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26  avril     12h00
Shaving my head became so poignant’: Jonah Hauer-King on The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Hollie Richardson    He melted hearts as Prince Eric in The Little Mermaid, but his latest role couldn’t be more different playing an Auschwitz tattooist in an epic Holocaust drama. The actor opens up about how his own family’s plight inspired himIt’s not every day that I meet a real life Disney prince. It’s even...
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Can Zendaya make the leap from tween idol to Hollywood heavyweight?
Andrew Pulver    The year old American actor has gone from the Disney channel to new classy arthouse threesome drama Challengers, via a massive blockbuster and a hot button TV series. So can she convince as an Oscar contender Actor model producer Zendaya Coleman universally known mononymously, without her last...
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Take That review - oddly packaged pop still packs a wallop
Kate Solomon    O Arena, LondonThere’s some magic amid the cheese as the trio revisit a stacked catalogue of hits and gamely give their old choreography a goIt’s difficult to say exactly what Take That are going for on their This Life tour: a date behemoth that has shifted more than , tickets. Video...
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Mad fer it The young musicians flying the flag for Britpop
Skye Butchard    Artists from Dua Lipa to Nia Archives are tapping the boisterous energy of mid s music and even embracing the union jack. Can they avoid the genre’s laddish lows For some, Britpop was a high point for British guitar music: that time when Blur, Pulp, Suede and Oasis thrilled the world with wit...
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The evolution of man: how Ryan Gosling changed stardom, cinema and society
Phil Hoad    The actor’s feminist credentials, a wholehearted embrace of comedy and being one of the most memed actors on social media has seen Gosling’s auto satirising alpha male become white hot box office in In Hollywood, there are no accidents. Ryan Gosling’s role in stuntman pic The Fall Guy, hard on...
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You Are Going to Die review - nothing is off-limits in this naked meditation on mortality
Arifa Akbar    Southwark Playhouse, LondonAdam Scott Rowley struts, writhes and jiggles his way from ancient Celt to Hieronymus Bosch wretch in this potent cross between physical theatre and performance artA man sits on a toilet seat under a spotlight, his naked body smeared with chalk and black splodges. He gets...
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People think I hate pop’: super-producer AG Cook on working with Beyoncé and honouring his friend Sophie
Michael Cragg    As the boss of PC Music, the godfather of hyperpop confounded critics but won over Beyoncé and Charli XCX. Now, with a supersized new solo album, he’s continuing his mission to make pop more unpredictableEverything about AG Cook is exhausting. As a producer of elasticated outre pop his output is...
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Justice: Hyperdrama review - an uncertain return to the dancefloor
Ammar Kalia    Ed Banger Because The French producer duo attempt a return to their roots, but the results are a little too polishedWith their self titled debut, French production duo Justice Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay established themselves as promising Daft Punk successors. Combining arena sized...
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Martha Mills young writers’ prize open for entries
Ella Creamer    Philip Pullman will help choose this year’s winners of award set up in memory of the keen young writer who died aged in The Martha Mills young writers’ prize has opened for entries on the theme of A Secret .The competition, run by the London Review Bookshop, invites to year olds...
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It was only a matter of time for Slim’: Eminem to kill off Slim Shady alter ego on new album
Ben Beaumont-Thomas    Rapper trails summer release of The Death of Slim Shady Coup de Grâce with a fictional crime report suggesting that the antic character will meet a violent endOne of the great alter egos in pop could be meeting a grisly end, as Eminem announces his first album since : The Death of Slim Shady ...
25  avril     17h23
Booker prize urged to consider name change over slavery link
Ella Creamer    Broadcaster Richie Brave, whose ancestors were enslaved, says organisers should be asking themselves some questions’The Radio Xtra host Richie Brave has said the Booker prize should consider changing its name because of its links to enslavement.Brave’s legal surname is Booker and his ancestors...
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Love Actually, Barbie and Saltburn memorabilia auctioned for War Child
Catherine Shoard    Among lots donated by film and music stars are up for grabs, including Neil Tennant’s coat and Stanley Tucci’s hotpotAn original shooting script of much loved Christmas romcom Love Actually is among the lots up for grabs in an auction to support charity War Child.The script from the film...
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Laurence Fox ordered to pay 180,000 to two people he called paedophiles’
Alexandra Topping Media editor    High court judge orders actor turned politician to pay , damages to each individual for social media libelThe actor and rightwing activist Laurence Fox has been ordered to pay , each in damages to two people he libelled by referring to them as paedophiles on social media.A high court...
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Georgians arrested over cross-Europe thefts of rare library books
Lisa O'Carroll and Philip Oltermann    Suspects alleged to have posed as academics to access books and replace them with copies, says EuropolPolice have arrested nine Georgians suspected of running a sophisticated criminal operation stealing valuable antique books including an original Alexander Pushkin manuscript from national...
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A way to make a livin’: Jennifer Aniston set for 9 to 5 reboot
Catherine Shoard    Aniston’s production company will reportedly reimagine the hit Jane Fonda and Dolly Parton comedy about sexism in the workplace with a script by Diablo CodyJennifer Aniston’s production company, Echo Films, are to reimagine classic comedy to for a modern day audience, according to...
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Estate of Tupac Shakur threatens legal action against Drake over AI diss track
Ben Beaumont-Thomas    Drake used AI to simulate the voice of the late rapper and have him chide Kendrick Lamar, which the estate calls a flagrant violation’The estate of the late Tupac Shakur has sent a cease and desist letter to Drake, following the release of a Drake track that uses an AI version of Shakur’s voice...
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It’s magical’: prehistoric mines in Norfolk to reopen to visitors
Esther Addley    English Heritage hopes new entrance at Grime’s Graves will mean more people can explore neolithic siteNine metres below the grass level of an undulating Norfolk field, at the bottom of a very deep hole, Jennifer Wexler is talking about what makes this subterranean space particularly special. I’ve...
26  avril     12h04
Orchestra of the age of enlightenment Schiff review - Mendelssohn deep dive is charged with energy and colour
Erica Jeal    Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonTwo of Mendelssohn’s symphonies plus his second piano concerto were almost too much of a good thing, but not when played with such delicacy and spiritThree nights, three concertos and five symphonies: the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment is approaching its deep dive...
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Doctor Brown: Beturns review - the original clown prince in total control
Brian Logan    Soho theatre, LondonPhil Burgers made clowning hip after winning the Edinburgh comedy award in . Now older, if not wiser, his new show is a little undercooked, but his skill as a performer is undeniableClown is the hippest thing in comedy right now, thanks in no small part to the American act...
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Olivia Dean review - pop-soul singer proves she was born for big stages
Katie Hawthorne    SWG , GlasgowDelicately sipping a Red Stripe and accompanied by a seven piece band, the Brit School grad loosens up her Mercury prize nominated album with radiant star powerOne hand raised to the heavens, the other fixed sharply on her hip, Olivia Dean is beaming. The year old musician is just...
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Soldier Sailor by Claire Kilroy audiobook review - a thrillingly blunt take on new motherhood
Fiona Sturges    Narrator Simone Collins leans into the dark humour of life at the domestic coalface, where moments of fierce love jostle with soul sapping drudgeryA thrillingly blunt account of new motherhood, Claire Kilroy’s Soldier Sailor has been shortlisted for the Women’s prize, and finds its narrator...
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Porij: Teething review - dance music without drama or daring
Shaad D'Souza    PIAS The Manchester band sing about edginess and emotional danger, but never manage to give their beats any tensionYou can imagine a private members’ club commissioning Porij as artists in residence: the young Manchester band makes dance music so smooth and so inoffensive that I can imagine it goes...
25  avril     22h05
Joe and Katherine’s Bargain Holidays review - comedians slum it with a spa day’ in a pub car park
Rebecca Nicholson    Budget ice baths, graveyard sleepovers and a night of slam poetry in Norwich Joe Wilkinson and Katherine Ryan are super fun as they hunt for adventures that don’t break the bankChannel has carved out a particular niche in daytime shaped TV shows airing at night. This largely means that an...
26  avril     06h00
ISS review - Ariana DeBose is ace as third world war sparks space station survival race
Cath Clarke    DeBose’s brilliant rookie astronaut navigates this moderately tense thriller about US and Russian crew fighting as Earth blazes belowAt first, the crew on board the International Space Station ISS mistake the tiny dot of fire on Earth for a volcano. But look: there’s another, and another. In fact...
25  avril     14h00
Furious, funny and potentially fatal: hip-hop’s 20 greatest diss tracks - ranked
Alexis Petridis    As Drake, Kendrick Lamar and more continue their high profile beef, we run down the most inspired and vicious attacks in rap’s history A lot of rich guys arguing’: inside the rap beef of the decadeWhether you view the beef that has consumed hip hop’s upper echelons as a spicy addition to the...
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Bryce Dallas Howard: I can’t be trusted around famous people’
As told to Rich Pelley    The actor on tricking her tear ducts, being entertained as a child by Tom Cruise and legging it from dinosaurs while wearing stilettosHi Bryce If two generations makes an acting family, does three make an acting dynasty Her father is director Ron Howard, both of whose parents were actors. ...
24  avril     12h33
The photography studio with four wheels and a sunroof: Adali Schell’s best shot
Interview by Charlotte Jansen    The sun trickled in just as we were coming down the mountain. When I looked back at Victoria and Keni, the wind was rustling their clothes and hair. I was screaming because it was so beautiful ’Los Angeles is a city dominated by cars. Neighbourhoods are divided by highways that were constructed to...
23  avril     14h22
We have to have graffiti ’ How we made the Breakin’ Convention hip-hop dance festival
Interviews by Lyndsey Winship    At the first one, we had DJs in the foyer and people were jumping in to battle with the dancers. We took out seats to make more standing room and the noise was crazy’I was at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, performing my piece Aeroplane Man. Alistair Spalding had booked the show and said: Hey,...
20  avril     14h00
On my radar: CMAT’s cultural highlights
Killian Fox    The Irish musician on her favourite traditional pub, converting to the cult of baseball, and gigs in a western movie setCiara Mary Alice Thompson, who performs as CMAT, was born in Dublin in and grew up in nearby Dunboyne. She formed a band at but quit after three years and later reinvented...
18  avril     13h00
I’ve used hairbrushes, spatulas, car keys, apples ...’ Sheila E on drumming with Prince, Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson and more
As told to Dave Simpson    The Latin music legend back, at , with her first salsa album answers your questions on her star collaborations, screen chemistry, and what she and Stevie Wonder still can’t agree onWhen did you first know you were a drummer axolotlyI still don’t know if I’m a drummer Sometimes people...
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Happy 90th birthday, Shirley MacLaine: her 20 best films - ranked
Peter Bradshaw    Kooky kid sister, romantic lead, comic turn, cantankerous old dame ... we pick out her greatest rolesAn early Shirley in this epic Technicolor comedy adventure based on Jules Verne, overstuffed with superstar cameos and produced by the impresario Mike Todd. David Niven sauntered through the role of...
26  avril     05h20
TV tonight: why pregnant women are most at risk from Haiti’s gang rule
Phil Harrison, Kayleigh Dray, Ellen E Jones and Graeme Virtue    There’s a harrowing report about the collapse of the healthcare system in the troubled country. Plus, the final episode of Beyond Paradise. Here’s what to watch this evening Continue reading...
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Triangle of Sadness to The Idea of You: the seven best films to watch on TV this week
Simon Wardell    The Palme d’Or winner takes aim at the fashion world as models have a disastrous time on a luxury yacht, while Anne Hathaway falls for a boyband star in a swoony, steamy romance Continue reading...
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A Man in Full to Shardlake: the seven best shows to stream this week
Phil Harrison    Jeff Daniels is a boorish Trumpian type in a sharp new satire of American life, while Sean Bean and Arthur Hughes lead a monastery murder mystery Continue reading...
25  avril     06h00
Outlaw attitude: skaters, saunas and spontaneous stripping - in pictures
Guardian Staff    Magdalena Wosinska spent the s hanging out with bands, skateboarders and whoever else crossed her path. These photos capture blissful free spirits Continue reading...
24  avril     06h00
Subways, sphinxes and the Stones: highlights from NYC’s Photography Show - in pictures
Guardian Staff    A cover shoot for New York magazine and the subversive work of Lee Miller join a selection from top galleries at Aipad’s photography bonanza Continue reading...
23  avril     06h00
A lost astronaut, looted treasure and a hit naked Turk: the 60th Venice Biennale - in pictures
Guardian Staff    From the thrice daily Swan Lake to a tragedy in an asbestos factory, Guardian photographer David Levene went behind the scenes at the Art Olympics’ Continue reading...
19  avril     06h00
Nuclear fields and insect feasts: The Sony World Photography awards - in pictures
Mee-Lai Stone    Intricate spider’s webs, hornless rhinos and the world of Bavarian finger wrestling all feature in this year’s exhibition of mind blowing photographyJuliette Pavy: Sony World Photographer of the Year Continue reading...
18  avril     06h00
Party with an 8ft pink panther Ibiza in the 70s and 80s - in pictures
Guardian Staff    The Spanish photographer Oriol Maspons is known for his reportage, portraiture, fashion and advertising work in the s and s. But from the late s to the late s he would holiday in Ibiza, where he took pictures for pleasure. His humorous and playful photographs of the island’s...
17  avril     13h56
Sunshine at midnight on the arctic tundra: Inuuteq Storch’s best photograph
Interview by Charlotte Jansen    This was taken in Qaanaaq, one of the world’s most northern cities. It gets hour sun during the summer months. I went because my name originates there’In the summer of , I was living in Qaanaaq, Greenland, one of the most northern cities in the world. It’s a tundra: there are no plants, it...
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All aboard the ding ding’ A wild ride through Hong Kong - in pictures
Mee-Lai Stone    When Mikko Takkunen relocated to Hong Kong from New York he felt the urge to capture its vanishing essence Continue reading...
16  avril     06h00
We’d wait all day for a train’: America by rail - in pictures
Guardian Staff    Justine Kurland’s images capture her unique life raising a child on the road and offer up a joyous escape from the traditional family photo album Continue reading...
15  avril     12h38
Guys, dolls and an A-list cast: behind the curtains at the Olivier awards - in pictures
All photographs: Christian Sinibaldi    Guardian photographer Christian Sinibaldi attended the annual theatre bash to catch Nicole Scherzinger, Sarah Snook and Cara Delevingne roaming around backstage at the Royal Albert Hall News: Sunset Boulevard wins big at Oliviers Continue reading...