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  • Two young women on their stomachs on a twin bed, looking at a laptop.

    Film
    Roommates – Netflix broken friendship comedy is a sweet and salty treat

    The streamer has strangely kept this witty and detailed college comedy from critics but it’s far better than one has come to expect
  • A young woman with dark hair blows bubblegum.

    Music
    Olivia Rodrigo: Drop Dead – a maximalist rush of infatuation that’s just a bauble short of festive

  • Wearing a brown coat and a purple-and-yellow tartan scarf, she looks wistfully into the distance, with trees in the background

    Culture
    A statue of Queen Victoria, memorial trees and a swimming pool: Judi Dench’s garden – in eight poignant items

  • The young man and young woman run through the streets – she is taking a photo with her phone

    Music
    Add to playlist: the sweaty, unvarnished electropop of Punchbag and the week’s best new tracks

  • Replaced video game screenshot

    Games
    Replaced – nostalgic cyberpunk tribute has few ideas of its own

  • John Cazale (back to camera) and Al Pacino hug in a ballroom

    Film
    I’ll make up a whopper you can’t refuse! Why do we love to believe cinema’s best lines were improvised?

  • Man in yellow with mic on stage.

    Music
    D4vd arrested on suspicion of killing teen girl whose body was found in his Tesla

Talking points

  • A futuristic looking building made of concrete and glass.

    Art
    Like a concrete aircraft carrier: was LA’s giant new $724m gallery really worth all the carbon emissions?

  • Closeup of Kirsten Dunst looking over the tops of her sunglasses

    Film
    The power of the Dunst: Kirsten’s best film performances – ranked!

  • Audience watches trailer for As Deep As the Grave at CinemaCon in Las Vegas

    Film
    First trailer released for western starring AI version of Val Kilmer

  • Mother Mary Original Score Artwork

    Film
    ‘A feeling of ecstasy’: how Anne Hathaway and FKA twigs created the thunderous Mother Mary soundtrack

People

  • Prince at the Forum in Inglewood, California, February 1985.

    Music
    ‘He’d gaze at the stars and go: I’m gonna be up there one day’: Prince by those who knew him best, 10 years after his death

  • Tom Cruise, wearing all black, speaking into a microphone against a red background

    Film
    Top Gun 3 officially confirmed with Tom Cruise returning

  • A man walks on stage wearing a Run-DMC shirt and large gold chain.

    Music
    Man charged over 2002 Jam Master Jay killing to plead guilty, documents show

  • DJ Shadow

    Music
    DJ Shadow: ‘Kraftwerk are a touchstone for every phase of my career’

The big picture

  • Patti Smith at the Chelsea

    Art
    Artists, clowns, runaways: a stay at the Chelsea Hotel – in pictures

    Patti Smith lived there in ‘creative chaos’, while others paid their bills with paintings. Fellow guest Albert Scopin unpacked his camera to capture the iconic New York hotel and its clientele
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Reviews

  • Two young women sit on stage in front of house exterior set.

    Stage
    Proof – Ayo Edebiri struggles but Kara Young soars in Broadway revival

  • Lee Cronin's The Mummy

    Film
    The Mummy – classic monster gets dug up for unravelling resurrection

  • Grant Marshall and Robert Del Naja of Massive Attack

    Music
    Massive Attack: Boots on the Ground (ft Tom Waits) – first single in a decade is a dark hymn for our times

  • Carey Mulligan as Lindsay in Beef.

    Television
    Beef season two – the best show on TV becomes an unlovable White Lotus rip-off

Pictures & video

  • Two people holding hands on a beach, photographed from above by Marina Sersale

    Art
    ‘One simple gesture says it all’: the world in black and white – in pictures

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  • Flowering plant from Steve McQueen's Bounty

    Art
    ‘These flowers have witnessed horrific things’: Steve McQueen’s bountiful Grenada – in pictures

    Gallery10
  • Tinashe in white crop top and shorts performs on stage at Coachella

    Music
    Coachella 2026: Sabrina Carpenter, Justin Bieber, Sombr – in pictures

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  • Designer ‘Vic’ Vykukal models the AX-3 spacesuit at Ames Research Center in 1977. He is bending forward and attempting to touch the ground to demonstrate the suit's manoeuvrability

    Books
    Space: the ultimate wardrobe challenge – in pictures

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