Judd Apatow is a U.S. director, producer and screenwriter who built Apatow Productions and shaped modern American comedy with The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, and Freaks and Geeks.
A Paris-based label, Matières Fécales, is redefining high fashion with its provocative, artful aesthetics. Designers Steven Raj Bhaskaran and Hannah Rose Dalton have built a global presence since starting in Montréal, gaining support from Dover Street Market and Paris Fashion Week, while challenging conventional beauty and material norms.
The Guardian reports on multiple cultural releases this week, including new sci-fi and horror films, a romcom, and live events across the UK. The pieces highlight a mix of big-name talent and emerging artists, with festival announcements and gallery shows in major cities.
The Guardian reports from rehearsals in London where composer Jeanine Tesori discusses aging, youth, and the Tony-winning Kimberly Akimbo. The show follows a teenage girl aging four times faster than normal, wrapped in a witty, chaotic family. London’s production stars Maria Friedman as Kimberly, with Tesori and David Lindsay-Abaire looking to audience interpretation and the show’s hopeful, humorous core.
Zeta-Jones says her children Dylan and Carys are pursuing acting and directing, calling the term nepo baby divisive. She argues the phrase is harmful and notes her kids are finding their own way in life, with both parents supportive of their careers.
Aardman’s Shaun the Sheep returns in The Beast of Mossy Bottom, a stop-motion horror-tinged adventure released around Halloween. The film blends silent-era charm with visual gags, a star voice cast, and new pumpkin-powered hijinks, while affirming stop-motion as a continuing art form in the AI era.
Apple Studios’ biopic Tenzing has opened theaters and debuts on Apple TV+. The film foregrounds Tenzing Norgay’s life, recasting Everest history away from a Hillary-centric narrative, while Sherpa voices and climate-change impacts in the Himalayas frame its release.
HBO confirms a limited five-episode revival of Girls with Lena Dunham and most of the core cast returning. Production starts in 2027; Adam Driver’s participation is not confirmed. Judd Apatow will return as executive producer.