Star, humbug! Johnny Depp charms as cranky Scrooge in Comic-Con stunt

A surprise appearance by Johnny Depp, promoting his new film Ebenezer, kicked off a hectic weekend at the annual San Diego ...
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The five best museums in the UK, according to Michael Palin, Mary Beard and more

The best modern museums are places of joy and wonder – portals to the past that make the experiences of our ancestors feel as vivid and urgent as the world in which we live today. That is especially ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Film Academy’s Governors Awards: 100 People, Collaborators or Organizations Worthy of Honorary, Thalberg or Hersholt Awards

Film Academy’s Governors Awards: 100 People, Collaborators or Organizations Worthy of Honorary, Thalberg or Hersholt Awards THR's executive editor of awards coverage makes the case for a wide variety ...
Reason

The DJ Who Brought America Weird Al, Tom Lehrer, and 'Cows With Guns'

When Barret Hansen, better known as Dr. Demento, recently ended his weekly show, he had spent 55 years spinning weird, silly, or otherwise strange songs on the radio or online. No mere fringe figure, ...
Los Angeles Times

‘The closest thing to church’: How Unusual Tuesday became L.A.’s home for misfit artists

Sun Space in Shadow Hills hosts Unusual Tuesday, a weekly psychedelic variety show founded in 2017 as an alternative to L.A.’s exclusive club circuit, featuring experimental musicians, comedians and ...
Backstage

Divine Casting Call: 8 Actors Who Brought God to Life

It’s easy to imagine the phrase, “Who do you think you are? God?” has been thrown around on a film set or two. But in the case of these eight actors, the answer would be, “Well, yeah!” Showcasing a ...
BroadwayWorld

The Shubert Organization

Best Musical (Tony Awards) for School of Rock, Best Musical (Tony Awards) for Bright Star, Best Play (Tony Awards) for The Humans, Best Play (Tony Awards) for King Charles III, Best Musical (Tony ...
Polygon

Netflix's latest Roald Dahl adaptation throws out most of the book. The director told us why.

But the movie — directed and co-written by Phil Johnston, a writer on Wreck-it Ralph and Zootopia and co-director of Ralph Breaks the Internet — likely isn’t what any Dahl aficionado was expecting. It ...
BFI

“Hollywood has been very timid these days”: Terry Gilliam on his 50-year directing career

From the dystopian visions of Brazil and Twelve Monkeys to the surreal odyssey of The Fisher King, Terry Gilliam has spent half a century defying cinematic convention. In this wide-ranging interview, ...
The Independent

What to read this June from a witty revenge tale to a defence of rage

June reading list: From a debut packed with deft humour to an enlightening biography of one of the 20th century’s most intriguing writers, and a non-fiction exploration of the most stigmatised emotion ...
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People terrified after learning what is played over loudspeakers at 6am every day in North Korea

For almost two decades, residents of a North Korean city have experienced an ‘eerie’ wake-up call blaring through its streets. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, situated in East Asia, is a ...