Variety

Kaiser Chiefs’ Ricky Wilson to Play Teen Angel in Secret Cinema’s ‘Grease: The Immersive Movie Musical’

Kaiser Chiefs frontman Ricky Wilson has been cast as Teen Angel in Secret Cinema and TodayTix’s return staging of “Grease: The Immersive Movie Musical,” set to run at Evolution London in Battersea Park from July 22 to Sept. 13. Wilson joins a cast that includes Giórgios Michaelídes as Danny and Archangelo Ciulla as Kenickie, alongside […]

entertainment  Jun 18, 2026

The Guardian Culture

‘A sacred kind of sound’: inside a solar-powered journey to preserve the music of church organs

Musician Michael Cloud Duguay’s new album was born from a mission to capture the sound of the majestic yet increasingly rare instrumentsMichael Cloud Duguay and his band of collaborators were nearing the end of their pipe organ tour of Newfoundland when they encountered a hitch in Aguathuna, a town of about 400 people on a craggy peninsula that juts out from the Canadian island’s south-western edge. For the past week, they’d been showing up at old churches in remote communities like this one, pr

entertainment  Jun 18, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Locarno: Rick Baker, Seven-Time Oscar Winner and Makeup Effects Artist, to Receive Vision Award 

"Over his long career, Rick Baker has transformed Michael Jackson into a zombie in Thriller and turned Jim Carrey into the Grinch."

entertainment  Jun 18, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Bongeziwe Mabandla faced addiction, illness and ‘backstabbers’. How has the South African singer stayed so upbeat?

An indie star in his homeland, Mabandla’s fame is growing abroad – and his uplifting new album is full of existential insight after some of the toughest years of his lifeAs the camera pulls back from Bongeziwe Mabandla in the video for his recent single Yalwa, the true stars of the show reveal themselves: two women, dressed in a mix of crisp white and black traditional isiXhosa umbhaco garments and chic designer wear. Sure, Mabandla himself strikes a compelling figure in the centre of the frame

entertainment  Jun 18, 2026

Variety

Limonero Films Partners With Parad Media for Worldwide Sales on ‘Bock Saga,’ a Tale of ‘True Crime, Cults, Eccentric Characters and a Treasure’ (EXCLUSIVE) 

Barcelona-based Limonero Films has nabbed world rights to distribute “Bock Saga,” an original, four-part true crime series produced by Finnish group Parad Media. The cult-related series, which premieres on Finnish broadcaster YLE on July 27, has already pre-sold to NRK in Norway, Swedish broadcaster SVT and Denmark’s DR. The series examines the enigmatic story of the […]

entertainment  Jun 18, 2026

Variety

Microdrama Is Streaming’s New Top-of-Funnel in Southeast Asia, Research Finds

Streaming platforms racing to acquire microdrama content are not simply chasing a trending format – they are buying a direct line into the fast-attention layer where Southeast Asian audiences spend the overwhelming majority of their digital leisure time, according to new research presented at the APOS conference in Bali by Dhivya T, head of insights […]

entertainment  Jun 18, 2026

Variety

‘Doraemon the Movie: New Nobita and the Castle of the Undersea Devil’ Sets India Theatrical Debut (EXCLUSIVE)

One of animation’s most enduring franchises is making its Indian theatrical debut. TV Asahi and PVR Inox Pictures will release “Doraemon the Movie: New Nobita and the Castle of the Undersea Devil” across cinemas throughout India on Oct. 2, the franchise’s first-ever big-screen outing in the country. The film, rooted in the original manga by […]

entertainment  Jun 18, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

APOS: Prime Video Bets Its Future in Asia-Pacific on Building the “Entertainment Hub”

At Asia's leading media conference, held this week in Bali, Amazon regional entertainment leaders touted its radical localization strategies, 600-plus distribution partners, and the new ad-supported tier in India built on Amazon MX Player.

entertainment  Jun 18, 2026

Variety

‘The Lost Children of Tuam,’ Element Pictures Feature Produced by Liam Neeson, to World Premiere at Galway Film Fleadh (EXCLUSIVE)

The upcoming Galway Film Fleadh has landed a world premiere of a very local story from arguably Ireland’s most renowned producers in Element Pictures and, in Liam Neeson, one of the country’s biggest stars. “The Lost Children of Tuam,” directed by Frank Berry (“Aisha,” “Michael Inside”) and written by Rebecca Lenkiewicz (“The Salt Path,” “She […]

entertainment  Jun 18, 2026

Variety

Netflix’s ‘I Will Find You’ Is Another Wild (and Fun!) Harlan Coben Crime Thriller: TV Review

With series like “Run Away,” “Fool Me Once” and “Missing You,” it’s clear Netflix has hit its stride when it comes to adapting prolific novelist Harlan Coben’s novels. “I Will Find You,” from Coben’s 2023 novel of the same name, and adapted for television by Robert Hull, knocks it out of the park yet again. […]

entertainment  Jun 18, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

‘I Will Find You’ Review: Sam Worthington and Britt Lower Lead Netflix’s Wheel-Spinning, Pulpy Harlan Coben Thriller

Milo Ventimiglia, Chi McBride and Logan Browning also star in the latest limited series from the prolific mystery writer, about a father locked up for killing the son he now believes is still alive.

entertainment  Jun 18, 2026

The Guardian Culture

‘You learn how to be idiotic artists’: Gilbert & George on fame, rebellion and their mystery new collaborator

The Britart mavericks have now teamed up with an unlikely artist. Is their odd throuple an elaborate prank – or are the duo passing down their legacy?‘Hello girls,” greets 82-year-old Gilbert Prousch, one half of art duo Gilbert & George, as he shakes my hand when I arrive at his house with a very important guest in tow. He kisses his other guest on the cheek. Gilbert is Italian after all.“This way,” he says, ushering us into the four-storey, 18th-century Georgian townhouse in Fournier Stree

entertainment  Jun 18, 2026

Variety

Vertical Content Outgrows the Microdrama Moment as Asia’s Platforms Chase IP Franchises

Asia’s fast-growing vertical content sector is moving beyond short-form experimentation and into the franchise era, according to executives speaking at the APOS on Thursday. During the session “Building the Vertical Stack in Asia,” industry leaders shared that the next stage of growth for vertical entertainment will be driven not only by subscriber acquisition, but by […]

entertainment  Jun 18, 2026

Variety

Albert Serra – In Conversation With China’s Bi Gan – and Carla Simón, Nicolás Méndez, Turbo Shorts Capture Spain’s Creative Take-Off at Shanghai 

In the last two years, Spanish directors have had more films in Cannes Festival main competition – five – than any other country in the world.  On June 17, Prime Video announced that Spain was its No. 1 non-English export force, recently scoring as many hits in its Non-English Global Top 10 films as the […]

entertainment  Jun 18, 2026

The Guardian Culture

As Spielberg confirms whether ET was ‘slimy or dry’, we enter a new age of the celebrity interview

Veteran interviewees are forever trotting out the same anecdotes in response to unoriginal questions – until one fearless disruptor dared ask if ET had moist skinFor the most part, Steven Spielberg has avoided most of the indignities of the modern day press tour. He hasn’t had to subject himself to any spicy chicken wings, or summon any witticisms when presented with a cloche-covered sausage roll. Unlike many other celebrities, he hasn’t chosen to promote Disclosure Day by answering softball que

entertainment  Jun 18, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Fotofestiwal: the international festival of photography in Łódź – in pictures

Now in it’s 25th year, the Polish city’s Fotofestiwal opens on 18 June with a series of exhibitions reflecting on the concept of a collective experience rather than a binary world of “us” and “them” Continue reading...

entertainment  Jun 18, 2026

The Guardian Culture

La Cabina/El Televisor review – horror and anxiety on the air and down the line in Franco’s Spain

José Luis López Vázquez’s phone box nightmare is short and sharp but Narciso Ibáñez Serrador’s TV fever dream overplays its handTwo macabre Spanish TV plays from the 1970s are being released as a double bill: Antonio Mercero’s La Cabina (★★★★★) is a cult 1972 surreal short film lasting just 35 minutes but encompassing an entire dreamworld of anxiety. It was conceived for television in the spirit of Alfred Hitchcock Presents or Roald Dahl’s Tales of the Unexpected, but I can imagine it shown in c

entertainment  Jun 18, 2026

The Guardian Culture

A Little Bit Bad by Cassandra Neyenesch review – a sparkling, subversive debut

With its echoes of Miranda July’s All Fours, this tragicomic tale of an American woman’s illicit romance is also a gripping murder mysteryThe plot of A Little Bit Bad sounds like the setup for a joke: “Like, this white lady lusting after her hot Chicano roofer?” Perdita Jungfrau, the narrator, is describing her own situation. “Yuck.”It’s 2009 and Perdita is 39 when she meets 25-year-old Nando, who is working on next door’s roof. “Burned out” after a decade as a hospital social worker, she’s a st

entertainment  Jun 18, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Cry/Laugh review – did you hear the one about the town crier and the jester?

Òran Mór, Glasgow Nay Dhanak’s clownish tale follows an odd couple struggling to live up to their roles passing news from royal power to the publicWe are in a medieval world of portentous comets, fiery dragons and punitive taxes. For the average peasant, it is tough going, but even in this hierarchical society, two of them have uncommon access to power. One is the town crier, the mediator of news between monarch and serf. The other is the jester, employed by the court to tell it like it is. If a

entertainment  Jun 18, 2026

Variety

Spain’s Book Business Eyes Global Screen Boom as Fernando Benzo Touts Literature as ‘Safe IP’: ‘Our Petrol Is the Language’

Spanish literature could prove to be a boon for international film and TV adaptations, says Fernando Benzo, author and secretary general of the Spanish Federation of Publishers.  “Books are a safe intellectual property – that’s the main concept for me,” Benzo told Variety. “When you work on a book, usually you already have the fan […]

entertainment  Jun 18, 2026