‘Cocaine is the Gollum of drugs’ – and other things we learned from Anthony LaPaglia’s surprisingly juicy memoir
The actor opens up about almost playing Tony Soprano, why Quentin Tarantino ‘flipped out’ at him and how he’s ‘pretty much broke’ now
Never After Dark review – ghostbuster-for-hire meets her match in Japanese exorcism horror
Shogun’s Moeka Hoshi stars as a travelling caster-out of ghosts who confronts a wounded and recalcitrant spirit in this inventive chiller
‘I laughed so hard my Tampax fell out’: Michael Gambon’s pranks revealed by the stars he cracked up
He made Daniel Radcliffe’s Harry Potter fart, left Judi Dench unable to control herself and told a fry-up fantasy about Helen Mirren. A new biography details the star’s mischief
Anthropic’s Claude AI model accessed Georgia voter data in US
Latest example of unauthorised behaviour shows AI model bypassed paywall to access data as part of statistics project
Bad Day at the Office review – gratuitously entertaining Go-Pro thriller is like Crank meets The Hangover
John Hannah parkours through gangland London in a hyperactive first-person action film that has to keep the heartrate down
Harry Styles says his laptop has been dead for six years. Is he just showing off?
He is either being insincere – knowing he could buy an entire Apple store if he wanted – or he is genuinely overwhelmed by tech. If it’s the latter, he has my sympathy, writes Emma Beddington
All About the Money review – confusion and compelling weirdness of wealthy leftwing heir
This profile of James ‘Fergie’ Chambers, who set up a commune in rural Massachusetts and is fighting extradition from Spain, is a brave attempt to package a complex character and story
‘Vicarious wish-fulfillment’: why That Thing You Do! is my feelgood movie
The latest in our ongoing series of writers explaining their most rewatched comfort films is a journey back to the 90s for Tom Hanks’ heartfelt 60s-set music comedy
Ever Since I Knew Myself review – confronting the scars of childhood
Maka Gogaladze’s debut feature looks at generational differences in the context of Georgia’s education system and emphasis on collectivism
‘Nothing worked for me until I was clean and sober’: Ashley Walters on acting, directing – and turning his life around
In Adolescence he proved himself one of the UK’s best actors. Now he has directed his first film, Animol. He reflects on the road from prison and addiction to soaring success
Bayeux tapestry becomes pop culture hit as young people more keen to see exhibition than top films
Monzo says 55% of its payments to British Museum in first hour of latest ticket release were by people under 35
Anthropic sued for allegedly using 274 Elvis Presley songs to train AI models
Authentic Brands Group says AI company infringed on rights of songs by the King such as Can’t Help Falling in Love
‘He’s not going to punk me. I’ll trick him’: Ali G: Who Iz I? stooge says he was in on joke but didn’t tell Sacha Baron Cohen
Exclusive: Joshua Loudermilk says suspicions first raised during filming by gun shaped like wearable plastic bottom: ‘You’re gonna put a butt on top of a butt? You can’t run in that’• This article contains spoilers for Ali G: Who Iz I?
Matthew McConaughey has read all his bad reviews – and I applaud him
The Hollywood actor revealed he once read two-decades’ worth of pans in one fell swoop, during two days in the desert. It’s the kind of preposterous self-flagellation we can all learn from and enjoy, writes Polly Hudson
Haines tribute speeches to open parliament, but Labor mustn’t overlook broader causes of boiling anger
Poverty, health and dislocation are fuelling political anger. Labor can’t ignore this in response to alleged attack on Indi MP