Entertainment - Saturday, August 29, 2026

After years of sharing his talent on the big screen as Tom Hardy, Frankie Pulitzer has officially arrived to drop some bangers. On Friday, the Oscar nominee’s rap persona released his 15-track debut album Czarface Meets Frankie Pulitzer, made in collaboration with his hip-hop collective Czarface, and featuring appearances from Busta Rhymes, Method Man and […]

Deadline • 15 days ago

Michael Kutryk, the owner of the now-famous cabin featured in “Heated Rivalry” Season 1, said he needed to do some “soul searching” before allowing the HBO production to come back for Season 2. “I did a little bit of soul searching about allowing them to come back,” Kutryk told HGTV. “I know they need it, […]

Variety • 15 days ago

Sacha Baron Cohen’s attempt to brush off an old character with Ali G: Who Iz I? is not going over without controversy. Following the release of the trailer for the Amazon MGM Studios sequel, an email campaign began on watchdog site NewsCord, sending more than 40,000 emails urging theaters to “leave the film off its […]

Deadline • 15 days ago

American author Jay Parini’s 2020 memoir “Borges and Me: An Encounter” read as a charming extension of an anecdote any writer would dine out on for the rest of their life: the tale of how Parini, as a college student in the 1970s, was somehow partnered on a winding road trip through the Scottish Highlands […]

Variety • 15 days ago

Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety chief awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any individual […]

Variety • 15 days ago

After introducing the hottest piece of property in Canada, Heated Rivalry fans can expect a return to the cottage in Season 2. Michael Kutryk, the Toronto doctor who owns the Muskoka home that served as Shane’s (Hudson Williams) cottage in the Season 1 finale “The Cottage”, recalled that the show had a “very small budget” […]

Deadline • 15 days ago

Chris Hansen recently gave his reaction to Robert Pattinson’s impression of him in the upcoming A24 drama-thriller “Primetime,” which chronicles Hansen’s stint as host of Dateline NBC’s “To Catch a Predator.” “I mean, obviously he has practiced imitating me, and while I think it’s overly dramatic, I think there is a pretty good imitation there […]

Variety • 15 days ago

The Venice Film Festival is weighing scrapping its traditional opening jury press conference on the Lido. The festival, which kicks off Sept. 2 with the world premiere of Danny Boyle’s “Ink,” told Variety that the presser will “probably not” take place, citing a scheduling conflict, and said a welcome cocktail hour with the press will […]

Variety • 15 days ago

The marquee at Broadway’s Booth Theatre appears to confirm the rumors: Bruce Norris’ acclaimed and controversial play Downstate will take up residence at the venue in an upcoming production directed by Joe Mantello. The news was first reported by the Chicago Tribune – the play premiered in 2018 at Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre Company – with […]

Deadline • 15 days ago

The Venice Film Festival has taken the unusual step of scrapping its main jury press conference this year, we can reveal. The festival, which gets underway next week, hasn’t made a public statement to confirm the break from protocol but confirmed the move to us after multiple requests to know if it was going ahead. […]

Deadline • 15 days ago

After filling his apartment with industrial sewing machines, he began producing high-end jeans that made him famous with denim-heads in the days of lumberjack chic.

NYT Arts • 15 days ago

The jury heard recordings of Duane Keith Davis discussing the shooting; the defense said there was no physical evidence tying him to Las Vegas the night of the crime.

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