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Nuclear fields and insect feasts: The Sony World Photography awards – in pictures
Intricate spider’s webs, hornless rhinos and the world of Bavarian finger wrestling all feature in this year’s exhibition of mind-blowing photography Continue reading...
Abigail review – Dracula’s daughter gets kidnapped in fun-sucking horror
There’s some low-stakes pleasure to be had in the first half of the gory new film from the team behind Ready or Not and Scream but things fall apart disastrously Last year’s handsome gothic...
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/apr/18/abigail-movie-review-dracula-daughter
Dickey Betts, Allman Brothers Band co-founder and guitarist, dies aged 80
Rock & Roll Hall of Famer who wrote the band’s biggest hit, Ramblin’ Man, dies at home in Florida ‘surrounded by his whole family’ Guitar legend Dickey Betts, who co-founded the Allman ...
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/apr/18/dickey-betts-dies-allman-brothers-band
Writers withdraw from PEN America literary awards in support of Gaza
Authors and translators say PEN America has ‘had no criticism of American complicity in the bombardment of Gaza’, in stark contrast to other national centres of the organisation Thirty-one ...
Fontaines DC: ‘We can generate ideas that sound like they’ve been carved in stone for a thousand years’
Influenced by Korn and moving beyond their native Ireland, the band are ready to be one of the biggest in the world. They explain how panic attacks and parenthood came to bear on a bold new LP ...
Kimmel hits back at Trump: ‘The only person still talking about this joke is him’
Late-night hosts discuss Donald Trump’s day off from court and his Truth Social rant about Jimmy Kimmel’s performance at the Oscars five weeks ago Late-night hosts talked Donald Trump’s T...
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2024/apr/18/jimmy-kimmel-trump-oscars
‘I’m practicing photographic justice’: Corky Lee’s portraits of Asian American life
A new documentary looks back on the life and career of a photographer who documented an overlooked community Corky Lee spent decades photographing Asian American life, in New York and across th...
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2024/apr/18/corky-lee-documentary-photographer
Martin Scorsese to revive Frank Sinatra biopic with Leonardo DiCaprio
The director is planning to return to his long-delayed project with Jennifer Lawrence co-starring as Ava Gardner – but rights may prove a stumbling-block Martin Scorsese is reportedly revivin...
Five of the best books to understand modern China
From a poetic memoir of social repression to a study of the lasting impact of the Cultural Revolution – these titles are a good place to start if you want to know more about the country and its...
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/apr/18/five-of-the-best-books-to-understand-modern-china
‘I’ve used hairbrushes, spatulas, car keys, apples ...�...on drumming with Prince, Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson and more
The Latin music legend – back, at 66, with her first salsa album – answers your questions on her star collaborations, screen chemistry, and what she and Stevie Wonder still can’t agree on ...
‘My soul mate’: Warwick Davis pays tribute to wife Samantha who has died aged 53
Harry Potter star described wife, who founded dwarfism charity Little People UK, as ‘greatest love of his life’ Samantha Davis, the campaigner and wife of the Harry Potter star Warwick Davi...
‘Like a stray Bee Gee!’ Did Andrew Scott’s Ripley have the worst wig in TV history?
Tom Ripley is meant to be a master of disguise – so why does he end up in such a rubbish rug? Here’s where Andrew Scott’s daft do sits in the pantheon of preposterous hairpieces Netflix�...
Happy 90th birthday, Shirley MacLaine: her 20 best films – ranked!
Kooky kid sister, romantic lead, comic turn, cantankerous old dame … we pick out her greatest roles An early Shirley in this epic Technicolor comedy-adventure based on Jules Verne, overstuffe...
Kanye West suspected of attacking man who allegedly sexually assaulted his wife
Following reports of battery investigation into West against unnamed man, rapper’s team allege wife Bianca Censori was being assaulted Representatives for Kanye West have alleged that a man p...
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/apr/18/kanye-west-bianca-censori
‘The house was small, the life was big’: how Amy Winehouse’s homes were recreated for Back to Black
Set designers Katie Spencer and Sarah Greenwood went from Barbie to the darker world of the Amy Winehouse biopic. They explain how even a Smeg fridge evokes the singer’s dreams Imagine someon...
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/apr/18/amy-winehouse-set-designers-back-to-black
Party with an 8ft pink panther! Ibiza in the 70s and 80s – in pictures
The Spanish photographer Oriol Maspons is known for his reportage, portraiture, fashion and advertising work in the 1950s and 60s. But from the late 1960s to the late 1980s he would holiday in Ib...
‘I was severely stalked and severely abused’: Richard Gadd on the true story behind Baby Reindeer
The chilling, visceral, deeply compelling comedy-drama has caused shock waves worldwide since launching last weekend. But what about the experiences that inspired it? When Richard Gadd wrote Mo...
Quentin Tarantino scraps plans for his final film – reports
The 61-year-old director, who says he will retire after his 10th film, has abandoned The Movie Critic, according to industry reports Quentin Tarantino has reportedly abandoned his plans for The...
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare review – Guy Ritchie’s fun wartime romp
Henry Cavill leads a ragtag group on an unlikely mission in this shaggy, exaggerated account of Operation Postmaster Guy Ritchie’s inevitable graduation from London to Hollywood has had its m...
Sunshine at midnight on the arctic tundra: Inuuteq Storch’s best photograph
‘This was taken in Qaanaaq, one of the world’s most northern cities. It gets 24-hour sun during the summer months. I went because my name originates there’ In the summer of 2023, I was li...
Under the Bridge review – Lily Gladstone leads respectful yet bland true crime drama
The recent Oscar nominee plays a cop investigating the brutal death of a teen in this noble but clunky retelling of a horrifying crime on Hulu As a true crime drama in the year 2024, Hulu’s U...
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/apr/17/under-the-bridge-lily-gladstone
Adventures in Volcanoland by Tamsin Mather review – fire and brimstone
A magical scientific exploration of volcanoes, and how they’ve shaped both nature and human destiny Volcanoes are the homes of gods, language tells us – across most of Europe, people who ma...
The Hypocrite by Jo Hamya review – sun, sex, scenery and family guilt
A playwright brings unresolved memories to the stage in this clever study of art, dysfunction and generational difference Jo Hamya’s first book, Three Rooms , was a polemical novel about midd...
All aboard the ‘ding ding’! A wild ride through Hong Kong – in pictures
When Mikko Takkunen relocated to Hong Kong from New York he felt the urge to capture its vanishing essence Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2024/apr/17/mikko-takkunen-hong-kong-in-pictures
‘We’d wait all day for a train’: America by rail – in pictures
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...
You Are Here by David Nicholls review – love is in the fresh air
The One Day author’s new will-they-won’t-they tale, about two divorcees who find themselves walking the Lakes and Pennines, is a great comic novel – and superb on the landscape The proxim...
In Maryland, female migrant laborers face an uncertain future as sea levels rise – photo essay
For the women who pick and prepare Maryland’s famous crab, the once profitable work is far more uncertain – and the climate crisis has had a damaging impact In the evening light, Maribel Ma...
Guys, dolls and an A-list cast: behind the curtains at the Olivier awards – in pictures
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 • Ne...
Exploring why we photograph animals – in pictures
A new collection of wildlife photography aims to help understand why people have photographed animals at different points in history and what it means in the present. Huw Lewis-Jones explores the...
Nuclear reactor or medieval castle? Brutal Welsh architecture – in pictures
A new title in Simon Phipps’ bestselling brutalist series, this photographic exploration of Wales features over 60 extraordinary buildings, including many lesser-known examples of modernist arc...