Celebrity

Celebrity brings together the daily churn of film, television, music and public life – new releases and reviews, casting and career decisions, and the milestones and anniversaries that mark long careers. It sits alongside the industry stories running behind the scenes, from streaming platforms chasing their next hit to studios and public figures navigating controversy and scrutiny.

It matters because celebrity culture is where entertainment, business and public opinion regularly collide. A single remark from an actor, a strategic pivot by a studio, or a scandal involving a well-known figure can shape conversations well beyond the entertainment pages, touching on politics, corporate ethics and shifting public attitudes.

This is also where readers can follow the more personal threads: the choices performers make about their craft, the private moments that spill into public view, and the tributes paid to figures who have shaped culture over decades. It's a topic built for keeping up with both the headline moment and the person behind it.

Boeing’s Calamity Capsule gets another shot at the ISS taxi business

September 29, 2026

Boeing and NASA have announced plans to return the Starliner spacecraft to flight operations, with an uncrewed mission scheduled for December 2026 or January 2027, followed by a crewed mission in 2028. This move is significant because it would provide the United States with an alternative to SpaceX’s Crew Dragon for transporting astronauts to and…
‘We got naked and covered ourselves in Vaseline’: Katherine Hubbard on photographing her ailing mother

September 29, 2026

Artist Katherine Hubbard spent five years photographing her mother, Antonette Berger, as the latter’s memory declined following a diagnosis of LATE (limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy), a condition similar to Alzheimer’s. Hubbard set up her photography equipment in her mother’s apartment in Germantown, Philadelphia, during the Covid-19 pandemic and transformed the experience of caregiving into an…
Netflix to release three-part Matthew Perry documentary on 27 October

September 29, 2026

Netflix will release *The One About Matthew Perry*, a three-part documentary series directed by Mary Robertson, on 27 October. Described by its producers as the first in-depth documentary about the *Friends* star, it aims to show Perry as a whole person and explore the life and struggles behind his public image as Chandler Bing. The…
Tiny Texas town became a rural haven for outlaw country musicians

September 29, 2026

Luckenbach, a tiny Texas town with only three residents when Hondo Crouch bought it in 1971, became an unlikely gathering place for country musicians. Crouch turned its dance hall into a relaxed rural refuge for artists seeking freedom from Nashville’s increasingly polished, pop-oriented sound, helping make the town a symbol of the outlaw country movement.…
Manchester City’s perfect start offers no guarantee of Premier League title

September 29, 2026

Manchester City are the only team to have won all five of their opening Premier League matches, giving them a three-point lead over champions Arsenal as they begin life after Pep Guardiola. But historical records suggest a perfect start offers no guarantee of the title: teams need to keep winning, and City’s early form will…
Reco raises $55M as AI agent security startups crowd the market

September 29, 2026

Reco has raised $55 million as businesses adopt AI agents faster than their security teams can track them. The funding reflects growing investor interest in tools that help organisations discover and control agents, amid a crowded market of at least two dozen vendors with overlapping security offerings. Reco says its platform maps agents to the…
Stop shaming people for using AI. Start organizing to prevent our obsolescence | Garrison Lovely

September 29, 2026

Garrison Lovely argues that opposition to AI should focus less on shaming individuals for using it and more on organising against companies pursuing systems designed to replace human labour. He says the industry’s stated ambition to build artificial general intelligence amounts to creating a machine capable of doing almost any work that can be done…
Apple TV Announces Second Season Of ‘Carême’ About Napoleon Era Celebrity Chef-Turned-Spy

September 29, 2026

Apple TV has confirmed a second season of the Emmy-nominated drama series “Carême”, continuing the story of Antonin Carème, the world’s first celebrity chef, who rose to prominence during the Napoleonic era. The announcement follows hot on the heels of the first season receiving a prestigious international Emmy nomination for drama, which launched to critical…
Juno Films Takes North American Rights To ‘The Extraordinary Miss Flower’

September 29, 2026

Juno Films has acquired North American rights to *The Extraordinary Miss Flower*, an experimental biographical film by Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard. The deal sets up a planned theatrical launch in New York and Los Angeles in early 2027, followed by a digital release. The film centres on Geraldine Flower and love letters sent to…
Burnham seeks to mend Labour’s strained ties with business leaders

September 29, 2026

Andy Burnham, now Prime Minister, is attempting to rebuild strained relations between the Labour government and the business community at the party’s annual conference in Liverpool. A year earlier, Burnham had upset the City of London with remarks about Britain being too reliant on bond markets; now, the government is actively reassuring corporate leaders and…