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The newly crowned Tony winner will play the mother of Goldstein's character.
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Humans have been secretly abusing aliens for almost 80 years in this big-hearted thriller starring Josh O’Connor as a worried whistleblower and a never-more-magnetic Emily Blunt as a weather forecaster channelling UFO chatThe old school is the new school in this very enjoyable and entirely ridiculous space-alien conspiracy adventure from screenwriter David Koepp and director Steven Spielberg; it is cheerfully mischievous and deadly serious in equal measure. It has something of Hitchcock from Nor
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There can be magic to summertime, especially during the teen years. Based on Carley Fortune’s bestselling novel “Every Summer After” and adapted by Amy B. Harris, Prime Video’s romantic drama “Every Year After” captures the whimsy, nostalgia and heartbreak of first loves and tragic endings. Told over the course of six summers, then picking up […]
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“Whalefall” director Brian Duffield is well aware that, in most cases, the main character getting swallowed by an animal would be a bit of a buzzkill. “It would typically feel like the end of a movie,” Duffield tells Variety, cracking a wide grin. “Like, ‘RIP Austin!'” But the team at Disney’s 20th Century Studios felt […]
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Lesley Manville will star alongside Brett Goldstein in the upcoming Amazon Prime Video comedy series “Escorted,” Variety has learned. The show was originally announced in November 2025 with an eight-episode order. The logline states, “A divorced dad (Goldstein) in Manhattan accidentally becomes a male escort in this romantic comedy about sexual dynamics, keeping secrets, and […]
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Claudia Doumit has signed with Verve for representation, Variety has learned exclusively. She continues to be repped by Cultivate, Origin PR and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman, Smelkinson & Christopher. Doumit is fresh off of the hit Amazon series “The Boys,” in which she played supe-politician Victoria Neuman, who fans will remember for her ability to manipulate […]
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Also featuring Colman Domingo, Eve Hewson and Wyatt Russell, the David Koepp-scripted sci-fi thriller asks, “What if we discover we’re not alone in the universe as our own world teeters toward destruction?”
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Roberto Fatal, Taylor Sanghyun Lee, Smriti Mundhra, Nikesh Shukla, Himesh Patel, Bec Pecaut, Joanna Rothkopf, Philip Thompson, George Watsky, Said Zagha and Renee Zhan are also fellows for 2026.
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The BBC has appointed Rhodri Talfan Davies as deputy director general, following his tenure as interim chief of the broadcaster before Matt Brittin was hired. He will be second-in-command to Brittin, who officially joined the BBC as its new director general last month after serving as president of EMEA business and operations at Google. Davies […]
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We would like to hear about your television highlights of the year so far. Share your thoughts nowThe Guardian’s culture writers have compiled their favourite TV shows of the year so far – and we’d like to hear about yours, too.Are there any new series that you would recommend watching? What have been best TV shows of the year so far, and why? Continue reading...
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The former president is close friends with Steven Spielberg and one day dropped by the set of the new sci-fi thriller.
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In a candid conversation with THR, Sheen and ‘aka Charlie Sheen’ director Andrew Renzi unpack the archival deep dive into fame, addiction, scandal and recovery.
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Anna Faris revealed in a new interview with Dexerto that her blatant takedown of Melania Trump was cut out of “Scary Movie,” the sixth installment in the long-running spoof franchise that recently topped the box office with a $54 million debut. The actor said she “was always pushing for Cindy to be classic MAGA rabbit […]
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The streamer has renewed the YA series for a final run in 2027.
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Consulting and professional services giant Accenture has acquired creator and influencer agency Whalar, seeking to boost the scale of its marketing arm, Accenture Song. The deal will see Whalar co-CEOs Emma Harman and Jo Cronk join Accenture Song and continue to lead Whalar in their current roles. Whalar’s now-former parent company, Whalar Group, will enter […]
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Paramount Skydance’s top lawyer claims Netflix is so worried about the prospect of competing with a merged Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery that the streaming company is going all-out to try to “poison regulators and other stakeholders” against the pending $111 billion deal. Netflix clinched a deal to buy Warner Bros.’s streaming and studios businesses in late […]
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Scott Pelley’s bombshell interview with The New York Times over the weekend after his firing from “60 Minutes” has drawn even more scrutiny to the management style of Bari Weiss, who in October was installed to oversee CBS News. The former print journalist, who launched the “Free Press” website, had no TV experience when Paramount […]
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A onetime model based in Paris, he also appeared in ‘The Rock,’ ‘Armageddon,’ ‘The Postman’ and ‘The Annihilation of Fish.’
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Royal Academy, LondonBowie karaoke in a cupboard, a gross David Gamble self-portrait and Harriet Porter’s serene silver pot are a welcome distraction from the tidal wave of landscapes and famous artists’ hand-me-downs for saleThis year’s RA Summer Exhibition is less awful than usual. It’s still full of some of the worst art you’ve ever seen – way too many Michael Craig-Martins and Bob and Roberta Smiths – but its awfulness is definitely a bit less awful.This relative less-awfulness is partly tha
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Though it feels as if it has little to do with the games series it is based on, this groundbreaking film endures as a milestone for CGI animation, with a stellar voice castIn 1987, after working on several games that were only moderate successes, Japanese game designer Hironobu Sakaguchi proposed a game that would be his last attempt to make a hit. Aptly titled Final Fantasy, Sakaguchi’s game achieved critical acclaim and commercial success, launching a franchise that has spanned 40 years and 16