Film
Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil takes $26 million on its opening day
Sony’s zombie horror took $26.3 million on Friday, arriving just as cinemagoers turn towards being spooked.
Culture
The Folio · No. 16Sunday 20 September 2026Jess Entwistle
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Will Andrew Scott become the first out gay man to win the best actor Oscar?
The Guardian makes the early case for his Ian Charleson in Elsinore, and for the way he has moved between Pride, All of Us Strangers and everything else without being pigeonholed.
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Film
The Smell of Apples review: a sun-soaked, chilling child’s-eye view of apartheid-era privilege
Variety’s critic finds every period detail correct to an eerie degree, from the school uniforms to the kitchen tiles, in a study of privilege and denial.
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John Wilson on his unlikely concrete movie
The creator of How To with John Wilson has made his first film, a documentary about how to sell a documentary about concrete.
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Emma, with Bill Nighy, is the period drama to watch this weekend
Digital Spy’s pick for the weekend, which its reviewer calls deliciously and effortlessly romantic.
TV
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TV
Strictly Come Dancing announces its couples as the 2026 series kicks off
The new series began on BBC One on Saturday night, with every celebrity paired with their professional.
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TV
Strictly review: having three hosts is not ah-may-zing, but it is not a disaster either
Emma Willis, Johannes Radebe and Josh Widdicombe made their pre-recorded dance floor debut. Radio Times found three hosts a bit of a crowd.
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First images of The Other Bennet Sister’s three-part Christmas special
BritBox will drop the special this holiday season, with Ella Bruccoleri and Donal Finn back as Mary and Tom Hayward, and Mary starting married life.
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Prime Video cancels Ride or Die after one season
The Hannah Waddingham and Octavia Spencer buddy dramedy was one of the summer’s streaming hits. Paramount TV Studios is now shopping it elsewhere.
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TV
The Inbetweeners 3 is filming a church wedding for Jay
Set photographs from the UK show Jay Cartwright getting married, as production continues for Netflix.
Music
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Music
Dolly Parton posthumously accepts an award in a video recorded before her death
The newly shared recording has Parton accepting in her own words, and signing off with: just know that I will always love you.
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Music
Celine Dion climbs onto a car to sing with fans after her Paris concert
After the third night of her Paris residency, Dion sang Pour que tu m’aimes encore with the crowd waiting outside.
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Music
Carly Rae Jepsen releases a surprise double album, Day and Night
The double album arrived without warning and led Good Morning America’s Pop News segment.
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Music
The Weeknd debuts a new song, Tokyo, with Yoko Takahashi as his Asian tour opens
Abel Tesfaye opened the tour with an unreleased song performed alongside Takahashi, and looks to be keeping the Weeknd name after years of going back and forth.
Theatre
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Theatre
Cate Blanchett calls out audience filming at the National Theatre
Blanchett, who is starring in Electra / Persona at the National, spoke out about people filming the performance.
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Theatre
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time at Birmingham Rep and on tour: review
Ned Bennett directs a new production with the lead role gender-switched, opening in Birmingham before a UK tour.
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Theatre
Tristan & Yseult review: Kneehigh’s lovers still soar with giddy glory
Kneehigh’s 2003 take on the medieval legend is back at Theatre Royal Bath. The Guardian calls the mix of circus, cabaret and tragedy irresistible.
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Theatre
Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky review: the bell tolls for Patrick Hamilton’s lost Londoners
Hamilton’s novels about lonely souls in the capital are condensed into one engrossing play at Southwark Playhouse Borough, though the Guardian wanted it more unsettling.
Books
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Books
Jonathan Franzen: ‘It’s still mysterious to me that I was angry for so long’
The Corrections is being adapted for television at last, years after HBO dropped its own plan. Franzen also talks about the future of reading and why making new work is horrible.
