Hollywood Reporter

Sydney Sweeney BTS ‘Euphoria’ Video Spotlights Lack of Women in Hollywood Below-the-Line Jobs

Behind-the-scenes videos of the Sam Levinson-created drama's third season are reminding fans of the lack of progress in women-held behind-the-camera positions in Hollywood, notably post-#MeToo.

entertainment  Jun 1, 2026

Variety

How a 10-Minute Short Film Landed Luke Barnett a Role in ‘Dark Winds,’ a Feature in Development and More: ‘It’s Had a Far Greater Impact Than Anything Else I’ve Done’

“I don’t know that I will ever make something else that has had that effect on people,” says Luke Barnett of his short film “The Crossing Over Express.” “I still get messages once a week, three paragraph-deep messages from somebody who has lost someone close to them who saw it and had a cathartic experience. […]

entertainment  Jun 1, 2026

Variety

China Box Office: ‘Dear You’ Stays on Top as ‘Memento’ and ‘Master Zhong’ Debut

Jinant Film & TV’s family drama “Dear You” comfortably retained its crown at the China box office during the May 29–31 weekend, grossing RMB199.4 million ($29.3 million), according to data from Artisan Gateway. Directed by Lan Hongchun and starring Li Sitong and Wang Yantong, the word-of-mouth phenomenon has now amassed a cumulative total of $208.4 […]

entertainment  Jun 1, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Nex Playground: the family game-night gadget that revives the spirit of the Wii

Launching in the UK this month, this new pint-sized console revives the motion-controlled video game boom of the 00s – with better, safer techFor a wonderful moment in the noughties, video games became a truly universal pursuit. As I witnessed my controller-phobic aunt swing a Wii remote and nail a tennis serve, while my great-grandmother furrowed her brow over sudoku puzzles on her Nintendo DS, it seemed my long-derided hobby had finally gone mainstream. The Nintendo Wii flew off the shelves, i

entertainment  Jun 1, 2026

The Guardian Culture

‘People get confused, think it’s called Where Did You Go?’ How the Bluetones made Slight Return

‘We didn’t have a washing machine, so I was in the launderette when our manager rang and said: “You’ve gone in at No 2”’We were still a three piece: Adam Devlin, my brother Scott and myself. We hadn’t met Eds Chesters yet, so we didn’t have a drummer. We were spending a lot of time writing songs, trying to hone this west coast, mid-60s, Crosby, Stills & Nash sound – even though it was the 90s and we were from Hounslow in London. Continue reading...

entertainment  Jun 1, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Barry Diller’s People Inc Makes $18 Billion Play For MGM Resorts

The owner of media brands like People, Travel & Leisure and Food & Wine is proposing to buy all the shares in the casino giant that it does not currently own.

entertainment  Jun 1, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Charli XCX Reveals Next Album ‘Music, Fashion, Film’

John Cale, Marc Jacobs and acclaimed filmmaker Martin Scorsese feature on the album cover for the 'Brat' superstar's seventh studio album, coming at the end of July.

entertainment  Jun 1, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Ex-CA Attorney General: Paramount-Warner Bros. Should Be Reviewed — Not Automatically Resisted

The state is right to review the $111 billion megadeal transaction carefully. But careful review is not the same as presumptive opposition.

entertainment  Jun 1, 2026

Variety

Charli xcx Reveals New Album ‘Music, Fashion, Film’ Will Release in July — and Martin Scorsese Is on the Cover

Charli xcx’s new era is officially upon us. The “Brat” singer revealed on Monday that her seventh studio album is titled “Music, Fashion, Film” and releases July 24. Charli surprise announced the album by posting its cover on Instagram, featuring a black-and-white photo of John Cale, Marc Jacobs and Martin Scorsese to represent each aspect […]

entertainment  Jun 1, 2026

Variety

‘Backrooms’ Box Office: 5 Takeaways After Kane Parsons’ Horror Hit Obliterated Opening Weekend Expectations

This weekend, “Backrooms” entered the mainstream. A24’s buzzy horror film, directed by 20-year-old YouTube phenom Kane Parsons, obliterated box office expectations with $81 million domestically and $118 million worldwide in its opening weekend. Those ticket sales rank as the largest debut ever for A24, more than tripling the record once established by Alex Garland’s 2024 […]

entertainment  Jun 1, 2026

Variety

Jimmy Kimmel ‘Felt Defeated’ by Stephen Colbert’s Cancellation and Says Late-Night TV Is Not ‘Dying of Natural Causes’: ‘We’re Being Poisoned’

Jimmy Kimmel has some thoughts on the purported death of late-night television. The “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” host opened up in a new interview with Vulture about the future of the genre following the cancellation of Stephen Colbert’s “Late Show” on CBS and his own run-ins with Trump, including his suspension following comments made about the […]

entertainment  Jun 1, 2026

Variety

Roots Picnic 2026 Delivers Knockout Performances From Erykah Badu, Kehlani, De La Soul and T.I.

Another year, another Roots Picnic on the books. This year, the legendary Roots crew staged the almost decades-old festival at Philadelphia’s Belmont Plateau, assembling a lineup that offered the best of both hip-hop and R&B across a seamless two days. It’s no small undertaking what Questlove, Black Thought and the rest of the hometown heroes […]

entertainment  Jun 1, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Rosamund Pike Calls Out Audience Member for Texting During West End Show: “When I See That, It’s Hard”

"Maybe it was very important, and maybe you’re a doctor, and you’re saving someone’s life, and I hope you are," the actress told the audience at a performance of her award-winning 'Inter Alia.'

entertainment  Jun 1, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Maya Rudolph, Ana Gasteyer and Rachel Dratch on the Terror and Dream of Broadway and Why It’s a “Different Animal” Than ‘SNL’

The three 'SNL' alums chat about Rudolph's Broadway debut and Tony-nominated returns for Gasteyer and Dratch: "Someone just said like, 'Do you want to join the NBA?' And I just started dribbling. That's what it feels like," Rudolph said.

entertainment  Jun 1, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Ghost in the Machine review – entertaining AI polemic dives into its dark history in race politics and eugenics

The roots of AI in rightwing ideology is examined in Valerie Veatch’s enjoyable doc, including an array of colourful, often crazed, figuresDirector Valerie Veatch made her name with documentaries such as Love Child (about an online gaming-addicted couple whose child died of malnutrition) and Me at the Zoo (about American vlogger Cara Cunningham), films that explore the intersection of real-world subcultures and internet communities. Her latest continues in this vein, although its self-set remit

entertainment  Jun 1, 2026

Variety

Conecta Magaluz-Mallorca: Buzz Titles, AI, What’s Shocked in TV, Latin America’s Microdrama Bonanza and Other Takeaways 

Unspooling over May 25-28 in the Meliá Calvià Beach Hotel at Magaluf, Mallorca, the 10th anniversary of edition Conecta afforded extraordinary vistas of Magaluf Bay, its turquoise Mediterranean waters worthy of laptop wallpaper.  Bowing an all-in-one boutique model, Conecta Magaluf Mallorca was attended by 400 delegates, including executives from HBO Max, Prime Video, YouTube, France […]

entertainment  Jun 1, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Hasan Piker, Cenk Uygur Blocked From Entering the U.K., Will Miss Planned SXSW London Talks

The Home Office tells The Hollywood Reporter that it canceled the visas of the 'The Young Turks' host and the influencer because their "presence in the U.K. may not be conducive to the public good."

entertainment  Jun 1, 2026

The Guardian Culture

‘What if I come out with nothing on?’ Marilyn Monroe and the defiance of her final photoshoot

For the star’s 100th anniversary, Lawrence Schiller relives the nude photoshoot that showed, far from being a ‘messy’ blond bombshell, Monroe was a shrewd controller of her imageA few days after doing a nude swimming pool shoot on the set of the 1962 comedy Something’s Got to Give, Marilyn Monroe jumped into her raven black T-Bird and drove her photographer, Lawrence Schiller, to Schwab’s Pharmacy on Sunset Boulevard. Schiller had brought his negatives, now ready to be turned into prints. And in

entertainment  Jun 1, 2026

Variety

BBC Director of Comedy Jon Petrie Exits to Join Hat Trick Productions

Jon Petrie, the BBC’s director of comedy, is leaving the broadcaster to join Hat Trick Productions. Petrie will become the new creative director of Hat Trick, the independent comedy production company known for programs including “Have I Got News for You,” “Mastermind” and “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” He joined the BBC in 2021 and […]

entertainment  Jun 1, 2026

Variety

Basque Talent Day Spotlights New Generation With Jiu-Jitsu Drama, LSD Nuns and a Ukulele

Zineuskadi’s Talentuaren Gunea, the Basque Country’s emerging talent showcase, returned May 29 with a slate pointing to a new generation of creators thinking beyond graduation shorts towards series, genre, animation IP and international industry routes. Staged as a Talent Day connecting film schools, training programs, producers and market professionals, the event served as a live […]

entertainment  Jun 1, 2026