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What does a Bollywood star have to do with Indian women’s wellbeing? Everything | Shrayana Bhattacharya

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In India being a female fan of Shah Rukh Khan is not just about a love of film – it’s a form of resistance against restrictive gender norms

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Robert Towne, Oscar-winning screenwriter of Chinatown, dies aged 89

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Writer, who died in his Los Angeles home, also worked without credit on The Godfather and Bonnie and Clyde

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ABC News Breakfast host Lisa Millar to quit show and ‘hit the road’ for the broadcaster

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Millar, who has been with the ABC’s news division for more than three decades, will work full-time on Muster Dogs and Back Roads

Tuesday, Jul 2

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Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice Beetlejuice to open Venice film festival

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The much-anticipated sequel to the director’s 1988 hit Beetlejuice will get its world premiere at the festival in August

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Buddy Oliver! Tilly Ramsay! Welcome to the terrifying age of the nepo chef

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Gordon’s daughter got a cookery show first – and now Jamie’s 13-year-old son is at it. Will each young chef be able to obliterate their father’s career and come out on top?

Monday, Jul 1

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House of the Dragon: season two, episode three recap – talk about eye-popping TV

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Daemon conquers a castle, a bloody battle erupts and the queens have a vital showdown in the sept. But it’s all upstaged by the show’s most shocking nudity scenes yet

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I’ll take your brain to another dimension … my classical DJ set at Glastonbury

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Georgia Mann is usually to be found at BBC Broadcasting House presenting Radio 3’s Essential Classics. Why was she in a field in Glastonbury this weekend, and did she get the festival crowd moving?

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Steve McQueen’s Blitz to open the London film festival

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Film starring Saoirse Ronan and Paul Weller marks a high-profile world premiere for the festival, now in its 68th year

She could soon be the UK’s first female chancellor – but who is Rachel Reeves?

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The 45-year-old has the perfect CV for the role, with experience at the Bank of England and in private finance – but how has her background shaped her tough stance on public finances?

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French directors Benoît Jacquot and Jacques Doillon detained over sex assault allegations

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Both men deny claims by actor Judith Godrèche, who has formally accused them of abusing her as a teenager

Taylor Swift clothes to be displayed at free V&A show this summer

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Taylor Swift | Songbook Trail will exhibit unseen items from artist’s childhood and recording legacy at London museum

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Portrait of My Father review – mysterious death of father is start-point of riveting film

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Juan Ignacio Fernández Hoppe’s documentary tries to pin down a true record of the father he lost aged eight, but the struggle to find it is what compels attention

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Edinburgh festival 2024: find the funny with these 20 comedy shows

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A one-woman 90s romcom, boundary-testing standups and a new Taskmaster contestant make our comedy critic’s list of the fringe’s most promising tickets

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The tragic parable of Rishi Sunak: driven by success at all costs, then undone by his own myth-making | Nesrine Malik

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The PM’s unbending belief in Britain as a meritocracy blinded him to the realities of race, class – and his own flawed project

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SZA at Glastonbury review – electric eclecticism from today’s greatest R&B star

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Pyramid stage Her show may be situated in a fantastical world full of insects, swords and fallen trees, but the US singer’s lyrics are earthy and induce bedlam in her devoted fans

Sunday, Jun 30

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Shania Twain at Glastonbury review – country-pop legend doesn’t hold her horses

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Pyramid stage Her voice, affected by Lyme disease, isn’t what it once was – but her country glamour and crowdpleasing impulses make for a successful legends set

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‘A death sentence for music’: the battle for America’s last Live Nation-free city

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Portland has no Live Nation concert arena, and fans and artists love its fiercely independent music scene. But with a new venue looming, will all that change?

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How a solo retreat helped trelight my creative fire

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It felt selfish, but at home I couldn’t finish a thought without being interrupted by my kids – so I packed my bags and headed to the coast

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Capitalism, optimism and diversity: how 80s musical Starlight Express changed my life

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From watching his father star in Lloyd Webber’s mega-hit in futuristic 1980s Japan, to taking his own family to its reboot in London this year, writer Johny Pitts recounts how Starlight Express has been a thread in his life that has also…

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The week in TV: Douglas Is Cancelled; The Bear; Suranne Jones: Investigating Witch Trials; BBC Prime Ministerial Debate – review

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A news presenter’s ill-advised remark kickstarts a four-part cancel-culture drama; The Bear is back on the menu; and Suranne Jones puts a curse on misogyny

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‘You have to get over the me thing’: Kevin Bacon on money, marriage – and learning to live with himself

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Kevin Bacon, Hollywood’s great survivor, first set hearts fluttering in the 1984 classic Footloose. Now 65, he’s back on the big screen again. Here, he talks about his band, politics, family, embracing change and, most of all, learning…

Saturday, Jun 29

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Cyndi Lauper at Glastonbury review – nostalgic Pyramid stage crowd just wants to have fun

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Pyramid stage The pop balladeer brings 1980s hits Time After Time and Girls Just Wanna Have Fun to a sweltering crowd

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Maggie Nelson: ‘I was overwhelmed with grief when Prince died’

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The American author of The Argonauts on her latest collection of essays, how the Purple Rain star shaped her sexual development and the risks she takes in her writing

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Life as an unpaid carer in the UK: ‘I feel unseen and unheard – and politicians don’t offer much’

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A daughter who gave up full-time work to help look after her mother reveals her emotional and financial struggle

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Paddy & Molly: Show No Mersey – watching these MMA fighters limp through this show is just painful

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Paddy ‘The Baddy’ Pimblett and Molly ‘Meatball’ McCann are best friends and brilliant personalities. So how has this fly-on-the-wall series ended up so deeply awkward?

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Crazy Town singer Seth Binzer died of accidental overdose, band manager says

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Frontman, who spoke before about substance addiction, said to have taken mix of pharmaceutical and street drugs

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Martin Mull, Arrested Development and Roseanne actor, dies aged 80

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Mull, known for his droll and esoteric comedy, dies after ‘valiant fight against a long illness’, says daughter

Friday, Jun 28

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Seventeen make history as first K-pop band to perform at Glastonbury

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South Korean 13-piece boyband take to Pyramid stage for ‘Glasteen’ in front of fanbase often overlooked by western festivals

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Are you ready for it? Fashion at Taylor Swift’s Eras tour - in pictures

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Cowboy hats, vintage dresses and Kansas City jerseys… here’s how the Swifties at the London leg of the Eras tour ensured their looks will never go out of style.

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Michael Jackson was more than $500m in debt when he died in 2009

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Court filing details how the King of Pop was in financial straits as he was preparing to embark on his This Is It tour