Variety

‘The Claudia Winkleman Show’ Canceled at BBC After One Season: ‘I Was Just Too Nervous To Enjoy It’

“The Claudia Winkleman Show” is officially being canceled after one season. Variety understands it was host Claudia Winkleman’s decision not to return. “I’m incredibly grateful to the BBC for giving me the opportunity, to the guests who agreed to come and chat to me, and the production team who were simply excellent,” Winkleman said in […]

entertainment  Jul 16, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

How Paramount May Fight an Onslaught of Lawsuits Over Its Warner Bros. Deal

Team Ellison could choose to fan political divisions (a risky move), it could cut a deal with the state AGs or even renegotiate the terms of its $111 billion acquisition.

entertainment  Jul 16, 2026

Variety

FrightFest Reveals Lineup, Sets Abner Pastoll’s ‘Nervous’ as Opening Film (EXCLUSIVE)

Tubi FrightFest, the U.K.’s biggest horror and fantasy film festival, has unveiled the lineup for its 27th edition, with a presentation of movies it says is the biggest in its history. 82 features will screen during the five-day event — taking place in the Odeon Luxe Leicester Square and Odeon Luxe West End in London from […]

entertainment  Jul 16, 2026

Variety

NBC Sports Uses World Cup Fever to Spark Interest in Premier League Return

NBC Sports hopes to keep the nation’s summer of soccer alive, harnessing the interest in its World Cup telecasts on Telemundo and Peacock for its annual focus on Premier League play. NBC Sports and the league on Thursday launched “Find Your Match,” a shareable, interactive 11-question quiz that pairs die-hard fans or even the merely […]

entertainment  Jul 16, 2026

Variety

Raindance Film Festival, Israeli AI Platform IMGN Launch New Film Fund and Development Hub for Indie Filmmakers (EXCLUSIVE)

The Raindance Film Festival has unveiled a new partnership with Israeli AI creative development platform IMGN, launching an initial £10,000 ($13,394) film fund to support independent filmmakers alongside a dedicated development hub tied to the Raindance Script Competition. Announced at the 34th Raindance Film Festival in London, the IMGN/Raindance Film Fund is aimed at emerging […]

entertainment  Jul 16, 2026

Variety

‘Romería,’ ‘The Blood Countess,’ ‘Resurrection’ Set for Costa Rica Film Festival as Event Focuses on Afro-Caribbean Cinema and Female Filmmakers

The Costa Rica Film Festival kicks off next week with a program featuring major festival hits such as Carla Simón’s “Romería,” Bi Gan’s “Resurrection,” Diego Céspedes’s “The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo,” Ulrike Ottinger’s Isabelle Huppert-starring “The Blood Countess” and Lucrecia Martel’s “Landmarks.” The 14th edition, taking place in San Jose between July 23 and […]

entertainment  Jul 16, 2026

The Guardian Culture

The Secret Garden review – thoughtful adaptation takes root in the imagination

The Egg, BathThe beloved children’s perennial is the basis for a celebration of craft, creativity and the beauty of the natural world in this charming puppetry productionThe Egg theatre celebrates its 20th anniversary with Tom Wentworth’s thoughtful but fitful adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s beloved book. As Mary and her friends nurture their secret garden, animal puppets play amid the audience and flowers pop up across a green-washed stage. It’s all very charming – particularly when Cat

entertainment  Jul 16, 2026

Variety

Five Below-the-Line Talents to Track in Colombia

Beyond its competitive incentives and rates that could shave as much as 50% off a production budget, Colombia’s greatest assets are its exceptional film crews. Renowned for their depth of experience, strong work ethic and friendly can-do attitude, they are natural born artisans, capable of solving the trickiest of problems. Built through years of on-set […]

entertainment  Jul 16, 2026

Variety

‘La Puta Vida,’ Starring ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ Lead Claudio Cataño, Commences Filming in Chile (EXCLUSIVE)

“La Puta Vida,” a new international feature starring Colombian actor Claudio Cataño – star of Netflix’s acclaimed adaptation of Gabriel García Márquez’s “One Hundred Years of Solitude” – has begun filming in Chile. A five-country co-production led by Columbia’s Red Collision Studios and Chile’s Afro Films, “La Puta Vida” is directed by Chilean filmmaker Sebastián […]

entertainment  Jul 16, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

TIFF Film Market Unveils Eight Projects for First Innovation Hub

Cree cosmology, climate change and the lesbian lifestyle are some of the issues explored in the immersive showcase at the Toronto Film Festival market showcase.

entertainment  Jul 16, 2026

The Guardian Culture

‘Cool, suave and weirdly shy’: Miranda Richardson remembers Sam Neill

Sam had such ease about him and I just loved the way he seemed to cruise through life. But he confronted his mortality with real courageSam Neill’s final interview and his life in pictures‘A true gentleman’: actors, directors and leaders pay tribute to Sam NeillJane Campion remembers Sam NeillWhen I first met Sam, I thought he was handsome, cool and weirdly shy. He was always a rare combination of suave and down-to-earth: this great, democratic guy with no bullshit. I just loved the way he seeme

entertainment  Jul 16, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Nia Archives: Emotional Junglist review | Aimee Cliff's album of the week

(Island)On the Bradford-born producer’s self-assured second album, drum’n’bass rhythms power up angsty odes with shades of Arctic Monkeys, Kate Nash and myriad genresLike another of the year’s biggest pop records, Olivia Rodrigo’s You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love, the second full-length from the self-proclaimed “emotional junglist” Nia Archives is an album of two halves. The first documents its protagonist falling in love at breakneck speed; the second, the whiplash of sudden heartbreak

entertainment  Jul 16, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Madelon Vriesendorp review – sex-crazed visions of skyscrapers copulating

Sir John Soane’s Museum, LondonThe Empire State building is caught in bed with the Chrysler Building and a milk bottle turns into a dragon in the raunchy and cheekily provocative work of the Dutch artist and architectIn a high-rise New York apartment with a wide window that surveys the Manhattan grid below, the Empire State and Chrysler Buildings are in bed together. The Chrysler melts in a silvery swoon, shagged out, while the beacon atop the Empire State Building still glows fiery red and on t

entertainment  Jul 16, 2026

Variety

Boutique Festival Agency Casa Leo PR Launched by Raindance Execs David Martínez and Jacky Orozco (EXCLUSIVE)

David Martínez, executive director of Raindance, and Jacky Orozco, its producer, have launched Casa Leo PR, a boutique publicity and strategy agency and a much needed addition to Europe and Latin America’s indie scene. London-based, Casa Leo PR offers specialized “end-to-end and bespoke PR, strategic guidance and in-house productions to a select number of films, […]

entertainment  Jul 16, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Netflix’s Bela Bajaria to Receive 2026 International Emmy Founders Award

Netflix's Chief Content Officer has overseen global triumphs including 'Squid Game,' 'Adolescence' and the 'Stranger Things' finale.

entertainment  Jul 16, 2026

Variety

Cricket Rules India’s Streaming Viewership in New Ormax StreamView Report

Cricket properties dominated Ormax Media’s new Ormax StreamView report, with the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 drawing an estimated 246 million viewers on JioHotstar between January and June 2026, more than any other title tracked in the measurement framework. The Indian Premier League 2026, also streamed on JioHotstar, followed close behind at 228.4 million […]

entertainment  Jul 16, 2026

The Guardian Culture

The best books to read in July: new paperbacks from Andrew O’Hagan, Miriam Toews and Oyinkan Braithwaite

Looking for a new reading recommendation? Here are some fantastic new paperbacks, from the gripping story of an international murder case to a state-of-the-nation yarn*** Continue reading...

entertainment  Jul 16, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Mark Hamill’s ‘Star Wars’ Lightsaber Smashes Predictions and Sells for Record Sum at Auction

Heritage Auctions confirmed that the original screen-used Luke Skywalker lightsaber sold for a whopping $3.75 million, setting a new world auction record for a screen-used ‘Star Wars’ prop.

entertainment  Jul 16, 2026

The Guardian Culture

‘A sublime, breezy confection’: writers on their 2026 songs of the summer

The annual rundown of Guardian writers picking their most played tracks of the season goes from club-ready pop to sunny tech houseCheck out a Spotify playlist of the choicesKim Petras’ greatest song to date is also the best outsider country song in recent memory: if Ethel Cain and Lana Del Rey could ever put the beef behind them and duet, the dusty gutter romance of Jeep is exactly how you’d want it to sound. The song creates a flyover state love story in a strangely effective union of hyperpop

entertainment  Jul 16, 2026

Variety

Sam Neill’s Cause of Death Revealed

“Jurassic Park” star Sam Neill died of pneumonia, his agent confirmed on Thursday. The BBC reported that Philip Grenz, Neill’s longtime agent, decided to reveal the cause after speaking to the actor’s family in order to correct “inaccurate and outright falsehoods” in the media. Neill, who died on Monday in Sydney, Australia at the age […]

entertainment  Jul 16, 2026