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Chloe Bailey on Sexy Thriller ‘Strung,’ the Best Advice Beyoncé Gave Her and Racist Backlash to ‘The Little Mermaid’: ‘It Broke My Heart’
Chloe Bailey stars as a violinist caught in a twisted affair in Malcolm D. Lee's erotic thriller "Strung," premiering June 26 on Peacock, opening up about her own violin work, on-set chemistry with Lu
Jonathan Baldock's 'Held' is a menacing pagan ritual
Jonathan Baldock's exhibition 'Held' at Bristol's Arnolfini blends tapestries, ceramics and pagan ritual imagery into an unsettling meditation on care versus violence, drawing on the English artist's
Signature Acquires Goldhaber's 'Faces Of Death' For UK
Signature Entertainment has acquired Daniel Goldhaber's 'Faces of Death' for UK and Ireland release, with the horror reimagining set to close Edinburgh International Film Festival's Midnight Madness s
Adidas, Oasis Win Cannes Lions Entertainment Grand Prix
Adidas and Oasis's "Original Forever" tour merch campaign won the Entertainment Lions Grand Prix at the 2026 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, selected from 656 entries.
Catherine LePage's 'Ultra Strong' Premieres at Annecy
Catherine LePage's animated short "Ultra Strong," a heavy metal-infused coming-of-age story about finding inner strength, premiered at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival with Iron Maiden
William Levy Renews Secuoya Deal for Action Series &
Cuban-American star William Levy renewed his development deal with Spain's Secuoya Studios, immediately greenlighting a six-part action-thriller series and a romcom feature where he'll star and execut
BBC Acquires Ghosts Australia for UK iPlayer
BBC has acquired Ghosts Australia, the Paramount+ original from BBC Studios Australia Productions, to air alongside the British and American versions on BBC iPlayer and BBC Three in the UK.
Netflix Greenlights New 'Monster of Florence' Chapter
Netflix has ordered a new three-episode chapter of its Italian true crime anthology "The Monster of Florence," shifting focus from the first season's 'Sardinian lead' to the controversial figure of Pi
'The Surge' review: Sinéad dance ode thrills, then sags
Sonya Tayeh's dance piece 'The Surge' channels the late Sinéad O'Connor's music and memoir voiceover through 10 veteran female dancers, earning praise for its inventive movement while drawing criticis
‘A beauty pageant in athletic form’: how cheerleading show America’s Sweethearts became a Netflix megahit
Netflix's "America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders" has become a global megahit whose Season 3, premiering June 16, forces the show to confront its own role in transforming DCC into a fame
Mahnaz Mohammadi Premieres Prison Drama 'Roya' in London
Banned Iranian filmmaker Mahnaz Mohammadi, a survivor of Evin prison torture, premieres her harrowing fictional drama "Roya" in London — a film she shot covertly across Iran and Georgia, drawn from he
Glastonbury 1993 Documentary Rereleased in 4K After 30
Thirty years after it was shot at the 1993 festival, the documentary Glastonbury has been remastered in 4K and rereleased, offering a sun-soaked, pre-mobile-phone snapshot of the festival before corpo
Bouchra Review: Queer Diasporic Animated Memoir
The animated memoir 'Bouchra,' directed by Merriam Bennani and Orian Bakri, uses anthropomorphic CG animals voiced by the real people they portray to explore a queer Moroccan filmmaker's fraught relat
Martha Reeves Recalls Motown Glory, Gaye, and Dusty
Martha Reeves reflects on her Motown journey—from secretary to Vandellas star—sharing stories of Marvin Gaye handing her 'Dancing in the Street,' the song's unexpected role as a civil rights anthem, a
Peacock's 'Strung' Collapses Into Camp After Halfway
Variety's review of Peacock's 'Strung' finds the Malcom D. Lee horror thriller collapses into campy absurdity after its halfway mark, undone by poor character choices and an implausible climax despite
Charli XCX Drops 'Wink Wink' Video Ahead of July Album
Charli XCX unveiled the music video for 'Wink Wink,' the third single from her upcoming album 'Music, Fashion, Film,' directed by frequent collaborator Aidan Zamiri and reportedly shot with just an ho
'Mārama' Director Traces Film to Great-Grandmother's
Filmmaker Taratoa Stappard traces his Victorian-era horror-revenge film "Mārama" — about a young Māori woman confronting colonizers in England — to the defiant world tours of his great-grandmother and
James Bond Candidate Louis Partridge Says He Never Pictured Himself as 007, but It’s ‘Wonderful’ to Be in Contention
Louis Partridge, the 23-year-old breakout from Netflix's "Enola Holmes" franchise, is reportedly in contention to become Amazon MGM's next James Bond — a possibility he says he never pictured for hims
Margulies Joins Doc on SC's 5 Women Senators
Emmy winner Julianna Margulies has signed on as executive producer of "Sister Senators," a documentary following the five women in South Carolina's State Senate who crossed party lines to block a near
The Box Wins 2026 UK Museum of the Year
Plymouth's The Box has been named the 2026 Art Fund Museum of the Year, winning a £120,000 prize after judges cited its £244m boost to the local economy and near-universal reach across the city's scho
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