Variety

The Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist Who Has the Entire NBA Spooked

Pablo Torre would like to set the record straight.  In the fall of last year, after he uncovered a wacky sports scandal ensnaring NBA superstar Kawhi Leonard, billionaire Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer and a fraudulent environmental sustainability company called Aspiration, the muckraking journalist popped up on “The Dan Patrick Show” and let slip […]

entertainment  Jul 21, 2026

Variety

FIFA World Cup and Olympic Ceremonies Producer Balich Wonder Studio Expands Footprint to North America and Mexico

Live entertainment production company Balich Wonder Studio — the Banijay-owned outfit that has delivered six FIFA World Cup ceremonies, culminating in the soccer tournament’s star-studded closing on Sunday — is expanding by opening offices in New York, Los Angeles and Mexico City. The move from the Milan-based studio, which is headed by creative director and […]

entertainment  Jul 21, 2026

The Guardian Culture

‘The Kardashian era is over’: TikTok’s ‘povvo king’ takes on the billionaires

Shabaz Ali stormed to TikTok fame mocking the designer ice cubes of the privileged. Now he’s on the BBC stoking revolt against the superrichIt was ice cubes that tipped Shabaz Ali over the edge. “A woman online spent her entire day making content about ‘designer ice cubes’,” he recalls. “She’d freeze flavoured waters or fruit juices and show the whole process in tedious detail. I was like, ‘There’s no way she’s got a proper job or has ever struggled for money. Only someone wealthy would have the

entertainment  Jul 21, 2026

Variety

Zoom, With New Story, Hires Indie Journalist to Tell It

Zoom has since the days of the coronavirus pandemic been known for its expertise in video. Now the company wants to demonstrate its talent for putting on a show. Starting this week, Zoom is launching a partnership with podcaster and independent journalist Nayeema Raza, creator of the program “Smart Girl Dumb Questions,” where she seeks […]

entertainment  Jul 21, 2026

The Guardian Culture

BBCPhil/Noseda/Selaocoe review – a proms concert that was everything the festival does best

Royal Albert Hall, LondonA programme – Bach, Beethoven and a Jessie Montgomery premiere – that looked odd on paper made perfect sense in the hall, with Abel Selaocoe a mesmerising soloist in Montgomery’s ‘These Righteous Paths’‘Thy magic power reunites / All that custom has divided / All men become brothers / Under the sway of thy gentle wings.” The BBC can’t have known when they booked Manchester’s BBC Philharmonic to perform Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony – culminating in Schiller’s ode to fellow

entertainment  Jul 21, 2026

Variety

Psychological Horror Feature ‘Ancestral Beasts’ Debuts Trailer Ahead of Fantasia World Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)

“Ancestral Beasts,” in which a young Métis woman, Elyse, is stalked by a grotesque creature after returning to her ancestral home to focus on her mental health, prowled Cannes’ Marché du Film in 2025 as a Proof of Concept project at Fantasia’s Frontières Platform and became the first acquisition for Cercamon’s new genre sales label […]

entertainment  Jul 21, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Splatoon Raiders review – Nintendo’s inky shooter fades to grey

Nintendo Switch 2The single-player offshoot of the quirky and colourful multiplayer series is disappointingly run-of-the-millSplatoon is among Nintendo’s most ingenious inventions of the last decade: a series of shooting games whose paint-splattered turf war nature means being bad at shooting is just as valuable as – if not more so than – being good. It is also blessed with an abundance of personality, with vibrant characters, a richly imagined world, and a hipness that the competition can only

entertainment  Jul 21, 2026

Variety

YouTube Star Alejo Igoa Signs With WME

Alejo Igoa, a top Latin digital creator who has 120 million YouTube subscribers, has signed with WME for worldwide representation in all areas. WME will work with Igoa — who is from Argentina — to expand his touring, media and digital content businesses, while building out his brand partnerships, books, ventures and licensing verticals. He […]

entertainment  Jul 21, 2026

Variety

‘Sunny Dancer’ Starring Bella Ramsey Bought by Quiver, Plans North American Theatrical Release (EXCLUSIVE)

“Sunny Dancer,” the British indie feature that charmed audiences in the Berlinale earlier this year, has sold globally, including for North America. The sophomore feature of rising director George Jaques and a coming-of-age comedy about teenage cancer survivors, the films stars Bella Ramsey (“The Last of Us”) who leads an ensemble of established and up-and-coming […]

entertainment  Jul 21, 2026

Variety

Andrea Zapata Joins VideoAmp as SVP, Agency Partnerships

Andrea Zapata, a veteran of the rapidly changing fields of audience research and measurement, has joined VideoAmp, one of a bevy of upstart measurement-technology firms hoping to make inroads with media companies that have typcially relied on Nielsen to count viewers and demonstrate advertising effectiveness. Zapata will lead VideoAmp’s outreach to media agencies and advertisers, […]

entertainment  Jul 21, 2026

Variety

Lego Unveils ‘The X-Files’ 1,478-Piece Set Featuring Mulder and Scully Minifigures (EXCLUSIVE)

The brick is out there. Lego has partnered with Gillian Anderson to reveal its new “The X-Files” set, which features 1,478 pieces and eight minifigures (including Mulder and Scully). “The X-Files” set is part of the company’s fan-favorite Lego Ideas line, in which users submit ideas for products — which are then considered for production […]

entertainment  Jul 21, 2026

Variety

Oscilloscope Laboratories Acquires Ann Oren’s ‘Objet a’ Ahead of Locarno World Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)

Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired the North American rights to “Objet a,” ahead of its world premiere in the international competition at the 2026 Locarno Film Festival. The film is written and directed by Ann Oren and co-written by Geoffroy Grison. The acquisition marks the second collaboration between Oscilloscope and Oren, following the U.S. release of […]

entertainment  Jul 21, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Prada Taps Barry Jenkins to Direct Campaign Starring Ambassadors in “Domestic Intimacy”

Hunter Schafer, Troye Sivan, Kelvin Harrison Jr. and Chen Haoyu are captured on video and in photographs as they navigate scenes of domestic intimacy and normalcy for the luxury fashion house.

entertainment  Jul 21, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

SiriusXM Signs Trixie Mattel and Katya Zamolodchikova’s ‘The Bald and the Beautiful’ Podcast (Exclusive)

The company will exclusively distribute the show hosted by the 'RuPaul’s Drag Race' alums through the SiriusXM podcast network.

entertainment  Jul 21, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Hunter Biden, Nick Fuentes Face-Off In Channel 5 Interview Trailer (Exclusive)

As well as a first look at the combustible odd-couple having their contentious debate, Andrew Callaghan unveils a new documentary platform, C5.NOW.

entertainment  Jul 21, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Entangled and Woven review – exquisitely spun textiles that cross borders, culture and time

The Whitworth, ManchesterManchester’s past as a centre of textile production forms the starting point of this seamless showcase of skills How many hands did it take to make this show? That is to say, how many artisans, craftspeople, weavers and artists’ hands did these pieces pass through? For this is a textile exhibition that doesn’t just celebrate a short list of singular artists, but rather the many highly skilled craftspeople and communities repeating the stitches and specialities of their a

entertainment  Jul 21, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Disney and Kraft Heinz Ink-Wide Ranging Brand Deal Across Media and Experiences

The "strategic alliance" between the two companies will span movies, TV, streaming, theme parks and cruises, connecting the brands of the food and beverage giant and entertainment company.

entertainment  Jul 21, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Action Xtreme Expands Into U.K., Ireland Distribution With John Hannah-Starring ‘Bad Day at the Office’ (Exclusive)

Chee Keong Cheung's adrenaline-fueled caper, shot entirely from the first-person perspective using GoPro cameras, is set to open Edinburgh Film Festival's Midnight Madness strand.

entertainment  Jul 21, 2026

Variety

Ryan Reynolds Says There Will ‘Eventually’ Be Another ‘Deadpool’ Movie: ‘There’s a Few Really Deep Cuts That I Think Are Missing’

Deadpool’s story isn’t over yet. During a panel at Fanatics Fest over the weekend, Ryan Reynolds confirmed that there will “eventually” be another movie starring the Marvel antihero — but it may revolve around “deep cuts” from the character’s comics. “There’s a few really deep cuts that I think are missing from the movies. I […]

entertainment  Jul 21, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Midnight at the Never Get review – Ben Platt soars in honey-hearted cabaret-musical of 60s sweethearts

Menier Chocolate Factory, LondonPlatt excels as a crooner looking back on falling for his songwriter-lover – dazzlingly played by Gregor Milne – in a show of beguiling, bittersweet nostalgia and pristine songsBen Platt’s sky-gliding voice was made for decades gone by. The Tony, Emmy and Grammy award-winning actor (Dear Evan Hansen, The Last Five Years) is beautifully cast in Mark Sonnenblick’s (KPop Demon Hunters) out-of-time love story, a honey-hearted cabaret-musical of two gay musicians tryin

entertainment  Jul 21, 2026