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Angelina Jolie brings some glitter to BBC’s religious programming this Christmas

Actor to appear on Good Morning Christmas in her role as UN special envoy as Donny Osmond will be guest on Fern Britton Meets …

This woman’s thumbs are the biggest YouTube stars you’ve never heard of

Mysterious toy-unboxer DC Toys Collector – formerly DisneyCollector – was the most popular YouTube channel in October with 400m views

Premier League stars chip in to help video sharing firm Grabyo raise $2m

Cesc Fàbregas, Thierry Henry and Robin van Persie among top sports stars to join funding round for London based start-up

Teenagers and tweens watching TV half as much as adults, Ofcom finds

Children aged 11 to 15 turning to online video and streaming services in greater numbers, research by media regulator reveals

George Osborne gets an arty welcome as Peter Bazalgette’s wish comes true

Media Monkey: The chancellor is probably a little unused to the friendly response he got when he spoke at the Creative Industries Federation party

Minecraft YouTube videos have been watched 47bn times

And the vast majority of those views were of clips made by fans and the growing wave of Minecraft YouTubers

Can Amazon take on Netflix with ad-supported video? Open thread

Have your say on Amazon’s latest TV ambitions, Twine, the ‘poop’ emoji, Minecraft videos and more. By Stuart Dredge

ITV News to stream live discussions between party leaders and young voters

Leaders Live features five debates with party leaders appearing on their own to face questions from studio and online audiences

BBC3 closure is a chance to ‘blaze a trail’ digitally

Director of policy, James Heath, likens proposed move to online only for youth-oriented channel to innovation of iPlayer and website

From Nike to Benetton: 10 powerful adverts that changed the way we think

Great advertising goes beyond selling physical objects to help us view societal issues in a new light

BBC licence fee: MP calling for voluntary system expects fast reply

Tory MP Andrew Bridgen says he expects Sajid Javid to reply this week to his letter requesting a review of funding model. By Tara Conlan

Vine star Dapper Laughs is not laughing any more after ITV turn-off

Controversy over vlogger shows that online popularity is no guarantee that talent will flourish in the mainstream

My home life was a battlefield: Mike Leigh tells of early traumas

Acclaimed director of Mr Turner says family rows provided a lifetime of dramatic material

Changing channels: cost of top pay-TV bundles rises to £100 a month

Fast growth in services offers choice at a price but viewers baffled by complex packages or lose track of subscriptions

The Guardian wins two Amnesty International Media awards

‘In spite of ever-increasing danger, the quality of journalism is outstanding,’ says Amnesty International UK director, Kate Allen

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  • Texas environmentalists lose bid to block Musk’s SpaceX from closing beach
  • ‘Once my tummy stopped shaking, I was absorbed by the scale, spectacle and wonder’: your Steven Spielberg film favourites
  • Key Trump allies and Musk on leaked list for secretive Peter Thiel retreat
  • ‘How do I deal with my rage? I put it in everything I do’: Killing Eve’s Sandra Oh on fury, friendship and hitting her prime in midlife
  • Social media bans are trending. But it’s too late for my son and me
  • Skeleton of the world’s rarest marine mammal preserved by digital imaging
  • A viral doomsday scenario aims to shake Europe out of its AI complacency
  • Granta stops publishing short story award winners over AI controversy
  • 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
  • Can we electrify the world? Ambition moves from nerdish backwater to centre stage
  • 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

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