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Ashley Monroe Dreams of Singing ‘I Hate Nashville’ at Country’s Biggest Awards Show
Ashley Monroe surprise-released 'Dear Nashville,' an album born from nearly two decades of being overlooked by the country industry, and has asked the CMAs to let her perform its opening track 'I Hate
Bertelli Debuts Paper Stop-Motion Feature at Annecy
Italian director Stefano Bertelli debuts his 71-minute paper stop-motion feature 'Spacetime Chronicles' at the Annecy festival's Contrechamps selection, after more than a decade working on commissione
Saiz's 'Lionel' Wins Top Prize at Transilvania Festival
Spanish first-time director Carlos Saiz won the Transilvania Trophy for his father-son drama 'Lionel' at the Transilvania International Film Festival's closing ceremony in Cluj, where Greek filmmaker
Two Romanian Projects Share Inaugural Transilvania HBO
Two Romanian projects shared the inaugural Transilvania HBO Award worth €30,000 as the Transilvania International Film Festival's industry awards ceremony wrapped in Cluj, with Bulgarian and Ukrainian
Yash’s ‘Toxic’ Set for August Release During Extended Holiday Window
Yash's action drama 'Toxic: A Fairytale for Grown-Ups' will hit theaters worldwide Aug. 26, a Wednesday strategically placed across Varamahalakshmi, Onam, Eid, and Raksha Bandhan holidays to maximize
Gloria Gaynor Shares the Songs That Shaped Her Life
In a wide-ranging playlist interview, Gloria Gaynor walks through the songs that have punctuated her life — from a childhood memory in Newark to her own disco anthem and a gospel standard that opens h
Secret in the Box Brings 1974 Hong Kong Murder to
Director Frankie Tam and lead actor Zhang Songwen presented their period thriller "Secret in the Box," a Golden Goblet competition entry at the 28th Shanghai International Film Festival, drawing on Ho
Lisa Lu, Centenarian Actor and Shanghai Lifetime Achievement Honoree, Reunites With Fans at Screening of Restored ‘The Arch’
Centenarian actress Lisa Lu received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 28th Shanghai International Film Festival, making a surprise appearance at a post-screening event for the newly restored 4K ver
From the US-Mexico border to protests in Poland: highlights of PhotoEspaña 2026
PhotoEspaña 2026 opened in Madrid this month with nearly 100 exhibitions featuring more than 300 visual artists, loosely organized around the theme of reimagining and spanning work on the US-Mexico bo
National Gallery Shortlisted for £120K Art Fund Prize
The National Gallery, one of five museums shortlisted for the Art Fund's £120,000 Museum of the Year prize, is testing art lovers with a 10-question quiz spanning Van Gogh's Sunflowers to Manet's diss
50 of Latham’s Film Firms Struck Off, Workers Unpaid
Film producer Alan Latham has had 50 of his companies struck off the UK register for failing to file required documents, leaving workers unpaid and raising concerns about systemic exploitation in low-
How Duncan Jones Made ‘Rogue Trooper’ Look Like a Studio Epic on an Indie Budget
Duncan Jones' CGI-animated 'Rogue Trooper,' an adaptation of the 2000 AD comic, premieres at Annecy on June 22 after roughly four years of indie-scale production using a hybrid animatic-driven pipelin
PBS Doc Uses GenAI to Animate Black Revolutionaries
Directors Stacey Holman and Maya Tepler premiere PBS documentary 'Declarations: Black Americans and the Revolutionary War' on June 29, using generative AI to animate portraits of four Black Revolution
Paramount-WBD Merger Puts CBS, CNN Archives at Risk
Archival producers warn that the proposed Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger would place the CBS News and CNN archives under a single private entity, risking restricted access to decades of histo
Levinson Defends Euphoria's OnlyFans Depiction As
Sam Levinson defended Euphoria's final season for taking a 'fairly critical look' at OnlyFans culture during a Real Time with Bill Maher appearance, arguing the platform's fast-cash model 'hollows out
Pierre Coffin's 'Minions & Monsters' Is His Most
Pierre Coffin, who co-directed four 'Despicable Me' films and voices all the Minions, makes his solo directorial debut with 'Minions & Monsters' — a 1920s Hollywood homage born from a monster-movie pi
James Burrows, Director of Cheers and Friends, Dies at 85
James Burrows, the multi-camera sitcom director who co-created Cheers and helmed the Friends pilot, died at 85 in his sleep. Stars of the NBC hit and other shows he shaped paid tribute to the man they
Jon Snow's Last Doc Exposes African Toxic Spill
Channel 4's "Jon Snow: A Last Big Story" follows the 78-year-old former news anchor, recently diagnosed with Alzheimer's, as he investigates a toxic mining disaster in Zambia in what may be his final
‘How do I deal with my rage? I put it in everything I do’: Killing Eve’s Sandra Oh on fury, friendship and hitting her prime in midlife
Sandra Oh, 54, prepares for her National Theatre debut in a gender-flipped Molière adaptation while reflecting on rage, deep friendships, and finding her power in midlife.
Famke Janssen Slams Marvel 'Mistake' On Doomsday Snub
Famke Janssen says Marvel 'made a mistake' by not inviting her back as Jean Grey/Phoenix for Avengers: Doomsday, even as six of her former X-Men co-stars sign on for the December 2026 film.
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