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Britain loves a gameshow. But the contestants here compete in puzzles so unthinkably boring and complex that you're baffled from the get-go. Then someone gets locked in a cage …Britain loves a good gameshow. And if there weren't enough on our screens already, the quizmasters-in-chief, ITV, recently announced that they would be bumping off the...
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Does anyone know what Marvel multiverse we're in? And will anything ever happen in Westeros again? The world's biggest fantasy franchises are in trouble … but we have ways to make them must-see TV once moreIt's amazing to think that, not so very long ago, people were actually excited at the prospect of a new Star Wars show. Or when it emerged...
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Sky News host assures viewers polls favouring Labor are 'inaccurate'. Plus: Kyle Sandilands the face of a new anti-hate campaignSign up to get Guardian Australia's weekly media diary as a free newsletterAs the polls continue to indicate Labor is ahead of the Coalition, Sharri Markson had the "exclusive inside information” certain to cheer up her...
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With the arrival of a new video store in Brooklyn, we asked you to tell us about your most memorable anecdotesAfter a film had been in the cinema but before a film was on general sale (also called 'Home Release') there would be a window of perhaps a few months where the retail price of a single VHS tape would be about £100 [$133]. In a world of...
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Woman filed lawsuit against former NFL starHall of famer denies allegations against himFormer NFL star Shannon Sharpe says he is stepping away from his duties as an ESPN analyst after a lawsuit was filed against him in Nevada on Sunday.The lawsuit was filed by a woman who says she met the 56-year-old Sharpe at a Los Angeles gym in 2023 when she was...
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The Match of the Day presenter has been challenged again on his views on Gaza and Israel. But can we really expect him to have no opinions about the outside world?The most extraordinary revelation to come from Gary Lineker's interview with Amol Rajan on the BBC is that he'd sometimes come home from school to find Engelbert Humperdinck playing cards...
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'Nobody has been harder … about Donald Trump than me,' Maher says after fellow comedian compared his meal with US president to meeting HitlerBill Maher has responded to Larry David's satirical essay in the New York Times that compared Maher's glowing account of having dinner with Donald Trump to dining with Adolf Hitler.Maher, a vocal critic of...
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Timothée Chalamet is the perfect embodiment of the young Bob Dylan, and Tom Hardy unleashes his wild side in a shamelessly violent thriller about dirty copsJames Mangold directed the excellent Johnny Cash drama Walk the Line, and his latest music biopic – which tracks the groundbreaking early phase of Bob Dylan's career – has the same...
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Tina Fey's new cringe comedy tackles three couples whose lives unravel on a doomed holiday. Plus: an intimate documentary about the extraordinary life of the cricketer Three apparently stable couples, all deep into middle age and preoccupied with statins and second homes, go on an annual holiday together. It's expected to be a gentle affair but...
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An upsetting moment as the search for missing Zoe continues. Plus: Cornish folklore in cosy crime series Beyond Paradise. Here's what to watch this evening9pm, BBC TwoThe Queensland-set cold case drama continues. Zoe Jacobs (Jana McKinnon) vanished on her 21st birthday back in 2003, and we have come to know her hopes, fears and love of ecstasy and...
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The story of the former cricket prodigy and car crash survivor Freddie Flintoff is fascinating … but this documentary shows he has such extreme PTSD that he keeps slamming the shutters downFreddie Flintoff is numb. As the 98-minute Disney+ documentary Flintoff begins, we find its subject sitting in a hospital room. He can't feel his lip, the one...
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Instead of bazooka-level fines on global turnover, this €700m was no more than a slap on the wrist. It's a missed opportunityThe European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, had some tough words for big tech this week, but it seems that at the last minute, the EU lost its nerve. Under the Digital Markets Act, companies that the EU has...
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Labour sets out preferences as Commons standards committee looks at tightening rules on second jobsThe government has backed proposals to stop MPs taking second jobs they have been offered because of their role in parliament, and expressed concern that some paid media roles allow them to "monetise” their privileged positions.It set out its...
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Written with the cooperation of Charles Spencer, and access to BBC emails obtained through a freedom of information request, Dianarama promises 'a radical reappraisal of a major historical event'A book about the BBC's controversial Panorama interview with Diana, Princess of Wales, is due to be published later this year.Dianarama: Deception,...
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Highly skilled specialist editors produce two-minute promos that can make or break a blockbuster. We step inside their hidden worldA few years ago, a Hollywood studio approached the tech giant IBM with an idea. Perhaps it would be fun if Watson – the company's artificial intelligence system – analysed its new film about an artificial humanoid...
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Producer and production manager who worked in the Scottish film industry with Bill Forsyth and Peter MullanThe film and television producer Paddy Higson, who has died aged 83 from cancer, was Scotland's pre-eminent fixer and facilitator. She helped capture the nation's sensibility in the early films of the director Bill Forsyth, among them the hit...
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The executive told business summit that most people no longer want cinemas and 'we deliver the programme to you in a way you want to watch it'Ted Sarandos, the co-CEO of Netflix, has defended his company's reputation, saying the streamer is "saving Hollywood” by securing an audience for content which would otherwise disappear.Speaking at the...
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A crop of conservative personalities such as Brett Cooper and Candace Owens, and outlets like Evie, are convincing young women of a gender-essentialist worldviewOn the most recent episode of her YouTube show, the rightwing commentator Brett Cooper joined the rest of the world in jeering Katy Perry, Gayle King and Lauren Sánchez's brief flight to...
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In its second season, what happens in the acclaimed Star Wars thriller is hard to separate from what's happening in Gaza nowIn the new and final season of Andor, an occupied civilian population is massacred; their cries for help ignored by the Empire-run media, which instead paint the victims as terrorist threats to public safety. Meanwhile, the...
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Former England captain was injured on set in 2022 crashRob Key helped encourage return to the England foldAndrew Flintoff has spoken about his mental health following his life-changing car crash on the set of Top Gear in 2022.In one of his first interviews since sustaining severe facial injuries in the accident, Flintoff told former the England...
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This drama about dancers could have been as fun as Fame in tutus. Instead, it is a jarring, cringe-inducing mess. Wait till you see Simon Callow as an evil billionaire!At first, Étoile looks as if it's shaping up to be Fame in pointe shoes. One character even knowingly quotes the "This is where you start paying, in sweat” speech. This would be...
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From tariffs to tech bros, insiders examine the president's spine-chilling actions. Plus: Sky's new coming-of-age drama Penelope. Here's what to watch this evening9pm, Channel 4Turbulent tariffs, forced migrations, tech bro best friends, accusations of "gambling with world war three” and every other spine-chilling action in between – by the end...
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Penn Badgley's 'sexy' serial killer story was once ludicrously fun. But despite plenty of fan-pleasing cameos and a propulsive twist, the show's sign-off is so bad that it's offensiveYou, in which a serial killer and stalker of women, but a sexy one, is somehow fashioned into the hero of the piece, is a fundamentally preposterous show. It washes...
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Jonathan Pryce was humorous, O'Toole capricious, Liv Ullman secretly female and Jude Law memorably Speedo-clad – onscreen pontiffs have come in all formsEverything about the papacy is cinematic – especially picking a new one, as shown in the wildly popular movie Conclave, with Ralph Fiennes as an unwilling contender for the top job. There is...
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No music, no script, no narration, no editing – slow TV like this is exactly the balm we need these daysDo you reach for your phone first thing in the morning as soon as you wake up? Me too. Only, for the past week, it's not my WhatsApp, email or social media I've been desperate to check, but how many moose have managed to swim across the...
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Ryan Donnelly alleges that Jacqui Burfoot has made 'vicious' and 'malicious' claims about him onlineElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastA Married at First Sight bride has accused her on-air husband of lying in his application for protection against her, which...
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Trump's anti-media diatribes are part of the authoritarian playbook. Congress must reject his planned cutsIt was entirely predictable that Donald Trump would go after public media in America. Harming the reality-based press – in every form, whether public or private – is a central part of his playbook for controlling the political narrative as...
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Ralph Fiennes was Oscar-nominated for his role in the thriller which follows cardinals wrangling to replace a fictional pontiff after his deathThe death of Pope Francis on 21 April led to an abrupt uptick in viewership of Conclave, Edward Berger's thriller which depicts the events following the death of a fictional pope, and the cardinals wrangling...
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A pioneering alternative to the opt-out system proposed by the government is supported by publishers and writers and is set to be available for use this summerUK licensing bodies have announced a "pioneering” collective licence that will allow authors to be paid for the use of their works to train generative AI models.The Copyright Licensing...
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Exclusive: TikTok claims Silicon Valley rival got 'sweetheart deal' from government after Michelle Rowland made surprise policy shiftElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignSign up for the Afternoon Update: Election 2025 email newsletterYouTube's global chief executive personally lobbied the communications minister, Michelle...
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Five brave duos battle the epic 14,000km trek across Asia … and this time, there are teenage lovers and a separated couple. Warning: there will be tears and travel disastersIt's hard to believe that Race Across the World has only been on TV since 2019, so integral is it to the BBC's springtime schedules. In six short years, the reality...
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How do you control a class of kids after the whole nation's watched you backstabbing on The Traitors, snogging strangers on Love Island or starving half to death on Hunted? Three teachers reveal allWhen English teacher Joe Scott used to sign homework planners, it was because students were in trouble. But things changed in January, when the...
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Comedy spacecraft thefts, passive-aggressive in-laws and a planet being fracked to death – the revolution just got playful, comrades!Comrades! Welcome back to the revolution. Andor is the Star Wars TV show with the sharpest political acumen: yes, like everything in the franchise, it's about an underdog rebel movement fighting against a...
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Sex Education star calls on women to send in their anonymous submissions for a second volume of her 2024 title WantGillian Anderson has announced a follow-up to her bestselling anthology of female sexual fantasies, Want, with the hope that it will be "more international, and even more daring”.The original book "gave thousands of women the freedom...
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Despite the ongoing Netflix era, Brooklyn's Night Owl Video hopes formats such as VHS, DVD and Blu-ray will see a vinyl-like revivalThey trickle in by twos and threes, spiritual seekers to a temple long thought gone: the video store. Some of these acolytes are sentimental for the days of Blockbuster and famed New York institutions like Kim's Video....
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Jury finds newspaper not liable for allegedly defaming former Alaska governor in 2017 editorial about gun controlSarah Palin on Tuesday lost in the retrial of her defamation case against the New York Times – a second defeat in the efforts by the former Republican vice-presidential candidate.A federal jury in New York deliberated for two hours...
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Bill Owens says in staff memo 'it has become clear that I would not be allowed to run the show as I have always run it'Bill Owens, the executive producer of 60 Minutes, says he is leaving the flagship news program because he lost his journalistic independence.In a staff memo obtained by the New York Times, Owens said that "over the past months, it...
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Digital media minister Clara Chappaz says TikTok videos promoting extreme thinness 'revolting and unacceptable'The French government is seeking to take action against a TikTok group promoting extreme thinness among young women and girls.France's minister for digital media, Clara Chappaz, has reported #SkinnyTok to the country's audiovisual and...
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Presenter believes decision was taken due to the technology's link with net zero after he was told he risked accusations of political biasThe BBC presenter Evan Davis has been told he can no longer host a podcast about heat pumps due to the corporation's concerns that discussing the technology risks "treading on areas of public controversy”.The...
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A great cast has fun in this drama about the death of a wealthy family's patriarch. Plus: Jamelia plays Tina Turner in Just Act Normal. Here's what to watch this evening9pm, U&AlibiA great cast – including John Simm, Gemma Jones, Rakhee Thakrar and Niamh Cusack – for this rompy thriller about a wealthy patriarch who died by suicide … or...
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The comic's love for his home town leads him on this charming and wacky odyssey to find 'his people' across the pond. Brummies of the world unite!Joe Lycett is on a mission to visit every one of the 17 Birminghams in the US and the one in Canada too. Why? Because he is a native of the UK's own Birmingham, and he wants to see if there is any shared...
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Alice Oseman's hit series starring Kit Connor and Joe Locke will end with a story based on the as-yet-unpublished sixth book, with the pair facing a long-distance relationshipHeartstopper, the much-loved Netflix adaptation of Alice Oseman's graphic novel series, is to conclude with a feature film directed by Wash Westmoreland, whose previous...
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It was the biggest open secret in TV history – but even though millions knew it was coming, that death still stunned beyond belief. Now, can it really achieve the impossible … and make us root for the killer?This article contains spoilers for the The Last of Us season two. Please do not read unless you have seen the first two episodes.When is a...
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Essay describes a surprise invitation in 1939 to a previously vocal critic for dinner with the Nazi leader, where 'suddenly he seemed so human'Larry David has written a long spoof essay in the New York Times in response to Bill Maher's recent glowing account of his dinner with President Trump in the White House.The essay, entitled My Dinner With...
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The proud Brummie has a weird but wonderful new travel series. Plus: Andrew Garfield's family tree discoveries move him to tears. Here's what to watch this evening9pm, Sky Max"It feels very profound but also completely worthless at the same time.” Only proud Brummie Joe Lycett could come up with this concept: visit all 18 places called Birmingham...
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Puzzles and social media teasers shaking up trivia-based formats, as viewers seek games that anyone can enjoyThere was a time when quiz shows were about knowing who composed the 1812 Overture, which EU capital city is the most southerly and who scored the winner in the last FA Cup final to be held at the old Wembley.Lately, however, you have to be...
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This shocking glimpse into the sinking NHS shows staff crying, cursing and losing control as they are forced to choose which patients to prioritise for treatment. These are decisions no human should have to makeI think – TV historians, please correct me if I am wrong – the great British love affair with the behind-the-scenes hospital docuseries...
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After such a hellish and bloodthirsty ending, everyone is left dead or devastated. Where on earth will it go from here?This article contains spoilers for the The Last of Us season two. Please do not read unless you have seen the first two episodes.Brutal. How else could you describe that ending? Not only does a foundational character get tortured...
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'During the riot scene, all the baked beans and mashed potato ended up on the floor. It became like an ice rink. It looks fantastic – but it was pretty hairy'On the day I got expelled from drama school, all the boys I'd been there with were going to audition for this prison drama film at the BBC. I went along too, just so I could go for a drink...
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A new series reports from Royal Blackburn hospital's emergency operating room. Plus, a deep dive into Lidl and Aldi in Secrets of Supermarket Buyers. Here's what to watch this evening9pm, Channel 4Theatre 6 is the only operating room in Royal Blackburn hospital that is dedicated to unplanned emergency procedures – but who decides which...
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After two decades of video sensations, here's a reminder of the streaming platform's most unforgettable clips – year by yearFrom weird elephant videos to revolutionising TV: 20 years of YouTubeYouTube is 20 years old. Although video had existed online before, YouTube's ease of use – for the first time sites could easily embed video into their...
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Once dubbed the 'Afghan Rupert Murdoch', Mohseni's media business was founded after the fall of the Taliban and is now navigating their returnSaad Mohseni wants more female faces on his Afghan TV channel. He hopes he might get a deal with the Taliban for him to air a historical drama – in which all the women have been through the menopause."If a...
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Seven stars crossing the Alps to see what they can learn about their faiths makes for miraculous television. Even a committed atheist can't help but feel completely upliftedI am of the generation that grew up believing that Robert Powell was Jesus. This is because in my day you knew Easter was around the corner not because of the bastardised...
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The young actor's life has been transformed since they landed the lead role in what turned out to be a TV phenomenon. As the much-anticipated second season begins, they discuss growing up in the glare of fameBella Ramsey self-recorded their audition tape for The Last of Us at their parents' home in Leicestershire and sent it off more in hope than...
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Big broadcasters are launching hit series on the video-sharing platform, while its stars are winning Emmys. Insiders discuss how YouTube became the TV of tomorrowWhat's the difference between YouTube and TV? Two decades ago, that would have been a very easy question to answer. TV was the stuff that was on – you guessed it – television,...
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The once fearless, now formulaic, satirical show is on its way from the US. Can it bring back the fun?What makes good satire? The answer might vary depending on who you ask. What is more unifying, however, is what doesn't. Most would agree it's things like punching down, cheap jokes, obviousness or, worst of all, failing to actually be funny.We saw...
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Stars and their high-quality content enable streamers and others to pull in younger audiencesFrom MrBeast creating the world's most expensive reality TV show and Jake Paul's record-breaking clash with Mike Tyson to the British supergroup Sidemen's Netflix deal, YouTube's superstar creators are taking over mainstream television.Last month Netflix...
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The actor and podcaster on her cringiest celebrity encounter, why musicians should be older and uglier, and the dumb stunt that changed her lifeRead more 10 Chaotic QuestionsGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailWhat's been your most cringeworthy run-in with a celebrity?I knocked over Al Pacino at a party. It was at the head of UTA's house...
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Director whose work ranged from BBC TV's Play for Today to award-winning drama and Hollywood thrillersThe Canadian film-maker Ted Kotcheff, who has died aged 94, was denied entry to the US for being a suspected communist, banned for life from the Royal Albert Hall for organising a 1968 anti-apartheid charity show that ended with the burning of the...
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High-end bar with Middle East-style nut filling is rationed in shops as price of raw kernels surgesProduct promotion on TikTok is now powerful enough to influence the vast agricultural economies of the US and Iran – at least when it comes to the consumption of high-end confectionery.A chocolate bar stuffed with a creamy green pistachio filling...
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She lost the first trial in 2022, but she gets 'second bite of the apple' due to a judge's procedural errorsWhen Sarah Palin arrived at a federal court on Monday, her appearance promised little in the way of legal fireworks.Palin was in downtown Manhattan for a retrial in her defamation lawsuit against the New York Times. She lost her first trial...
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A wild ride as Ncuti Gatwa's Doctor stepped out of the TV, leaving viewers believing anything could happenDoctor Who is not the only television programme that could have an episode revolving around a cartoon character being brought to life and escaping the screen, while also hitting beats about the loss of a spouse, the loss of a child and racial...
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Grand Designs team to make show set in wealthy English countryside that promises to be part glittering social whirl and part bloodbath The Cotswolds had better steel itself: reality television is upon it. A series is planned (rumoured working title: Ladies of the Cotswolds) and it sounds posher than most. It's made by the company behind Grand...
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Doyenne of children's literature has regularly utilised social media in support of women-only spacesCocktail in hand and puffing on a celebratory cigar onboard her superyacht, reportedly somewhere in the Bahamas, JK Rowling celebrated on social media after this week's UK supreme court ruling that the legal definition of a woman is based on...
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News outlets pull articles featuring 'psychologist and sex adviser' Barbara Santini amid doubts over her credentialsOver the past couple of years, the Oxford-educated psychologist Barbara Santini has been widely quoted as an expert. She has contributed thoughts on everything from the psychological impact of the Covid pandemic to the importance of...
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An eerie tale of young girl with supernatural powers, plus a sci-fi cult classic from John CarpenterLike The Wicker Man from the islanders' point of view, plus a dash of Celtic myth, Christian Sparkes's dark fable is a slow-burning treat. A baby washes up in a boat after a storm, and is adopted by Grace (Lara Jean Chorostecki) and Bobby...
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The Gamilaroi journalist and presenter on fame, reconciliation and how studying at Oxford changed the way she thinks about people in powerOn a rudely gorgeous Sydney autumn day, Brooke Boney greets me with a warm hug. We're meeting at the Botanic Gardens, resplendent with blue skies, a gentle breeze and dappled sunlight overlooking the Harbour...
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In this week's newsletter: This gripping ER successor has been a slow-burn sensation in the US – why isn't it available anywhere in the UK?Forget Severance, Adolescence, even The White Lotus – the most talked-about show so far this year in the US has concerned the life-and-death dealings of an inner-city emergency room and a doctor that looks...
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Paul went from talking about birdwatching to sharing videos of Tommy Robinson and embracing conspiracy theories. Who is protecting him?April O'Neill is the winner of the 2025 Emerging Voices award (19-25 age category) recognising young talent in political opinion writingSome people should never have a smartphone – and I want to tell you about one...
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The hit Netflix show Adolescence has ignited debate about the future of UK television. Public service broadcasting must stand up to the streaming giantsHappy Valley, Top Boy, Doctor Who, Slow Horses, Killing Eve, I Will Destroy You, Fleabag and, most recently, Adolescence – at first glance, it seems perverse to argue that British TV drama is in...
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Company behind Truth Social accuses London-based hedge fund Qube of alleged 'suspicious trading activity'Donald Trump's fledgling media firm has urged market regulators to investigate "suspicious activity” after a London-based hedge fund disclosed a vast bet against its stock.Trump Media & Technology Group, owner of the US president's Truth...
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Due out in 2027, Starfighter will be directed by Deadpool & Wolverine's Shawn Levy and will be separate from the nine-film Skywalker franchiseStar Wars producer Lucasfilm has officially confirmed that a standalone film in the series, starring Ryan Gosling, will go ahead.Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy and chief creative officer Dave Filoni...
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Francesca Gardiner and Mark Mylod to be executive producers alongside JK Rowling, who praised their 'genuine passion' for the booksFeuding children with more power than sense, an unpredictable old man who knows much more than he lets on, and an institution staffed by people with ulterior motives. Is it any surprise, then, that when it came to its...
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Born in boxing's golden age and still swinging today, the BWAA has spent a century preserving the stories, sounds and spirits of the sportWhen the Boxing Writers Association of America holds its annual awards dinner in New York on 30 April, it will mark the organization's 100th dinner and the start of its 100th year of existence.The Boxing Writers...
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French weekly published pictures of Pelicot with a man, described as her 'companion', walking in the streetGisèle Pelicot, who survived nearly a decade of rapes by dozens of men, will sue Paris Match magazine for invasion of privacy, her lawyers said on Thursday.In its latest edition, Paris Match published seven pictures of Pelicot accompanied by...
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Charlotte Gainsbourg stars in Amy Sherman-Palladino's ballet drama, and the Star Wars epic returns for its second and final seasonAmy Sherman-Palladino's previous drama, The Marvelous Mrs Maisel, lifted the curtain on the world of 60s standup comedy. This series does a similar (present-day) job with ballet. It follows twin companies in Paris and...
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The itinerant former MP's Travel Diaries series arrives in the Italian capital of fashion. Plus: blustery blockbuster Twisters. Here's what to watch this evening9pm, Channel 5Next on the travel-hungry former MP's itinerary: Milan. This hour-long, edited version from last year's Michael Portillo's Long Weekends features new material, and so we see...
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Jono Lancaster is a compassionate, authoritative presence – an absolute natural. It's just a shame that we don't get more of him in this show about helping people with facial differences overcome their issues with the way they lookThere are two ways to view Love My Face, Channel 4's latest venture into one of its best-loved terrains – the place...
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The actor will return for a follow-up series on Peacock rejoining the life of Cher Horowitz from the hit 1995 comedyAlicia Silverstone will play Cher Horowitz once again in a new TV series follow-up to the hit 1995 comedy Clueless.The 48-year-old actor has been set as star and executive producer of an episodic sequel at Peacock. The show will be...
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Former cricketer to appear in Disney+ documentary discussing incident that left him with severe facial injuriesThe former England cricketer Andrew "Freddie” Flintoff has promised to share "what actually happened” in the horrific Top Gear crash in December 2022 that left him with life-altering injuries.In the trailer for a Disney+ documentary...
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Former Today host speaks to British Vogue about changes to radio show and shift towards personality-led mediaThe journalist Mishal Husain has said "personality-focused journalism doesn't have to be bombastic”, after concerns that the BBC Radio 4 Today programme has shifted focus to be more editorialised.The former BBC broadcaster, 52, has moved...
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Streaming firm reported a $10.54bn revenue in first quarter, though analysts say consumers could reconsider spendingNetflix exceeded Wall Street expectations for quarterly results and offered a bullish revenue outlook on Thursday, signaling confidence amid the economic uncertainty surrounding Donald Trump's erratic tariff plans.Netflix reported...
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No breach, self-regulatory Australian Press Council rules; plus BBC embarks on big bureau expansionSign up to get Guardian Australia's weekly media diary as a free newsletterWhen is an undisclosed advertorial, paid for by the fossil fuel industry and splashed across the front pages of all the Murdoch tabloids, not a breach of press standards?When...
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The dangers young people face online are all too clear. But the solution is pragmatism, not prohibitionThe latest hit Netflix show has surpassed 100m views and cracked the top five of the platform's all-time biggest English-language series – without CGI monsters, ornate gowns or Jenna Ortega. Instead, Adolescence is a four-episode limited series...
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Online dissent is a serious crime in China. So why did a Weibo censor help me publish posts critical of the Communist party?It is 2013. For four full months, Liu Lipeng engages in dereliction of duty. Every hour the system sends him a huge volume of posts, but he hardly ever deletes a single word. After three or four thousand posts accumulate, he...
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