No. 1Saturday 5 September 2026Jess Entwistle
Apple’s first event under John Ternus is on Wednesday at 6pm UK time.
Leigh’s mooted final film, premiering at Telluride, follows two social workers through a week of ageing parents and lives moving on. Alice Bailey Johnson and Kate O’Flynn lead; Little White Lies’ first look calls it one of his finest.
Kendall Jenner, George and Amal Clooney, Claire Foy and Robert Pattinson are on the Lido this week, and Vogue is keeping its gallery of every red-carpet look updated as the premieres roll on. Harper’s Bazaar has Amal in Tom Ford and Foy in Bottega Veneta.
The BBC has dated this year’s launch show and released the first trailer, with changes to how launch night works. Digital Spy counts two weeks to go.
Film, TV, Music, Theatre, Books · 12 stories
Primetime: Robert Pattinson leads a dazzling cast in a lurid portrait of a predator-hunter’s predatory instinct
Disney, Universal, Hotels · 4 stories
Gordon Ramsay at The Carnaby brings 60s London to Downtown Disney
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Deep window seats and cosy reading nooks heighten the magic of this English farmhouse
Read · Why is this interesting?
On earworms, made up languages, and the magic of a good pop song
A pop song in a made-up language that still gets stuck in your head: the right Saturday read for anyone who has ever tried to write one.
Listen · Kermode & Mayo’s Take
This week’s reviews, with Bill Pullman as the guest and Mark on a Robin Hood darker than any before it.
Listen · The Rest Is Entertainment
Richard and Marina on Dolly Parton, musician, megastar and mogul: the whole of show business in one person.
Listen · Song Exploder
Charli XCX takes Camera apart, piece by piece, in 23 minutes.
A short film follows how the pencils are made, step by step, in factories in Japan and California.
