‘It brings me joy’: how young people are making CDs cool again
Compact discs are back, with searches for players up 96% at John Lewis and popular models sold out online
Stand By Me at 40: Rob Reiner’s seminal coming-of-age saga remains a bittersweet triumph
The late director’s sensitive and detailed adaptation of Stephen King’s novella has an authenticity that so many imitators could never replicate
Dirty Dancer review – Swayze stan is like a whirlwind as she replays 80s favourite
Melissa Firlit recreates Dirty Dancing in a one-woman show that mixes trivia, personal memories and a singalong
Hook, hold, harvest and hide: Meta’s alleged strategy laid out in first week of landmark trial
In trial that opened on Tuesday, California and 28 other states accused the company of designing addictive sites and violating laws protecting children’s privacy
The Guide #257: What we lose when a medium built for the ear surrenders to the camera
In this week’s newsletter: As platforms chase subscribers, podcasts are losing their off‑screen charm, leaving listeners to wonder whether the intimacy of audio can survive the studio lights
‘Digging the grave of my profession’: the Hollywood creatives training AI to do their jobs
Amid a jobs slump, award-winning writers, directors and producers taking on sometimes lucrative temp work teaching AI skills such as screenwriting and production
‘They’re thinking about the likes’: deadly TikTok motorway trend horrifies Ireland
Social media platforms face public ire after fatal crash involving teenagers filming themselves driving on wrong side
From Ludwig to Ariana Grande: the week in rave reviews
David Mitchell’s quirky puzzle-maker is back with the low-stakes murder mystery, while the US pop superstar’s Eternal Sunshine tour continues its London residency
From Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma to Brandon Flowers: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead
A film-maker’s attempt to reboot a horror movie franchise is derailed by her wild relationship with its former star, and the Killers frontman gets rustic
‘Darth Vader’ comes out in favor of Flock cameras at San Diego city council meeting
The dark lord – or someone dressed like him – said the technology would aid the empire in tracking ‘rebel scum’
David Harbour has blown Tony Stark’s cover in Avengers: Doomsday. It might just be what Marvel needs
The actor, who plays Red Guardian in the film, made a cryptic comment to Variety that raised more Robert Downey Jr-shaped questions than answers. But was it a clanger, or expert trolling?
‘We’re barely above porn’: why would a film-maker choose to make a deliberately bad ‘mockbuster’?
With a tiny budget and six days, Anthony Frith directed a film for the studio behind Sharknado – and then made Mockbuster, a documentary about the experience
Meghan as the next Bond? Five roles that almost certainly don’t lie behind UK return
Reports say Duke and Duchess of Sussex may have returned to Britain due to ‘top secret’ acting role for Meghan – we try to guess what it might be
Who Killed Marilyn? review – dismal attempt to solve mystery of Monroe with Pixie Lott
An account of the superstar’s life revisits her relationships and considers some conspiracy theories but never gets beyond cliche
Ralph Land obituary
Other lives: Part of the team that built the Leo business computer in the 1950s