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'President Curtis' Spinoff Premieres July 26 on Adult Swim
Adult Swim's 'President Curtis,' a spinoff of 'Rick and Morty' co-created by Dan Harmon and James Siciliano, premieres July 26 with Keith David voicing a monster-fighting, single-universe version of t
Yeon Sang-ho's 'Colony': Collective-Intelligence Zombies
Yeon Sang-ho's new zombie thriller 'Colony,' starring Gianna Jun in her first Korean film in 11 years, reimagines the genre with infected humans sharing a collective intelligence that learns and evolv
V&A Staff Ballot Strike Over Heat and Pay
More than 300 workers across four V&A museum sites are balloting for strike action over pay and what the PCS union calls unsafe heatwave working conditions, including a ban on carrying water while sup
Box Office: ‘Toy Story 5’ Crosses $1 Billion, Becomes Highest-Grossing Movie of the Year
Disney and Pixar's 'Toy Story 5' has surpassed $1 billion globally to become the highest-grossing film of 2026, positioning itself to overtake 'Toy Story 4' as the franchise's top earner.
Iwan Rheon: Heatwave Thriller 'The Rapture' Resonates Now
Game of Thrones actor Iwan Rheon says his new BBC psychological thriller "The Rapture," set during a heatwave, feels especially timely as the world warms — though the Welsh shoot itself was anything b
Mike Mills' Family Trilogy Gets Criterion Box Set
The Criterion Collection has released 'I'll Remind You of Everything: The Films of Mike Mills,' a box set gathering his three personal features — Beginners, 20th Century Women, and C'mon C'mon — along
Chuck Russell, The Mask Director, Dies at 74
Chuck Russell, the director who turned Jim Carrey into a green-faced cartoon in The Mask (1994) and launched Dwayne Johnson's first lead role, has died at 74. His career spanned horror franchises, act
Marvel Casts Ryan Gosling as Ghost Rider for 2028 Film: ‘A Character I’ve Wanted to Play for a Long Time’
Marvel cast Ryan Gosling as Ghost Rider for a May 2028 MCU film at Comic-Con, with Shawn Levy directing, while also revealing David Jonsson as the new Black Panther and debuting an Avengers: Doomsday
Wilson and Sinfonia of London deliver five-star Proms Verdi, Walton
John Wilson and the Sinfonia of London delivered a standout Proms programme of Verdi, Walton and Respighi at the Royal Albert Hall, with the orchestra's blend, discipline and detail-spotting drawing a
Bungo Stray Dogs anime fuels Dazai's UK sales revival
Penguin Classics publishes the first UK edition of Osamu Dazai's work in nearly 70 years, a short-story collection called Schoolgirl, as the dead Japanese novelist's English-language sales have rocket
Luke Combs review – regular Joe megastar brings the arena-sized party home
Luke Combs, the highest-selling country artist of all time, kicked off a seven-date UK and Ireland arena tour with a near-70,000 capacity stadium show packed with pyro, cameos and almost 30 songs in t
Study: Backrooms Are Para-Terrestrial Dark Tourism
Researchers in Annals of Tourism Research frame the internet's Backrooms phenomenon as a new form of 'para-terrestrial' dark tourism, where audiences collectively build, map and emotionally inhabit im
Shania Twain on the Songs That Shaped Her Life
Shania Twain opens up about the songs that shaped her life in an interview tied to her new album "Little Miss Twain," naming Ennio Morricone's "Gabriel's Oboe" as the track that made her pull over cry
PBS SoCal, KMEX Lead L.A. Local Emmy Wins; KVEA, KABC Land Top Newscast Prizes
PBS SoCal topped the 2026 Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards with 8 wins across diverse categories, while Spanish-language outlets KMEX and KVEA combined for 13 wins — outpacing every English-language major
Marvel SDCC: Ghost Rider with Gosling, Black Panther 3 Announced
Marvel's 40-minute SDCC Hall H panel delivered just two surprise announcements — a Ghost Rider movie starring Ryan Gosling and Black Panther 3 with David Jonsson — plus a Doomsday trailer, leaving fan
The Curse of Love Island review – the deaths are more complex than this documentary can handle
Prime Video's documentary *The Curse of Love Island* examines the emotional toll of the reality show amid the deaths of three people linked to it, but stops short of assigning blame, highlighting the
Stacey McEwan: Romantasy author on BookTok trolls
Romantasy author Stacey McEwan, promoting her new book 'A Forsaken Prophecy' ahead of a 13 August State Library Victoria event, addresses BookTok trolls, explains how she'd recommend books to skeptica
Justin Vernon Performs as 'Bon Dylan' at Eaux Claires Fest
Justin Vernon, performing as 'Bon Dylan,' delivered a full set of Bob Dylan covers to thousands at the revived Eaux Claires festival in Wisconsin's Carson Park.
Lou Koller, Sick of It All Singer, Dies at 59
Lou Koller, singer and co-founder of New York hardcore band Sick of It All, has died at 59 after a battle with esophageal cancer that returned months after he was declared cancer-free.
Will Poulter on Union County, The Bear, and Top Picks
Will Poulter shares his top ten favorites while discussing his role as an addict in rural Ohio in the upcoming film "Union County" (Aug. 14), his newly-wrapped Netflix thriller "Rabbit, Rabbit," and t
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