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Arts

  • a painting of people standing on the shore of a lake

    Art
    ‘A self-described art thief’: how Wayne Thiebaud channeled other artists

  • ‘All of a sudden, they exploded’ … Prodan, centre, with his band Sumo.

    Music
    ‘Apparently, he had a fist fight with King Charles’: the jawdropping life of Luca Prodan, Argentina’s punk god

    He was a gin-swilling Scottish-Italian heroin addict who set Argentina’s music scene ablaze – baffling the junta, who would arrest his audiences. As a biopic looms, we look at the fast life and early death of the still-worshipped frontman
  • Stephen Colbert on set

    Television
    Stephen Colbert: ‘We’re not on our way to a dictatorship, we’re on the ship’

  • stack of books with the top one fanned open

    Books
    A new chapter for publishing? Book subscription services launch their own titles

  • ‘I have mp3s of anything I care about’ … Laura Snapes and Alexis Petridis try giving up/living with Spotify.

    Music
    ‘One minute it’s “would you like to listen to Galaxie 500?”, the next humanity’s enslaved’: can anyone escape Spotify?

  • Betsy Arakawa and Gene Hackman at the Golden Globe awards, 2003

    Film
    New details of Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa’s final days released

  • The Netflix version of Pop the Balloon.

    Television
    How Netflix turned a Black dating show loved by millions into TV trash

    Nels Abbey

Talking points

  • A letter by Bram Stoker shortly after Dracula was published

    Books
    Rare letter offers glimpse into Bram Stoker’s early thoughts on Dracula

  • Intoxicating … Super Mario Bros. Question Block

    Games
    ‘It’s allowed me to see through his eyes’: Super Mario, my dad and me

  • "Black Bag" UK Special Screening - VIP Arrivals<br>LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 11: Cate Blanchett attends the "Black Bag" UK Special Screening at the Curzon Mayfair on March 11, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)

    Film
    Cate Blanchett’s retiring from acting? I’ll believe it when I see it

    Michael Sun
  • soliders in combat uniform with guns

    Film
    Is Warfare the most realistic war film ever made?

People

  • Seth Rogen and wife Lauren Miller arrive at the Breakthrough prize ceremony

    Film
    Seth Rogen attack on Trump edited out of science awards show coverage

  • Penn Badgley in brown leather jacket, white T-shirt and black trousers leaning against an industrial pillar

    Television
    ‘I hated my body and wanted a different one’: Penn Badgley on dysmorphia, sex scenes and playing a serial killer

    • Olivier Munn Amy Schumer Olivia Wilde composite.

      Culture
      Celebrities criticize all-female rocket launch: ‘This is beyond parody’

    • Jacob Elordi wearing a second world war army uniform, sitting with his shoulders slightly hunched, looking serious

      Television
      ‘We were all in it together’: Jacob Elordi on his wartime epic The Narrow Road to the Deep North

    • Cate Blanchett at the Olivier awards this month.

      Film
      ‘I’m giving up’: Cate Blanchett says she is retiring from acting

The big picture

  • Prepare to dive … research engineer Aurore Molé in a survival suit.

    Underwater Argonauts! The deep-sea scientists logging Med pollution – in pictures

    Juliette Pavy’s photographs of eco expeditions bring an element of lyrical storytelling to the global impact of invisible pollutants, from the Mediterranean to the Arctic

Reviews

  • Charismatic villains … Lee Wenham in The Diamond Heist

    Television
    The Diamond Heist – Guy Ritchie’s thrilling tale of the failed Millennium Dome jewel robbery

  • furry animal looks over shoulder of person wearing yellow

    Film
    The Legend of Ochi – visually dazzling throwback kids movie

    • Neil Young: Coastal

      Film
      Neil Young: Coastal – music legend on the road, filmed by his wife Daryl Hannah

    • In a suit, he stands in a used car lot holding a drill

      Television
      Government Cheese – David Oyelowo’s new drama is utterly meaningless

    • a young woman smiles and looks over her shoulder in a high school classroom

      Broadway
      John Proctor Is the Villain – smart and snappy high school comedy

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Pictures & video

  • Our impact on nature … a winning image by Zed Nelson.

    Art and design
    Apes, toilets, conflicts and cowboys: Sony World Photography awards

    Artists on the moon, gods in the sea, and guns at the ready in America … here are photographs from the overall winners of this year’s professional competition
  • At Amarah’s Al-Sadr hospital, medical staff, patients and their families struggle as busy wards overheat and tempers fray.

    Extreme weather
    Faintings, blackouts and violence: Iraq’s scorching emergency

  • Looking out from behind the DJs' decks at the crowd under a night sky

    Festivals
    Lady Gaga, Green Day and Enhypen: 2025 Coachella festival – in pictures

  • Photography
    Martin Parr catches the cherry blossom season in Kyoto – in pictures

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

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

  • Cars
    Vroom with a view: images from behind the wheel

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

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

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