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Celebrity crib sheet: Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande are back on the red carpet – here are seven things you need to know

As Wicked: For Good premieres in the UK, find out just how close its costars are, why so many of the cast are vegan and the truth about Grande’s move away from pop

Marjorie Ainsworth obituary

Other lives: Film enthusiast who was a pillar of the Manchester and Salford Film Society

Netflix’s Selena doc sensitively focuses on her incredible life over her tragic death

The 23-year-old ‘Queen of Tejano music’ was murdered just as her music was set to cross over, and revealing new film Selena y Los Dinos: A Family’s Legacy finds new ways to celebrate her

The Guardian view on authentic casting in Wicked: finally a true celebration of difference

Editorial: The wider TV and film industries have a long way to go in including disabled actors and creators, and leaving stereotypes behind

The Guide #218: For gen Zers like me, YouTube isn’t an app or a website – it’s the backdrop to our waking lives

When the video-sharing site launched in 2005, there were fears it would replace terrestrial television. It didn’t just replace it – it invented entirely new forms of content. ASMR, anyone?

Back to the Future celebrates 40th with three Marty McFlys performing the musical

The West End show’s former lead actors will travel back in their careers to share the role with its current star for the 1985 film’s anniversary

Is Avatar’s main villain about to become a good guy? All the signs are pointing that way

Will Quaritch, the square-jawed representative of military-industrial destruction befriend the Na’vi in James Cameron’s forthcoming Avatar: Fire and Ash? And if so, what other unlikely character about-turns should we be prepared for?

Zoe Terakes: ‘It’s a privilege to keep working while you’re transitioning. It’s also really challenging’

After writing their first book, the actor talks about Greek mythology, a joyous Marvel universe experience, and going through puberty – twice – in public

AI is changing the relationship between journalist and audience. There is much at stake

There is no point pretending that change is not happening, or that it can be avoided. But these are the risks we must address

Hundreds of English-language websites link to pro-Kremlin propaganda

Thinktank says internet flooded with disinformation by Russia-aligned Pravda network, which many websites treat as credible

Asos turns to AI stylists to win back shoppers after sales slide 12%

Online fashion retailer says action to cut discounts and deter ‘serial returners’ contributed to fall in sales

‘Agony uncle’ Bill Nighy leads rise of the celebrity podcast

Ill-advised, in which 75-year-old actor doles out advice and his innermost secrets, is fast becoming cult podcast of the year

Leading law firm cuts London back-office staff as it embraces AI

Clifford Chance makes about 50 roles redundant, and PwC indicates that AI may lead to fewer hirings

Tech should help us be creative. AI rips our creativity away

AI-generated songs are topping Spotify charts. This isn’t about the ‘democratization’ of art – it’s about scale

Left-Handed Girl to After the Hunt: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

An utterly beguiling Taiwanese drama about a single mother, plus Julia Roberts, Andrew Garfield and Ayo Edebiri star in a dark thriller about accusations of sexual assault on a college campus

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  • Isaac Mizrahi on stage, style and the legacy of Unzipped: ‘Fashion has no real spine any more’
  • Meta glasses banned from courts in England and Wales
  • Experts are warning: our AI arms race is putting humanity at risk
  • Momo and the Time Thieves review – kids’ fantasy jaunt sticks the boot into capitalism
  • AI’s potential climate benefits outweighed by role in boosting fossil fuels, study finds
  • How to buy a bike: expert tips for finding the right budget, frame and fit
  • ‘I’m giving people a happy space’: the man clearing gardens for free – and letting light into strangers’ lives
  • ‘A horrible nightmare’: the shocking story of the eBay harassment scandal
  • Nimrods review – Green Day’s early years inspire teenage kicks in amiable punk road movie
  • Gangs using Airbnb-type rentals as drug stash houses, top Belgian official says
  • The Pout-Pout Fish review – Nick Offerman is best thing in kids cartoon adventure on the high seas
  • Love me, love my bruised ego: what the narcissist-artist film tells us about the fear of ageing
  • Trump’s media company, which also owns Truth Social, reports $238m loss
  • Zuckerberg pushes ‘superintelligent’ AI for all as Meta drops open-source model
  • The Guardian view on Meta’s smart glasses: regulators must get on the front foot
  • Bernie Sanders calls on Silicon Valley to ‘pause AI development’ in interest of humanity
  • Barack Obama launches podcast about books that ‘shaped his worldview’
  • John Cameron Mitchell: ‘It’s punk to turn off your phone – you’re walking away from the herd’
  • Sam Neill on making Hunt for the Wilderpeople: ‘We were attacked by a puppet pig!’
  • This Is Ballroom review – pulsating documentary tells story of Brazilian ballroom
  • How to feel optimistic in the face of crisis? Ask the kids fighting slug-like aliens
  • What happens when medical students rely on AI – and never develop their own judgment?
  • Lesbians, latex and $2,000 condoms: why are this summer’s movies so obsessed with sex?
  • RL Stine’s Pumpkinhead review – horror from Goosebumps writer has kid confined inside large fruit
  • Messy is chic again. But is the world ready for my kind of crumpled grubbiness?
  • Ancestral Visions of the Future review – visceral cine-memoir is a haunting return to Lesotho
  • Harry Potter fans force relocation of £430m undersea cable to avoid Dobby’s ‘grave’
  • It’s not just the Odyssey effect: poetry is booming because it’s the only language for these times of violence and chaos
  • Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 review: your passport to a folding phone future
  • Mermaid Beach review – Wales gets its mermaidcore moment in teen-empowerment tale

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