From Hollywood to holy water: Pope Leo invites stars to the Vatican
Observers say that welcoming of guests including Cate Blanchett, Monica Bellucci and Spike Lee is a move to raise pontiff’s profile
Labubu toy movie with potential to anchor franchise in the works at Sony
Viral plush toy is heading to big screen after a deal was signed with details still unclear over whether it would be live-action or animated
Personal details of Tate galleries job applicants leaked online
Sensitive information relates to more than 100 individuals and their referees
Scrapping green subsidies is short-termist sabotage – and as usual the consumer will pay
Weaning ourselves off gas is the only way to reduce energy bills long term. Cutting support for this is exactly the ‘sticking-plaster politics’ Labour promised to end, says CEO of Electrify Britain Camilla Born
AI firm claims it stopped Chinese state-sponsored cyber-attack campaign
Anthropic says financial firms and government agencies were attacked ‘largely without human intervention’
US markets struggle amid tech sell-off and economic uncertainty
Wall Street endured its worst day in a month on Thursday as fears that tech companies are now overvalued loom large
Question 1: Are phone cheats killing the pub quiz?
Quizmasters are banning smart devices, using dedicated apps and finding plain old honesty can combat trivial offences
Man who grabbed Ariana Grande at Wicked sequel premiere charged
Footage shows the man jumping the red carpet barricade of the Singapore premiere of Wicked: For Good, then rushing towards and embracing the star
People in the UK: have you received good or bad financial advice from an AI chatbot?
We want to hear people’s experiences of getting money advice from generative AI chatbot tools
Epic movie: Christopher Nolan uses 2m ft of film for adaptation of The Odyssey
The director has revealed suitably grand scale of his forthcoming Homeric adventure, which was shot with Imax cameras and stars Matt Damon as Odysseus
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Porn Play review – Ambika Mod excels as an academic undone by pornography addiction
Sophia Chetin-Leuner’s drama toggles smartly between digital and physical worlds as it traces a scholar’s grim compulsion
John Cleese Packs It In review – former Python goes on the road in sickness and in health
Such is his grumpiness, it isn’t clear why the 85-year-old wanted to make the film – though ‘I need the money’ is a running gag
Nuremberg review – Russell Crowe is top notch as an on-trial Göring but Rami Malek lets side down
Crowe is wittily cast as the pompous Nazi in this tale from behind the scenes at the Nuremberg trials, but Malek is deeply silly as army psychiatrist Douglas Kelley
Train Dreams to A Thousand and One: the seven best films to watch on TV this week
Joel Edgerton stars in an epic American tale, and Teyana Taylor is a total scene-stealer in AV Rockwell’s tender story of a mum abducting her child from care