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Friday, Apr 26

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Uncropped: James Hamilton on the decay of alt-journalism and street photography

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In the Wes Anderson-produced documentary Uncropped, the acclaimed culture photographer discusses his career and a changing landscape

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Ellen DeGeneres: I was ‘kicked out of show business’ for being ‘mean’

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Former talkshow host discussed her controversial exit from daytime TV after reports of a toxic workplace in new standup set

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Jordan Klepper on campus protests: ‘You’re not going to resolve tension by adding violence’

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Late-night hosts discuss the crackdown on, and Republican criticism of, college campus protests against Israel’s war in Gaza

Aaron Sorkin to write film about January 6 and Facebook disinformation

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The Social Network screenwriter is returning to digital chaos for a new film about how ‘divisive material’ led to the 2021 insurrection

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‘It was only a matter of time for Slim’: Eminem to kill off Slim Shady alter ego on new album

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Rapper trails summer release of The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce) with a fictional crime report suggesting that the antic character will meet a violent end

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Can Zendaya make the leap from tween idol to Hollywood heavyweight?

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The 27-year-old American actor has gone from the Disney channel to new classy arthouse threesome drama Challengers, via a massive blockbuster and a hot-button TV series. So can she convince as an Oscar contender?

‘Shaving my head became so poignant’: Jonah Hauer-King on The Tattooist of Auschwitz

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He melted hearts as Prince Eric in The Little Mermaid, but his latest role couldn’t be more different – playing an Auschwitz tattooist in an epic Holocaust drama. The actor opens up about how his own family’s plight inspired him

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Justice: Hyperdrama review – an uncertain return to the dancefloor

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(Ed Banger/Because) The French producer duo attempt a return to their roots, but the results are a little too polished

13

Pet Shop Boys: Nonetheless review – a great, fan-pleasing album

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(x2/Parlophone) The duo’s first LP in four years finds them refining and updating their late-80s heyday sound, with a new producer in tow

‘People think I hate pop’: super-producer AG Cook on working with Beyoncé and honouring his friend Sophie

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As the boss of PC Music, the godfather of hyperpop confounded critics but won over Beyoncé and Charli XCX. Now, with a supersized new solo album, he’s continuing his mission to make pop more unpredictable

12

Will Deadpool & Wolverine mark the real introduction of the X-Men into the MCU?

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The collaboration between the merc with a mouth and the clawed crusader has to work hard to mashup the alternate realities, but it could open portals to a lot of multiversal fun

My undying love for the painfully uncool Amiga

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It may have looked like something you’d see a bank teller use, but it withstood heavy battering. And it ran the coolest games

09

Private Revolutions by Yuan Yang review – an intimate account of how China is changing

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A social and economic revolution observed through the lives of four women in their 30s

07

The evolution of man: how Ryan Gosling changed stardom, cinema and society

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The actor’s feminist credentials, a wholehearted embrace of comedy and being one of the most memed actors on social media has seen Gosling’s auto-satirising alpha male become white-hot box office in 2024

Thank You, Goodnight review – Bon Jovi’s surprisingly devastating ode to lost youth

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There’s plenty of great stuff in this documentary to keep super fans happy – but you only need to know 80s banger Livin’ on a Prayer to get emotional as the ageing band break down before your very eyes

05

The Great Gatsby review – a literary classic becomes a Broadway dud

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F Scott Fitzgerald’s novel makes an underwhelming transfer to the stage in a bombastic yet misfiring new production

04

Mother Play review – Jessica Lange anchors often aimless Broadway drama

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The Tony winner is as captivating as ever as a troubled matriarch but Paula Vogel’s emotionally underpowered play often struggles to meet her level

Thursday, Apr 25

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Hollywood reacts to overturning of Harvey Weinstein rape conviction: ‘Beyond disappointed’

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Surprise reversal of producer’s New York conviction led to anger from stars and accusers, including Ashley Judd and Mira Sorvino

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Cannes to premiere Jean-Luc Godard film finished the day before he died

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The director’s 18-minute film Scénarios will premiere at this year’s Cannes film festival accompanied by his 34-minute introduction

Laurent Cantet, film-maker who tackled diversity and class in France, dies aged 63

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Director of Palme d’Or-winning film Entre les Murs (The Class) was much praised for humanism in projects

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Audible to turn all seven of JK Rowling’s Harry Potter books into full-cast audiobooks

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The books will be released sequentially, starting with Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, with a full cast of yet-to-be-named actors and a ‘groundbreaking new soundscape’

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Jimmy Kimmel on Trump: ‘He keeps his caps lock tighter than the door to Melania’s bedroom’

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Late-night hosts talk Trump’s all-caps rants, Kanye West’s new porn venture and Mike Johnson’s delayed Ukraine aid approval

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Five of the best books about queer relationships

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From James Baldwin to Sarah Waters, writers have been telling rich, nuanced LGBTQ+ tales for decades – here are some good titles to try

Lost New York: remembering the city’s forgotten landmarks

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A new exhibition at the New-York Historical Society looks back on years of radical change in the city for better and worse

Furious, funny and potentially fatal: hip-hop’s 20 greatest diss tracks – ranked!

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As Drake, Kendrick Lamar and more continue their high-profile beef, we run down the most inspired – and vicious – attacks in rap’s history

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Bryce Dallas Howard: ‘I can’t be trusted around famous people’

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The actor on tricking her tear ducts, being entertained as a child by Tom Cruise and legging it from dinosaurs while wearing stilettos

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A way to make a livin’: Jennifer Aniston set for 9 to 5 reboot

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Aniston’s production company will reportedly reimagine the hit 1980 Jane Fonda and Dolly Parton comedy about sexism in the workplace – with a script by Diablo Cody

Part protest, part rave: the Indigenous artists stunning the Venice Biennale

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From Gold Lion winner Archie Moore to Brazilians the Tupinambá collective, First Nations artists are making their voices heard at ‘the Olympics of art’. They talk hammocks, hunting and human connection

Real Americans by Rachel Khong – the lottery of life

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This multigenerational tale travels from China to New York in search of the true meaning of good fortune

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Estate of Tupac Shakur threatens legal action against Drake over AI diss track

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Drake used AI to simulate the voice of the late rapper and have him chide Kendrick Lamar, which the estate calls a ‘flagrant violation’