Variety

Box Office: ‘The Odyssey’ Soars to $639 Million Globally After Two Weekends, Including $140 Million in Imax

Christopher Nolan’s star-studded adaptation of “The Odyssey” has surpassed $600 million globally after just two weekends of release. The big-budget take on Homer’s 3,000-year-old epic, led by Matt Damon as the Greek king Odysseus, has generated $639.6 million worldwide, including $353.2 million at the international box office and $284.4 million domestically. It’s a staggering turnout […]

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Variety

‘Am I Supposed to be a Comedian?’: Donald Trump’s Bizarre White House Correspondent’s Dinner Speech Had Few Laughing 

Even by the standards to which we’ve all, by now, become accustomed, President Donald Trump’s performance at Friday night’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner was bizarre. And the fact of it — from the style of his halting delivery to the substance of his vindictive message to a journalists’ group who’d handed him a mic — […]

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The Guardian Culture

Simon Trewin obituary

Literary agent who established the Garage Press and a volunteer-run community education centreIn 2016, the literary agent Simon Trewin, who has died of a brain tumour aged 60, received a copy of a manuscript by Paul Lynch, a Limerick-born author with two respectfully reviewed novels behind him. No publisher wanted his third. “I want to save your career,” Trewin said.It took 14 months to make the deal. Grace became the Kerry Group Irish novel of the year 2018. Five years later, his confidence boo

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Variety

‘The Odyssey’ Leaked on X: High-Quality Bootleg Seen by Millions in Hours Before Takedown

“The Odyssey” leaks have begun, as a high-quality bootleg of the film reached millions of people on X thanks to a viral tweet on July 25. At 2:25 p.m. PT, a post on X reading “Someone uploaded ‘The Odyssey’ full movie on X. Can you believe it?” amplified a message from a now-suspended account. The […]

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The Guardian Culture

Oona Doherty: Leather Jacket review – dancers delight in their hard sweaty work

Bold Tendencies, LondonSlaps, beats and bounces underscore the unified collective pleasure of sharing a rhythm in this world premiere of the singular choreographer’s latest pieceCan it be a bit of a curse for an artist to knock it out of the park right at the start of their career? Choreographer Oona Doherty’s astonishing early works, Hope Hunt and Hard to be Soft, marked her as an unique (urgent, unfiltered) voice moving in uncharted territory. Her output since has been more variable, although

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The Guardian Culture

Colin from Accounts season 3 review – TV’s most charming romcom comes to a funny, emotional end

This season’s timeline jumps ahead three years, taking the audience back to the eternal question of ‘will they or won’t they?’Colin from Accounts is one of those shows that sounds totally unremarkable on paper: a romantic comedy featuring two characters who connect via a meet-cute involving a cute dog (and a car, and a nipple). This triggers the old “will they or won’t they?”, to which the answer too often is: well, who cares? As it turns out, quite a few of us did care once we started spending

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Variety

‘Rick and Morty’ Spinoff ‘President Curtis’ Plays It Safe, but Keeps the Sci-Fi Franchise Cruising: TV Review

“They spin off so fast,” Morty (Harry Belden) sighs of the latest visitors to the garage he shares with his grandfather Rick (Ian Cardoni). “I give it 10 episodes,” Rick replies. The scene is an obligatory, efficient passing of the baton from the characters’ namesake show “Rick and Morty,” a juggernaut hit for Adult Swim […]

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Variety

Inside ‘Colony’: ‘Train to Busan’ Director Yeon Sang-ho and Gianna Jun Discuss Their Thrilling New Take on the Zombie Movie

“Train to Busan” proved that humans can’t outrun the infected. “Colony” proves they can’t outsmart them.  Director Yeon Sang-ho returns to the zombie genre with his third live-action thriller, “Colony,” expanding the “Yeoniverse,” the cinematic universe he’s built through his genre-defining horror films. The South Korean film marks Gianna Jun’s (aka Jun Ji-hyun) long-awaited return […]

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Variety

Box Office: ‘Toy Story 5’ Crosses $1 Billion, Becomes Highest-Grossing Movie of the Year

Who says toys are outdated? Disney and Pixar’s “Toy Story 5,” which grapples with the reality that kids would rather play with tech than dolls, has surpassed $1 billion globally and now ranks as the highest-grossing release of the year. The film has earned $448 million domestically and $573 million internationally for a global tally […]

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Variety

Box Office: ‘The Odyssey’ Sails to $87 Million in Massive Second Weekend

“The Odyssey” continued its epic box office journey, scoring a sensational $87 million in its second weekend of release. That’s a tally that most films, especially of the R-rated variety, would be happy to earn in their opening weekends. Ticket sales declined just 30% from its sizable 123.5 million debut, a testament to the box […]

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The Guardian Culture

Chuck Russell obituary

Film-maker who reshaped The Mask as an exuberant comic spectacular and launched the film careers of Cameron Diaz and the RockThe film-maker Chuck Russell, who has died aged 74, described himself as “a thrill junkie with a sense of humour”. The proof was in the pudding: his madcap comedy The Mask (1994) resembled a cinematic knickerbocker glory overflowing with colour, vitality and fun. Its star Jim Carrey called it “one of the jewels of my creative life”.Before Russell was attached to the projec

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The Guardian Culture

Sinfonia of London/Wilson review – night of Technicolor masterpieces from one of the finest orchestras on the planet

Royal Albert Hall, LondonVerdi’s La Forza del Destino felt vital, cellist Jonathan Aasgaard was immaculate in Walton’s Concerto but it was John Wilson’s wizardly conducting through Respighi’s Roman Trilogy that brought the audience to their feetAnother Sinfonia of London Prom, another five-star concert. Admittedly this programme of Technicolor masterpieces played into the wizardly hands of John Wilson, a conductor whose respect and enthusiasm for the golden age of MGM is legendary. None of this

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The Guardian Culture

From author to anime hero: the unlikely revival of a Japanese literary star

More than seven decades after they were first released, the dark novels of Osamu Dazai have become a publishing sensation, as a new generation of readers engage with his bleakness, humour and brillianceThere’s no question that Japanese literature has been one of the outstanding successes for British bookshops in recent years: in 2024 close to half of the bestselling translated fiction titles were from Japan. Much of the Japanese fiction translated into English fits into broad

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The Guardian Culture

Luke Combs review – regular Joe megastar brings the arena-sized party home

Murrayfield Stadium, EdinburghDespite his humble persona, the highest-selling country artist of all time has the vocal firepower and hard-hitting hits to deliver two hours of crowd-pleasin’ pyrotechnicsThe first we see of Luke Combs, the North Carolina-born megastar is walking through the stadium crowd. Cap pulled low, with a bashful look on his face, the stunt is less pap walk, more regular Joe dodging a flashmob on his way to work. Combs is now the highest-selling country artist of all time, b

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The Guardian Culture

‘Andy Burnham can grow a moustache!’: SNL UK’s Paddy Young on breakout stardom – and impersonating the new PM

Not even a grisly hand injury could halt the rise of the Saturday Night Live UK comedian. And soon he’ll get to parody the prime minister every week. So why can’t he enjoy the good times?The day before I’m supposed to watch Paddy Young perform a work-in-progress version of his new show Will Sir Be Laughing Alone?, I’m told the gig has been cancelled; the standup has sliced his hand open and is about to have surgery. Soon after, Young shares a photo of himself on Instagram in a hospital gown, tha

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The Guardian Culture

Keith David on his incredible career: ‘I want you to understand Black men as full-scope human beings’

The hard-working character actor has over 400 screen credits, from The Thing to Platoon to Rick and Morty, and he isn’t slowing down any time soonKeith David’s voice precedes him. Deep and resonant, with mellifluous notes that hark back to his boys’ choir days, it has spent decades inhabiting warriors, gods, rogues, fathers and a welter of cartoon oddballs. Before David appears in a Zoom window from his Los Angeles home office, his voice reverberates through my tinny laptop speakers like a fogho

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The Guardian Culture

Shania Twain’s honest playlist: ‘If Dancing Queen comes on, you rush out’

The country-pop superstar loves Abba and secretly listens to Lloyd Webber, but which British heartthrob’s single gets her out of bed in the morning?The song that changed my life There’s many critical songs on The Mission soundtrack, but Gabriel’s Oboe [by Ennio Morricone] hit me hard. I had to pull off the road, I cried like a baby. I didn’t realise how powerful music could be until that moment. I was 22.The first single I bought At Seventeen by Janis Ian. I reference it in my album Little Mis

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Variety

PBS SoCal, KMEX Lead L.A. Local Emmy Wins; KVEA, KABC Land Top Newscast Prizes

PBS SoCal (KOCE and KCET) was the big winner Saturday night at the L.A. Area Emmy Awards, landing eight — including for live events-programming, entertainment, crime/social issues and arts. Univision’s KMEX was next, with seven, followed by Telemundo’s KVEA with six. KVEA once again won the newscast Emmys for daily daytime (11 a.m. to 7 […]

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The Guardian Culture

TV tonight: Ruth Madeley’s ambitious new drama about the end of the world

Ruth Jones and Iwan Rheon also star in this story about climate catastrophes and charismatic leaders. Plus: Andrew Lincoln narrates a nature series. Here’s what to watch this evening9pm, BBC One Continue reading...

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Hollywood Reporter

The Doom Boom: Marvel Studios Brings ‘Doomsday’ and More to Its Most Crowded Comic-Con Panel Ever

Big reveals, exclusive footage, and costumes for everyone!

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