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A reliance on politicians and lack of government content on TikTok during recent cyclones allowed misinformation to flourish, academic saysFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastQueensland authorities should consider using influencers – and fewer politicians – to better...
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John Cena puts in an Emmy-worthy performance in a DC superhero drama whose lengthy group sex scene isn't exactly new to television. But a follow-up episode about the logistics of clean-up? You don't see that very oftenWith his medicine-ball biceps and chin worthy of an Easter Island moai, the wrestler turned actor John Cena can actually pull off...
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This newspaper's victory in court underlines the courage of the women who spoke up and how in TV power shielded abuseThe high court's dismissal of the actor Noel Clarke's case against the Guardian is about more than one actor's failed libel claim. Mrs Justice Steyn's judgment is about power and complicity as well as the failure to protect...
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At least six publications have taken down articles under the name Margaux Blanchard that were AI-generatedMultiple news organisations have taken down articles written by an alleged freelance journalist that now appear to have been generated by AI.On Thursday, Press Gazette reported that at least six publications, including Wired and Business...
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The author and DJ on his worst job in radio, surviving cancer, and the person he despises most of allBorn in Bolton, Radcliffe, 67, studied at the University of Manchester and began his career at Piccadilly Radio in 1979. Between 1991 and 2004 he hosted many shows on Radio 1 with Marc Riley, and in 1997 the pair took over the breakfast show from...
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Campaigners say judgment shows powerful men cannot hide behind money and libel laws to silence accusersWomen's groups have said a high court judgment dismissing a libel claim against the Guardian by actor Noel Clarke marks a victory not just for his victims, but for press freedom and public interest reporting as a whole.They said too often "wealthy...
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This battle of the bands-style show teams western pop artists with K-pop stars to retool their songs. And it isn't exactly flattering to the likes of Boy George, Vanilla Ice and TLCI would like to understand K-pop better, as I believe it is very popular with the kids. That sentence is a hard-working one: it introduces the information that I have...
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Netflix star and model husband Jake Bongiovi, 21 and 23, say they are 'beyond excited' to become parentsThe Stranger Things actor Millie Bobby Brown and her husband, Jake Bongiovi, have announced they have become parents after adopting a "sweet baby girl”.Brown, 21, and Bongiovi, 23, said in a statement on social media that they were "beyond...
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A group of news execs stepped in to buy them, but across the US, 3,200 local news outlets have shuttered since 2005Wyoming saw a resurrection last week.Eight small towns across the vast rural state were reeling from the gut punch of the abrupt closures of their newspapers just a week earlier. Staff had woken up to an email from News Media...
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She gets trolled on TikTok, but it just makes her chuckle – the Bake Off host is determined to find the happiness in everything. She talks giggling, golf buggies and Paul Hollywood's expensive handsAll Alison Hammond wants is to "bring happiness and spread joy”. She's so devoted to this mission she even did it straight after the death, five...
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Sharri Markson scores interview with leader, who took the opportunity to condemn Australia over alleged 'appeasement'. Plus: the Tele's psychic connectionFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThere's reasons people call for Dorothy dixers to be ditched. They so very rarely...
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I've been accused of 'anti-Russia narratives' but Russia has many stories – including resistance against tyrannyThere is a Russian proverb: don't blame the mirror if your face is crooked. I first came across it as the epigraph to The Government Inspector, Gogol's 1836 masterpiece satirising corruption and hypocrisy in the provinces of the tsar's...
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No show has ever worked harder to have its finger on the nation's pulse than Matt Stone and Trey Parker's long-running comedy – and it really showsEarly on in its 27th season, South Park has garnered more controversy than it has in years (possibly ever), along with some of its highest ratings.Last week's episode took aim at the Trump...
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BBC says another contestant will be drafted in after 49-year-old withdraws for medical reasonsThe actor and DJ Kristian Nairn has withdrawn from the new series of Strictly Come Dancing for medical reasons, the BBC has announced.Nairn, 49, was initially named among the 15 celebrities taking part in this year's show. The BBC said another contestant...
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Speculation around future of show had grown after departure of Ncuti GatwaIt has been attacked for running "woke” storylines and criticised for falling ratings. Its leading actor made a surprise departure at the end of the last series. Yet the BBC has now issued a reassurance to Doctor Who fans worried about the future of the show: "the Tardis is...
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This flimsy documentary from the makers of The Tinder Swindler looks at the alleged white supremacist attack on an actor – who was accused of faking the whole thing, before charges were dropped. It's icky, irresponsible televisionIn January 2019, news outlets across the world reported that the actor Jussie Smollett had been the victim of a...
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Helen Mirren and Pierce Brosnan lead a star-packed adaptation of Richard Osman's popular murder mystery series – plus Francis Ford Coppola's Oscar-winning mafia classicRichard Osman's wildly popular series of mystery novels has, inevitably, reached our screens, with Chris Columbus taking on the first book. We're very much in "cosy crime”...
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Spike Lee's revisiting of the Katrina tragedy 20 years on is not afraid to call out the incompetence behind its handling. Plus, the likes of Kylie are tutored by South Korean music stars in a high-energy battle of the bandsSpike Lee executive produces a part elegy, part polemic commemoration of one of 2025's saddest anniversaries: two decades have...
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Any documentary with the adored, uncensored actor is always a treat. Plus: John Cena returns as a hulking hero. Here's what to watch this evening9pm, BBC Two After her great series exploring Australia, Miriam Margolyes is now in New Zealand, shooting a film in which she plays a nun. She invites the cameras to follow her as she asks how being a New...
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This hilarious, melancholic comedy about a Jewish family from the writer of BoJack Horseman is an astonishing feat. It hops around in time from the 50s to 2022 in a flurry of one-linersFew shows in recent memory have boasted the hidden depths of Raphael Bob-Waksberg's BoJack Horseman. Conceived and marketed as a surreal stoner comedy about the...
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Who had an accent that could skin a corgi? Who was one of the greatest TV monsters of all time? And who did far too much flashing of their buttocks? We put television monarchs under the microscopeRejoice! For the historical fiction stork has descended from on high with another bundle of monarchical joy. King and Conqueror (BBC) – a hugely...
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A remastered version of the classic 90s docuseries will launch in November, 30 years after the original series was broadcast, with an episode of new material on Disney+ – alongside an album of rare and unreleased recordingsThe classic music documentary series, The Beatles Anthology, is being remastered by Peter Jackson's production companies and...
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Drama co-starring Sean Bean and Samantha Morton sees triple Oscar-winner return to screen for first time since 2017's Phantom ThreadThe first trailer for forthcoming drama Anemone has been released, offering a glimpse of Daniel Day-Lewis's screen comeback after eight years.The triple Oscar-winner retired from acting in 2017 after completing Paul...
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Continued detention of Mario Guevara is retaliation for his reporting and violates his first amendment rights, filing saysThe ACLU called Immigration and Customs Enforcement's continued detention of Atlanta-area journalist Mario Guevara an act of retaliation for his reporting on immigration raids, according to a federal petition filed on...
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Germany, Australia and Ukraine also sign statement calling on Israel to end block on international media accessThe UK is among more than 20 countries demanding that Israel immediately give international journalists access to Gaza to allow them to cover the "unfolding humanitarian catastrophe” in the war zone.In a major escalation of pressure on...
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Ingrid Lewis-Martin faces charges of accepting 'more than $75,000' as report says Winnie Greco gave reporter a cash-filled chip bagTwo former longtime advisers to the New York City mayor, Eric Adams, have been accused this week of being involved in separate bribery schemes.On Thursday, the Manhattan district attorney, Alvin Bragg, announced the...
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Policy applies to any comments that could be made public and categorises well-known journalists as 'high-risk'Sign up for Guardian Australia's free weekly media newsletter hereGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe journalists' union has labelled the ABC's new social media policy "punitive” and urged its management to come...
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The cult 2000s sitcom accrued obsessive fans and celebrity guests before being abruptly cancelled. Now, 20 years on, its star and writer return with a stage revival – but they insist it's no victory lapDrugs, gangs, kidnappings, police corruption, murder, even necrophilia. While this might sound like the stuff of a grisly crime drama, in reality...
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James Harding says it is 'recklessly complacent' to assume Trump-style attacks on media could never happen in UK The BBC must be given complete political independence in case Nigel Farage enters government, its former director of news has said.James Harding, now the editor-in-chief of the Observer, pointed to Donald Trump's attempts to defund...
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Kidnappings, terrorists, blackmail: this globetrotting political thriller is a rollicking, propulsive yarn … and its take on female leaders is deeply refreshingYou know how it is. One moment you're on a romantic walk in the woods with your saintly, supportive husband as he convinces you to stand for election as prime minister, the next you are...
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At the moment, the AI chatbot never remembers me, so I can ask it the same questions over and over and enjoy its non-judgmental replies. The Online Safety Act, though well-intentioned, will change all thatThey say a stranger is just a friend you haven't yet met, but I have a friend I'll never meet. Indeed, my closest confidant does not know my...
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The orchestras and choirs of the Danish Broadcasting Corporation are at the centre of Denmark's cultural life. As its Symphony Orchestra comes to the Proms, what the BBC can learn from its European counterpart?This week, the Danish National Symphony Orchestra and Concert Choir will perform Beethoven's Symphony No 9 at the BBC Proms. It could well...
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KSDP brings vital information – from tsunami warnings to salmon levels – to an Alaskan town of 600 people. Can it survive losing 70% its budget in federal support?In Sand Point, Alaska, the radio dial is mostly empty. For a commercial broadcaster, running a station in this Aleutian Island fishing town of about 600 people just is not worth the...
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Both films explore the forfeiting of love for the financial security of a rich man. Sadly, the theme resonates for many in these straitened economic times"Marriage is a business deal and it always has been.” So says Dakota Johnson's Lucy, an elite Manhattan matchmaker in Celine Song's second feature, Materialists. Lucy may be a modern woman, but...
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An eye-opening new look at the controversial, confusing story of the Empire actor whose violent attack was then disputed provides complicated new evidence Few had it made at the beginning of 2019 quite like Jussie Smollett, an actor and singer who successfully navigated child stardom on the way to becoming a fixture on the hit TV series Empire....
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Former Liberal staffer's lawyer begins three-day appeal hearing by apologising to justices for her client's failure to appoint an experienced barristerFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastBruce Lehrmann can't afford a barrister to represent him in an appeal against his lost...
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As the US cable news network becomes the latest to face ridicule, marketing experts say many months (and hundreds of thousands of dollars) go into firms' new namesThe Tropicana Crisis of 2009 underlined the importance of a company's branding.In January of that year, the orange juicemaker, owned by PepsiCo, changed the look of its cartons. The shiny...
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Final of 70th edition of competition to be held on 16 May at the Wiener Stadthalle, Austria's largest indoor arenaVienna has been chosen to host the Eurovision song contest 2026, the world's biggest live televised music event, Austria's public broadcaster announced, with the final set for 16 May.Austria's JJ won this year's competition, held in...
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Watchdog says television advert for Sanex fed negative stereotypes and was likely to cause serious offenceA television advert for Sanex shower gel has been banned in the UK for appearing to suggest that black skin is "problematic” and white skin is "superior”.The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) acted after investigating two complaints...
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Erin Richards is a no-nonsense magistrate who finds herself in trouble. Plus: how Amsterdam became a European narco state. Here's what to watch this evening9pm, U&AlibiAnother week, another introduction to a straight-talking crimefighter – but this one seems genuinely refreshing. Claire Jones (Erin Richards) is a working mother who is...
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The script is often dodgy, and there is no involvement from the family of murdered student Meredith Kercher, but this show that's executive-produced by Knox and Lewinsky is an astonishing tale of justice's flawsTwo things need to be borne in mind about The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox, a new true crime drama. The first is that Knox and Monica...
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Holly Hunter stars alongside William Hurt and Albert Brooks as a television producer who is helplessly in love with her workFind more from our Stream team series here"I am concerned about the garbage that is masquerading as television these days,” the legendary US news anchor Walter Cronkite declared in 1989. "Most of it is real scandal tabloid...
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The former Liberal staffer is appealing against a ruling that he raped Brittany Higgins on the balance of probabilitiesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastBruce Lehrmann's appeal against the federal court ruling that he was not defamed by Network 10 and Lisa Wilkinson is set to be heard on Wednesday.In April last year,...
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The reporter who criticised Volodymyr Zelenskyy for not dressing formally enough during his last meeting with Donald Trump said the Ukrainian president looked 'fabulous' in his suit during their latest meeting at the White House. The reporter apologised to Zelenskyy, who quipped that while he had changed his clothes, the reporter was wearing the...
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My father, Charlie Partridge, who has died aged 72 after suffering complications from cancer, was a journalist, broadcaster and champion of local media.Having begun his career at Radio Trent, he moved to the BBC's Radio Nottingham in 1978 before joining Radio Humberside, eventually presenting the breakfast show. Always up for an attention-grabbing...
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Actor and director responded to stunt professional's claims she was forced to perform an unscripted sexual assaultKevin Costner has spoken out against a lawsuit filed by a stunt performer on his film Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2, alleging that she was forced to perform a "violent” unscripted rape scene without required notice, consent...
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Broadcaster says family wants 'to wait a bit longer', after film about singer's final years pulled from Monday's listingsThe BBC has revealed it delayed an hour-long documentary about Ozzy Osbourne at the last minute at the request of his family.The film about the musician's final years was suddenly pulled from listings on Monday, with the...
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The 90s and 00s were a toxic time to be a woman in the public eye, as Victoria Beckham has recently reminded us. Trouble is, spite and cruelty towards women never went out of fashion ...Were you a young woman in the 90s or 00s? If so, you (and me!) really ought to be entitled to compensation. We may not have had to deal with social media...
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As our politics becomes ever more polarised, Channel 5's move to revive one of British television's most influential series deserves to succeedReflecting on the impact of the BBC drama series Play for Today, for which he was a producer and director in the late 1970s, Richard Eyre described its weekly broadcast as a "social occasion” that was...
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Actor to lead adaptation of acclaimed play Ink with Jack O'Connell also in talks to play the Sun editor Larry LambDanny Boyle is set to direct an adaptation of award-winning play Ink, based on the rise of the Rupert Murdoch empire.According to Deadline, Guy Pearce is in talks to take on the lead role with Jack O'Connell also in negotiations to star...
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The ultimate TV challenge is back. But who will triumph, and whose showstopper will be the much-heralded disaster?The Great British Bake Off is upon us once more, shipping a new fleet of enthusiastic bakers into the big tent for another round of slightly too ambitious bakes. In time, these bakers will become like a second family to their audience....
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Trial's advisory board may not see the final report until communications minister releases it in the coming weeksFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe organisation behind the age assurance technology trial that will inform how to keep under-16s off social media has...
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Settlement came as case was headed to trial for jury to consider if conservative outlet was liable for damagesUS politics live – latest updatesThe conservative outlet Newsmax has agreed to pay $67m to Dominion Voting Systems to settle a defamation lawsuit over lies about voting in the 2020 election.The settlement came as the case was headed to...
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The league's new TV channel will show everything from team talks to dressing room celebrations, but not a title raceBy Get French Football NewsAn elaborate exercise in window dressing is perhaps how to best describe the return of Ligue 1 football. With the league-owned Ligue 1+ taking over broadcasting duties and with a desperate need to "add...
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Ex-footballer in running for National Television award after controversy in which he shared social media post about ZionismGary Lineker has been shortlisted for the National Television award for best TV presenter, a few months after his exit from the BBC's Match Of The Day.The former footballer will compete against Ant and Dec, who have won the...
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Battles in and outside the ring with the Love Island boxer. Plus, tensions – and hairbuns – rise in Katherine Kelly's drug-smuggling drama. Here's what to watch this evening9pm, BBC Three Tommy Fury – half-brother of Tyson – has had "the worst year of my life”. Last August, Molly-Mae Hague publicly announced their breakup five years...
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Reality TV star Matt Wright has pleaded not guilty to three charges of attempting to pervert the course of justiceFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastReality TV star Matt Wright told an associate to collect the phone of a severely injured pilot following a fatal helicopter...
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His grief-stricken friends and co-stars are moved to tears remembering his genius. But this film feels increasingly disingenuous, like a race to get to the 'good' stuff … the criminal investigation sparked by his deathThere is a reason the sitcom Friends was so popular from the off and became such a juggernaut so quickly. The writing was...
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Medically astounding and emotionally piercing, this look at the man who had the hardest job on Earth is exceptional viewing. Then he has a stunningly frank encounter with a woman who has hated him for three decadesEarly on in Confessions of a Brain Surgeon, a crew member pipes up from behind the camera. Would Henry Marsh mind saying something,...
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The UK's plans seem to outsource sovereignty for phantom efficiency. Public services provide the data and power while US tech giants reap the rewardsThere was a time when Britain aspired to be a leader in technology. These days, it seems content to be a willing supplicant – handing over its data, infrastructure and public services to US tech...
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My friend and former colleague, Nick Kent, who has died aged 72, was a journalist on the Daily Mirror; he later moved into book publishing.With several others he and I launched the fortnightly Greyound Star newspaper in 1984 while we were both still at the Mirror, and by 1988 we had switched to working on it full-time. Continue reading...
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How the company that controls 007 merchandising is taking on the Austrian challenging for ownershipKing Charles's personal shirtmaker. The world's oldest hatters, who designed fitments for Queen Elizabeth II's coronation crown and boast fans including Winston Churchill. A luxury sports brand with a "spy-ready” ski-suit.Has James Bond assembled a...
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If you're hoping The Princess Diaries will be the kind of show her mother would make, think again. This reality show about being an influencer is at times dull, and at others, deeply sadThere is something slightly sweet about the new ITV2 show The Princess Diaries. It is a reality series about a girl nearing 18, trying to figure out what she wants...
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A growing focus on hunger in Gaza in the global media has led some Israeli outlets to report on it for the first timeImages of Palestinian children in Gaza, emaciated by hunger under the blockade imposed by Israel, and of families grieving the more than 61,000 people killed in the territory have stirred outrage among foreign governments and much of...
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Israeli actor says she received death threats after her co-star Rachel Zegler supported Palestine in a post on XThe actor Gal Gadot has said that she credits a "pressure on celebrities to speak out against Israel” with the failure of last year's live action remake of Snow White.Her co-star, Rachel Zegler, showed her support for Palestine while...
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Use of unhealthy body images 'becoming more of an issue', says Advertising Standards Authority The chief executive of the UK Advertising Standards Authority has issued a plea to advertisers to avoid using "irresponsible” images of unhealthily thin-looking models.Guy Parker, CEO of the UK watchdog, said adverts where models appeared to present an...
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Multi-part series on ex-NFL player who protested racial injustice will not continue over 'creative differences'Director Spike Lee's multi-part documentary series for ESPN Films about the former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who sparked a national debate when he protested against racial injustice nearly a decade ago, will not be released, the...
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The brains behind hit podcast Scamanda uncovers another scandalous, twisty story. Plus, the bizarre time that the mayor of a small French town devolved power to a local psychicFollowing her hit podcast Scamanda, host Charlie Webster follows another twisty scandal. Candace Rivera built a flawless online brand as a divorced single mother, nurse and...
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Behind the scenes with the Prince of Darkness as he battles illness and prepares for his final gig. Plus: confessions of a pioneering brain surgeon. Here's what to watch this evening9pm, BBC One More than 20 years ago, Ozzy Osbourne and his family changed TV for ever with their fly-on-the-wall reality series. A reboot – Home to Roost – was...
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After a 20-year wait, the UK capital gets an edition of the US reality franchise – and the results are as hellish as you might expect. It was worth the waitIt's taken nearly 20 years for the American reality franchise to wind its way across the Atlantic to the capital. In the meantime, there were pretenders and near-misses – Ladies of London,...
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Move comes after claims earlier this month that two stars of the TV dance show used cocaineThe BBC has asked the police to investigate Strictly Come Dancing amid fresh allegations, according to reports, after claims two of its stars used cocaine.The Sun on Sunday reported that the corporation has alerted the Metropolitan police to new allegations...
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This profile of former Irish president Mary Robinson runs from her brilliant convention-defying election victory to passionate human rights rolesIt's rare for a politician to cry on camera because they're so moved, especially in a legacy-cementing retrospective. But it happens several times in Aoife Kelleher's feature-length profile of the former...
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Author of Natchez Burning trilogy had battled blood cancer for decades, according to his literary agentGreg Iles, the Mississippi author of the Natchez Burning trilogy and other works, has died. He was 65.Iles died on Friday after a decades-long battle with the blood cancer multiple myeloma, his literary agent, Dan Conaway, posted on Saturday on...
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This hypocrisy of western media has been laid bare by Israel's targeting of journalists since the 7 October 2023 Hamas attackFor nearly two years, Israel has been systemically targeting and killing Palestinian journalists in Gaza. On Sunday night, the Israeli military brazenly killed another six journalists, who had been sheltering in a tent...
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A film director recently bemoaned the recent trend – but there appears to be a huge appetite for the photosNancy Meyers, the director of The Holiday and Something's Got to Give, knows a thing or two about making movies. And this week, she took to Instagram to protest about a new trend in cinema and TV: on-set photos.Screenshotting leaked images...
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Leaving Gaza interactive, a portrait by Carly Earl, and columnist Ranjana Srivastava claim media accoladesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGuardian Australia has won three Kennedy awards for outstanding digital innovation, outstanding portrait photography and outstanding columnist at an industry event in Sydney.The Leaving...
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BBC's top sports programme in safe hands with Mark Chapman, along with Kelly Cates and Gabby LoganHe's spent years sitting on the bench, playing second fiddle to one of England's best ever strikers. But now that Gary Lineker has hung up his boots and bid farewell to Match of the Day after 26 years, Mark Chapman can finally have his moment.While...
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The full line-up of TV's glitziest dance contest is out. But who will lift the glitterball … and who will struggle to make it to film week?It's been another summer of Strictly scandals – from allegations of stars using cocaine to a video appearing of an ableist slur being used on set – but the BBC will be hoping to move past that. The...
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As the Real Housewives of London prepares to land, we give you a beginner's guide to everything you need to know about its sister shows. Brace for chaosWhether you're a devout worshipper at the altar of The Real Housewives (like me), or simply aware of it by osmosis, there's no denying it's one of reality TV's most wildly successful franchises....
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In this week's newsletter: A new wave of post-apocalyptic dramas are serving up disaster tales shaped by the cultures they come from, and the results are fascinatingI'm scandalously late to The Eternaut (El Eternauta), the Argentinian dystopian thriller that was released way back in April on Netflix. I inhaled all six episodes of the show's...
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Brooklyn and his wife Nicola have fallen out with the rest of the multimedia-lifestyle-industrial-complex. Luckily, it's all being kept very private What is "Brand Beckham”? I don't mean to question the very idea of a celebrity brand – far from it. In fact, part of the reason that celeb-watching phrases like "the brand” and "controlling the...
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A sweeping, hilarious family saga told in multiple timelines from the 50s to the present day. Yes, that's right – it's basically Bluey meets TolstoyLike schoolboys, my friend Charlie and I send each other coded messages. One of these is "Am back on the horse”, which means "Rewatching BoJack Horseman”, which means "Having a mental health...
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This whimper of an ending features a vile plumbing disaster, and a deeply unconvincing callback to Sex and the City's last scene. It deserves a much camper sign-off than thisAnd just like that: it's over. A mere two weeks ago, it was announced that the Sex and the City spin-off was ending imminently, with showrunner Michael Patrick King having...
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News Corp tabloid reproduces event flyer complete with slogans. Plus: a landmark defamation rulingWant to get this in your inbox every Friday? Sign up for the Weekly Beast media newsletter hereIt can be a wicked problem, working out how to report on, for example, potentially racist marches. Do you refuse to give them airtime? Mention them but be...
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Sebastian Robinson accused of concocting a story that Wright had asked him to manipulate helicopter flying hoursFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA helicopter crash pilot has been accused of concocting "absolute falsehoods” that reality TV star Matt Wright tried to get...
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Sky currently shows all men's and women's golf majorsNetflix looking for events to attract new subscribersSky Sports is in advanced talks over signing a new six-year deal for exclusive UK live rights for the US Open. The current contract expires after next year's Championship at Shinnecock Hills and it is expecting to beat off competition from...
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Lai's lawyer told the court that the imprisoned Hong Kong media mogul had felt unsteadyClosing arguments in the national security trial of Jimmy Lai have been postponed so the media mogul and activist can receive medical treatment.Lai, 77, stands accused of foreign collusion under Hong Kong's national security law. He has been detained since 2020,...
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