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Cilla Black soars into top 40 as millions watch ITV tribute

Anyone Who Had a Heart on course to become late singer’s first hit in 41 years, with repeats of documentary and Sheridan Smith drama lifting sales

Meet comedian Amy Schumer, the sneaky feminist honesty bomb

She’s been showered with awards, has millions of views on YouTube and ‘blew away’ Trainwreck director Judd Apatow. Is Amy Schumer the funniest woman on the planet?

Time watching videos online will rise to an hour a day – report

More than half of viewing is done on mobile devices, says ZenithOptimedia, which also predicts a fall in television viewing next year

Top Gear’s Clarkson, Hammond and May sign Amazon deal

Former BBC stars opt for online giant rather than ITV and Netflix for new motoring show to launch next year

Cara Delevingne clashes with US morning TV hosts in awkward interview

The model-turned-actor is told off by Good Day Sacramento anchors during a difficult live chat to promote Paper Towns

Diane Keaton and Jude Law to star in The Young Pope

Oscar-winning star takes first-ever series regular television role in joint HBO, Sky and Canal+ production

UK advertising spend hits record £4.7bn in first quarter of 2015

TV ads grew 11.5% year on year but newspapers and publishers report slowest growth in digital ads on record and overall decline in spending of 6.8% across industry

Homeland and Selma stars sign up as patrons for diversity network

David Harewood and David Oyelowo among actors backing TriForce Creative Network, which brings together talent from diverse backgrounds

Why BBC, Gawker and the FT must fight to keep editorial independence

Why should anyone trust them if they are influenced by advertisers, owned by faraway private corporations or bullied by the government?

EU accuses Sky and Hollywood’s big six of illegally ‘geo-blocking’ film access

Broadcaster’s UK arm and studios such as Disney and Paramount alleged to have struck anti-competitive deals under EU rules

BBC iPlayer ‘watched by more than 60 million people outside the UK for free’

Research finds more than 38 million people in China are using VPNs or proxy servers to watch BBC shows – and could be a useful source of revenue

Large-scale online pirates to face up to 10 years’ jail under ministers’ proposals

Consultation calls for maximum sentence to be vastly increased so penalties for online offences tally with those for copyright infringement of physical goods

BBC puts viewers through ‘deprivation test’ to highlight value of output

Graham Norton says participants were happy to pay licence fee after they had experienced two weeks without corporation’s internet, radio and TV

UK period drama scores Emmy nominee success with Downton and Wolf Hall

Mark Rylance, David Oyelowo and Ricky Gervais competing for best actor as Downton Abbey continues US television awards success with three nominations

BBC review: the key points

Culture secretary John Whittingdale launches ‘root and branch’ review of BBC charter

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  • From Toy Story 5 to The Bear: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead
  • I dived into my digital past to revisit my most cringe teenage moments – and realised how lucky I am to not be young and online today
  • I dived into my digital past to revisit my most cringe teenage moments – and realised how lucky I am to not be young and online today
  • Can we electrify the world? Ambition takes centre stage in pre-Cop31 climate talks
  • The Guardian view on John Williams and Steven Spielberg: a partnership that changed cinema
  • The Rev Michael Humphreys obituary
  • 45 Years review – Gabriel Byrne and Geraldine James mark an anniversary for the ages
  • How Refugee Week film festival brings migrants’ experience home
  • The best 4K wireless TV streamers for more choice – with no aerial required
  • The UK’s social media ban for under-16s has just empowered big tech
  • Luca Guadagnino’s Sam Altman movie dropped by Amazon after it announces OpenAI partnership
  • Read a book? Join a club? Stare at a wall? Social media alternatives for under-16s
  • ‘It’s a scam’: Americans express unease over SpaceX’s influence on retirement savings
  • Bologna’s niche festival of forgotten films captures the streaming generation
  • Anya Taylor-Joy will make a brilliant elf assassin in Hunt for Gollum. But it’s a movie we don’t need
  • Jennifer Siebel Newsom’s new film shines a light on the human cost of unregulated social media
  • Avatar: Fire and Ash to Project Hail Mary – the seven best films to watch on TV this week
  • You can handle the truth! Why cinema suddenly loves conspiracy theories
  • On the trail of the dotcom queen: how Julie Meyer left a pattern of unpaid bills, missing funds and broken dreams in her wake
  • Telegram questioned by Ofcom after arsonist who targeted Starmer-linked properties recruited on app
  • In the Hand of Dante review – Gerard Butler is jaw-dropping in bizarre Renaissance mafia reverie
  • The Crunch: Climate refugees, visualising Elon Musk’s wealth, and the many ways to analyse the World Cup
  • California ‘billionaire tax’ makes ballot despite opposition from tech moguls
  • Voicemails for Isabelle review – Netflix romcom picks creepy over cute
  • The Guardian view on OnlyFans: revelations of abusive middlemen merit MPs’ attention
  • Attorney general tells department to stop using X amid UK disinformation concerns
  • ‘Ordinary people are being erased’: one director’s audacious fightback against AI – featuring Frinton
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  • Aardman exhibition marks animation studio’s half a century in Bristol
  • Post your questions for Minions supremo Pierre Coffin

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