Musical
How accurate is The Pacific? Checked against the two Marines' memoirs it was built on
HBO's The Pacific was adapted from two Marine memoirs and a third man who never wrote one. Where the series follows Eugene Sledge and Robert Leckie exactly, where it merges and rearranges them, and which of its hardest scenes came straight off the page.
September 20, 2026 4:02 pm
La La Land ending explained: what that final sequence means, in Damien Chazelle's own words
La La Land ends with an eight-minute sequence that rewrites everything the audience has just watched, then snaps back. Damien Chazelle has explained repeatedly what that epilogue is for, which film he was copying, and why the ending was locked before the rest of the script existed.
September 20, 2026 2:41 pm
The famously stubborn George Lucas gave in to Star Wars fans five times, from shrinking Jar Jar to deleting Luke's scream
The Holiday Special, the Special Edition scream, Han and Greedo, midi-chlorians and Jar Jar Binks: when the creator of Star Wars listened.
September 19, 2026 5:21 pm
V for Vendetta returns to cinemas for its 20th anniversary on 1 and 5 November — Bonfire Night included
Fathom and Warner Bros. are bringing the Wachowski-produced dystopia back for two days with a new trailer and a documentary by James McTeigue.
September 19, 2026 3:19 pm
Who is Marcello in Harry Wild?
Series 4 of Harry Wild finally produces the one relative the family had managed to avoid for decades. Here's who Marcello is, how he connects to Harry and Charlie, and why his arrival in Dublin brings the Wilds a great deal of trouble.
September 18, 2026 2:11 pm
Lady Gaga’s new baby’s name is out — and yes, it nods to her music
Lady Gaga has welcomed a baby girl with fiancé Michael Polansky — and, according to TMZ, picked a name that nods to her musical past.
September 18, 2026 11:30 am
Amanda Seyfried told Vogue in January that Thomas Sadoski sacrifices a lot for her career - now they have confirmed the split
Amanda Seyfried and Thomas Sadoski have called time on their nine-year marriage — and the statement confirming it quietly slips in a detail you might not expect.
September 16, 2026 10:10 pm
Marvel hid Hayley Atwell on the Avengers: Doomsday set by putting someone else's name on her chair
Marvel Studios pulled a sneaky on-set move to keep Hayley Atwell’s Avengers: Doomsday return secret — and she’s finally spilled the beans on how they pulled it off.
September 16, 2026 9:14 pm
Awful news: The Voice’s first-ever winner Ben Saunders has died unexpectedly, aged 43
Fans of The Voice will be stunned: the show's first-ever winner has died unexpectedly, aged 43.
September 16, 2026 8:44 pm
The Muppet Show special won four Emmys, and Disney and Seth Rogen still can't agree on a series
Disney has parked plans for more episodes of The Muppet Show — despite its Emmy-winning pedigree.
September 13, 2026 9:17 pm
Plot twist: Tom Cruise’s Digger might secretly be a musical
Digger’s final trailer has some convinced Tom Cruise’s film is hiding a cheeky genre twist — and you’ll want to know which one.
September 13, 2026 4:42 pm
Liam Neeson’s hard pass — one movie genre he won’t go near
After more than 100 films, Liam Neeson says there’s one movie genre he’ll never touch — go on, guess which.
September 13, 2026 4:25 pm
Chris Rock wants Madagascar 4 — for a very funny reason
Chris Rock is pushing for Madagascar 4 — and the properly daft reason he’s so keen is peak Rock.
September 9, 2026 11:02 pm
VisionQuest had a shocking showrunner exit — and Paul Bettany was left with questions
Paul Bettany has revealed a major departure from upcoming MCU series VisionQuest left him asking questions — and the identity of who’s gone will raise a few more.
September 9, 2026 6:35 pm
A24 is pushing a Julianne Moore song from Jesse Eisenberg's The Debut for a best song Oscar
Jesse Eisenberg’s The Debut could put him in the running for an all-new Oscar category — one that would land him alongside some of the industry’s biggest names.
September 7, 2026 7:40 pm
Adam Sandler got ordained in New York to marry Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce at Madison Square Garden
Travis Kelce has revealed Adam Sandler played a very special surprise role at his and Taylor Swift’s wedding — and why it made the day ‘absolutely insane’.
September 6, 2026 9:50 pm
Ariana Grande's break from the spotlight has to wait for a full De Niro press tour
Ariana Grande’s planned break isn’t quite a full stop — per TMZ, there’s a Hollywood obligation she already had in the diary before she can switch off.
September 5, 2026 4:04 pm
Tom Holland's Fred Astaire film is down to two trained dancers for the role of his sister
Two big names are in the frame for a coveted role in Tom Holland’s next film — and the casting race just got interesting.
September 3, 2026 11:46 pm
Inde Navarrette is going for Best Actress, and Focus is pushing Obsession into almost every category
Inde Navarrette’s Obsession breakout just picked up serious awards muscle, propelling her into this year’s Oscars race.
September 3, 2026 9:07 pm
How many seasons of Strange New Worlds will there be? The final one is locked in — and it's the shortest of the lot
How many seasons of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds will there be? The full episode count, the final season's unusual format and the showrunners' plans for the ending.
August 30, 2026 10:14 pm
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