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Rodrigo goes Cure; Spielberg says no to Bond
Olivia Rodrigo's third album 'You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love' is the rare third-record pivot that actually delivers. The Cure influence runs through it — Robert Smith duets on 'What's Wrong
BTS to Release Lyric Book and Korean Cookbook for Festa
BTS will release a lyric-analysis book featuring all seven members and a Korean recipe cookbook this September, launching a multi-year publishing partnership with Running Press, CAKE Corp, and BigHit
Wanda Sykes Reveals Why She Turned Down Kevin Hart’s Netflix Roast & What Bill Maher Had To Say About Her Golden Globes Joke
Wanda Sykes detailed on Vulture's Good One podcast why she turned down Kevin Hart's Netflix Roast, calling it 'lazy writing,' and recounted her post-Golden Globes confrontation with Bill Maher over he
Keith Urban's 'Flow State' Goes Full Yacht Rock
Keith Urban's 13th album 'Flow State,' a collection of soft-rock covers steeped in yacht-rock DNA, lands as Nashville's broader embrace of the genre accelerates — from Charles Kelley's new SiriusXM Ya
Act One: Takal's Cult-Acting Psychodrama Premieres at
Variety reviews Sophia Takal's 'Act One,' a drily funny late-'90s psychodrama premiering at Tribeca about a high school actress (Ella Beatty) seduced by a cult-like acting coach (Ari Graynor), praisin
Gilligan Rewrote Pluribus As Female Lead For Seehorn
Vince Gilligan and Rhea Seehorn reunite for Apple TV+'s Pluribus, revealing that Gilligan deliberately reshaped his decade-long sci-fi project from a male lead to one tailored for Seehorn, and that Se
Box Office: ‘Disclosure Day’ Makes First Contact With $19 Million
Steven Spielberg's 'Disclosure Day' debuted at No. 1 with $19 million on opening Friday and is tracking toward a $44 million domestic weekend, while Focus Features' $1 million horror 'Obsession' conti
Anna Faris on Scary Movie Pay, Anxiety, Return
Anna Faris discusses her triumphant return in the sixth 'Scary Movie,' recounting her shockingly low pay on the original franchise, a public divorce, post-'Mom' career anxiety, and childhood fears of
Crowe: 'Gladiator II' Failed Over Lost Moral Core
Russell Crowe declared 'Gladiator II' 'failed' at the Taormina Film Festival for lacking the original's moral core, recounting how he blocked sex scenes in the 2000 film and previewing his wrapped 'Hi
NYC Concert Counters Trump's White House UFC Birthday
Trump is hosting a UFC event on the White House South Lawn for his birthday, estimated to cost upwards of $60 million in taxpayer funds, and Jane Fonda, Bette Midler, Patti Smith, Rufus Wainwright, an
DiCaprio Warned Danes Off Prop Guns on Romeo + Juliet
Claire Danes recounted that Leonardo DiCaprio pulled her aside on the "Romeo + Juliet" set to warn her against playing with a prop gun before filming her character's suicide scene.
Kristin Scott Thomas Teases Second Directorial Film
Kristin Scott Thomas received a Golden Nymph Award at the Monte-Carlo TV Festival, discussed her role as icy MI5 boss Diana Taverner in Apple's Slow Horses (seasons 6 and 7 confirmed), and revealed he
Louis de Bernières Slams 'Like' as Worst Verbal Filler
Novelist Louis de Bernières publishes a polemic against the verbal filler 'like' and other imprecise speech, blaming it for wasted conversation time and mourning the loss of regional dialects like Nor
‘We eat and drink risk’: higher costs bring curtain down on more UK music festivals
At least 20 UK independent music festivals have been cancelled, postponed, or gone into liquidation this year as soaring artist fees, infrastructure costs, and competition from corporate giants like L
Shankman's Drag Race Film Is a Mainstream Crossover
Director Adam Shankman's 'Stop! That! Train!' is a Drag Race-fronted disaster-comedy pitched explicitly as a mainstream crossover rather than a cult spinoff — though its launch has been complicated by
MAFS Australia Cast Brides With Undisclosed Criminal
A BBC investigation finds that Married at First Sight Australia matched contestants with partners who had prior drug and violence convictions that were never disclosed, prompting nine former cast memb
Ariana Grande Launches Brighter Days Ahead Foundation
Ariana Grande has launched the Brighter Days Ahead Foundation, a new nonprofit that funnels money into small organizations working on youth mental health, arts education, and community causes through
RuPaul's 'Stop That Train' Tops Weekend Specialty Slate
RuPaul's 'Stop! That! Train!' is the widest opening in a specialty weekend otherwise defined by limited NYC launches, Cannes-premiered world cinema, a Pride Month restoration cluster, and a one-night
Jack Innanen Turned Down Heated Rivalry Role
Jack Innanen revealed he was offered a starring role on Season 2 of the Crave/HBO Max hockey drama "The Heated Rivalry" but had to pass due to scheduling conflicts, despite having publicly campaigned
Nora Fatehi to Perform 'Siir Siir' at World Cup Opener
Bollywood star and Canadian-born singer Nora Fatehi is set to perform her official FIFA World Cup song "Siir Siir" at Canada's opening ceremony in Toronto on Friday, blending a Moroccan football chant
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