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From Coogler to Cruise: the Hollywood heroes saving cinema
Published: May 19, 2025 17:30
With concerns remaining over the theatrical experience, some key figures are working hard at ensuring it survivesThroughout film history, there have been vanishingly few directors whose brand names reach the heights of the movie stars who log time in front…
Sesame Street saved by streaming deal with Netflix
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/may/19/sesame-street-saved-streaming-deal-netflix
Published: May 19, 2025 16:24
New episodes of the more than 50-year-old show will run on Netflix and PBS after HBO owner opted not to renew dealNetflix has thrown Sesame Street a safety net with a new streaming deal that offers the popular children’s show a broad reach while…
John Oliver to the press: ‘Don’t comply with Trump’s ridiculous demands’
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/may/19/john-oliver-media-trump
Published: May 19, 2025 14:51
The Last Week Tonight host warned about the president’s attacks on the media and the growth of authoritarianismJohn Oliver made a plea for a free press to continue in the US in Sunday’s episode of his weekly HBO show.On Last Week Tonight, the host talked…
‘Cinema doesn’t ship that way’: Wes Anderson mocks Donald Trump’s film tariff plans in Cannes
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/may/19/wes-anderson-mocks-donald-trump-tariff-cannes
Published: May 19, 2025 14:48
While acknowledging he is ‘not an expert in that area of economics’, the director criticised Trump’s announcement of a 100% tariff on films ‘from foreign lands’American director Wes Anderson has mocked Donald Trump’s plan to impose severe tariffs on…
Phallic symbols, bare buttocks and warrior poses: how physique magazines grew a cult gay following
Published: May 19, 2025 14:32
Masquerading as health and fitness publications, these journals contained photographs of finely muscled, nearly naked men that were beautifully lit and classically posed. Now a gorgeous new book is celebrating these ‘museum-worthy’ imagesIn the late 1950s,…
Car-free streets, geothermal heating and solar panels: Paris’s new eco-district – in pictures
https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2025/may/19/paris-eco-district-pictures
Published: May 19, 2025 14:00
Clichy-Batignolles, in the city’s north-west, is emblematic of the ‘15-minute’ city approach to urban planning Continue reading...
Chart-topping French rapper Werenoi dies aged 31
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/may/19/chart-topping-french-rapper-werenoi-dies-aged-31
Published: May 19, 2025 11:50
French media report that award-winning artist suffered heart attack and died in hospital early on Saturday morningWerenoi, one of the most successful rappers in France, has died aged 31.His record label Believe confirmed the news, writing on Instagram: “It…
‘I will never stop’: Tom Cruise wants to make movies into his 100s. Why not his 1000s? | Stuart Heritage
Published: May 19, 2025 11:50
Cinema’s sprightliest senior citizen is not one to give in to obstacles easily and looks set to outpace time’s wingèd chariot for a good while yetMuch of the discourse around Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning revolves around that penultimate word.…
Margaret Atwood’s 10 best books – ranked!
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/may/19/margaret-atwoods-10-best-books-ranked
Published: May 19, 2025 11:01
Ahead of the author’s much anticipated memoir, we count down the best of her books – from climate dystopias to her world-conquering handmaidsAfter more than 30 years, Atwood caved to pleas to write a sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale. Not since Harry Potter…
Dogma 25 announced at Cannes, as directors launch ‘cultural uprising’
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/may/19/dogme-25-announced-at-cannes-directors-manifesto
Published: May 19, 2025 09:35
A new collective seeks to reinvigorate cinema in the mould of Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg’s Dogme 95 movement, with a 10-point manifesto opposed to the internetA group of Danish and Swedish film-makers have relaunched the notorious avant garde…
‘Greatest teen movie ever’: why Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging is my feelgood movie
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/may/19/angus-thongs-and-perfect-snogging-feelgood-movie
Published: May 19, 2025 09:00
The latest in an ongoing series of writers highlighting their go-to mood-lifting movies looks back at the 2008 Eastbourne-set teen comedy Last year, it took me a grand total of three weeks to make the olive costume, Georgia Nicolson’s papier-mache creation…
The one change that worked: I’ve ditched streaming for CDs – and fallen in love with music all over again
Published: May 19, 2025 09:00
The lure of a limitless digital jukebox was great, but as the algorithm increasingly served up music I didn’t enjoy, I’ve taken back control of my listeningWhen most people were comparing how many times they had listened to Sabrina Carpenter, Charli xcx…
‘There is no cure for grief’: Tim Roth on losing his son after making a film about bereavement
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/may/19/grief-tim-roth-son-bereavement-poison
Published: May 19, 2025 04:00
The star had just finished shooting Poison, about parents torn apart by grief, when his own son died. He remembers their last days together – and what truths he learned from the darkly moving filmTim Roth reclines in his chair and exudes an unexpected…
The Who fire drummer Zak Starkey for second time in a month
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/may/19/the-who-fire-drummer-zak-starkey-second-time
Published: May 19, 2025 02:58
The band’s drummer since 1996 says there have been ‘weeks of mayhem’ since he was fired then reinstated three days laterThe Who’s drummer Zak Starkey has been fired from the band for a second time, just one month after he was fired then quickly…
The Phoenician Scheme review - Mia Threapleton shines in Wes Anderson’s muted new confection
Published: May 18, 2025 18:48
Benicio Del Toro and Michael Cera are essentially wingmen to Kate Winslet’s daughter, making a breakthrough big screen turn in Anderson’s enjoyable yet airless ensemble rompWes Anderson has contrived another of his elegant, eccentric, rectilinear comedies;…
Joe Don Baker obituary
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/may/18/joe-don-baker-obituary
Published: May 18, 2025 16:46
Character actor nominated for a Bafta for Edge of Darkness who played another CIA spook in two Bond filmsAlthough Joe Don Baker, who has died aged 89, was one of Hollywood’s most accomplished character actors, he came to prominence as a star in the wildly…
Austrians celebrate JJ bringing home first Eurovision win in 11 years
Published: May 18, 2025 16:35
Austrian-Filipino countertenor praised for melding techno with country’s rich operatic tradition in song Wasted LoveAustrians have been celebrating JJ, an Austrian-Filipino countertenor lauded for “singing Austria into the spotlight” after bringing home…
My Father’s Shadow review – subtle and intelligent coming-of-age tale set in 1993 Nigeria
Published: May 18, 2025 15:13
Cannes film festivalBritish-Nigerian film-maker Akinola Davies Jr makes a strong directorial debut with this deft and intriguing tale of an absent father briefly reunited with his two young sonsOnce upon a time in Lagos might be an alternative title for…
Saturday Night Live: Scarlett Johansson breaks record in season finale
Published: May 18, 2025 15:08
The actor becomes the first woman to host seven times in a hit-and-miss closer to a typically patchy seasonThe final episode of Saturday Night Live’s 50th season kicks off – as so many recent ones have – with Donald Trump (James Austin Johnson) front and…
Kevin Spacey to be celebrated at Cannes’ Better World gala
Published: May 18, 2025 15:01
Actor will receive lifetime achievement award on Tuesday for his ‘enduring impact on cinema and the arts’ and ‘decades of artistic brilliance’Kevin Spacey is to accept a lifetime achievement award in Cannes next week, in what may constitute one of the most…
Urchin review - Harris Dickinson homelessness drama is terrific directorial debut
Published: May 18, 2025 11:10
The Triangle of Sadness and Babygirl actor has made a strong, singular and sometimes surrealist first film behind the camera, with a superb central turn from Frank DillaneHarris Dickinson makes a terrifically impressive debut here as a writer-director with…
‘I’m from Glasgow – the swearing came naturally!’ The full uncensored history of The Thick of It
Published: May 18, 2025 09:00
It was the political satire that gave us omnishambles, pet asbos and the terrifying Malcolm Tucker. Two decades on, creator Armando Iannucci and stars including Peter Capaldi and Rebecca Front lift the lid on its chaotic creationTwenty years ago this month…
Die, My Love review – Jennifer Lawrence excels in intensely sensual study of a woman in meltdown
Published: May 17, 2025 20:45
Lawrence excels as a woman whose bipolar disorder is exacerbated by husband Robert Pattinson’s infidelity, with super-strength direction from Lynne RamsayLynne Ramsay brings the Gothic-realist steam heat, some violent shocks and deafening music slams to…
Bono: Stories of Surrender review – megastar tries out humility in likable one-man show
Published: May 16, 2025 21:42
Cannes film festival The U2 singer’s solo stage appearance sees him reflect on his anguished family past and have a decent go at being an ordinary JoeThe stadium-conquering rock superstar Bono finds a smaller arena than usual for this more intimate and…
‘I’ve always been my own clique’: Ciara on settling feuds and breaking TikTok with her chair dance
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/may/16/ciara-interview-pop-mighty-hoopla-cici-coachella
Published: May 16, 2025 12:20
As an R&B star in the 00s, the singer found herself pitted in the media against artists like Beyoncé and Rihanna. Two decades on, she’s building bonds with a new generation of stars – and going viral with a gravity-defying chair trickBackstage at April’s…
Charles Strouse, Tony award-winning composer of Annie, dies aged 96
Published: May 16, 2025 10:54
Over the course of an illustrious career, Strouse composed music for Broadway shows such as Bye Bye Birdie and Applause but was best known for Annie’s evergreen songsThe composer Charles Strouse, a three-time Tony award-winner whose hits included Annie,…
‘Napalm Girl’ may be work of different photographer, World Press Photo says
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/may/16/napalm-girl-world-press-photo
Published: May 16, 2025 08:00
Photo from Vietnam war is now at centre of controversy after documentary claimed it was taken by someone elseThe World Press Photo group has suspended the attribution of authorship for one on the most famous press photographs ever taken, after a new…
Show me the tummy! Tom Cruise doesn’t need sleep, help or clothes in Mission: Impossible
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/may/16/mission-impossible-final-reckoning-tom-cruise
Published: May 16, 2025 06:00
The Hollywood icon defies age and Arctic climes to save the world in the epic messianic spectacle The Final Reckoning. But why won’t he bare his soul?Tom Cruise spends about 30% of the final Mission: Impossible movie in his knickers. It being a very long…
‘Men run away from vulnerability’: The Weeknd on blinding success, panic attacks and why The Idol was ‘half-baked’
Published: May 16, 2025 04:00
Abel Tesfaye is arguably the world’s biggest pop star – so why is he thinking of wrapping up the Weeknd? As he releases soul-baring film Hurry Up Tomorrow, he charts his path through drugs, heartbreak and abandonmentWalking out to perform in front of…
Murderbot review – Alexander Skarsgård is hella cool as a bored Robocop who hates all humans
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/may/16/murderbot-review-alexander-skarsgard
Published: May 16, 2025 04:00
This space comedy is about a cyborg who reprograms himself to go rogue … then just wants to mock stupid humans and glob out in front of the telly. It’s such a funny premise – but sadly falls shortImagine a bored Robocop. There you have the vibe of new…
Hurry Up Tomorrow review – The Weeknd’s meta-thriller plays like a music video
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/may/15/hurry-up-tomorrow-movie-weeknd-review
Published: May 15, 2025 22:00
Visually effective yet narratively meandering, the star’s moody psycho-thriller-cum-therapy-session is a missed opportunityRegrets? The Weeknd has a few. In Hurry Up Tomorrow, a celluloid roman-à-clef pegged to his sixth studio album, the Grammy-winning…
Dossier 137 review – tense gilets-jaunes thriller divides cop’s loyalties over police brutality
Published: May 15, 2025 18:25
Cannes film festival A taut, charged procedural from Dominik Moll follows a conflicted officer investigating violence to a teenage protesterDominik Moll’s Dossier 137 is a serious, focused, if slightly programmatic movie about police brutality in France;…
‘Love, hope, community and resistance’: ACLU to unveil 9,000 sq ft quilt for trans rights
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/may/15/aclu-freedom-to-be-trans-quilt
Published: May 15, 2025 17:25
Giant quilt with messages of hope for the trans community is now arriving in DC at a particularly troubling time“It would be a lie if I said I wasn’t anxious,” Abdool Corlette said while discussing his latest project with the American Civil Liberties…
Seth Meyers on Trump corruption: ‘It’s all so brazen’
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/may/15/seth-meyers-trump-middle-east-late-night-recap
Published: May 15, 2025 15:39
Late-night hosts discuss the president’s many Middle East business deals and his acceptance of a luxury jet from QatarLate-night hosts recapped Donald Trump’s ongoing tour of the Middle East and his brazenly corrupt business deals in the region. Continue…
Morris the alligator, known for Happy Gilmore and other films, dies around age 80
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/may/15/morris-alligator-happy-gilmore-dies
Published: May 15, 2025 14:55
Famous reptile had a memorable scene in the 1996 comedy with Adam Sandler, along with other movies and TV showsMorris, a famous alligator known for his appearances in movies and TV shows, most notably the 1996 comedy Happy Gilmore, has died at around 80…
The 20 best US remakes of foreign language films – ranked!
Published: May 15, 2025 14:55
As Spike Lee’s neo-noir crime thriller Highest 2 Lowest debuts at Cannes film festival, we index the most ravishing Hollywood redos of all timeJeff (Kiefer Sutherland) obsesses over the fate of his missing girlfriend in George Sluizer’s American remake of…
Joe Don Baker, tough-guy actor from Walking Tall and Bond films, dies aged 89
Published: May 15, 2025 14:27
The prolific performer played varied roles – from arms dealer to baseball star – and made the rare switch from Bond villain to Bond good guyTough-guy actor Joe Don Baker, a prolific performer in movies as varied as GoldenEye, Cape Fear and Mud, as well as…
Cassie Ventura returns to stand after testifying Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs raped her
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/may/15/cassie-ventura-sean-combs-sex-trafficking-trial
Published: May 15, 2025 14:27
Former girlfriend of music mogul, key witness in sex-trafficking trial, details violence, abuse and blackmailSinger Casandra “Cassie” Ventura, a former girlfriend of Sean “Diddy” Combs and a key witness in the federal sex-trafficking and racketeering…
Actor banned from Cannes red carpet after accusations of rape
Published: May 15, 2025 14:27
Theo Navarro-Mussy has a secondary role as a police officer in the film Dossier 137 by Dominik Moll which is to premiere on ThursdayThe Cannes film festival said it had banned an actor in a prominent French film from the red carpet on Thursday because of…
‘We have to stop what’s going on, it’s insane’: Robert De Niro on battling age, apathy and Trump
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/may/15/robert-de-niro-on-battling-age-apathy-and-trump
Published: May 15, 2025 14:00
As the actor receives an honorary Palme d’Or at Cannes film festival, he talks about why he couldn’t look at himself if he didn’t speak out about the US president and politicsOn the opening night of the Cannes film festival, Robert De Niro takes the stage…
Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa decries ‘nightmare’ of Putin-Trump alliance
Published: May 15, 2025 13:06
In Cannes to promote his Stalinist drama Two Prosecutors, the film-maker said he feared the US and Russia would soon ‘become equal’One of Ukraine’s leading film-makers has spoken of the “nightmare” of an emergent alliance between authoritarian leaders in…
‘Climate change is going to cull us as a species’: folk hero Peggy Seeger on Bob Dylan, the ultimate love song and touring at 90
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/may/15/musician-peggy-seeger-questions
Published: May 15, 2025 12:00
The musician and activist answers your questions about her marriage to Ewan MacColl, being the inspiration for The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, and her mother’s legacyTouring at 90 is amazing. What was a career highlight? Nicens_boiWhen I was 60 the…
Shanti Celeste: Romance review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/may/15/shanti-celeste-romance-review
Published: May 15, 2025 11:01
(Method 808/Peach Discs)Six years on from her acclaimed ‘fast house’ debut, the UK singer-producer invites listeners into a sunlit space between night out and morning afterNo one could accuse Shanti Celeste of being a dance producer who indulges in lofty…
Bruce Springsteen says Trump is running ‘rogue government’ and ‘siding with dictators’
Published: May 15, 2025 10:48
Rock’n’roll legend makes series of blistering speeches on stage in Manchester, targeting ‘corrupt, incompetent and treasonous administration’Bruce Springsteen has made a series of rousing, splenetic speeches castigating Donald Trump and his administration,…
The Afterlife of Malcolm X: how the civil rights icon influenced America
Published: May 15, 2025 09:20
In the year in which the groundbreaking activist would have turned 100, a new book looks at the enduring impact of his words and how they resonate todayThe Afterlife of Malcolm X is a new book about the great Black leader who was born Malcolm Little in…
Looking up! Glorious images from rising stars – in pictures
Published: May 15, 2025 06:00
From adventures in adolescence to Venezuelan dancers, these images from new artists have been nominated for the Photo London Nikon emerging photographer award Continue reading...
Lord Buffalo drummer removed from plane and detained by US border control
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/may/14/lord-buffalo-drummer-us-border-control
Published: May 14, 2025 20:30
European tour cancelled after Mexican citizen Yamal Said of Texas-based band detained, despite having US green cardThe Texas-based rock band Lord Buffalo has cancelled its European tour after its drummer, Yamal Said, was detained by US Customs and Border…
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning review – world-saving Tom Cruise signs off with wildly entertaining adventure
Published: May 14, 2025 20:00
Cruise does things his way in this eighth and last Mission: Impossible, as his maverick agent Ethan Hunt takes on the ultimate in AI evilHere it is: the eighth and final film (for now) in the spectacular Mission: Impossible action-thriller franchise, which…
‘We need to do something’: the company releasing Palestinian films no one else will
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/may/14/watermelon-pictures-palestinian-film-distributor
Published: May 14, 2025 17:30
As many films struggle to find distribution, Watermelon Pictures has stepped in to help tell stories from Palestine and other marginalized communitiesIn March, The Encampments, a documentary on the pro-Palestinian protest movement on US college campuses,…
Stephen Colbert on Trump’s international diplomacy: ‘A highest-bidder approach’
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/may/14/colbert-trump-saudi-arabia-qatar
Published: May 14, 2025 16:19
Late-night hosts discuss Trump’s state visit to Saudi Arabia and outrage over his acceptance of a $400m jet from QatarLate-night hosts mocked corruption in Donald Trump’s presidency after his first international visit to Saudi Arabia and acceptance of a…
‘We couldn’t tell if he was conscious’: Tom Cruise got stuck on top of biplane shooting Mission: Impossible sequel
Published: May 14, 2025 15:30
The star, who at 62 performed his own stunts for the forthcoming Final Reckoning, tells Cannes press conference ‘I don’t mind encountering the unknown’Tom Cruise got stuck on the wing of a biplane shortly before it ran out fuel during the filming of…
Sound of Falling review – intergenerational angst haunts a German farmhouse
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/may/14/sound-of-falling-review-cannes-film-festival
Published: May 14, 2025 15:29
Cannes film festival Told in four different timeframes in the same rural family home, this story of national guilt and yearning is powerfully unsettlingHere is a mysterious and uncanny prose-poem of guilt, shame and yearning in 20th-century Germany, and…
Cassie Ventura describes a decade of alleged abuse in testimony at Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs trial
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/may/14/cassie-ventura-sean-diddy-combs-trial
Published: May 14, 2025 15:18
Music mogul’s former girlfriend describes physical abuse, control and violence at trial in New York CitySinger Casandra “Cassie” Ventura, a former girlfriend of Sean “Diddy” Combs and a key witness in the federal sex-trafficking and racketeering trial of…
Jamie Lee Curtis reveals she had plastic surgery at 25 after comment on set: ‘It was not a good thing’
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/may/14/jamie-lee-curtis-plastic-surgery
Published: May 14, 2025 13:40
Oscar-winner says that a cinematographer remarking on her ‘baggy’ eyes led to a procedure that she regrettedJamie Lee Curtis has revealed that she had plastic surgery at the age of 25 because of a comment made to her on the set of a movie.In a 60 Minutes…
‘I didn’t sign up for a musical!’ Are the guitar sing-alongs killing The Last of Us?
Published: May 14, 2025 11:21
Ellie’s endless ditties are more horrifying than mushroom monsters. But her painful renditions of a-ha and Pearl Jam aren’t just cringe – they signal a much bigger problemThis week’s episode of The Last of Us contained a moment that froze the blood. For a…
It’s a knockout! Punchy images from Photo London
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2025/may/14/photo-london-photography-festival
Published: May 14, 2025 06:00
Female boxers, revolutionary icons and fascinating early works by Martin Parr all feature in the 10th edition of the celebrated photography festival Continue reading...
Robert De Niro attacks Trump in Cannes speech: ‘This isn’t just America’s problem’
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/may/13/robert-de-niro-trump-cannes-speech
Published: May 13, 2025 19:07
Accepting honorary Palme d’Or at opening ceremony of festival, actor rails against the US’s ‘philistine president’The actor Robert De Niro has – after a brief period of abstention – returned to his robust public critique of Donald Trump, using his Palme…
Robert Benton, Oscar-winning director of Kramer vs Kramer, dies aged 92
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/may/13/robert-benton-director-dead
Published: May 13, 2025 18:53
The writer and director, whose credits also include Bonnie and Clyde, Superman and Places in the Heart, died at his New York City homeOscar-winning writer and director Robert Benton has died at the age of 92.He won his two Academy awards for divorce drama…
‘He’s not a monster’: Juliette Binoche talks Gérard Depardieu as verdict dominates start of Cannes
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/may/13/gerard-depardieu-verdict-cannes-film-festival
Published: May 13, 2025 17:41
Depardieu’s sexual assault verdict overshadowed first day of the film festival which once championed the actor, with jury president Binoche commenting on the ‘interesting timing’ Gérard Depardieu was the ghost in the wings at the opening of the Cannes film…
Audible unveils plans to use AI voices to narrate audiobooks
Published: May 13, 2025 16:56
Amazon brand will offer more than 100 artificial intelligence-generated voices in English and other languagesAudible has announced plans to use AI technology to narrate audiobooks, with AI translation to follow.The Amazon-owned audiobook provider has said…
Final Destination: Bloodlines review – death is back and more fun than ever
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/may/13/final-destination-bloodlines-review-horror
Published: May 13, 2025 16:00
The jubilantly gory horror franchise returns with a hugely entertaining sixth installment which sets up an entire family tree for the slaughterFinal Destination, the giddy and splatterific franchise where the grim reaper finds increasingly cartoonish and…
Jon Stewart on Trump’s $400m Qatari jet: ‘He’s like the reverse Oprah’
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/may/13/jon-stewart-trump-qatari-jet
Published: May 13, 2025 15:24
Late-night hosts discuss outrage over Donald Trump accepting a luxury Boeing 747 from Qatar as the new Air Force OneLate-night hosts expressed outrage over Donald Trump accepting a luxury Boeing jet from Qatar as the new Air Force One. Continue reading...
A French icon falls: Gérard Depardieu’s guilt will make his films hard to watch
Published: May 13, 2025 14:21
Some will argue the actor’s legacy of landmark film roles should not be tainted by his conviction for sexual assault. But it willIt seems strangely appropriate that 76-year-old French movie star Gérard Depardieu was found guilty of sexual assault and given…
‘These murders still live with me’: the show that goes inside Fred and Rose West’s ‘house of horrors’
Published: May 13, 2025 14:08
Featuring moving interviews from the relatives of victims and chilling new footage of a handcuffed Fred locating the bodies at Cromwell Street, a new Netflix documentary pushes the true crime genre to its limitDez Chambers waited 15 years to get the news…
Sauna fiends, space dogs and Jesus Christ Superstar: it’s the 10 best Eurovision songs of 2025!
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/may/13/10-best-eurovision-songs-of-2025
Published: May 13, 2025 10:50
From an Estonian rap-dance celebrating Italian cliches to a Serbian power ballad sung by a karate-champ philologist, there’s something for everyone at this year’s Eurovision Song ContestWhat would Eurovision be without sexually explicit songs? Australia’s…
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs trial continues after court hears of domestic abuse
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/may/13/sean-diddy-sex-trafficking-trial
Published: May 13, 2025 10:00
Prosecution witness Daniel Phillip says he saw mogul throw bottle at ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura and drag her by hairThe high-profile federal trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs enters its second day on Tuesday in lower Manhattan, where the 55-year-old music…
Gérard Depardieu found guilty of sexually assaulting two women
Published: May 13, 2025 09:59
French actor, 76, convicted of assaulting set dresser and assistant director during film shoot in Paris in 2021Gérard Depardieu has been found guilty of sexually assaulting two women during a film shoot in 2021 and given an 18-month suspended prison…
Alienating, awkward, anxiety-inducing: why The Rehearsal is TV’s most fascinating show
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/may/13/nathan-fielder-the-rehearsal-season-two
Published: May 13, 2025 09:28
The second season of Nathan Fielder’s singular series takes even bigger swings and while there has been criticism of his techniques, it remains an act of magicWhat do couples counseling, a reality-singing competition, three cloned Yorkies, the content…
‘I marvel I have any brain cells left’: artist Patrick Dougher on drugs, drink and blowing his big break with Sade
Published: May 13, 2025 09:00
Dougher spent 20 years drinking, smoking and sniffing anything he could get hold of. At his lowest, he spent a month sleeping on a park bench. How did he bounce back?All stories of addiction are grim and harrowing, but Patrick Dougher’s memoir reads like a…
Mission relatable: forget the stunts, the key to Mission Impossible’s appeal is office dynamics | Phil Hoad
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/may/13/mission-impossible-appeal-is-office-dynamics-tom-cruise
Published: May 13, 2025 08:10
From put-upon backroom schlubs to everyone-knows romances, the franchise reflects modern work culture, especially the collective banter With Tom Cruise’s reckoning upgraded to “final” in the imminent instalment of the Mission: Impossible franchise, it…
London is the place for me! The capital’s best image makers – in pictures
Published: May 13, 2025 06:00
From Tower Bridge bathers to moody night bus portraits, these photographs from David Bailey, Mary McCartney and more reinvent the way we see the city Continue reading...
Madonna limited series directed by Shawn Levy in the works at Netflix
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/may/12/madonna-netflix-limited-series
Published: May 12, 2025 18:13
Queen of pop will partner with the streamer and Deadpool & Wolverine film-maker for a project on her life and musicA television series on Madonna is in development at Netflix – with participation from the trailblazing pop star.The 66-year-old singer is…
‘Would do more harm than good’: what will Trump’s tariffs really mean for Hollywood?
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/may/12/trump-tariffs-hollywood-movie-industry
Published: May 12, 2025 17:30
The US president’s proposed film industry tariffs have led to confusion and unrest within HollywoodCitizen Kane, The Godfather, Gone with the Wind, Goodfellas, Sunset Boulevard and the Jean-Claude Van Damme vehicle Bloodsport – Donald Trump’s favourite…
Inside the world’s largest archeology museum - the Grand Egyptian Museum in pictures
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2025/may/12/grand-egyptian-museum-pictures
Published: May 12, 2025 16:21
Featuring pharaohs and sustainable design, the $1bn museum in Giza, Egypt, is finally opening after years of delays Continue reading...
John Oliver on the ADF legal group: ‘A misleadingly friendly face on what is an utterly hateful ideology’
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/may/12/john-oliver-adf
Published: May 12, 2025 15:54
The Last Week Tonight host digs into the Christian conservative Alliance Defending Freedom that was behind the overturning of Roe v Wade, among other causesJohn Oliver used his perch on Last Week Tonight to look ahead to an upcoming supreme court case over…
‘I had a chance to pass my mum’s story on’: Kazuo Ishiguro on growing up in shadow of the Nagasaki bomb
Published: May 12, 2025 15:30
The film version of A Pale View of Hills, the Nobel-winner’s tale of loss, exile and a pregnant radioactive bride, is about to premiere at Cannes. The writer explains why this story is so personal to himKazuo Ishiguro still remembers where he was when he…
Trial begins for Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s sex-trafficking case in New York
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/may/12/p-diddy-sex-trafficking-trial-jury-selection
Published: May 12, 2025 15:16
Lawyers at hip-hop mogul’s trial give opening statements after attorneys on both sides removed several jurorsProsecutors in the high-profile racketeering and sex-trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs have declared during opening statements that “there…
‘A plea for tolerance’: why Wagon Master is my feelgood movie
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/may/12/wagon-master-john-ford-feelgood-movie
Published: May 12, 2025 09:00
The latest in our series of comfort movie picks is an ode to John Ford’s surprisingly gentle and laidback westernWhen it comes to the legendary American director John Ford, you either get it or you don’t.If you connect with his work – and for me it’s a…
‘It was just the perfect game’: Henk Rogers on buying Tetris and foiling the KGB
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2025/may/12/henk-rogers-interview-tetris-kgb
Published: May 12, 2025 08:00
The man who brought Tetris to the west reveals what the movie of his life got right and wrong, how he influenced Nintendo, and why he has now swapped gaming for climate change campaigningWhen game designer and entrepreneur Henk Rogers first encountered…
‘LSD? Been there, done that’: the Grateful Dead’s 60 years of drugs, epic noodling and obsessive fans
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/may/12/lsd-grateful-deads-bobby-weir-jerry-garcia-swifties
Published: May 12, 2025 07:00
Forget Swifties. The Grateful Dead have the world’s most devoted following. As he heads for Britain, founder Bobby Weir talks Vegas spectaculars, bootleggers and life after Jerry Garcia‘We didn’t want to be the cops,” says Bobby Weir, guitarist and founder…
The disturbing tale of one family’s flight from the Nazis: best podcasts of the week
Published: May 12, 2025 06:00
Poet Joe Dunthorne looks into his relatives’ tale of fleeing Germany – and has no idea what he’s getting himself into. Plus, Louis Theroux talks to The Last of Us star Bella RamseyWhen poet, novelist and journalist Joe Dunthorne decided to write a family…
‘A whirling mass of limbs and lingerie’: the salacious, riotous story of the high-kicking cancan
Published: May 12, 2025 04:00
It started out as a dance for men who risked arrest for indecency – and grew into a legs-flying, bloomers-revealing sensation. We go behind the scenes at Bottoms, a thrilling new show about the cancan‘Our chorus line was never going to look like the Moulin…
Nevermoor’s Jessica Townsend on frantic fans, her fantasy smash hit – and feeling ‘gutted’ by JK Rowling
Published: May 11, 2025 15:00
The latest book in Townsend’s bestselling children’s series is out amid a surge in anti-trans rhetoric. But she remains committed to making sure her millions of readers all ‘know they have a place in Nevermoor’Get our weekend culture and lifestyle…
Saturday Night Live: Walton Goggins is a game host with underwhelming material
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/may/11/saturday-night-live-walton-goggins-host
Published: May 11, 2025 14:47
The White Lotus breakout shows himself to be a strong emcee but he’s not given enough to work with in a middle of the road episodeThis week’s Saturday Night Live starts off the same as the last several Mother’s Day episodes have, with members of the cast –…
The worst thing about the damaged Rothko is that it fuels the ban-kids-from-galleries debate | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/11/rothko-art-galleries-access
Published: May 11, 2025 13:00
Yes, I’d be mortified if it was my son who’d scratched the £42m work. But talk of limiting access to great art is just wrongheadedThe news that a child damaged a £42m Mark Rothko painting at a museum in Rotterdam last month had me wondering how I’d feel if…
Trump wants tariffs on ‘foreign’ movies. But there’s a reason no one wants to shoot in LA | Dave Schilling
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/11/trump-foreign-movie-tariffs-los-angeles
Published: May 11, 2025 13:00
Film-making in Los Angeles has plummeted in recent years. Why sit on the freeway when you could take a paid vacation?Two more top-notch ideas from the twisted mind of Donald Trump: reopening Alcatraz prison (currently a very wet, very old tourist…
Arts groups for people of color steel themselves after Trump’s NEA cuts: ‘They poked the bear’
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/may/11/trump-nea-funding-cuts-arts
Published: May 11, 2025 11:00
Trump’s slashing of millions in National Endowment for the Arts grants has most affected non-profits centering Black, brown and LGBTQ+ communitiesSummertime at the Upijata Scissor-Tail Swallow Arts Company, an artistic program located on Pine Ridge…
Given up on reading? Elif Shafak on why we still need novels
Published: May 11, 2025 10:00
Recent studies suggest we’ve fallen out of love with reading – but the more chaotic our times, the deeper is our need to slow down and read fictionA recent YouGov poll found that 40% of Britons have not read a book in the last year. “The literary era has…
Maren Morris: ‘I never said I’m leaving country music’
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/may/11/maren-morris-interview-country-music
Published: May 11, 2025 09:28
The outspoken country star is moving into her pop era and is keen to set the record straight over what that means for her life in NashvilleThe year 2023 was a tough one for Maren Morris. The country singer, then 33, reached the end of her tour for her…
‘At times, the pressure was intolerable’: Baby Reindeer’s Richard Gadd on paranoia, portraying abuse and the madness of sudden fame
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/may/11/richard-gadd-tv-baftas-interview
Published: May 11, 2025 06:00
As part of a Bafta TV special, the nominated actor and writer on how his drama went stratospheric virtually overnight, the ‘challenging’ lawsuit that followed, and why he won’t be returning to standup comedyIn the space of a year, Richard Gadd has gone…
Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally: ‘Our secret? We really like each other – which I highly recommend’
Published: May 10, 2025 20:00
The married actors share their worst habits, lessons learned from Nicole Kidman and Susan Sarandon, and their expensive lightbulb habitIf you could be on any reality TV show, which one would you choose?MM: I mean, should we just go on Temptation Island…
Billie Piper on toxic masculinity, raising teens, and playing complex characters: ‘I’ve been a woman on the edge – I’m not afraid of it!’
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/may/10/billie-piper-tv-baftas-interview
Published: May 10, 2025 14:04
As part of a Bafta TV special, the nominated actor talks carving out a niche playing people at breaking point, the ‘dreamy’ romcom she’s currently writing, and what she really thought of that Prince Andrew interview“I’ve had so many coffees, I feel…
Patricia Clarkson: ‘When women make equal pay, everybody wins’
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/may/10/patricia-clarkson-interview
Published: May 10, 2025 09:41
The Oscar-nominated actor talks about her new role playing equal pay advocate Lilly Ledbetter and why the Trump administration should be carefulPatricia Clarkson, who portrays late equal pay activist Lilly Ledbetter in a biopic released this week, has a…
The Liver King – this hilarious exposé is like Tiger King … but with way more genital eating
Published: May 10, 2025 06:00
The sly wit of this documentary shines through as it follows a toxically masculine fitness influencer who consumes so many raw animal organs you can almost taste the salmonella. It is frequently hilariousFor many young men, masculinity is sold as an…
Channing Tatum and Pedro Pascal write poems for Canadian musician Mustafa’s book
Published: May 9, 2025 19:55
Actors contribute to the poet and singer’s anthology exploring ceremony, loss and worshipActors Channing Tatum and Pedro Pascal have written poems for a new anthology curated by Canadian musician and poet Mustafa that also includes contributions by the…
Pope Leo XIV watched Conclave movie to prepare, brother says
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/may/09/pope-leo-xiv-watched-conclave-movie
Published: May 9, 2025 17:44
In a new interview, the new pope’s brother reveals he ‘knew how to behave’ because he had seen the 2024 hit thrillerVatican watchers weren’t the only ones consulting the movie Conclave before the pivotal election of a new pope.The new pontiff himself –…
Nonnas review – fact-based Netflix restaurant comedy is a warm surprise
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/may/09/nonnas-review-netflix-restaurant-comedy
Published: May 9, 2025 16:54
Vince Vaughn plays a grieving son who decides to open an Italian eaterie with grandmothers in the kitchen in a simple but charming crowd-pleaserThere’s a great deal of warmth both in and out of the kitchen in Netflix’s remarkably charming new food comedy…
Career change: Scarlett Johansson, Kristen Stewart and Harris Dickinson to premiere directorial debuts at Cannes
Published: May 9, 2025 16:06
Eleanor the Great, The Chronology of Water and Urchin are all in the festival’s prestigious Un Certain Regard sidebar. A first step to being the next Clint Eastwood?First-time directors with films premiering at Cannes next week would be forgiven for…
Jimmy Kimmel on the first US pope: ‘The pope-mobile is now a Ford F-250 with truck nuts’
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/may/09/jimmy-kimmel-pope-leo
Published: May 9, 2025 14:57
Late-night hosts discuss the election of the new pope, Robert Francis Prevost of Chicago, now Leo XIVLate-night hosts reacted to Donald Trump’s trade deal with the UK getting upstaged by the announcement of the first American pope, Leo XIV. Continue…
‘It’s all very sad’: Trump’s attack on arts funding has a devastating effect
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/may/09/arts-funding-trump
Published: May 9, 2025 14:43
The president’s steady dismantling of the National Endowment for the Arts has affected organizations across the US with more chaos set to continueOn the afternoon of 3 May, arts organizations around the US began receiving cryptic emails from a previously…
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