Hollywood Reporter

Stellan Skarsgard to Star in Trailer for Double Anniversary Edition of Karlovy Vary Film Fest

The Swedish Oscar nominee joins a who’s who of big names from Hollywood and beyond, including Johnny Depp, Mel Gibson, Helen Mirren and Benicio del Toro, who have starred in the irreverent trailers.

entertainment  Jun 23, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Karlovy Vary Adds Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgwick and Harvey Keitel, Will Kick Off With World Cup Doc

Keitel will make his third appearance at the Czech film festival, which will open with the 1986 World Cup documentary 'The Match' and close with 'The Only Living Pickpocket in New York.'

entertainment  Jun 23, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Dustin Hoffman, Juliette Binoche and Jeffrey Wright Set for Karlovy Vary Honors

Legendary cinematographer Robert Richardson will also be honored at this year's double anniversary edition of the Czech film festival.

entertainment  Jun 23, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Noise, blood and confetti: how Industrial Coast built a radical arts scene in ‘dark, deprived’ Middlesbrough

The Teesside town struggles with drugs and social discord, but inspired by its magical light and mercurial artistic spirit, some say it has the best cultural scene in the UKAt a gig in a Middlesbrough art gallery, the room smells of blood. Rainbow confetti is strewn across the floor. Someone has been making music by rattling rusted springs from their dad’s sofa. Movement artist Shlinga bends and rises around tuned gardening wires; later, Finn Darrell pulls needles from their skin as loop pedal h

entertainment  Jun 23, 2026

Variety

Dustin Hoffman, Juliette Binoche, Jeffrey Wright to Be Honored at Karlovy Vary Film Festival

Actors Dustin Hoffman, Juliette Binoche and Jeffrey Wright, and cinematographer Robert Richardson will be honored at the 60th Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival. Hoffman will be presented with the Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema at the opening ceremony. Binoche will receive the Crystal Globe with the same title at the closing […]

entertainment  Jun 23, 2026

Variety

‘House of the Dragon’ Star Olivia Cooke Reveals ‘Really Bad’ Audition for Rey in ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’: ‘I Was S—’

Before Olivia Cooke starred in the “Game of Thrones” spinoff “House of the Dragon,” she once auditioned for another major franchise: “Star Wars.” During an appearance on Josh Horowitz’s “Happy Sad Confused” podcast, Cooke was asked if there was any truth to reports that she was up for a part in Rian Johnson’s 2017 “Star […]

entertainment  Jun 23, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Kevin Bacon to Star in Jeremy Slater Horror Thriller ‘Summoner’ (Exclusive)

Slater, a longtime genre screenwriter, is making his directorial debut with the Amazon MGM feature.

entertainment  Jun 23, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Reader, I married him: couples tell us how books brought them together

From book club meet-cutes to shared English Literature lectures, romance has blossomed beyond the page for these bibliophilesDua Lipa and Callum Turner have been honeymooning in Italy, after throwing a star-studded wedding in Palermo earlier this month. But their relationship began with a book: running into each other at an LA restaurant, the pair realised that they were not only reading the same novel – Trust by Hernán Díaz – but had both just finished the first chapter. “So, we’re on the same

entertainment  Jun 23, 2026

Variety

‘The Traitors’ Sets WhatsApp-Based Game ‘The Traitors: Anywhere,’ Allowing Fans to Play at Home

If you’ve ever watched “The Traitors” and wished you could take part, now’s your chance. The hit gameshow has been adapted for the U.K. and Ireland as a social deduction experiment played entirely via WhatsApp. Created by CityDays in partnership with All3Media International, “The Traitors: Anywhere” is an officially licensed game inspired by the show. […]

entertainment  Jun 23, 2026

Variety

Edinburgh TV Festival Relocating After Fifty Years in Shock Move

Edinburgh’s long-running TV festival is set to relocate to Manchester next year after spending fifty years in the Scottish capital. The decision was taken by the festival’s board of directors, who have been overseeing an extensive consultation and bidding process since 2025. The TV festival, which takes place at the end of August, usually coincides […]

entertainment  Jun 23, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Goalhanger’s The Accelerator Initiative Unveils Selected Creators, Including ‘The Receipts’ Pod Host (Exclusive)

Six creators have been selected across entertainment, history, politics, finance and drama for a three-month program offering investment, mentorship, and access to Gary Lineker's production behemoth.

entertainment  Jun 23, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Edinburgh TV Festival Unveils New Host City For 2027

Manchester will be the new and more affordable location for the annual TV industry gathering from next year and beyond.

entertainment  Jun 23, 2026

Variety

Agnieszka Holland to Direct Marlene Dietrich Biopic ‘Berlinweh – Yearning for a Home’

Polish director Agnieszka Holland has revealed details about her next feature film project, a biographical film about Marlene Dietrich, “Berlinweh – Yearning for a Home.” World sales are handled by Films Boutique. The film is being produced by the same team that backed Holland’s “Franz,” Berlin-based production company X Filme Creative Pool, the Czech company […]

entertainment  Jun 23, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Warner Bros. Pictures Animation Tries to Turn the Page at Annecy With Ambitious New Feature Slate

After the controversies surrounding 'The Day the Earth Blew Up' and 'Coyote vs. Acme,' WBPA boss Bill Damaschke came to Annecy with a message for the industry: The era of canceled releases and corporate caution is over.

entertainment  Jun 23, 2026

The Guardian Culture

The Morrigan review – spirit of pagan demon queen unleashed in Irish burial chamber horror

Archaeologists blunder into an ancient and unwittingly release a vengeful monster – with predictable and conventional resultsIn Irish folklore, the Morrígan is a powerful goddess of death and war. This horror movie imagines her as an actual historical figure: a pagan queen massacred with her followers by Christians. A quick scene at the start of the film shows the dirty deed. The Morrígan’s rage against misogyny has screamed down through the centuries – so it’s a shame the film frames her not as

entertainment  Jun 23, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Fantastic Kingdom by Helene von Bismarck review – an outsider’s guide to British politics

This stranger’s-eye-view of an eccentric nation promises insight but delivers only conventional wisdom‘Continental people have sex lives; the English have hot-water bottles.” So observed Hungarian journalist George Mikes in How to Be an Alien (1946), one of the finest examples of a tradition in which foreigners explain Britain to itself. From Voltaire to VS Naipaul, outsiders have often illuminated national peculiarities, revealing contradictions so embedded in British life that they pass u

entertainment  Jun 23, 2026

Variety

Japan’s Sake Culture Gets the Animated Documentary Treatment in Supersub and Toonz Media Group’s ‘Taste of Water’ (EXCLUSIVE)

India’s Toonz Media Group and Tokyo-based studio Supersub LLC have joined forces to co-produce “The Taste of Water,” an animated feature documentary tracing the history, culture, and future of Japanese sake. The deal was unveiled at the Annecy Animation Film Festival. Directed by Riki Ohkanda and executive produced by Ryo Nakajima, the film is currently […]

entertainment  Jun 23, 2026

Variety

Japan’s Toei Animation Impresses at Annecy With ‘Monkey Quest,’ a Japan-U.S. Animation Blender

“Monkey Quest,” Toei Animation’s ambitious new production sneak peeked Monday at Annecy, was born from a simple question, says producer Yoshi Ikezawa.  ”[Producer] Joseph Chou and I asked: How can Japanese anime reach the same level of mainstream awareness and emotional connection that major U.S. animated films have achieved with global audiences?”  For Ikezawa and Chou, […]

entertainment  Jun 23, 2026

Variety

Passion Paris Joins ADN for South Korean Major Webtoon Adaptation (EXCLUSIVE)

Animation powerhouse Passion Paris (“400 Boys,” “Not a Box”) is partnering with France-based anime SVOD service Animation Digital Network (ADN) to produce an adaptation of a high-profile South Korean webtoon.  An adult action series, the webtoon Passion and ADN are adapting has scored 80 million views worldwide, said Passion Paris MD Caroline Audebert.  Passion Paris […]

entertainment  Jun 23, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Awake Awake by Fiona Mozley review – in pursuit of false memories

From the Booker-shortlisted author, a tantalisingly unreliable account of childhood, history and mental uncertaintyThe historian and novelist Fiona Mozley acknowledged in a 2018 piece for the Guardian that the city of York had a major influence on both her careers. Childhood and adolescence in a place such as York, full of time and times, can generate conflict between “the desire to live in the past and the need to extract oneself from it”. Awake Awake, a follow-up to her previous novels, 2

entertainment  Jun 23, 2026