leader Peyton Manning and his brother, Eli — but the company is making inroads into a slate tied […]

entertainment  Jul 2, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Breaking hearts and blowing minds:​ Robyn’s 20 greatest songs – ranked!

As she tours the UK, we pick the best of an artist who defined the ‘sad banger’ – but also radiates joy and strength from her perfect pop songsRobyn has written and recorded more striking and melodically rich songs than this, but the opening track of Body Talk Part 1 might be this famously unbiddable pop star’s mission statement: an appealingly minimal bit of house music that dismisses a list of eye-rolling complaints aimed at everything from the music industry to uncomfortable shoes by repeatin

entertainment  Jul 2, 2026

Variety

Gary Glitter Charged With ‘Historic’ Sexual Offenses, Including Alleged Intercourse With Girl Under 13 Years Old

Gary Glitter, the former singer and convicted child sex offender, has been charged with historic sexual offenses dating back to 1978 and allegedly involving a girl who was under 13 years old. The BBC reported on Thursday that Glitter — who is currently serving a 16-year prison sentence after being convicted in 2015 of attempted […]

entertainment  Jul 2, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Honey by Imani Thompson audiobook review – a darkly entertaining campus thriller

Racial and gender politics are woven into a clever tale of murder and morals at CambridgeYrsa is a young Black undergraduate supervisor who is studying for a sociology PhD at Cambridge. She is tired of the disappointing men in her orbit: the ones she works with, sleeps with and who abuse her trust and that of her friends. She is also heartily sick of the students who attend her lectures and “the mix of boredom, doubt, arrogance that stares back at her. The blond flops of hair, Macs covered in s

entertainment  Jul 2, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Berlin! Berlin! Berlin! Kabarett und Exil album review – Anne Sofie von Otter turns to cabaret

von Otter/Komische Oper Berlin/Benzwi(BIS)This enjoyably eclectic recital from the ever consummate Von Otter highlights the aesthetic friction between romantic ballads, saucy burlesque, cinematic dreamscapes and political firecrackersThe provocative, politically charged club scene that flourished in 1920s Berlin was not just a flash in the pan to be swept away by the Nazis. As Anne Sofie von Otter’s enjoyably eclectic recital demonstrates, its influence on film, musical theatre and popular song

entertainment  Jul 2, 2026

Variety

‘Kiki’s Delivery Service’ Gets Imax Release as Gkids Adds Studio Ghibli Library in U.K., Ireland

Gkids has picked up U.K. and Ireland distribution rights to Studio Ghibli’s 23-title film library, adding theatrical, home video, TV and digital rights across the territory to its slate. The rollout begins with an Imax release of “Kiki’s Delivery Service” in the U.K. and Ireland on August 21. The Ghibli catalog includes the Oscar-winning “Spirited […]

entertainment  Jul 2, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

GKids Acquires Studio Ghibli Library for U.K. and Ireland

GKids will kick off a series of Ghibli re-releases with the Imax release of Hayao Miyazaki's 'Kiki’s Delivery Service' in August.

entertainment  Jul 2, 2026

Variety

Weird Al Yankovic Pulled Out of AI Ad Despite Offer to Make a ‘Nice Pile of Money’: ‘I Can’t Be the Poster Boy for AI’

Some things are too weird even for parody king Weird Al Yankovic. Ahead of a Syracuse, New York, stop on his “Bigger & Weirder” tour, Yankovic revealed to Syracuse.com in an interview published this week that he was offered “a nice pile of money” to appear in a commercial for business-focused software, but he backed out once […]

entertainment  Jul 2, 2026