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Director Kevin Costner may have just invented granddad cinema

Entertainment
James Parker

A couple of years ago, when Top Gun: Maverick was riding high, the term ‘dad cinema’ caught on as a way to ...

explicit, sapphic and her best work yet

Entertainment
James Parker

“Fell in love for the first time,” is the opening line of Billie Eilish’s third album, her soft, sensuous voice sighing through ...

cinema at its most soul-pricklingly primal

Entertainment
James Parker

Alright, stop me if you’ve heard this one before. A train is hammering across an arid landscape when suddenly, out of the ...

Guy Garvey makes the venue disaster a distant memory

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Sophie Anderson

Phew. After three weeks of delays, cancellations and chaos, Manchester’s £365 million Co-op Live concert venue finally opened with a concert by ...

Peter Kay, Utilita Arena, Birmingham, review: Kay’s rare common touch shines through

Technology
Laura Adams

Peter Kay was set to enter British entertainment’s annals last month as “the first artist in the world” to perform at Manchester’s ...

The fatal decisions that doomed Manchester’s ‘Co-Flop Live’

Entertainment
James Parker

The behemoth is a joint venture between OVG, which runs 450 arenas around the world and was co-founded by music mogul and ...

Best albums of the week: Dua Lipa, Radical Optimism

Entertainment
James Parker

It’s in It Is What It Is, a rhythmic noughties-style track, that Chinouriri really hits her groove. Lily Allen’s influence is clearer ...

Why Macron and the French elite still worship Gérard Depardieu

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Sophie Anderson

Within the French film industry, opinion on Depardieu remains starkly divided, with plenty of support for Macron’s point of view. One petition ...

Magic Pill by Johann Hari, review: the truth about Ozempic

Health
Sarah Carter

If you type the names of the weight-loss drugs Wegovy or Ozempic into a search engine, sponsored links dominate the page. “Starts ...

Every Thought We Had Watching ‘Challengers’

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Sophie Anderson

Photo: Niko Tavernise/MGM Pictures Warning: Spoilers for the movie Challengers below. Zendaya and her white boys, sitting in a tree: K-I-S-S-I-N-G. But ...