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The actor on impersonating Elvis, her stint as a magician's assistant on a cruise ship, and having eyes like currantsBorn in Hertfordshire, Sarah Hadland, 54, attended Laine Theatre Arts college in Surrey. From 2009 to 2015, she played Stevie in the Bafta-nominated sitcom Miranda, and her other television work includes Horrible Histories, Waterloo...
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Longstanding hosts presented with video tribute and message from queen following final victory for former England footballer and professional dancerThe former England footballer Karen Carney and the professional dancer Carlos Gu have won the 2025 series of Strictly Come Dancing.Carney is the first football player to lift the glitter-ball trophy...
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BBC misses out on Games it has broadcast since 1954TNT Sports exploring idea of some free-to-air coverageThe Commonwealth Games will not be broadcast on the BBC next year for the first time since 1954, with TNT Sports buying the live UK rights for next summer's event in Glasgow.The BBC is understood to have made an offer to continue its 72-year...
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Jilly Cooper, Joanna Trollope and Sophie Kinsella all changed the genre. A new generation of novelists are doing the same and sales are soaringAt last, the perception of popular fiction by women as "silly novels by lady novelists”, as George Eliot sniffily put it back in 1856, is changing. Next year, the British Book Awards will recognise...
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As two beloved presenters stand down, speculation is rife over who may take up the 'very sparkly baton'After more than two decades with Strictly Come Dancing, Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly are approaching their last tango.The much-loved presenters will present the show's live final on Saturday night and make their last appearance together for the...
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The Strangers, a horror tale written during the playwright's college days, appeared in the Strand magazine this weekAs one of the 20th century's most successful playwrights, Tennessee Williams penned popular works at the very pinnacle of US theater, including A Streetcar Named Desire and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.Years before his almost unparalleled...
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Body representing news organisations says move to cut back on number of lobby briefings is deeply concerningThe Society of Editors has raised concerns about Keir Starmer's plan to reduce scrutiny of No 10 by political journalists, saying it risks weakening transparency.The body, which represents news organisations, said regular, open and robust...
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After a decade away, Tom Hiddleston is going undercover again as Jonathan Pine and this time he's getting into an explosive, sexually fluid power threesome. It's just what Le Carré would have wantedFor screenwriter David Farr, The Night Manager's return is a dream come true. Literally. "Having not thought about the show for five years, a vivid...
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Masters champion is first golfer in 36 years to claim awardKildunne finishes second in vote and Norris thirdRyder Cup side win team award and Wiegman coach prizeA full-throated "Rory roar” reverberated around MediaCity in Salford as Rory McIlroy became the first golfer in 36 years to win the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award – and tie a...
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Brooks, who dismissed Epstein scandal as 'stupid story', wrote column expressing lack of interest in developmentsThe New York Times columnist David Brooks appeared in multiple photos from the estate of Jeffrey Epstein that were released on Thursday by the House committee on oversight and government reform.The photos, which have been rolled out in...
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Successful children's author denies allegations after he was reportedly accused of harassing junior female staffDavid Walliams has been dropped by his publisher after an investigation into allegations of inappropriate behaviour towards young women, the Telegraph has reported.Walliams, one of Britain's most successful children's authors, was...
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A hotel's worth of rich guests cut off by snow, a dead body, the mafia and some supernatural antics … there's a banquet of melodrama to feast on in this soapy foreign-language seriesThe snow is crisp and even, up in the Italian Alps: how lucky the protagonists in the new Walter Presents series Stranded are to be spending Christmas at a four-star...
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Jack Black gifts us an extremely silly flight of fancy set in a right-angled world, and Hugh Grant has the time of his life in the most perfect movie ever made. Plus: mulled wine in film form! Director Jared Hess has a history of extreme silliness (see Napoleon Dynamite and Nacho Libre) so is a great choice for this flight of fancy based on the...
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Dispatches investigates this growing crimewave. Plus: it's getting very hot in the kitchen for the MasterChef final. Here's what to watch this evening8pm, Channel 4 There are some real grinches out there: a parcel is stolen in Britain every seven seconds. Reporter Tir Dhondy is on a mission to get to the bottom of the crimewave by hiding tracking...
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Film based on popular plush toys is in early development after Sony Pictures acquired screen rightsPaul King, director of the global hit Paddington films and the Timothée Chalamet-led musical Wonka, is set to direct the Labubu film.In November it was announced that Sony Pictures, fresh off the global success of KPop Demon Hunters, had acquired the...
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Scrapping of afternoon press conferences could limit scrutiny and transparency, say reportersSweeping changes to Downing Street's press lobby system have been criticised by journalists.No 10 normally holds two briefings on most days that parliament sits to allow the lobby – political journalists that cover Westminster – to question the prime...
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Children under the age of 16 needed protecting and the moral argument wasn't winning. Government regulation can change the terms of debateOn 10 December, the world watched as Australia enacted the first social media ban for under-16s. Whether it will have the desired effect of improving young people's lives we are yet to find out. But what the ban...
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After Guardian writers picked their favourite lesser-known festive movies, readers shoutout Klaus, The Ref and moreI thought a real modern hidden gem is All Is Bright starring Paul Rudd and Paul Giamatti as two down-on-their-luck Christmas tree sellers. It's perfectly played by both, with Rudd putting in, not his usual "puppy dog everyone wants to...
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The incendiary quotes don't disguise how dissatisfied people are about jobs, inflation or the cost of livingThis was originally published in This Week in Trumpland; sign up to receive it in your inbox every WednesdaySo it appears Susie Wiles, the White House chief of staff, agrees with many of us: she thinks Donald Trump's cabinet is bonkers.From...
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TMTG, which owns president's Truth Social platform, unveils link-up TAE Technologies to respond to AI boomDonald Trump's loss-making social media business has announced plans to merge with a fusion power company.Trump Media and Technology Group, owner of the US president's minnow Truth Social platform, unveiled an extraordinary merger worth more...
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News organisations fear move could hit newsrooms and other media publishers by stopping users sharing their contentFacebook is testing a system that charges users for sharing web links, in a move that could prove to be a further blow to news outlets and other publishers.Meta, the social media platform's owner, said it is carrying out a "limited...
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Regulator received thousands of complaints over treatment of Shakira Khan by other female contestants on ITV seriesITV's Love Island has proved a hit for the broadcaster, but the reality dating show has also dominated a more unwelcome chart – comprehensively winning the title of this year's most complained about programme.The treatment of Shakira...
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Seth Rogen's warm, Emmy-winning comedy about a Hollywood movie company is exquisitely excruciating – and more fun than anything else on TV• The 50 best TV shows of 2025• More on the best culture of 2025Oh, The Studio – how do I love thee? Let me count the ways. Or at least allow me to gaze, rapt, from behind an ornamental palm tree as your...
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The Olympic cyclist puts together an inspirational plan to raise funds for cancer sufferers. Plus: Monica Dolan reads Jane Austen. Here's what to watch this evening9pm, BBC OneThis inspiring film follows Chris Hoy as he formulates a constructive and defiant response to his terminal cancer diagnosis. Glasgow: the Tour de Four is a bike ride that...
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TV's greatest guilty pleasure is back – and it's still a total hoot! Prepare to gorge yourself silly on it over the holidays along with the mince pies. You know you want to …'Turn off your brain and jump!” So says London geezer Alfie (Lucien Laviscount) to ex-girlfriend Emily's best pal Mindy (Ashley Park), as they flirt their way through a...
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Apple's smash hit sci-fi drama has confounded and compelled in equal measure and provided hope for small screen innovation at an underwhelming time In many ways, it feels like 2025 was the year that television gave up. Old favourites such as The White Lotus and Severance let us down, with gaping plotholes and a total absence of forward momentum...
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A concert film follow-up to this year's Spinal Tap II: The End Continues had been scheduled for release in 2026 but has now been put on holdThe release of Rob Reiner's final film, a concert film called Spinal Tap at Stonehenge: The Final Finale, has been delayed following the death of the film-maker and his photographer wife, Michele Singer...
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In successful challenge, X argued the video wasn't excessively offensive and was an objective record of a 'public event of historical and political significance'Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian classification review board has overturned a decision to block Australians seeing footage of the shooting of...
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After WBD accused Paramount of misleading investors, the network assured it had 'all necessary financing' for the dealWarner Bros Discovery has urged shareholders to reject a $108.4bn hostile takeover offer from Paramount Skydance, branding it "inadequate” amid an extraordinary corporate battle to control the legacy media conglomerate.WBD agreed...
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This precision-crafted Belfast police drama is a tense, thrilling watch that's rich with detail. Has there ever been a more terrifying cliffhanger than it served up this season?• The 50 best TV shows of 2025• More on the best culture of 2025There haven't been many police dramas quite like Blue Lights. While it might feel as if you're simply...
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Zoe Ball and Alison Steadman help the TV cook in the kitchen. Plus: what happened to Mozart's musical prodigy sister Maria Anna? Here's what to watch this evening9pm, BBC One Mary Berry celebrated her 90th birthday this year but she shows no sign of slowing down in the kitchen this Christmas. Pigs in blankets cassoulet, cherry and lemon...
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The video game-derived thriller series should be terrifying, but it's often side-splitting. Its second outing adds excellent guest spots from Justin Theroux, Kumail Nanjiani and Macaulay CulkinThe west doesn't get much wilder than in Fallout. The show takes place 200 years into a post-nuclear apocalypse where most humans are scratching out an...
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Giuffre's family calls the success of her posthumous memoir, Nobody's Girl, 'bittersweet' after her death in AprilA posthumous memoir by one of Jeffrey Epstein's best-known accusers, Virginia Roberts Giuffre, has sold 1m copies worldwide in just the two months after its release.Publisher Alfred A Knopf announced on Tuesday that more than half the...
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Emily Blunt, Josh O'Connor, Colin Firth, Colman Domingo and Eve Hewson head up the director's latest effortThe first trailer for Steven Spielberg's mysterious UFO movie has now provided further details on what audiences can expect.Disclosure Day, written by Jurassic Park's David Koepp and based on a Spielberg story, sees a starry cast deal with the...
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Corporation will argue it did not have rights to air film in US and it did not cause serious reputational harmThe BBC is preparing to argue Donald Trump's $10bn court case against it should be dismissed, arguing it has no case to answer over the US president's claims he was defamed by an episode of Panorama.The development comes after Trump filed a...
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Producer Stephen Woolley pays tribute to Figgis, who has died aged 77, a brilliant professional whose 'molotov cocktail personality' enabled her work in British and Hollywood cinemaI first encountered Susie Figgis over 40 years ago when I interviewed her for The Company of Wolves, my debut movie production with Neil Jordan. We met at my then-cinema...
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Affinity Partners, key backer of hostile bid by Paramount, reportedly steps back following scrutiny of Kushner's roleJared Kushner's private equity firm has reportedly stepped back from previous efforts to take over the entertainment giant Warner Bros Discovery, following scrutiny of his involvement.Affinity Partners emerged as a key backer of a...
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Annual UCLA study finds declines in cultural diversity behind and in front of the camera since last yearPopular scripted series on streaming services showed a marked decrease in cultural diversity both behind and in front of the camera last year as Hollywood inclusion programs waned, a new study from the University of California at Los Angeles...
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As green paper on corporation's charter renewal is launced, what funding options might be under consideration?Advertising. Subscriptions. A household levy. The government claims to be considering all options for funding the BBC. In reality, however, many industry insiders believe radical reforms will be dodged in favour of sticking to the licence...
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Exclusive: David Dinsmore to advise ministers as they step up efforts to combat far-right rhetoric onlineKeir Starmer's Whitehall communications chief will address the cabinet on overhauling the government's media strategy on Tuesday as ministers increasingly try to combat far-right rhetoric online.David Dinsmore, a former editor of the Sun who was...
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Crucial talks begin on corporation's future amid efforts to protect it from government influenceMinisters are examining plans that would increase the BBC's independence from politicians, including ending political appointments to its board, as part of crucial talks over the corporation's future.The government is to consider overhauling the process...
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President claims broadcaster 'intentionally, maliciously and deceptively' edited 6 January speech before Capitol attackThe BBC has vowed to defend itself against the $10bn lawsuit that the US president, Donald Trump filed against it.In a complaint filed on Monday evening, Trump sought $5bn in damages each on two counts, alleging that the BBC...
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Shrieking Victorian phantoms, dastardly occultists and Christopher Lee's vast head … here we reveal the finest Christmas chillers there ever wereChristmas time. Mistletoe and wine. Children singing Chriiiiiiistian rhyme. But what is this? Beneath the unrecyclable wrapping paper stirs a sense of unease. For here comes the BBC's annual Ghost Story...
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Lisa Nandy will have to assess deal after formal request from the seller, Abu Dhabi-backed RedBird IMIBusiness live – latest updatesThe culture secretary, Lisa Nandy, is to consider whether to trigger an investigation into the £500m takeover of the Telegraph titles by the owner of the Daily Mail, after she formally received a request from the...
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Colin the Caterpillar gets a tasty revamp. Plus: Romesh Ranganathan raps in New York City's Union Square. Here's what to watch this evening9pm, ITV1Marks & Spencer's product development team are nothing short of miraculous, especially when it comes to party food. This year's festive treats include fish-and-chip-inspired canapes and a "Christmas...
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Oly and Santi take their newborn on a hellish cruise halfway around the world. But amid the torture there are beautiful moments to treasure in this much-loved Aussie drama As a teenager, Oly Chalmers-Davis weathered her fair share of motherhood-related horrors. For a start, the high-achieving 16-year-old went into labour in the school toilets,...
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How do you sell turkey and all the luxury trimmings when the world's in chaos and the cost of living crisis continues? It's no surprise that this year's adverts are a complicated lotThere can't be anyone skirting closer to burnout, more deserving of our sympathy and complicated respect, than the people who conceive Christmas ads. The goal is...
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The Age of Disclosure was granted a Capitol Hill screening and has broken digital rental records but does it really offer proof of alien life?It has been hailed as a game changer in public attitudes towards UFOs, ending a culture of silence around claims once dismissed as the preserve of conspiracy theorists and crackpots.The Age of Disclosure has...
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Nick Reiner arrested on suspicion of murder after Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner found dead at their homeRob Reiner and wife Michele found dead in apparent homicideRob Reiner – a life in picturesReiner changed Hollywood for everNick Reiner has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the deaths of his parents, the renowned actor-director...
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Variety of agencies now deliberately provocative on social media, further inflaming discourse on serious issuesWhen Donald Trump posted during his first term on what was then called Twitter, his attacks and rants differed significantly from US federal agency staff's more cautious and traditional approach on social media.For example, in January...
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The lines between advertising, public relations and journalism have become dangerously blurredFunded by readers, the Guardian's fierce independence is guaranteed. Please help us reach our year-end fundraising goalEnough time has passed now, I think, that I can safely tell you about one of the stupidest things I have ever done. Almost a decade ago I...
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Authorities investigating 'apparent homicide' after 78-year-old director of Stand By Me and The Princess Bride discovered dead at LA home with wifeHollywood in shock: 'One of the greatest filmmakers'Gallery: Rob Reiner – a life in picturesReiner changed Hollywod for everTim Jonze: Meeting Reiner was like a visit from SantaRob Reiner, the director...
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Details of financing structure to be reviewed by culture secretary and regulators before deal can proceedThe owner of the Daily Mail has secured funding for a £500m takeover of the Telegraph, in a crucial development that paves the way for the group to announce the terms of its acquisition on Monday.Lord Rothermere's Daily Mail and General Trust...
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Shooting at world-famous beach in which 15 people, plus one alleged gunman, were killed reverberated around the world, with many headlines noting the actions of a hero bystanderBondi beach shooting – live updatesFull reportVictims named so farWhat we know about the Bondi terror attackThe deadly terrorist attack at Sydney's Bondi beach, and the...
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Chloe Hadjimatheou, who broke the story about the bestselling memoir, continues her investigation. Plus: a silly thriller romp with a fun cast. Here's what to watch this evening9pm, Sky DocumentariesIt was the literary scandal of the year: the Observer alleged that the author of the bestselling memoir The Salt Path, Raynor Winn, hadn't been...
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Sirin Kale and Lucy Osborne tread a delicate line between hard-hitting and empathetic in this profile of the Free Birth Society. Plus, an ode to The Gilmore GirlsA shocking Guardian investigation by Sirin Kale and Lucy Osborne into the Free Birth Society (FBS), a movement that made millions of dollars from encouraging pregnant women to have unaided...
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The outrageous Scottish sitcom became a sleeper hit – then its co-creator died tragically. Ahead of its festive special, the stars open up about the show's poignant comebackWhen taxi drivers in London started shouting punchlines at him – that's when Jonathan Watson knew that Two Doors Down, the BBC Scotland sitcom set in a Glasgow suburb, had...
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In his joyous new comedy Finding Father Christmas, the star is on a mission to prove Santa really exists – and he's got Stephen Fry to help him! He talks magic, trampoline mayhem and finally getting behind the wheel of a carIt's time for a father to have an awkward conversation with his teenage son. No, not that one. This is far worse – Chris...
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Australia is showing what is possible by not succumbing to the pressures of big tech. The UK needs to follow its lead, says Daniel Kebede Lisa Nandy's suggestion that an Australian-style restriction on social media for under-16s would lead to prosecuting children is a distraction (Young people have faced 'violent indifference' for decades, Lisa...
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Her delivery might be stilted – but Truss' new YouTube show has grand ambitions: a 'Trump revolution' in Britain with the help of an influential US conservative ecosystemLiz Truss, Britain's shortest-serving prime minister, began the first edition of her YouTube show with a vow to unmask "the evil-doers” attempting to bring down Britain, the US...
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Black and brown former employees from CBS, NBC and Teen Vogue talk about the effects of being let goTrey Sherman was traveling to work on the New York subway when he received an email from David Reiter, a CBS News executive, about an imminent meeting on 29 October. Sherman, an associate producer of CBS Evening News Plus at the time, suspected that...
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After the surviving four couples tackled two routines apiece, the semi-final results came in. But who would progress to the grand final? Who would face the year's climactic dance-off? And who would fall at the last hurdle?Tommy Bosh! Ross King! Rugby Chris! Other people we'd kind of forgotten were ever in the contest!Roll moody black-and-white VT...
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He's so anxious that it took the presenter 47 years to even try ham. This travelogue, in which Ant and Dec send him to South Korea to overcome phobias – including nudity – is strangely charmingWhat can I tell you about Stephen Mulhern? He's an ITV presenter (Dancing on Ice, Deal or No Deal, You Bet), magician, longtime friend of Ant and Dec,...
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Whether it's nightclubs banning phones or a drop in online dating, there are signs that we're rediscovering the joy of being in the momentIt's only a small rectangular sticker, but it symbolises a joyous sense of resistance. Some of Berlin's most renowned clubs have long insisted that the camera lenses on their clientele's phones must be covered up...
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Whether it's through TikTok buzz, celebrity endorsements or good old-fashioned word of mouth, some titles enjoy a second, more powerful, life. But what unites them – and is there a formula for this type of success?There is a particular kind of literary deja vu that strikes sometimes. Seemingly out of nowhere, the same book starts appearing...
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I defy anyone to watch the Nigella Christmas special and feel anything but drunk on yuletide bonhomieIf your run-up to Christmas already feels a bit chaotic, there's always a cosy nook of the TV schedule where nothing but gorgeous, kitsch, heartwarming things happen. And by that I mean the cooking channels, where it's currently full-on re-run time....
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Last time the fierce enmity between Mozart and Salieri was adapted for the screen, it won a best picture Oscar. Now a new TV version turns up the temperature several notches – but will its stars develop a rivalry of their own?"A prodigal son story with God as the father,” is how actor Paul Bettany describes Amadeus, the Peter Shaffer play that...
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With public service broadcasters starting to look like 'endangered species', many want Channel 4 and BBC to work more closelyThe prospect of Comcast taking over ITV has prompted concerns about the impact on British public service broadcasting, a fact that Channel 4's new chief executive, moving from a senior post at Sky, will be all too well...
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The former British Vogue editor reflects on his early years in London, the importance of celebrating diversity and why he takes comfort in the younger generationWhen Edward Enninful was scouted on the tube travelling through London in 1988, it changed his life. The Ghanaian teenager, newly arrived in Britain, was drawn into the capital's creative...
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It's pure joy to see the beloved comedy's crew get back together. It feels like a family reunion – but one where everyone is hugely charmingPeep Show is not really a TV show. It's closer to an identity now, embedded in the collective British DNA. A decade after the show finished, many of us still call each other "Clean Shirt”, notice logos in...
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Once 'a lone voice of resistance' in a conservative city, the community station has survived eviction and Queensland's Joh Bjelke-Petersen government to deliver half a century of radical politics and local musicFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastEvery wall is like a...
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Carl Rinsch, who directed Keanu Reeves action film 47 Ronin, was convicted on fraud and money-laundering chargesA Hollywood director was convicted on Thursday on charges that he scammed Netflix out of $11m for a show that never materialized, while he instead used the cash for lavish purchases that included several Rolls-Royces, a Ferrari, and about...
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A reboot of Peter Shaffer's play hopes to repeat the 1984 film's magic and lure a fresh audience to classical musicForty years ago, Amadeus won eight Oscars, four Baftas and four Golden Globes – and introduced a new generation to 18th-century music. Millions bought the film's Mozart soundtrack and it remains one of the bestselling classical music...
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Ya'akub Vijandre, held in ICE detention in Georgia, tells Guardian he is concerned for safety of family and friendsYa'akub Vijandre, a Muslim photojournalist, martial arts teacher and first responder who ICE detained in October for posting on social media, told the Guardian that the government is "attacking my faith” and that he was "concerned...
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The former X Factor judge is back, auditioning boyband wannabes for his latest talent show – but gen Z doesn't seem to care very much, or even know who he isHave we gone back in time to 2010? If only! No, Simon Cowell is just back in the headlines, reasserting his svengali status for his new Netflix show. Reviews suggest that Cowell's attempted...
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As Paramount, with close ties to the Trump administration, entered the bidding, experts predict any merger will 'raise red flags' among regulatorsOver the first 10 months of his second presidency, Donald Trump has not hidden his desire to control the US media industry – from encouraging TV networks to fire journalists, comedians and critics he...
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The smash hit sci-fi nostalgia-fest reaches the end game on Boxing Day – so brace yourself for blockbuster whoppers. Plus: Ethan Hawke is a dirt-digging 'truthstorian' in a quirky drama full of heart – and more Emily in Paris! The concluding episodes of the Duffer brothers' smash-hit coming-of-age, sci-fi nostalgia-fest (maybe the secret of the...
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The president's son-in-law is once again at the center of an international business deal that will require administration approvalOn Monday, Paramount Skydance launched a $108bn takeover bid for Warner Bros Discovery, the entertainment giant that owns Hollywood movie studios, along with CNN, HBO and other media businesses. The bid is led by David...
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Average 59,000 Sky viewers for last Saturday's noon gameReview planned with main rights holders, Sky and BBCThe Women's Super League will review its broadcast slots at the end of the season amid disappointment at some viewing figures during the first half of the campaign.An average audience of 59,000 watched live Sky Sports coverage of Arsenal's...
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Trump and Vance head to South Park in Christmas gear for a big showdown – only for Jesus to show up. At one point, you can almost feel Trey Parker and Matt Stone taking a stand against the US governmentComing off its most controversial and highest rated season in years, South Park had high expectations to meet with its season finale. Given how...
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Southern Cross Austereo investigate how Adelaide Advertiser journalist was wrongly named. Plus: awkward timing for ABC crime podcastWant to get this in your inbox every Friday? Sign up for the Weekly Beast media newsletter hereIdentifying the wrong person in a news report is not new in journalism, but AI has added a whole new level of...
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The policy to cut off social media access for more than 2 million under-16s remains popular with Australians, while other countries look to follow suitOn the lawns of the prime minister's Kirribilli residence in Sydney, overlooking the harbour, Anthony Albanese said he had never been prouder."This is a day in which my pride to be prime minister of...
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Baxter enjoyed a decades-spanning career on radio, TV and film, and was famous for impersonating famous people including Queen Elizabeth IIStanley Baxter obituary'Astonishing': how his TV extravaganzas reached 20mThe actor and comedian Stanley Baxter has died at the age of 99.Born in Glasgow in 1926, Baxter was best known for helming TV sketch...
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Malak A Tantesh lauded for her 'vital coverage of a war most journalists were banned from witnessing'Malak A Tantesh, the Guardian's former Gaza correspondent, was given a standing ovation at the British Journalism Awards, as she was recognised for reporting that included her own journey home following January's ceasefire deal.Tantesh, who reported...
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