Variety

Korea Box Office: ‘The Odyssey’ Overwhelms ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ as Admissions Top 10 Million

“The Odyssey” held onto its commanding lead at the South Korean box office during the weekend of Sep. 4–6. According to data from KOBIS, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council, the Christopher Nolan-directed tentpole generated $5.9 million from 698,384 admissions over the three-day frame across 1,858 screens, capturing 60.92% of the total […]

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Variety

Prada Foundation Film Fund Chief Paolo Moretti on First-Year Journey That Helped Spawn Rubaiyat Hossain’s Venice Horizons Entry ‘The Difficult Bride’

Last year at the Venice Film Festival, Italy’s Fondazione Prada officially launched its film fund, aimed at sustaining independent cinema from around the world without any restrictions on theme, genre or language. This year, it‘s back on the Lido with tangible proof that the initiative has borne fruit. The fund’s first edition is among backers […]

entertainment  6d ago

Variety

China Box Office: ‘Once Upon a Time in the Middle East’ Crosses $300 Million

Dirty Monkeys’ war comedy-drama “Once Upon a Time in the Middle East” retained the top spot at the mainland China box office for the fourth consecutive weekend, grossing RMB82.6 million ($12.1 million) over the Sept. 4–6 frame, according to data from Artisan Gateway. The blockbuster hit has now crossed a major milestone, lifting its cumulative […]

entertainment  6d ago

The Guardian Culture

‘It’s not good to walk through the world feeling like prey’: Thelma & Louise’s writer on turning a movie classic into a musical

It was her very first film and it won her an Oscar. But can Callie Khouri now make it work on stage with songs? She talks about what made her write it – and how little has changed since‘I have a world-class case of beginner’s luck,” says Callie Khouri, who won an Oscar for her very first screenplay, Thelma & Louise. She also scored a hit with her first TV series, Nashville, which lasted six seasons. And at 68, she is taking on another first by penning a musical theatre version of Thelma &amp

entertainment  6d ago

Hollywood Reporter

Why Andrew Garfield Says Billionaires Should Be “Scared Sh**less” by ‘The Uprising’

The actor stars as the leader of a rebellion in director Paul Greengrass' new film.

entertainment  6d ago

Variety

Serielizados Unveils Lineup with ‘Celeste’ Season 2, Hagai Levi, Diane Morgan and the Sánchez-Cabezudo Brothers Series in Competition (EXCLUSIVE)

Serielizados, Spain’s second largest audience-driven film/TV festival after San Sebastián, has unwrapped its main competition programs at this year’s edition, set to unspool onsite over Oct. 19-28 in Barcelona and a month later on streaming service Filmin,    Headlining the official national competition as a world premiere is the second season of Movistar Plus+’s and 100 Balas’ “Celeste”, one […]

entertainment  6d ago

The Guardian Culture

Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger: what we learned from the year’s biggest rockumentary

Capturing the band’s 2025 global comeback tour, this two-hour film reveals the tense first rehearsal with Liam, Noel being a big softie and the Gallaghers’ politics – just don’t expect any mention of ticket pricesIt was the reunion that many thought would never happen: Oasis re-forming for a series of sold-out live shows, their first since Noel and Liam Gallagher split acrimoniously in 2009. For those who managed to get tickets last year, the performances were a celebration of one of Britpop’s f

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Hollywood Reporter

Macklemore Responds to Backlash Over “Free Palestine” Plea: “Wanting All Humans to Be Treated Equal Should Never Be Controversial”

On Sunday, the Israeli-American Council launched a petition, calling for the rapper's removal from the remaining tour dates of Ed Sheeran's Loop Tour.

entertainment  Sep 8, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Venice Home Crowd Gives Italian Horror ‘The Spiral’ 9-Minute Standing Ovation

Valeria Bruni Tedeschi shines as a devilish femme fatale in Paolo Strippoli’s campy thriller.

entertainment  Sep 7, 2026

Variety

French President Emmanuel Macron Calls on YouTube to Finance Content and Warns of Growing Threat to Cultural Model (EXCLUSIVE)

French President Emmanuel Macron said the Lumière Summit in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, which he co-chaired with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Monday, was deliberately held at a moment of dramatic upheaval for the entertainment business, from the growing dominance of YouTube and TikTok to AI and media consolidation. Speaking to Variety at the event, he […]

entertainment  Sep 7, 2026

Variety

Macklemore Says His Call to ‘Free Palestine’ Is Not a ‘Criticism’ of Jewish People: ‘None of Us Will Be Free Until We Are All Free’

Macklemore is speaking out about his call to “Free Palestine,” which the rapper made while opening for Ed Sheeran on Friday night at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium. “To all of my Jewish brothers and sisters: criticism of Israel, criticism of apartheid, being against genocide in no way is a criticism of you,” Macklemore said on […]

entertainment  Sep 7, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

‘Hombre Al Agua’ Review: Gael García Bernal’s Chaotic Mexican Dramedy Has a Hard Time Staying Above Water

The star of 'Amores Perros' and 'Y tu mamá tambíen' directs and acts in a midlife crisis flick about a Cuban émigré in Mexico trying to hold onto his family, career and sanity.

entertainment  Sep 7, 2026

Variety

‘No Paradise If You Are Killed by a Woman’ Review: Iraq’s Oscar Submission Offers a Patriotic Anthem to the Kurdish Peshmerga’s Fight Against Islamic State

The trope of the lone action hero with near-superhuman strength gets a gender switch in “No Paradise If You Are Killed By A Woman,” a visually impressive drama about a resourceful female Peshmerga sniper. Although selected as Iraq’s submission for the Best International Feature Oscar, the third fiction feature from Norwegian-Kurdish helmer Halkawt Mustafa (“Red […]

entertainment  Sep 7, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Liam and Noel Gallagher Soak Up London Love at U.K. Premiere of ‘Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger’

"Be prepared," said writer Steven Knight alongside the Gallagher brothers ahead of the screening. "It's an emotional film."

entertainment  Sep 7, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Portuguese Artists Drop Out of Jerry Seinfeld-Headlined Festival

Multiple acts have announced that they are no longer participating in the festival set to take place in October: "We will celebrate justice, freedom and joy with you on another occasion."

entertainment  Sep 7, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

‘The Drop: A Snowfall Saga’ Review: FX’s ‘Snowfall’ Spinoff Offers a Promising, if Uneven, ’90s Hip-Hop Odyssey

Gail Bean and Isaiah John reprise their roles in Malcolm Spellman's new drama, which blends music and crime in South Central circa 1991.

entertainment  Sep 7, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Katie Lee Biegel on Telling the Story of the People Behind Windows on the World Restaurant in CNN Doc Short

The Food Network star talks executive producing 'Top of the World,' about the history of the restaurant atop the World Trade Center, ahead of the 25th anniversary of 9/11 and embarking on her post-'Kitchen' chapter in food media.

entertainment  Sep 7, 2026

Variety

Elon Musk Documentary Teaser Asks If Billionaire Is the ‘Greatest Living Inventor’ or a ‘Fascist’ Who ‘Has Lost His Mind’

The first teaser trailer for Alex Gibney’s highly anticipated Elon Musk documentary “Musk” has been released. The film will world premiere out of competition at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival on Sept. 8 before continuing to the Toronto International Film Festival. In the 48-second teaser, montages of spacecrafts and astronautical devices fill the screen […]

entertainment  Sep 7, 2026

Variety

‘Elsinore’ Director Simon Stone, Basking in Telluride’s Glow, on Making a Movie About Love of the Theater, the Peak AIDS Era, and Being ‘100% in the Service of Andrew Scott’

The Telluride Film Festival casts a wide net, as almost all festivals of its ilk do, but if it has had any speciality that stands out among many, it might be the well-earned tearjerker. There is as much crying at Telluride every year as there isn’t in baseball, but with the festival’s emphasis on top-line […]

entertainment  Sep 7, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Hirokazu Koreeda Opens Up About His Tender Coming-of-Age Drama ‘Look Back’: “I Was Tearful the Entire Time I Made This Film”

The live-action adaptation of Tatsuki Fujimoto’s wildly popular manga features remarkable performances from its young leads and is premiering in competition at the Venice Film Festival.

entertainment  Sep 7, 2026