Variety

‘The Great Skull’ Director, Cast on Shanghai Dialect Cinema and Portraying Grief

“The Great Skull,” a Shanghai dialect tragicomedy, opened the main competition showcase of the 28th Shanghai International Film Festival on June 12. Director Liu Xiaoyang, screenwriter Zhang Xiaoying and lead cast members Wen Qi, Ni Hongjie and Yu Entai attended the press conference. Set in Shanghai, the film is a tragicomedy about a mother and […]

entertainment  Jun 12, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Sony Future Filmmaker Awards Unveils 2026 Winners

Jack Hughes’ ‘Deadheading’ won for best fiction, Christine Seow’s ‘Two Travelling Aunties’ won for best non-fiction, and ‘Ovary-Acting’ picked up the animation prize for directors Michelle Brøndum and Ida Melum.

entertainment  Jun 12, 2026

Variety

Joe Negri, Guitar Player and Handyman on ‘Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,’ Dies at 99

Joe Negri, the musician best known for his work as the guitar-playing handyman on “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” died May 30 in Pittsburgh. He was 99. Negri’s death was announced by his family. Negri and Fred Rogers first worked together in the early 1960s on a local Pittsburgh children’s TV show. From 1968 through 2001, Negri […]

entertainment  Jun 12, 2026

Variety

Joe Negri, Guitar Player and Handyman on ‘Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,’ Dies at 99

Joe Negri, the musician best known for his work as the guitar-playing handyman on “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” died May 30 in Pittsburgh. He was 99. Negri’s death was announced by his family. Negri and Fred Rogers first worked together in the early 1960s on a local Pittsburgh children’s TV show. From 1968 through 2001, Negri […]

entertainment  Jun 12, 2026

Variety

Spencer Pratt Concedes in L.A. Mayor Race: ‘You Have No Idea How Bad Things Are About to Get’

Spencer Pratt conceded defeat in the race for Los Angeles mayor on Friday, painting a bleak picture of the city’s future under either of his opponents and vowing to continue to “expose this corrupt machine.” Pratt, a Republican and former star of “The Hills,” finished third in the June 2 primary behind two Democrats, incumbent […]

entertainment  Jun 12, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Steven Spielberg Debuts ‘Disclosure Day,’ Taylor Swift Supports ‘Toy Story 5’ and This Week’s Best Events

Inside this week's biggest Hollywood premieres, parties and openings.

entertainment  Jun 12, 2026

Variety

Ashley Padilla on Writing a Book With Diane Keaton, Staying Off Social Media and Becoming an ‘SNL’ Breakout Star: ‘I Assumed People Would Go, We Hate Her!’

Ashley Padilla was shopping with her mom at Glendale’s Americana at Brand outdoor mall in September 2024 when the news was announced: She had just been added to “Saturday Night Live” as a featured player. Padilla had just collaborated with her old boss, Diane Keaton, on a new book, “Fashion First,” and was purchasing copies […]

entertainment  Jun 12, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Former Amazon MGM Studios and Warner Bros. PR Executive Adam Keen Launches Agenda Collective

The seasoned PR pro has filled out his new agenda — a full-service PR firm with offices in L.A. and New York with a roster of vice presidents including Emily Teichner, Natalie Petozzi and Kevin McAlpine.

entertainment  Jun 12, 2026

Variety

A ‘Fool’s’ Tune: How an Elton John Introduction Sparked Michael Stipe and Andrew Watt’s ‘Rooster’ Theme Song

Singer-songwriter Michael Stipe has known Elton John for more than 35 years. In all that time, he had never once given Stipe’s personal phone number to anyone, especially a musician. Then he decided to break the rules. “He gave my number to Andrew Watt, who texted me and said, ‘I have an idea,’” Stipe recalls. […]

entertainment  Jun 12, 2026

Variety

A ‘Fool’s’ Tune: How an Elton John Introduction Sparked Michael Stipe and Andrew Watt’s ‘Rooster’ Theme Song

Singer-songwriter Michael Stipe has known Elton John for more than 35 years. In all that time, he had never once given Stipe’s personal phone number to anyone, especially a musician. Then he decided to break the rules. “He gave my number to Andrew Watt, who texted me and said, ‘I have an idea,’” Stipe recalls. […]

entertainment  Jun 12, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Ron Howard Is Bullish on AI and Thinks Jim Henson Would Have Been Too

The American icon is ready. "It’s very exciting."

entertainment  Jun 12, 2026

Variety

Jimmi Simpson Joins Elisabeth Moss in Hulu Drama ‘Conviction’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Jimmi Simpson has joined the upcoming Hulu drama series “Conviction,” Variety has learned exclusively. Simpson will star alongside previously announced lead Elisabeth Moss and fellow cast members Sebastian De Souza and Adam Godley. The show is based on the Jack Jordan novel of the same name and was greenlit at the streamer in February. The […]

entertainment  Jun 12, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

From Gilead to the Wasteland, Costume Designers Are Building TV’s Most Stylish Dystopias

The creatives behind ‘The Testaments,’ ‘Fallout,’ ‘Murderbot,’ ‘Paradise’ and ‘Pluribus’ reveal how color, tailoring and texture shape worlds defined by control.

entertainment  Jun 12, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Toy Story’s Latest Character Lilypad Gets a Real-Life Tablet Release

Introduced in 'Toy Story 5,' the frog-like tablet instantly captures the attention of Bonnie, who is seemingly content to leave Woody and Buzz behind.

entertainment  Jun 12, 2026

Variety

Tonies and Hasbro Team Up to Reinvent Classic Board Games — Including ‘Monopoly’, ‘Game of Life’ and ‘Guess Who’

Families looking for a new way to enjoy game night may want to clear a spot on the shelf. Tonies has teamed up with Hasbro Games to launch the new Tonieplay Hasbro Collection, a screen-free gaming experience that reimagines three beloved classics: ‘Monopoly’, ‘Guess Who’ and ‘The Game of Life’. Designed for use with the […]

entertainment  Jun 12, 2026

Variety

Tom Cruise Reunites with Spielberg Co-Stars Colin Farrell, Dakota Fanning (and a Popcorn Bucket of the Director’s Head) for ‘Disclosure Day’ Screening

Tom Cruise had an all-star Steven Spielberg reunion to support the director’s new alien thriller, “Disclosure Day.” He was joined by his “Minority Report” co-star Colin Farrell and “War of the Worlds” daughter Dakota Fanning for a screening of “Disclosure Day,” which opens in theaters Friday. “Nothing better than a summer Spielberg movie night in […]

entertainment  Jun 12, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

5 Takeaways From SerienCamp 2026

Attendance hit a new record, with more than 1,000 execs and some 4,000 visitors descending on Cologne for the 3-days TV industry event.

entertainment  Jun 12, 2026

Variety

Olivia Rodrigo Releases Special-Edition Vinyl for ‘You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love’

Olivia Rodrigo’s third studio album, “You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love,” is one of the year’s most anticipated releases. Available worldwide now, the singer has partnered with Target on an exclusive collection of merchandise, all themed to the album. Among items available are three exclusive vinyls: “pretty sad” pink, “hope like […]

entertainment  Jun 12, 2026

Variety

LISTEN: Mike Hopkins on Prime Video’s Evolution, the Bundling Boom, How MGM Changed Amazon, the Future of Bond and No Regrets on ‘Melania’

On today’s episode of Variety’s “Strictly Business” podcast, Mike Hopkins, head of Prime Video and Amazon MGM Studios, gives a wide-ranging interview on the evolution of Amazon’s media strategy, how the MGM acquisition has changed the game, why the streamer is investing heavily in sports — and why Amazon has no regrets about the Melania […]

entertainment  Jun 12, 2026

The Guardian Culture

‘I think about him every time I go swimming’: David Hockney remembered by Rachel Whiteread, Jeremy Deller and more

Artists and cultural figures celebrate the great Yorkshire painter who could ‘make teabags and toothpaste glamorous’ – with a poem from a fellow Yorkshireman‘David Hockney caught the look of the modern world’David Hockney, revolutionary British artist, dies aged 88My earliest memories of modern artists were of David Hockney, Andy Warhol and Bridget Riley. I remember seeing a TV programme about David in the 1970s as a young kid and thinking “wow, is that what being an artist is like?” Because my

entertainment  Jun 12, 2026