Variety

Guillermo del Toro Sounds the Alarm About AI and Threats to Creative Freedom: ‘We Are on the Verge of Cinema Illiteracy’

Guillermo del Toro’s innate love of film comes through when he speaks, even when he’s sounding off with a dire warning about what is at stake as the film industry is rocked by AI and the forces of business consolidation. “We are on the verge of image illiteracy. We are on the verge of cinema […]

entertainment  Jun 16, 2026

Variety

‘Shrek 5’ Trailer: Shrek, Fiona and Their Adult Kids Go to Jail With Donkey

Shrek, Fiona and Donkey are back for a new fantastical adventure in the first trailer for next year’s “Shrek 5.” Universal released the “Shrek 5” trailer Tuesday, more than a year ahead of its release on June 30, 2027. Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy and Cameron Diaz all return as the voices of Shrek, Donkey and […]

entertainment  Jun 16, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Mel Brooks Made a Career Out of Punching Up the Truth. Judd Apatow Wanted What Was Real

Apatow and ‘Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!’ co-director Michael Bonfiglio trace how Brooks turned pain, politics and performance into some of Hollywood’s most enduring comedy.

entertainment  Jun 16, 2026

Variety

Disney’s Imagineering Arm Using Adobe’s Firefly AI Models for Park Designs

Months after its OpenAI deal fell through, Disney has found a new way to make use of AI. The company’s Imagineering Research & Development unit is using Adobe’s Firefly Foundry, the commercial version of Adobe’s AI model designed to protect a brand’s intellectual property, to help Imagineers design and visualize elements of Disney’s upcoming parks and […]

entertainment  Jun 16, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Everything Game of Thrones did, HBO series Rome did better – including not fumbling the finale

The short-lived series had blood, guts, sex and epic stakes. It also had a ride or die friendship in a pair of foot soldiersA sprawling cast of richly flawed heroes. Epic stakes. Elaborate sets. A family-man hero whose definition of good is skewed by the cruel world he lives in. Animated opening titles with a catchy theme song. Blood, guts, sex and a bit of incest: everything Game of Thrones did, Rome did better.Rome was one of the most expensive TV shows ever made when it launched in 2005; its

entertainment  Jun 16, 2026

Variety

Bob Odenkirk Brings Saul Goodman Back After ‘Better Call Saul’ for PSA Celebrating America 250

Saul Goodman must have gotten off on parole, as Bob Odenkirk suited up as the criminal lawyer for a “Know Your Rights” PSA celebrating America’s 250th birthday. “Hi, I’m Saul Goodman. Did you know you have rights? Well, you do. Sure, they’re old timey. They were written by a bunch of guys in powdered wigs […]

entertainment  Jun 16, 2026

Variety

Hollywood’s Mass Exodus: Why Film and TV Production Is Fleeing L.A. and What Can Be Done About It

“Baywatch” was a staple of low-budget, first-run syndication in the 1990s, as natural to Los Angeles as David Hasselhoff’s chest hair and as defining of the city in that era as the O.J. trial and the Sunset Strip. By the time it ended its run in 1999, it had become too costly to produce at […]

entertainment  Jun 16, 2026

Variety

Wartime Anime ‘Cocoon – One Summer of Girlhood’ Sets North American Theatrical Release via Gkids (EXCLUSIVE)

Gkids has acquired all North American rights to “Cocoon – One Summer of Girlhood,” a wartime animated drama based on Kyo Machiko’s manga, with a theatrical release set for Sept. 4. The film will screen in both Japanese with English subtitles and in an English dub. Set on a Japanese island during wartime, the story […]

entertainment  Jun 16, 2026

Variety

Fox News Media Plans Live Multi-Platform Coverage of America 250 Celebration

A takeover of a channel on SiriusXM and a year-long Fox Nation subscription priced at $17.76 are just two of the ways Fox News Media will recognize the nation’s semiquincentennial. Starting June 24, Fox News Media will begin delivering coverage of the 250th birthday of the U.S. from various locations around the country on Fox […]

entertainment  Jun 16, 2026

Variety

Kurt Russell on Playing Preston Clyburn in ‘The Madison’: ‘It Is Just a Dream Experience’

Now back on TV after nearly 40 years, Kurt Russell feels that a streaming show is a bigger risk than a movie because “there are a lot of eyeballs on it” and “when you do a streamer that’s no good it’s gonna be there for as long as you want it to be there.” Honored […]

entertainment  Jun 16, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Tom Holland confirms that he and Zendaya are married

The actor told Esquire magazine the couple have ‘a relationship that will stand the test of time’ and his family ‘were all there’ for the weddingTom Holland, the British actor best known for playing Spider-Man, has offered confirmation that he and co-star Zendaya have already got married.The wedding of the couple, who have been together for some years and got engaged in December 2024, has been the subject of intense speculation, further fuelled by a red carpet remark by Zendaya’s stylist, Law Ro

entertainment  Jun 16, 2026

Variety

How to Watch JD Vance on ‘The View’ Live Online

Vice President JD Vance will appear on “The View” on Tuesday, June 16, joining Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin and Ana Navarro at the Hot Topics table. The episode airs Tuesday, June 16 from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. ET on ABC. Cord-cutters can stream the episode live through […]

entertainment  Jun 16, 2026

Variety

‘Apocalypse Civilizations: Rome,’ a Mediawan Reboot of the Doc Franchise Mega-Hit, to Use AI to Tackle the Battle That Settled the Destiny of Rome

Megahit documentary series franchise “Apocalypse,” broadcast in 165 countries and watched by over 100 million viewers, is set to return for a first new season whose first installment, “Apocalypse Civilizations: Rome,” is produced by Imagissime, a label of French powerhouse Mediawan, and made in partnership with Mediawan Kids and Family. Launched in 2009 with six-part […]

entertainment  Jun 16, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

‘Backrooms’ Execs Launch New Production Banner (Exclusive)

The breakout success of the Vancouver-shot horror pic has led four veteran producers to open the doors on a full service shop for filmmakers looking to make their own affordable hits.

entertainment  Jun 16, 2026

Variety

‘Too Many Beasts’ Review: A Small-Town Policeman Gets High on the Hog in a Deliciously Droll French Crime-Caper

There’s been something sinister afoot in provincial France in recent years. Inbred eccentrics and bumbling detectives have populated the seaside villages of Bruno Dumont’s absurdist comedies. Seedy psychosexual drama has leached into the soil of Alain Guiraudie’s farmlands and forest towns, causing poisonous little love triangles to bloom like the wild mushrooms of his “Misericordia.” […]

entertainment  Jun 16, 2026

Variety

‘The Accompanist’ Review: Susan Sarandon Shines as a Problematic Foster Parent in Zach Woods’ Unsteady Directorial Debut

Hollywood loves a comedy about a plucky kid and an aging eccentric. It also loves a drama about a child in danger. Starring Susan Sarandon as Sylvia, a chain-smoking, sharp-tongued, first-time foster parent to spirited eight-year-old Emily (Everly Carganilla), “The Accompanist” tries to be both. It also tries to do a whole lot more, not […]

entertainment  Jun 16, 2026

Variety

Senn Penn Directing January 6 Drama With Bradley Cooper Starring as Capitol Cop

Sean Penn will direct a film about the early life of a cop who was present for the Jan. 6 storming of the United States Capitol. Bradley Cooper is being eyed for the lead role, though the real life inspiration for the film has yet to be identified. The film is currently untitled and has […]

entertainment  Jun 16, 2026

Variety

‘The Odyssey’ Breaks BFI Imax Records With $1 Million in Ticket Sales in First 24 Hours

Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” may not be out for another month, but it’s already smashing sales records in the U.K. The BFI Imax, the U.K.’s largest screen — owned and operated by the British Film Institute and located in central London — has revealed that it sold 28,000 tickets in its first 24 hours, breaking the venue’s […]

entertainment  Jun 16, 2026

Variety

‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Season 4 Trailer Teases Spock and Kirk Team Up

“Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” Season 4 is setting up the iconic friendship between James T. Kirk and Spock. In a new trailer for the fourth season of the Paramount+ series, Spock (Ethan Peck) says that he has many things (“hopes, dreams, fears”) he wants to talk about, and that Kirk (Paul Wesley) is the […]

entertainment  Jun 16, 2026

The Guardian Culture

‘It’s supposed to make you uncomfortable’: French artist JR on transforming Paris’ oldest bridge into a cave

‘France’s Banksy’ has created a monumental art installation over the Seine. And visitors to La Caverne du Pont Neuf are in for an uncomfortable and unforgettable crossingWith the backdrop of the Eiffel Tower to one side and Notre Dame to the other, Pont Neuf is not only Paris’s most picturesque bridge but, contrary to what its name suggests, it’s also the city’s oldest.Yet as of today, Pont Neuf is no longer just a bridge but also an overground cave. Continue reading...

entertainment  Jun 16, 2026