In the lead up to its January theatrical release in Scandinavia and in Italy next Spring, Finnish adventure comedy “Snot & Splash: The Mystery of Disappearing Holes” (“Räkä ja Roiskis”) is sharing its trailer exclusively in Variety. FilmSharks CEO Guido Rud, who picked up world sales rights to the children’s film at the Locarno Film Festival in August, said: “Finnish cinema is known for having a […]

DEAR DEIDRE: ALTHOUGH I’m a woman of only 26, I think I have a drinking problem. Recently, I had a week off work and told my friends I had been away on holiday, but the shameful truth was I have been drinking alone at home every day. It all started when I felt really down about a break-up. Some good […]

Duchess of Edinburgh is a ‘bridge between royal generations’ and has formed a ‘tight bond’ with William and Kate during a period of turbulence for the Royal Family, expert claims Royal correspondent Jennie Bond spoke to OK! Magazine about the Duchess READ MORE: How Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, turned to an ARCHDUCHESS for her astonishing collection of 74 handbags and clutches […]

Uday Shankar, the former head of Disney in India, says that “limitless” changes to the Indian media landscape may soon leave behind conventional ideas of television and video. The great disruptor is JioCinema, part of Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries conglomerate, and in which Shankar is a major investor. JioCinema, which operates streaming services, and is allied with Viacom18, sits alongside […]

Bank robbers tend to be fairly easy to root for in movies. After all, it’s not the audience’s money getting pocketed onscreen. They typically don’t want to kill anybody, and their schemes tend to be pretty spectacular. “Heist 88,” a new Showtime release inspired by a real-life Chicago robbery from the year 1988, doesn’t trust viewers to be so accepting, […]

Does Christopher Nolan‘s “Oppenheimer” have enough heat to hit $1 billion globally? At one point, this milestone may have sounded entirely improbable for a three-hour historical drama that mostly depicts scientists talking about theoretical physics. But sure enough, the biopic starring Cillian Murphy as the so-called father of the atomic bomb has become a full-fledged blockbuster with a fighting chance […]

Universal Pictures and Blumhouse thought they had the perfect release date for their upcoming “Exorcist” reboot: A Friday the 13th in October, the spookiest month of the year. But it turns out the only thing more terrifying than that cursed day is Taylor Swift. Once the Grammy winner announced her “Eras Tour” concert film was opening on Oct. 13, the […]

TikTok users have been captivated by a new viral optical illusion that can supposedly reveal whether you’re stubborn or opinionated. The personality test was developed by Mia Yilin to unveil different character traits based on what a person sees first in a mind-bending image. Yilin, a poignant figure in the optical illusion scene on TikTok, has amassed more than 400,000 […]

Rolling Stone magazine celebrated the 20th anniversary of “School of Rock” with a new oral history in which many of the child actors from the Richard Linklater hit film opened up on the tough years they faced after the film’s blockbuster release. The Jack Black-led comedy was a box office hit in 2003 with $131 million worldwide, and it’s widely […]

German in all but name, tin-eared George V makes great-grandson King Charles look like a titan of diplomacy, writes CHRISTOPHER WILSON Lloyd George disparaged George V as ‘my little German friend’ Great-grandfather of Charles refused to go abroad after the age of 60 For all the latest Royal news, pictures and videos click here King Charles returned from his groundbreaking state […]