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SNL UK: Saturday Night Live to get a British version

Live from London, it’s Saturday night! You read correctly: SNL is taking sketch comedy across the pond. ETA: 2026.

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Berlinale interview: 'What Marielle Knows' - German comedy, anyone?

What would you do if your child could suddenly read your mind? We sit down with German filmmaker Frédéric Hambalek to talk about his Competition selected film 'What Marielle Knows' - a taut, biting and frequently hilarious dark comedy.

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Berlinale 2025 review: 'Mickey 17' - Robert Pattinsons... in spaaaace!

In the mood for a goofy, broad strokes futurist satire with Robert Pattinson acting opposite himself in the icy vastness of space? Bong Joon Ho has got you covered, with his first film since the Oscar-winning 'Parasite'.

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Finalists named for longest-running women+'s playwrighting prize

Nine finalists have been announced for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, the most prestigious English-language theatre prize for women and non-binary writers.

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Why is this twenty-year-old podcast number 1 in the UK charts?

The 2005 podcast by British comedy trio Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant and Karl Pilkington is being rereleased on Apple weekly.

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#metoothéâtre protestors demand change at the Comédie-Française

A hearing this month allowed one of France's most important theatre's to dismiss controversial actor Nâzim Boudjenah. But it's too little, too late for the movement against male violence in the arts.

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Conan O'Brien to receive top US award for comedy

Mark Twain Prize for American Humor honours individuals who have "had an impact on American society in ways similar to" Twain.

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Love, Clones and Bloodsuckers: The 25 most anticipated movies of 2025

Welcome to your moviegoing guide for 2025! Here are our picks for the unmissable movies coming to a cinema near you soon.

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Film of the Week: 'Les Femmes au Balcon' ('The Balconettes')

For her second feature film behind the camera, Noémie Merlant delivers a funny, gory, chaotic and engaged film that is 2024’s perfect Midnight Movie.

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Marrakech Film Festival: Nahuel Pérez Biscayart on ‘Kill the Jockey’

Nahuel Perez Biscayart talks to Euronews Culture at the Marrakech International Film Festival about his role in Luis Ortega's 'Kill the Jockey'.

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Film of the Week: 'Rumours' - The 'official' satire of the G7

Gormless global leaders. Masturbating zombies. Giant forest-dwelling brains. Here's the strangest political satire you didn't know you needed.

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Shona McCarthy steps down as Edinburgh Fringe CEO

Having seen the festival through the pandemic, McCarthy leaves as Edinburgh Fringe CEO. What is next for the festival?

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'KAOS': Who is Jeff Goldblum's Netflix show about Greek gods for?

In Netflix's 'KAOS', Jeff Goldblum plays a petulant Zeus in a modern-day Ancient Greece with aplomb. But does the show have wings?

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Edinburgh Fringe highlights: Euronews Culture's five alt show picks

We've been at the Edinburgh Fringe trawling through the shows so you don't have to. Here are Euronews Culture's five highlights from the dance, circus, and other experiences on offer this year.

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Edinburgh Fringe highlights: Euronews Culture's five comedy picks

We've been at the Edinburgh Fringe trawling through the shows so you don't have to. Here are Euronews Culture's five highlights from the comedy on offer this year.

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Fringe scandal: Should US comedian be cancelled over antisemitism?

Reginald D Hunter's show at the Fringe Festival is at the centre of a "hate incident" investigation. Should he be cancelled? Euronews Culture's Jonny Walfisz saw his show and he's not sure.

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Funniest joke of Edinburgh Fringe 2024 revealed

This year's winner has not one but two jokes in this year's funniest jokes of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival ranking.

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Edinburgh Fringe highlights: Euronews Culture's five theatre picks

We've been at the Edinburgh Fringe trawling through the shows so you don't have to. Here are Euronews Culture's five highlights from the theatre on offer this year.

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American comedian embroiled in 'hate incident' at Fringe Festival

Police are investigating a report of a "hate incident" at Hunter’s "Fluffy Fluffy Beavers" show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Two Israeli audience members were reportedly booed as they exited the show, following a joke comparing Israel to an abusive partner.

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In Pictures: The street delights of the Edinburgh Fringe

Check out the best pics that Euronews Culture captured while taking in this year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival.