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‘Backrooms’ Surpasses $400 Million at Global Box Office
The indie film 'Backrooms' has crossed $400 million at the global box office after nearly four months in release, a milestone the source calls a 'remarkable benchmark' for a low-budget title.
Singer Becky Hill looks back: ‘Aside from the music I was making, I hated every minute of my 20s’
British singer Becky Hill reveals she was raped by a friend at 21 in the same year she was dropped by her label, as she prepares to release her new album Rebecca on 13 November.
Clancy's First Post-Mistrial Interview Airs on 60 Minutes
Patrick Clancy will give his first television interview since his ex-wife Lindsay Clancy's murder trial ended in a mistrial, airing on CBS' '60 Minutes' Sunday, Sept. 20 at 7 p.m. ET/PT.
Rufus Norris's 'Not I' Review: A Mouth Steals the Show
A new staging of Samuel Beckett's short play 'Not I,' directed by Rufus Norris at Reading's Minghella Theatre, centers soprano Claire Booth's animated mouth against a black void, fusing the minimalist
Ed Sheeran Calls Gaza 'Unjustifiable' Amid Macklemore Tour Fallout
Ed Sheeran opened his first solo show since rapper Macklemore was dropped from his tour by calling the situation in Gaza "catastrophic and unjustifiable."
Fredrik Linifors wins England oyster shucking title
Fredrik Linifors of Notting Hill Fish Shop won the Speed Shucking Oyster Open at Bentley's in Mayfair, beating 15 rivals to claim England's spot at the World Oyster Opening Championship in Galway next
New Miss Marple Novel Set in Alps, First in 50 Years
A new full-length Miss Marple novel — the first since Agatha Christie's posthumous Sleeping Murder 50 years ago — is being written by a commissioned author who has chosen to set the story in the Alps.
Gender-swapped Curious Incident staging tours UK
A new touring staging of 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time,' directed by Ned Bennett for Birmingham Rep and Melting Pot, features a gender-swapped lead in Alex Keenan's professional d
West Calls Byron 'Top Shagger' in Poetry Battle with Geldof
Dominic West and Bob Geldof faced off in a poetry battle at Somerset's Big Brue festival, with West championing Lord Byron as a 'top shagger' and proto-rock star while Geldof defended WB Yeats as the
Cregger's Resident Evil: A Director Who's Never Seen One
Zach Cregger, the buzzy horror auteur behind Barbarian and Weapons, is directing a Resident Evil movie — his first franchise film — and has revealed he has never seen any of the previous seven entries
Taryn Simon Debuts 'Father Country' at Guggenheim
Taryn Simon's decade-long project 'Father Country I Do Love You,' built from correspondence with a retired federal agent and dedicated to her Alzheimer's-stricken father, opens as the first photograph
Ready, SETT, Go: SETT Execs Drill Down on the Spanish Sovereign Venture Capital Fund That Will Drive Industry Conversation at San Sebastián
Spain's sovereign venture capital fund SETT will present its €1.5 billion EU-financed Spain Audiovisual Hub strategy at the San Sebastián Festival, with executives outlining why only €250 million has
Ed Sheeran Apologizes at First Show Since Macklemore Drop
Ed Sheeran addressed fans at his Philadelphia concert — his first show since support act Macklemore was dropped for pro-Palestinian remarks — apologizing for "mistakes" while calling the decision prom
Ritchson: Die Trying Reacher Season Cut After Re-Election
Alan Ritchson revealed that Prime Video's Reacher had approved an adaptation of Lee Child's Die Trying before the project was scrapped after 'someone got re-elected,' his latest political jab aimed at
Ruffalo Urges Bonta: Don't Settle Paramount-WBD Suit
Mark Ruffalo publicly pressured California Attorney General Rob Bonta not to settle the multistate antitrust lawsuit challenging David Ellison's acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery by Paramount Skyd
Prime Video Cancels 'Ride or Die' After One Season
Prime Video has canceled the Octavia Spencer and Hannah Waddingham buddy dramedy 'Ride or Die' after a single season that premiered in July, though Paramount Television Studios is shopping the series
'Sweet Magnolias' Canceled; Creator Lands New Netflix Show
Sheryl J. Anderson, creator of Netflix's 'Sweet Magnolias,' posted a heartfelt Instagram farewell after the streamer canceled the series following five seasons, while revealing she and star JoAnna Gar
Cultural Destruction in Wars Outpaces International Justice
Russia's August bombardment damaged 148 Ukrainian cultural heritage sites including six UNESCO-protected buildings in Odesa, highlighting a stark global pattern: despite 75 years of international lega
Strictly Review: New Hosts Make Show Feel 'Genuinely Fresh'
A review of Strictly Come Dancing's latest series praises its new hosts for making the show feel "genuinely fresh," while noting presenters appear "terrified" and some celebrity contestants are "hard
Suzi Quatro: ‘It is absolutely crazy I’m not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. But I’m in good company!’
At 76, Suzi Quatro is still touring and releasing records, dropping new album 'Freedom' — which interpolates The Girl Can't Help It and features Alice Cooper on an MC5 cover — while calling her Rock a
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