A dynamic space where the latest trends in entertainment meet cultural exploration. From film and music to art and literature, this category celebrates the diversity and vibrancy of global culture.
Sky News‘ new breakfast show, hosted by Sophy Ridge and Wilfred Frost, debuts Monday. Mornings With Ridge and Frost will air Monday to Thursday from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. London time. Plus, the pair will launch Cheat Sheet With Ridge and Frost, a 10-minute podcast providing a news rundown of the day’s big headlines…
Lithuanian screen and theater legend JuozasBudraitis, who has been dubbed “the James Dean of the Baltics,” will receive the Lifetime Achievement Awardat the 29th edition of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF), organizers unveiled Friday. Active since 1966, the 85-year-old Budraitis has appeared in more than 120 film and television roles — “from revolutionaries…
Joey Graziadei never knew that being named ABC’s 28th Bachelor would ever lead to his unique ties to Dancing With the Stars. After making it to the final two of Charity Lawson’s season of The Bachelorette and getting engaged to his fiancé on The Bachelor in 2024, Graziadei made the natural transition that so many…
Expect more Chinese epic costume dramas and Shanghai-set modern urban romance dramas in the coming years. And with both genres still at the zenith of their popularity in Asia, why change a winning formula? That seemed to be the message from a slate presentation from China‘s leading film and television production companies during the second…
With Blonde, premiering this week in the Tokyo International Film Festival’s main competition, rising 38-year-old director Yuichiro Sakashita delivers a sharp, quietly damning satire of conformity in Japan’s education system. The film centers on a meek junior-high teacher (popular singer-turned-actor Takanori Iwata) whose life unravels when his students stage a “blonde-hair protest” against the school’s…
As Puck, the media company led by co-founder and editor-in-chief Jon Kelly, scales up with the acquisition of Air Mail, founder Graydon Carter is stepping back. On Thursday, Puck announced that it has bought Air Mail, the culture and lifestyle media company founded by Carter, the former editor-in-chief of Vanity Fair. Amid the sale, Julia…
Vince Gilligan knew it was time for a palate cleanser. It turns out that plotting the criminal ambitions of Walter White (Bryan Cranston), Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) and Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk) for 17 years can take its toll. That’s not to say that Gilligan isn’t proud of his life’s work that includes the 16-time-Emmy-winning…
Actors’ Equity has voted to ratify its contract with the Broadway League. The vote comes after the union for actors and stage managers reached a tentative agreement with the Broadway League over a new contract Oct. 18, after threatening to strike if a deal could not be reached. After weeks of negotiations, Equity had voted…
At some point over the past year, dogs quietly became the most pampered passengers in the sky. They stretch their legs during layovers. They have spa appointments after landing. They travel with concierges, snack on calming chews and go home with curated gift baskets. Bark Air, a new airline designed exclusively for canine passengers, flies…
Mia Goth, Dan Stevens and Zach Galifianakis have signed on to star in Hey Bear, the feature directoral debut of Portlandia co-creator Jonathan Krisel. Described as a “coming of rage” story, from a script written by Emmy Award-winner Carrie Kemper (Beef), Hey Bear follows Claire (Goth), a woman who seeks revenge on a bear after…
