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Kane Parsons Debuts Horror 'Backrooms' with Stars
YouTuber Kane Parsons steps behind the camera for his first feature, the unsettling horror 'Backrooms', which transforms a web‑series premise into a nightmarish labyrinth of memory‑filled spaces. Chiw
Tara Clerkin Trio's 'Somewhere Good' Receives Praise
British trio Tara Clerkin Trio have built a distinctive sound by weaving accidental construction noises into their looping compositions, blending minimalist jazz, avant‑pop and trip‑hop. After a perio
Zinc Media Group to Produce 'Stars of Science' Season 18
U.K. factual outfit Zinc Media Group has been commissioned to produce season 18 of Qatar Foundation's long-running Arab reality show 'Stars of Science,' its first major entertainment commission in the
Apple Debuts 'After the Whistle' Podcast on June 7
Apple is reviving its 'After the Whistle' podcast for a third season, debuting June 7, to deliver multiple weekly recaps of the World Cup matches with hosts Brendan Hunt and Rebecca Lowe.
Anthony Chen Chairs Shanghai Film Festival Jury
While the news cycle tracks U.S. energy tightness, India’s postponed women’s quota, and Taiwan’s stalled weapons deal, Shanghai’s 28th International Film Festival announced a star‑studded, globally di
Biography Shows Garry Trudeau’s Doonesbury as Chronicle
A new biography, Trudeau & Doonesbury: The Cartoonist Who Turned the News into Art, traces Garry Trudeau’s half‑century comic strip as a living record of American history. Author Joshua Kendall, after
Mandalorian & Grogu Tops UK/Ireland Box Office with £5.2M
Disney’s ‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’ topped the UK and Ireland weekend box‑office with a £5.2 million opening, while Universal’s ‘Michael’ and ‘Obsession’ held second and third, and a slate of upcomin
Obama, Piers Morgan, Claire Foy Headline SXSW London
SXSW London has added Piers Morgan, Michelle Obama, Claire Foy, and key House of the Dragon cast and crew to its 2026 speaker lineup, ahead of the June 1-6 festival in east London.
Love Is Blind UK Stars Allege Welfare Leaks to Producers
Two Love Is Blind: UK contestants told Deadline that welfare workers on the Netflix dating show shared confidential disclosures with producers to fuel storylines, intensifying a UK reality TV welfare
‘Argentina needs to end its fantasy of being a European country’: Lucrecia Martel on the story of a killing
Lucrecia Martel's new documentary "Landmarks" shifts the spotlight from Europe's stalled electrification to Argentina's dark history of Indigenous oppression, chronicling the 2009 killing of leader Ja
Meena Kandasamy's Novel Exposes Deepfake Sex Tape
Amid India’s postponed women’s quota and heightened India‑Pakistan tensions, Meena Kandasamy’s new novel dramatizes how online misogyny weaponizes deepfake technology, exposing cultural undercurrents
Ella Bright Defends Age Gap With 'Off Campus' Co-Star
Ella Bright, 19, pushed back on scrutiny of her nearly decade-long age gap with 28-year-old co-star Belmont Cameli on Prime Video's 'Off Campus,' saying she was fully briefed on the show's intimate co
Leïla Slimani Joins Prado Residency, Goncourt Laureate
French‑Moroccan author Leïla Slimani spends two weeks at Madrid’s Prado Museum under the Writing the Prado residency, drawing on Goya’s Black Paintings while confronting her family’s trauma and recent
Sports Emmys 2026 Winners List: NBC’s ‘Sunday Night Football’, Mike Tirico, Ernie Johnson & Katie George Among Honored
The 47th Sports Emmy Awards honored the best of 2025 sports broadcasting, with NBC’s Sunday Night Football taking home the top series prize. Veteran executive Steve Bornstein received the Lifetime Ach
Kevin Hart Defends Roast Jokes After Backlash
Kevin Hart defended the controversial jokes at his Netflix roast, saying he doesn’t expect less or more from comedians, even as Tony Hinchcliffe’s George Floyd gag and Shane Gillis’s lynching quip spa
Ciara Miller Rips Amanda Batula at 'Summer House' Reunion
Part 1 of the 'Summer House' Season 10 reunion exploded as Ciara Miller branded ex-friend Amanda Batula 'a snake in the fucking grass' for pursuing West Wilson, who admitted he had another girlfriend
Pressure Film Dramatizes D-Day Weather Forecasting Battle
Director Anthony Maras's new film "Pressure" dramatizes the real-life meteorological conflict between forecasters Dr. James Stagg and Irving Krick as General Eisenhower weighs whether to launch the D-
Paddington 4: Armando Iannucci to write bear’s next movie with Thick of It and Veep cowriter
Armando Iannucci, the creator of The Thick of It and Veep, has been tapped to co‑write the fourth Paddington film alongside longtime collaborator Simon Blackwell. Variety reports that director Dougal
‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Is Getting a Cinephile-Approved Blu-ray and DVD Release From Criterion
The streaming hit KPop Demon Hunters is getting a physical home from the Criterion Collection, marking a rare move for Netflix’s biggest‑watched original. The Blu‑ray/DVD will arrive (likely before th
007 First Light shines on PS5 Pro, outshines base PS5
007 First Light showcases IO Interactive’s most advanced console rendering yet, delivering a new software‑based global illumination system that shines on PS5 Pro while the base PS5 relies on FSR upsca
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