EsDeeKid: why do people think the Liverpudlian rapper might actually be Timothée Chalamet?
The incognito hip-hop act known as EsDeeKid has been identified by online sleuths as Chalamet in disguise. The pair even have the same scarf – case closed
The Guide #219: Don’t panic! Revisiting the millennium’s wildest cultural predictions
The turn-of-the-2000s produced a frenzy of cultural crystal-ball gazing. Two decades on those bold forecasts reveal as much about us as they do about the era itself
From Christy to Neil Young: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead
Sydney Sweeney as you’ve never seen her before – genuinely – in a boxing biopic, and the godfather of grunge revisits his dark stuff
O come out ye faithful: a joyful roundup of UK culture this Christmas
Beauty and the Beast or Wolf Alice? Queen Marie Antoinette or Count Arthur Strong? Come and behold: the holiday season offers stage, film, music and art that’s worth singing about
Sirāt review – rave in the desert leads to exasperating quest in the sands of Morocco
Oliver Laxe’s Cannes prize winner about a father’s search for his missing daughter starts impressively then descends into Pythonesque perdition
Warner Music signs deal with AI song generator Suno after settling lawsuit
Music company representing Coldplay and Ed Sheeran had sued tech platform alleging mass copyright infringement Business live – latest updates
Jimmy Cliff obituary
One of the greatest stars of Jamaican reggae known for his 1969 hit Many Rivers to Cross and the film The Harder They Come
Still Pushing Pineapples review – Black Lace trouper on sad disco circuit from Blackpool to Benidorm
Kim Hopkins’ documentary follows Dene Michael, of 1980s novelty pop act Black Lace, as he belts out the band’s hits – though it misses out a key part of his life
From Wicked: For Good to Stranger Things: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead
Ariana Grande sparkles in the concluding part of the Wicked Witch tale, and the first batch of final episodes of the retro sci-fi juggernaut are unleashed
From The Death of Bunny Munro to Wicked: For Good: the week in rave reviews
Matt Smith is the ultimate bad dad in a Nick Cave novel adaptation, and the Oz prequel musical reaches the end of the road. Here’s the pick of the week’s culture, taken from the Guardian’s best-rated reviews
Netflix’s Selena doc sensitively focuses on her incredible life over her tragic death
The 23-year-old ‘Queen of Tejano music’ was murdered just as her music was set to cross over, and revealing new film Selena y Los Dinos: A Family’s Legacy finds new ways to celebrate her
Tech should help us be creative. AI rips our creativity away
AI-generated songs are topping Spotify charts. This isn’t about the ‘democratization’ of art – it’s about scale
Xania Monet’s music is the stuff of nightmares. Thankfully her AI ‘clankers’ will be limited to this cultural moment
While a robot pop star may be novelty now, young people are maturing with a scorn for generic digital products
Ariana Grande contracts Covid during Wicked: For Good press tour
Oscar-nominated star of two-part musical forced to cancel press stops as film is predicted to deliver year’s biggest box office opening
Charli xcx plays version of herself in teaser for mockumentary The Moment
The ‘2024 period piece’ stars the Grammy-winning musician with Kylie Jenner, Rachel Sennott and Alexander Skarsgård