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Lenny Henry, Rachel Riley and a tank full of primeval nightmare fuel: everyone's a winnerI am obsessed with sharks. Fifty years on from Jaws, and for me no film can touch it. I trawl YouTube for unspeakable footage. On a recent holiday to France, I made my nonplussed household watch every shark documentary on National Geographic. I'll even make...
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Actor Mariska Hartigay was too young to properly remember her mother Jayne Mansfield, who died in a car crash. So she has made this thoughtful, articulate biopic to get closer to herI was braced, I must say. My love for Olivia Benson and all 26 seasons of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit that she has carried on her formidable shoulders knows...
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Finance department says advertising not paused during or after AI bot's 'MechaHitler' outburst, as antisemitism envoy praises Musk-owned platform for 'rooting out hate'Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian government has continued advertising on X after its AI chatbot Grok praised Hitler and made antisemitic...
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An LCD Soundsystem reunion, the Sex and the City reboot, Oasis back on stage: is this welcome revival culture, or a cynical money grab?When the comedian Marc Maron announced he would soon end his pioneering interview podcast WTF – famed over nearly 16 years for hosting fellow comedians, wider celebrities and even Barack Obama (when he was more...
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The BBC Breakfast presenter on bullying, an embarrassing first date and a horrendous stint in double-glazing salesBorn in London, Naga Munchetty, 50, read English at the University of Leeds and then studied journalism. She began her career in print media at the Evening Standard and the Observer. She went on to work for Reuters Financial Television...
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He was known as a tightly wound Hollywood tough guy, on and off screen – and then the star found himself fighting for his life. He talks about 'bullying his body' into recovery, and how the accident changed himSix ribs broken in 14 places. Three breaks in the lower pelvis. Right and left ankle broken. Left tibia broken. Left wrist...
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The right has already branded the new DC tentpole too woke after its director called the character an immigrant, but just what role do real-world issues play in the film?Superman Woke! Variations on that headline splashed across all manner of non-Daily Planet websites this week in advance of a new Superman movie reboot, specifically the comments of...
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Exclusive: BBC understood to be speaking to US tech giants as it desperately seeks cost savingsThe BBC is examining a significant outsourcing drive that could put thousands of jobs at risk as it desperately searches for savings, the Guardian understands.The plans being considered include the offshoring of jobs currently carried out in the UK, with...
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Committee finds firms' business models endangered public and two-year-old Online Safety Act 'not up to scratch' Social media business models endangered the public by incentivising the spread of dangerous misinformation after the 2024 Southport murders, MPs have concluded, adding that current online safety laws have "major holes”.The Commons...
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In an era of misinformation, trust in publishers is more important than ever"All autobiographies are lies,” George Bernard Shaw wrote in 1898. "I do not mean unconscious, unintentional lies: I mean deliberate lies.” The veracity of autobiographical writing is under scrutiny once again following allegations that the bestselling...
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It's been a quarter of a century since the UK fell in love with Big Brother. To celebrate, we remembers its best bits – from hot tub pregnancies to Andrew Tate getting his just desertsBig Brother house, this is the Guardian. You are live to the nation. Please do not swear. Yes, it's the show that changed the face of British TV. On 18 July, it's...
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Major will be first time the technology used in golfPortrush does not have a clubhouse on final holeThe R&A has installed a Spidercam above the 18th green at Portrush for next week's Open – the first time the technology has been used in golf.The four-point wire-cam system has been suspended above the final hole using four 25-metre-high pylons...
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Campaigners criticise remarks in which TV presenter appeared to link allegations against him to diagnosisThe UK's leading charity for autism has said it is important not to generalise about the condition in the wake of comments made by Gregg Wallace in which he appeared to link the allegations of misconduct made against him to his own diagnosis.The...
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The Nazi meltdown of the tech billionaire's bot Grok leaves me asking: is this post-truth rock bottom, or have we further to go?Grok, Elon Musk's X-integrated AI bot, had a Nazi meltdown on Tuesday. It's useful to recap it fully, not because the content is varied – antisemitic fascism is very one-note – but because its various techniques are so...
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A thaw in relations during the Cold War led to some surprising collaborations between the two nations, involving everyone from Laurence Olivier and Rudolf Nureyev to Gilbert and George. As relations ice over again, what can we learn from this artistic detente?One of the biggest TV hits of the 1960s was Double Your Money, a kind of low-fi...
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Penguin said release date of On Winter Hill would be changed in order to 'support the author' after allegations that Raynor Winn lied in her bestselling memoirPenguin, publisher of The Salt Path, is delaying author Raynor Winn's next book after reporting cast doubt over the truth of the 2018 memoir. The decision was taken to "support the author,”...
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Paramount Global, the parent company of CBS News, settled a lawsuit filed against it by Donald Trump for $16m last week. It came after Disney and Meta settled lawsuits with the president in similar ways. Jonathan Freedland speaks to the Guardian US columnist Margaret Sullivan about why these companies are caving to Trump's demands, and whether...
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Coverage ranges from psychedelic gifs to 'full-on Walking Dead-style zombie stuff'. Plus: is the ABC really listening?Want to get this in your inbox every Friday? Sign up for the Weekly Beast media newsletter hereThe media were constrained in what they could report during Erin Patterson's 10-week trial. But after the mushroom trial guilty verdict...
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I am almost literally medically incapable of staying in my trousers. So who's really to blame here – me or the BBC?I was born in the year 1964, which means I am exactly on the cusp between boomer and generation X. This is more than a fascinating fact about me – although it is of course also that. It is a disability. Yet incredibly, at no stage...
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Are people applying layers of products, masks and tape to their faces at bedtime following a beneficial beauty trend, or is the practice problematic?The women in the videos begin by liberally applying layers of skincare products. Then come the sheet masks: two under the eyes, one across the whole face, and perhaps another for the neck. A silk...
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New Amazon docuseries looks back at the chilling University of Idaho murders and how amateur detectives played a dangerous part in what happened nextOn the morning of 13 November 2022, Hunter Johnson and Emily Alandt, two students at the University of Idaho in Moscow, answered an odd phone call. Their friend Dylan Mortensen, who lived just a few...
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To celebrate 50 years of the Steven Spielberg classic, binge on all four on Netflix – even the one where the shark explodes! Plus, Christopher Nolan's masterpiece hits the small screen at last The 50th anniversary of Jaws – the Year Zero of the modern-day blockbuster – has already been well covered. However, half a century of Jaws also means...
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Eric Bana leads a gripping murder mystery set in the vast Yosemite wilderness, plus a classic trippy Stephen King thriller about kids with supernatural abilities"Christ, here comes Gary Cooper,” exclaims one detective when Kyle Turner arrives at a crime scene on his horse. Turner (Eric Bana) is a difficult man – he's a special agent whose job...
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This week the jury in Erin Patterson's months-long triple-murder trial returned a verdict of guilty on all charges. But rather than draw a line under a case that has fascinated the public, the verdict seems to have only fuelled interest and spawned more and more coverage and conjecture. Reged Ahmad speaks to Guardian Australia's editor, Lenore...
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Australian actor who started his career in Home and Away, was the co-lead in Nip/Tuck and played Doctor Doom in the Fantastic FourJulian McMahon, who has died of cancer aged 56, was one of a select band who graduated from Australian soap actor to Hollywood star. Guy Pearce, Alan Dale and Margot Robbie were among those who conquered Tinseltown after...
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The director of the new film about the Man of Steel has been criticised by some rightwing commentators after saying 'Superman is the story of an immigrant'Dean Cain, who played the Man of Steel in the 1990s TV series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, has claimed the new Superman movie directed by James Gunn is "woke”.Cain, a vocal...
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The star comic will follow up Curb Your Enthusiasm with a new show partnering with the former president and his wifeBarack Obama and Larry David are making comedy history for HBO.The programmer announced on Thursday that the 44th US president and the Curb Your Enthusiasm comic would team up for a sketch comedy series focused on American history, in...
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Mario Guevara remains in detention in Georgia while his attorneys work to free the Spanish-language reporterThe last remaining charges have been dropped against Mario Guevara, a prominent Spanish-language journalist outside Atlanta who was arrested by local police while covering "No Kings” day protests in June.The Gwinnett county solicitor,...
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Letter of dismissal cites lack of confidence that former MasterChef presenter could maintain a 'safe and respectful working environment'Gregg Wallace was dropped from the BBC after bosses concluded they had no confidence he could "change what seems to be learned behaviour”, the corporation has told him.A letter of dismissal to the former...
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Episodes of The Bear, Stranger Things and Lena Dunham's new show Too Much are stretching the limits of television and reducing our enjoyment in the processThe big debate over The Bear – apart from the one about whether it's still any good or not, which is another matter entirely – regards its genre. Once the darling of the Emmys, The Bear...
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A character just got bumped off for the second time in And Just Like That – but it's far from the first show to mess up in this way. Just look at Friends!Now in its third season, it's safe to say that HBO's Sex and the City revival And Just Like That has struggled to capture the zeitgeist in the same way as its mother series. But that all changes...
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Agents, employers, board members all have a moral and legal duty to make people behave decently. If not now, when?It was only a handful of "middle-class women of a certain age”. That's how the MasterChef host Gregg Wallace originally dismissed his accusers, when allegations of sexually inappropriate behaviour first surfaced. Just a few humourless...
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ITVX and Disney+ will offer selected programmes at no extra cost in 'mutually beneficial alliance'Business live – latest updatesITV and Disney have struck a deal to show programmes such as The Bear and Love Island on each other's video platforms, the first such deal in the UK and the latest sign of the changing content relationship developing...
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Latest episodes were filmed before Wallace was sacked and more co-workers made allegations against him The BBC is facing a fresh crisis over whether or not to show this year's series of MasterChef, in which the sacked presenter Gregg Wallace features prominently.The Guardian understands this year's series, which was recorded in 2024, has been...
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Grisly dismemberment! Internet hatred! Uma Thurman! The Emmy-winning 00s show about a murderer is back with a celeb-stuffed spin-off – and its star thinks it might be the first of many series to comeIt seems as if Dexter Morgan just cannot die. Remember the first Dexter finale 12 years ago? It climaxed with Morgan sailing his boat into an...
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Yaccarino announces she is leaving company after two years as chief executive officerThe CEO of X, Elon Musk's social network, announced on Wednesday she would resign."After two incredible years, I've decided to step down as CEO of ,” Linda Yaccarino wrote. Continue reading...
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He teams up with Ruth Goodman to find out the grim details. Plus: Outrageous is an underrated drama about the Mitfords. Here's what to watch this evening9pm, Channel 5 The barrister and broadcaster Rob Rinder is a captivating history teacher and he is having a ball in this new series, as he learns how wealthy Londoners navigated the plague (even...
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The Girls creator's hugely anticipated return to TV is just not good enough. It's tonally jarring, full of laboured jokes and abandons all thoughts of innovation. You expect far betterIt takes a lot of talent to make something as singular as Girls. Then 26-year-old Lena Dunham created, starred in and executive-produced the show. She frequently...
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Some social media users falsely claimed that the extreme weather was being controlled by the US governmentDisasters and tragedies have long been the source of American conspiracy theories, old and new. So when devastating flash floods hit Texas over the Fourth of July weekend, and as the death toll continues to rise, far-right conspiracists online...
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This meticulous tale of an investigation into a Canadian chef accused of supplying deadly toxins on a suicide forum makes you despair. It's yet more evidence that we live in a terrible worldWhat – and I ask myself this question with increasing frequency and seriousness – are we going to do about people? What, more specifically, are we going to...
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Trinity Rodman, girlfriend of tennis star Ben Shelton, was repeatedly called 'Tiffany' during Wimbledon coverageThe BBC commentator Andrew Castle has apologised after repeatedly getting the name of a top American footballer wrong.Trinity Rodman, who is the girlfriend of the American tennis player Ben Shelton, criticised the BBC's Wimbledon coverage...
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From TV's most infectious laugh to presenters so joyous they make the world a better place, here are the most adorable presences to grace the UK's screensThere's a lot to be said for lovability on TV. Whether it's charming presenters or experts who entertain as they educate, we decided it was high time to salute the people who make our every day...
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More than 250 Australian and international journalists registered for court updates on triple murder trial, with spokesperson praising coverage as largely fair and accurateSign up for Guardian Australia's free weekly media newsletter hereThe Erin Patterson trial was the Victorian supreme court's biggest case in terms of media interest in recent...
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Mario Guevara, arrested in Georgia while covering a protest, still detained after Ice refused his family's bond paymentA week after an immigration judge granted him bond, a Spanish-language journalist who was arrested while covering a protest last month remains in federal custody.Police just outside Atlanta arrested Mario Guevara while he was...
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Is it ghoulish to posthumously release this singing contest featuring Payne as a judge? Or a moving tribute? Netflix's mashup of Love is Blind, The Circle and The Voice certainly claims the latterNetflix's new series is the latest in a long line of TV shows attempting to talent-spot the next big pop phenomenon. It feels as if the format has been...
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Sacking comes before publication of report on claims about presenter's behaviourGregg Wallace has been sacked as a MasterChef presenter, before the publication of a long-awaited report on a series of allegations about his behaviour.It comes as BBC News said it had been approached by more than 50 more people with fresh claims about the presenter...
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The sequel to the Netflix hit leaves viewers hanging with a tease for an unconfirmed sequel, highlighting a problem with the state of HollywoodSpoilers aheadThey must think they're making The Empire Strikes Back – or at least Avengers: Infinity War. That's the simplest explanation of how a movie like The Old Guard 2, a sequel to a generally...
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Industry insiders cite free speech concerns, saying broadcaster overreacted by limiting live streaming of 'high risk' artistsMusic industry figures have accused the BBC of making "arbitrary and disproportionate” changes to its coverage of live music after the fallout from Bob Vylan's Glastonbury festival performance.There is serious concern among...
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For more than two months, the Australian mushroom triple-murder trial has gripped the world – here's how it finished up on the front pageErin Patterson mushroom murder verdict – what happens next?Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe murder trial has spawned podcasts, documentaries, thousands of column inches, viral...
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A harrowing investigation into online suicide forums tracks the suspected supplier of the lethal poison used by several visitors to the sites. Plus: Poldark revisited by one of the series' writers. Here's what to watch today9pm, Channel 4 On New Year's Day 2023, 25-year-old Imogen "Immy” Nunn's body was found in her Brighton home, after she had...
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At its core, comedian Jordan Gray's series is a broad comic caper about supermarket hi-jinx – but it also offers a refreshing rebellion against the status quoIt's a long time since ITV set the comedy world alight. The 1990s threw up some random highlights – Jeeves and Wooster, the ubiquitous Mr Bean – but the next decade was something of a...
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As questions are asked about the bestselling memoir, is the demand for hope-over-hardship stories outstripping reality?Was the story always, in hindsight, just a little too good to be true? A middle-aged couple, brutally down on their luck after bankruptcy and a terminal diagnosis, escape their troubles on an epic walk round the South West Coast...
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The director's mastery of trashy, low-budget exploitation films like It's a Bikini World and Group Marriage turned her into a cult icon. Now, aged 88, she's finding out they're more relevant than everStephanie Rothman first came across the term "exploitation” in a review of one of her own films. It was 1970, and her second solo-directed feature,...
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Former broadcaster is on bail charged with 35 historical sexual assault offences and has denied all wrongdoingFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAlan Jones's lawyers have "grave concerns” about the legality of a search of the former broadcaster's phone conducted by...
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Jason Hackett's army of 'muttonistas' adore his beer reviews – in New York, the Guardian found, even star actors are fansYou might not be familiar with Prime Mutton. Maybe you haven't heard his catchphrases – "absolute creamer”, "muttonista”, or the still-in-development "creamerisimo”.If so, you're missing out on a man who in the space of...
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Michael Christian, who made royal family-impersonating prank call with co-host to London hospital, alleges he was 'fall guy' for his employer's risky behaviourFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA "shock jock” who made a prank call to a UK hospital caring for the...
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The film adaptation of Winn's book, starring Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs, quickly became the third most successful UK movie of the year. What happens now?On paper it has everything. A redemption-arc narrative about overcoming homelessness, adversity and illness. Two late-middle age lead characters that would appeal to the key silver-pound...
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Spider-Man: No Way Home director Jon Watts has revealed that his original plans for the film had to be changed when Redditors predicted a plot pointOnce upon a time, film-makers were mysterious sorcerers hunched over Steenbecks and smoke machines, conjuring cinematic magic from the recesses of their cerebellums. These days it seems they spend half...
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With their made-up scandal, combined with the pre-election editorial, the Times looks like it's on a crusade against MamdaniA recent New York Times news story immediately drew fire from readers – and for very good reason.Headlined "Mamdani Identified as Asian and African American on College Application,” the article centered on Zohran Mamdani,...
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From scoring so badly at Eurovision it made Terry Wogan resign to having Paul Hollywood call your cake 'tough as old boots', here are the contestants who lost big on the nation's favourite showsWe often hear about the people who win TV contests. As well as the glory of victory, they might earn an enviable cash prize, a lucrative record deal or a...
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Dr Orna continues to offer fascinating insight as she helps clients. Plus: it's the last visit to Reuben Owen's farm. Here's what to watch this evening11pm, BBC Two The vulnerability of the clients and the utmost professionalism of Dr Orna (compared to other "experts” on reality shows) is what makes this therapy show such a hit. This week,...
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From moaning about the truffle to complaining their towels are too smooth, everyone is absolutely awful in this wild reality show about the super-rich and their minions. Prepare to lap it upWho among us, as the summer months and dreams of sun and cloudless skies begin and the visions of holidays and freedom take on solid form, does not think: where...
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Only a robot would attempt to turn it into 'tasty cookies'. A human would just scoop the sugar out againAt a time of intense, bitter division, it's heartwarming when something brings us together. No, not "briefly becoming experts in lawn tennis”, or "being too hot” – that stupid Samsung advert where the guy "added way too much sugar to my...
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All England Club's official TikTok account hit 200m views by Wednesday as it aims to connect with young peopleWhether it is a clip of Novak Djokovic hitting a winning backhand volley before taking a tumble or an American influencer presenting fashion tips, Wimbledon's social media posts are vying for the same thing: a new generation of tennis...
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Music critics unite in five-star praise of Gallagher brothers' opening night in Cardiff as the 'kings of rock'n'roll'Even the most optimistic fans had begun to suspect Oasis would never go on stage again, given that as recently as January 2024, in this newspaper, Liam was pacing around slagging off his brother at considerable length. But the Oasis...
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'So-called sidechicks' are celebrated in the presenter's new show with a TikTok historian. Plus, a shocking investigation into gangs profiting from inheritance scamsJameela Jamil and Dr Kate Lister host this podcast dedicated to the untold tales behind "history's so-called sidechicks”, with interludes from TikTok's History Gossip, AKA Katie...
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This audacious attempt to give two polar bears a second life by transporting them across Europe to a new home is an uplifting tale. But be warned, it is shockingOK, I think it is incumbent upon me as an ethical reviewer to state something up top. I am conscious of our collective emotional fragility in difficult times, so need to say this: do not...
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This fascinating portrait of a complex man's attempt to solve an impossible problem is packed with amazing archive footage – from George Michael singing to Thatcher being beratedOn the evening of 23 October 1984, Bob Geldof, singer with the waning pop act the Boomtown Rats, had a social engagement. He had been invited to Mayfair for the launch of...
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Her kooky online skits brought her viral fame and a breakout role in HBO's Hacks. Then Lena Dunham came calling with the job of a lifetime. Is the actor ready to take centre stage?When Lena Dunham messaged, Megan Stalter lost it. "Like d'uhh,” Stalter is explaining – delighting, really. "Who wouldn't? I was at home: this really bad...
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Lisa Nandy's call for a modern Annan-style review offers a chance to renew the broadcaster for a fragmented digital ageThe BBC will soon charge US users for full news access. In Britain, it may seem a distant prospect, but if universality can be dropped abroad, how long before it's tested at home? With the BBC's charter due for renewal in 2027, the...
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What was once an independent, policy-based agency is now using its leverage to further the Maga messageIt is time to unfurl the "Mission Accomplished” banner at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Paramount Global, the parent of CBS Television, has agreed to pay $16m to settle a lawsuit brought by Donald Trump over the editing of a 60...
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Culture secretary says BBC must 'get a grip' after Bob Vylan Glastonbury row and film featuring son of Hamas officialThe culture secretary, Lisa Nandy, has demanded to know why no one at the BBC has lost their job over the airing of a documentary on Gaza that featured the son of a Hamas official.A review looking into the broadcast of Gaza: How to...
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The TV presenter on his disdain for sandwiches, dying in space and why his pub is better than Clarkson'sGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailJames May. But what would James Definitely Not?All sorts of things. Skydiving. Morris dancing. Living as a monk. Agricultural work. Being a high court judge. Anything that involves dressing up. I'm not...
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My friend Bernie Carroll, who has died aged 75, was an inveterate writer of letters to the Liverpool Echo newspaper, firing off four or five of them each week over a period of about 40 years. He was labelled "the most opinionated man in Liverpool” by one Echo reporter, and embraced the title with glee.Bernie also made a local name for himself as...
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My husband, Rodney Wilson, who has died aged 82, was a widely admired producer of innovative arts television programmes. His leadership as film officer at the Arts Council helped to expand and enhance the UK's vital independent film industry of the 1970s and 80s.Trained in fine art at Camberwell in the 60s, Rodney taught painting and drawing at...
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Stylish actor with a self-knowing comic touch who had a successful career on television and the stageSuave adventurers operating in intelligence or as undercover agents were all the rage on television in the 1960s: Roger Moore in The Saint, Patrick McGoohan in Danger Man, Patrick Macnee in The Avengers and, in more explicitly comic vein, Gerald...
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The Australian actor died in Florida on Wednesday after being diagnosed with cancerJulian McMahon — a life in picturesJulian McMahon, the Australian actor best known for his television roles in Charmed, Nip/Tuck and FBI: Most Wanted as well as Fantastic Four supervillain Doctor Doom, has died aged 56.The actor died in Clearwater, Florida, on...
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Their jobs are seen as glamorous but the new reality for many is workplace stress and 'complete fatigue'The life of a social media creator can be high in glamour and status. The well-paid endorsement deals, the online followers and proximity to the celebrity establishment are all perks of the industry.But one hidden cost will be familiar to anyone...
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The film the BBC refused to air shows the targeting, detainment and torture of medics in Gaza. Its relentless timeline of horrors will never leave youThe biggest, and possibly only, failure of Gaza: Doctors Under Attack is that the circumstances of its broadcast threaten to overshadow its content.A brief recap: this film was first commissioned by...
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