Friday, 15 May 2026
Entertainment news today swings between tribute, spectacle and industry recalibration. In Britain, viewers are mourning Ken Harwood, the much-loved Gogglebox regular who has died at 77 after a short illness, with Channel 4 expected to honour him in an upcoming episode. At the other end of the pop culture spectrum, Drake has flooded the market with a surprise midnight triple release — Iceman, Habibti and Maid of Honour — a splashy return packed with high-profile collaborators and arriving after months of intense scrutiny around his Kendrick Lamar feud. Cannes, meanwhile, delivered one of its signature moments of ceremony as John Travolta was unexpectedly handed an honorary Palme d’Or ahead of the premiere of his directorial debut. And behind the glamour, the business of entertainment remains under pressure, with Starbucks announcing 300 more corporate layoffs and regional office closures as part of a broader restructuring drive.
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