Hollywood Reporter

Lego Advent Calendars Are Live for 2026 With Disney, Marvel and ‘Star Wars’ Among Lineup

Each seasonal set holds 24 surprise figures and festive Lego builds.

entertainment  Sep 4, 2026

The Guardian

UK has not done enough to prepare for shocks to food supplies, says watchdog

National Audit Office urges government to act as climate crisis, disease and cyberattacks pose growing risksThe climate crisis, disease and cyber-attacks pose growing risks to the UK’s food supplies and the government needs to act to make the system more resilient, according to the public spending watchdog.The National Audit Office (NAO) is urging the Department for Food, the Environment and Rural Affairs (Defra) to work more closely with households, communities and businesses to ensure the flow

general  Sep 4, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Faces of Death review – rework of notorious video nasty turns horror voyeurism into moral panic fable

A retelling of the 1978 ‘video nasty’ follows an online content moderator faced with steadily more appalling footage but reverts to generic bloodlettingEmerging amid the original 1970s home-rental boom, John Alan Schwartz’s 1978 film Faces of Death was an ultra-morbid extension of the so-called “mondo” genre. Mashing up gruesome footage – much of it faked, some of it legit enough to provoke ghoulish chatter – it achieved sleepover notoriety and then received a further publicity boost upon making

entertainment  Sep 4, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Vista, Saarikoski Songs, Three Preludes album review – Saariaho’s iridescent visions evocatively rendered

Komsi/Nyman/BBC Symphony Orchestra/Oramo(Ondine)Three works by the idiosyncratic Finnish composer who died in 2023 are recorded for the first timeKaija Saariaho died in 2023, leaving behind a significant body of unrecorded music. The three works here, all premiere recordings, span 40 years, yet each bears the Finnish composer’s idiosyncratic fingerprints.The most substantial is Vista (2019), a tone poem inspired by a drive along the scenic Interstate 5 highway to San Diego. The first part, Horiz

entertainment  Sep 4, 2026

The Guardian

Revealed: how companies ‘secretly’ use billions of litres of public water in drought-hit England

Exclusive: As millions of people face hosepipe bans, many companies are not required to report, let alone cut, use of public supplyLess than 1% of businesses in England use more water than the daily needs of 10 million people, as millions of households face hosepipe bans and three-quarters of the country is in drought.Businesses across England use 2.6bn litres a day from the public water supply, which includes potable and non-potable water provided by water companies. In total, businesses accoun

general  Sep 4, 2026

Bloomberg Markets

Traders Bet On Fed Hold, BOJ Hike; Toyota Vice Chairman Exclusive | The Asia Trade 9/4/2026

"Bloomberg: The Asia Trade" brings you everything you need to know to get ahead as the trading day begins in Asia. Bloomberg TV is live from Tokyo and Sydney with Shery Ahn and Haidi Stroud-Watts, getting insight and analysis from newsmakers and industry leaders on the biggest stories shaping global markets. (Source: Bloomberg)

business  Sep 4, 2026

Variety

Oasis Documentary Directors on Filming the Brothers’ First Reunion in 15 Years and Why There Wasn’t Much Emotion in the Room: ‘It’s the Gallaghers, It’s Not ‘Dawson’s Creek”

Liam and Noel Gallagher, to perhaps nobody’s surprise, aren’t ones for getting teary-eyed, even when reconciling after well over a decade apart. So say Will Lovelace and Dylan Southern, directors of the upcoming Disney+ documentary “Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger,” speaking to Variety ahead of the film’s world premiere in Venice. In early 2025, […]

entertainment  Sep 4, 2026

Variety

Édgar Ramírez and Nahuel Pérez Biscayart to Star in ‘Land of the Savages’ by Venice-Winning ‘Blanquita’ Director Fernando Guzzoni

Four years after “Blanquita” won the Silver Lion for best screenplay, Chilean director Fernando Guzzoni returns to Venice. The filmmaker is set to present his latest project, “Land of the Savages,” at the Venice Gap-Financing Market, eyeing a return to the festival’s prestigious red carpet soon.  “Land of the Savages” takes place in 1850 and […]

entertainment  Sep 4, 2026

Yahoo Finance

Bill Ackman Says Pershing Square Has Achieved a 20% Gross Annual Return Since Inception and Aims to Keep Beating That Bar. Can His Newly Launched Funds Live Up to the Track Record?

business  Sep 4, 2026

Variety

‘Everest: The Other Side’ Directors Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin Talk Grief, Loss and Their Most Personal Film Yet: ‘You Don’t Get to Choose Your Calling’

“Free Solo” directors Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin return with their most personal film to date.  In “Everest: The Other Side” — screening in Venice and Toronto — they follow ski mountaineers Jim Morrison and Hilaree Nelson as they attempt to do something that has never been done before: ski down the North Face […]

entertainment  Sep 4, 2026

Bloomberg Markets

FTSE 100 Live: European Stocks Set to Rise After Asia Rally

business  Sep 4, 2026

Yahoo Finance

Casella acquires Pennsylvania hauler seeking to triple transfer capacity

business  Sep 4, 2026

Variety

Rodrigo Moreno and Santiago Mitre AD Felipe Solari Yrigoyen Set to Make Directorial Debut With ‘The Amateurs’

Over the last decade, Felipe Solari Yrigoyen has worked as an assistant director to some of the most lauded filmmakers in South America. His credits include Rodrigo Moreno’s “The Delinquents,” Martín Rejtman’s “The Practice” and Santiago Mitre’s upcoming “Villaflor.” After learning from the best, Solari Yrigoyen is finally claiming the director’s chair for himself with […]

entertainment  Sep 4, 2026

Variety

‘Jupiter’ Director Alexandre Smia on Making a Nuclear Thriller That Suddenly Feels Terrifyingly Real: ‘We’ve Entered the Third Nuclear Age’

When Alexandre Smia began writing “Jupiter,” his gripping feature directing debut about a newly elected French president confronted with the possibility of nuclear war with Russia, Joe Biden was still in the White House. A year and a half later, as the film prepares to world premiere out of competition at the Venice Film Festival, […]

entertainment  Sep 4, 2026

Variety

‘Dogs’ Director Bogdan Mirică to Take a Stab at Creator Economy With Biting Comedy ‘Magnum Opus’: ‘We’ve Taken It Too Far’

Romanian director Bogdan Mirică lives a life intricately connected to screens. He has directed two feature films, including the award-winning “Dogs,” as well as majorly popular television shows, like HBO’s “Shadows.” Over the last few years, however, the director has become increasingly aware of the presence of screens all around us. The result of that […]

entertainment  Sep 4, 2026

Variety

‘Pamfir’ Helmer Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk Realized His Kyiv Apartment ‘Could Be Bombed Any Day,’ So He Remortgaged It to Fund ‘Something Strange Happened to Me’

In February of 2022, when Russia invaded Ukraine and started the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, director Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk feared for his life and held even more tightly to his and his family’s possessions. Four years later, as the war rages on and despite having found great international success with […]

entertainment  Sep 4, 2026

The Guardian Culture

TV tonight: Joe Lycett broadcasts live from an East End pub – what could possibly go wrong?

The comedian and aspiring landlord welcomes punters and celebrity guests to his brand new boozer. Plus: a courtroom showdown in The Rainmaker. Here’s what to watch this evening10pm, Channel 4 In a bid to celebrate and save pubs, Joe Lycett is opening an East End boozer. The goings-on inside the Lycett Arms will be broadcast live for an hour every Friday, as the new landlord welcomes celebrity managers and guests, as well as familiar punters. This could go anywhere – Lycett failed to complete the

entertainment  Sep 4, 2026

Bloomberg Markets

Oil Heads for Weekly Gains on Iran War Risks

Oil headed for its biggest weekly gain since July as renewed US-Iran hostilities heightened concerns about prolonged disruptions to energy flows through the Strait of Hormuz. Bloomberg's Onur Ant has the latest. (Source: Bloomberg)

business  Sep 4, 2026

Bloomberg Markets

Maniatis: Hormuz Escalation Risk Has Eased

Dimitris Maniatis, CEO of Marisks, says the latest intelligence assessment has reduced expectations of a near-term escalation in the Strait of Hormuz, after earlier analysis pointed to heightened risk. He says 25 ships transited the southern corridor under U.S. military guidance the previous day and vessel movements are continuing. Maniatis also says attractive earnings are drawing shipowners back to the route, while crews remain cautious but are willing to transit with bonuses, security support

business  Sep 4, 2026

Variety

Cédric Kahn on Immersing Himself in an Adolescent Psychiatric Ward for His Venice Competition Film ‘A Place to Heal’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Actor-turned-filmmaker Cédric Kahn has been wanting to make a movie about psychiatry for years. But when he finally found his way into the subject with “A Place to Heal,” he decided to turn away from doctors and diagnoses and put teenagers — and their startling capacity for resilience — at the center. Despite tackling eating […]

entertainment  Sep 4, 2026