Variety

Helen Mirren, Russell Crowe, Scott Eastwood Set for Italy’s Taormina Film Festival That Unveils Lineup Mixing Crowdpleasers, More Esoteric Movies

Helen Mirren, Russell Crowe, Scott Eastwood, and Gore Verbinsky are among top talents set to attend Italy’s upcoming Taormina Film Festival that has unveiled the lineup for its upcoming 72nd edition that will mix crowdpleasers with more esoteric quality fare. Crowe, as previously announced, is expected to make the treck to the storied fest in […]

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Variety

‘Savage House’ Review: Putridly Funny Black Comedy Revels in Claire Foy and Richard E. Grant’s Decay

Faces are saved, barely, as the body goes wholly to ruin in “Savage House,” a mordantly amusing tale of pretense, profligacy and the literally maddening pressures of the English class ladder — written and directed with surgical cruelty by, as it happens, an American. Arriving 12 years after his debut, the derivative indie romcom “The […]

entertainment  6d ago

Hollywood Reporter

The Lost ‘Airbender’: How Paramount’s Movie Hack Spiraled Into a Crisis

In a major breach in April, someone leaked a copy of the next ‘Avatar’ installment, prompting a panic at the studio. Now the alleged culprit — a 26-year-old hacker who also hit the NFL — has been arrested in Singapore and signs point to a screening company being infiltrated. 

entertainment  Jun 4, 2026

Variety

‘Scary Movie’ Review: The Sixth ‘Scary Movie’ Has a Few Choice Gags, but Mostly It’s So Meta It’s Meh

The script is by Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Craig Wayans, and Rick Alvarez (the film even makes jokes about how many Wayans there are), and they have bound themselves to the Ghostface saga as if it were the only thing that mattered in horror. The killer keeps popping up, as in a "Scream" film, and that sustains the tone of comic aggression. But the knockabout violence has the effect of steamrolling the wit.

entertainment  Jun 4, 2026

Variety

‘I’m the Craziest Bitch You Ever Met’: Sharon Stone and Keke Palmer on Why ‘Euphoria’ Should Be Shown in High Schools, Men’s Rights and AI’s Lack of Originality

Sharon Stone and Keke Palmer’s chemistry is electric from the second they meet — they start gabbing well before the cameras begin rolling and keep going after the director calls “cut,” exchanging phone numbers and making plans to dine and work together. Stone, who is 68 and has been an industry icon since 1992’s “Basic […]

entertainment  Jun 4, 2026

Variety

Investing in Mental Health Will Create a More Sustainable and Profitable Music Industry (Guest Column)

The issue of mental health in the music industry, and the roles labels, management and other companies can play in helping to keep artists healthy, has been a point of contention for many years. This guest post advocates strongly for a more involved and evolved role for the industry. Dr. Aprilia West PsyD, MT, PCC […]

entertainment  Jun 4, 2026

Variety

Barack Obama Joins Malcom Gladwell on Podcast Series About Reconstruction Era’s ‘Unfinished Promise’

President Barack Obama is one of the prominent voices featured in a new podcast, “Reconstruction: The Unfinished Promise,” hosted by author and podcaster Malcolm Gladwell. The eight-part audio series from the History Channel is produced in collaboration with Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground production company, Malcom Gladwell’s Pushkin Industries and Audible. It’s available starting […]

entertainment  Jun 4, 2026

Variety

Snap Acquires AR Firm Illumix in Bid to Boost Augmented Reality Efforts (EXCLUSIVE)

Snap, parent of Snapchat, has acquired spatial augmented reality company Illumix in a bid to boost its AR efforts. The company’s interest was spurred by Illumix’s work in scaling its mapping technology and building it out for real-world experiences. As part of the deal, Snap will adopt Illumix’s technology and platform as it seeks to […]

entertainment  Jun 4, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

The Untold Saga Behind an Infamous Male Supermodel Cult

Once the world’s highest-paid male model, Hoyt Richards gave his last penny to a socialite conman who claimed to be an alien and preyed on the sexy and susceptible. A new HBO doc tells only half the story.

entertainment  Jun 4, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

“It’s A Sickness”: Nikki Glaser, Wanda Sykes and the Stand-Up Comedy Roundtable

Marc Maron, Leanne Morgan and Julio Torres also swap stories of fear, “f***ability” and the surprising pressure on comedy special fashion choices.

entertainment  Jun 4, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

You Can’t Handle Leslie Jones at a 10

The energetic 'Life Part 2' comic — who's still sifting through comments on social media and has thoughts on the future of 'SNL' — explains that she's always holding back just a little.

entertainment  Jun 4, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Barack Obama, Malcolm Gladwell Debut New Podcast About America’s Reconstruction Era

The series will be released on Audible on Thursday, with all episodes released widely at a later date.

entertainment  Jun 4, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

‘Scary Movie’ Review: The Wayans Brothers’ Slasher Spoof Franchise Should Have Been Left for Dead

Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Anna Faris and Regina Hall are back, mixing legacy characters with fresh faces in peril in this sixth installment, dubbed a “rebootiquel.”

entertainment  Jun 4, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Sing when you’re winning: the 20 greatest songs about football – ranked!

​As World Cup fever begins, we go beyond terrace chants and team anthems to look at footy-mad songwriting, from Cardiff rap to Zimbabwean rumbira ... and Rod StewartAh, fathers and sons and football. Here, Rod gets teary-eyed remembering how his dad used to cheer him from the touchline: an inessential but sweet and heartfelt song. Though Rod once told me that he tended to shout at his own son from the touchline, because he never tracked back. Continue reading...

entertainment  Jun 4, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Meet a Female Trucker and a Metal Snake Winding Through the Gobi Desert in ‘Colors of White Rock’

The documentary from Khoroldorj Choijoovanchig, exploring the environmental and human costs of mining in Mongolia, premieres at Tribeca.

entertainment  Jun 4, 2026

The Guardian Culture

‘I’d rather read a book’: Tarantino criticises ‘flavourless sausage factory’ Hollywood

Pulp Fiction director writes in Sight and Sound that ‘since the pandemic … it seems almost impossible for a new movie to come out that I don’t pick to death’Quentin Tarantino has criticised contemporary Hollywood, calling it “a flavourless sausage factory”.Writing in Sight and Sound magazine, Tarantino said that “since the pandemic … it seems almost impossible for a new movie to come out that I don’t pick to death”. He added: “Flaws, implausibilities, audience pandering, miscast performers or ju

entertainment  Jun 4, 2026

Variety

VFX House DNEG, Spain’s SETT Supercharge Canary Islands’ Anima Kitchent With a Multi-Million Investment

Supercharging Canary Island animation studio Anima Kitchen, VFX giant DNEG has acquired the Canary Islands’ Anima Kitchent. The operation is backed by the support of the state-owned Spanish Society for Technological Transformation (SETT), a sovereign venture capital fund which has invested €24.9 million ($28.8 million) in Anima Kitchent. The joint investment, which sees both entities […]

entertainment  Jun 4, 2026

Variety

Madrid ECAM Forum Chiefs on Lineup, With 2026 Palme d’Or Winner Federico Luis, and Next Indie Gems to Track: ‘Everybody Is Looking at Spain’

In only two years, ECAM Forum, the boutique post-Cannes co-production market in Madrid, has sealed its reputation as a must-attend event for international players tracking down Spain’s wealth of talent, co-production opportunities and the next festival hits – from Spain and beyond. Indeed, out of 16 works in progress pitched in 2024 and 2025, 13 […]

entertainment  Jun 4, 2026

The Guardian Culture

‘What’s the worst that can happen?’ How soprano Danielle de Niese turned to directing for The Marriage of Figaro

Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro is in the soprano’s DNA, but she’s never thought about directing it. Creating her own production has been daunting and fascinating – and her son’s building blocks even helpedI am not one of those performers who has spent their life on a theatre stage or film set thinking, “I wish I could direct this”. However, earlier this year, I found myself with an unexpected six-week gap. A scheduled project had been delayed for technical reasons, and it was at this time that Wild

entertainment  Jun 4, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Inside the UFC’s $60 Million Made-For-TV White House Gambit

Dana White, the CEO of the MMA promotion, is betting that the unprecedented spectacle, sparked by a suggestion from President Trump, will deliver new fans to the sport and millions of eyeballs to Paramount+.

entertainment  Jun 4, 2026