Never be honest in Hollywood – even if you’re Quentin Tarantino
Success doesn’t mean you can speak your mind – and criticizing Paul Dano is like kicking a bunny at a birthday party
Disney to invest $1bn in OpenAI, allowing characters in Sora video tool
Agreement comes amid anxiety in Hollywood over impact of AI on the industry, expression and rights of creators
The online wellness clinics letting customers ‘add to cart’ experimental peptides without a doctor consult
The growing market for injectable peptides includes many schedule 4 drugs that are not yet approved for use in Australia but can be prescribed by a doctor
Teenagers are presenting Christmas wishlists, Powerpoint-style – my daughter included
A far cry from hand scrawled letters to Santa, on graphic design platform Canva users have created a whopping 1.4m Christmas wishlist presentations
A stiff dose of ‘weak sauce’: Paul Dano’s best films – ranked!
After Quentin Tarantino’s unfavourable comments about the actor’s performance in films including There Will Be Blood, we run through the roles that show just how potent he really is
Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson to return for latest Hunger Games instalment
Currently in production the second prequel in the series, Sunrise on the Reaping, will likely feature the married couple ‘in a flash-forward’
Meta shuts down global accounts linked to abortion advice and queer content
More than 50 organisations report sites being restricted or removed, with abortion hotlines blocked and posts showing non-explicit nudity triggering warnings
‘It’s not going to be some miraculous recovery’: film charts healing of Ukrainian children rescued from Russia
Director of After the Rain says she aimed to portray ‘children as children, not as a statistic’ while filming at Estonian animal therapy retreat
Will Australia’s social media ban survive a high court challenge from two teenagers? Most likely – here’s why
The under-16s ban is a pragmatic first step in trying to reduce the potential harm on young people of addictive products. It is not undermining the democratic process
Online child sexual abuse surges by 26% in year as police say tech firms must act
Figures for England and Wales show there were 51,672 offences for child sexual exploitation and abuse online in 2024
‘Already had a profound effect’: parents react to Australia’s social media ban
We asked you to share your views on your children’s use of social media and how the ban is affecting your family. Here is what you told us
Film bro finds and ‘crash out cinema’: how Letterboxd became a review haven for the algorithm-averse
The platform’s esoteric watchlists and rating system appeal to cinephiles craving a different mode of discovery
Tourists to US would have to reveal five years of social media activity under new Trump plan
Plan would apply to countries not currently required to get visas to the US, including Britain and France
No 10 publishes list of 34 new political peerages including 25 Labour, five Liberal Democrats and three Conservatives – as it happened
Downing Street publishes list including ex-Olympic swimmer Sharron Davies and Iceland supermarket chief Richard Walker
Australia’s social media ban: inside the 12 December Guardian Weekly
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