Acting the fool: why have Hollywood press tours become so gimmicky?
From playing would you rather to ranking snacks, A-listers navigating the promo trail are now forced on a set schedul...
The Paramount-WBD merger: bad news for Hollywood, great news for Tennessee? | Dave Schilling
Yet more consolidation means one less studio, inevitable redundancies and a blow to this city’s cultural heritageTher...
Hot tubs and £80 rosé: how the mud-soaked British festival got a luxury makeover
Struggling industry seeks to capitalise on Gen Z’s willingness to spend on experiences and comfortIt had always been ...
‘No stuffy vibes … just good books’: Matt Haig to open bookshop in Brighton
‘My belief, as someone who grew up in a town without a bookshop, is that all communities should have one,’ says autho...
Netflix reportedly among parties in talks to buy Letterboxd
Sony Pictures and Paramount are said to also be among potential buyers for the film-focused social platformLetterboxd...
Oasis reunion helps draw record 25m ‘music tourists’ to UK concerts
Gigs by Gallagher brothers, Coldplay, Lana Del Rey and Beyonce gives £11bn boost to the economyBig name artists inclu...
PlayStation says it will stop making physical games – and that should worry us all
Sony’s announcement spells the end of a whole ecosystem built by superfan collectors – and signals a troubling shift ...
Aliens, chimps and a pregnant man: iconic British adverts – in pictures
They may have been unethical, potentially dangerous and somewhat sexist … but each of these classic adverts, from the...
A Place in the Sun review – subversive exposé of picture-postcard luxury in the Canary Islands
Documentary intersperses pastel scenes of spotless tourist resorts with candid interviews with the asylum seekers who...
In a pickle: US pickle company pulls out of DC fair over Confederate flag
Mt Olive Pickle Company says it was unaware image of flag was included in exhibit, and cites value of ‘human dignity’...
No console-flation: how the thirst for AI chips is sending games console prices soaring
AI datacentres, memory scarcity and factory capacity are costing consumers –and console makers• Don’t get Pushing But...
An Aztec-tinged revamp topped with a crinkle-cut tiara: inside the sparkling £1.3bn Olympia reboot
It has hosted everything from Miss World to the Chemical Brothers. Now the vast London venue has become a city within...
UK ‘minded’ to intervene in Paramount’s $110bn takeover of Warner Bros Discovery
Lisa Nandy to ask regulators to assess mega-merger involving Channel 5, CNN and TNT Sports on grounds of media plural...
ABC encourages viewers to back network amid FCC investigations
Network launches ad on The View, which is target of one of two FCC investigations currently seeking public commentThe...
‘Build Vice City’: the GTA 6 scam that’s hitting Grand Theft Auto fans
Bank details at risk as criminals use AI to create fake sites and emails offering pre-release beta test versionLike m...
Film producer’s 50 firms struck off companies register, leaving workers unable to chase fees
Scores of Alan Latham’s firms were removed by Companies House, including one set up for movie starring Liz HurleyA pr...
Luca Guadagnino’s Sam Altman movie dropped by Amazon after it announces OpenAI partnership
The web giant announced that Artificial, a biopic about the controversial tech executive, ‘will be better served if i...
‘We eat and drink risk’: higher costs bring curtain down on more UK music festivals
Plans for new event at the Secret Garden Party site and Womad Glasgow are dashed, but others remain optimisticHosting...
Diane Keaton’s nail clippers for $960: what’s behind the new boom in celebrity estate auctions?
With beloved stars’ personal items increasingly up for grabs after they die, a new generation of fans are bidding on ...
Quarter of UK musicians have lost all EU work since 2021, report finds
Average tour earnings down 45%, with nearly three-fifths of musicians saying touring in Europe is no longer viableMor...
‘Happiness is not just about GDP’: ambitious plan or utopia?
Some will question its credibility. But the alternative future to the one imagined in the World Justice Report is far...
Lego launches Pokémon ‘smart’ bricks equipped for interactive battles
Tie-up between blockbuster toy brands offers hi-tech play sets that will allow fans to ‘feel like the trainer’Many Po...