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Variety’s 10 Assistants to Watch in 2026
Variety has published its annual “10 Assistants to Watch” list for 2026, spotlighting rising support staff across major Hollywood studios, agencies and production companies who go beyond typical administrative duties. The feature highlights how assistants, often underpaid and overlooked, play a crucial role in the entertainment industry by contributing creative insight, brokering deals and helping…
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Celebrity ‘Voice’ Season Set for 2027 on NBC
NBC has announced a celebrity edition of its long-running singing competition “The Voice”, set to premiere sometime in 2027. The move marks a departure for the franchise, which has spent 15 years and 30 seasons searching for undiscovered talent, and will instead feature already-famous contestants from acting, music, sport, comedy, reality TV and social media.…
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Joe Jonas joins celebrity edition of The Voice on NBC
NBC has confirmed a celebrity edition of “The Voice”, with Joe Jonas making his coaching debut alongside Queen Latifah and Riley Green, while Keke Palmer takes over hosting duties from Carson Daly, who had fronted the show since its 2011 launch. The spin-off, effectively Season 31 of the long-running singing competition, marks the first time…
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The story of how Glen Hansard helped to launch Jeff Buckley: “He blew the fucking roof off”
Glen Hansard, best known as the guitarist Outspan Foster in The Commitments, has recounted how a chance gig helped launch the career of the late American singer-songwriter Jeff Buckley. The pair met in 1991 while touring America to promote the film, bonding over a shared love of Bob Dylan, and later found themselves performing together…
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Saudi Arabia’s $55 billion takeover of EA could waste “one of the best catalogues in the industry” by reducing it to a “sequel-and-mega-franchise machine,” Helldivers 2 boss worries
A senior figure at Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead Game Studios has voiced concern that Saudi Arabia’s $55 billion (roughly £43 billion) acquisition of Electronic Arts could see the publisher’s varied back catalogue neglected in favour of relentlessly milking its biggest franchises. The warning reflects wider unease in the games industry about what happens to smaller,…
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Kevin Costner’s “Imperfect But Deeply Involving” Western Masterpiece Officially Finds a New Streamer
Kevin Costner’s acclaimed 2003 Western “Open Range” has become available to stream on AMC+, giving audiences renewed access to a film widely regarded as one of the finest of the genre in recent decades. The move comes as Costner’s career has faced a setback with the underwhelming box-office reception of his more recent project, “Horizon:…
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Bunnie Xo Says She’ll ‘Never’ Get Married Again After Jelly Roll Split, Recalls ‘Betrayal Trauma’ of His Affair
Bunnie Xo, wife of country star Jelly Roll before their 2025 divorce, has said she will “never” marry again, drawing parallels with fellow podcast guest Denise Richards’ own experience of divorce. Speaking on her Dumb Blonde podcast, Bunnie also pushed back on public speculation about high-profile break-ups, arguing that only those directly involved truly understand…
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Koei Tecmo is putting out an “AI chat RPG” based on the Atelier Ryza series, and it sounds bleak
Koei Tecmo’s studio Gust, together with Japanese AI startup SpiralAI, has announced RyzaChat: Your Midsummer Dream Story with AI Ryza, an “AI chat RPG” for iOS and Android built around conversations with a chatbot version of Atelier Ryza protagonist Ryza. The game’s core mechanics, including quests, exploration and progression, are driven by AI-generated dialogue rather…
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DJs Weigh In: What’s the Song of the Summer?
Rolling Stone asked five DJs to name their pick for the “Song of the Summer” for 2026, reflecting how the title now often depends less on chart position than on which tracks reliably get crowds moving on the dance floor. The DJs argue the concept has become more fragmented and less universal than in previous…