Variety

Shanghai TV Market Debuts Dual-Venue Format to Drive Chinese Content Sales Overseas

The Shanghai International Film & TV Market is launching a new dual-venue format at the Shanghai Exhibition Center this year, with separate spaces for international company pavilions and a dedicated arena pairing Chinese content sellers with buyers from major markets including the U.K., France, Brazil, and Canada. The international pavilion brings together institutions from Thailand, […]

entertainment  Jun 20, 2026

The Guardian Culture

‘How do I deal with my rage? I put it in everything I do’: Killing Eve’s Sandra Oh on fury, friendship and hitting her prime in midlife

It took a long time for the actor to find her groove – then the smash TV spy thriller changed everything. She talks about getting advice from A-listers, speaking her mind, and why she’s switching to theatreSandra Oh bursts into a back room at the National Theatre in London with wayward post-rehearsal energy. The 54-year-old, long one of the most stylish actors in Hollywood, is in brown linen, a herringbone jacket and hat and sunglasses, which she removes before collapsing into a chair and throwi

entertainment  Jun 20, 2026

Variety

‘Game of Thrones’ Star Aidan Gillen on Golden Age of ‘F—ing Brilliant’ British Drama and Why There’s ‘Too Much’ Stuff on TV

“Game of Thrones” and “Peaky Blinders” alum Aidan Gillen waxed nostalgic about the golden age of British drama at the Transilvania Intl. Film Festival and argued that there’s “too much” content clogging the airwaves for today’s TV consumers. “I just think there’s so much stuff. Even the TV stuff now is being designed to try […]

entertainment  Jun 20, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Granta stops publishing short story award winners over AI controversy

Literary magazine will no longer engage in ‘external publishing partnerships’ after Commonwealth prize furoreThe prominent literary magazine Granta will no longer publish the winning entries of the annual Commonwealth short story prize after one of this year’s winners drew widespread accusations of AI use.The magazine said it would no longer be involved in “external publishing partnerships” in which it had no editorial control. Continue reading...

entertainment  Jun 20, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Candice Carty-Williams: ‘People feel very attached to Queenie’

The breakout success of her debut created a publishing scramble for Black writers, but has that appetite for diversity endured? Carty-Williams talks about wanting to quit the TV adaptation, why now is the perfect time for her sequel One of the questions Candice Carty-Williams has spent the past few years batting away is whether she is Queenie. It is perhaps inevitable: her best­selling debut novel followed Queenie Jenkins, a twenty­something south London journalist navigating heartbreak, racism,

entertainment  Jun 20, 2026

Variety

Tony Leung Reflects on ‘Silent Friend,’ Wong Kar-wai and Why His Films Must Be Seen in Cinemas at Shanghai Masterclass

Tony Leung Chiu-wai told a full house at the Shanghai International Film Festival that his restrained performance style demands the full cinematic experience to be felt, speaking at a masterclass following a screening of his film “Silent Friend.” “Sometimes it might just be something on my fingers, you must watch very carefully, and it must […]

entertainment  Jun 20, 2026

The Guardian Culture

David Guetta and Sia’s song Titanium got me through my fertility treatment

Hearing their in-your-face banger was a turning point for me – and I’ve never looked backAt the end of 2011, party season was under way but I was in no mood for festivities. Two years into fertility treatment, my body was pumped full of synthetic hormones and felt like a pin cushion, while my head was filled with both the fragile hope of having a baby, and the exhaustion of failed clinical attempts to do so.I was in my late 20s. I met my husband when I was 22; we got married when I was 25. “I wa

entertainment  Jun 20, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Would You Rather: Decide to Survive – Romesh Ranganathan’s gameshow is so low-effort it’s almost avant garde

In a modern twist on It’s a Knockout, the comedian makes online stars do ludicrous tasks. The whole thing looks like it cost £420 to cobble together – and it will make you feel 100 years oldI felt 100 years old this week, watching a new gameshow on Prime Video which features 10 famous online stars, zero of whom I’ve heard of. To me, YouTubers always have names that sound like MSN Messenger handles, stuff like Fruit-Nut and Palzone and Kevin the Rotator. Anyway, lining up to compete in Would

entertainment  Jun 20, 2026

The Guardian Culture

TV tonight: Jon Snow defies Alzheimer’s in the most moving way imaginable

A Last Big Story is a stirring exploration of the journalist’s condition and his news instincts. Plus, a wholesome telling of the story of Indigenous Australian tennis legend Evonne Goolagong. Here’s what to watch this evening8pm, Channel 4This documentary starts out as a meditation on the Channel 4 newsreader’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis – but the journalist in him hasn’t departed quite yet. While Jon and his wife Precious are on holiday in Victoria Falls, he stumbles upon a mining disaster that has

entertainment  Jun 20, 2026

The Guardian Culture

From Funboys to Olivia Rodrigo: the week in rave reviews

Steve Coogan drops in on the lovably daft Northern Irish comedy, and the alt-pop superstar teases some relationship mysteries. Here’s the pick of the week’s culture, taken from the Guardian’s best-rated reviews Continue reading...

entertainment  Jun 20, 2026

The Guardian Culture

From Toy Story 5 to The Bear: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead

Pixar’s enduring animated favourites battle a rogue tablet, and Disney’s anxiety-inducing kitchen drama returns for a final seriesToy Story 5Out nowThe toys are back in town for a fifth instalment in Pixar’s long-running signature franchise, with people who were 10 when the first film came out now comfortably of an age to have 10-year-olds of their own. This time, the new toy on the block isn’t exactly a toy: LilyPad (Greta Lee) is a tablet targeted at kids. Tom Hanks and Tim Allen return as Woo

entertainment  Jun 20, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Inexperience review – this ‘no-contact’ romance is incredibly touching

Pitlochry Festival theatreWriter Douglas Maxwell’s playful conceit sparks a funny and superbly acted exploration of messy relationships There is a clever conceit underlying Douglas Maxwell’s sparky romantic comedy. It imagines the possibility of a sexually charged relationship being sustained without physical contact. Played out on stage, this improbable idea hits home on two levels.Meeting at a 21st birthday party in 1995, two students – one law, one media studies – agree to maintain the erotic

entertainment  Jun 20, 2026

Variety

‘Finnegan’s Foursome’ Review: Edward Burns’ Spiky-Quaint Sports Dramedy Is a Tale of Family Therapy Through Golf

"Finnegan’s Foursome" is his 16th feature, and he’s still doing that shaggy-likable, spiky-quaint, semi-low-budget Edward Burns dramedy thing — the script that’s talky and kind of funny, though in a way that often sounds like a script; the camerawork that’s smoothly tethered to the functional; the acting that hovers between lively and broad. The style Burns works in is now closer to television than movies, and given that "Finnegan’s Foursome" is getting a streaming release (starting today), you

entertainment  Jun 20, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Kathy Bates Threw ‘Waterboy’ Script in Trash Because She “Didn’t Know Who Adam Sandler Was”

The Oscar and Emmy winner also revealed that she nearly passed on 'Matlock' because she thought the show was "just a procedural."

entertainment  Jun 20, 2026

Variety

Knicks Stars Jalen Brunson and Josh Hart Confront ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith, Who’s Booed Out of Theater, During Podcast Taping

The New York Knicks festivities aren’t over just yet. Just one day after an estimated two million people flooded the streets of Lower Manhattan to catch a glimpse of the team’s ticker-tape parade celebrating the Knicks’ first NBA title in 53 years, stars (and long-time pals) Jalen Brunson and Josh Hart, along with co-host Matt […]

entertainment  Jun 20, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

‘Terrifier’ Star Catherine Corcoran Named Raindance Film Festival’s First Horror Ambassador (Exclusive)

The actress' role comes in partnership with her production company, FareStream Pictures.

entertainment  Jun 20, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

John Turturro Walked Across the Brooklyn Bridge So He Could Be at the Knicks Parade

Brunson-level grit from 'The Night Of' actor.

entertainment  Jun 20, 2026

Variety

‘The Young and the Restless’ Crossover Gives ‘Beyond the Gates’ Its Third-Best Week of Ratings Ever (EXCLUSIVE)

CBS’ “The Young and the Restless”/”Beyond the Gates” crossover resulted in strong ratings for “Beyond the Gates” the week of June 8. The show averaged 1.8 million viewers throughout the week, up 11% from its season-to-date numbers — making it the third most-watched week for the soap since “Beyond the Gates” premiered in February 2025. […]

entertainment  Jun 20, 2026

Variety

‘Obsession,’ ‘The Pitt’ and ‘Hacks’ Breakout Stars Get Real About Navigating Industry Expectations and AI: ‘We Are So Hungry for Something New’

A group of rising stars from “Obsession,” “The Pitt,” “Euphoria” and more gathered Thursday to talk about the Gen Z effect on entertainment and navigating careers in Hollywood as part of the SAG-AFTRA Foundation’s inaugural First Act: Summer Soiree event. The participants — Patrick Ball (“The Pitt”), Megan Lawless (“Obsession”), Tonatiuh (“Kiss of the Spider […]

entertainment  Jun 20, 2026

Variety

‘Pluribus’ Star Rhea Seehorn on Why She Hasn’t Grilled Vince Gilligan and the Writers About Season 2 Just Yet

Think your fan conversations about Apple TV’s “Pluribus” are heated? Try being on the actual series set. “We have healthy, sometimes tongue-in-cheek debates about different questions that the show brings up, whether it’s your personal take on what you would do or what you think your character would do,” star Rhea Seehorn tells the Variety […]

entertainment  Jun 19, 2026