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Ramona S. Diaz To Direct Doc Based On Atlantic Magazine Article ‘My Family’s Slave,’ About A Woman’s 56 Years Of Servitude
Filmmaker Ramona S. Diaz is directing a feature documentary based on Alex Tizon’s viral 2017 Atlantic essay “My Family’s Slave,” which detailed how Eudocia Tomas Pullido, known as Lola, served his family without pay for 56 years. The project reunites the story with a fresh creative team nearly a decade after the original article caused…
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Jack O’Connell Sinks His Teeth Into Scandal: The British Heartthrob Takes on Tabloids, Murder and Rupert Murdoch in Netflix’s ‘Ink’
Netflix’s “Ink,” directed by Danny Boyle and starring Jack O’Connell as tabloid editor Larry Lamb, will open the Venice Film Festival on 2 September before a limited December cinema release and streaming from 8 January. The film dramatises how Lamb, hired by Rupert Murdoch (played by Guy Pearce) in 1969, transformed The Sun into a…
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‘Hacks’ Complete Five-Season Blu-ray Box Set to Go on Sale This Holiday Season (EXCLUSIVE)
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment is releasing “Hacks: The Complete Series,” a Blu-ray box set collecting all five seasons of the Emmy-winning comedy, in time for the 2026 holiday season. It marks the first time the entire show, which concluded this year, has been sold together in one physical package, with Universal promising previously unseen bonus…
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Sami Abu Wardeh turns to autobiographical stand-up at Edinburgh Fringe
In a review from the Edinburgh Fringe, the Guardian’s critic covers Sami Abu Wardeh’s new show, in which the comedian and clown moves away from his previous acts to try straight autobiographical standup for the first time. Known for physical clowning and, last year, for recounting the history behind the Gaza crisis, the 40-year-old Irish-Palestinian…
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Xbox announces disc-to-digital feature that digitizes your physical games
Microsoft has confirmed a disc-to-digital feature for Xbox, allowing owners of eligible physical games to gain digital access by inserting the disc into an Xbox One or Series X console and launching the game. The measure is intended to support game preservation and prepare for future Xbox hardware, potentially making purchased games more usable across…
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Stourbridge fire which destroyed homes on millionaires’ row and left families fleeing for their lives was started accidentally, fire chiefs reveal
Two wildfires that destroyed 19 homes and damaged a further 18 in Stourbridge, West Midlands, on 13 August were started accidentally by agricultural machinery being used in nearby fields, fire chiefs have confirmed. The blazes, which broke out on Britain’s hottest day of the year, tore through more than 500 acres and forced some residents…
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Microsoft’s 25th anniversary Xbox will cost $899
Microsoft has confirmed that its limited 25th-anniversary Xbox console will cost $899, completing the details of the translucent green commemorative edition. The premium release celebrates the original Xbox’s design rather than introducing new hardware, with the same core specification as a 1TB Xbox Series X. Pre-orders begin on 27 August at 10am ET, while some…
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Netflix Sets Roald Dahl Series With Cast Including Nicola Coughlan, Imelda Staunton & Dominic West
Netflix is making an untitled six-part drama inspired by Roald Dahl’s adult short stories, written by Danny Brocklehurst and featuring Nicola Coughlan, Imelda Staunton and Dominic West. The series extends the streamer’s efforts to adapt Dahl’s work after acquiring the Roald Dahl Story Company in 2021, and will bring several of his darker, macabre characters…
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Geese get warmed up for Reading and Leeds in Glasgow: Here’s their setlist in full
Geese, the Brooklyn alt-rock band fronted by Cameron Winter, opened their end-of-summer UK and Ireland tour with a show in Glasgow, warming up for headline slots at Reading and Leeds festivals this weekend. The gig follows a breakout year for the group, driven by the acclaim for their third album, Getting Killed, and comes ahead…
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A Ugandan quarry worker carrying rocks on her head: Dan Nelken’s best photograph
Photographer Dan Nelken discusses his portrait of Janet, a Ugandan quarry worker, drawn from his project HeadStrong, which documents women labourers in and around Gulu, northern Uganda. The image forms part of a wider body of work highlighting how women shoulder much of the region’s physical labour, often while raising children alone, and it matters…