Variety

Bowen Yang Tells Rachel Sennott About Delaying ‘SNL’ Exit After a Surprise Lorne Michaels Phone Call as the Duo Discuss Their Comedy Starts, ‘I Love L.A.’ and More

Bowen Yang and Rachel Sennott first met as young, eager, internet-savvy members of Brooklyn’s alternative stand-up scene, who didn’t fit into the boxes prescribed by Manhattan institutions like the Comedy Cellar. But less than a decade later, they’ve both accomplished more than most aspiring comedians ever dream of. Yang, 35, is now in a reflective […]

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Hollywood Reporter

Louis C.K., Jay Leno and Stephen A. Smith Among Big Names Set for Bill Maher’s Mark Twain Prize Ceremony (Exclusive)

The polarizing stand-up comedian and TV talk show host will be feted at the Kennedy Center on June 28.

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Hollywood Reporter

Andre Holland, Wendell Pierce, Samira Wiley Lead Trailer for Hulu’s Boxing Drama ‘They Fight’ (Exclusive)

Based on the 2018 documentary, Sheldon Candis' film premieres Monday at Tribeca.

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Hollywood Reporter

5 Things to Watch at SerienCamp 2026

Microdramas, AI, and a shakeup of the financial fundamentals of series production will be in focus when Germany's biggest TV industry gathering returns to Cologne this week.

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The Guardian Culture

How much does Sean Penn hate selfies? Enough to invoke the Holocaust

In his own unique words, the One Battle After Another actor made it clear there is no one he won’t reject for a fan photo – and revealed the real reason he skipped the OscarsOne of the highlights of this year’s Oscars was Sean Penn’s win for best supporting actor. Not because he deserved it – although in truth he probably did – but because he didn’t turn up, which simultaneously made the ceremony a little bit shorter and spared the world a Sean Penn acceptance speech.At the time, much was made a

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Variety

U.K. Detective Drama Series ‘Death in Benidorm,’ Brazil’s ‘Emergency 53’ to Bow at Italian Global Series Festival

This year’s Italian Global Series Festival will host the premieres of “Benindorm Is Murder,” a new Channel 5 detective drama series starring John Hannah, and hotly anticipated Brazilian medical show “Emergency 53.” The event’s second edition will take place July 3-11 in the seaside cities of Rimini and Riccione. “Benindorm Is Murder,” formerly titled “Death […]

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Variety

Fox Wins Rights to Show NFL Games in Mexico

Mexico will soon have a fuller source of el fútbol americano. Fox Corp. said it secured a new deal to show a wide range of NFL games via its Mexican outlets, including transmissions of “Thursday Night Football” and the Super Bowl, the latest example of deal-making between the sports organization and various U.S. media outlets […]

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The Guardian Culture

Julio Le Parc review – as if Bridget Riley had opened a riotous funfair

Tate Modern, LondonThe late artist found his calling in febrile 1960s Paris and this exhibition is imbued with an anarchist spirit – you can even spin the paintings! In a great scene in Jean-Luc Godard’s 1964 film Bande à Part, the young protagonists run through the Louvre, leaving puzzled art lovers and angry guards in their wake. It seems impromptu and genuinely disruptive yet Godard’s camera finds time to pause in front of Jacques-Louis David’s Oath of the Horatii, an icon of the French Revol

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Variety

‘Obsession’ Producers Tea Shop on Finding Curry Barker, Why YouTube Creators Shouldn’t Immediately ‘Move On to $20 Million Studio Movies’ and Sequel Talks

In a story likely to have been excitedly retold and forwarded many thousands of times among budding filmmakers over the last few weeks, before he made “Obsession,” Curry Barker was doing his thing on YouTube, where in 2023 his 22-minute horror short “The Chair” was spotted by LA-based Brit producer James Harris. Impressed by what […]

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Variety

Guns N’ Roses to Play Bengaluru and Guwahati on India Return

Guns N’ Roses will return to India for two concerts in November, touching down in Bengaluru and Guwahati as part of the Asia leg of their ongoing world tour. The shows, produced and promoted by BookMyShow Live, will take place at Nice Grounds in Bengaluru on Nov. 14 and Khanapara Ground in Guwahati on Nov. […]

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The Guardian Culture

A Murder Between Friends review – Joan Collins’s detective diva sparkles in trashy whodunnit

Hot tubs and high camp as a TV star dripping in rhinestones tries to solve a real-life crime in this fabulously flawed murder mystery. Who cares who did itHere is a camply craptastic murder mystery that aims to offer queer-minded fans of trashy detection stories a treat for Pride month with a manifestly cheap and cheerful, amusingly badly performed, diva-centric exercise. Let us be clear: this is not well-made in the slightest, with a script as shonky as a flatpack gateleg table, with similarly

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Variety

‘The Voice’ Meets Gov Ball: Season 30 Winner Gets Main Stage Performance Slot in 2027 (EXCLUSIVE)

The victor of the next season of “The Voice” already has a major gig booked. Whoever wins Season 30 of the NBC singing competition will get to perform on the main stage at the Governors Ball music festival in 2027, thanks to a partnership between Live Nation Studios, the festival and “The Voice.” While the […]

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Variety

‘Money Heist’ Producer Sonia Martínez Appointed El Estudio Director of Contents, Spain

In a high-profile appointment, Sonia Martínez, an iconic TV executive on Spain’s modern TV scene behind “Money Heist” and “Locked Up,” has joined the Pablo Cruz-headed El Estudio aiming to power up its growth in Spain.  Established in 2020, El Estudio has offices in Madrid and Mexico City. Martínez will serve as El Estudio’s director […]

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Variety

Hugh Laurie Hits Back at Critique That ‘House’ Has the ‘Same Narrative Every Episode’: ‘If All You See Is Hospital, Medical Blah Blah, Then It Wasn’t Meant for You’

Hugh Laurie is still a fierce defender of “House,” even more than a decade after the show’s ending. The English actor, who starred in the Fox medical drama from 2004 to 2012, did not mince his words in response to a critic who went viral on X over the weekend for saying that “House” has […]

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The Guardian Culture

Idris Elba says audiences would never accept a black actor playing James Bond: ‘That’s not what they like in their culture’

The star of Luther played down rumours that he was lined up to take over as 007, adding that he’s against making the character ‘woke’Idris Elba has refuted rumours that he was seriously in contention to play James Bond after Daniel Craig’s departure in 2021.The actor, 53, who is currently promoting new film Masters of the Universe, told British GQ the conversation linking him to the role was “never legit”. Continue reading...

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Hollywood Reporter

John Waters, Billy Porter and Julio Torres Set For Second Season of ‘Finding Fire Island’ Series

The Jess Rothschild-created series will also feature Tony-winner Jerry Mitchell, Peloton star Cody Rigsby, comedian Jay Jurden, deejays Lina Bradford, Susan Morabito and Robbie Leslie, and others.

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Hollywood Reporter

‘Star Trek’ 60th Anniversary Celebration, Stars Set for Italian Global Series’ Second Edition

IGS will also fete the 50th anniversary of Franco Zeffirelli’s 'Jesus of Nazareth' and welcome Marti Noxon, producer of 'Grey's Anatomy' and 'Mad Men,' as president of the drama series jury.

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The Guardian Culture

Goals review – disruptor football game attempts to smash the competition

Released just before the World Cup kicks off, this upstart football game is positioning itself as a credible alternative to EA Sports FCThis month something extremely unusual happened in the video game world: someone launched a new football game. It used to be that the market could support a vast array of contenders, from arcade kickabouts such as Super Sidekicks and Hat Trick Hero, to serious simulations named Actua Soccer or This Is Football, to eccentric oddities such as Namco’s LiberoGrande

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The Guardian Culture

‘In prison, I made a little studio in my head. It kept me sane’: Ibrahim Alfa Jr, British techno’s great survivor

He moved from Nigeria to middle England and was swept up into the rave scene – then battled through incarceration and near-death illness. After making 500 tracks while living on porridge and lettuce, he explains how he kept goingIbrahim Alfa Jr had been feeling unwell for a while – he’d been coughing up blood – but he says he only realised how ill he was when the facial recognition on his phone stopped working, because it could no longer recognise his face. When he went to visit his sister in 20

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The Guardian Culture

Time and Water review – Iceland’s doomed glacier tells its own story of climate disaster

This study of author Andri Snær Magnason is somewhat indulgent, with endless musings where piercing climate crisis commentary should beIs Iceland dying? Is the world dying? These would appear to be the very relevant questions behind this well-intentioned but ultimately exasperating and obtuse documentary from National Geographic, which is burdened with tasteful NatGeo stateliness and visually pleasing production values.It is directed by film-maker Sara Dosa, whose earlier documentary Fire of Lov

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