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    Television
    Bob Newhart, famed comedian and sitcom actor, dies at 94

  • Stephen Colbert on the Republican National Convention: “Politicians can be both horrifying and boring at the same time.”

    Television
    Stephen Colbert on the Republican convention: ‘Horrifying and boring at the same time’

  • Manny Jacinto poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere for the film 'The Acolyte' on Tuesday, May 28, 2024 in London. (Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP)

    Film
    ‘Tom Cruise is writing stories for Tom Cruise’: Manny Jacinto on why Top Gun lines were cut

    The Good Place actor speaks out about the ‘flattering’ outcry over his role being reduced to non-speaking
  • “THE BEAR” — “Tomorrow” — Season 3, Episode 1 (Airs Thursday, June 27th) — Pictured: (l-r) Jeremy Allen White as Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto, Ayo Edebiri as Sydney Adamu. CR: FX.

    Television
    The Bear is not a comedy and it’s time to stop pretending it is

    Stuart Heritage
  • Jake Gyllenhaal in Presumed Innocent

    Television
    The hottest new trend in streaming TV? Episodes released a week at a time

    Rebecca Shaw
  • Rob Delaney promoting Deadpool & Wolverine.

    Film
    Rob Delaney: ‘The average British citizen is funnier than the average American’

  • Kelly Rowland, Beyoncé and Michelle Williams of Destiny’s Child in Melbourne, 2005

    Music
    So good, so good, so good: Destiny’s Child’s greatest songs – ranked!

Talking points

People

  • Fly Me To The Moon Photocall, Madrid, Spain - 11 Jul 2024<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Mike Chicorro/ZUMA Press Wire/REX/Shutterstock (14582583j) SCARLETT JOHANSSON attends 'Fly Me To The Moon Photocallà at Cineteca Fly Me To The Moon Photocall, Madrid, Spain - 11 Jul 2024

    Scarlett Johansson
    Star says OpenAI’s Sam Altman would make a good Marvel villain after voice dispute

  • ‘Shut up’ …”Adele performs during “Weekends with Adele” at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace.

    Music
    Adele announces ‘big break’ from music

    • ‘None of us died, so we got lucky on that end’ … (from left) DJ Bonebrake, Exene Cervenka, John Doe and Billy Zoom of X, pictured in 2024.

      Music
      LA punk legends X: ‘The violence didn’t bother me as much as the spitting!’

    • Flooding at Drake's Toronto mansion, captured on his Instagram Stories

      Music
      Drake’s Toronto mansion seriously flooded amid record-breaking storms

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      Music
      ‘I was drunk’: Ingrid Andress responds to criticism of national anthem performance

The big picture

  • Springfield, MA

    Feeling sheepish: Sergio Purtell’s American dream – in pictures

    The photographer escaped Pinochet’s Chile to turn his lens on a country obsessed with freedom, guns and consumerism

Reviews

  • Glass Animals 2024 press publicity portrait

    Music
    Glass Animals: I Love You So F***ing Much – bland bathos from one-time biggest band in the world

  • Vladimir Putin with Xi Jinping in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

    Books
    Autocracy, Inc. by Anne Applebaum – the devil you know

    • Biles shown in gymnastics floor pose in a training hall. On the wall is a huge banner that reads: 'The World Is Yours!'

      Television
      Simone Biles: Rising – the greatest gymnast of all time sets the record straight

    • Anna Faris and Dave Bautista  in My Spy: The Eternal City.

      Film
      My Spy: The Eternal City – Dave Bautista’s daddy-daughter spy comedy heads to Rome

    • Flock.

      Games
      Flock – chill creature-collecting flying game is shear bliss

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Pictures & video

  • Chips with everything … Mrs Clayton and Mrs Collins, Summer, 1974.

    In pictures
    Road to ruins: Peter Mitchell’s crumbling Leeds

    Demolished flats, boarded-up cinemas, disused buildings … Mitchell’s photographs of Yorkshire (and beyond) have established him as a key chronicler of a changing Britain
  • Landscape with tanks … Time Taken 2, High Summer, 2013-2014, by Simon Norfolk.

    Photography
    ‘Some of the most shocking photographs ever taken’ – The Camera Never Lies review

  • ‘Some people tried it and made polite noises’ … an image from Bittersweet: A Story of Food and Yemen.

    My best shot
    A wild moment with date paste

  • Photography
    Feeling sheepish: Sergio Purtell’s American dream – in pictures

  • Photography
    ‘You never know what you’ll bump into’: a wander around Britain – in pictures

  • Photography
    Joy, trauma and identity: themes from Kuala Lumpur’s photography awards

  • Photos of the day
    Desert blooms, Romanian blouses and Mr Afghanistan

  • Art and design
    ‘I celebrate the human condition’: Louis Stettner’s real lives

  • Photography
    Latin American Foto festival

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