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Charli XCX's 'Music, Fashion, Film' Breaks From Brat Formula
Charli XCX's seventh album 'Music, Fashion, Film' abandons the Brat era's dance-floor dominance for 11 stripped-back, guitar-driven tracks, with the singer confronting nerve damage from touring, engag
Imran Perretta on Ish, his debut film born from stop-and-search
Filmmaker Imran Perretta's debut feature "Ish," a monochrome coming-of-age film set in Luton, draws on his experience of being stopped and searched by police aged 13 in the aftermath of 9/11.
UK Tribute Acts Now Fill 25-30% of Indie Venue Bookings
UK tribute acts have grown into a multi-million pound industry with an estimated 3,000-5,000 outfits operating nationwide, now filling 25-30% of independent venue bookings and helping keep grassroots
Na Hong-Jin Previews 'Hope' at Comic-Con, Hails Hoyeon Casting
South Korean director Na Hong-Jin made his San Diego Comic-Con debut Saturday, unveiling two exclusive clips from his alien action film 'Hope' and calling the casting of 'Squid Game' breakout Hoyeon o
‘Sia: Nostalgic for the Present’ Review: A Concert Performance Film from 2016, but It Channels Sia’s Mystery and Power
Sia’s 2016 concert film 'Nostalgic for the Present' is being re-released in select theaters, offering a stylized performance that emphasizes her signature face-concealing aesthetic and the choreograph
Iranians Turn to Art and Memes as War Rages
As coverage of the Iran-Israel-US conflict fixates on battlefields, Iranian civilians are reclaiming agency through public gatherings, music, poetry, and viral AI meme content — narrating the war on t
Brad Bird Thinks ‘1906’ Would “Lend Itself” To Multiple Episodes As TV Miniseries About S.F. Earthquake
Brad Bird floated his long-dormant '1906' San Francisco earthquake project as an eight-episode TV miniseries during a San Diego Comic-Con panel, saying the scope of the catastrophe kept outgrowing wha
Kevin Hart’s '72 Hours' Flops as Hangover Knockoff
Kevin Hart stars in Netflix's '72 Hours,' a comedy that attempts to replicate 'The Hangover' formula but falters under a cluttered plot and underdeveloped generational humor, despite a stacked cast an
Prady Explains the Real Science Behind 'Stuart Fails' Multiverse
Co-creator Bill Prady details how HBO Max's 'Stuart Fails to Save the Universe' grounds its multiverse in real quantum physics — from the branching theory of infinite universes to Einsteinian time as
‘Batman: Caped Crusader’ Season 2 Reveals Joker Voice Actor: ‘House of the Dragon’ Star Matthew Needham
Matthew Needham of "House of the Dragon" has been cast as the voice of the Joker in Season 2 of Prime Video's animated "Batman: Caped Crusader," revealed at San Diego Comic-Con ahead of a July 31 prem
Rebelle Media & MGM Television Win Rights To Adapt ‘When In Rome’ Series By Sarah Adams
Rebelle Media and MGM Television announced at San Diego Comic-Con that they've acquired rights to adapt Sarah Adams' 'When In Rome' romance book series for television, marking another addition to Rebe
Charli xcx's Post-Brat Album Probes Identity
Charli xcx's new album 'Music, Fashion, Film' trades Brat's club maximalism for intimate guitar-driven tracks that probe identity, self-commodification and the limits of self-knowledge, earning praise
Jeff Hays Cast as Princess Donut in 'Dungeon Crawler Carl'
Jeff Hays, the voice narrator of the hit LitRPG audiobook series, has been cast as Princess Donut the Cat in Peacock's live-action TV adaptation of Matt Dinniman's Dungeon Crawler Carl, with the surpr
Charli xcx Pivots to Guitar-Rock on 'Music, Fashion, Film'
Charli xcx's seventh studio album "Music, Fashion, Film" abandons the hyperpop of "Brat" for distorted guitars and deadpan vocals, arriving as a deliberate sonic reset from the artist at peak cultural
Cregger: Resident Evil Stunt Nearly Killed Austin Abrams
Resident Evil director Zach Cregger recalled a practical-effects stunt where 150-pound blood bags dropped from cranes around star Austin Abrams, with one nearly killing him had he been one step off du
Avatar: Seven Havens Sets Oct. 9 Premiere, Debuts Teaser
Paramount+ has dated 'Avatar: Seven Havens' for Oct. 9, 2026 and dropped its first teaser, positioning the next animated chapter as a post-apocalyptic saga where the new Avatar is hunted rather than c
BBC's Fake or Fortune uncovers 'enormously important' painting worth £100,000
BBC's Fake or Fortune authenticated an 18th-century Katherine Read portrait of a likely member of India's Nawab of Arcot royal family — a work experts call the earliest known painting of an Indian sit
Actress Jaime Winstone joins Strictly line-up
Jaime Winstone, the actress who portrayed Barbara Windsor in BBC biopic Babs, becomes the eighth celebrity confirmed for Strictly Come Dancing 2026, joining Delta Goodrem, Lacey Turner, Dani Dyer and
Pulp's 'Encore' Film Trailer Debuts Ahead of Fall Mubi Release
Mubi will release a 90-minute Pulp documentary narrated by Jarvis Cocker this fall, combining reunion tour footage with archival material tracing the band's rise from Sheffield to Britpop stardom. One
1,700-Year-Old Odyssey Fragments Flown to Nolan Cast
A 1,700-year-old fragment of Homer's Odyssey was flown from Manchester's John Rylands Library to New York in a bespoke case so the cast of Christopher Nolan's new film could view and hold the ancient
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