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The Guide #260: From Oasis to K-pop, music is going mad for the big-screen documentary
A boom in music documentaries and concert films is filling cinema screens, with the Guardian’s Guide column pegging the trend to the release of Don’t Look Back in Anger, which captures Oasis’s 2025 reunion tour and the Gallagher brothers’ first joint interview since their 2009 split. The article argues these films let ageing or reconciled…
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TV tonight: surprise smash hit show Saturday Night Like UK is back!
The Guardian’s TV guide for tonight highlights the return of “Saturday Night Like UK”, the US-style late-night sketch show that defied expectations of failure to become a surprise hit earlier this year, thanks partly to a well-received Princess Diana impression. Its new series brings back the successful cast, adds newcomer Freddie Meredith, and introduces Jeff…
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Can chatbots feel – or even dream? Meet the man leading the fight for AI rights
Michael Samadi, a Texas-based tech entrepreneur and cattle rancher, has become an unlikely activist campaigning for the rights and welfare of artificial intelligence systems, after a 2024 encounter with ChatGPT convinced him the chatbot displayed genuine understanding rather than mere pattern-matching. He founded what he describes as the world’s first advocacy group dedicated to AI…
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Hong Kong jails democracy activists as Green Party rocked by exodus, Chelsea cash nets £175m
Vigil organisers get up to seven years in a Tiananmen crackdown case; Green Party women quit citing misogyny while Gove offers Holyrood schools advice; frozen Abramovich Chelsea funds earn record interest, plus FBI, Meta and Hogwarts Legacy news.
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After ‘Reacher’s Season 4 Finale, Start Binging Prime Video’s Stellar 4-Part Action Thriller
Following the Season 4 finale of Prime Video’s hit series “Reacher,” the streamer is set to release its spin-off “Neagley” on 16 September, focusing on Jack Reacher’s ally Frances Neagley (Maria Sten). In the meantime, the article recommends another Prime Video action series, “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan,” starring John Krasinski, as a worthwhile watch for…
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‘The View’s Sunny Hostin Defends AI As “New Art Form” Amid “Gatekeeping In Hollywood Around Black & Brown Creative Content”
Sunny Hostin faced pushback from her fellow co-hosts on The View after defending her decision to license her name and likeness to AI company Fountain 0, describing generative AI as a “new art form” that could help break down barriers facing Black and Brown creators in Hollywood. Hostin argued that after six years of failing…
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Josh Hartnett Reveals He Was “Actively Not Looking to Do a TV Show” Before Joining ‘Below’
Josh Hartnett has revealed he was “actively not looking to do a TV show” before signing on to Netflix’s thriller miniseries “Below,” saying he had just finished a film and intended to make another before reading the script won him over. He made the comments at The Hollywood Reporter’s Studio during the Toronto International Film…
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10 Thriller Books That Are Page-Turners From Start to Finish
This Collider feature rounds up thriller novels praised as compelling “page-turners” that keep readers hooked from beginning to end, spanning crime, horror and psychological suspense. The selections show that gripping pacing can come from very different sources, whether gritty urban realism, unconventional formatting or claustrophobic two-hander plots, and several picks have also been adapted for…