The Guardian Culture

The best theatre to stream this month: Rose Byrne breaks out the champagne in the fizzy Fallen Angels

There’s a rare chance to catch a Tony-nominated hit live from New York, plus blasts from the past including Rent, The Audience and Hugh Jackman as a singing cowboyLivestreams of current Broadway hits remain incredibly rare – and this has been one of the hottest tickets of the season. In the 100th birthday revival of Noël Coward’s comedy, Rose Byrne and Kelli O’Hara knock back cocktails while they await the arrival of a mutual old flame. The stars are up against each other at this month’s Tony aw

entertainment  Jun 1, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

‘Euphoria’ Is Officially Over — Show Ends With Season 3, HBO Confirms

News that Sam Levinson's hit series concluded came just hours after the season three finale premiered.

entertainment  Jun 1, 2026

Variety

‘Euphoria’ Officially Ending With Season 3, HBO Confirms

After seven years, three seasons and 26 episodes, “Euphoria” is officially over. Sam Levinson — the HBO show’s creator, writer and director — made the announcement on Popcast, New York Times’ music podcast, speaking with its hosts Joe Coscarelli and Jon Caramanica. HBO also confirmed Levinson’s annnouncement to Variety. Thus, the Season 3 closer, titled […]

entertainment  Jun 1, 2026

The Guardian Culture

‘We’re really good. I don’t mean that arrogantly’: Yard Act on bullying, imposter syndrome and their heavy new album

The Leeds group arrived in a frenzy of post-punk energy, picking at the scabs of society – then started questioning their instant success. They talk about dodging ‘the megaband treadmill’ to make their surreal new albumIt’s certainly a novel way to announce your comeback. On the opening song of Yard Act’s new album, over a cacophony of doomy piano chords and crashing drums, singer James Smith announces: “I’ve got absolutely nothing – absolutely nothing new to say!” And he’s not finished there. L

entertainment  Jun 1, 2026

The Guardian Culture

‘Nothing is too much for a child’: the Norwegian books for kids tackling taboo topics from IVF to incest

In the Nordic country, books covering subjects such as childbirth and sex have become bestsellers among younger readers – and an export hit. Behind their success lies a unique philosophy of childhood learning‘I wasn’t aware that I am such a brave writer and illustrator,” says Anna Fiske, a softly spoken Swedish-born author living in Norway who received death threats for a book she wrote in 2019. “I just tell things as they are.”Fiske doesn’t write political polemics but books for children: the t

entertainment  Jun 1, 2026

The Guardian Culture

‘I felt I could smash my past up through sex’: the ruthlessness and redemption of Rupert Everett

‘Brash, disingenuous, lethal’: that’s how the 67-year-old actor describes his younger self. He lied to his partners, disrespected his audiences, betrayed his friends. Has this indiscreet, unreliable heartbreaker finally grown up and settled down?Rupert Everett is struggling with the heatwave. It reminds him of the summer of 1976, when he was 17, basking in the sun, serene as a sloth, his future spread out ahead of him. It’s so different now. “When you were young, hot weather was nice. But when y

entertainment  Jun 1, 2026

Variety

John Oliver Goes Off on Trump’s Freedom 250 Concert Debacle

Like his fellow HBO host Bill Maher, John Oliver dedicated the opening portion of his hit show “Last Week Tonight” with a takedown of President Trump’s Freedom 250 concert series celebrating America’s 250th birthday that initially boasted a lineup of not-so-relevant acts like Vanilla Ice, C+C Music Factory and Milli Vanilli. “It is a stacked […]

entertainment  Jun 1, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Think dance classes terrify you? Try taking four in a weekend

Most of us loved dancing when we were kids. I dip my toe in at Melbourne’s Rising festival and rediscover that simple, pure joyAs I wait for my first Cuban salsa class to begin, I have the distinct feeling that I am poorly prepared. I’m wearing heavy jeans, a bulky woollen sweater and boots. I have never done a dance class in my life – or any kind of exercise class. I don’t know anything about salsa, Cuban or otherwise. Standing alone, I notice that everyone has come with at least one friend, an

entertainment  Jun 1, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Shanghai Film Festival Unveils Competition Section Packed With World Premieres

Tony Leung Chiu-wai heads the main competition jury for the 28th edition of China's premier cinema event, running June 12-21.

entertainment  Jun 1, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Tearful Mike Myers Thanks Canada For Hollywood Career: “I’d Just Really Be Nothing Without You”

The ‘Austin Powers’ star spoke at the Canadian Screen Awards dominated by the gay hockey drama ‘Heated Rivalry’ and the Inuk comedy ‘North of North.’

entertainment  Jun 1, 2026

Variety

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Breaks Down ‘Euphoria’ Finale, From Alamo vs. Rue to That Final Showdown: ‘He Enjoys the Chess Game of Death’

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for “In God We Trust,” the Season 3 finale of “Euphoria,” now streaming on HBO Max. Alamo Brown lives up to his name in the Season 3 finale of “Euphoria.” After fighting off enemies from all sides — from the DEA to a Nazi drug gang to traitorous employees […]

entertainment  Jun 1, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

‘Euphoria’ Star Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje on the Shocking Finale Episode (Exclusive)

The veteran actor, who plays season three's big bad, Alamo Brown, gives a spoiler-filled analysis of the season.

entertainment  Jun 1, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

‘Euphoria’ Season 3 Finale Ends With a Major Death as Other Core Characters Get Limited Screentime

Sam Levinson's hit HBO series concluded its third season Sunday night with an emotional sendoff.

entertainment  Jun 1, 2026

Variety

‘Euphoria’ Finale Recap: [SPOILER] Dies, [SPOILER] Takes Revenge and Cassie Doubles Down on OnlyFans

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for “In God We Trust,” the Season 3 finale of “Euphoria,” now streaming on HBO Max. Rue Bennett is gone. But to those whose lives she touched, she’s vividly present. That’s among the takeaways from the Season 3 finale of “Euphoria,” an episode that brought its primary characters to […]

entertainment  Jun 1, 2026

Variety

‘Euphoria’ Finale: Colman Domingo Goes Deep on Ali’s Journey With Rue, Revenge and His ‘Christ on the Cross Moment’

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for “In God We Trust,” the Season 3 finale of “Euphoria,” now streaming on HBO Max. It all ends with Ali. Played by Colman Domingo, Ali has been a constant source of light in “Euphoria,” despite only appearing in 11 of the HBO series’ 26 episodes. As an addict […]

entertainment  Jun 1, 2026

Variety

DirecTV and Scripps Locked in Retransmission Battle, as 54 Local TV Stations Go Dark on the Service Across 36 Markets

The retransmission battle between Scripps and DirecTV has escalated, with 54 local Scripps stations in 36 Nielsen-designated markets going dark as of 7 p.m. ET on Sunday. Both sides blamed the other for the blackout, which DirecTV noted comes just before several state and local primary elections in June, as well as the upcoming NBA […]

entertainment  May 31, 2026

Variety

M.I.A. Sues Kid Cudi for $2.8 Million After She Was Kicked Off His Rebel Ragers Tour

M.I.A. is suing Kid Cudi for $2.8 million after the British rapper was kicked off his Rebel Ragers Tour for “making offensive remarks” during her opening act. “Kid Cudi’s attempts to silence freedom of artistic expression and speech on his ‘Rebel Rager’s Tour’ cannot go unchallenged,” read a statement from M.I.A.’s team. “Kid Cudi claimed […]

entertainment  May 31, 2026

Variety

R&B Star Peabo Bryson Suffers Stroke

Veteran R&B singer Peabo Bryson, best known for his duets from the Disney films “Aladdin” and “Beauty and the Beast,” has suffered a stroke and is undergoing treatment, according to a statement from his rep to Variety on Sunday. “Two-time Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and balladeer, Peabo Bryson — the voice behind the Oscar-winning Disney […]

entertainment  May 31, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Tip Toe review – David Morrissey is magnificent in Russell T Davies’s brutal new drama

Refugees, homophobia, gay rights, even Trump, are all covered in this opener, which occasionally leans towards agitprop. But with excellent performances, and RTD’s storytelling brilliance, things really build from hereWe open on an ordinary suburban street. A teenage boy is gazing out of a window. A woman – his mother? – is screaming. A man – his father? – is standing in the garden gazing unfocused at whatever lies beyond. The camera draws back to reveal a scene so shocking it hardly computes. T

entertainment  May 31, 2026

Variety

Sadly, the Stars of ‘Heated Rivalry’ Turned Down Actors on Actors — And Here’s Why

In all the years that I’ve produced Variety‘s Actors on Actors conversations, I’ve resisted the temptation to divulge how exactly the sausage gets made. When fans gripe on social media, for instance, about how our magazine didn’t pair two obviously compatible actors together, I haven’t taken to X to explain that we really tried, but […]

entertainment  May 31, 2026