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Tenniscore: centre-court chic smashes it this fashion season

As a new movie starring Zendaya puts the tennis on the big screen, the sport that brought us Lacoste and Fred Perry is inspiring today’s style players

Hollywood celebrates its own first century – back in 1987

Tinseltown has always enjoyed the spotlight, but how did those who knew it best capture the first 100 years?

Tell us: what’s your favourite everyday gadget?

We would like to hear about your favourite, most useful everyday utensil

Muting people on social media is fast and free and will change your life

Experts say setting boundaries online creates a healthier digital environment and helps preserve your mental wellbeing

‘Kardashian children are sharing skincare routines’: experts on gen Z’s ageing fixation

As younger and younger people buy anti-ageing products, we look at the influences behind the trend

Streaming: High & Low: John Galliano and the best films about fashion

Kevin Macdonald’s finely balanced portrait of the disgraced Dior designer, on Mubi from Friday, is the newest arrival on cinema’s catwalk of fashion industry movies, from Funny Face to Zoolander

Monopoly: the Movie? Pop culture has become a series of lukewarm adverts – and it’s all so very dull

From films about Play-Doh and Barbie to the Shrek ‘experience’, consumer capitalism has run out of ideas, says freelance writer Dan Hancox

Do Aur Do Pyaar (Two Plus Two Is Love) review – refreshingly nonjudgmental infidelity romcom

Vidya Balan shines in this witty remake that sees a married couple, both cheating on each other, on the verge of breaking up

‘David Lynch had to personally approve the screening’: the film clubs driving the celluloid revival

A ballooning number of repertory groups dedicated to cinema in its original medium are springing up across the UK. They explain its uphill thrills

I Could Never Go Vegan review – cheerfully persuasive film about the plant-based lifestyle

Thomas Pickering blends approachable narration with well-presented information in a welcome reminder of the Michael Moore method

The Titanic drug poisoning: is one of the greatest mysteries in film history about to be solved?

While filming the epic movie, 80 people – including James Cameron and Bill Paxton – were hospitalised after their food was spiked with PCP. Who was behind the psychedelic clam chowder?

‘We’re the last bastion of rental’: the video stores resisting the rise of streaming

Cheap DVDs, torrenting and streamers looked to have killed off video rentals. But a group of cinephile shop owners are keeping the flame alive

Who TF Did I Marry captivated millions. What made the TikTok series so relatable?

Reesa Teesa chronicled how she ‘met, dated, married and divorced’ a ‘pathological liar’, leaving viewers obsessed

‘Smell is really important for social communication’: how technology is ruining our senses

Scientists say an overreliance on sight and sound is having a detrimental effect on people’s wellbeing and that our devices should deliver a multisensory experience

Hugo Weaving: ‘This is the hardest thing I’ve ever done’

Thirty years after Priscilla, Queen of the Desert thrust him on to the international stage, the actor discusses tiring of Hollywood villains and his most challenging role yet

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  • The Rev Michael Humphreys obituary
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  • Luca Guadagnino’s Sam Altman movie dropped by Amazon after it announces OpenAI partnership
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  • Jennifer Siebel Newsom’s new film shines a light on the human cost of unregulated social media
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