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Tom Holland Officially Owns the Box Office, but His 10-Part Apple TV Crime Hit Is Winning on Streaming
Tom Holland is having a standout run in 2026, dominating cinemas with two blockbusters while also earning acclaim for his television work. He currently stars in *Spider-Man: Brand New Day*, which became the fastest film ever to reach $1 billion at the box office, and in Christopher Nolan’s *The Odyssey*, playing Telemachus, which is also…
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ALEX BRUMMER: Britain’s creative crown jewels are under mortal threat from US mega-mergers
Alex Brummer warns that a wave of “mega-mergers” in the media industry threatens the future of independent, trustworthy TV news on both sides of the Atlantic. He argues that as viewers increasingly abandon traditional broadcasters for streaming services and unreliable social media sources, consolidation among major broadcasters risks undermining a pillar of modern democracy and…
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German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 reports weaker first-half revenue
ProSiebenSat.1 reported lower revenue in the first half of 2026 as a weak German television advertising market, the shift of spending towards digital platforms and competition from World Cup broadcasters weighed on its entertainment business. The results matter because the company is relying on cost cuts, asset sales and its streaming service Joyn to offset…
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Alessia Russo: ‘When you join the club, you take on a part of Arsenal and the love’
Alessia Russo has reflected on becoming an “adult Gooner” after a triumphant season with Arsenal, describing how joining the club deepened her affection for it even though she wasn’t originally a fan. The Arsenal and England forward, whose game reached new heights last season, spoke about the emotional highlight of the club’s victory parade through…
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‘We were ahead of our time!’: Charly Clive and Ellen Robertson AKA sketch duo Britney on their new TV fame and word-of-mouth hits
Comedy duo Charly Clive and Ellen Robertson, known collectively as Britney, have found mainstream television success while remaining committed to their low-budget sketch comedy roots at the Edinburgh fringe. The pair, best friends since bonding on a school trip 20 years ago, were separately cast in major US TV dramas within weeks of each other…
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Locarno Honoree Sigurjón Sighvatsson on AI, Netflix and Why Cannes “Doesn’t Know What It Is Anymore”
Producer Sigurjón “Joni” Sighvatsson, best known for David Lynch’s *Wild at Heart* and TV’s *Twin Peaks*, is being honoured with the Raimondo Rezzonico Award at this week’s Locarno Film Festival. In an interview ahead of the ceremony, he praised Locarno’s eclectic, less star-driven approach and argued that larger festivals such as Cannes have lost a…
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TV tonight: Gugu Mbatha-Raw stars in a supernatural horror drama
Tonight’s TV picks are led by Possession, a new supernatural drama on Sky Atlantic starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw as British lawyer Claudia, who travels to Jamaica to challenge an inheritance claim on a former plantation. As she investigates, she becomes haunted by the estate’s dark history, with flashbacks gradually revealing how the past connects to the…
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Ryan Murphy Outlines Three-Season Arc for FX’s ‘The Shards’ Adaptation
Ryan Murphy is adapting Bret Easton Ellis’s 2023 autofiction novel “The Shards” for FX, having settled on a three-season arc to tell the story across the network. The project holds personal significance for Murphy, since his own coming-of-age overlapped with the novel’s 1981 Los Angeles setting, letting him draw on lived experience as he translates…
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12 Years Later, Netflix’s 10/10 Sitcom Is Still One of the Best on the Streamer
Netflix’s BoJack Horseman explores dysfunctional families and intergenerational trauma, giving viewers a poignant reflection on existence.
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Judge Dismisses Lawsuit From Paramount Streaming Subscribers Seeking to Block Warner Bros. Merger
A US federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit from a group of Paramount+ subscribers who sought to block Paramount’s $111 billion merger with Warner Bros. Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín ruled on Wednesday that the plaintiffs — three current and two prospective subscribers — lacked standing and had failed to demonstrate any “cognisable” economic harm sufficient to…