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She's the emerging star of this year's dance show, wowing judges with her pasodoble. The pundit and former footballer talks about gentleness, bullying, her love of the Lionesses and why she's never been so happyThe qualities that made Karen Carney an unstoppable winger on the football pitch – her speed and attack, and the sheer relentlessness of...
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Irish actor, who had first amputation after football injury, reveals new wheelchair in TikTok videoThe actor and The Celebrity Traitors star Ruth Codd has announced that she is recovering after a second leg amputation operation.The 29-year-old Irish performer had her first amputation six years ago after injuring her foot playing football as a...
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Paul Brown looks back at his career reporting on the climate crisis, failed summit and nuclear power – and how to do it wellPaul Brown was the Guardian's environment correspondent from 1989 until 2005 and has written many columns since. He submitted his last column last week after being diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. From his hospital bed...
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Hollywood megastars hit Leeds this year to make Tinsel Town, a feelgood festive comedy about panto. The 24 star, Rebel Wilson and more talk about their addiction to Greggs sausage rolls – and epic brawls with Danny DyerTwenty-odd years ago, I binged a TV series on DVD for the first time. At my mate's house in a village outside Harrogate, I was...
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Judge warns he will not permit case 'to descend into a wide-ranging public inquiry'The former editor of the Daily Mail, Paul Dacre, is to be called as a witness in the legal action brought by the Duke of Sussex and six other household names against the newspaper's publishers over allegations of unlawful information gathering, the high court was...
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S&P Global Ratings warns Lord Rothermere's RCHL could face credit downgrade as it seeks funding for £500m dealThe Daily Mail's parent company has been warned it could face a credit downgrade if it loads up with debt to fund its £500m takeover of the Telegraph titles.The US credit ratings agency S&P Global Ratings said Rothermere...
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Noah Baumbach's meditation on celebrity sees George Clooney deliver easy charm alongside Adam Sandler, while Michelle Pfeiffer stars in what will certainly be 2025's best festive movieJay Kelly is Noah Baumbach's meditation on the meaning of true celebrity, and he benefits greatly from casting George Clooney – perhaps the last classic movie star...
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Gillian Anderson's wealthy landowner threatens rural smallholders in a zippily entertaining period drama set in 1850s Oregon, while the Sussexes' rental mansion is awash with enough festive kitsch to bother even SantaAs his biker epic Sons of Anarchy proved, Kurt Sutter is helpless to resist the iconography of the American outlaw. This western is...
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Luna the labradoodle and Chico the bulldog need new owners for life, not just for Christmas. Plus: trippy tea sparks upset in Return to Paradise. Here's what to watch this evening8pm, Channel 4Teenager Kyra has spent eight years trying to convince her dad to get a dog – surely he'll cave in to lovely Luna the labradoodle? Chico the American...
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Idiotic US war secretary Pete Hegseth launches an attack on a turkey-based festivity in frustration at his inability to outsmart a buffoonish police detective. A wild season finale loomsTonight's South Park is something of a breather in what has been their most story-driven season (or seasons, as it turned out) ever. There is some advancement to...
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Former 7.30 host takes Labor government to task for record on press freedom and pays tribute to Palestinian journalists. Plus: a roo in the newsWant to get this in your inbox every Friday? Sign up for the Weekly Beast media newsletter hereThe former ABC broadcaster Kerry O'Brien got a standing ovation at the 70th Walkley awards on Thursday night...
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Christopher Hopkins also named the Nikon-Walkley press photographer of the year for work published in Al Jazeera, the Age and the GuardianThe Descendants: the Australians facing the truth of their family's involvement in frontier violenceGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGuardian Australia has won a Walkley award for...
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Journalists not allowed to repeat Rutger Bregman's corruption claims against US president in coverage of editBBC presenters and journalists have been told they cannot quote a line removed from its prestigious annual lecture, in which a Dutch writer accused Donald Trump of being "the most openly corrupt president in American history”.Rutger...
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This is the day when politicians and amateur commentators talk more doggybollox than on any other day of the yearIs this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Neither actually. It's a bizarre hybrid, an altered hallucinogenic universe. Where up is down and down is up. Everything always slightly out of reach.A world otherwise known as "the day after...
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The company is being sued under the new Elvis act, which protects a person's voice from exploitation without consent The estate of Johnny Cash is suing Coca-Cola for illegally hiring a tribute act to impersonate the late US country singer in an advertisement that plays between college football games.The case has been filed under the Elvis Act of...
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Noah Jones and Macy Neyland, both 15, are supported by a digital rights group led by NSW Libertarian MP John RuddickGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTwo teens and a digital rights group led by a New South Wales state politician are seeking an urgent high court injunction to block Australia's under-16s social media ban,...
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Viewers unable to watch episodes of long-awaited final series on TV when the streaming service briefly frozeWhen Netflix crashed within minutes of releasing Stranger Things series five, it felt like a plot twist worthy of the sci-fi show itself.Viewers were left unable to stream the opening episodes of the long-awaited final series, with many...
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In a Truth Social post, the president lashed out at journalist Katie Rogers after an article questioned whether he was slowing downDonald Trump lashed out on Wednesday against a New York Times reporter, calling her "ugly inside and out” in his latest personal insult against female members of the media after last week calling another "piggy”.In...
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Journalist Hazel Martin talks to Eddy and Moira Ross, whose son was the chief suspect when he was just 15. Plus: secrets are revealed in The Ridge. Here's what to watch this evening9pm, BBC TwoIn 1994, 26-year-old Shamsuddin Mahmood was shot dead as he served food in an Indian restaurant in Orkney. Fourteen years later, teenager Michael Ross was...
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The quirky early 90s drama ran for 110 episodes, had fans in Joni Mitchell and Bon Iver, and showed one of TV's first gay weddings. Now, having been forgotten for years, its warm-hearted charms are being discovered by a new generationA blond waitress called Shelly is giving a long, strange monologue about an egg sandwich called One Eyed Jack. She...
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The kids growing up might have changed this show's appeal, but they manage to go out in a flame-throwing, bullet-dodging blaze of glory – while still being more moving than ever before Time's up for Stranger Things. The fifth and last season arrives almost three-and-a-half years after a fourth run that felt like a finale, not least because it...
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Versatile actor, director and playwright who found television fame in the detective series WycliffeThe actor Jack Shepherd, who has died aged 85, was, in his own quiet and modest way, a Renaissance man who not only acted beautifully on stage and screen for 60 years, but also wrote a dozen plays, directed at Shakespeare's Globe, painted in oils,...
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French thriller starring Benoît Magimel has been accused of stealing its story from a 1976 action filmA new Apple TV thriller has been pulled from the schedules because of accusations of plagiarism. French drama The Hunt was due to be released on 3 December, but it has been hit by allegations of similarity to a 1976 film adaptation of a novel,...
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Poison Water is a damning documentary that puts 1988 water contamination in Cornwall in the spotlight. Plus: Grand Designs: House of the Year – the shortlist. Here's what to watch this evening9pm, BBC Two"Before I die, I want this truth to come out.” Carol Wyatt was a victim of what this damning film claims to be the biggest mass poisoning in...
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When north Cornwall residents' water turned black and gelatinous in 1988, they were urged to mix it with orange squash when drinking. This powerful film lays out the effects of the toxic H2O – and their long struggle for justiceIt is becoming a cliche to liken issues-based TV dramas and documentaries to Mr Bates vs the Post Office. Nevertheless,...
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John Cowen, who has schizophrenia, to remain in hospital for 'indefinite duration' after attack on player at tournamentA former Countdown champion has been detained in a hospital for treatment after attacking a rival player with a knife during a tournament.Preston crown court heard that John Cowen, 31, ran across a room in Blackpool to attack a...
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Mark Damazer says over-assertive board and executives feeling 'embattled' played into departures of Tim Davie and Deborah TurnessA "toxic mix” of over-assertive BBC board members and executives feeling under siege contributed to the resignations of its two most senior editorial leaders, an influential former BBC figure has warned.A bitter row is...
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The TV equivalent of raiding a bare cupboard, the supposed extra hour here is cobbled together from previous DVD extras – but you can't miss the tension between Harrison and McCartneyThere's no doubt that the arrival of The Beatles Anthology in 1995 was a big deal. The TV series was broadcast at prime time on both sides of the Atlantic, and ABC...
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It gets into its twentysomething characters' heads in a way that's fresh and real. You either get it, or you don'tIt's been a while since a TV show came along that people leaned into losing their minds about, but finally, and after a year of otherwise mediocre programming, we have one. I Love LA, the HBO comedy set among wannabe gen Z influencers,...
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Planning permission granted for Buckinghamshire project seen as test of Labour's drive for economic growthBusiness live – latest updatesMinisters have approved a development to build a £750m Hollywood-style film and TV studios in Marlow, west of London, a project that has faced local opposition and been seen as a test of Labour's appetite to...
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The president's bizarre insistence that the dead Jackie Chan-Chris Tucker series should return resulted in a shock announcement this week. Maybe there's more to come …So far, Donald Trump's control of the media has involved a lot more stick than carrot. Thanks to a combination of outbursts and indiscriminate legal threats, the powerful figures at...
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Trump has suggested on at least 28 occasions over past eight years that a national TV network's license be revoked – even though it doesn't work that wayFacing aggressive questioning from Mary Bruce, an ABC News White House correspondent, about the murder of Jamal Khashoggi and the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, Donald Trump last week suggested a form...
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Will AI take all our jobs? Prevent all crimes from being committed? Or finally develop skills beyond that of a trainee copywriter? Here are television's finest depictions of our imminent future…There aren't many television shows yet about how AI affects our daily lives. After all, there isn't much dramatic potential in shows about creatively...
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The son of the late TV star and conservationist Steve Irwin cried after his win, saying he wanted to make his dad proudGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailRobert Irwin has won Dancing with the Stars US, spinning his way to the top spot 10 years after his sister, Bindi Irwin, won the same title.Irwin will take home the show's Mirrorball...
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Director of audio concedes 'there is always more to do' on diversity as station staff express dismay at dearth of female presentersFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesSign up for Guardian Australia's free weekly media newsletter hereABC radio's chief, Ben Latimer, says "there is always more to do” on diversity after Chris Bath...
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This update of the 1995 documentary series is utterly authoritative. And its tweak of the Fab Four's songs is a thing of wonder – their music absolutely thumps! It would be wrong to go into The Beatles Anthology expecting another Get Back. Peter Jackson's 2021 documentary did such a miraculous job of recontextualising the glum old footage from...
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My former colleague Hugh Nowell, who has died aged 98, was for many years a senior figure at Grosvenor Books, a publishing company connected to the Moral Re-Armament movement.A co-founder of the firm in the early 1960s, Hugh continued there until his retirement at the age of 70 in 1997. During this time he worked as joint chief executive and then...
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We all need to stand together and make ourselves heard and seen and felt in this fightLately, I feel like I'm caught in an Armando Iannucci theatre of the absurd. Somewhere between the Death of Stalin, which raised bending the knee to an art form, and the cynical hubris of Veep. Frankly, I would even go so far as to toss in some Kafka and Orwell to...
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Shumeet Banerji says Turness was forced out without allowing reasoned discussion between board membersThe actions of the BBC's board have shown the broadcaster's enemies that a "leak and launch” tactic can succeed in destabilising the corporation, according to a board member who resigned after a row over alleged bias.Shumeet Banerji, a tech...
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Brett Ratner, accused of sexual misconduct by several women, will bring his hit franchise back to the big screenRush Hour 4 is reportedly a go at Paramount – after Donald Trump intervened on behalf of the movie.The studio will now release the next sequel by Brett Ratner, the director, who had retreated from Hollywood after numerous allegations of...
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Irish comedy writer cleared at Westminster magistrates court of harassing Sophia Brooks on social mediaThe Father Ted co-creator Graham Linehan has been cleared of harassing a transgender activist on social media but found guilty of criminal damage of their mobile phone outside a conference in London last year.The 57-year-old flew from Arizona to...
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Dutch writer Rutger Bregman says claim that Trump was 'most openly corrupt president in US history' was removedThe BBC has been accused of cowardice by a writer it selected to give its flagship annual lecture, after it removed his remarks about alleged corruption by Donald Trump.With the corporation already threatened with a multibillion-dollar...
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Shields told SMH staff in an email that working in the role had been the honour of his lifeFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe editor of the Sydney Morning Herald, Bevan Shields, has resigned after four years and will be replaced in the role at Nine's Sydney masthead...
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Chair Samir Shah is a picture of misery before MPs while Robbie Gibb proves the master of deflection This was the BBC in its happiest of happy places. Sure the Beeb likes to do the news, but there is nothing it likes more than reporting on itself. The holy grail of its output. There are whole departments within the Beeb dedicated to making TV and...
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The penultimate episode of The Black Swan continues to break barriers. Plus Alan Titchmarsh learns how to bake with Mary Berry. Here's what to watch this evening10pm, BBC Four"A storm is brewing in Amira's office …” This remarkable Danish documentary series by film-maker Mads Brügger (above) follows the work of steely corporate lawyer Amira...
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The mightily stressful and incredibly close-to-the-bone BBC show traces the demise of four ancient worlds – and it's wildly prescient stuff. Will we never learn?Rome, 24 August, AD410. The empire that's dominated Europe for five centuries is on the brink of collapse, its capital at the mercy of a barbarian leader. What do the people do? They do...
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Arsenal v Chelsea was watched by only 71,000 viewersSaturday noon kick-off believed to be a factor in drop-offThe Women's Super League is concerned about its broadcast slots this season after only 71,000 people watched televised coverage of the flagship fixture between Arsenal and Chelsea this month.The average audience on Sky Sports Main Event was...
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Caroline Daniel tells MPs leaked memo by Michael Prescott that sparked resignations at BBC did not provide full pictureClaims of "serious and systemic problems” in the BBC's coverage of issues including Donald Trump, Gaza and trans issues – which led to the resignation of its director general, Tim Davie – have been disputed by a former...
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Many fear competition and diversity will be diminished as Daily Mail owner wins race to buy newspaperAs the dust settles from the battle for the ownership of the Daily Telegraph, one man has been left standing: Lord Rothermere, whose family have been a mainstay of British newspapers for more than a century."This is a very British stitch-up,” said...
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Hawley and Blumenthal cite Reuters reporting that Meta estimated platforms were involved in third of all US scamsUS senators Josh Hawley and Richard Blumenthal have asked the heads of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to investigate revenue from ads on Facebook and Instagram that promote scams and...
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Even before the 2020 election, tensions were high between Fox News executives and Trump, new documents showWhat happened at Fox News after the 2020 election? Documents reveal new detailsNew revelations about the tense relationship between Fox News and Donald Trump in the fall of 2020 have emerged in a trove of thousands of court documents released...
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Exclusive: The Reform UK leader discussed far-right talking points in web TV and radio appearances between 2009 and 2018Nigel Farage is facing calls to explain why he repeatedly aired tropes and conspiracy theories associated with antisemitism during interviews, after claims the Reform UK leader used racist language in his teens.In appearances on...
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He called one a 'piggy' after being questioned about the files, and reacted furiously to another during a meeting with the Saudi crown prince Since the early days of his political career, Donald Trump has been critical of the media, but in recent days his hostility has reached a new peak – particularly when it comes to questions about his...
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Calls for Rachel Reeves to increase taxes in budget as estimate outstrips duties collected from online casinosBritish gambling companies spent an "astronomic” £2bn on advertising and marketing last year, according to a new estimate that has intensified calls for the chancellor to increase taxes on the sector.Bookmakers, online casinos and slot...
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Danielle Ward's father-daughter sitcom has found its feet and is stuffed with sublime one-liners, acerbic wit, daftness, love and joy'How's yer downstairs?” bellows West End Curls manager Rita (Sarah Hadland) at the scrunched-up ball of postnatal exhaustion that is Gemma (Aimee Lou Wood). "I had a C-section, Rita,” sighs Gemma from the depths...
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From a newer, greener Top Gear to the greatest comedy of all time, here are the series Guardian readers most want back on our screensAs Line of Duty and Doctor Foster both return for new series, we asked what TV programmes you'd like to see revived next. Here are your responses. Continue reading...
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Agents claim it can increase their clients' profile and show off their human side. Is that your final answer?For Monty Panesar, it was answering that Germany played their home football matches in Athens. For David Lammy, it was saying Henry VIII's heir was Henry VII. And for actor Amanda Henderson it was responding with the name Sharon to a...
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Could the British Museum's artefacts hold answers for our problem-plagued society? Plus: behind the Glastonbury ticket scam scandal. Here's what to watch this evening9pm, BBC TwoAs the world hurtles towards oblivion, what did the great civilisations that came before us do when on the brink of disaster? This four-part history-buff series gains...
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The Thor actor and his father try to stave off the latter's symptoms by taking a road trip to old haunts. It becomes a moving treatise on the sadness of letting go of a parentCelebrities are forever taking their parents on televised road trips, and they're usually cheap, easy commissions. Look how self-deprecating I am, says the famous person as...
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The sportsman pretends to be a psychologist in a new show which sees him square up to his reality show pal. Plus, refugees share moving stories of hope"This show is pseudopsychologist Joe,” announces Celebrity Traitors star Joe Marler as he introduces this weekly analysis of a different "client” (famous guest). "Pseudo meaning fake.” The...
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Planned overhaul of editorial guidelines committee would dilute influence of Tory board appointment Robbie GibbThe BBC is planning to overhaul the way it investigates editorial concerns, in a move that will dilute the influence of a Conservative figure accused of trying to sway its political impartiality.A new deputy director general post is also...
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This tale of one family's six-year ordeal just highlights what an unserious country Britain became in that era. The cast, including Joseph Fiennes, are excellent"My name is Nazanin. I do not know why I am here.”"Everyone says that.” Continue reading...
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In the annual Tower Ballroom extravaganza, the injury withdrawal of La Voix meant no dance-off or elimination. She got a fond farewell and former finalists returned. But who will bow out back at Elstree Studios?Couples tend to pull out all the stops and the sea air invariably goes to the judges' heads, meaning the average score at Blackpool is a...
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He tries to play the stoic in this look at the incredible changes to disabled peoples' lives that tech could bring. But the radical benefits of one piece of kit leave him visibly movedIf a celebrity wins Strictly Come Dancing, alongside the glitter ball trophy, they can expect the BBC to gift them a variety of vehicles for their newfound audience....
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The folding of the progressive youth-focused magazine into Vogue comes at turbulent time for journalism and the crumbling of feminist mediaIn late 2016, just a few weeks after Donald Trump won his first presidential election, Teen Vogue published a story that set the internet ablaze: "Donald Trump Is Gaslighting America.”The story garnered more...
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Two out of five illegal streamers have fallen prey to fraud, likely via a 'modded' USB stick that exposes users to data theft and cybercrimeThe big fight is on TV on Saturday night but you really don't want to shell out to watch it on pay-per-view. Luckily, you bought a cheap Amazon Fire Stick online that gives you access to all the sports you want...
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Acquisition likely to trigger in-depth investigation by regulator after agreement between DMGT and Redbird IMIAnalysis: Lord Rothermere's Telegraph takeover strengthens UK media's rightwing tiltThe owner of the Daily Mail has struck a £500m deal to buy the Telegraph titles, in a move that will create a right-leaning publishing powerhouse.Lord...
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Brendan Carr, head of FCC, asks if programme ever aired in US which is seen as key to any future litigationA US media regulator led by a close ally of Donald Trump is examining whether an edition of the BBC's Panorama broke US regulations in the way it edited one of the president's speeches.The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), led by...
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We're supposed to be used to this by now, but getting used to it is dangerous. Her colleagues should have spoken upCatherine Lucey, who covers the White House for Bloomberg News, was doing what reporters are supposed to do: asking germane questions.Her query to Donald Trump a few days ago during a "gaggle” aboard Air Force One was reasonable as...
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Critics are concerned that Daniel Suhr, the head of a conservative legal group, may be pulling the strings behind many of the Trump FCC's movesIn just 14 months, Daniel Suhr, the 40-year-old president of a two-person, Chicago-based, conservative legal organization called the Center for American Rights, has emerged as a thorn in the side of the...
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Shumeet Banerji was away during crucial discussions that led to resignation of director general and BBC News chiefA member of the BBC's board has resigned after saying he was cut out of the discussions that led to the shock resignation of its director general, Tim Davie.Shumeet Banerji, a tech industry executive, was out of the country on the...
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There is no point pretending that change is not happening, or that it can be avoided. But these are the risks we must addressThe idea of serving the public has been baked into the bones of journalism ever since the profession was created.Whether it was quality information to inform the citizenry, or sensationalism and gossip, newsrooms and editors...
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'You've done this before,' comedian told president, who ranted about Kimmel online and demanded his firingEarly on Thursday morning, Donald Trump made another plea for ABC to fire the late-night comedian Jimmy Kimmel, writing on his Truth Social platform that he has "NO TALENT” and "VERY POOR TELEVISION RATINGS”.On his show later that night,...
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Thinktank says internet flooded with disinformation by Russia-aligned Pravda network, which many websites treat as credibleHundreds of English-language websites – from mainstream news outlets to fringe blogs – are linking to articles from a pro-Kremlin network flooding the internet with disinformation, according to a study released by a...
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From Claire Foy's Anne Boleyn in Wolf Hall to Adriana in The Sopranos, we meet the actors who had to bump off TV legends … and then face the wrath of the publicTalk about being a pantomime villain. It's unpopular enough playing the antagonist who murders a long-running TV character. When your victim is a fan favourite, though, you risk being...
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An utterly beguiling Taiwanese drama about a single mother, plus Julia Roberts, Andrew Garfield and Ayo Edebiri star in a dark thriller about accusations of sexual assault on a college campusShih-Ching Tsou is a regular collaborator of Sean Baker, the Oscar-winning director of Anora. He returns the compliment here by co-writing and editing her...
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Organisers look at other UK venues amid concerns over costs and industry's lack of working-class voicesFor almost 50 years, the great and the good of British broadcasting have descended on Edinburgh each summer to discuss the trials and tribulations of the TV world. David Attenborough, Tina Fey, Emily Maitlis and Rupert Murdoch are among those to...
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Head back to Hawkins for one last hair-raising, horrifying showdown with Vecna. Plus: Peter Jackson works yet more miracles with stunning footage of the Fab Four As one of the streamer's defining creations, this supernatural coming-of-age drama ends on its own terms. The final season begins by rewinding back to young Will in the Upside Down for a...
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