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Secrets of a Wallaby Boy review – low budget romp-com tracks delivery rider round his route

Nice performances from the leads aren’t enough to save this comedy about a bawdy bike courier from floundering in a slew of crass sex jokes

A close encounter with Richard Gere, 1998

William Leith got up close and personal with the simmering sex symbol, elegant and elusive both in public and private

Zuckerberg 2.0: why has Meta boss ditched drab hoodies in jazzy makeover?

Get ready for a silk shirt undone to the navel, necklaces and big T-shirts, all aimed at humanising Meta’s founder

Family Pack review – Jean Reno is game for a laugh in card-based time-travelling caper

A family playing a game are sent back in time to a medieval village where they must kill werewolves in order to return to the future

Welcome to the ‘winter arc’ – the very worst season in the self-improvement calendar

Are you going to spend the next three months laser-focused on your goals? Or will you, like me, be faceplanting like an anaesthetised owl?, writes Emma Beddington

‘It was to make bank managers less uptight’: the toy that put Newton’s law on executive desks

The eccentric British design firm behind Ballrace, the bestselling shiny 1970s Newton’s cradle, is celebrated in a new book

A planned sequel and a West End musical – but is The Devil Wears Prada out of step with our times?

Attitudes to body standards and corporate exploitation are among themes that look dated in the 2006 smash hit

Pay attention! 12 ways to improve your focus and concentration span

From gamifying your to-do list to going for a regular morning walk, top tips for improving concentration from psychotherapists, health coaches and other experts

Members Club review – male strippers meet bloodthirsty witches in gory comedy horror

Hapless dance troupe Wet Dreams get a taste of the dark arts when they’re lured to a gig to raise the dead. Plus: a cameo from Peter Andre

Return of the landline: why gen Z – and scam artists – love old-fashioned phones

80% of elderly people have landlines, compared with just 50% of 18- to 29-year-olds. Will the joy of a great conversation lead to a revival?

Sleep perfectionists: the exhausting rise of orthosomnia

The UK sleep-tracker industry is estimated to be worth £270m a year – and forecast to double by 2030. Could all this data be making our insomnia worse?

Terrifier 3: this low-budget film makes audiences vomit. Why is it No 1 at the US box office?

How did a $2m horror sequel trump $200m movie Joker: Folie à Deux this weekend? By shocking viewers – and steering clear of songs

Garçonnières review – male insecurities revealed as film goes back to the man cave

Céline Pernet places a number of willing volunteers in front of a camera and asks them a series of candid questions, and the responses form a fascinating tapestry of experience

‘People are complex’: Maria Bakalova on Donald Trump – and playing Ivana in The Apprentice

Her breakout role in the Borat sequel grabbed attention after a scene with Rudy Giuliani on a bed. Now she’s playing Trump’s ex-wife in a controversial biopic – but insists it’s not a political film

‘They make me want to walk more’: 14 everyday items that could improve your life

A sleep-saving knee pillow, a grater that makes dinners healthier, and a hairdryer that saves time: these products have changed daily routines for the better

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  • The Toymaker’s Key review – steampunk sci-fi animation is eclectic if overwrought
  • How Australia’s social media ban has affected families six months on
  • ‘Loving our country sounds like an abused spouse saying they love their abuser’: Robert De Niro leads crowd in rallying cry against Trump
  • Social media firms hit back as Starmer announces ban for under-16s in UK
  • The man who bought Diane Keaton’s nail clippers also owns Whoopi Goldberg’s teapot: ‘It will have her fingerprints on it’
  • Disclosure Day: alien conspiracies, car chases and a jaw-dropping climax – discuss with spoilers
  • Familiar Touch review – Kathleen Chalfant is wonderful in subtle, sensual memory loss drama
  • UK under-16s social media ban: which apps will be blocked and how will it work?
  • Angel’s Egg review – Mamoru Oshii’s dazzling 1985 anime is an eerie philosophical adventure
  • The problem with ‘loneliness influencers’ isn’t their friendlessness – it’s the air of cosy defeatism
  • Dry Leaf review – three-hour amble around the football pitches of Georgia in search of a daughter
  • ‘More relevant now than ever’: how Virginia Woolf recaptured the cultural zeitgeist
  • ‘Distressingly beautiful and disorienting’: the Willem Dafoe film that only one person can see at a time
  • Europe is starting to break up with US big tech. But it’s still abiding by the Silicon Valley rulebook
  • Starmer to announce ‘Australia plus’ ban on social media for under-16s
  • A day in the life of a dancer who went viral for pretending to be a parakeet
  • Why is the UK launching an ‘Australia plus’ social media ban and how will it work?
  • Scientists are working on headphones that block annoying noises and allow the ones you love? I can’t wait!
  • Readers reply: Experts say we should use passkeys, but can a smartphone pin really be safer than a password?
  • Elon Musk and co may relish march of the robots but there must be AI boundaries in the workplace
  • ‘Have I been influenced, or is this actually me?’ How personal taste fell out of fashion
  • X accused of giving racists ‘impunity’ after refusing to bar N- and P-word posts
  • NHS staff battling wave of food supplement disinformation
  • ‘I should know better’: tech expert lost £70,000 in one simple phone call
  • Make platforms that promote violent content pay towards riot costs, Streeting says
  • UK government announces £132.5m after-school clubs package
  • Pioneering UK Nerve Lab harnesses AI to map effect of children’s screen time
  • ‘Loneliness influencers’ are racking up views. After a breakup, I see the appeal
  • ‘Why would you put a toxic product into the hands of a young child?’: director turned activist Beeban Kidron on why big tech needs its ‘tobacco moment’

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