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Atlantis Play Brings 2055 Managed Retreat to Welsh Stage
Emily White's 'Atlantis' dramatizes the real-life 'managed retreat' of Welsh village Fairbourne, where a 2014 council decision to abandon sea defences by 2055 inspired the play's 2011–2039 timeline. T
Honor Debuts Robotic Camera Phone at Shanghai Film
Honor debuted its Robot Phone — a device with a self-moving, retractable AI camera co-developed with cinema camera maker Arri — on the Shanghai International Film Festival red carpet, where it served
‘I have a naughty schoolboy attitude’: Anish Kapoor reveals his latest epic creations
Sculptor Anish Kapoor opens a career-spanning solo exhibition at London's Hayward Gallery this week at age 72, unveiling new monumental works including the 31-part red structure "Ha Makom" alongside i
Yan Siyu Debut 'Outside the Room of My Own' Debuts at SIFF
Chinese filmmaker Yan Siyu's debut feature 'Outside the Room of My Own,' starring French actress Lucie Zhang, is screening a work-in-progress cut at SIFF Project during the Shanghai International Film
Peru Police Disguise as World Cup Mascots in Drug Raid
Peruvian police disguised themselves as the 2026 World Cup mascots — Clutch the Bald Eagle and Maple the Moose — to surprise and arrest a suspected drug trafficker nicknamed "Pichichi" in Lima, recove
Springsteen Apologizes to Bono for Rejecting Gap Ad
Bruce Springsteen publicly apologized to Bono at the Tribeca Festival for rejecting a 2008 request to license 'Girls in Their Summer Clothes' for a Gap commercial supporting Bono's (RED) AIDS foundati
Remembering Actor James Handy For The Right Reasons – Guest Column
Carl Kurlander's guest column remembers James Handy — character actor with 143+ credits including The Verdict and Top Gun: Maverick, stabbed to death at his Tarzana home — as a man of rare warmth whos
Amy Adams Killed SNL Sketch to Shield 'Enchanted' Fans
Amy Adams revealed on "Late Night With Seth Meyers" that she blocked a graphic sketch pitched by Andy Samberg during her 2008 SNL hosting gig, unwilling to risk the young fans who had just embraced he
Cucinelli's Docufilm Heads to Shanghai Festival
Brunello Cucinelli is bringing Giuseppe Tornatore's docufilm "Brunello: The Gracious Visionary" to the Shanghai International Film Festival, telling Variety his philosophy of "humanistic capitalism" c
Wanda Sykes: Bill Maher Confronted Me Over Globes Joke
Wanda Sykes revealed on a podcast that Bill Maher confronted her backstage at the January Golden Globes, called her roast "stupid," and then asked her onto his podcast — an invitation she flatly decli
Emmy TV Movie Category Rewards Comedies Over Prestige
The Emmy race for outstanding television movie increasingly rewards comedies, action thrillers, and crowd-pleasing genre fare rather than prestige dramas, as serious films migrate to the limited serie
Tyra Banks Sues Netflix Over 'ANTM' Doc Defamation
Tyra Banks has sued Netflix for defamation, claiming her 3.5-hour interview for the 'Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model' docuseries was 'surgically manipulated' into a 16-minute false narr
Tyra Banks Sues Netflix Over ANTM Docuseries Editing
Tyra Banks has sued Netflix for defamation, alleging producers of the 'America's Next Top Model' docuseries 'Reality Check' selectively edited her four-hour interview to falsely portray her as someone
Fat Joe Wrote a Triumphant Summer Hit. He Hopes It Soundtracks a Knicks Victory
Fat Joe released "Victory Lap (Him)," the first single from his forthcoming Cool & Dre-produced album, as the Knicks sit one win from their first championship since 1973. He spoke with Rolling Stone a
10 Ways David Hockney Reshaped Modern Art
David Hockney's six-decade career — from a working-class Bradford art school defector to a digital art pioneer — rewired how we see perspective, Los Angeles, and the boundaries between photography and
The David Hockney Painting That Makes You Look, and Then Look Again
British artist David Hockney, who spent two weeks painting a single splash in 'A Bigger Splash' and embraced everything from iPads to fax machines as tools of image-making, has died at 88.
Mark Haddon, Zadie Smith Pick Summer's Best Reads
Authors from Zadie Smith to Marian Keyes share their summer reading picks, spotlighting International Booker winner 'Taiwan Travelogue,' Siri Hustvedt's Paul Auster memoir, and a long-awaited Daniyal
Lena Dunham's Too Much Inspired a Real-Life Proposal
Watching the casual wedding finale of Lena Dunham's Netflix series 'Too Much,' a woman with a 10-year partner who had long opposed marriage phoned him to propose — he said yes, and they're marrying in
G’wed: this underrated gem of a comedy is filthy, heartwarming and packed with ideas
A new review champions G'wed, a scouse-language Liverpool school comedy now in its third series, as a broad 30-minute show that dares to tackle grief, class, anorexia, consent and the Premier League a
Popular US movie critic Gene Shalit dies aged 100
Gene Shalit, the mustachioed, bow-tied film critic who became a fixture on NBC's Today show for four decades, has died at age 100, his family confirmed to the network.
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