THE GREEN ROOM

COMING SOON

Out this week

Albums

Songs from the Wedding Cake by Blossoms: Sixth album by the English indie pop band; comes after 2024’s Gary; includes the singles ‘Joke About Divorce’, ‘Meet Me in Love’, ‘Additional Driver’ (featuring Declan McKenna), and ‘Husband’.

Movies

Digger (starring Tom Cruise, Riz Ahmed, John Goodman, Sandra Hüller, Michael Stuhlbarg, Jesse Plemons) – black comedy; a wealthy oil tycoon (Cruise) frantically races to prove he is humanity’s saviour before the disaster he unleashed destroys everything.

Verity (starring Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson, Josh Hartnett) – psychological thriller; a writer (Johnson), hired to ghostwrite for a bestselling author (Hathaway), uncovers what appears to be the latter’s autobiographical manuscript and finds it challenging to separate fiction from reality.

Rolling Loud: The Movie (starring Owen Wilson, Matt Rife, Christine Ko, Christian Convery, Henry Winkler) – comedy, inspired by a true story; an overprotective father attempts to bond with his teenage son by sneaking him into a hip-hop music festival.

AWARDS

2026 MTV Video Music Awards

Winners:

• Video of the Year: Taylor Swift – ‘The Fate of Ophelia’
• Artist of the Year: Madonna
• Song of the Year: BTS – ‘Swim’
• Best New Artist: Sienna Spiro
• Best Collaboration: Madonna and Sabrina Carpenter – ‘Bring Your Love’
• Best Pop: LISA – ‘Dream’ featuring Kentaro Sakaguchi
• Best Hip-Hop: Cardi B featuring Kehlani – ‘Safe’
• Best R&B: Bruno Mars – ‘I Just Might’
• Best Alternative: Olivia Rodrigo – ‘The Cure’
• Best Dance: Madonna –Confessions II – The Film
• Best Latin: Bad Bunny – ‘NuevayoL’
• Best K-Pop: BTS – ‘Swim’
• Best Country: Ella Langley – ‘Choosin’ Texas’
• Best Direction: Taylor Swift – ‘Opalite’
• Best Art Direction: PinkPantheress – ‘Stateside + Zara Larsson’
• Best Cinematography: Madonna – Confessions II – The Film
• Best Editing: Sabrina Carpenter – ‘House Tour’
• Best Choreography: Madonna – Confessions II – The Film
• Best Visual Effects: Ariana Grande – ‘Hate That I Made You Love Me’
• Best Group: BTS
• Best Long Form Video: Madonna – Confessions II – The Film
• Best Album: Madonna – Confessions II
• Song of Summer: Ariana Grande – ‘Hate That I Made You Love Me’
• Artist Director Honors: Taylor Swift
• Video Vanguard Award: Nirvana

SPOTLIGHT 

Runner

Cast: Alan Ritchson and Owen Wilson

Director: Scott Waugh

* Action comedy; a former soldier (Ritchson) and a medical courier (Wilson) must deliver an organ to save a girl while being pursued by the cartel.

* Has grossed US$16 million on a budget of around US$35-45 million.

* Has received mixed to positive reviews, earning praise for the acting and action but criticism for the story.

* The script – written by Miles Hubley and Tommy White – was included in the 2023 Black List of the most-liked unproduced screenplays.

* Was released in the same month as the similarly titled Amazon Prime Video movie The Runner.

* Score composed by Charlie Nguyen Kim.