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

Variety

Channing Tatum, Gemma Chan Sundance Winner ‘Josephine’ Lands Indian Subcontinent Rights With Fragrant Nature Film Creations (EXCLUSIVE)

Fragrant Nature Film Creations has acquired exclusive distribution rights to “Josephine” across the Indian subcontinent. The deal covers India, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and the Maldives. Directed by Beth de Araújo and starring Channing Tatum and Gemma Chan – both of whom also serve as producers – “Josephine” follows an eight-year-old girl, played […]

entertainment  Jun 4, 2026

The Guardian Culture

‘It’ll never be like that again’: Sonny Rollins and Steve Schapiro on jazz’s golden age – in pictures

Schapiro’s stunning images of jazz greats in New York – from Dizzy Gillespie to Elvin Jones – make up a new book featuring a foreword by late saxophone icon Rollins Continue reading...

entertainment  Jun 4, 2026

The Guardian Culture

‘I’m asking people to do a lot, but that’s what it means to be a human’: why one man made the first straight-to-VHS movie in 20 years

Roberto dos Santos is taking the hard route to releasing his first feature film, and is no fan of AI: ‘Someone once said that if your mum can do it, it doesn’t have value’The new film This Is How the World Ends is a fine piece of work; the story of two siblings finding each other at a party held at humanity’s end, it is basically On the Beach set at Burning Man. However, what is really remarkable about it is its method of release, as the first straight to VHS film in 20 years.In the early 2000s

entertainment  Jun 4, 2026

The Guardian Culture

The Traveller – an 18th century explorer far ahead of his time

A revelatory account of the life of George Forster, whose rejection of racial hierarchies stood out amongst his peersGeorge Forster was 10 when he left his home in present-day Poland and travelled to Russia with his naturalist father. During the expedition, which began in 1765, Forster collected plant specimens and helped with botanical research. Wide-eyed, he journeyed along the Volga river, encountering Muslim Tartar traders and Cossack warriors. There were also the emaciated figures of German

entertainment  Jun 4, 2026

The Guardian Culture

TV tonight: zooming in on 10 iconic David Beckham photos

Sarongs and Spice Girls feature in the footballer’s photo album. Plus: more from Sam Campbell’s oddball comedy. Here’s what to watch this evening9pm, BBC Two“He knows he’s going to be photographed; he knows he’s going to cause a sensation.” A clever concept to profile people in new ways, this time focusing on Becks. It starts in 1986 with a photographer who, after hearing that his teenage nephew’s mate has just won a national football skills competition, goes to capture his triumph. From there,

entertainment  Jun 4, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Most Anticipated Concert Tours of 2026: Ariana Grande, Bad Bunny, The Weeknd, Olivia Rodrigo, BTS and More

Cardi B, Yungblud, Olivia Dean, My Chemical Romance, Rosalía, Doja Cat, Ed Sheeran and Foo Fighters are among the other artists touring around the world this year.

entertainment  Jun 4, 2026

Variety

Tribeca Kicks Off With Earth, Wind & Fire Documentary and Robert De Niro Dissing Trump as ‘Immoral, Cruel and Corrupt’

Robert De Niro took a thinly veiled dig at Donald Trump at the opening night of Tribeca Festival on Wednesday. The Oscar-winner used his time at the podium to talk about Tribeca’s mission as a festival formed in the wake of 9/11 to shine a spotlight on a part of the city that had been […]

entertainment  Jun 4, 2026

The Guardian Culture

The Witness review – a courageous drama about the murder that rocked Britain

This look at the shocking 1992 murder of Rachel Nickell bravely gives you the unvarnished tale of her family’s struggles to deal with the tragedy – and the impossibility of coping with a living hellAll murders are shocking, but few unsettle a nation in the way that of Rachel Nickell did in 1992. She was stabbed 49 times while walking on Wimbledon Common during the day with her two-year-old son, Alex. The viciousness of the attack, in a public place and in front of a child, lingered darkly in the

entertainment  Jun 4, 2026

Variety

‘Backrooms’ Director Kane Parsons Says Using AI ‘Defeats the Purpose’ of Filmmaking: ‘I Get No Enjoyment From Using Those Tools’

“Backrooms” director Kane Parsons recently sounded off on AI in filmmaking during a recent interview with The Australian. The 20-year-old filmmaker said that he was “in the same boat as most well-adjusted people,” and does not want to see the technology take over Hollywood. “If I could snap my fingers and make generative AI disappear […]

entertainment  Jun 4, 2026