Eurovision's Second Semi-Final Goes Live Without the Boycotters
Vienna stages 15 acts tonight at 21:00 CEST in the smallest Eurovision field since 2003, while five public broadcasters run counter-programming on the same air.
Camille Beaumont
Bureau: Los Angeles
Cannes Day Three Screen Grid Opens With a Mid-Tier Japanese Melodrama
Screen International's 2026 jury grid opens with Fukada's Nagi Notes at 2.5, well below Burning's record 3.8 ceiling, on the day Farhadi and Pawlikowski land.
Balagov's Butterfly Jam Screened in Directors' Fortnight Not Competition and Poorly
A correction the paper owes its readers — yesterday's Russian-exile-at-the-top-of-Competition framing described anticipation, not screening reception, and both sides moved.
The Amazon-Apple-Peacock Bundle Is the Streaming Revolution Becoming Cable
Two direct competitors picked Amazon as the surface — that is the second-order signal under the $19.99 price.
Netflix Puts Rousey Versus Carano on the Floor Saturday — Its First Live MMA
A 49-year-old returning after a decade meets a 43-year-old returning after seventeen years at the Intuit Dome — Netflix's first MMA broadcast, MVP's first MMA event.
Lionsgate Q4 FY26 Earnings Are May 21 and The Housemaid Sequel Is the Watch Item
After-market Thursday May 21 — the standalone studio reports its first full year since Starz, with a $266 million Housemaid behind it and a sequel in production with Kirsten Dunst.
Farhadi and Pawlikowski Screen Thursday the Second Real Jury Test
Two Cannes Competition veterans land on Day Three with prior wins on the wall — the actual benchmark against which the 2.5 Nagi Notes opener will be re-priced.