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Bono, Vedder, Hozier Mourn Glen Hansard at Dublin Funeral
Glen Hansard, the Oscar-winning Irish singer-songwriter of The Frames and Once, was laid to rest at St Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin on Tuesday, one week after his death in a motorcycle crash at age 5
Eisenberg's 'The Debut' Closes BFI London Film Festival
Jesse Eisenberg's musical comedy 'The Debut,' starring Julianne Moore and Paul Giamatti, will close the 70th BFI London Film Festival on Oct. 18 at London's Royal Festival Hall.
Netflix, Google, Amazon Bet on Hollywood AI
WIRED's Katie Drummond interviews Puck founding partner Matt Belloni on how AI has quietly become Hollywood's default tool, from Netflix's $587 million Affleck deal to Amazon studio backlash—the stigm
Spotify Notches 300 Million Premium Subscribers
Spotify's Premium subscriber base hit 300 million in Q2 2026 with 7 million net additions, while the company posted a record 33.4% gross margin and swung from a €86 million net loss a year ago to €545
Vinyl Albums Now Ship With Missing Songs, Shorter Mixes
Premium vinyl editions from artists like Charli xcx, Olivia Rodrigo, and Beyoncé are shipping as shorter or earlier mixes than their digital counterparts because physical manufacturing deadlines force
Spider-Man Brand New Day Sets Record $360M Opening
Spider-Man: Brand New Day shattered the all-time North American opening record with $360M, outgrossing Avengers: Endgame and approaching $1B globally in just four days, defying expectations of superhe
Love Me Tender: Krieps anchors queer custody drama
Vicky Krieps stars in Anna Cazenave Cambet's 'Love Me Tender,' adapted from Constance Debré's autobiographical novel about a French mother denied contact with her son for 18 months after coming out as
Hwang Bo-reum, Lee Geum-yi Among Authors in Busan Story Market’s 2026 Selections
The Busan Story Market unveiled 25 official selections for 2026 spanning IP from Korea, Taiwan, Japan, and Indonesia, including works by international bestseller Hwang Bo-reum and two-time Hans Christ
Post Your Questions for Imelda Staunton
Dame Imelda Staunton — Olivier Award-winner, Oscar nominee for Vera Drake, and the final seasons' Queen Elizabeth II in The Crown — is taking reader questions for a Guardian Q&A, with submissions due
Made in Korea Season 2 Premieres Sept. 9 on Disney+, Hulu
Crime noir series "Made in Korea" returns for a six-episode second season on Sept. 9, with Hyun Bin's power-hungry KCIA operative and Jung Woosung's prosecutor locked in an escalating clash that began
How Lindsay Anderson got fired from Wham's China documentary
The producer of Wham!'s 1985 China documentary reveals that managers Jazz Summers and Simon Napier-Bell orchestrated director Lindsay Anderson's dismissal to repurpose his footage into a commercial VH
Cruise Ships Stage West End-Worthy Theatre
Cruise ships are transforming into high-end performance venues, hosting award-winning theatre productions and attracting top-tier creatives once skeptical of the medium.
Mary Egida Rivera Dies at 82 After Stroke
Mary Egida Rivera, who played Ned’s Lola in Spider-Man: No Way Home, has died at 82 following a stroke and the family's decision to remove life support.
Variety Pans Eli Roth's 'Ice Cream Man' as Derivative Splatter
Variety pans Eli Roth's "Ice Cream Man" as a derivative, one-joke splatter film in which a sinister mute milkman hands middle schoolers demonically possessed ice-cream cones that turn them into killer
Late Fame Review: Dafoe, Lee Shine in Quiet NYC Drama
Late Fame, Kent Jones's adaptation of Arthur Schnitzler's 1890s novella starring Willem Dafoe as a rediscovered poet, opens theatrically August 7, 2026, earning praise as a quietly luminous indie abou
Chris Distefano Signs With CAA
CAA has signed comedian Chris Distefano for representation, adding the New York comic — who in 2023 became the first stand-up to sell out Radio City Music Hall and Madison Square Garden on consecutive
David Z, Grammy-Winning Producer Who Helped Craft Prince’s Early Music, Dead at 78
David "Z" Rivkin, the Grammy-winning producer who helped create the Minneapolis Sound and produced Prince's earliest recordings including the demo that landed him a Warner Bros. contract, died Sunday
Wizards Beyond Waverly Place Four-Part Finale Premieres August 4
Disney's Wizards Beyond Waverly Place concludes its run with a four-episode Season 2 premiering August 4 on Disney Channel and arriving on Disney+ August 5, featuring Selena Gomez's directorial debut
Dick Clark Productions Launches DCP Studios
Dick Clark Productions has launched DCP Studios, a new division expanding creative and production capabilities across its awards shows and serving as the branded production studio for PMX brand partne
Brand New Day Spoilers Reveal MCU's First Mutants
Spider-Man: Brand New Day introduces Sadie Sink as the MCU's Jean Grey, officially bringing mutants into the franchise and reframing the Department of Damage Control as a mutant-hunting organization i
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