# awards and prizes (news sources) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover awards and prizes. Page: Feed: --- ## [Rob Reiner’s son Jake gives first interview after parents’ deaths: ‘I will never understand why this happened’](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/28/rob-reiner-son-jake-interview-parents-death) _2026-08-28 · Sian Cain · Culture | The Guardian_ Jake says his parents ‘never stopped helping’ his brother Nick, who has pleaded not guilty to murdering both of them at their Los Angeles home Jake Reiner has given his first interview since the killing of his parents, the film-maker Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, saying: “I will never understand why this happened.” Reiner, who directed films including The Princess Bride, This Is… ## [The Witcher 3: Songs of the Past – Geralt of Rivia returns after a decade in the sun](https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/aug/28/the-witcher-3-songs-of-the-past-geralt-of-rivia-returns-after-a-decade-in-the-sun) _2026-08-28 · Elliot Gardner · Culture | The Guardian_ Before The Witcher 4 arrives in 2028, CD Projekt Red is returning us to the world of The Witcher 3 for one last foray. Looks like wind’s still howlin’ The game that graced us with Bathtub Geralt , The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, arrived more than a decade ago. So it was a touch surprising this summer when developers CD Projekt Red announced a new expansion to the venerable adventure, titled Songs of the… ## [Memo to Ridley Scott: no one needs more Alien: Covenant movies – get the franchise back to stalk’n’slash](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/28/ridley-scott-alien-covenant-follow-up) _2026-08-28 · Ben Child · Culture | The Guardian_ News that Scott is working on a follow-up to his maligned 2017 film leaves me worried the franchise has run out of shocks If any science-fiction saga looked beyond recovery, it was the Alien franchise. For the 38 years that followed James Cameron’s Aliens, film-makers contrived to find every imaginable way of not making a good Alien film. They tried killing everyone the audience cared about before… ## [Add to playlist: the spectral, fathoms-deep folksong of June McDoom and the week’s best new tracks](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/28/add-to-playlist-june-mcdoom-and-the-weeks-best-new-tracks) _2026-08-28 · Jasper Willems and Laura Snapes · Culture | The Guardian_ Rich harmonies mix with synth, harp and aquatic grace on the intriguing first single from the New York songwriter’s debut album From New York, USA Recommended if you like Jessica Pratt, Minnie Riperton, Cocteau Twins Up next Debut LP Follow the Light released via Jagjaguwar on 16 October In Robert Silverberg’s 1973 sci-fi anthology New Dimensions 3, there’s a story by author Terry Carr called They… ## [Dolly Parton brought divided Americans together. What can we learn from her? | Margaret Sullivan](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/28/dolly-parton-america-divide) _2026-08-28 · Margaret Sullivan · Culture | The Guardian_ The singer had a serendipitous mixture of humor, humility and humanity. We could all stand to channel it a bit more The moment that the world found out that Dolly Parton had died , I was in a hair salon in the reddest congressional district in New York state. The neighborhood on the shore of Lake Erie where I move every summer voted solidly for Donald Trump in 2024. I often pass a lawn sign that… ## [How Katseye became the world’s biggest girl group – while falling apart](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/28/katseye-essay-kpop-wild-ep-manon-kpop-hybe-girl-group-pop) _2026-08-28 · Erica Russell · Culture | The Guardian_ Their raucous pop music has made Katseye the biggest girl band in two decades. Can they weather toxic fandom, critical pans and a dwindling member count? Before screenings of their new documentary, the members of Katseye appear in a video message to thank fans for their support. Their followers, Eyekons, have played a critical role in their rise to stardom, so it makes sense that Katseye: Wild… ## [The Whisper Man review – Robert De Niro sleepwalks through silly Netflix potboiler](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/28/the-whisper-man-robert-de-niro-netflix-movie-review) _2026-08-28 · Benjamin Lee · Culture | The Guardian_ A father and son must team up to find a serial killer in a cheaply made and increasingly uninteresting thriller It’s not as if Robert De Niro ’s choices have improved all that much since the nadir of the mid-2000s (last year did see him crop up in a Scott Eastwood-led actioner and The Alto Knights ) but there’s something specifically rubbishy about his latest that transports us back to that… ## [‘It’s the story of what happens when the music stops’: bringing tormented jazz legend Bill Evans to life](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/28/tormented-jazz-legend-bill-evans-grant-gee) _2026-08-28 · John Lewis · Culture | The Guardian_ Having directed documentaries about David Bowie, Radiohead and Joy Division, Grant Gee takes on a biopic of the turbulent and tragic American pianist In 1997, Grant Gee directed the video for Radiohead’s single No Surprises , a four-minute film that featured Thom Yorke miming the song inside a water-filled diver’s helmet, apparently almost drowning in the process. In the three decades since that… ## [‘I’m an ever-changing vessel’: Erykah Badu on defying definition, life as a birth and death doula and her first album in 11 years](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/28/erykah-badu-before-the-world-blows-interview) _2026-08-28 · Shaad D'Souza · Culture | The Guardian_ Why do the Texan innovator’s records take so long to make? ‘It’s important to gather the data,’ she says: the death, dating and dopamine behind her exquisite comeback alongside the Alchemist Erykah Badu needs the lights down low . The singer, producer, actor and registered doula shuffles into a private room at London’s Soho hotel and quietly asks for some changes to the atmosphere: lights dimmed,… ## [Dolly Parton’s sister reveals singer offered to test experimental cancer drugs before she died](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/28/dolly-parton-sister-stella-tribute-act-of-kindness-cancer-drugs) _2026-08-28 · Emma Joyce · Culture | The Guardian_ ‘My sister was always thinking of others,’ Parton’s younger sister Stella wrote in a Facebook tribute Dolly Parton’s younger sister Stella Parton has shared a moving tribute to the late country music singer on Thursday, revealing that Dolly offered to receive experimental cancer drugs “in the hope of helping others in the future” – an act of kindness and generosity that extended until the end of… ## [Trade Smarter With IBKR (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/sb6vGUH2WFYK) _2026-08-28 · **Sponsored**_ Join Interactive Brokers through a referral and start investing with low-cost global access. ## [Yayoi Kusama, Japanese artist who turned hallucinations into art, dies at 97](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-27/yayoi-kusama-japanese-artist-dies/100160512) _2026-08-27 · Hannah Story · Entertainment & Culture_ The artist was best known for her dot-covered paintings and pumpkin motifs. ## [Has Alien and Blade Runner filmmaker Ridley Scott lost the plot?](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-27/the-dog-stars-review-jacob-elordi/107083364) _2026-08-27 · Stephen A Russell · Entertainment & Culture_ The Dog Stars, adapted from the novel of the same name by Peter Heller, brings nothing new or even amusing to the plague-borne apocalypse canon. ## [Why young people didn't just like Dolly — they loved her](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-27/dolly-parton-influence-beyonce-white-stripes-miley-cyrus/107080322) _2026-08-26 · Dan Condon · Entertainment & Culture_ Why did millennials and gen Z embrace an artist whose first single arrived in 1959? The answer says a lot about Dolly Parton. ## [The fiery threats that made Dolly Parton a 'natural-born movie star'](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-27/9-to-5-dolly-parton-movie/107079724) _2026-08-26 · Brianna Morris-Grant · Entertainment & Culture_ With a few fiery words and a mountain of blonde curls, Dolly Parton went from country music singer to a "natural-born movie star" in 9 to 5. ## [Book Week quiz: How well do you know Aussie kids' books?](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-27/book-week-2026-childrens-literature-quiz/107027674) _2026-08-26 · Nicola Heath · Entertainment & Culture_ Celebrate Children's Book Week with our kids' books quiz — and grab some costume ideas at the same time. ## [Judge awards Blake Lively $400,000 in legal fees in Justin Baldoni case](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/26/blake-lively-legal-fees-justin-baldoni) _2026-08-26 · Owen Myers · Culture | The Guardian_ The actor had sought $8m in attorney costs resulting from her protracted legal battle with Baldoni Blake Lively has been awarded more than $400,000 in attorneys’ fees after her 18-month legal battle with Justin Baldoni. On Wednesday, judge Lewis Liman awarded the actor $363,245.40 in attorneys’ fees and $44,206.35 in costs, figures far lower than the $8m Lively had sought . Continue reading... ## [Affairs? Drugs? You could ask Dolly Parton about anything and get a laugh. Just stay away from politics …](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/26/affairs-drugs-you-could-ask-dolly-parton-about-anything-and-get-a-laugh-just-stay-away-from-politics) _2026-08-26 · Emine Saner · Culture | The Guardian_ One autumn day in 2023 I bathed in the luminous glow of this utterly authentic star – and while she did have one weak spot, her life and music will speak for themselves Celebrity tributes pour in for Dolly Parton Dolly Parton’s 10 best deep cuts Alexis Petridis on Dolly Parton’s peerless career The great privilege of my kind of journalism is to get the chance to meet extraordinary people – some… ## [Tim Curry, star of The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Stephen King’s It, dies aged 80](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/26/tim-curry-dies-rocky-horror-show-stephen-king-it-legend-film) _2026-08-26 · Andrew Pulver · Culture | The Guardian_ A prolific performer across stage, screen and TV, the actor starred in Legend, Clue and It, but will always be associated with the flamboyantly camp rock’n’roll musical in which he made his breakthrough Tim Curry on sexuality, surviving a stroke – and 50 years of stardom Farewell, Dr Frank N Furter: why Tim Curry’s Rocky Horror Show will go on Clowns, corsets and kings: Tim Curry – a life in… ## [Rupert Grint to reprise role of Ron Weasley in Harry Potter stage show](https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/aug/26/rupert-grint-broadway-harry-potter-cursed-child-ron-weasley) _2026-08-26 · Benjamin Lee · Culture | The Guardian_ Like co-star Tom Felton, Grint will once again play the role that made him famous, in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Rupert Grint is set to reprise the role of Ron Weasley in the Broadway hit Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. The actor will join the long-running stage show for 17 weeks starting in February 2027. Continue reading... ## [Dolly Parton was a rare singer who proved herself to be an electric movie star](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/26/dolly-parton-singer-actress) _2026-08-26 · Jesse Hassenger · Culture | The Guardian_ From 9 to 5 to Steel Magnolias to Joyful Noise, the late star had real big screen presence that was impossible to imitate ‘I just give from my heart’: how Dolly Parton’s philanthropy focused most on helping children Celebrity tributes pour in for Dolly Parton: ‘a gift to the world’ There are an awful lot of singers who take a shot at movie stardom. Most of them start out playing singing ingenues… ## [Unlimited Mobile Internet, One V-SIM (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/c9BagcLHRZ4K) _2026-08-26 · **Sponsored**_ Automatically switches across T-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon; no throttling, no contract. ## [Mel Brooks’ 20 favorite films to be screened in LA for 100th birthday](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/26/mel-brooks-20-favorite-films-screening-la) _2026-08-26 · Lois Beckett · Culture | The Guardian_ Comedian and director’s picks for American Cinematheque series range from Charlie Chaplin’s City Lights to Taika Waititi’s Jojo Rabbit Twenty of Mel Brooks ’ favorite films of the past century will be screening this fall in Los Angeles , as part of a film series the 100-year-old comedian and director programmed himself. The American Cinematheque, Los Angeles’ year-round nonprofit film festival,… ## [The rise of ‘biogossip’: Rachel Cusk’s Natalie Portman novel is the latest in a delicious literary lineage](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/aug/26/rachel-cusk-natalie-portman-novel-biogossip-literature) _2026-08-26 · Greta Rainbow · Culture | The Guardian_ The much-discussed Life of M is the latest in a lineage of celebrity satire that spans from Virginia Woolf to The Devil Wears Prada In Rachel Cusk ’s new novel, Life of M , the famous actor protagonist participates in an event at a book store after hours. The actor, M, is joined by “a writer of some renown” and a fashion model who possesses “some vague self-absorption”. A brand sponsored the… ## [Backwoods Barbie and the ‘God almighty’ PMS Blues: Dolly Parton’s 10 best deep cuts](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/26/dolly-parton-10-best-deep-cuts-singer-dead) _2026-08-26 · Jenny Stevens · Culture | The Guardian_ From heartbreaking spoken word to wry takes on the double standards women face, here are some of the late country singer’s lesser known gems Alexis Petridis on Dolly Parton’s peerless career Dolly Parton – a life in pictures Share your tributes and memories of Dolly Parton Dolly Parton was one of the most gifted narrative lyricists ever – particularly when it came to telling the stories of women’s… ## [Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival – a game so grotesque it scares its own director](https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/aug/26/clive-barkers-hellraiser-revival) _2026-08-26 · Bex April May · Culture | The Guardian_ With oversight from Clive Barker himself, and a role reprisal as Pinhead from actor Doug Bradley, Revival aims to introduce new audiences to the discomfort of Hellraiser If a horror game gives its own director a physical reaction, it’s probably doing something right. While researching the images people find hardest to look at, game director Emil Esov discovered he has trypophobia – a fear of… ## [The Last Sunrise review – Amazon’s soapy YA romance is thankless and bland](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/26/the-last-sunrise-movie-review-amazon) _2026-08-26 · Rafaela Bassili · Culture | The Guardian_ Another familiar concoction fails to make use of its sunny location and chooses cheap melodrama over romantic charm A titular sunrise, a summer fling fantasy, exorbitant wealth, impossibly sculpted bodies: such are the profitable story ingredients that make up The Last Sunrise, the latest offering in Amazon’s endless catalogue of “romance content”. I wouldn’t ordinarily use that term to describe a… ## [New country music festival Longhaul cancelled in its first year](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-26/longhaul-festival-cancelled-kacey-musgraves-kane-brown/107079430) _2026-08-26 · Courtney Fry · Entertainment & Culture_ The festival, headlined by Kacey Musgraves and Kane Brown, was set to land in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane in January. ## [Banned for decades, this 'unwatchable' film is being shown this week](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-26/salo-banned-movies-festival-of-dangerous-ideas/107048872) _2026-08-25 · Velvet Winter · Entertainment & Culture_ The controversial film Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom, was banned for decades in Australia but is getting a rare festival screening. Why are some films banned and what does the public lose when media is censored? ## [How artist Khaled Sabsabi remains optimistic after weathering recent storms](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-23/khaled-sabsabi-coffee-between-suns/107054854) _2026-08-22 · Jade Barker · Entertainment & Culture_ The award-winning artist is shaking off the Venice Biennale with a strong cup of coffee and his new exhibition, Between Suns. ## [Salt-N-Pepa say they weren't always respected in hip-hop](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-23/salt-n-pepa-hip-hop-australia-tour/107063428) _2026-08-22 · Dan Condon · Entertainment & Culture_ They were called sellouts, pop stars and a passing fad. Four decades on, Salt-N-Pepa are still having the last laugh. ## [Weather improves for final day of Mundi Mundi festival](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-22/mundi-mundi-presses-on-as-sun-shines-on-final-day/107066902) _2026-08-22 · Matthew Ward Agius · Entertainment & Culture_ After record rains drenched Broken Hill ahead of the Mundi Mundi music festival and ticketholders were turned away, organisers take advantage of welcome sunshine to open the gates for a complimentary day. ## [Play Both Sides Of The Lie (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/4bP5x7jmnJiG) _2026-08-22 · **Sponsored**_ Two operatives, one manufactured war — uncover the Complete Truth after both campaigns. ## [Fiddler on the Roof features an usher turned actor in starring role](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-22/ellen-ebbs-actor-fiddler-on-the-roof-usher-theatre-royal-sydney/107065114) _2026-08-21 · Mawunyo Gbogbo · Entertainment & Culture_ Ellen Ebbs has made her main stage debut in Fiddler on the Roof at Theatre Royal Sydney, where she previously cleaned the stalls and made cocktails as an usher. ## [Claudia Karvan on The Secret Life of Us finale that was never filmed](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-22/claudia-karvan-airport-chaplain-hugo-weaving/107054294) _2026-08-21 · Velvet Winter · Entertainment & Culture_ The legendary Australian actor talks religion, the chance of a Secret Life of Us reboot and what it was like growing up under a spotlight. ## [The real story of 'bad girl' Miles Franklin's not-so-brilliant career](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-22/my-brilliant-career-netflix-miles-franklin/107038670) _2026-08-21 · Hannah Reich · Entertainment & Culture_ In the wake of Netflix's shiny new My Brilliant Career adaptation, we look at the woman behind one of Australia's most influential books. ## [Twenty-five years of Hedwig and the Angry Inch: The box office flop turned cult classic](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-22/john-cameron-mitchell-hedwig-and-angry-inch-bowie-punk-fascism/107054156) _2026-08-21 · Al Newstead · Entertainment & Culture_ The Tony-winning playwright, filmmaker and performer returns to Australia to celebrate Bowie, punk and 25 years of queer classic Hedwig and the Angry Inch. ## [Meghan reportedly in talks to join Guy Ritchie’s TV series The Gentlemen](https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/aug/21/meghan-duchess-of-sussex-guy-ritchie-the-gentlemen) _2026-08-21 · Benjamin Lee · Culture | The Guardian_ The Duchess of Sussex is said to be discussing a return to acting in the third season of Netflix’s hit crime series The Duchess of Sussex is in talks to make her acting return in Netflix’s hit series The Gentlemen. According to Variety , Meghan is in discussions to join the third season, which has yet to receive an official greenlight. The Gentlemen is a spin-off from the 2019 crime comedy of the… ## [David Harbour has blown Tony Stark’s cover in Avengers: Doomsday. It might just be what Marvel needs](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/21/avengers-doomsday-robert-downey-jr-tony-stark-david-harbour-marvel) _2026-08-21 · Ben Child · Culture | The Guardian_ The actor, who plays Red Guardian in the film, made a cryptic comment to Variety that raised more Robert Downey Jr-shaped questions than answers. But was it a clanger, or expert trolling? Nobody knows exactly what solemn blood oaths Marvel uses to prevent spoilers. But we do know that Andrew Garfield spent most of the run-up to 2021’s Spider-Man: No Way Home – in which he would eventually turn up… ## [‘We’re barely above porn’: why would a film-maker choose to make a deliberately bad ‘mockbuster’?](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/22/anthony-frith-documentary-mockbuster-the-land-that-time-forgot) _2026-08-21 · Luke Buckmaster · Culture | The Guardian_ With a tiny budget and six days, Anthony Frith directed a film for the studio behind Sharknado – and then made Mockbuster, a documentary about the experience Directors don’t tend to appreciate having their films eviscerated by critics. And us critics, well practised in lobbing proverbial grenades from the safety of our pretentiously book-lined, Cahiers du Cinéma-strewn offices, don’t tend to look… ## [When TV turns sour: the shows we simply can’t stomach any more](https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/aug/21/when-tv-turns-sour-the-shows-we-simply-cannot-stomach-any-more) _2026-08-21 · Sirin Kale, Stuart Heritage, Alexi Duggins, Rachel Aroesti, Isabelle Aron, Chitra Ramaswamy, Phil Harrison, George Francis Lee, Michael Hogan, Leah Harper, Ann Lee and Jack Seale · Culture | The Guardian_ They were once the hottest shows on television – gripping, sexy, hilarious, zeitgeisty. But for our writers, the likes of America’s Next Top Model, House of Cards and The Office are now part of their viewing history they feel tainted by When I think of the summer holidays when I was a teenager, I think of watching America’s Next Top Model for hours on end, critiquing each contestant with my… ## [Mike D: ‘After Yauch died I couldn’t make music. I’d open a computer file and just feel sadness’](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/21/mike-d-diamond-beastie-buys-inteview-solo-album-thank-you) _2026-08-21 · Alastair Shuttleworth · Culture | The Guardian_ As part of the Beastie Boys, the rapper shot to fame and notoriety in the 80s, before bandmate Adam Yauch’s death saw him withdraw from the spotlight. He returns with a solo album that sees him reckon with greed, mortality – and his past ‘It’s funny how far a joke will get you,” Michael Diamond grins. This time 40 years ago, the New York rapper known as Mike D was working with schoolfriends Adam… ## [Add to playlist: the righteous jangle and snaking melodies of Jawdropped and the week’s best new tracks](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/21/add-to-playlist-jawdropped) _2026-08-21 · Huw Baines and Laura Snapes · Culture | The Guardian_ The LA-based powerpop project’s triumphant debut is a celebration of low-stakes creativity in the slacker-skater tradition From Los Angeles Recommended if you like the Lemonheads, Sugar, the Muffs Up next Secret to Spare released 18 September Maybe it’s to do with getting older, maybe it’s to do with the broad-spectrum grimness of it all, but the thrill of low-stakes creativity, of making… ## [Daily Mail accused of stalking woman mistaken as White Stripes drummer Meg White](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/21/meg-white-daily-mail-white-stripes) _2026-08-21 · Sean Craig · Culture | The Guardian_ The tabloid boasted in a now-deleted article that they found White and promised to reveal her ‘secret new life’ The Daily Mail newspaper secretly tailed and photographed a woman in Detroit and then published an article and photographs falsely accusing her of being former The White Stripes drummer Meg White, even after she told the newspaper it had mistaken her identity, multiple sources have told… ## [The Odyssey becomes highest grossing R-rated film of all time](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/21/the-odyssey-highest-grossing-r-rated-film-of-all-time) _2026-08-21 · Andrew Pulver · Culture | The Guardian_ Christopher Nolan’s epic has achieved $1.35bn at the global box office, overtaking 2024’s Deadpool & Wolverine The Odyssey has overtaken Deadpool & Wolverine to become the highest grossing R-rated film of all time. According to figures compiled by the Numbers , Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of Homer’s epic poem has achieved $1.35bn (£990m) at the worldwide box office, compared with the Ryan… ## [Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol 2 review – once more unto the mercenary breach](https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/aug/21/metal-gear-solid-master-collection-vol-2-review) _2026-08-21 · Diego Nicolás Argüello · Culture | The Guardian_ PC, Nintendo Switch/Switch 2, PS5, Xbox Series X/S; Konami This second collection remasters another three titles from the illustrious stealth espionage series, but their world has changed little since the original releases ‘War has changed,” claims Old Snake in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. Back in 2008, the team at Kojima Productions waxed poetic about people recruited to fight in… ## [‘She had this divine calling’: the incredible and transporting art of Minnie Evans](https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/aug/21/minnie-evans-whitney-museum-outsider-artist) _2026-08-21 · Veronica Esposito · Culture | The Guardian_ Just over 50 years after she was one of the first Black artists to have a solo show at the Whitney, the museum gathers some of her most remarkable paintings for a new exhibition Surprisingly, the term “outsider art” was coined fairly recently – in 1972, when the art historian Roger Cardinal made it the title of the book with which he introduced the idea to the English-speaking world. Since then,… ## [All the winners of coveted CBCA award gold stickers in 2026](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-21/cbca-awards-2026-winners-zeno-sworder-once-i-was-a-giant/107056848) _2026-08-21 · Nicola Heath · Entertainment & Culture_ A bittersweet story about a tree that becomes a pencil and a novel about a teenage boy who defies his toxic dad are among the winners at Australia's top children's book awards. ## [What it's like to let go and have your book adapted for TV](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-21/treasure-and-dirt-chris-hammer-book-adaptation/107045338) _2026-08-20 · Yasmin Jeffery · Entertainment & Culture_ Chris Hammer wrote the book Treasure & Dirt, but he had no idea how the TV series was going to end, and had to watch it himself. ## [Marvel’s Wolverine: Spider-Man developers turn to a more cutthroat character](https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/aug/20/marvel-wolverine-spider-man-developers-turn-more-cutthroat-character) _2026-08-20 · Alex Spencer · Culture | The Guardian_ Even film-makers have been inspired by Insomniac’s take on Spidey. But the studio’s tried and tested format might not fit a superhero with such sharp claws The recent Marvel’s Spider-Man games have become so tightly interwoven with the character’s core that they’ve been cited, by both actor Tom Holland and director Destin Daniel Cretton, as an influence on this year’s blockbuster film Spider-Man:… ## [Ukrainian publishers call for support after Russian attacks destroy 10m books](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/aug/20/help-ukrainian-publishers-russia-attacks-books) _2026-08-20 · Emma Loffhagen · Culture | The Guardian_ The country risks ‘the collapse of the entire book ecosystem’ following destruction of warehouses in July and August, say Ukrainian publishers The Ukrainian Book Institute has called on the international publishing community to support Ukrainian publishers after Russian attacks in July and early August destroyed about 10m books and a significant share of the country’s book production capacity. The… ## [‘I need to think like a CEO’: Weezer on the shifting sands of success, ugly feelings and the joy of spreadsheets](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/20/weezer-rivers-cuomo-patrick-wilson-ceo) _2026-08-20 · Stevie Chick · Culture | The Guardian_ As the self-professed geeky rockers release their conceptual 20th album, Rivers Cuomo and Patrick Wilson discuss dodging failure, being saved by fans and their obsessive creativity The first song Rivers Cuomo wrote for Weezer’s new album, their 20th, blatantly mimics the US rockers’ 1994 debut single, Undone (The Sweater Song). On the track CEO, the singer-guitarist grumbles over a slow, Velvets-y… ## [Amy Lee of Evanescence: ‘I could happily do an entire album of nothing but Portishead covers’](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/20/amy-lee-of-evanescence-i-could-happily-do-an-entire-album-of-nothing-but-portishead-covers) _2026-08-20 · As told to Dave Simpson · Culture | The Guardian_ As her band hits the road, the metal trailblazer answers your questions on sexualisation in show business, finding inspiration in dreams and Spinal Tap moments on tour You wrote Bring Me to Life when you were 19 . When you perform it now, how do you relate to the younger you? becgoldsmith I was in an abusive relationship, so Bring Me to Life was partly about processing the reality of that abuse…