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

The Guardian Culture

Rosamund Pike criticises audience member for texting during West End play

Actor tells theatregoers she hoped message was ‘very important’ after final bows of Inter Alia performanceRosamund Pike has criticised an audience member for texting during the climax of her West End performance, saying she hoped the message was “very important”.After a performance of Inter Alia on Saturday, Pike returned to the stage after the final bows. She told the audience at Wyndham’s theatre in London: “I just wanted to say for anyone going to the theatre, it’s a huge thing that we’re try

entertainment  Jun 1, 2026

Variety

Mahesh Babu’s AMB Cinemas to Host Imax’s Hyderabad Return Ahead of ‘Varanasi’ Release (EXCLUSIVE)

Imax Corporation and Asian Cinemas have struck a deal for three new Imax with Laser locations in India through the AMB Cinemas brand – with the first set to open at AMB Classic in Hyderabad, the luxury cinema co-owned by Telugu superstar Mahesh Babu, ahead of the release of “Varanasi,” the S.S. Rajamouli-directed film in […]

entertainment  Jun 1, 2026

The Guardian Culture

‘We can all be susceptible’: how did a group of models get taken in by a cult?

In HBO docuseries Bring Me the Beauties, a lesser-known, image-obsessed cult from the 80s is put under the spotlightDocumentary film-maker Chris Smith made the seminal 1999 film American Movie, about an indie director’s struggle to complete a horror film, which he hopes will then finance the completion of his dream project. More recently, he’s profiled well-known subjects in projects for Netflix about Jim Carrey and Andy Kaufman, the bands Devo and Wham!, and the disastrous Fyre festival, among

entertainment  Jun 1, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Fuck the Polis review – cryptic docu-essay is a sphinxlike studty of Greek myth and modernity

This film may be making a point about the classical vis a vis the contemporary, but its visual collages and dense poetic texts render it inertThe title of this lyrical but frustrating docu-essay about director Rita Azevedo Gomes’s travels in Greece cuts both ways. Is it expressing impatience with the classical ideals she hopes to discover there; or, borrowed from street graffiti, is it actually critiquing the modern society that has betrayed ancient standards of beauty and harmony and, in the wo

entertainment  Jun 1, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Motherhood, Colonialism, a Keyboard Prodigy and a Surrealist Love Story: Locarno Unveils Open Doors Africa Projects

The Swiss festival’s co-production and talent development program gears up for its second edition with an Africa focus, promising "a bold and diverse slate of voices from across the African continent."

entertainment  Jun 1, 2026

The Guardian Culture

‘You can let your inner freak out!’: welcome to Pixelate and the growing craze for internet-culture raves

At Pixelate, the music is as garish as the meme-referencing costumes. Is it internet ‘brainrot’ come to life – or a much-needed offline community?‘It’s time to get … crazy!” DJ Compulsive Leia is yelling at us from the stage. Around me, clubbers in cat ears wave LED glow sticks and squeal in anticipation. Suddenly, an all too familiar sound: Crazy Frog’s much maligned version of Axel F, albeit remixed at an even giddier pitch and speed. “Ding, ding!”Tonight, Vauxhall Arches in London is a hypera

entertainment  Jun 1, 2026

Variety

Zee Lands FIFA Soccer Rights for India, Covering World Cups Through 2034

Zee Entertainment Enterprises has secured Indian broadcast and streaming rights to 39 FIFA soccer events spanning 2026 to 2034, including the FIFA World Cup 2026, FIFA World Cup 2030 and FIFA Women’s World Cup 2027, the company revealed Monday. The deal, the first between Zee and FIFA, also encompasses a portfolio of age-group and futsal […]

entertainment  Jun 1, 2026

The Guardian Culture

‘Lets me believe in myself’: why Billy Elliot is my feelgood movie

The latest in our series of writers highlighting their most rewatched comfort films is a personal tribute to the inspirational British dramaFor me, feeling good isn’t about escape, it’s about confrontation. Staring the thing you truly care about in the eye and giving in to it. It’s about empowerment, courage, optimism. I’m a sucker for coming-of-age films, the idea of striving to be the person you want to be despite the circumstances around you, and no film hits home for me like Billy Elliot.The

entertainment  Jun 1, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

U.K. Music Tech Firms Face Growth Investment Crisis, “AI Raises Stakes for Gov’t Action,” Study Warns

The second annual Sound Investments report from trade association Music Technology U.K., which will be in focus at SXSW London, highlights a 90 percent growth-stage funding plunge from 2020 to 2025.

entertainment  Jun 1, 2026

Variety

Jimmy Kimmel Thanks ‘Pumpkin McPornhumper’ Trump for His Peabody; ‘Andor’ Creator Tony Gilroy Urges Crowd to Take on Fascism Before It’s Too Late: ‘F— the Empire’

“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” was among the 34 winners chosen by the Peabody Awards jury to win this year’s prizes, and Kimmel joked that he “never felt dumber” being awarded along side documentaries and news programs that “exposed the horrors of ice, prison abuse and a teacher who took on Putin.” But the audience at Sunday night’s ceremony […]

entertainment  Jun 1, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

‘Warrior Cats’ Animated Series Secures Director and Showrunner

A.C.Bradley ('What...if?') and Rodrigo Blaas ('Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia') are on board for the series from Tencent Video and Coolabi based on the best-selling children's fantasy novels.

entertainment  Jun 1, 2026

The Guardian Culture

The Common Good Economy by Mariana Mazzucato review – how can Labour really turn things around?

It’s not enough to wish for growth; economic success requires a sense of purpose, according to this academicWhen Keir Starmer won a landslide Labour majority promising to pursue five governing “missions”, the high-profile leftwing economist Mariana Mazzucato was credited as an inspiration. Two years on, her bracing new book helps shed light on why Labour in power has struggled to project the sense of direction that “mission-led government”, as Mazzucato calls it, requires. Synthesising and

entertainment  Jun 1, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

‘All Night Wrong’ Director on His Hitchcock-Meets-Wilder Film With ‘Severance’s’ Zach Cherry and Maria Bakalova as Broken Souls

Canadian filmmaker Jason James talks to THR about his dreamlike neo-noir-thriller-meets-rom-com, which premieres at SXSW London, about people doing "all the wrong things for all the right reasons."

entertainment  Jun 1, 2026

Variety

Hasan Piker, Cenk Uygur Reportedly Barred from Attending SXSW London by U.K. Home Office

Controversial Twitch streamer Hasan Piker and his uncle, broadcaster, Cenk Uygur, have both reportedly been banned from entering the U.K. by the Home Office. The move means they will be unable to attend SXSW London, where they were scheduled to be speaking. Reps for U.K. home secretary Shabana Mahmood did not respond to queries from […]

entertainment  Jun 1, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Gaslit, shamed and swindled: the play about Eleanor Glanville, persecuted for her love of butterflies

She had a passion for butterflies and would seek out rare ones, yet this was used against her by violent, money-grabbing husband. Now this pioneering naturalist’s story has been translated to today’s manosphere‘There’s nothing wrong with having a hobby, or even what you might call in this case a hyperfocus,” psychiatrist Dr Godrick tells Eleanor Glanville in a claustrophobic therapy room.Outside the Phoenix theatre in Hampshire, a summer heatwave is delivering perfect conditions for butterflies.

entertainment  Jun 1, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Jimmy Kimmel Honored at Peabody Awards As He Says “Making Jokes About the President in America Shouldn’t Win You a Prize”

At the Beverly Hills ceremony, the late-night host mocked and also thanked Donald Trump for "inspiring us to fight for our freedom of speech."

entertainment  Jun 1, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

John Oliver Debuts FYC Ad for ‘Last Week Tonight’ Featuring Guns, a Wine-Drinking Horse and The Fonz Wielding a Pickax

The HBO host commissioned a poster from a Ghanaian artist that will be displayed on a Sunset Boulevard billboard in Los Angeles for one night between 2 and 6 a.m.

entertainment  Jun 1, 2026