The Guardian Culture

The Artist by Lucy Steeds audiobook review – a sensory feast in Provence

A reclusive artist is the reluctant subject of a journalist’s attention in a rich world of scents, scenery and secretsWhen a British journalist named Joseph Adelaide tracks down a reclusive artist to his remote farmhouse in the south of France, his plan is to interview him for a magazine profile. Edouard Tartuffe is a revered painter who was taught by Cézanne and is known on the Parisian art scene as the “Master of Light”. But then he retreated from the limelight amid rumours of a feud with his

entertainment  Jun 11, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Katia and Marielle Labèque: 55 album review

(Deutsche Grammophon)The pianist sisters’ celebration of their 55 years of recording is a thoughtfully curated compilation that reveals the extent of their omnivorous musical appetitesIn 1969, two teenage students at the Paris Conservatoire recorded Olivier Messiaen’s formidable Visions de l’Amen under the composer’s doubtless nerve-racking supervision. It was released in 1970. Fifty-five years later, Katia and Marielle Labèque’s musical curiosity is undimmed as this handsome three-disc tribute

entertainment  Jun 11, 2026

Variety

The Micro Pitch: Why Brands Are Flocking to Microseries

A waitress from small-town Ohio is unwittingly ensnared in her jet-setting twin sister’s international jewelry heist scheme — and ends up falling for the dashing Interpol agent who’s tracking down her kidnapped sibling. The end! OK, the story isn’t quite that rapid fire. But that’s the gist of “The Golden Pear Affair,” a “microsoap” that […]

entertainment  Jun 11, 2026

Variety

‘Only Murders in the Building’ Season 6 Adds 8 to Cast, Including Martin Freeman, Geri Halliwell Horner, Jamie Demetriou (EXCLUSIVE)

“Only Murders in the Building” Season 6 has added eight recurring guest stars to its cast, Variety has learned exclusively. The new cast members are: Martin Freeman (“Sherlock,” “The Responder”), Geri Halliwell-Horner (“Gran Turismo,” “Sex and the City”), Jamie Demetriou (“Stath Lets Flats,” “The Moment”), Anjana Vasan (“We Are Lady Parts,” “Black Mirror”), Jane Horrocks […]

entertainment  Jun 11, 2026

Variety

Former ‘60 Minutes’ Staffers Unload on Bari Weiss: ‘Everything She’s Touched Has Turned to S—’

Staffers have taken to calling it “Black Thursday.”  On May 28, a half-dozen senior producers and correspondents at “60 Minutes,” the longest-running and highest-rated news program in the country, were unceremoniously shown the door. Correspondents Sharyn Alfonsi and Cecilia Vega, as well as executive producer Tanya Simon and executive editor Draggan Mihailovich, were among them. The firings were carried […]

entertainment  Jun 11, 2026

Variety

‘Peaky Blinders’ Sequel Series Adds Conleth Hill, Lucie Shorthouse, Cal O’Driscoll to Cast

The upcoming “Peaky Blinders” sequel starring Jamie Bell and Charlie Heaton is rounding out its cast with a number of new additions. “Game of Thrones” star Conleth Hill has boarded as patriarch of the rival Keeler gangster family, Clemmy Keeler, who is set to go toe to toe with the Peaky Blinders as they race […]

entertainment  Jun 11, 2026

The Guardian Culture

‘Once, Mandela was seen as the devil incarnate’: the TV show laying bare the true struggle against apartheid

From the activist who knew him as ‘Uncle Nelson’ to the campaigner who would go on to become a cabinet member, we talk to those involved in the struggle – and who feature in an eye-opening new documentaryWe tend to look back at the campaign to end apartheid in South Africa, says Peter Hain – the activist who would go on to become a senior Labour minister – “as one of the great success stories of protests and Nelson Mandela as a global icon, and rightly so. But Mandela was considered the devil in

entertainment  Jun 11, 2026

Variety

Politico Relaunches Magazine With New Weekend Focus on Examining Power

Politico wants to power its way into your weekend news diet. The political-news behemoth, part of Axel Springer, is relaunching its longform journalism efforts this weekend with a new crack at a weekly “magazine,” or in this case a package of five to six longform stories that will examine the people and polices that shape […]

entertainment  Jun 11, 2026

The Guardian Culture

The Mahler Experiment review – physical drama comes at a musical cost in choreographed symphony

Sinfonia Smith Square, LondonTom Morris’s staged take on Mahler’s first symphony is valiantly performed by Stephanie Childress and Sinfonia Smith Square, but the result feels more like R&D than a finished productIf you’re Macbeth, a moving forest generally isn’t a good thing. But what if you’re Mahler? The instrumentalists of Sinfonia Smith Square, conductor, Stephanie Childress and director, Tom Morris decided to test the result in The Mahler Experiment. As Morris declared cheerfully at t

entertainment  Jun 11, 2026

Variety

Broadway PR Firm Polk & Co. Promotes Colgan McNeil, Kelly Stotmeister to Partners

Broadway publicity firm Polk & Co. has promoted two longtime press agents, Colgan McNeil and Kelly Stotmeister, to partners. They will work on the leadership team alongside founder Matt Polk. The announcement comes a few days after the Tony Awards, where Polk repped winners including the punk-rock vampire musical “The Lost Boys” and the biting […]

entertainment  Jun 11, 2026

Variety

‘Heart of the Beast’ Trailer: Brad Pitt and a German Shepherd Struggle to Survive the Alaskan Wilderness

Paramount Pictures has released the trailer for “Heart of the Beast,” a new survival thriller film starring Brad Pitt. Pitt plays James Belmont, a former Army Special Forces soldier who must find a way to return to civilization after his small plane crashes deep in the Alaskan wilderness. Joined by a retired service dog named […]

entertainment  Jun 11, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

‘Secret Lives of Mormon Wives’ Star Miranda Hope to Release Debut Single “FU4THAT”

The reality star is launching her music career with the country track, due out June 26.

entertainment  Jun 11, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Lola Young review – buoyant, brilliant return from British pop’s great oversharer

O2 Apollo ManchesterThe Messy hitmaker is back after taking time away from live performance, and this charming, relatable set shows why she is such a gen Z iconThe rollercoaster ride towards international pop stardom seldom runs smooth, but few rising stars have been flung through its loops and freefalls as publicly as south London singer-songwriter Lola Young. In 2024, gen Z anthem Messy became her breakthrough moment, but social media scrutiny surrounding her open struggles with addiction and

entertainment  Jun 11, 2026

Variety

‘I Was Angry’ Over ‘Hunger Games’ Fame: Josh Hutcherson and Elizabeth Banks on Learning to Love the Franchise, Hopes for ‘I Love L.A.’ and More

This interview is part of Variety and CNN’s Actors on Actors series. Watch the full video interview now at CNN.com/Watch (or on the CNN app) and on Variety’s YouTube channel starting at 11:59 pm ET. Josh Hutcherson and Elizabeth Banks first met making the first four “Hunger Games” films, from 2012 to 2015. While Banks wasn’t present for the […]

entertainment  Jun 11, 2026

Variety

‘Friday Night Lights’ Star Adrianne Palicki to Host Tour of Cast Reunions and Screenings Ahead of 20th Anniversary

Plex and ATX TV are taking “Friday Night Lights” on the road to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the drama. Across five cities, cast members will come together for screenings and live conversations, hosted by Adrianne Palicki, who portrayed Tyra Collette in the series. All screenings will take place at Alamo Drafthouse locations, with stops […]

entertainment  Jun 11, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Does Anybody Ever “Make It?”: Chase Infiniti, Rhea Seehorn and Claire Danes on the Drama Actresses Roundtable

Carrie Coon Sarah Pidgeon and Kerry Washington round out the debate on the endless quest to level up in Hollywood, the myth of “The White Lotus effect” and red carpet disassociation methods.

entertainment  Jun 11, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Joshua Henry, Julia Harriman to Star in New Musical ‘The Conversation’ This Fall (Exclusive)

The pair co-wrote the musical, which will premiere this fall, marking Henry's next job post-'Ragtime.'

entertainment  Jun 11, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

AMC Theatres Raises $150 Million to Bolster Cash Reserves

The exhibitor is also postponing its foray into the live concert business given the box office rebound.

entertainment  Jun 11, 2026

Variety

‘Paper Tiger’ Producer Rodrigo Teixeira on James Gray’s Next, ‘About the U.S. Now,’ Why U.S. Directors Will Shoot in Brazil and How Independent Cinema Has Gone Global  

Rodrigo Teixeira, producer of 2025 Oscar winner “I’m Not There” and James Gray’s 2026 Cannes contender “Paper Tiger,” are in development on their fourth film together, to be made in 2027. “It talks about the U.S. now, not the best moment they have, with probably the worst President in the world,” Teixeira advanced at a […]

entertainment  Jun 11, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Hepworth in Colour review – salty Cornish seascapes compressed into immaculate sculptures

Courtauld, LondonBarbara Hepworth’s elegant works, with their harp-like strings and splashes of blue, evoke the foamy breakers of St Ives. But should we really be surprised she used colour?They say in St Ives that if you put your ear to a Barbara Hepworth sculpture, you can hear the waves breaking on Porthmeor beach. Well, maybe they do say that and maybe they don’t. But the sea definitely roars in the ravishing sculptures at the heart of this small survey of just one aspect of her work: her use

entertainment  Jun 11, 2026