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The Folio · No. 3Jess Entwistle

Film

  1. Film

    Alicia Vikander wears a blue ruffled gown at Venice, in a rare red carpet appearance with Michael Fassbender

    The couple walked the Lido together, months after quietly welcoming their second child. Vikander is at the festival for The Echo Chamber.

  2. Film

    Possible Love gets a six minute standing ovation at Venice

    Lee Chang-dong returned to the festival after 24 years with a Netflix drama about two couples from different classes. The cast were in tears through the applause.

  3. Film

    Pamela Anderson wears a bright orange gown to the amfAR Gala in Venice

    Anderson, 59, kept to her make-up free approach on the carpet at the annual fundraising gala.

  4. Film

    The story behind Kendall Jenner’s ultra-rare, artist-made earrings

    Vogue traces the Alexander Calder earrings Jenner wore for her first Venice looks, styled in tribute to Peggy Guggenheim.

  5. Film

    Nathan Fielder’s secret Elizabeth Holmes documentary is Telluride’s surprise screening

    You Can See Everything, made with Lance Oppenheim over three years, follows Holmes in the weeks before she reported to prison. A24 releases it in October.

  6. Film

    Robert Pattinson is a showstopper in Primetime at Venice

    Vanity Fair says Lance Oppenheim’s film bowled the Lido over, with Pattinson going for broke as the To Catch a Predator host Chris Hansen.

TV

  1. TV

    Every look from the 2026 Emmy Awards red carpet, from Colman Domingo to Linda Cardellini

    The Television Academy opened its 78th awards season with two ceremonies at the Peacock Theater on Saturday and Sunday. Deadline has the arrivals.

  2. TV

    Widow’s Bay leads night two of the Emmys with eight wins

    Apple TV’s comedy ends the Creative Arts weekend as the comedy frontrunner, alongside HBO’s DTF St. Louis and the cancelled Prime Video series Spider-Noir.

  3. TV

    Rob Reiner wins a posthumous Emmy for The Bear

    Reiner took guest actor in a comedy series for a three episode arc in season four of the FX show, nine months after his death.

  4. TV

    Betty Gilpin and Alison Brie have a GLOW reunion on the Emmys red carpet

    Gilpin won guest actress in a comedy series for Widow’s Bay, then posed with a former co-star at the Creative Arts ceremony.

  5. TV

    Mandy Moore on Hilary Duff’s musical comeback and Dan Fogelman’s NFL family drama The Land

    Moore talks to Variety about the Hulu series, which she likens to Friday Night Lights, and about Duff’s return to music.

  6. TV

    Six shows to watch this week, including Maxine Peake’s new thriller

    Digital Spy’s guide to the week ahead, with a few returning favourites alongside the new arrivals.

Music

  1. Music

    Sabrina Carpenter wins her first Primetime Emmy for The Muppet Show

    Billboard notes it is the second time she has beaten Taylor Swift for an award that counts towards an EGOT.

  2. Music

    Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show wins seven Emmys

    The Apple Music show took more Emmys than any halftime show before it, including outstanding variety special, live.

  3. Music

    Rod Wave takes a fourth Billboard 200 number one, with Alex Warren new at two

    Don’t Look Down is Rod Wave’s fourth chart topper. Alex Warren’s WILDCHILD enters at number two.

  4. Music

    KATSEYE live in London: two members down and on top form

    Rolling Stone UK reviews the group’s O2 show and says the interesting question is where they go next.

  5. Music

    Pulp play rarities and a live debut at their last gig for a while

    At End of the Road the band gave Deep Fried in Kelvin its live debut and played deep cuts unheard for 20 to 30 years. They said the break is not for ever.

Theatre

  1. Theatre

    America’s Sweethearts’ Reece Weaver makes a Broadway debut in Chicago from today

    The Tony winning revival also welcomes back NaTasha Yvette Williams and Red Concepción.

  2. Theatre

    Raúl Esparza on returning to Broadway in Galileo

    BroadwayWorld’s Richard Ridge talks to Esparza about the role and about the summer that brought him back to the Delacorte Theater.

  3. Theatre

    Annie Wobbler (Revisited) review: Arnold Wesker’s moving women live again

    At the Finborough in London, Nichola McAuliffe returns to the three soliloquies Wesker wrote for her in 1981.

  4. Theatre

    King Lear at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, review

    Theatre Weekly calls the Sheffield production a triumph.

Books

  1. Books

    Leading authors on the novels every school should teach

    Ben Okri, Samantha Harvey and other writers choose the books they would put on a new English curriculum, and say why each one earns its place.

  2. Books

    Tom Gauld on methods for encouraging a reluctant young reader

    The cartoonist takes on the child who will not pick up a book.