Connect with us

Entertainment

Shifting Landscape Creates Uncertainty in Entertainment Market

Shifting Landscape Creates Uncertainty in Entertainment Market


The overall landscape of the entertainment world is changing. Increasing cost pressures, labor challenges, the emergence of AI, and the changing appetite of consumers are pushing TV and film makers in new directions.

“The business in general has been a little weird over the last year and a half or so,” said Marc Idelson, CEO at Reel Media, a Burbank, California-based managing general agency that specializes in insurance for the entertainment, sports, and leisure industries. He said it’s not been business as usual since the industrywide shutdown from May to November 2023 due to labor disputes. “It’s just been not the same as it’s been in the past,” Idelson said. “It’s been less production.”

That has meant less business for insurance specialists in the entertainment industry as well.

Financial challenges for TV and film makers have driven significant changes in recent years. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, motion picture and video production shed 49,000 jobs from 2016 to 2026, a decline of 21%, while motion picture and video exhibition (mostly movie theaters) cut some 25,000 jobs over the same time, a decline of 17%. Employment in both industries was flat for years until the pandemic-related decline in April 2020.

But in the past three years, the pace of job loss in the sector has ramped up. According to the DOL, from late 2022, the motion picture and video production industry cut more than 100,000 jobs, or more than 30% of the workforce. Since 2023, labor disputes have persisted and again reached a near strike before agreements were settled in May 2026.

Some of the financial pain the industry faces come from recent “streaming wars,” or intense competition between video-on-demand platforms driven by increased demand from consumers for more content. That led to deep cutbacks from many large production firms, Idelson said. “And then Wall Street put pressure on some of the studios to actually make money from the streaming, not just spend money on the content.”

Today’s shifting landscape in entertainment creates some uncertainty for insurance specialists in the TV and film sector, and consolidation isn’t helping.

The pending $110 billion merger of Paramount and Warner Bros has the industry worried about what lies ahead, said John Hamby, senior managing director, National Entertainment Practice Leader, at Brown & Brown.

“Is that going to mean a change in the number of projects that are going to be created, or the types of projects, or will that reduce the ability to hire all the actors and crew?” he said. “And so there’s some fear in the industry about that right now.”

That fear also extends to how consolidation will affect smaller production firms. “There’s going to be continued consolidation in the ‘mini’ studio space, where smaller studios that might do one or two or three projects a year want to stay independent, but they can’t and may get swept up by the big guys going forward.”

Hamby said that’s the biggest risk for insurance specialists. “If our clients get acquired, then that account is gone,” he said.

Another challenge is the current geopolitical climate worldwide.

“We’re seeing a little slowdown in what they call ‘green lighting’ of new projects because they can’t go anywhere near where there’s political difficulties,” Hamby said. He said his firm had film projects planned for Abu Dhabi and in the United Arab Emirates this summer, but those are now on hold.

Hamby said while there’s been a slowdown in projects over the past year or so, it’s not going to be a long-term worry because consumers want more content. “I think there still will be a lot of new productions, in both film and TV,” he said.

Wanda Phillips, executive vice president and head of North America Entertainment at Arch Insurance North America, agrees. “While production activity has experienced some fluctuations over the past year, we are seeing renewed momentum driven by strong demand for new content across streaming, film, and live events,” Phillips said. “The entertainment insurance market continues to demonstrate resilience and adaptability in a rapidly evolving risk landscape.”

Stable Insurance Market

For most TV and film projects today, insurance market conditions have stabilized after a few challenging years following the pandemic, specialists said.

“We’re not necessarily seeing softening premium reductions, but there’s still a solid commitment from the underwriting community to properly underwrite and assess the risks and get the right premium for good risks,” Hamby said. That’s critical because the market for film and TV is a tight niche pool with limited carrier options.

According to Brown & Brown’s 2026 Outlook Market Trends report, there are approximately 10 carriers operating in this space, and for certain specialized subsectors, that number can drop to as few as two or three. This concentration of risk means that while rates are stabilizing, competition can be limited as carriers are highly sensitive to their exposures.

But Idelson said it’s a much different insurance market than just a few years ago. “We even see a few carriers trying to get into the space, trying to come into market, and that trend is lowering rates and deductibles, especially for the larger budgeted productions,” he said.

Idelson admits that given the tight niche space, there’s a big barrier to entry, so it’s rare to see new entrants for these risks. “And the only way they can really get any attention is by giving better terms, lower rates and deductibles than some others,” he said.

Entertainment risks are more expensive than ever, driven by record-breaking budgets for film and TV productions, so finding carriers with the capacity to offer needed coverage is a challenge.

“They need to be able to provide very large limits because the budgets are extremely high today,” Idelson said. He often sees TV budgets as high as feature film budgets, which wasn’t always the case. “So, if you don’t have the capability to write those high limits, you can’t really get into the market.”

International offerings are critical as well because nearly half of all big-budget productions are produced overseas in order to take advantage of tax credits offered by other countries and less expensive labor and construction costs.

AI’s Impact

Artificial intelligence is also playing a role as industry workers grapple with the possibility of further job cuts as studios consider AI-generated content, often at reduced costs.

Hamby said that the use of AI as it relates to acting talent is a key issue with union negotiations for SAG-AFTRA (Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists). “The unions do not want the studios to start creating characters, AI characters, that look like real actors without paying the actors,” he said.

The SAG-AFTRA unions maintain that “the right to digitally replicate a performer’s voice or likeness to substantially manipulate a performance, or to create a new digital performance, is a mandatory subject of bargaining.” Hamby said AI will continue to be a big topic of contract negotiations as technology evolves.

From an insurance standpoint, the exposure related to AI is still developing, according to Idelson. AI is helping to make production a less expensive process, which is a good thing. AI is also helping to create entirely new film productions, without human actors.

While replacing actors and other industry workers through AI is a huge concern, so are copyright issues when it comes to AI filmmaking. “I don’t think we really understand the exposures yet,” he said. “I don’t think we truly understand what the true exposure is, so we’re still trying to figure that out.”

Arch’s Phillips said she views the AI movement in entertainment as an exciting period of innovation, where technology and creativity are intersecting and expanding what is possible in entertainment production. It’s one of the most significant developments shaping the market, she told Insurance Journal. But she admits there are both opportunities and challenges in any industry when it comes to AI.

“On one hand, it is enhancing efficiency in areas such as risk assessment, claims processing, and production planning. On the other, it is prompting important conversations around intellectual property, contractual clarity, and evolving risk exposures,” she said.

Even so, in her view it’s no different than previous technological shifts. “If we step back and reflect on previous evolutions, AI represents a natural evolution in how we advance as an industry and a society, no different from the transformative shifts we experienced with mobile phones, laptops and the internet. Each brought uncertainty but ultimately created new opportunities.”

She believes that overall, the entertainment market is approaching AI thoughtfully. The market is embracing its potential while working collaboratively with clients, brokers, and legal experts to ensure that proper safeguards are in place, she said.

Topics
New Markets



The overall landscape of the entertainment world is changing. Increasing cost pressures, labor challenges, the emergence of AI, and the changing appetite of consumers are pushing TV and film makers in new directions.

“The business in general has been a little weird over the last year and a half or so,” said Marc Idelson, CEO at Reel Media, a Burbank, California-based managing general agency that specializes in insurance for the entertainment, sports, and leisure industries. He said it’s not been business as usual since the industrywide shutdown from May to November 2023 due to labor disputes. “It’s just been not the same as it’s been in the past,” Idelson said. “It’s been less production.”

That has meant less business for insurance specialists in the entertainment industry as well.

Financial challenges for TV and film makers have driven significant changes in recent years. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, motion picture and video production shed 49,000 jobs from 2016 to 2026, a decline of 21%, while motion picture and video exhibition (mostly movie theaters) cut some 25,000 jobs over the same time, a decline of 17%. Employment in both industries was flat for years until the pandemic-related decline in April 2020.

But in the past three years, the pace of job loss in the sector has ramped up. According to the DOL, from late 2022, the motion picture and video production industry cut more than 100,000 jobs, or more than 30% of the workforce. Since 2023, labor disputes have persisted and again reached a near strike before agreements were settled in May 2026.

Some of the financial pain the industry faces come from recent “streaming wars,” or intense competition between video-on-demand platforms driven by increased demand from consumers for more content. That led to deep cutbacks from many large production firms, Idelson said. “And then Wall Street put pressure on some of the studios to actually make money from the streaming, not just spend money on the content.”

Today’s shifting landscape in entertainment creates some uncertainty for insurance specialists in the TV and film sector, and consolidation isn’t helping.

The pending $110 billion merger of Paramount and Warner Bros has the industry worried about what lies ahead, said John Hamby, senior managing director, National Entertainment Practice Leader, at Brown & Brown.

“Is that going to mean a change in the number of projects that are going to be created, or the types of projects, or will that reduce the ability to hire all the actors and crew?” he said. “And so there’s some fear in the industry about that right now.”

That fear also extends to how consolidation will affect smaller production firms. “There’s going to be continued consolidation in the ‘mini’ studio space, where smaller studios that might do one or two or three projects a year want to stay independent, but they can’t and may get swept up by the big guys going forward.”

Hamby said that’s the biggest risk for insurance specialists. “If our clients get acquired, then that account is gone,” he said.

Another challenge is the current geopolitical climate worldwide.

“We’re seeing a little slowdown in what they call ‘green lighting’ of new projects because they can’t go anywhere near where there’s political difficulties,” Hamby said. He said his firm had film projects planned for Abu Dhabi and in the United Arab Emirates this summer, but those are now on hold.

Hamby said while there’s been a slowdown in projects over the past year or so, it’s not going to be a long-term worry because consumers want more content. “I think there still will be a lot of new productions, in both film and TV,” he said.

Wanda Phillips, executive vice president and head of North America Entertainment at Arch Insurance North America, agrees. “While production activity has experienced some fluctuations over the past year, we are seeing renewed momentum driven by strong demand for new content across streaming, film, and live events,” Phillips said. “The entertainment insurance market continues to demonstrate resilience and adaptability in a rapidly evolving risk landscape.”

Stable Insurance Market

For most TV and film projects today, insurance market conditions have stabilized after a few challenging years following the pandemic, specialists said.

“We’re not necessarily seeing softening premium reductions, but there’s still a solid commitment from the underwriting community to properly underwrite and assess the risks and get the right premium for good risks,” Hamby said. That’s critical because the market for film and TV is a tight niche pool with limited carrier options.

According to Brown & Brown’s 2026 Outlook Market Trends report, there are approximately 10 carriers operating in this space, and for certain specialized subsectors, that number can drop to as few as two or three. This concentration of risk means that while rates are stabilizing, competition can be limited as carriers are highly sensitive to their exposures.

But Idelson said it’s a much different insurance market than just a few years ago. “We even see a few carriers trying to get into the space, trying to come into market, and that trend is lowering rates and deductibles, especially for the larger budgeted productions,” he said.

Idelson admits that given the tight niche space, there’s a big barrier to entry, so it’s rare to see new entrants for these risks. “And the only way they can really get any attention is by giving better terms, lower rates and deductibles than some others,” he said.

Entertainment risks are more expensive than ever, driven by record-breaking budgets for film and TV productions, so finding carriers with the capacity to offer needed coverage is a challenge.

“They need to be able to provide very large limits because the budgets are extremely high today,” Idelson said. He often sees TV budgets as high as feature film budgets, which wasn’t always the case. “So, if you don’t have the capability to write those high limits, you can’t really get into the market.”

International offerings are critical as well because nearly half of all big-budget productions are produced overseas in order to take advantage of tax credits offered by other countries and less expensive labor and construction costs.

AI’s Impact

Artificial intelligence is also playing a role as industry workers grapple with the possibility of further job cuts as studios consider AI-generated content, often at reduced costs.

Hamby said that the use of AI as it relates to acting talent is a key issue with union negotiations for SAG-AFTRA (Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists). “The unions do not want the studios to start creating characters, AI characters, that look like real actors without paying the actors,” he said.

The SAG-AFTRA unions maintain that “the right to digitally replicate a performer’s voice or likeness to substantially manipulate a performance, or to create a new digital performance, is a mandatory subject of bargaining.” Hamby said AI will continue to be a big topic of contract negotiations as technology evolves.

From an insurance standpoint, the exposure related to AI is still developing, according to Idelson. AI is helping to make production a less expensive process, which is a good thing. AI is also helping to create entirely new film productions, without human actors.

While replacing actors and other industry workers through AI is a huge concern, so are copyright issues when it comes to AI filmmaking. “I don’t think we really understand the exposures yet,” he said. “I don’t think we truly understand what the true exposure is, so we’re still trying to figure that out.”

Arch’s Phillips said she views the AI movement in entertainment as an exciting period of innovation, where technology and creativity are intersecting and expanding what is possible in entertainment production. It’s one of the most significant developments shaping the market, she told Insurance Journal. But she admits there are both opportunities and challenges in any industry when it comes to AI.

“On one hand, it is enhancing efficiency in areas such as risk assessment, claims processing, and production planning. On the other, it is prompting important conversations around intellectual property, contractual clarity, and evolving risk exposures,” she said.

Even so, in her view it’s no different than previous technological shifts. “If we step back and reflect on previous evolutions, AI represents a natural evolution in how we advance as an industry and a society, no different from the transformative shifts we experienced with mobile phones, laptops and the internet. Each brought uncertainty but ultimately created new opportunities.”

She believes that overall, the entertainment market is approaching AI thoughtfully. The market is embracing its potential while working collaboratively with clients, brokers, and legal experts to ensure that proper safeguards are in place, she said.

Topics
New Markets

Related Topics:
Continue Reading

Entertainment

News: Padel court plan to enhance urban entertainment venue in Rotherham

News: Padel court plan to enhance urban entertainment venue in Rotherham


Plans have been submitted to create padel courts on the heritage high street in Rotherham town centre.

Rothbiz reported last year on plans for some exciting new projects, including a new spa and a golf-themed bar complete with a simulator setup, from a local developer that specialises in restoring listed buildings and creating residential and commercial spaces.

The 2017 masterplan places a greater emphasis on town centre living and leisure, as opposed to traditional retail uses, in continuing the regeneration of Rotherham town centre.

Having previously converted the former Post Office on Main Street, created a boutique hotel in the historic George Wright Building, and restored the Empire Theatre, attention turned to an unused underground building next to the George Wright.

The Bunka opened earlier this year – a premium underground VIP golf simulator and leisure venue located on Snail Hill featuring state-of-the-art TrackMan technology, in-house PGA coaching and a members-only bar. A spa in the building is set to follow.

With the underground conversion well underway, things are looking up, with applicant, Mark McGrail of SME Holding Ltd, now unveiling plans for two padel courts to be constructed over the hotel’s car park that sits above the Bunka.

The plan involves the installation of a simple metal deck for two padel courts over the existing car park.

Advertisement

Plans, drawn up by Just Architecture, state: “The site is currently underutilised and offers an opportunity to enhance the character of the area.

“The development includes two padel courts accessed from the GW [George Wright] courtyard. It is believed that with this part of the development a sense of cohesiveness will be achieved given the access to the GW Hotel, Spa and simulated golf, all located within the same complex.

“The proposal for 2 No Padel Courts represents a sensitive and sustainable development opportunity that respects its historical context, makes efficient
use of underutilised urban land, and delivers an additional element to this urban entertainment venue.”

Given that the site is within the town’s conservation area, and the George Wright is a listed building, the plans state that the height and massing have
been sensitively designed. The required fencing and protective panels around the courts will be covered by canopies, which the plans state: “although quite high in relation to the GW Hotel it will have little impact upon the GW Hotel given its semi-transparent nature.” The development is also easily reversible due to its construction.

LED lighting is also proposed and to fit in the courts, the structure would go over the Snail Hill access road “but at a height that would not have any impact on vehicle access.”

Rothbiz reported last year on initial plans and the disposal of the property that Rotherham Council deemed to be of “low strategic value and limited potential for income.”

The Bunka website

Images: SME / Just Architecture



Plans have been submitted to create padel courts on the heritage high street in Rotherham town centre.

Rothbiz reported last year on plans for some exciting new projects, including a new spa and a golf-themed bar complete with a simulator setup, from a local developer that specialises in restoring listed buildings and creating residential and commercial spaces.

The 2017 masterplan places a greater emphasis on town centre living and leisure, as opposed to traditional retail uses, in continuing the regeneration of Rotherham town centre.

Having previously converted the former Post Office on Main Street, created a boutique hotel in the historic George Wright Building, and restored the Empire Theatre, attention turned to an unused underground building next to the George Wright.

The Bunka opened earlier this year – a premium underground VIP golf simulator and leisure venue located on Snail Hill featuring state-of-the-art TrackMan technology, in-house PGA coaching and a members-only bar. A spa in the building is set to follow.

With the underground conversion well underway, things are looking up, with applicant, Mark McGrail of SME Holding Ltd, now unveiling plans for two padel courts to be constructed over the hotel’s car park that sits above the Bunka.

The plan involves the installation of a simple metal deck for two padel courts over the existing car park.

Advertisement

Plans, drawn up by Just Architecture, state: “The site is currently underutilised and offers an opportunity to enhance the character of the area.

“The development includes two padel courts accessed from the GW [George Wright] courtyard. It is believed that with this part of the development a sense of cohesiveness will be achieved given the access to the GW Hotel, Spa and simulated golf, all located within the same complex.

“The proposal for 2 No Padel Courts represents a sensitive and sustainable development opportunity that respects its historical context, makes efficient
use of underutilised urban land, and delivers an additional element to this urban entertainment venue.”

Given that the site is within the town’s conservation area, and the George Wright is a listed building, the plans state that the height and massing have
been sensitively designed. The required fencing and protective panels around the courts will be covered by canopies, which the plans state: “although quite high in relation to the GW Hotel it will have little impact upon the GW Hotel given its semi-transparent nature.” The development is also easily reversible due to its construction.

LED lighting is also proposed and to fit in the courts, the structure would go over the Snail Hill access road “but at a height that would not have any impact on vehicle access.”

Rothbiz reported last year on initial plans and the disposal of the property that Rotherham Council deemed to be of “low strategic value and limited potential for income.”

The Bunka website

Images: SME / Just Architecture

Continue Reading

Entertainment

From Normal to Ania Magliano: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead

From Normal to Ania Magliano: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead


Going out: Cinema

Normal
Out now
Ben Wheatley (Sightseers) returns with an action crime thriller starring Bob Odenkirk as a man serving as interim sheriff in the fictional little town of Normal, Minnesota, a place that turns out to have some unexpectedly big secrets involving the yakuza. Also starring Henry Winkler and Lena Headey.

Obsession
Out now
In this literal “be careful what you wish for” horror movie, Bear works in a music store and has a crush on co-worker Nikki. When given the opportunity he makes a magical wish for her to love him more than anyone else in the world, leading to an extreme version of the condition mentioned in the title.
Orphan
Out now
Set in the aftermath of the failed 1956 revolution in Budapest, an angry young teenager, Andor (Bojtorján Barabas), is raised on idealistic stories of his missing father, but struggles with family secrets when a man appears claiming to be him – and falls far short of the image in Andor’s head. Historical drama from director László Nemes (Son of Saul).

The Christophers
Out now
Director Steven Soderbergh teams up with Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel for an art world caper in which the two unscrupulous adult children of a highly acclaimed elderly artist hire a younger artist to finish off some of his incomplete paintings – so that they can be sold off as the genuine article. Catherine Bray

Going out: Gigs

More than a feline … Doja Cat.

Doja Cat
19 to 29 May, tour starts Dublin
While last year’s sleek funk-pop opus Vie hasn’t hit the commercial peaks of the LA rapper and singer’s previous output, Doja Cat still knows how to put on an eye-popping show. Expect 27 songs, high-cut leopard print leotards and a provocativeperformer taking cues from 80s superstars such asPrince and Janet Jackson. Michael Cragg

Get Together
Various venues, Sheffield, 16 May
Southend goth overlords the Horrors join the likes of Welsh-Cornish wonder Gwenno and Hot Chip’s Alexis Taylor feature in this city-wide festival. Other highlights include “wonk pop” practitioners Lime Garden and London-based noise merchants Factory Floor. Michael Cragg

Tosca
Glyndebourne, nr Lewes, 21 May to 22 June & 4 to 30 August
The UK’s premier summer opera festival opens with its first ever production of Puccini’s classic thriller. Staged by US director Ted Huffman in Glyndebourne’s exquisitely intimate theatre, this Tosca promises to be up close and personal. Robin Ticciati conducts, with soprano Caitlin Gotimer leading two rising-star casts. Flora Willson

Submotion Orchestra
The Wardrobe, Leeds, 21 May
Leeds jazz festival’s fifth year boasts genre-fluid pianist-organist Kit Downes (25 May) and sax star Emma Rawicz (24 May) among the luminaries of its six-day run. The now 16-year-old Submotion Orchestra’s fusion of electronica, jazz and soulful ambience will be a big highlight of the opening-night gigs. John Fordham

Going out: Art

Godfried Donkor’s St Ike Quartey, 2023. Photograph: Godfried Donkor/Gallery 1957

Godfried Donkor
Firstsite, Colchester, 22 May to 30 August
Travel from Colchester to west Africa and the Caribbean as this London-based Ghanaian artist weaves together stories of resistance from Boudicca to Yaa Asantewaa. Donkor mixes collage, painting and textile to talk about how identity, power and trade shape our world.

Delcy Morelos
Barbican, London, to 31 July
This Colombian installation artist is making a big muddy mess, filling the Barbican with huge mounds of earth. Morelos uses soil, clay and spices to totally transform spaces into heady immersive environments, inviting viewers to contemplate mud as the very material of life, all based on ideas gleaned from ancestral Andean and Amazonian knowledge.

Phantasmagoria
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, to 30 August
Video games and digital art aren’t necessarily what you’d associate with a gallery named after Britain’s most famous sculptor, but this exhibition deals with some seriously traditional subject matter: folklore, the occult and witchcraft. Artists including Most Dismal Swamp and the brilliant Joey Holder will drag enchantment, myth and magic into the present day.

James McNeill Whistler
Tate Britain, London, 21 May to 27 September
Tate Britain’s major summer show is the biggest European exhibition of this US painter’s work for more than 30 years. Whistler created some of the most instantly recognisable images of the 19th century: perfectly poised portraits, hauntingly penumbral landscapes, austere images of his own family, all with a haunting, innovative approach to painting. Eddy Frankel

Going out: Stage

On the box … Ania Magaliano. Photograph: Antonio Olmos/The Observer

Ania Magliano
21 May to 15 November; tour starts Reading
She was already a rising star but being cast in SNL has cemented Magliano’s place in the comedy firmament. Now the 28-year-old is hitting the road with Peach Fuzz, a show inspired by her newfound connection to her body and inability to relate to Sabrina Carpenter. Rachel Aroesti

Mother Courage and Her Children
Shakespeare’s Globe, London, to 27 June
The Globe’s artistic director and powerhouse performer, Michelle Terry, stars as Mother Courage, dragging her cart through a wasteland ravaged by war. Anna Jordan adapts a modern staging of Brecht’s defiant protest play. Miriam Gillinson

Little Shop of Horrors
Northern Stage, Newcastle upon Tyne, to 23 May; touring to 20 June
A new actor-musician production of Alan Menken and Howard Ashman’s cult hit, with Amena El-Kindy as Audrey and Kristian Cunningham as Seymour, the flower shop assistant who stumbles across a truly monster plant – feeeeeeed me! MG

Uncaged+
The Mount Without, Bristol, 18 to 22 May
A coup for the Bristol dance venue, a guest performance from former Royal Ballet principal Edward Watson (18 & 19 May only) in works by choreographer Antonia Franceschi (ex-New York City Ballet, best known as the ballet dancer in the movie Fame). The venue itself is worth a visit, it’s a beautiful church conversion. Lyndsey Winship

Staying in: Streaming

Horsing around … Lu Richardson and Emilia Clarke in Ponies. Photograph: Katalin Vermes/Peacock

Ponies
Sky Atlantic & Now, 22 May, 9pm
Haley Lu Richardson (The White Lotus) and Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) are two bereaved wives who take over their late husbands’ jobs as CIA spies in Soviet Moscow in a 1970s-set cold war thriller that doubles as a goofy buddy comedy. Adrian Lester co-stars as their handler.

The Boroughs
Netflix, 21 May
A new supernatural horror set in a retirement community where a malign entity is attempting to steal “time”. Cue wisecracks about how little the residents have left anyway, despite the stellar cast – Bill Pullman, Geena Davis, Alfred Molina – looking far too sprightly for such gags to land.

Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed
Apple TV+, 20 May
From Euphoria to Margo’s Got Money Troubles, online sex work is TV’s current fixation, but this thriller takes a slightly different angle. She-Hulk’s Tatiana Maslany stars as divorced mother Paula who strikes up a rapport with a “cam boy” whose attempt to scam her results in murder.

Falling
Channel 4, 19 May, 9pm
Remember Fleabag’s hot priest? Well now we’re getting a hot priest and a hot nun courtesy of prolific screenwriter Jack Thorne. Keeley Hawes leads as the latter, whose romantic feelings for Paapa Essiedu’s man of the cloth leads them both into temptation. RA

Staying in: Games

Capers … Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight. Illustration: TT Games/Warner Bros

Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight
PC,PS5, Xbox, Switch 2; out 22 May
The caped crusader is back in Lego form as we follow the origins of the character, from newbie to Gotham legend. We’re promised a vast explorable city, a fresh, high-impact combat system and some classic foes.

Forza Horizon 6
PC, Xbox; out 19 May
The globe-trotting open-world racer returns, this time taking its fleet of exotic cars to Japan, where neon cities and Ghibli-esque rural landscapes provide the backdrop to an array of circuits and challenges. Keith Stuart

Staying in: Albums

Original pirate material … Genesis Owusu. Photograph: Isaac Brown

Genesis Owusu – Redstar Wu & the Worldwide Scourge
Out now
Released last September, Pirate Radio, the lead single from the third album by the Ghanaian-Australian rapper and singer, is a coiled spring of anger, aiming barbs at Elon Musk and Kanye. Its furious melding of punk and synthpop also permeates the galloping recent single Stampede.

Dua Saleh – Of Earth & Wires
Out now
The LA based, Sudanese-American polymath – as well as writing poetry, Saleh got their break playing Cal in Sex Education – returns with this lush second album. Bon Iver adds his quivering croon to Flood, while I Do, I Do fuses alt-R&B and Sudanese folk.

Drake – Iceman
Out now
Having survived Kendrick Lamar’s eviscerating takedown Not Like Us, Drake returns with his first solo album in three years. Originally teased back in 2024, then again in 2025, its release date was eventually confirmed via a giant melting ice sculpture in Toronto.

Rostam – American Stories
Out now
The erstwhile Vampire Weekender and producer for Haim and Clairo returns to his solo career with this follow-up to 2021’s Changephobia. Celebrating his Persian roots, alongside elements of Americana, it stretches out like a perfect road trip. MC

Staying in: Brain food

Space man … Daniel Kaluuya. Photograph: Tristan Fewings/Getty/Red Sea International Film Festival

Making Space
Podcast
North London’s Roundhouse venue presents this enlightening series of conversations featuring guests such as the actor Daniel Kaluuya on the value of youth programmes, and former youth poet laureate Cecilia Knapp on exploring authentic human stories.

Five By Nine
YouTube
This design-focused YouTube channel posts engaging and clearly written guides to improving your home layout and colour palette. Its video The Psychology Behind Why Some Homes Feel Good But Most Don’t is a key primer.

The Black Power Station
BBC Sounds, 21 May
Luthando Zingela’s delightfully uplifting documentary journeys into an abandoned power station in South Africa that has been transformed into a makeshift musical hub. Ammar Kalia



Going out: Cinema

Normal
Out now
Ben Wheatley (Sightseers) returns with an action crime thriller starring Bob Odenkirk as a man serving as interim sheriff in the fictional little town of Normal, Minnesota, a place that turns out to have some unexpectedly big secrets involving the yakuza. Also starring Henry Winkler and Lena Headey.

Obsession
Out now
In this literal “be careful what you wish for” horror movie, Bear works in a music store and has a crush on co-worker Nikki. When given the opportunity he makes a magical wish for her to love him more than anyone else in the world, leading to an extreme version of the condition mentioned in the title.
Orphan
Out now
Set in the aftermath of the failed 1956 revolution in Budapest, an angry young teenager, Andor (Bojtorján Barabas), is raised on idealistic stories of his missing father, but struggles with family secrets when a man appears claiming to be him – and falls far short of the image in Andor’s head. Historical drama from director László Nemes (Son of Saul).

The Christophers
Out now
Director Steven Soderbergh teams up with Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel for an art world caper in which the two unscrupulous adult children of a highly acclaimed elderly artist hire a younger artist to finish off some of his incomplete paintings – so that they can be sold off as the genuine article. Catherine Bray

Going out: Gigs

More than a feline … Doja Cat.

Doja Cat
19 to 29 May, tour starts Dublin
While last year’s sleek funk-pop opus Vie hasn’t hit the commercial peaks of the LA rapper and singer’s previous output, Doja Cat still knows how to put on an eye-popping show. Expect 27 songs, high-cut leopard print leotards and a provocativeperformer taking cues from 80s superstars such asPrince and Janet Jackson. Michael Cragg

Get Together
Various venues, Sheffield, 16 May
Southend goth overlords the Horrors join the likes of Welsh-Cornish wonder Gwenno and Hot Chip’s Alexis Taylor feature in this city-wide festival. Other highlights include “wonk pop” practitioners Lime Garden and London-based noise merchants Factory Floor. Michael Cragg

Tosca
Glyndebourne, nr Lewes, 21 May to 22 June & 4 to 30 August
The UK’s premier summer opera festival opens with its first ever production of Puccini’s classic thriller. Staged by US director Ted Huffman in Glyndebourne’s exquisitely intimate theatre, this Tosca promises to be up close and personal. Robin Ticciati conducts, with soprano Caitlin Gotimer leading two rising-star casts. Flora Willson

Submotion Orchestra
The Wardrobe, Leeds, 21 May
Leeds jazz festival’s fifth year boasts genre-fluid pianist-organist Kit Downes (25 May) and sax star Emma Rawicz (24 May) among the luminaries of its six-day run. The now 16-year-old Submotion Orchestra’s fusion of electronica, jazz and soulful ambience will be a big highlight of the opening-night gigs. John Fordham

Going out: Art

Godfried Donkor’s St Ike Quartey, 2023. Photograph: Godfried Donkor/Gallery 1957

Godfried Donkor
Firstsite, Colchester, 22 May to 30 August
Travel from Colchester to west Africa and the Caribbean as this London-based Ghanaian artist weaves together stories of resistance from Boudicca to Yaa Asantewaa. Donkor mixes collage, painting and textile to talk about how identity, power and trade shape our world.

Delcy Morelos
Barbican, London, to 31 July
This Colombian installation artist is making a big muddy mess, filling the Barbican with huge mounds of earth. Morelos uses soil, clay and spices to totally transform spaces into heady immersive environments, inviting viewers to contemplate mud as the very material of life, all based on ideas gleaned from ancestral Andean and Amazonian knowledge.

Phantasmagoria
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, to 30 August
Video games and digital art aren’t necessarily what you’d associate with a gallery named after Britain’s most famous sculptor, but this exhibition deals with some seriously traditional subject matter: folklore, the occult and witchcraft. Artists including Most Dismal Swamp and the brilliant Joey Holder will drag enchantment, myth and magic into the present day.

James McNeill Whistler
Tate Britain, London, 21 May to 27 September
Tate Britain’s major summer show is the biggest European exhibition of this US painter’s work for more than 30 years. Whistler created some of the most instantly recognisable images of the 19th century: perfectly poised portraits, hauntingly penumbral landscapes, austere images of his own family, all with a haunting, innovative approach to painting. Eddy Frankel

Going out: Stage

On the box … Ania Magaliano. Photograph: Antonio Olmos/The Observer

Ania Magliano
21 May to 15 November; tour starts Reading
She was already a rising star but being cast in SNL has cemented Magliano’s place in the comedy firmament. Now the 28-year-old is hitting the road with Peach Fuzz, a show inspired by her newfound connection to her body and inability to relate to Sabrina Carpenter. Rachel Aroesti

Mother Courage and Her Children
Shakespeare’s Globe, London, to 27 June
The Globe’s artistic director and powerhouse performer, Michelle Terry, stars as Mother Courage, dragging her cart through a wasteland ravaged by war. Anna Jordan adapts a modern staging of Brecht’s defiant protest play. Miriam Gillinson

Little Shop of Horrors
Northern Stage, Newcastle upon Tyne, to 23 May; touring to 20 June
A new actor-musician production of Alan Menken and Howard Ashman’s cult hit, with Amena El-Kindy as Audrey and Kristian Cunningham as Seymour, the flower shop assistant who stumbles across a truly monster plant – feeeeeeed me! MG

Uncaged+
The Mount Without, Bristol, 18 to 22 May
A coup for the Bristol dance venue, a guest performance from former Royal Ballet principal Edward Watson (18 & 19 May only) in works by choreographer Antonia Franceschi (ex-New York City Ballet, best known as the ballet dancer in the movie Fame). The venue itself is worth a visit, it’s a beautiful church conversion. Lyndsey Winship

Staying in: Streaming

Horsing around … Lu Richardson and Emilia Clarke in Ponies. Photograph: Katalin Vermes/Peacock

Ponies
Sky Atlantic & Now, 22 May, 9pm
Haley Lu Richardson (The White Lotus) and Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) are two bereaved wives who take over their late husbands’ jobs as CIA spies in Soviet Moscow in a 1970s-set cold war thriller that doubles as a goofy buddy comedy. Adrian Lester co-stars as their handler.

The Boroughs
Netflix, 21 May
A new supernatural horror set in a retirement community where a malign entity is attempting to steal “time”. Cue wisecracks about how little the residents have left anyway, despite the stellar cast – Bill Pullman, Geena Davis, Alfred Molina – looking far too sprightly for such gags to land.

Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed
Apple TV+, 20 May
From Euphoria to Margo’s Got Money Troubles, online sex work is TV’s current fixation, but this thriller takes a slightly different angle. She-Hulk’s Tatiana Maslany stars as divorced mother Paula who strikes up a rapport with a “cam boy” whose attempt to scam her results in murder.

Falling
Channel 4, 19 May, 9pm
Remember Fleabag’s hot priest? Well now we’re getting a hot priest and a hot nun courtesy of prolific screenwriter Jack Thorne. Keeley Hawes leads as the latter, whose romantic feelings for Paapa Essiedu’s man of the cloth leads them both into temptation. RA

Staying in: Games

Capers … Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight. Illustration: TT Games/Warner Bros

Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight
PC,PS5, Xbox, Switch 2; out 22 May
The caped crusader is back in Lego form as we follow the origins of the character, from newbie to Gotham legend. We’re promised a vast explorable city, a fresh, high-impact combat system and some classic foes.

Forza Horizon 6
PC, Xbox; out 19 May
The globe-trotting open-world racer returns, this time taking its fleet of exotic cars to Japan, where neon cities and Ghibli-esque rural landscapes provide the backdrop to an array of circuits and challenges. Keith Stuart

Staying in: Albums

Original pirate material … Genesis Owusu. Photograph: Isaac Brown

Genesis Owusu – Redstar Wu & the Worldwide Scourge
Out now
Released last September, Pirate Radio, the lead single from the third album by the Ghanaian-Australian rapper and singer, is a coiled spring of anger, aiming barbs at Elon Musk and Kanye. Its furious melding of punk and synthpop also permeates the galloping recent single Stampede.

Dua Saleh – Of Earth & Wires
Out now
The LA based, Sudanese-American polymath – as well as writing poetry, Saleh got their break playing Cal in Sex Education – returns with this lush second album. Bon Iver adds his quivering croon to Flood, while I Do, I Do fuses alt-R&B and Sudanese folk.

Drake – Iceman
Out now
Having survived Kendrick Lamar’s eviscerating takedown Not Like Us, Drake returns with his first solo album in three years. Originally teased back in 2024, then again in 2025, its release date was eventually confirmed via a giant melting ice sculpture in Toronto.

Rostam – American Stories
Out now
The erstwhile Vampire Weekender and producer for Haim and Clairo returns to his solo career with this follow-up to 2021’s Changephobia. Celebrating his Persian roots, alongside elements of Americana, it stretches out like a perfect road trip. MC

Staying in: Brain food

Space man … Daniel Kaluuya. Photograph: Tristan Fewings/Getty/Red Sea International Film Festival

Making Space
Podcast
North London’s Roundhouse venue presents this enlightening series of conversations featuring guests such as the actor Daniel Kaluuya on the value of youth programmes, and former youth poet laureate Cecilia Knapp on exploring authentic human stories.

Five By Nine
YouTube
This design-focused YouTube channel posts engaging and clearly written guides to improving your home layout and colour palette. Its video The Psychology Behind Why Some Homes Feel Good But Most Don’t is a key primer.

The Black Power Station
BBC Sounds, 21 May
Luthando Zingela’s delightfully uplifting documentary journeys into an abandoned power station in South Africa that has been transformed into a makeshift musical hub. Ammar Kalia

Continue Reading

Entertainment

Picturehouse Entertainment acquires UK rights to A Town In Nova Scotia

Picturehouse Entertainment has acquired the UK and Ireland rights to A Town In Nova Scotia, the first feature film to have received investment from the LCR Production Fund.

The feature, directed by Babak Jalali and produced by Paradise City Films including Liverpool’s own Jennifer Monks of The Fold, stars Bill Nighy and Makram J Khoury. It is the first feature to receive investment from the LCR Production Fund and filmed across the Liverpool City Region earlier this year.

The film was co-written with Carolina Cavalli who collaborated with Jalali on Fremont. Further creatives include Saint Maud production designer Paulina Rzeszowska, Great Freedom cinematographer Crystel Fournier who also worked on Céline Sciamma’s movies Girlhood and Tomboy, Adolescence and Boiling Point costume designer Jessica Schofield, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie hair and makeup designer Caroline Rose and Aftersun BAFTA winning casting director Lucy Pardee.

The synopsis for the feature is as follows: Following a plea from his daughter to join her in Nova Scotia, widowed Irish senior Leon instead launches a crusade to make his aging Liverpool building safer after news of a tower fire in London. On a mission alongside his neighbour and closest friend, Saleh, Leon turns their fellow residents’ quiet lives upside down in a warm story of friendship, stubbornness and small acts of defiance.

Managing Director of Picturehouse Entertainment, Sara Frain, said: “Nighy is one of our most beloved actors working today, and as soon as we read this remarkable script, we knew we had to be involved. Writer/director Babak Jalali has created hilarious characters and a brilliant narrative that will truly resonate with UK audiences. It’s clever, humorous, and poignant.”

A Town In Nova Scotiais being produced by Naïma Abed and Émilie Georges for Paradise City (Call Me By Your Name), and Jennifer Monks for The Fold. The film is financed by BBC Film, BFI (awarding National Lottery funding), Liverpool Film Office (through the LCR Production Fund), Calculus, Hoopsa Films and Desmar.

Executive Producers are Kristin Irving for BBC Film, Ama Ampadu for the BFI, Christopher Moll for Liverpool Film Office, Sonny Gill and Peter O’Leary for Hoopsa Films, Naomi Despres and Michèle Marshall for Desmar, Brad Noel and Mariyah Dosani for Calculus. The film was developed with BBC Film.

Picturehouse Entertainment has acquired the UK and Ireland rights to A Town In Nova Scotia, the first feature film to have received investment from the LCR Production Fund.

The feature, directed by Babak Jalali and produced by Paradise City Films including Liverpool’s own Jennifer Monks of The Fold, stars Bill Nighy and Makram J Khoury. It is the first feature to receive investment from the LCR Production Fund and filmed across the Liverpool City Region earlier this year.

The film was co-written with Carolina Cavalli who collaborated with Jalali on Fremont. Further creatives include Saint Maud production designer Paulina Rzeszowska, Great Freedom cinematographer Crystel Fournier who also worked on Céline Sciamma’s movies Girlhood and Tomboy, Adolescence and Boiling Point costume designer Jessica Schofield, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie hair and makeup designer Caroline Rose and Aftersun BAFTA winning casting director Lucy Pardee.

The synopsis for the feature is as follows: Following a plea from his daughter to join her in Nova Scotia, widowed Irish senior Leon instead launches a crusade to make his aging Liverpool building safer after news of a tower fire in London. On a mission alongside his neighbour and closest friend, Saleh, Leon turns their fellow residents’ quiet lives upside down in a warm story of friendship, stubbornness and small acts of defiance.

Managing Director of Picturehouse Entertainment, Sara Frain, said: “Nighy is one of our most beloved actors working today, and as soon as we read this remarkable script, we knew we had to be involved. Writer/director Babak Jalali has created hilarious characters and a brilliant narrative that will truly resonate with UK audiences. It’s clever, humorous, and poignant.”

A Town In Nova Scotiais being produced by Naïma Abed and Émilie Georges for Paradise City (Call Me By Your Name), and Jennifer Monks for The Fold. The film is financed by BBC Film, BFI (awarding National Lottery funding), Liverpool Film Office (through the LCR Production Fund), Calculus, Hoopsa Films and Desmar.

Executive Producers are Kristin Irving for BBC Film, Ama Ampadu for the BFI, Christopher Moll for Liverpool Film Office, Sonny Gill and Peter O’Leary for Hoopsa Films, Naomi Despres and Michèle Marshall for Desmar, Brad Noel and Mariyah Dosani for Calculus. The film was developed with BBC Film.

Continue Reading

Entertainment

‘SNL’ Veteran Calls Out Elon Musk Over Lupita Nyong’o Remarks

​

Alec Baldwin has responded to Elon Musk’s criticism of Lupita Ngong’o’s upcoming role as Helen of Troy in “The Odyssey”. The tech billionaire had questioned the motives for her casting.

Musk claimed previously that Christopher Nolan’s casting of Nyong’o had less to do with storytelling and more to do with the awards season. The owner of X used the diversity requirements that films must meet in order to be considered for Best Picture to make his argument.

Baldwin, the star of “Saturday Night Live”, has defended the Kenyan actress with passion, insisting that she truly fits the legendary beauty of the role.

Elon Musk thinks Nolan wants the awards

MEGA

Musk has recently re-initiated his public criticism of director Christopher Nolan. He used his X platform in order to slam Nolan’s upcoming epic “The Odyssey.”

The latest controversy arose after Nolan confirmed, in a recent Time Magazine interview, that Nyong’o would play both Helen of Troy and Clytemnestra in the film.

Musk was not happy with the casting, arguing that she did not fit the description given in the source material.

Tesla’s boss also referred to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences updated standards for Best Picture eligibility.

Elon Musk is called out by Alec Baldwin for his criticism of Lupita

MEGA

Baldwin, who appeared to be frustrated by Musk’s opinion on Nyong’o’s selection as Helen of Troy’s actress, responded on Instagram with a picture of the actress. “Dear Elon,” Baldwin wrote in the caption. “But she IS the most gorgeous woman in the entire world… Alec.”

His comment came after remarks by conservative commentator Matt Walsh who argued on X in a blog post that no one genuinely saw Nyong’o fitting the mythical picture of Helen, whose beautiful beauty was famously what sparked off the Trojan War.

Musk has also criticised other casting choices related to the film including Elliot Page’s role after initially reacting in response to rumors that Page would play Achilles.

Fans echo Elon Musk’s Casting Disapproval

ZUMAPRESS.com/MEGA

Musk said that it would be an “insult” if Nyong’o was cast as Helen of Troy and even wrote, “Chris Nolan’s integrity has been lost.”

Many online users seemed to agree with him, and some accused the filmmaker of deliberately provocating audiences by casting a Black actor in a traditionally white role.

“It feels humiliating,” wrote one X user, criticizing Nolan’s choice of casting and claiming that the filmmaker had gone back to acclaimed films like “Oppenheimer”, “Interstellar”, and made decisions they found absurd.

Another user dismissed the film as well, stating that each new casting announcement made him less interested in watching the film. He predicted that “The Odyssey” will fail at the box office.

Christopher Nolan defends other ‘Odyssey” choices

Nolan hasn’t directly responded to Musk, but he has defended certain creative choices made in “The Odyssey”, which have also caused backlash on the internet.

The film will be released in theaters around the world on 17 July 2026. Radio Times reported that the trailer made people laugh when Tom Holland’s Telemachus said his “dad” was returning. Many viewers also criticised the armor worn by certain characters, claiming that it looked like the Batsuit in Nolan’s trilogy “Dark Knight”.

In his Time Magazine interview, the director responded to the criticism of the armor by explaining the historical reasoning behind the design.

He said that there are Mycenaean blades that have been blackened. “Theoretically, they could have blackened the bronze in those times.” “You take bronze and add more gold and sliver to it, then use sulfur.”

Nolan Compares “The Odyssey” To “Interstellar”

The “Oppenheimer’ director also revealed his overall approach to filmmaking, comparing it with the process behind “Interstellar.”

Nolan said that when you look at the ancient past it’s the same thing. “‘What is my best speculation, and how can I use it to create a new world?'”

He said that he doesn’t expect every viewer to be in agreement with his choices, but he wants to make sure that the film is still well-considered.

“Hopefully they will enjoy the film even if they disagree with everything.” Nolan said that a lot scientists had complained about “Interstellar.” But you don’t want to give the impression that you were a frivolous person.

   

Continue Reading

Entertainment

John Stamos Honors Bob Saget With Touching Birthday Tribute

​

John Stamos pays a heartfelt tribute to his late friend, actor Bob Saget. He shares emotional words and personal stories that celebrate their close relationship. The actor’s simple but impactful message reflects his continued remembrance for Saget, and highlights the lasting effect of their friendship four years after Saget’s passing.

John Stamos shared his last photo with Bob Saget

Instagram | John Stamos

John Stamos shared a series photos on Instagram to honor his late pal, Bob Saget. It was the comedian’s birthday, which would have fallen on May 17.

The carousel featured a clip of Saget performing and several photos of them together over the years. The last slide featured a group photo of Saget and Stamos, along with their wives Kelly Rizzo and Catilin McChugh, respectively. They were posing before the ocean with the words, “LAST PIC.”

“We used throw each other great parties for birthdays. Your 70th birthday today would have been epic! Stamos wrote, “I miss you and love” in the caption. The actor’s post was flooded with hundreds of comments, many of which remembered Saget and wished him a happy heaven birthday.

The two actors had a rocky start to their friendship

Stamos, Saget and their families were extremely close for many years before Saget passed away. However, they weren’t always best friends. They met on the ABC sitcom, “Full House,” when they played brothers-in law: Stamos was Jesse Katsopolis, and Saget was Danny Tanner. The series lasted eight seasons, from 1987 to 1995.

Stamos wrote in his memoir “If You Would have Told Me”, released in 2023 that he did not think Saget was the right actor for the role, even though he knew he was talented. Saget, in his opinion, was a comic whose main goal was making people laugh. Stamos, on the other hand, preferred to work seriously and break up scenes. Stamos wrote: “Bob, I tolerate you and we try to avoid interfering in each other’s creative process. It can be challenging.”

They became close when they accepted each other’s artistic style and supported each other through personal tragedies.

John Stamos and Bob Saget developed a friendship beyond the camera

MEGA

Stamos, Saget, and the rest of “Full House’s” cast remained close, celebrating each other in triumphs and supporting each other through difficult times. Saget comforted the family of his friend when the father died in 2001. He even hosted the funeral. Stamos said that the two were already close, but that what Saget did for him “cemented their friendship”.

Saget was present at the ceremony in 2009 when Stamos received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He offered some kind words to his friend. Saget said, “You are so talented… and so loving… and I will always be here for you and your family because you’re my brother.”

They also stood by each other during their divorces, health scares and other hardships.

Inside Bob Saget’s Death in 2022

MEGA

Saget died at 65 in January 2022 while on a comedy tour. He was found dead in his hotel room, with abrasions on his scalp and hemorrhaging. The medical examiner gave blunt head trauma as the official cause of death.

His family released a press release explaining his death and said: “They have concluded he accidentally struck the back of his skull on something, didn’t think much of it, and went to bed.” No drugs or alcohol was involved.”

Stamos remembered the moment in 2023 when he received confirmation that his friend was dead. He was on the phone with Saget’s screaming wife. Stamos stated, “I fell to the ground and my knees hit the asphalt.”

John Stamos Honors Bob Saget on His Death Anniversary

MEGA

Stamos posts moving tributes each year on the anniversary of Saget’s passing. In 2023, Stamos wrote about finding joy in the midst of grief. He gathered his fellow “Full House’ castmates a year later to remember Saget. In the caption of the photo, the actor said that he doesn’t want a part to get used to Saget being gone, but he also knows that his friend would want him move on and enjoy his life.

Stamos wrote in January 2026 that he missed Saget and that it felt like being in a room with no laughter. The John Stamos honors Bob Saget with touching birthday tribute first appeared on The Blast

   

Continue Reading

Latest News

Video2 hours ago

How free is the press in the world's largest democracy?

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was challenged by Norwegian journalist Helle Lyng Svendsen for not taking media …
Video3 hours ago

How solar panels can help you fight rising energy costs | Terms of Service

Electricity prices are on the rise, thanks in part to the rise of AI data centers. Can installing solar panels...
St. Vincent and the Grenadines launches LOVE SVG St. Vincent and the Grenadines launches LOVE SVG
TravelNews3 hours ago

St. Vincent and the Grenadines launches LOVE SVG

St. Vincent and the Grenadines has launched “LOVE SVG,” a national tourism enhancement initiative that places people, community and country...
Bianca Andreescu: How former US Open champion and world number four went to the bottom of the tour to rise back up Bianca Andreescu: How former US Open champion and world number four went to the bottom of the tour to rise back up
Sports3 hours ago

Bianca Andreescu: How former US Open champion and world number four went to the bottom of the tour to rise back up

Andreescu was plagued with injuries – issues with her abdomen and ankle kept her away from the court, and her...
SC asks MeitY to examine PIL seeking recovery or destruction of stolen personal data of citizens SC asks MeitY to examine PIL seeking recovery or destruction of stolen personal data of citizens
Politics3 hours ago

SC asks MeitY to examine PIL seeking recovery or destruction of stolen personal data of citizens

New Delhi, The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology to consider a PIL as...
News: Padel court plan to enhance urban entertainment venue in Rotherham News: Padel court plan to enhance urban entertainment venue in Rotherham
Entertainment3 hours ago

News: Padel court plan to enhance urban entertainment venue in Rotherham

Plans have been submitted to create padel courts on the heritage high street in Rotherham town centre. Rothbiz reported last...
Asha Bhosle: Celebrities and fans pay tributes to legendary singer Asha Bhosle: Celebrities and fans pay tributes to legendary singer
India Top Stories Feeds4 hours ago

Asha Bhosle: Celebrities and fans pay tributes to legendary singer

Crowds gather at Asha Bhosle’s Mumbai residence to pay respects to the legendary Indian singer. The two-time Grammy winner died...
What to know about a deadly attack by teen gunmen on a San Diego mosque What to know about a deadly attack by teen gunmen on a San Diego mosque
Business4 hours ago

What to know about a deadly attack by teen gunmen on a San Diego mosque

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Police raced Monday to catch an armed teenage runaway before he and another teen opened fire...
Former Virginia assistant principal on trial after allegedly ignoring warnings before 6-year-old shot teacher Former Virginia assistant principal on trial after allegedly ignoring warnings before 6-year-old shot teacher
UsaLocalNews5 hours ago

Former Virginia assistant principal on trial after allegedly ignoring warnings before 6-year-old shot teacher

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A former Virginia assistant principal is on trial on felony child neglect...
Video5 hours ago

Security guard 'sacrificed his life' in San Diego mosque shooting

The security guard killed in the shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego was a father who cared about...

Trending News

Join Our Newsletter

Stay updated with breaking news and exclusive content.