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Laurie Kilmartin's London Debut: Filthy, Fierce, Half-Formed
Laurie Kilmartin, a Peabody-winning US comedian and Oscars gag-writer, brought her vulgar, knife-edged stand-up to London for the first time, earning a mixed verdict: blistering in her best bits but v
San Sebastián Adds Larraín, Leigh, Naishtat Films
San Sebastián Film Festival added Pablo Larraín's 'My Sad Dead,' Mike Leigh's 'Tender Loving Care' and Benjamín Naishtat's 'Glaxo' to its 74th edition main competition, joining three previously announ
Lee Chang-dong's 'Possible Love' Sets Dates, Netflix Debut
Lee Chang-dong's first feature in eight years, 'Possible Love,' opens in Korean theaters September 23 before streaming globally on Netflix November 6, with festival premieres at Venice and Toronto.
Von Hagens' plastination eclipsed Hirst's shock art
An essay arguing that Gunther von Hagens's Body Worlds exhibitions of plastinated corpses eclipsed Damien Hirst's 1990s shock art by drawing global audiences in the millions — but stripped death of it
Netflix Sets Awards-Qualifying Run for Lee Chang-dong Film
Netflix will give Lee Chang-dong's first film in eight years, 'Possible Love,' a qualifying theatrical run across Korea, the U.S., and other territories ahead of its November 6 global streaming premie
Holly Willoughby Together Echoes With Love, Meghan
Holly Willoughby has debuted *Holly Willoughby Together (With Voy)*, a YouTube cookery and lifestyle show co-produced with health company Voy, with Stanley Tucci as the first episode's guest — a relau
Critics Rave Over Tom Holland in 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day'
Critics are raving about 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day,' calling Tom Holland's fourth standalone outing his best yet as a 'grounded' sequel that ditches multiverse plotlines and delivers 'thrilling, hear
A Child of My Own: Mexico's Fake-Pregnancy Baby Kidnap
Maite Alberdi built her Netflix documentary 'A Child of My Own' around a Mexican woman who faked her own pregnancy and kidnapped a newborn, only to discover after two years that her subject's 'soap op
Tom Holland Calls Spider-Man: Brand New Day 'More Mature'
Tom Holland described the fourth Spider-Man film as "more mature" with a darker, relatable theme about isolation and overlooking loved ones, at the Los Angeles premiere of Spider-Man: Brand New Day.
Betye Saar, pioneering figure of Black arts movement, dies aged 99
Betye Saar, the assemblage artist who transformed racist memorabilia into symbols of Black liberation and became a leading figure of the West Coast arts scene, has died at 99 in her Los Angeles home.
Ariana Grande Sues Hackers for Leaking Unreleased Music and Footage
Ariana Grande filed a lawsuit Monday in Los Angeles against anonymous hackers, alleging phishing schemes targeting her collaborators' accounts led to hundreds of leaks of unreleased music and footage
‘Dungeon Crawler Carl’s’ Breakout, Ryan Reynolds’ Jeanpool Stunt and More Comic-Con Highlights
San Diego Comic-Con 2025 balanced Marvel and DC tentpole showcases with a breakout fandom for Matt Dinniman's "Dungeon Crawler Carl," now greenlit at Peacock, alongside viral cosplay moments from Ryan
Theatrical Romance Down 75% in 20 Years, SDCC Panel Warns
At SDCC 2026's romance panel, producers and authors urged studios to invest in 'elevated' chemistry, specificity, and visual polish, citing a 75% decline in theatrical romance over 20 years even as th
Michael Johnston in Talks to Join 'The Mummy 4'
Michael Johnston, fresh off his 'Obsession' horror breakout, is in early talks to join 'The Mummy 4,' reuniting Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz for Universal's Oct. 15, 2027 theatrical release directe
New Line Wins Horror Package Bidding War
New Line Cinema won a bidding war among at least 10 parties for horror package "Jealous People Are Ugly People" from Greek/British filmmaker Theo James Krekis, adapted from his BBC-commissioned short
Is This What Comes After AI Slop?
The viral Kindle sci-fi romance Daggermouth, which Simon & Schuster acquired for seven figures, registers as 60% AI-written on Pangram detection tools, fueling a debate over whether AI-assisted fictio
Regina Hall Joins Dwayne Johnson In Safdie's 'Lizard Music'
Regina Hall has been cast in Benny Safdie's live-action/CGI hybrid 'Lizard Music' alongside Dwayne Johnson for Amazon MGM Studios and United Artists, where she will play the friend and co-worker of Jo
ABC Sets Fall Premiere Dates for Top Shows
ABC unveiled its fall TV premiere calendar, with Dancing With the Stars opening the schedule Sept. 15 and a stacked Thursday block of 9-1-1, 9-1-1: Nashville, and Grey's Anatomy closing the drama slat
Netflix's 'Queenstown' Casts 5 Series-Regulars
Netflix's upcoming series "Queenstown" has added five new series-regulars — Anna Baryshnikov, Jamie Ward, BeBe Orleans, Alex FitzAlan, and Tatum Warren-Ngata — to join a previously announced ensemble
Newport Folk 2026: Hill, Misty, CMAT Steal Weekend
Newport Folk Festival 2026 leaned on spontaneous, off-script collaboration — with Lauryn Hill redeeming a late arrival, Father John Misty debuting caustic political material in a last-minute slot, and
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