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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

Friday briefing: The end of the affair – why we’ve fallen out of love with the cinema

In today’s newsletter: Box office takings are tanking. Amid indulgent vanity products, endless sequels and the rise of streaming, how can Hollywood revive the magic?

‘I think my mum’s going to like it’: Alexander Skarsgård on his gay biker ‘dom-com’ Pillion

In May, Cannes went weak at the knees for Harry Lighton’s tale of BDSM and bootlicking in suburbia. Ahead of its release, the director and his stars reveal the explicit shots snipped from the final cut and discuss why Pride has become too sanitised

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  • The Wrong Girls review – Kristen Stewart fumbles through forgettable stoner comedy
  • AI agents aren’t legally responsible for any harm that they cause, experts say. So who is?
  • Don’t Say Good Luck review – high-school musical weepie puts Sunny Sandler in the spotlight
  • The End of Oak Street review – suburban dino-survival romp is more turkey than T-rex
  • In Venice, it’s not politics as usual as film-makers aim to recapture our attention
  • ‘Nightmare fodder’: Roku’s AI slop channel is even worse than expected
  • Live facial recognition cameras to be used on UK’s busiest shopping street
  • AI was supposed to destroy jobs. Where’s the carnage?
  • If the markets reject OpenAI and Anthropic, the US should nationalize them
  • Steal This Story, Please! review – Amy Goodman, stalwart of the American left, shows her teeth
  • ‘Feminists need to push back’: how did the women’s movement become so divided – and how can it reunite?
  • Mutants assemble: what does the future hold for the X-Men?
  • Chum review – daft shark attack movie with wedding guests running gamut of toothy undersea beast
  • ‘Sometimes they credit the janitor. But not us’: what’s it like to be a child chaperone on a film set?
  • Songs of Forgotten Trees review – sensitive, ambiguous drama of female intimacy in Mumbai
  • Post your questions for John Hannah
  • ‘I turned down Gandhi because I’m terrified of snakes’: the amazing movie memories of Bruce Dern
  • Probation officers vote for strike action after warning early releases will add to excessive workloads – as it happened
  • Edgier than the TV series, Michael Mann’s take on Miami Vice is gritty and intoxicating
  • ‘Everything about me is good in his eyes’: the women in China choosing AI boyfriends over human men
  • Spotify to distinguish AI artists from real people – and stop recommending them
  • Never Had a Chance review – a slice of gritty British Asian life with a side of drug dealing and addiction
  • Meta faces expensive child safety reckoning
  • 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

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