Features & Reviews

Inside the rise of #MusicAd influencers on TikTok

From ‘Heat Waves’ by Glass Animals to Lola Young’s ‘Don’t Hate Me’, songs and soundbites routinely go viral on TikTok. Some more organically than others. Lydia Spencer-Elliott explores the booming business of #MusicAd influencers paid to make songs go viral

Interview

Cary Elwes on Guy Ritchie, The Princess Bride and his Ted Cruz feud

interview

Bob Odenkirk on his brush with death and new mid-life crisis comedy

interview

Rowan Hisayo Buchanan: ‘The default character was a white guy’

inside film

Geoffrey Macnab Chris Hemsworth wouldn’t be the first star to embrace early retirement

interview

Max Porter: ‘Empower yourself to think carefully about men and masculinity’

interview

Hak Baker: ‘The Windrush generation is built on resilience’

Comment

A Harry Potter TV adaptation is a cursed idea

The Saturday Interview

Interview

Chris O’Dowd on the IT Crowd fallout, midlife crises and his new show

Interview

‘I’ve been violated my whole life’: Paris Hilton on sexism, #MeToo and surviving fame

News

Rising Stars

Interview

Big Boys star Jon Pointing: ‘Grief is a strange thing to bond over’

Interview

‘Fear levels were sky-high’: Rosy McEwen on Section 28 drama Blue Jean

Interview

Daryl McCormack: ‘Before we knew it, the three of us were naked’

Interview

Haley Lu Richardson on The White Lotus, narcissism and her precious pet

Independent TV

Bullfighters pay tribute to Picasso on 50th anniversary of his death

Joe Lycett mocks Rupert Murdoch over two-week engagement

Eddie Marsan was ‘afraid’ of growing up around white working-class men

Jeremy Renner refuses to be ‘haunted’ by memory of snowplough accident

What to watch

The 65 best original TV shows to watch on Netflix UK

The 35 best original TV shows to watch on Amazon Prime

The 50 best original films to watch on Netflix, ranked

A guide to all the Disney+ original content

Culture

The Pope’s Exorcist branded ‘unreliable splatter’ by Vatican group

Alec Baldwin to skip preliminary hearing in Rust manslaughter case

Russell Crowe reveals Gladiator 2 idea he considered returning for

The Super Mario Bros Movie smashes box office records

17 terrible performances by great actors

Netflix is removing all of these movies this week

TV & Radio

Film

Oscar-nominated actor and Elf star Michael Lerner dies aged 81

Halle Berry skewers troll who criticised her for posting nude photo

Zendaya ‘doesn’t get’ boyfriend Tom Holland’s Cockney rhyming slang

17 of the funniest movie title translations

Barbie fans go wild over ‘genius’ Margot Robbie shot in new trailer

Elon Musk hits out at critics over Mario Movie Rotten Tomatoes score

Music

Billy McFarland says Fyre Festival II is ‘finally happening’

How to get tickets to Little Simz’s 2023 North American tour

Abba guitarist Lasse Wellander dies aged 70

Fans spot Taylor Swift setlist change amid Joe Alwyn split rumours

Tina Turner admits she ‘always had a crush on Mick Jagger’

LiveNews

Celebrities pay tribute to S Club star Paul Cattermole

indy100

An AI-generated news presenter has made her hosting debut in Kuwait

Ancient formation discovered wrapped around Earth's core

Nick Cannon wants to have baby number 13 with Taylor Swift

What is the meaning of the numbers trend taking over TikTok and Instagram?

Optical illusion will reveal if you have 20/20 vision

Mum criticised for wanting to name son 'Charles' - because of her awkward surname

Model captures 'best UFO footage ever' from her private plane

Sponsored

Why the Lenovo Yoga 5G is great news for streamers

How the new furlough scheme will help UK firms affected by Covid-19

Is your business ready for the UK’s transition out of the EU?

Musto and Land Rover launch performance-wear collaboration