AI tool Grok used to create child sexual abuse imagery, watchdog says
Internet Watch Foundation warns Elon Musk-owned AI risks bringing sexualised imagery of children into the mainstream
One Battle After Another and The Studio lead Actor awards nominations
Paul Thomas Anderson’s epic thriller and Apple’s comedy series lead nominations for the renamed Sag awards with an impressive showing for Sinners and Adolescence
Nick Reiner arraignment postponed to February after lawyer withdraws from case
Son of director Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner will now be represented by public defender in murder case
The Guardian view on granting legal rights to AI: humans should not give house-room to an ill-advised debate
Editorial: Anthropomorphising tech helps Silicon Valley shares to soar, but our empathy should be directed to worthier causes
Isiah Whitlock Jr obituary
Actor who played the venal Maryland state governor Clay Davis in the US crime drama The Wire
We live in a surveillance culture – but why would I want to track my son or husband?
A campaign group of health professionals is urging parents to stop surveilling their children. I couldn’t agree more, writes Polly Hudson
Commons women and equalities committee to stop using X amid AI-altered images row
Exclusive: Move follows outcry over use of Grok to digitally remove clothing from images of women and children
Chloé Zhao says ‘feminine consciousness’ incompatible with current Hollywood model
Responding to new reporting finding only nine of the directors behind 2025’s 100 top-grossing US films were women, Hamnet film-maker questions industry’s capacity for inclusivity
‘It felt like she was asking me to save her’: the film based on a five-year-old Palestinian girl’s dying pleas
The Voice of Hind Rajab has stunned audiences with its use of the real-life audio of a girl’s call for help after her family’s car was attacked by an Israeli tank in Gaza. Its director explains why she had to tell Hind’s tragic story
365 buttons: could the biggest meme of 2026 change your life?
It’s either a simple yet effective way to appreciate the passage of time – or a reminder to do your own thing without pausing for explanation
UK and Ireland cinema takings on post-pandemic high as A Minecraft Movie tops 2025 box office
Video game spinoff was the highest-grossing film of the year at £56.88m as the sector continued its recovery after Covid
‘This might be too hot to touch’: Gwyneth Paltrow says conscious uncoupling cost her a movie role
Actor thinks derisive response to her description of divorcing Chris Martin led to her being dropped from film
Warner Bros Discovery tells investors to reject ‘inadequate’ $108bn Paramount bid
Board unwilling to accept hostile takeover despite $40bn guarantee from billionaire Larry Ellison
Brigitte Bardot laid to rest in funeral ceremony broadcast across Saint-Tropez
Service attended by singers, animal rights activists and public figures including far-right leader Marine Le Pen
‘It was overwhelming’: Katie Leung on Harry Potter, sudden fame, insecurity – and starring in Bridgerton
As a teenager, the actor landed her first ever job in the blockbuster film series. The experience was fun – but also led to horrendous online abuse. Now she’s back, playing a tough and surprising matriarch in the Regency smash hit