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50? Moi? How The Muppets rocked the world with anarchy, nonsense and the inimitable Miss Piggy
Published: September 5, 2026 04:00
Half a century on, Jim Henson’s fuzzy felt friends are as influential as Monty Python and the Beatles. It’s been a wild journey of nightclubbing, light operas, duetting with Debbie Harry and tying John Cleese to a chairFifty years ago today, it was time…
Maria Bartiromo’s lawyer denies she was fired from Fox News anchor role
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/sep/04/maria-bartiromo-lawyer-denies-fox-news-firing
Published: September 4, 2026 17:56
Fox announced host’s departure Thursday but gave no explanation, only saying it was effective immediatelyMaria Bartiromo’s lawyer sharply denied that she was fired from her job at Fox News on Friday, after reports that she was dismissed after divulging the…
Canary staff not paid amid fears for news website’s future
Published: September 4, 2026 15:27
Outlet faced significant financial challenges after it had funds blocked by bank without explanationWorkers at the leftwing news outlet the Canary fear it will not survive beyond this year amid access to funds being blocked and allegations of financial…
Even high school reporters are facing censorship now
https://www.theguardian.com/law/ng-interactive/2026/sep/04/high-school-journalism-splc
Published: September 4, 2026 13:30
As teenage journalists deal with threats to their school newspapers, they’re calling in attorneys for back upHigh school journalism is often seen as a gentle apprenticeship: a place where teenagers cut their teeth on post-game reports from Friday night…
Richard O’Sullivan obituary
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/sep/04/richard-osullivan-obituary
Published: September 4, 2026 12:42
Sitcom star of the 1970s and 80s who appeared in Man About the House, Robin’s Nest, and Me and My GirlRichard O’Sullivan, who has died aged 82, went from being a cherubic child actor in the 1950s to the star of 70s television sitcoms. He found his first…
‘I didn’t know if I’d ever have sex again’: inside Sharon Horgan’s excruciating post-divorce comedy
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/sep/04/sharon-horgan-post-divorce-comedy-youth
Published: September 4, 2026 12:00
Horgan’s hilarious new show probes the perils of ageing and the horror of being single again – and it has sex scenes so wild you’ll be laughing for weeks. The creator and her co-stars open up about YouthWhen Sharon Horgan walked into HBO to pitch her new…
Wallace’s dog Gromit was nearly a cat, reveals creator as Aardman turns 50
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/sep/04/wallace-gromit-nick-park-aardman-50-years
Published: September 4, 2026 11:36
Nick Park began modelling the character as a feline, before finding it too difficult and changing him to a dogThe creator of Wallace and Gromit has revealed that the world’s most famous stop-motion animated dog was nearly a cat.As Aardman Animations marks…
It’s time for Mark Zuckerberg to resign from Meta | Joan Donovan
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/commentisfree/2026/sep/04/mark-zuckerberg-resign-meta
Published: September 4, 2026 10:00
The CEO is the throughline in a history of billion-dollar blunders that have caused real harm, culminating in last week’s settlementLast week, Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, agreed to a settlement of up to $18bn after dozens of US…
Founding editor of Ms magazine on Gloria Steinem: ‘The least egomaniacal person’
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/04/founding-editor-ms-magazine-on-gloria-steinem
Published: September 4, 2026 09:00
Letty Cottin Pogrebin says Steinem taught the younger feminist how to change a ‘man’s world’ not adjust to itGloria Steinem, groundbreaking feminist campaigner, dies aged 92‘We badly need to raise our boys more like our girls’: Gloria Steinem – a life in…
Broadcasters and governing bodies make tax plea for TV coverage of women’s sport
Published: September 4, 2026 08:00
Letter sent to chancellor, John Healey, on Friday‘Audience demand for women’s sport is growing’The chief executives of the Football Association, Rugby Football Union and England and Wales Cricket Board have joined forces with leading broadcasters and…
Comedian’s offensive mock Welcome to Country at far-right rally gets rerun in the Daily Mail | Weekly Beast
Published: September 4, 2026 01:16
Daily Mail’s report on March for Australia rally quotes – in full – and embeds video of Lisa Jane Spencer’s disrespectful skit. Plus: AI takes us back to 1956Want to get this in your inbox every Friday? Sign up for the Weekly Beast media newsletter…
Fox News Media abruptly ousts longtime anchor Maria Bartiromo
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/sep/03/maria-bartiromo-fox-news-departure
Published: September 3, 2026 17:46
Bartiromo had been a host at the network for more than a decade and Fox gave no explanation for the decisionFox News Media on Thursday abruptly ousted one of its most well-known hosts and anchors, Maria Bartiromo, without providing an…
Reform’s media presenter worked for Chinese state propaganda channel
Published: September 3, 2026 16:30
Party podcast and social media host Ray Addison fronted films about province where China is accused of genocideReform UK’s top media presenter has worked for a Chinese state propaganda channel within the past year, the Guardian can reveal.Ray Addison, who…
John Lewis to launch YouTube chatshow to improve AI search results
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/sep/03/john-lewis-youtube-chat-show-angela-scanlon
Published: September 3, 2026 13:08
Department store chain’s Gift List ‘vodcast’ will be hosted by TV presenter Angela ScanlonBusiness live – latest updatesJohn Lewis is launching an online chatshow and social media studio to help make itself and its products more visible to chatbots and…
Fun, flirty and fried to perfection: farewell to Chicken Shop Date, the YouTube show that helped kill off TV
Published: September 3, 2026 12:42
Amelia Dimoldenberg’s series helped turn YouTube into a world-beating phenomenon. As it bows out, we remember its best bits – from mocking MC Ghetts to that sizzling tension with Billie Eilish and Andrew GarfieldWhen Amelia Dimoldenberg posted a video to…
Gloria Steinem, groundbreaking feminist campaigner, dies aged 92
Published: September 3, 2026 10:17
Famous for the 1963 exposé in which she worked as a Playboy Bunny, her books and journalism took on many varieties of discriminationGloria Steinem, the American feminist and journalist whose activism helped push through greater rights for women around the…
Child sexual abuse survivor alleges Elon Musk’s AI chatbot used photos of her to generate new illegal images
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/03/elon-musk-ai-grok-child-porn-lawsuit
Published: September 3, 2026 09:00
Musk denied he was aware Grok ever produced ‘any naked underage images’A survivor of child sexual abuse has sued Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, alleging that its chatbot used pictures of her abuse to generate new illegal pornographic images…
From ‘psyops’ to ‘hysterical hysteria’: how GB News and Talk TV lost their cool in the heatwaves
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/03/gb-news-talk-tv-heatwaves-climate-change
Published: September 3, 2026 05:00
Thousands of heat-related deaths in record-breaking temperatures appeared to only intensify hosts’ climate denialsAs the first heatwave of the record-breaking summer arrived on 23 May, GB News host Cristo Foufas was not happy: “I am sick to death of the…
‘A crisis of authenticity’: the truth about food influencers
Published: September 3, 2026 04:00
Instagrammers have upended the British restaurant scene, and amassed followings in the millions. But has their moment already passed?In 2017, two aspiring YouTubers going by the name Topjaw published a video posing the London foodie’s most important…
Espionage, true crime and war: Baillie Gifford longlist revealed
Published: September 2, 2026 23:01
Patrick Radden Keefe, Ben Macintyre and the Guardian’s Charlotte Higgins are among the 13 authors selected for the nonfiction awardThe Guardian’s chief culture writer Charlotte Higgins joins American investigative journalist Patrick Radden Keefe and…
Trump administration sides with OpenAI in lawsuit against New York Times
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/02/trump-new-york-times-lawsuit-ai
Published: September 2, 2026 20:39
The Times and many companies are accusing OpenAI of misusing their material to train AI systems without compensationThe Trump administration is supporting OpenAI in a lawsuit against the New York Times, arguing in favor of the use of copyrighted writing…
Maltese tycoon found not guilty of involvement in Daphne Caruana Galizia murder
Published: September 2, 2026 19:26
Yorgen Fenech cleared on both charges he faced over 2017 killing of journalist that prompted global outrageOne of Malta’s richest men has been found not guilty of involvement in the murder of the anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.The…
Female film-makers still being squeezed out of industry, London film festival director says
Published: September 2, 2026 18:00
Over 40% of films in LFF programme are female-made, but only two of 21 gala films are directed by womenFemale film-makers are still being squeezed out of the industry as they progress beyond their debut films, the director of the London film festival has…
Reform UK bans three journalists from its conference after critical reporting
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/sep/02/reform-uk-conference-journalist-ban
Published: September 2, 2026 17:07
Guardian City editor Anna Isaac among those who had credentials to cover event declinedReform UK has banned at least three journalists from its annual conference who have reported critically on the party and Nigel Farage.The Guardian’s City editor, Anna…
Quidditch, Muggles, magic: new Harry Potter trailer gives full look at TV show
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/sep/02/harry-potter-hbo-tv-show-trailer
Published: September 2, 2026 16:23
HBO’s extended trailer reveals more details of JK Rowling’s wizarding world coming to screens this ChristmasThe second official trailer has been released for HBO’s forthcoming TV adaptation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.Starring newcomer…
Rupert Murdoch ‘very happy’ that Guy Pearce plays him in Fleet Street biopic Ink
Published: September 2, 2026 16:07
Actor says the press baron’s daughter Elisabeth told him her father was pleased, ‘but he hadn’t seen the film at that point’Rupert Murdoch is “very happy” that he’s being portrayed by Guy Pearce in a new film about the origins of British tabloid the Sun,…
‘He’s a good man’: George Clooney defends Mark Ruffalo in Paramount-Warner Bros merger row
Published: September 2, 2026 15:08
‘I worry whenever big companies are consolidating,’ Clooney said at Venice film festival, supporting Ruffalo’s right to criticise the deal amid antisemitism accusationsGeorge Clooney has defended Mark Ruffalo’s right to criticise the proposed $111bn…
The Eyes Wide Shut conspiracy theory: did someone cut a crucial 20 minutes from Kubrick’s final movie?
Published: September 2, 2026 14:58
For years some have claimed a key part of the thriller was excised after the director’s sudden death – and that it provided clues to the real-life behaviour of rich predators. Now, his daughter has spoken outName: The Eyes Wide Shut conspiracyAge: The…
Was Paul Mescal being ‘not masculine enough’ the reason Gladiator II flopped?
Published: September 2, 2026 14:36
Mescal’s nuanced performance in Ridley Scott’s belated sequel has been blamed by some for the film’s box office underperformance. May I suggest Jason Statham for Gladiator III?As you may be aware, The Dog Stars has not been particularly well received.…
Messy, clever and can barely conceal its rage: is Furious the most outstanding TV show of the year?
Published: September 2, 2026 14:17
The story of a serial killer taking revenge on the rich predatory men who abused her just earned a fantastic finale. With career-defining acting, daring Epstein parallels and super dark comedy, it’s a total must-watchYou could easily watch the first few…
Trump’s threat against an NBC journalist is an attack on reality | Margaret Sullivan
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/02/trump-nbc-fcc-kristin-welker
Published: September 2, 2026 11:00
The president’s call for the FCC to scrutinize Kristin Welker’s innocuous remarks is a sign of desperationWith his approval ratings tanking, the crucial midterm elections looming, and his war with Iran turning into a quagmire, Donald Trump has entered full…
The opposite of ‘damsels in distress’: how TV fell in love with female gangsters
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/sep/02/female-gangsters-crime-tv-the-gentlemen
Published: September 2, 2026 09:00
The ruthless female characters of The Gentlemen, Beef and Peaky Blinders bring new depth to the evil matriarch stereotypeTelevision loves a gangster story – and apparently so does the Duchess of Sussex. This week, Netflix’s The Gentlemen – Guy Ritchie’s…
Ray Hadley used homophobic slur against Alan Jones after 2GB withdrew offer of $4m breakfast radio gig, court hears
Published: September 2, 2026 04:49
Hadley is giving evidence in trial of former 2GB rival Jones, 85, who has pleaded not guilty to 22 indecent assault and sexual touching chargesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWarning: This article contains offensive…
‘OK, fine. I’m a national treasure’: Joe Lycett on fatherhood, Celebrity Traitors – and his TV show live from a pub
Published: September 2, 2026 04:00
The comedian’s new Friday night series will be set in a working pub, with his aunties working the bar and celebrities doing shifts as managers. Or it will be if he can only get his licence …Joe Lycett sits in a pub, an untouched pint in front of him.…
BBC axes ‘iconic’ Ski Sunday winter sports show after nearly 50 years on TV
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/sep/01/bbc-axes-ski-sunday-winter-sports-show
Published: September 1, 2026 15:24
Corporation cites audience shifts and financial concernsBroadcaster under fire over approach to sports rightsA staple of Sunday afternoon TV for almost 50 years, with an instantly recognisable theme tune, is being axed amid complaints that the BBC’s sports…
‘Not just Hollywood crap’: Mike Leigh on the distributor who brought world cinema to the UK
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/01/mike-leigh-contemporary-films-charles-cooper-bfi
Published: September 1, 2026 14:05
A new season at the BFI celebrates Contemporary Films and its founder Charles Cooper, who bet on Britain taking to Ingmar Bergman, Yasujiro Ozu, Stayajjit Ray – and a young Mike LeighOccasionally, vital pieces of the cultural jigsaw disappear without…
‘Demonic oppression’ and ‘girly convos’: the podcast wooing young women back to Christianity
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/01/girls-gone-bible-podcast-young-women-christianity
Published: September 1, 2026 12:00
Girls Gone Bible is on tour in the US, touting a regressive ideal of femininity through discussions of abstinence and mental health strugglesAt first glance, the crowd gathering outside a music venue in Red Bank, New Jersey, could have passed for a group…
‘We’re hunky in our own way’: Modern Family’s Mitch and Cam on their hilarious and groundbreaking love
Published: September 1, 2026 11:59
Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Eric Stonestreet proved that opposites really do attract in the smash hit sitcom. But beyond the bickering and and pranks, there was a romance so special that it changed many fans’ livesOpposites attract. And spend most of their…
‘Led us down such a dark path’: documentary explores how 9/11 changed America
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/01/9-11-documentary-netflix-turning-point
Published: September 1, 2026 11:00
In Netflix film Turning Point: Generation 9/11, the lives of people forever impacted by the terrorist attack on 2002 are exploredTwenty-five years on, memory is giving way to history. Soon the US will cross the point where half its population were born…
Once again, Trump wants the FCC to put a bandage on his thin skin | Tom Wheeler
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/01/trump-kristen-welker-fcc-media
Published: September 1, 2026 11:00
The president is lashing out at an NBC host. As the agency’s former chair, I can only hope it stands up for free speechWill the FCC chairperson again abuse his authority over broadcast licenses to put a Band-Aid on Donald Trump’s thin skin?Since the…
Press freedom advocates alarmed by $300,000 defamation verdict against Louisiana newspaper
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/sep/01/louisiana-newspaper-defamation-verdict-press-freedom
Published: September 1, 2026 10:00
Experts say ruling could undermine the ‘actual malice’ standard and make publishers more wary of critical reportingA $300,000 jury verdict won recently by a Louisiana supreme court justice who sued the Advocate, the state’s largest newspaper, for libel…
Summer box office 2026: what can we learn from the hits and misses?
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/01/summer-movie-hits-misses
Published: September 1, 2026 09:00
It was a bumper season for Hollywood, almost back to pre-pandemic levels, with Tom Holland blockbusters winning out, but there was still a string of disappointmentsAs the world continued to burn and temperatures reached worrying highs, most of us decided…
Anger as BBC withdraws jobs promise for apprentices amid sweeping cuts
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/sep/01/bbc-jobs-promise-apprentices-cuts
Published: September 1, 2026 08:14
Exclusive: Some staff call decision a betrayal of young apprentices who are often selected to increase diversityThe BBC is facing internal anger after a group of apprentices were told they could no longer expect jobs they had been promised, as a result of…
BBC ‘fully committed to women’s football’ despite cancelling flagship highlights show
Published: September 1, 2026 07:00
The Women’s Football Show discontinued for new seasonBBC plans YouTube chat show presented by Alex ScottBBC Sport is insisting it remains “fully committed to women’s football and the WSL” despite discontinuing its flagship BBC One highlights programme The…
Rival Ray Hadley tells Alan Jones trial that alleged victim ‘broke down and sobbed’ when detailing assaults
Published: September 1, 2026 05:20
Former 2GB and 2UE broadcaster Jones, 85, has denied 22 indecent assault and sexual touching charges involving six menBroadcaster Ray Hadley has told a Sydney court that an alleged victim of Alan Jones confided in 2019 he’d been “sexually assaulted” by the…
Tea With Judi Dench Featuring Sir Ian McKellen review – TV that will make you cry thunderous tears
Published: August 31, 2026 21:00
Two icons share cake and take us on a touching trip down memory lane. Dench is mesmerising, and McKellen is such a devilish guest that he’ll make you weep and giggle tooI am writing this in the wake of Dolly Parton’s death, so I am very much in the mood…
The Guardian view on regulating big tech: Meta has got off too lightly | Editorial
Published: August 31, 2026 17:04
New child safety measures are welcome, but the wider risks posed by these platforms remain unaddressed “Hook, hold, harvest and hide” was how Megan O’Neill, a lawyer for the US state of California, characterised Meta’s business model in the trial that…
‘The whistling on the theme tune? That’s Dickie Attenborough!’ Hayley Mills on Whistle Down the Wind
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/aug/31/whistle-down-the-wind-hayley-mills-attenborough
Published: August 31, 2026 13:21
‘I’d just made two films in America. Shooting on a Lancashire farm was very different. There was mud everywhere – and we’d be eating dripping, jam butties and fried eggs in buns’Whistle Down the Wind was originally a novel written by my mother, Mary Hayley…
Rise of Chicken Shop Date highlights how YouTube turned the tables on TV
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/31/amelia-dimoldenberg-chicken-shop-date-youtube-tv
Published: August 31, 2026 12:00
Amelia Dimoldenberg says publicists ignored her interview show for years but she can now be picky over A-list guestsJust a decade ago, Amelia Dimoldenberg found it impossible to drum up any mainstream celebrities to come on her mock date YouTube show, in…
‘GB News wouldn’t touch him’: Milo Yiannopoulos will struggle to fit in with UK right wing
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/30/milo-yiannopoulos-struggle-fit-uk-right-wing
Published: August 30, 2026 17:50
‘Alt-right’ agitator and former Trump backer deported from US is said also to be too extreme for ReformAs he arrives back in the UK after being deported from the US by the Trump administration, the far-right provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos may be wondering…
Big tech goes to Hollywood: is Silicon Valley ready for a silver-screen reckoning?
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/30/big-tech-hollywood-the-social-reckoning-artificial
Published: August 30, 2026 04:00
Its moguls are ripe subjects for drama, and there is huge anticipation for forthcoming features The Social Reckoning and Artificial. But other projects have failed as the film industry is increasingly colonised by IT empires• Tom Cruise, Olivia Colman and…
Palestinian woman and NBC News team reportedly attacked in West Bank
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/29/nbc-news-team-attacked-west-bank
Published: August 29, 2026 21:55
Matt Bradley and crew assaulted while interviewing woman who said settlers had driven family out of homeA Palestinian woman and an NBC News team are reported to have been attacked and injured by masked Israeli settlers in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on…
Far-right media provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos deported by ICE from US to UK
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/29/milo-yiannopoulos-deported-us-to-uk
Published: August 29, 2026 17:08
Ex-Breitbart editor has vocally supported immediate deportations for anyone who can’t prove US residencyFar-right British media provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos has been deported from the US after being detained on Thursday by Immigration and Customs…
Trump’s DHS is using an obscure law to secretly snoop on journalists, non-profits and unions: ‘It’s outrageous’
Published: August 29, 2026 12:00
Even after judges rejected the same ploy, the Trump administration is going directly to social media and telecommunications companiesThe Trump administration has been deploying an obscure legal maneuver to try to obtain private information on journalists,…
Switching channels: will the Edinburgh TV festival’s magic survive the move south?
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/aug/29/edinburgh-tv-festival-heads-south-manchester
Published: August 29, 2026 12:00
After 50 years the annual shindig is heading to Manchester – but a new rival could keep the industry’s fringe link goingThe summer sojourn to Edinburgh has been a highlight of TV executives’ calendars for half a century, allowing them an annual trip to the…
How to make a bestseller: insiders reveal the tricks of the book trade
Published: August 29, 2026 08:00
From cover design to shelf placement and influencer partnerships … how publishers will persuade you to buy their books this autumnThink about the last book you bought. How did you choose it? Was it from a recommendation, a review, a TikTok video? Did the…
In South Korea, it is illegal to travel to dangerous countries. Journalists say it’s making their work impossible
Published: August 29, 2026 00:00
Penalties for travel to blacklisted countries have recently risen, while aid workers and activists say they have also been caught up in the lawShortly after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, freelance photographer Jang Jinyoung…
Tell us about the TV shows that that have turned sour for you
Published: August 28, 2026 16:34
We would like to hear about the TV shows that you simply can’t stomach anymore and whyFrom Euphoria to The Great British Bake Off Guardian writers have compiled the TV shows that are now part of their viewing history they feel tainted by. Now we want to…
An $18bn settlement – and Zuckerberg barely blinked. The tech titans must be stripped of their power, and soon | Jonathan Freedland
Published: August 28, 2026 16:10
Those who said Meta harms children struck a blow, but the ability of big tech to gouge profits and cause harm is barely diminished. That’s the battle to comeFollow the money. If you want to know how the tech giant Meta really feels about the $18bn it…
Rob Reiner’s son Jake gives first interview after parents’ deaths: ‘I will never understand why this happened’
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/28/rob-reiner-son-jake-interview-parents-death
Published: August 28, 2026 13:20
Jake says his parents ‘never stopped helping’ his brother Nick, who has pleaded not guilty to murdering both of them at their Los Angeles homeJake Reiner has given his first interview since the killing of his parents, the film-maker Rob Reiner and his…
A kids TV star to Jimmy Carr: who will host the new Top Gear?
Published: August 28, 2026 13:16
A new series has finally been confirmed, with Carr rumoured to be the next Clarkson. But there are others ready to take the wheel, including a Cbeebies host, a Celebrity Traitors favourite and a motor-head modelTop Gear is the show that cannot die. Nothing…
TalkTV criticised for not saying reporter who made migrant crossing was Reform member
Published: August 28, 2026 12:38
Christian Drogan crossed the channel in a small boat from France into England for a TalkTV documentaryRupert Murdoch’s online channel TalkTV is facing criticism after it did not disclose that a journalist who travelled to Britain in a small boat for a…
Memo to Ridley Scott: no one needs more Alien: Covenant movies – get the franchise back to stalk’n’slash
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/28/ridley-scott-alien-covenant-follow-up
Published: August 28, 2026 11:44
News that Scott is working on a follow-up to his maligned 2017 film leaves me worried the franchise has run out of shocksIf any science-fiction saga looked beyond recovery, it was the Alien franchise. For the 38 years that followed James Cameron’s Aliens,…
The hollowing out of Tennis.com is a warning for American sports journalism
Published: August 28, 2026 09:00
The site once paired news and scores with distinctive voices. Its overhaul under Sinclair Media is the latest sign that serious tennis writing in the US is becoming endangeredA few weeks ago, as I often do, I went to the Tennis.com site to get an update…
Nicola Coughlan and Matt Lucas among stars backing campaign against AI voice cloning
Published: August 28, 2026 07:15
About 80 people sign open letter to Andy Burnham calling for legislation to protect voice ownershipNicola Coughlan, Hugh Bonneville and Matt Lucas are among a raft of actors backing a campaign against artificial intelligence (AI) voice cloning.Save Our…
The 50 best TV shows to watch this autumn
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/ng-interactive/2026/aug/28/the-best-tv-of-autumn-2026
Published: August 28, 2026 04:00
Nigella on Bake Off! Attenborough in Blue Planet III! Blade Runner 2099! Plus Adrian Mole, Harry Potter and a certain Celebrity Traitors … here are all the must-see shows of the season• Rising star Lara Ricote on the real heartache behind her new breakup…
What could Meta’s US settlement mean around the world – and what now for other claims against firm?
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/28/meta-facebook-us-lawsuit-settlement-world-impact
Published: August 28, 2026 04:00
Other governments could seek similar concessions, while separate legal action is pending in places ranging from Kenya to the NetherlandsIn October 2021, Abrham Meareg’s father, a professor of chemistry in Ethiopia’s northern town of Bahir Dar, was shot at…
Three journalists sue Pentagon after being fired from military news outlet
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/27/journalists-sue-pentagon-stars-and-stripes
Published: August 27, 2026 23:33
Three employees of Stars and Stripes, a government-funded news service, allege they were fired after reporting on USS Abraham LincolnThree journalists who were fired by the Pentagon from a US government-funded news outlet sued the Department of Defense in…
Pakistan complain to Sky after interview with Imran Khan’s sons over father’s treatment
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/aug/27/england-pakistan-second-test-imran-khan-sons-sky
Published: August 27, 2026 20:21
Former captain in solitary confinement since 2023Tourists threatened to refuse to return to field after lunchThe Pakistan Cricket Board made a formal complaint to Sky Sports after they broadcast an interview with Imran Khan’s sons, Kasim and Sulaiman,…
Callaway cuts ties with Good Good Golf over ad depicting violence against woman
Published: August 27, 2026 20:15
Golf giant ends partnership with YouTube groupRetailers have pulled Good Good products from shelvesGarrett Clark says controversial skit was in ‘poor taste’Callaway has ended its relationship with Good Good Golf amid mounting fallout from an advert that…
Actor Peter Cullen, voice of Optimus Prime and Eeyore, dies aged 85
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/27/actor-peter-cullen-voice-optimus-prime-and-eeyore-dies
Published: August 27, 2026 18:56
Montreal-born actor also voiced KARR in Knight Rider and the monster in Predator, having started his career on Canadian TV and radioPeter Cullen, the actor behind the voice of characters including Eeyore in Disney’s Winnie the Pooh franchise and Optimus…
BBC chief proposes ‘public service algorithm’ with YouTube-style user-generated content
Published: August 27, 2026 16:59
Speaking at Edinburgh TV festival, Matt Brittin says BBC platform would be free from interests of US tech giantsThe BBC director general has suggested opening up the BBC to YouTube-style user-generated content as he backed the idea of a “public service…
Broadcaster Jenni Murray died days after north London car crash, inquest hears
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/aug/27/broadcaster-bbc-jenni-murray-london-inquest-coroner
Published: August 27, 2026 12:44
Coroner is told BBC veteran was dazzled by headlights before collision and her injuries led to bronchopneumoniaThe broadcaster Jenni Murray died days after being involved in a car crash that happened when she was dazzled by headlights, a coroner has…
BBC to bring back Top Gear amid speculation about show’s next presenters
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/aug/27/bbc-top-gear-speculation-next-presenters
Published: August 27, 2026 12:21
Motoring series to return four years after Andrew ‘Freddie’ Flintoff suffered serious injuries in crash during filmingTop Gear, the long-running motoring show that has been off air since its co-host Andrew “Freddie” Flintoff was seriously injured in a…
UK expects Meta to match US child safety measures after $18bn settlement
Published: August 27, 2026 10:30
Minister calls for Instagram owner to extend sweeping new safeguards for young users to BritainUK politics live – latest updatesBusiness live – latest updatesThe UK government expects the Instagram owner Meta to roll out the same protections for children…
AI slopper in chief: Trump turns to social media amid tough questions
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/27/trump-truth-social-ai-george-washington
Published: August 27, 2026 10:00
As the US president struggles to end his Iran war, and approval ratings hit new lows, he leans on a familiar gambitDonald Trump knows the power of an image – of himself, with everyone from Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un to Kim Kardashian. How about George…
ECB pushing for more free-to-air coverage – with ITV open to showing Test cricket
Published: August 27, 2026 07:00
Sky could share content with ITV in next rights cycleTests in England have been behind paywall since 2006The England and Wales Cricket Board is planning to offer more rights packages to free-to-air broadcasters in the next set of TV contracts beginning in…
Key witness in Meta trial says terms of settlement insufficient to halt apps’ harms to teenagers
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/26/meta-trial-witness-settlement
Published: August 27, 2026 00:37
Exclusive: Arturo Béjar, an ex-Facebook employee and whistleblower, said outcome ‘is not an all clear to say the product is safe’Meta agrees to major changes to Facebook and Instagram in settlementThe star witness in the US government’s landmark trial…
Meta’s settlement will compel others to bend the knee and set up teen guardrails
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/26/meta-trial-settlement-social-media-impact
Published: August 26, 2026 22:20
Instagram and Facebook’s parent company agreed to sweeping alterations and a payment of upto $18bn to settle a landmark trialMeta’s agreement to change how teenagers use its social networks marks a major turning point for the US tech giant, setting a…
What’s about to change on Facebook and Instagram: six key takeaways from the end of the Meta trial
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/26/facebook-instagram-changes-key-takeaways
Published: August 26, 2026 21:31
Settlement agreement says Meta must make many safety and wellness features the default option for young usersMeta has agreed to put new guardrails on teenagers’ use of its apps, in a decision that could fundamentally change the social media experience for…
Amol Rajan warns BBC destined to shrink at ‘accelerating rate’
Published: August 26, 2026 18:15
Presenter says he is moving to YouTube to avoid being left ‘behind the curve’ as media landscape changesThe outgoing Today programme presenter Amol Rajan has warned that the BBC is destined to “get smaller at an accelerating rate”, as he prepares to depart…
Meta agrees to major changes to Facebook and Instagram as it settles US trial over teen addiction for up to $17bn
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/26/meta-social-media-addiction-trial-settlement
Published: August 26, 2026 13:37
US tech giant agrees to establish further protections for teens such as daily usage limits and blocks on nighttime useMeta reached an agreement to settle a landmark case brought by states across the US that accused the tech giant of addicting and harming…
Channel 5 drama to examine how Nicola Sturgeon’s ex-husband stole SNP funds
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/aug/26/channel-5-drama-nicola-sturgeon-peter-murrell-snp
Published: August 26, 2026 13:00
To Nicola, Love Peter will focus on couple’s relationship during 12-year period of embezzlement and fallout of caseChannel 5 is reuniting with the producers of Power: the Downfall of Huw Edwards for a drama about how Nicola Sturgeon’s former husband…
Fake US thinktank set up and funded by Israel sought to game AI for propaganda
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/26/fake-thinktank-israel-ai-propaganda
Published: August 26, 2026 11:00
In effort to prime chatbots to make pro-Israel arguments the site published 124 reports, over 560,000 words in nine days, Guardian analysis shows A pro-Israel messaging website badged with the name of a thinktank that does not exist has published more than…
Sky Sports agrees US Open contract extension after boost in female audience figures
Published: August 26, 2026 09:22
Raducanu’s 2021 win played big role in Sky interestSky’s tennis audience in 2025 was 60% femaleSky Sports has agreed a new deal to extend its live coverage of the US Open.The three-year contract extension, which is set to be announced when the singles from…
‘It destroyed me’ – your top true crime TV shows of all time
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/aug/26/your-top-true-crime-tv-shows
Published: August 26, 2026 06:57
From influencers gone (really, really) bad and the outrageous Joe Exotic to the greatest reveal in television history – here are Guardian readers’ favourite real-life documentaries and whodunnitsI watched the BBC’s Unsolved: The Boy Who Disappeared when it…
Nine CEO sees ‘world of growth in publishing’ as network slashes costs
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/aug/26/nine-entertainment-ai-deals-network-slashes-costs
Published: August 26, 2026 04:18
Matt Stanton says company has ‘good pipeline’ of AI deals ahead even as it aims to cut $160m in costsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe head of Nine Entertainment sees a…
Man on trial for Daphne Caruana Galizia murder claims he was framed
Published: August 26, 2026 04:00
Yorgen Fenech tells jury he had nothing to do with killing and alleges top adviser to Malta’s then PM was instigatorA businessman on trial for the murder of the journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia has spoken about the charges for the first time in court…
Billionaire investor says he used AI to write critique of former mentee Scott Bessent
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/25/scott-bessent-stanley-druckenmiller-ai
Published: August 26, 2026 00:38
Stanley Druckenmiller said he was ‘proud of using it’ as wider media grapples with parameters around AI useStanley Druckenmiller, a billionaire investor, said he used artificial intelligence to pen his viral Wall Street Journal op-ed in which he sharply…
Instagram CEO denies company hid low use of teen safety feature in Meta trial
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/25/instagram-ceo-teen-safety-lawsuit
Published: August 26, 2026 00:07
Adam Mosseri is first top executive from Meta to testify in blockbuster lawsuit brought by 29 US statesInstagram’s CEO disputed allegations by US prosecutors that his company hid negative information from the public while testifying during a blockbuster…