The Guardian Culture

Beethoven: The Last Three Sonatas/Mitsuko Uchida album review – the music emerges as if new

DeccaThere are no major surprises in this live recording, just the simple but sublime sense that the music is being handed from composer, through pianist, to usTwenty years ago, Mitsuko Uchida released a studio recording of Beethoven’s last three piano sonatas that remains a benchmark. Now comes this performance recorded live in Tokyo last October.Those who have loved her previous recording won’t find big surprises – her interpretations remain similar, albeit at times a little broader or more el

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Hollywood Reporter

Toronto: Mike Flanagan’s ‘Carrie,’ Shawn Ryan’s ‘American Hostage’ Join Primetime 2026 Program

The episodic TV sidebar also has premieres for the latest season of ‘Slow Horses' and ‘Crystal Lake,’ the 'Friday the 13th' prequel.

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Variety

‘The Spell Off Live!’ Competition Game Show Sets Premiere Date on YouTube

EightState Studios has announced the premiere date for “The Spell Off Live!” The first season of the creator-driven competition series will kick off on Aug. 11 at 10 p.m. ET on YouTube. DC Young Fly is the host and executive producer, with creator Funny Marco serving as remote host. The series brings together celebrities, comedians, […]

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Variety

Disney, ESPN Lend ‘Toy Story’ Boost to Athletes Unlimited Softball League

When ABC this Saturday shows the first game in the annual championship series of the Athletes Unlimited Softball League, it will do so with a few special guests in tow. Woody and Jessie, the famous “Toy Story” characters, will lead a pregame parade featuring youth softball players, and also take part in the ceremonial first […]

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Variety

Biennale Chief Slams EU for Withdrawing Funding Over Russia’s Presence at Art Exhibition During Film Festival Press Conference: ‘They Are Abandoning Us’

Venice Biennale chairman Pietrangelo Buttafuoco slammed the European Union at the film festival press conference on Thursday for withdrawing a €2 million ($2.3 million) grant in response to Russia’s participation in the Biennale’s arts exhibition this year. It was the first time the country has returned to the event since the invasion of Ukraine in […]

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Variety

BritBox’s ‘Gone’ Is a Masterfully Tense Crime Drama: TV Review

Writer George Kay certainly knows his way around a mystery. The success of his Netflix series “Lupin” and his Apple TV drama “Hijack” (especially the first season) have well proven his abilities. With his latest crime drama, BritBox’s “Gone,” loosely inspired by Julie Mackay and Robert Murphy’s true crime novel, “To Hunt A Killer,” Kay […]

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The Guardian Culture

There Are No Ghosts at the Grand – stripping back the physical and metaphorical layers of a haunted hotel

Renovate rooms, investigate the supernatural and watch people burst into song in this surreal British ghost storyA young American man arrives in a dilapidated British seaside town to take on the renovations of an equally run-down hotel, inherited from a mysteriously absent father he never knew. His power tools talk to him in a Scottish accent, the local people speak in baffling slang, and occasionally people burst into song. Oh, and there are ghosts.There Are No Ghosts at the Grand is a novel mi

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Hollywood Reporter

‘Coyote vs. Acme’ Trailer: Meet the Underdogs Taking on the Might of Acme Corp.

The live-action/animated comedy, that almost never saw the light of day, hits theaters on Aug. 28.

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Variety

Tyler Perry’s ‘Beauty in Black’ Gets Surprise Season 4 Renewal After Final Season Announcement

It turns out Tyler Perry’s Netflix series “Beauty in Black” will be back for Season 4 after all. Netflix has announced that the show is returning for a fourth season despite the fact that a third and final season was announced in December 2025. That season does not yet have a release date at the […]

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Hollywood Reporter

Creator U: Inside the Influencer Frat

As colleges race to keep up with the creator economy with new courses and Greek-like clubs, USC Reach has emerged as one of the flagship programs turning students into social media superstars.

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Hollywood Reporter

Amazon Adds Video Games Into Prime Video in Expansion Push

The Amazon Luna gaming platform, which had been included in the larger Prime offering, will now be baked into Prime Video too.

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Hollywood Reporter

Tyler Perry’s ‘Beauty in Black’ Renewed for Season 4 at Netflix

The drama was initially set to end with the upcoming third season.

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Variety

Prime Video Launches Games With Luna App Integration; ‘Tomb Raider,’ James Bond Titles Won’t Be in the Mix

Amazon is bringing video games to Prime Video beginning Thursday with the launch of its cloud gaming service Luna within the app. Previously a standalone app from Amazon available to Prime members, Luna is now also available on Prime Video on Fire TVs in the US and UK alongside the streamer’s movies, TV shows and […]

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The Guardian Culture

Children’s literature festival criticised after requests that comments on diversity be deleted

John McLay, one of the founders of the festival in Bath, contacted writers who had noted a lack of diversity in the programme to request they remove comments posted to social mediaBath children’s literature festival is facing criticism after its founder emailed authors asking them to delete social media posts about the festival’s lack of diversity in its 2026 programme.Authors said that their comments criticising the festival for its lack of representation under a post on its Instagram page were

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Hollywood Reporter

Christine Vachon, Ewan McGregor, Kenneth Branagh at Edinburgh Industry Event

The Edinburgh Film Festival's industry section will include various networking events and sessions, including an inaugural UK Film Conference on the state of independent film in the U.K..

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Variety

International Cinema Union Criticizes Europe’s Approval of Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger: ‘It Has Based Its Decision on Too Narrow a Scope’

The International Union of Cinemas has criticized the European Commission’s approval of the Paramount-Warner Bros merger, saying the decision was based on “too narrow a scope.” The union, known as UNIC, represents the European theater trade, including cinema associations and operators, across 39 territories. While UNIC welcomed the EC’s requirement for Paramount to cancel film […]

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The Guardian Culture

Beyond the body: Wayne McGregor stretches the definition of dance at this year’s Venice Dance Biennale

With the British dance legend at the helm, this year’s themes ranged from quantum gravity to slightly muted geopoliticsThe most memorable performance in the opening days of this year’s Venice Dance Biennale had barely any dance in it at all. Italian choreographer Andrea Salustri’s Invisible is built around movement, but it’s movement of light, air, water and sound waves, with Salustri and co-creator Alice Rende as shadowy figures conducting the elements. They brew up storms like Zeus and Poseido

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Variety

‘George Michael: The Faith Tour’ Concert Tour Film Acquired by Bleecker Street, Universal Pictures Content Group

The concert film “George Michael: The Faith Tour” has been acquired by Universal Pictures Content Group and Bleecker Street’s event cinema division Crosswalk. Universal Pictures Content Group will release the film internationally, and Bleecker Street’s Crosswalk will release the film in North America. Shot at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy during the European leg of […]

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Variety

Venice Horizons Opener ‘The Girl With the Leica’ Boarded by Fandango Sales (EXCLUSIVE)

Fandango Sales has boarded international sales on “The Girl With the Leica,” directed by Alina Marazzi, just announced by the Venice Film Festival as the opening film of its Horizons section. The film paints a portrait of pioneering photojournalist Gerda Taro, the German-Jewish war photographer, anti-fascist and artist whose legacy has long been overshadowed. Together […]

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The Guardian Culture

‘Unbearably sexy in his rodenty way’: Benedict Cumberbatch’s 20 best films – ranked!

To mark the two-time Oscar nominee’s recent 50th birthday, we rate his finest screen roles – from hyper-British patricians and seething serpents, to ghastly Yanks, tragic codebreakers and sci-fi scoundrelsBenedict Cumberbatch does his considerable best opposite the equally prestigious Olivia Colman in this souped-up marital-breakdown dramedy, essentially remade from the 1989 movie with Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner. This time, though, it’s all about the Britons – indicating the supposed cl

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