Kane Parsons was 20 when he turned a viral creepypasta into a YouTube series. The theatrical film cost a reported $10 million and opened at number one in North America and globally. Lionsgate is now chasing a similar bet with another horror short that went viral online.
A Prix Goncourt-listed novel allegedly written by AI has put authorship at the centre of publishing's biggest annual gathering. Over 120 publishers have signed an appeal calling for AI regulation, as a new survey finds 58 percent of readers say they couldn't tell a human-written book from a machine-generated one.
A new book draws on the Stendahl Art Galleries archive to document how hundreds of smuggled objects moved from Mexico to LA collectors and museums. One sculpture sold to the Minneapolis Institute of Art for $10,000 was later found to be a forgery.
'NAZA' features anonymous testimony from 24 Israeli soldiers alleging that forces knowingly killed large numbers of civilians. The army chief of staff ordered an investigation into possible leaks of classified material, while the culture minister raised the prospect of revoking the directors' citizenship.
Both groups let the submission deadline pass without entering music. The Recording Academy's new Best Asian Pop award requires meaningful use of an Asian language, a rule that has already excluded BTS and Blackpink's latest English-language releases.
The Pope met seven survivors of abuse by French clergy during his visit to Lourdes, where 150,000 attended Mass. A 2021 inquiry found the Church had abused around 330,000 children in France over 70 years.
The horror film cost $10 million to make and was directed by Kane Parsons, a YouTuber who was 19 during filming. It ranks tenth on IMDb's all-time list of highest-grossing horror films.
Theja Rio's debut feature, set in 1960s Nagaland and filmed mostly in Konyak, is the first non-English-language Platform Prize winner to receive automatic entry for Academy Awards international feature film consideration. Rio, 31, was born in Nagaland and is based in London.
The horror director built his reboot around an original story with no legacy characters, drawing fan anger but glowing reviews. It opened to $60 million and sits at the top of Rotten Tomatoes' video game movie rankings.
The Lahore-born, New York-based painter opens 'Someone Like You' in London on 2 October 2026, showing 19 works — all new to Britain — that explore queer South Asian identity, solitude and belonging. The show runs to January 2027.
Several executives have named the Irish actor the leading contender for a first Oscar nomination. He plays Ian Charleson, who performed a legendary Hamlet at London's National Theatre while dying of AIDS.
Gilbert, a founding member of the Florida pop-punk band, had undergone surgery, radiation and emergency brain surgery since his diagnosis in 2021. He returned to performing just three months before his death and is survived by his wife Lisa Cimorelli and their five-year-old daughter Lily.
"Father Country I Do Love You" spreads across all six floors of the New York museum's spiral rotunda — the first time any artist has filled it entirely. The 42-chapter show follows the agent's career through the major events of 20th-century American history.
Four support acts pulled out and ticket prices fell by up to 50 percent after the rapper played his pro-Palestine song at a New Jersey stadium show. Sheeran's team has not said who made the call to remove him.
A production called '50 Minutes in Gaza' toured four cities this summer, with actors portraying a doctor who could not save his son and a woman giving birth under siege. For the cast, the dangers and shortages do not end when they leave the stage.
NAZA, produced by the Guardian, received a 25-minute standing ovation — reported as the longest in the festival's history. Netanyahu has pledged to revoke citizenship from anyone he says defames Israeli soldiers, and to increase statutory defamation damages 20-fold, citing the film ahead of Israel's October 27 election.
The singer broke his silence on the conflict mid-tour, days after vowing to stay out of it. His remarks followed Macklemore's removal from the LOOP Tour for pro-Palestinian comments, which prompted other supporting acts to withdraw in solidarity.
Lina Jouni began collecting shrapnel near her home in Nabatieh after Israeli forces withdrew in 2024. She turns the fragments into sculptures and paintings that document the destruction while insisting that reconstruction is still possible.
'The History of Concrete' follows the creator of 'How To with John Wilson' to ancient buildings in Italy and trade conventions in Las Vegas. It also records, in real time, his Zoom calls pitching the same film to Hollywood executives.
The black silk gown she wore to upstage Prince Charles's adultery confession in 1994 goes on display in London, Hong Kong, Geneva and New York before the 9 December sale. It last sold at auction in 1997 for £39,098.
The independent horror film, shot in 20 days, is being called the highest-grossing original film of the 2020s. Its lead, Inde Navarrette, is now an Oscar best actress contender — and has been cast as Rogue in Marvel's upcoming X-Men film.
Steven Kolb, who led the Council of Fashion Designers of America for twenty years, was caught on camera restraining activists who stormed a New York Fashion Week runway show. He apologised and resigned days later.
Open letters, boycotts and benefit events have drawn thousands of cultural figures since October 2023. Macklemore, Melissa Barrera, Bella Hadid and others say their public positions led to lost contracts and cancelled appearances.
The Danish director was asked to write his will before an emergency operation in 2023 saved his life. He says the experience rekindled a creative drive that had almost gone out — and Her Private Hell, a sci-fi thriller set in a neon-lit Tokyo, is the result.
Sheik died on Thursday at a Manhattan hospital after heart failure led to cardiac arrest. He is survived by his wife, Nora Ariffin, and their seven-year-old daughter, Ines.
The Codex Azcatitlán, a 16th-century manuscript charting the rise and fall of the Aztec empire, is on loan to Mexico City's Museum of Anthropology until December. France says legal constraints prevent a permanent return.
The German-American artist brought Day-Glo flowers, rainbows and psychedelic portraits to a mass audience over six decades. He died in Manhattan after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease.
RTÉ said the scale of civilian deaths and restrictions on journalists in Gaza made participation impossible to justify. The Netherlands has also pulled out, leaving organisers facing a second year of boycotts.
The director behind 'The Battle of Chile' — long regarded as Latin America's greatest documentary trilogy — died in Paris following a cardiorespiratory arrest. His trilogy had just become available on Mubi days before his death.
The actor trained at RADA in London, appeared on British television in the 1970s and made more than 300 films in Nigeria over a career spanning five decades. His wife, actress Joke Silva, announced his death; the family has asked for privacy.
The Television Academy is in advanced negotiations with Prime Video to host the Primetime Emmy Awards. A deal would end the 31-year rotation among ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC — and put the ceremony behind a subscription paywall for the first time.
The Apple TV horror-comedy surpassed 'The Studio', which won 13 a year ago, to claim the most Emmys ever won by a comedy series in a single year. It took home outstanding comedy series, four acting awards, and prizes for writing, directing and casting.
The Welsh actor is the first person to win two lead acting prizes on the same night. The double win also makes him the first man to hold lead acting Emmys in all three categories — drama, comedy and limited series — joining Barbara Stanwyck in the record books.
Tour promoter Messina Touring Group said venues would not host shows with Macklemore on the bill, leaving it with no choice but to drop him. The rapper accused New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft of pressing Sheeran and other stadium owners to have him removed.
The band will play four nights at Knebworth House in September, 30 years after drawing 250,000 fans there in 1996. No London dates have been announced. Richard Ashcroft will join as special guest across all shows.
The costume designer won nine Emmys and received three Oscar nominations across a career that made him the first costume designer inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame.
Miki Zohar said he would act to revoke the citizenship of directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor after their film NAZA won the Special Jury Prize at Venice. The documentary features 24 Israeli military whistleblowers discussing AI targeting systems used in Gaza, and includes an account of an attack on one person that was approved despite an expected 500 civilian deaths.
The 58-year-old performed 26 songs over two hours at Plenitude Arena in Nanterre, her first full-length show since stiff person syndrome forced her off stage in 2020. Sixteen sold-out nights run through 14 October, with ten more to follow in 2027.
NAZA, directed by Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, is based on testimony from 24 anonymised Israeli military sources who describe an AI system they say identified assassination targets on a mass scale. The Israel Defence Forces rejects the allegations, saying strike decisions are made by humans only.
The Oscar-winning British producer spent more than five decades backing directors working outside the mainstream, from Bernardo Bertolucci to David Cronenberg and Nagisa Oshima. His latest film was due to premiere at Toronto on Monday.
Studio Drift and architect Shigeru Ban flew each drone for a single life lost. Together they traced the towers at full scale above the harbour on 9 September.
Matt Stone and Trey Parker announced the title change after the show won an Emmy on Sunday. The joke targets Trump's push to rebrand landmarks and waterways, and the tech companies that quietly went along with it.
The actor made the claim at Venice, where she is competing for the Golden Lion. She did not name the agencies involved or the specific roles she says she lost.
Julia Loktev's My Undesirable Friends: Part II — Exile premiered at Venice, tracing reporters from TV Rain, Novaya Gazeta and iStories as they rebuild their work across a dozen countries. They continue reporting on Russian war crimes while facing terrorism designations and death threats from their own government.
"You Can See Everything" is an A24 film built around Holmes's own invitation to follow her. Production began 34 days before she was due to report to prison and grew into a three-year project.
Morgan died peacefully in her sleep in New York City after 17 years with Parkinson's Disease. Her death came days after that of her close friend and fellow feminist Gloria Steinem.
Elsinore, premiering at Telluride, follows Ian Charleson's final year and his 1989 Hamlet at London's National Theatre. Charleson died of AIDS in 1990, aged 40. Olivia Colman also stars.
Liam and Noel received an eight-minute standing ovation at the Palazzo del Cinema for 'Don't Look Back in Anger', a documentary following the band's 2025 reunion tour. Noel was seen wiping tears from his eyes during the applause.
The American writer and activist spent more than five decades campaigning for gender equality, women's reproductive rights, and against domestic violence and war. A memoir she had been writing was due for release this fall.
The 300,000-square-foot building in Exposition Park holds more than 40,000 works, from Frida Kahlo and Norman Rockwell to Star Wars and Indiana Jones archives. Doors open to the public on September 22; adult admission is $25.
The writer, journalist and co-founder of Ms. Magazine died peacefully at her New York City home on Wednesday, surrounded by those who loved her. No cause of death was given.
The 70-metre embroidery depicting the Norman conquest of England has arrived at the British Museum in London. The public exhibition opens on 10 September — but tickets are already sold out through the end of 2026.
The 83rd Venice festival opens in September with four films on the Palestinian issue and others on repression in Russia and Belarus. Ukraine's government has formally objected to one competition entry, a film about Soviet rule whose lead actor still lives and works in Russia.
Berry wrote more than 50 volumes of poetry, fiction and argument defending family farms, local food and the bond between land and community. He farmed with draft horses and wrote mostly in pencil, living by the beliefs he spent a lifetime articulating.
Dollyfest replaces a traditional memorial at Parton's request. She had originally been due to host and perform at a birthday celebration in Nashville before her death from cancer at 80.
His most celebrated work, Camel of Hardship, showed an elderly porter carrying Jerusalem on his back. It became one of the most recognised images in Palestinian art, reproduced on walls and in publications for decades.
UNESCO inscribed the 80-kilometre stretch of Allied landing sites at its Busan session, completing a bid that began nearly 20 years ago and marking a shift in how the body treats sites associated with modern conflict.
Tate is planning two major retrospectives for 2027, as a Serpentine show made on an iPad during lockdown passes 200,000 visitors in its final weeks.
Curator Sang-ah Kim selected five permanent artefacts — including a Silla Kingdom bell said to echo on track 29 — whose themes of hope and belonging mirror those of the group's fifth studio album, 'Arirang'.
Designed by Alberto and Francesco Meda, the new suspension lamp hides all wiring inside its extruded arms and stacks up to three levels around a central cylinder.
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