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Arts

  • Viola Davis in G20.

    Film
    G20 – Viola Davis plays president in so-so action thriller

  • Ayesha Harris, Noah Wyle and Ken Kirby in The Pitt

    Television
    What the doctor ordered: how The Pitt became the TV show of the moment

    The stressful Noah Wyle-led hospital drama has swiftly become the surprise breakout show of the season, speaking to a time of healthcare crisis
  • Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning

    Film
    China to restrict US film releases after Trump’s tariff hike

    After the US president imposed 125% duties on Chinese imports, Beijing says it will restrict American films opening in its lucrative market

Talking points

  • Bassey in silver sequin gown, singing at the mic, looking fabulous

    Music
    She’s got the Midas touch: Shirley Bassey songs – ranked!

  • Leonardo DiCaprio and Carey Mulligan in the 2013 film adaptation of The Great Gatsby.

    Books
    From the jazz age to the Trump age: The Great Gatsby at 100

  • Evian 2000

    Art
    Sex, patriotism and Donald Trump cologne: the US adverts that explain the 00s

  • Jonathan Roumie as Jesus in The Chosen, speaking to a large crowd of people.

    Film
    Jesus Christ, superstar: how the Messiah became TV and box-office gold

People

  • Jack O’Connell in a white polo shirt, touching his right ear

    Film
    ‘I had to spit in Michael Caine’s face’: Jack O’Connell on Skins, impostor syndrome and stripping off

  • close-up of man wearing glasses and black suit

    Film
    New York jury awards $1.68bn to women who accused James Toback of sexual abuse

    • Anjelica Huston speaks during "The Addams Family" panel at 2024 Los Angeles Comic Con.

      Film
      Anjelica Huston reveals cancer diagnosis – but says she is now ‘in the clear’

    • man wearing glasses and navy suit and woman wearing green dress

      Music
      Weezer bassist’s wife shot by LA police and charged with attempted murder

    • Thomas Pynchon.

      Books
      Thomas Pynchon announces Shadow Ticket, his first novel in more than a decade

The big picture

  • ‘Untamed worlds’ … an image from Dylan Hausthor’s What the Rain Might Bring.

    ‘A place between fiction and reality’: small town dreamscapes – in pictures

    From naked tree-dwellers to relaxing goats, Dylan Hausthor’s lyrical images delve into faith, folklore and the inherent queerness of nature

Reviews

  • John Lennon and Yoko Ono onstage during the One to One concert in New York, 1972.

    Film
    One to One: John and Yoko – Kevin Macdonald’s immersive collage is a pop culture fever dream

  • Jimmi Simpson and Cristin Milioti in the Black Mirror season finale, USS Callister: Into Infinity.

    Television
    Black Mirror season seven – Charlie Brooker’s thrilling satire gets its warmest, most human season ever

    • Sherelle dressed in black hat, glasses and jacket in front of a large soundsystem

      Music
      Sherelle: With a Vengeance – UK dance debut is dizzyingly doof-doof-doof

    • How ruthless can he be? … Rami Malek as Charles Heller.

      Film
      The Amateur – Rami Malek takes action-hero baby steps as CIA analyst out for revenge

    • Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt and Josef Stalin seated together in Yalta, Crimea, February 1945.

      Books
      Allies at War by Tim Bouverie – a revelatory study of second world war alliances

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Pictures & video

  • ‘Untamed worlds’ … an image from Dylan Hausthor’s What the Rain Might Bring.

    Art and design
    ‘A place between fiction and reality’: small town dreamscapes

    From naked tree-dwellers to relaxing goats, Dylan Hausthor’s lyrical images delve into faith, folklore and the inherent queerness of nature
  • Papageorge image from Studio 54.

    Nightlife
    ‘Everybody seemed thrilled they’d made it inside’: sizzling images from Studio 54

  • ‘I still remember how curious the driver was’ … Hitchhiking, West Virginia

    Cars
    Vroom with a view: images from behind the wheel

  • Art
    ‘They exist in a time tunnel’: photographs that look like Monet landscapes

  • Film
    A look back at some of Val Kilmer's most prominent roles

  • Family
    ‘Their relationship has ebbed and flowed’: a father and son grow up

  • Photography
    Matadors and madness: the poses of a visionary

  • The big picture
    A Chad gymnast scores top marks for determination

  • Photography
    ‘People have walked through here for centuries’: the rhythms of the Welsh valleys – in pictures

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