Film
Summer box office breaks all-time record with $4.67 billion
The season finished as the highest grossing of all time, having already been the biggest since 2020 upended the industry. Variety has the numbers.
Culture
The Folio · No. 4Tuesday 8 September 2026Jess Entwistle
Film
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Film
Amanda Seyfried and Pamela Anderson made it a Miu Miu night in Venice
Miu Miu’s annual dinner at Ca’ Corner della Regina is the sparkliest party of the festival. Vogue has the arrivals, Seyfried and Anderson included.
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All the celebrities at the 2026 Venice Film Festival
Vanity Fair’s running gallery of everyone who has walked the waterfront red carpet at this year’s festival.
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Look Back review: Kore-eda’s manga adaptation becomes a moving tribute to friendship
Two girls bond over drawing manga in Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Venice premiere. Variety finds rich, dazzling new textures once the film moves past the preciousness of a child’s world.
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The verdict on Dakota Johnson’s Marilyn Monroe movie, Flesh Impact
Vogue reviews the film that premiered at Venice this week, and asks whether it amounts to a glorified car advert.
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Film
Practical Magic 2 stars praise Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock’s work on the sequel
The new cast tell Digital Spy the returning leads were attentive on set every day of the shoot.
TV
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TV
Great British Bake Off reveals its 2026 bakers
Channel 4 has named the bakers heading into the tent for the new series. Digital Spy has the full line up.
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TV
The Inbetweeners 3 is officially confirmed by Netflix, with production under way in the UK
Will, Simon, Jay and Neil are all back and filming has started. No release date yet.
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TV
Liza Tarbuck on hosting The Great Pottery Throw Down, her first job since leaving the BBC
Tarbuck takes over the Channel 4 pottery studio and tells Radio Times what drew her to it.
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TV
Big Brother returns on 13 September, with AJ Odudu and Will Best back as hosts
The hosts tell Digital Spy this year’s housemates will feel safe and protected, after the controversy that followed the 2025 series.
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TV
Mory Sacko’s Food Samurai is heading to Disney+ in North America
The Michelin starred chef’s six episode Japanese culinary series has been picked up for the US and Canada, Deadline reports.
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TV
The Day of the Jackal season two finally has a release window
Elle rounds up what is known about the return of the thriller that gripped so many people first time round.
Music
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Music
Radiohead announce 2027 residencies in Australia and Japan
The band continue their plan to tour the world one continent at a time, with dates in Australia and Japan next year.
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Music
Cage The Elephant announce a 2027 Dying In Reverse UK and European tour
The band say audiences here have always embraced them and they cannot wait to play the new songs. NME has the dates.
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Music
Jamie T adds more dates to his 2026 UK tour, including a second night at London’s Olympia
Demand for the original run has brought extra shows, NME reports.
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Music
Oasis: Don’t Look Back In Anger review, a moving record of the 2025 tour
Written by Steven Knight and directed by Will Lovelace and Dylan Southern, the Venice premiere gets to the heart of a band that means a great deal to a great many people.
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Jorja Smith, Chase & Status and Sam Smith to head up Radio 1’s Live Lounge month
Rachel Chinouriri and Blossoms are also among the artists heading into the studio next month.
Theatre
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Theatre
Jordan Donica is the Phantom in London’s The Phantom of the Opera from 8 September
Donica joins Sierra Boggess, a former Christine who is now playing Carlotta in the West End production.
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Theatre
Full casting announced for the UK and Ireland tour and West End return of Billy Elliot The Musical
The original award winning production returns for a limited West End season alongside a national tour. Theatre Weekly has the company in full.
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Theatre
Thelma & Louise’s writer on turning her Oscar winning film into a musical
Callie Khouri talks to the Guardian about adapting her first screenplay for the stage, and how little has changed since she wrote it.
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Theatre
Christopher Jackson returns to Broadway’s Hamilton from 8 September
He rejoins the Lin-Manuel Miranda musical at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, where it continues its Broadway run.
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Theatre
Mischief announces the West End and UK tour cast for A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong
The festive caper returns to Wyndham’s Theatre in London before continuing on a nationwide tour.
Books
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Books
Our Noble Selves by Kate Atkinson review: quirky postwar nostalgia
A gentle noirish mystery set around the 1951 Festival of Britain, with glimpses of the Life After Life author’s subtle brilliance.
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Books
Hawking by Graham Farmelo review: the dark side of genius
Farmelo’s biography recognises the physicist’s achievements while revealing the selfish narcissist underneath.
