Hollywood Reporter

Kering Foundation’s Caring for Women Gala Sets Co-Hosts

Set for New York on Sept. 10, the event will be led by founding co-hosts Salma Hayek Pinault and François-Henri Pinault with Pamela Anderson, Simone Biles, Benicio Del Toro, Nacho Figueras, Dakota Johnson and Lorna Simpson.

entertainment  Jul 7, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

‘CODA’ Director Sian Heder’s ‘Being Heumann’ to Open Toronto Film Festival

The Apple Studios feature joins a 2026 TIFF lineup to include world premieres for Susanna White’s ‘Prima Facie' legal drama starring Cynthia Erivo, and Hur Jin-ho’s ‘The Assassin(s).’

entertainment  Jul 7, 2026

Variety

 ‘Narcos’ Star Damián Alcázar Set for Buzzy Latino Gumshoe Thriller-Comedy ‘Rookies’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Damián Alcázar, a lead in “Narcos” as Pablo Escobar’s successor, Cali mob boss Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela, is attached to star in “Rookies,” the TV series debut as a writer-director of top Colombian film director José Luis Rugeles. Breaking out with Cannes 2015 Un Certain Regard title “Alias María,” Rugeles, one of Colombia’s most prominent film […]

entertainment  Jul 7, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Shahrnush Parsipur, Iranian author of Women Without Men, dies at 80

The revered writer and political exile’s publisher says her ‘legacy in literary history can’t be compared to anyone else’s’Shahrnush Parsipur, the celebrated Iranian writer whose subversive works of feminist fiction saw her repeatedly imprisoned, has died aged 80.A pioneer of women’s literature in Iran, Parsipur excoriated the country’s patriarchal culture in novels including Women Without Men and Touba and the Meaning of Night. She was imprisoned four times, under the Shah and then the Islamic

entertainment  Jul 7, 2026

Variety

Prince Harry Loses Privacy Lawsuit Against Daily Mail Publisher

Prince Harry has lost his long-running lawsuit against the publishers of the Daily Mail. The British royal, who now lives in Montecito, California, was among a group of high-profile figures who filed suit in 2022 alleging they were victims of unlawful information gathering. The others were Elton John, David Furnish, actors Elizabeth Hurley and Sadie […]

entertainment  Jul 7, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Ushida Findlay review: the mighty culture clash that gave us the delightful Soft and Hairy House

V&A DundeeWhen Kathryn Findlay and Eisaku Ushida joined forces, a sensual kind of architecture was born – resulting in a hairy blue pod in Tokyo and a starfish beach palace in Qatar‘The future of architecture,” pronounced Salvador Dalí on meeting Le Corbusier in 1922, “will be soft and hairy.” Fast forward over 70 years to Tokyo, and his surrealist prophecy was the stimulus for the Soft and Hairy House, one of a series of startlingly expressive dwellings designed by the talented Scottish-Jap

entertainment  Jul 7, 2026

Variety

Maeve Jinkings, Bárbara Colen, Márcio Vito Attached to Star in Brazilian BAM Buzz Title ‘Mesopotamia’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Maeve Jinkings, Bárbara Colen and Márcio Vito, three of the finest Brazilian actors of their generation, are set to star in “Mesopotamia.” Director Andy Malafaia’s feature debut, “Mesopotamia” is set up at Brazil’s Druzina Content, behind “Five Types of Fear,” a best film winner at Gramado Fest which was boarded by Viola Davis’ Ashé as […]

entertainment  Jul 7, 2026

Variety

‘The Simpsons’ Star Harry Shearer on Protecting His Voice From AI After Death and Working With Tom Leopold on FBI Musical ‘Here Comes J. Edgar’

You’d be hard-pressed to call an hour spent in the company of Harry Shearer and Tom Leopold work. Not only is each a prolific comedian in their his right — Shearer best known for his roles in “The Simpsons” and “Spinal Tap” while Leopold has writing credits on numerous hits including “Cheers” and “Seinfeld” – […]

entertainment  Jul 7, 2026

Variety

Togethxr Launching ‘Everyone Watches Women’s Sports’ Weekly Podcast With iHeartMedia

Women’s sports have never been bigger. Now Togethxr, the sports media company co-founded by veteran exec Jessica Robertson alongside pro athletes Alex Morgan, Chloe Kim, Simone Manuel and Sue Bird, is getting in the weekly podcast game. Togethxr and iHeartMedia announced the launch of “Everyone Watches Women’s Sports,” a weekly audio and video podcast debuting […]

entertainment  Jul 7, 2026

Variety

‘Demon Slayer’ Producer Aniplex Unveils Global Strategy Under New Chief Nishimoto Shu: ‘It Is Important to Preserve the Essence of Japanese Creativity’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Anime is no longer a niche import. It is pop culture’s new center of gravity – and nobody is moving faster to press that advantage than the studio behind “Demon Slayer.” Nishimoto Shu, appointed president of Aniplex earlier this year, has outlined a plan to deepen the Sony Music Entertainment Japan subsidiary’s foothold in international […]

entertainment  Jul 7, 2026

The Guardian Culture

‘It still haunts me’: the puppet show Dracula that’s definitely not for small children

The dreaded bloodsucker will be getting his fangs into the Edinburgh fringe this year – in a deeply creepy, liberty-taking show with a sisterly twist. We meet its directorWho is your Dracula? Max Schreck’s toothy Nosferatu, Bela Lugosi in a tux, the lantern-jawed host of Hotel Transylvania? This notorious shapeshifter “exists for us even before we know who he is” says theatre director Yngvild Aspeli, who is bringing a puppet bloodsucker to the Edinburgh fringe this summer. “There were stories of

entertainment  Jul 7, 2026

Variety

Bombillo Amarillo, a Producer on Top Annecy Winner ‘The Violinist,’ Launches Animation Beachhead in Spain (EXCLUSIVE)

Bombillo Amarillo, the Colombian co-producer of “The Violinist,” winner of Annecy’s top Cristal for best animated feature film, is launching an animation beachhead in Spain.  BA Estudios, an animation studio, will be up and running from the week of July 13, based out of Bilbao, capital of Bizkaia, part of Spain’s Basque Country and home […]

entertainment  Jul 7, 2026

The Guardian Culture

The Invite welcomes heterosexual polyamory into cinemas. It’s about time

As a non-monogamist, it’s refreshing to see a film that reflects modern attitudes to non-conventional relationships, instead of using them as a punchline or cautionary taleWhat is the chief obstacle that must be overcome in most modern-day big-screen romcoms? Lack of attraction? Misaligning schedules? Or, perhaps, heteromonogamy? If that wasn’t the dominating norm of human relationships, many movie plots would be much swifter to resolve. What if Elizabeth Olsen didn’t have to choose between Call

entertainment  Jul 7, 2026

Variety

Oscar Winner Autour de Minuit, Portugal’s Spamflix Board ‘The March of the Sunflowers,’ an OMG It’s So Beautiful Brazilian Stop Motion Feature (EXCLUSIVE)

France’s Autour de Minuit, behind Academy Award-winning animated short “Logorama,” and Spamflix, a burgeoning force in Portuguese animation production and distribution, have boarded Brazilian filmmaker and cinematographer Erick Ricco’s “The March of the Sunflowers,” one of the animation highlights at this week’s Bogotá Audiovisual Market (BAM). Already working up an industry fanbase at December’s Animation! […]

entertainment  Jul 7, 2026

Variety

Jude Law to Star in Getaway Driver Movie, Written by ‘Black Rabbit’ Co-Creator Zach Baylin, Produced by Riff Raff Entertainment

Jude Law will star in a new movie about a getaway driver, written by Zach Baylin, the co-creator of Netflix miniseries “Black Rabbit,” co-writer of Justin Kurzel’s “The Order” and an Oscar nominee with “King Richard,” and produced by Law’s production company Riff Raff Entertainment. The project was revealed by Riff Raff’s Ben Jackson and […]

entertainment  Jul 7, 2026

Variety

Iranian Doc ‘An Eye for an Eye’ About a Woman Who Killed Her Husband in Self-Defense Set For Oscar-Qualifying U.S. Release Via Jolt Film (EXCLUSIVE)

Hot-button Iranian doc “An Eye for an Eye,” that in 2025 scored a Special Jury mention at the Tribeca Festival, has been acquired by New York-based AI-driven documentary distributor Jolt dedicated to indie titles. Co-directed by Iranian-born American documentary filmmaker Tanaz Eshaghian and Iran-based Farzad Jafari, “An Eye for an Eye” follows a real-life Tehran-set courtroom […]

entertainment  Jul 7, 2026

Variety

Colombia Stands in for Mexico in ‘Belleza,’ Paul Presburger’s First Feature at New Venture

Lured by Colombia’s coveted film incentives, new production shingle Miércoles Entertainment, co-founded by former Pantelion/Pantaya exec Paul Presburger, chose to shoot its first feature, “Belleza,” in Colombia. “We shot Pantelion and Pantaya projects in Colombia in the past but we’ve never had a smoother production. Thanks to Daniel Hernández and the Secuoya team, we came […]

entertainment  Jul 7, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

L.O.L. Surprise! Dolls Getting Their Own Live-Action Scripted Series (Exclusive)

The show, which features five aspiring performers taking part in a music competition, is part of the brand's 10th-anniversary music-themed celebration, which also includes collaborations with recording artists Jennie and Rosalía.

entertainment  Jul 7, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Dolly Parton Musical Set For Broadway This Winter

The biomusical, with a book and songs by Parton, will play at the St. James Theatre starting in December.

entertainment  Jul 7, 2026

Variety

‘Money Heist’ Star Itziar Ituño and Vito Sanz Ready to Dive Into the Dystopian World of Sci-Fi Drama Series ‘Numana’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Spanish actors Itziar Ituño (“Money Heist”) and Vito Sanz (“The Other Way Around”) have landed starring roles in “Numana,” a sci-fi drama series created by Argentine-Spanish writer-directors Jesica Arán (“Pájaros Negros”) and Soledad Velasco (“Cross Dreamers”). The series will be produced by Chilean-Spanish production company Clara Films and Barcelona-based Unbound Hub, a Senior VFX Strategy […]

entertainment  Jul 7, 2026