Variety

Feature Spinoff ‘Kiri and Lou Go Raaa!’ Sets Annecy World Premiere, With Voice Leads Jemaine Clement, Olivia Tennet to Attend

Following up the success of what is hailed as New Zealand’s most internationally successful animated property, “Kiri and Lou,” the first feature based on the BAFTA-nominated series, will premiere on Wednesday June 24 in the beating heart of Annecy Festival, the lakeside Bonlieu. New Zealand’s first ever stop-motion feature, the “Kiri and Lou Go Raaa!” […]

entertainment  May 29, 2026

Variety

Emilia Clarke on ‘Game of Thrones’ Salary Rumors, ‘Ponies’ Season 2 and Living With Survivors’ Guilt: ‘I Felt That I Had Cheated Death and It Was Coming to Get Me’

The morning after the 2019 Emmy Awards, Emilia Clarke woke up with a goal: to redefine what she saw as success. By any measure Clarke was already wildly successful. As well as starring in big-budget “Terminator” and “Star Wars” spinoffs, she was the de facto queen of premium drama, thanks to her portrayal of warrior […]

entertainment  May 29, 2026

Variety

‘A Different World’ Sequel Series Sets Netflix Release Date

The new “A Different World” will premiere Sept. 24 on Netflix, 39 years to the day after the original “Crosby Show” spin-off of the same name debuted. A sequel to the 1987 edition, the show is set at the same fictional HBCU Hillman College. Maleah Joi Moon leads the cast as Deborah Wayne, the daughter […]

entertainment  May 29, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Netflix’s ‘A Different World’ to Premiere 39 Years (to the Day) After the Original Series

Not so different after all.

entertainment  May 29, 2026

Variety

Box Office: ‘Backrooms’ Makes $10.4 Million in Previews, Shattering A24 Record

The box office is entering the “Backrooms.” A24’s new horror movie, based on director Kane Parsons’ Youtube creepy series of the same name, is expected to be another hit for movie theaters. It has made $10.4 million in Thursday previews at the box office. “Backrooms” will shatter A24’s record for the company’s largest box office […]

entertainment  May 29, 2026

Variety

Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman Reunite in Disney+ Docuseries About an Australian Sailing Team They Co-Own

Deadpool and Wolverina are back … kinda. Disney+ has greenlit a new docuseries starring Marvel besties Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman and their work as the co-owners of the Bonds Flying Roos, an Australian sailing team, through the SailGP Championship. The official description for the currently untitled series reads, “Australia’s fastest sailors travel the globe […]

entertainment  May 29, 2026

The Guardian Culture

If CMAT is an affront to the male gaze and Olivia Rodrigo is indulging it, how exactly should women dress? | Laura Snapes

The loud online hate aimed at two pop stars with polar-opposite styles suggests a shrinking realm of acceptability in which women can exist. That is, you suspect, the pointFor an eye-catching spring/summer 2026 look, why not try one of the infinitely fun ways you can dress up misogyny? There’s buttoned-up faux concern. The haughty pince-nez of high dudgeon. The splashy feather boa of outrage. If you’re really bold, why not the full birthday suit of naked disgust? There are far more acceptable op

entertainment  May 29, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

With Bret Michaels’ Exit, Almost All of the Talent Has Dropped Out of Trump’s Freedom 250 Concert Series

The Poison rocker and The Commodores are the latest acts to leave the lineup for the upcoming Great American State Fair on the National Mall amid political backlash.

entertainment  May 29, 2026

Variety

‘Atonement’ Review: Boyd Holbrook and Hiam Abbass in a Different Kind of War Movie — an Affecting Drama of Survivor Anguish and Combat Guilt

"Atonement" comes to a place that, in a lesser film, might appear sentimental but in this one is bracingly real. You can feel the movie burning away the fog of war.

entertainment  May 29, 2026

Variety

Kanye West Set to Kick Off Summer Tour in Istanbul, With Fans Expected to Flock From Countries Where He’s Been Banned

Kanye West is set to hold a massive concert on Saturday at Istanbul’s Atatürk Olympic Stadium, which will kick off his summer tour following cancellations in the U.K., France, Switzerland and Poland due to the rapper’s antisemitic remarks. West, now known as Ye, will perform on a globe-shaped stage at the Istanbul event before embarking on […]

entertainment  May 29, 2026

Variety

Cannes Un Certain Regard Winner ‘Everytime’ Bought for North America by 1-2 Special (EXCLUSIVE)

Just a week after it won the top prize in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard competition, “Everytime” has been acquired for North America. 1-2 Special, the New York indie distributor than was found in early 2025, has picked up Sandra Wollner’s buzzy title, which landed critical acclaim in the south of France. Featuring cinematography from “Aftersun” […]

entertainment  May 29, 2026

Variety

Gabourey Sidibe Starring in Southern Gothic Drama ‘Rose Moon’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Gabourey Sidibe is set to star in and executive produce “Rose Moon,” a Southern Gothic psychological drama from filmmaker Daniel Peddle. The film follows Rose King, a lonely North Carolina probation officer whose affair with a parolee spirals into obsession, placing her career at risk. It is based on a true story with the filmmakers […]

entertainment  May 29, 2026

Variety

‘Time and Water’ Review: Docmaker Sara Dosa Crafts a Heartbreaking Elegy for a Melting World

Making a film about the climate crisis is a daunting task. How does a filmmaker meet the urgency, enormity and impending doom of this crucial moment in time? Oscar-nominated “Fire of Love” director Sara Dosa goes back to basics: family, love, home. The documentarian partners with Icelandic poet and author Andri Snær Magnason to craft a […]

entertainment  May 29, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Hampson and Sidorova review – style over substance with a whiff of the cruise ship

Kings Place, LondonThe US singer Thomas Hampson paired with accordionist Ksenija Sidorova to perform highlights from Schubert’s Winterreise alongside Weill and Piazzolla. Alas much of this disappointing evening felt like a vanity projectSchubert’s Winterreise – the composer’s great psychodrama in song – ends devastatingly. Der Leiermann conjures a chilling vision of a hurdy-gurdy man. Alone beyond the village he plays his melancholy tune, luring the narrator to him – perhaps also to his death? T

entertainment  May 29, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman Land ‘Welcome to Wrexham’-Like Disney+ Series for Their Sailing Team

Deadpool & Wolverine v. the sea.

entertainment  May 29, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Na Hong-Jin’s ‘Hope’ Sets Sales Record for Korean Film

The sci-fi monster movie, which Neon has for North America, has pre-sold to more than 200 territories worldwide, a record for a Korean film.

entertainment  May 29, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Green and pleasant views, digital dreams and a White Stripe sculpts – the week in art

British landscape painting from Gainsborough to Hepworth, Wendy McMurdo’s uncanny portraits and Jack White’s debut exhibition – all in your weekly dispatchBritish Landscapes: A Sense of PlaceThe romance and mystery of Britain’s green and pleasant land, as captured by artists from Gainsborough to Hepworth. • Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, from 30 May to 1 November Continue reading...

entertainment  May 29, 2026

Variety

Maxime Saada Denies There Is a ‘Blacklist’ for Those Who Signed Petition Against Vincent Bolloré, but Warns Canal+ Group Won’t Ignore Fascism Claims

Canal+ boss Maxime Saada sought to clarify his controversial comments regarding signatories of a petition criticizing Vincent Bolloré’s growing influence over French media, insisting there would be “absolutely no question of hunting [them] down” while defending Canal+’s role as one of the French film industry’s biggest financial backers. Speaking at Canal+’s general assembly on Wednesday, […]

entertainment  May 29, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Winners and Losers: Spielberg’s UFO Clash and Tom Hardy’s Trailer Tantrums

Steven Spielberg's 'Disclosure Day' gets buzz. Tom Hardy cannot be bothered. Miles Teller discovers the Streisand effect. Kane Parsons and Curry Barker gang up on Grogu. AI makes history (again) as we look at who won and lost the week.

entertainment  May 29, 2026

Variety

Apple TV’s ‘For All Mankind’ Spinoff ‘Star City’ Is a Flawless Alt-History Thriller: TV Review

In 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first man to land on the moon. In Apple TV’s alternative-history sci-fiction drama “For All Mankind,” which premiered in 2019, creators Ronald D. Moore, Matt Wolpert and Ben Nedivi illustrate what might have happened if the Soviet Union had actually beaten the United States to the moon. The long-running […]

entertainment  May 29, 2026