Film
Netflix’s Narnia reveals first look at Emma Mackey’s villain
Netflix has released the first image of Emma Mackey as the villain of Greta Gerwig’s Narnia, reuniting the pair after Barbie.
Culture
The Folio · No. 20Thursday 24 September 2026Jess Entwistle
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Lord of the Rings returns to the Shire in first look at Andy Serkis’s new film
The first images from The Hunt for Gollum, directed by and starring Andy Serkis, go back to the Shire, with the suggestion of familiar faces to come.
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Film
Deva Cassel was a contemporary bride in Dior couture at Vogue World: Milano
Deva Cassel closed Vogue World: Milano as a bride in Dior Haute Couture by Jonathan Anderson, watched from the audience by her mother, Monica Bellucci.
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Jean Smart joins The Family Stone sequel with Rachel McAdams and Sarah Jessica Parker
Searchlight’s follow-up to the 2005 Christmas comedy adds Jean Smart in her first role since Hacks, alongside returning cast including Rachel McAdams and Sarah Jessica Parker.
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Les Misérables review: a starry, lavishly empty French-language Victor Hugo
Nobody sings in Fred Cavaye’s new adaptation, and Variety finds the result handsome but hollow. Worth knowing before you book, if you love the musical.
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TV
Ryan Murphy says he has finished the script for a Glee reboot and has spoken to the original cast
Murphy says a script is written and the original cast were “very enthusiastic” when he approached them. No network, platform or date has been announced yet.
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Brad Bird’s Ray Gunn gets a first trailer and a limited 70mm release
Bird’s long-delayed animated noir arrives on Netflix in December, with a 70mm theatrical run first. Scarlett Johansson and Tom Waits are among the voice cast.
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International Emmy nominations: the United Kingdom leads this year’s tally
British shows took 14 nominations, the most of any territory, including Disney+’s A Thousand Blows in drama and Netflix’s Man vs Baby in comedy.
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American Horror Story season 13 premiere in New York: every cast member on the carpet
Jessica Lange led the arrivals at the milestone season premiere in New York. The full gallery of who turned out and what they wore is here.
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Coleen Rooney confirms the one rule she set for The Real Rooneys
The ten-part family series lands on Disney+ shortly, and Rooney has explained the single condition she attached to filming at home.
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Music
Taylor Swift announces The Life Of A Showgirl: The Encore, featuring four new songs
Swift is expanding The Life Of A Showgirl with four new tracks, written, she says, out of gratitude for how the album was received.
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Music
Oasis add UK, Italy and Germany dates to Live ‘27
More shows have been added to next year’s tour, including extra Knebworth nights, after what the band call phenomenal demand. The second Paris date has moved.
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Music
Amy Winehouse Back to Black 20 show announced with Mark Ronson and Jorja Smith
A one-off concert marking twenty years of Back to Black comes to the Roundhouse on 21 October, with Mark Ronson, Jorja Smith and others performing.
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Music
Michael Kiwanuka announces new album FUDGE after suffering a stroke
Kiwanuka has revealed he is recovering from what he describes as a quite severe brain injury, and faces a long rehabilitation. He finished a record anyway.
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Music
Niall Horan opens the Dinner Party tour
Clash was at the first night of Horan’s new tour and calls it a strong start, if you are deciding whether to chase a ticket.
Theatre
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Theatre
The Devil Wears Prada announces further lead casting
A new Andy Sachs has been cast in the West End musical, with the rest of the principal company now filling out.
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Theatre
Full cast announced for the Singin’ in the Rain UK and Ireland tour
The tour opens at the Churchill Theatre, Bromley, before travelling. The full company has now been named.
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Theatre
Kimberly Akimbo releases its UK premiere trailer
The five-time Tony winner is running at Hampstead Theatre in Maria Friedman’s production, and the first footage is out.
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Theatre
First look at the national tour of Death Becomes Her
Jackie Burns and Kristen Beth Williams lead the first touring production, which opened in Cleveland this month.
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Bernadette Peters and Rachel Dratch join the final season of A Man on the Inside
Peters joins the Ted Danson comedy for its third and last run, now filming in San Francisco.
Books
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Books
Robert Eggers to direct a new Romeo and Juliet
The Nosferatu director will direct and produce a new film of the play, his first turn at Shakespeare.
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Books
John Green on fame, YouTube and writing his first adult novel
Green talks to the Guardian about leaving young adult fiction behind, and about still competing for clicks two decades in.
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Books
The Complex by Karan Mahajan review: a superb family saga set in Delhi
A murder in the Chopra family opens out into a novel about corruption and betrayal across decades. The Guardian calls it packed with drama.
