The Guardian Culture

Mike D review – ex-Beastie Boy’s first UK gig in two decades, in a Tyneside bingo hall, is uproarious fun

King Street Social Club, North ShieldsTeeing up a forthcoming solo album, the rapper doesn’t reheat his old Beastie Boys sound, instead throwing down everything from ballads to Kraftwerk referencesAdam Yauch AKA MCA’s death in 2012 from cancer aged 47 effectively ended the stellar recording and performing career of hip-hop trio Beastie Boys. Since then, bandmates Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz and Michael “Mike D” Diamond have made few public appearances but the latter is now back in the fray. His firs

entertainment  Jun 4, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

ITV CEO “Actively Engaged” In Sale Talks for Media Assets to Sky

Carolyn McCall spoke at an Enders industry conference in London on Thursday.

entertainment  Jun 4, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Bigfoot, ‘slutfluencers’ and a David Bowie-powered gay fantasia: Edinburgh festival 2026’s must-see theatre

Plays about political extremes, religious sects, swimming the Channel and an 80th birthday party are among the highlights at this summer’s arts spectacularProducer Francesca Moody has shown a sure touch for spotting fringe hits (Fleabag and Baby Reindeer among them). Her new offering, by Australia’s Hannah Reilly, is about a feminist podcaster who becomes an online “slutfluencer” to earn some easy money, but has a price to pay.Summerhall, 6-31 August Continue reading...

entertainment  Jun 4, 2026

Variety

Thierry Fremaux Talks Cannes 2026, Hollywood ‘Restructuring,’ ‘Club Kid’ Thriving, Netflix’s Possible Comeback and the Bolloré Controversy

The 79th Cannes Film Festival has wrapped, amid familiar complaints about the lack of Hollywood blockbusters, fewer American stars and a competition lineup that delivered a string of beloved films but no immediate consensus masterpiece. Yet, Thierry Frémaux sees a very different story. In his view, Cannes has never been more competitive, more influential or […]

entertainment  Jun 4, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Warner Bros. Int’l Boss Wants to End “Exclusivity” Mindset for Movies and TV Shows

Gerhard Zeiler and Andrew Georgiou, U.K. & Ireland head, spoke about the need for scale and box office trends at the Enders TMT Leaders Live conference in London.

entertainment  Jun 4, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Marjane Satrapi, ‘Persepolis’ Director, Dies at 56

Satrapi's biographical animated feature, about growing up in Iran after the revolution, was nominated for an Oscar, making her the first-ever woman nominated in that category.

entertainment  Jun 4, 2026

Variety

Marjane Satrapi, French-Iranian Director of Oscar-Nominated ‘Persepolis,’ Dies at 56

France-based Iranian artist, animator and director Marjane Satrapi, best known for her Oscar-nominated 2007 biographical animated feature “Persepolis,” has died. She was 56. “Marjane Satrapi died of sadness a little over a year after the death of Mattias Ripa, her husband and the love of her life,” said a statement “from close friends and family” sent […]

entertainment  Jun 4, 2026

Variety

Neon’s Tom Quinn Hails ‘Obsession’ and ‘Backrooms’: ‘I Don’t See This as YouTube or Otherwise, I See This as Cinema’

Tom Quinn landed in the U.K. for a special talk at SXSW London less than two weeks after Neon claimed its seventh consecutive Palme d’Or in Cannes, this time thanks to Cristian Mungiu’s “Fjord.” The exec — whose indie distributor marks only its 10th birthday next year — said the ongoing run of wins was “extraordinary,” but […]

entertainment  Jun 4, 2026

Variety

Jason Zhang Signs With Universal Music Greater China; UMG Also Invests in Thai Distributor Solution One

Universal Music Greater China has signed Jason Zhang, one of the most commercially successful artists in Chinese-language pop, in a wide-ranging deal spanning recorded music, artist management, live performance and international strategy, structured in partnership with Zhang’s personal label, Planet Culture. In a separate announcement, Universal Music Group also revealed a strategic investment in Solution […]

entertainment  Jun 4, 2026

Variety

Ted Danson Says ‘I Want to Apologize for the Rest of My Life’ for Blackface Roast of Whoopi Goldberg: ‘So Arrogant and Stupid’

Ted Danson said he will “apologize for the rest of my life” over a roast of Whoopi Goldberg he did in blackface in 1993. Speaking on W. Kamau Bell’s podcast “Who’s With Me?,” the “Cheers” and “The Good Place” actor opened up about the incident, which occurred at the New York Friars Club while he […]

entertainment  Jun 4, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Netflix Euro Content Chief Outlines Approach to AI, Warns of Regulations That “Dictate Not Just How Much We Invest but What We Make”

Larry Tanz spoke at the Enders TMT Leaders Live conference in London.

entertainment  Jun 4, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Disney+ EMEA Boss Touts “Growth Mode,” Hike in Local Originals, Importance of Cinema Releases

Karl Holmes, at an industry conference in London, also highlighted the streamer's top young adult audience share and 80 percent ad revenue growth in the U.K., hit 'Rivals' and the strength of its movie lineup.

entertainment  Jun 4, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Disney+ EMEA Boss Touts “Growth Mode,” Hike in Local Originals, Importance of Cinema Releases

Karl Holmes, at an industry conference in London, also highlighted the streamer's top young adult audience share and 80 percent ad revenue growth in the U.K., hit 'Rivals' and the strength of its movie lineup.

entertainment  Jun 4, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

BBC Editorial Director: Despite “Corporate Noise,” “This Is an Organization That Is Winning”

Rhodri Talfan Davies spoke at the Enders TMT Leaders Live conference in London.

entertainment  Jun 4, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Lesbian rebels, exotic dancing and domesticity: New York’s Upstate Photography Biennial – in pictures

The Center for Photography at Woodstock (in Kingston, New York) recently opened the first-ever New York Upstate Photography Biennial, featuring the work of 39 artists who live and work across the Hudson valley and beyond. The show, co-curated by Marina Chao and Adam Giles Ryan, highlights the diverse work of photographers in the upstate region. Their images will be on view until 6 September 2026 Continue reading...

entertainment  Jun 4, 2026

The Guardian Culture

‘A metaphor for a nation gone soft in the head’: the bizarre return of Mr Blobby

He’s pink, dotty and as British as a Boots meal deal. In recent months he’s duetted with pop stars, appeared on Saturday Night Live and been declared the UK’s equivalent of Mickey Mouse. What’s behind this strange comeback?Margaret Thatcher wasn’t to blame for the closure of Britain’s coalmines. Mr Blobby was. A harrowing spoof documentary exposed this horrific truth during the finale of Saturday Night Live UK’s debut season. Back in 1992, drilling activity at Nottinghamshire’s Grimethorpe Colli

entertainment  Jun 4, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

‘SNL U.K.’ Is Example of “Symphonic Engagement” Across Sky Assets, Giving Subs More Value: CEO

Dana Strong also told the Enders TMT Leaders Live conference in London that it is a time for "courageous, big bets" and explained why British stories make cultural and business sense.

entertainment  Jun 4, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Dominion by Addie E Citchens review – Women’s prize-shortlisted portrait of patriarchy’s horrors

The violence of male entitlement is embodied in the charismatic son of a Mississippi pastor, in a sharp portrait of cruelty and inheritance‘To woman he gave a womb, and to man he gave dominion’, that’s what I teach my boys,” the Rev Sabre Winfrey Jr tells his wife, Priscilla, midway through Addie E Citchens’s formidable Women’s prize-shortlisted debut novel, Dominion. In Citchens’s hands, that dominion is exercised not only through violence, but through charisma, piety and the banality of male e

entertainment  Jun 4, 2026

Variety

M-Appeal Seals Cannes Deals on ‘Downtown,’ ‘The Garden We Dreamed,’ ‘Truly Naked’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Berlin-based world sales company M-Appeal has closed a string of international deals out of the Cannes Film Market on Michiel van Erp’s “Downtown,” Joaquín del Paso’s “The Garden We Dreamed” and Muriel d’Ansembourg’s “Truly Naked.” Dutch drama “Downtown,” which M-Appeal launched at the Cannes Film Market, has sold to Dark Star Pictures for North America […]

entertainment  Jun 4, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

‘Obsession,’ ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ Lead BIFAN’s International Competition Selection

The 30th edition of South Korea's premier genre festival, running July 2-12, has unveiled a main competition that also includes the Rupert Grint-starring horror 'Nightborn' and 'NIKO,' starring Tiffany Young.

entertainment  Jun 4, 2026