EXCLUSIVE: Studiocanal has boarded sales and unveiled a first image for Volker Schlöndorff’s Visitation, which was announced as having been selected for the Cannes Film Festival’s Official Selection on Thursday. The film, which is Schlöndorff’s first fiction feature in close to a decade, will debut in the Cannes Premiere section. The historical drama revolves around
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Caitlyn Jenner claims her late friend Sophia Hutchins owed her over $600,000 in Canadian dollars before her death in 2025. In a March 27 creditor’s claim, viewed and obtained by People and other entertainment industry publications, Jenner alleged that Hutchins had US$439,095.88 ($608, 478.14 CAD) in unpaid expenses. (Global News has not independently viewed the
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Hulu’s new series The Testaments just premiered and it brings fans back into Gilead, years after the events in The Handmaid’s Tale. The show follows Agnes, the daughter of Elisabeth Moss‘ character June, as she comes of age in Gilead as the daughter of a Commander. The six seasons of The Handmaid’s Tale followed June
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At the end of the season, it was revealed that Francesca is queer (though she may not realise it), as she developed feelings for Stirling’s female cousin, Michaela, who came back into Francesca’s life in season 4 and then quickly left again when she fled Mayfair. Bridgerton‘s showrunner Jess Brownell has been inundated with questions
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Jake Schreier is working on the X-Men film reboot and has revealed that Beef creator Lee Sung Jin and The Bear showrunner Joanna Calo are working on a script for the Marvel movie. In a new interview, the Thunderbolts* director said that the X-Men movie was still in the “developing” stage, telling Collider, Lee Sung
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Critic’s Rating: 4 / 5.0 4 Given that the showrunners planned Shrinking Season 3 Episode 11 as a series finale, wrapping the grief-healing-moving-forward arc they’d had in mind from the show’s inception, it serves that purpose well. As a season finale, bridging the narrative into the announced Shrinking Season 4 and maintaining our interest in
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Aubrey Plaza is pregnant and expecting her first child with partner Chris Abbott, according to PEOPLE. The couple collaborated on the 2020 indie film Black Bear and the 2023 off-Broadway production of Danny and the Deep Blue Sea.  Plaza was previously married to director Jeff Baena, but they separated in fall 2024. Baena died last
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Selecting the best recent historical fiction books feels like a contradiction in terms. Historical fiction is a broad genre, encompassing thousands of years and spanning the entire globe. It can focus on the most well-known figures of all time or highlight everyday lives that don’t typically make it into textbooks. Ironically, historical fiction feels like
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A Utah judge granted Taylor Frankie Paul supervised visits with her two-year-old son after hearing arguments Tuesday on a protective order sought by ex-boyfriend Dakota Mortensen. Paul and Mortensen, who have had an on-and-off relationship following her split with ex-husband Tate Paul in 2022, participated in the hearing remotely while their lawyers appeared in person
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BBC Studios has created what it is calling the first fully rights-cleared streaming platform developed for airlines. BBC Player has been developed with Panasonic Avionics and will provide in-flight entertainment with BBC Studios shows. BBC Player will have different sections including BBC Earth, BBC News, BritBox, BBC Kids and CBeebies. BBC Studios is terming the
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UPDATED with latest: The 2026 Oscars are history, so here’s look at what’s ahead trophy show-wise. Check back often for updates. March 31: Webby Awards nominations April 2: Anime Awards nominations 28: Scientific and Technical Awards Presentation May 10: BAFTA Television Awards 17: Academy of Country Music Awards 23: Anime Awards 31: Peabody Awards TBA:
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A day before going on sale to the general public, London’s Wireless Festival has been canceled after headliner Kanye West was denied entry into the United Kingdom, bringing an abrupt end to days of controversy surrounding his planned appearance. Now known as YE, the artist has faced widespread criticism for a series of antisemitic, racist
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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. The Inaugural James Patterson & Bookshop.org Prize I’m always excited to see what Bookshop.org does next, and I
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For many WGA members, one fact loomed large over these negotiations: The 2023 writers strike coincided with a sharp contraction in employment, with Writers Guild data showing television writing jobs falling 42% year over year in the 2023–24 season—equating to there being roughly 1,300 fewer positions. The SAG-AFTRA negotiations are proceeding under a media blackout,
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Paramount‘s beleaguered stock jumped nearly 11% Tuesday after news of deep-pocketed Middle East backers joining its Warner Bros. Discovery takeover. The shares, which had fallen 20% in 2026 heading into Tuesday’s trading, finished at $10.90 on more than three times their normal trading volume. Several regulatory agencies have approved Paramount’s pending $110 billion deal for
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Aaron Tveit is back on Broadway right now in the musical Chess and he has a show-stopping moment with the power ballad “Pity the Child,” which you can now stream on all services! The Act 2 song is all about his character Freddie Trumper reflecting on his childhood and how his struggles as a kid
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