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.
Entertainment
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.
Whitney White Leads Five Tony Nominations for a Play That Closed in February
Liberation took the Pulitzer Drama on May 4 and five Tony nominations on May 5, making Whitney White the first Black woman ever twice-nominated for Best Direction of a Play.
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.
Vienna Is Running Its Largest Security Operation This Decade for Eurovision Week
Sixteen thousand vetted staff, FBI cyber liaison, and a 1.5-kilometre drone ban describe a song contest the host city is treating as a national-security event.
The Tony Awards Are Three and a Half Weeks Away and Radio City Confirms
Sunday June 7 at Radio City Music Hall, P!nk hosting, CBS plus Paramount+ — and Whitney White is the press story the broadcast cannot avoid.
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.