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암살자(들)을 누가 영부인의 머리에 총을 쐈는가?라는 범인 찾기 영화로만 바라보면 작품이 납작해진다. 영화는 육영수 여사 피격 사건으로 억울하게 해고된 경찰관들과 엄혹한 시대에 외부의 압력에…

지역신문 기자 출신이라 그런지 지역신문과 그 종사자들이 늘 애틋하다. 아쉬운 보도를 만나도 그 뒤의 어려움부터 떠올리게 된다. 쓴 기자 자신은 얼마나 아쉬웠을까 싶어서다.그런데 최근 한 지역신문…

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Brand, charged with rape and sexual assault, was ‘sleeping with people day and night’, former assistant alleges Russell Brand had an “insane sexual appetite” and his bad behaviour was “normalised and dismissed” by those around him, his former personal assistant has told a court.Helen Berger alleged she had seen Brand treat women badly and that she once had to stop his mother and girlfriend walking in on him having sex with someone in his dressing room. Continue reading...

Tech firm announces two-part fundraising after Elon Musk warns hundreds of AI startups face collapseMark Zuckerberg’s Meta has announced plans for a $95bn (£71bn) fundraising to cover its AI expenditure, even as Elon Musk warned that funding for smaller players in the sector was drying up.The owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp is a leading investor in AI and is ploughing multibillion-dollar sums into datacentres, the central nervous systems of the technology. Continue reading...

Channel 5 in advanced talks over highlights packageOpening game may be also be free-to-air in dealTNT Sports is close to securing live UK rights for England’s white-ball tour of Australia next month in a deal that could see one of the matches broadcast free-to-air on Channel 5.The Guardian has learned that Channel 5 is also in advanced talks with Cricket Australia over a highlights package for the eight-match tour, with the ­terrestrial broadcaster also in discussions over securing live rights for one of the five T20 ­internationals. Continue reading...

The actor appeared in the cult 1960s show as well as many of the films but also worked as a writerWalter Koenig, the actor known for playing Pavel Chekov throughout the Star Trek franchise, has died, his representative confirmed to the Hollywood Reporter. He was 90.Koenig died at his home in North Hollywood surrounded by his daughter and niece, according to a Facebook post by Zachery McGinnis, the founder of Galactic Productions, an appearance agency that counted the actor as one of its clients. His death was attributed to “old age”, with no other details provided.This article was amended on 26 October, 2026 to correct details on Koenig’s cameo on Star Trek: Picard. Continue reading...

My friend Andrew Willsmore, who has died aged 74, was a documentary film editor. His credits included Paul Hamann’s 14 Days in May (1987), about a prisoner awaiting execution in Mississippi, and The Duty Men (also 1987), for which he won a Bafta Craft award.He also edited Comrades (1985-86), a series about everyday life in the Soviet Union made by Richard Denton, Alan Bookbinder and me, as well as Chris Terrill’s HMS Brilliant (1995) and The Cruise (1998), which launched Jane McDonald’s television career. In addition he won a second Bafta for the first series of The Apprentice (2005). Continue reading...

Photographer Zeinab Faraj, 21, found herself buried under rubble beside a dying colleague while reporting in Lebanon. She had never expected to be the target of an Israeli missile attack.It was mid-April and after a month of deadly airstrikes across Lebanon, Israel agreed to a ceasefire. Much of the bombing had focused on southern Lebanon, where entire villages had been demolished. But with the truce, people were hopeful of being able to return to their homes or to see what remained.Zeinab Faraj, a 21-year-old photojournalist, decided to join Amal Khalil, 42, a newspaper reporter in Lebanon, on a trip to an area in the south of the country to document the aftermath of war. The two had worked..

Trump lashes out on Maher after the host interviewed former White House press secretary Karoline LeavittDonald Trump launched a 1,300-word social media rant against the late-night US TV host Bill Maher on Sunday evening, calling him a “TOTAL LOSER” in a fresh assault on the media.“Let’s talk about this COMPLETE AND TOTAL LOSER, Bill Maher,” the US president wrote. “He’s got a Low Rated Show on equally Low Rated HBO, which was once, long ago, a Network of Quality and Excitement – But that’s all gone.” Continue reading...

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Nathan Fielder’s three-hour Elizabeth Holmes film has become a pop culture phenomenon but at a sold-out Times Square screening, no one was quite sure what to thinkIn You Can See Everything, it’s Elizabeth Holmes’s partner who makes for 2026’s timeliest villainSecrets, lies and a shock A-list cameo: how You Can See Everything became the film of the yearWhen I see a film a second time during its theatrical run, it’s typically to take someone else who hasn’t yet seen it, at least in part hoping to witness their reaction to a piece of art that excited or moved me in some way. Seeing Lance Oppenheim and Nathan Fielder’s You Can See Everything a second time in New York City on a Satu..

The noise of the midterm elections has exploded into public consciousness after a TV commercial highlighted the two very different stories that Democratic and Republican candidates are telling.

Venezia FC, a historically modest club, has become a fashion sensation. But its performance has struggled to match the off-field hype.