arts
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John Oliver on marijuana legalization: 'This is genuinely worth worrying about'The late-night comic dissected the issue of federal obstacles to marijuana use, despite state legalizations, and criticized the war on drugs as ‘futile’ -
30 secrets about your favourite TV showsWhy did Matthew Perry almost not star in Friends – and what went on between Donald Trump and Samantha from Sex and The City?
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'You can walk a block from our studio and see a war zone'The group have assaulted eardrums with their DIY noise music for more than 15 years: they talk about life in the Motor City and how they pioneered fake news -
Jean-Michel Jarre to play anti-Donald Trump Dead Sea concertFrench musician to perform in front of ancient Masada fortress to draw attention to urgency of saving planet Earth
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Tunisian nightclub shut down over Muslim call to prayer remixOwner held and English DJ apologises after playing recording at Orbit festival in north-east of country
people
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The 'Nazi Marilyn Monroe': Goebbels had very nice eyes – but he was a devil!She was the Nazis’ pin-up, the Aryan sex symbol whose films fired up the SS. In this previously unpublished interview, Kristina Söderbaum talks about Hitler’s charm, shooting scenes as the Allies closed in – and being nicknamed the State Water Corpse
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Sci-fi thriller The Power picked for Baileys prize shortlistJudges praise Naomi Alderman’s novel in which women are able to kill men with a single touch, with debut author Ayòbámi Adébáyò also in the running
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the big picture
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The satirical collages of Ion BarladeanuThe homeless Romanian artist creates punchy mash-ups of pop culture and political comment
reviews
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A Quiet Passion won’t solve the mystery of Emily Dickinson – but does the truth matter?Salacious rumours surrounding Dickinson’s life have come thick and fast, but does that mean A Quiet Passion writer-director Terence Davies is free to speculate?
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All Grown Up by Jami Attenberg review – difficult, selfish, a true-to-life heroineThis single-woman-about-town fiction is not like Sex and the City or Bridget Jones’s Diary – it is a warts-and-all portrait of independence
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pictures & video
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From smirking schoolboy to deadly drifterOver a quarter of a century, Jude Law has blazed through a succession of challenging and controversial theatre productions on the way to his latest role as a lover with murder on his mind in Obsession at the Barbican, London
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Final disrupted by stage invaderThe grand final of ITV’s The Voice is interrupted by a stage invader on Sunday evening
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The journey of the players who inspired MoneyballIn 2002, photojournalist Tabitha Soren started following the Oakland A’s draft picks – 23 men who also inspired the book and film Moneyball – and has captured their incredible journeys ever since
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Portraits of a young Bob Dylan – in picturesAs Bob Dylan accepts his Nobel prize this weekend, an exhibition of photos of him on the cusp of international fame is planned to open in New York
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Watch Kendrick Lamar's video for his new single HumbleThe rapper keeps the faith, proclaims ‘God is coming’ and takes centre seat at the Last Supper in a video that recalls vintage Hype Williams
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Magnum photographers' historic shots of New York – in picturesAs part of its 70th anniversary program, Magnum Photos is holding an exhibition of photographs taken in New York City during the agency’s early years
A laughing matter? Dave Chappelle, Ricky Gervais and comedy's 'ironic bigotry' problem