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Lulu’s remarkable London show saw two sworn enemies reunite
The icon proved that she is one of a kind and brought pop royalty back together
Jack White review – former White Stripe’s art is like a 12-year-old visiting Tate Modern for the first time
Newport Street Gallery, LondonWhite may be a talented musician but as a visual artist, he’s a nonstarter. Not even the collaborations with Ai Weiwei and Damien Hirst can save this…
The Misfits: Marilyn Monroe’s final film showed her capacity for playing painfully knotty characters
Written for Monroe by then husband Arthur Miller, the role of Roslyn is contradictory and complex. It signalled a potential new phase in her careerWhat else can you call it…
Tomorrow Will Be a Palestinian Day review – work that finds a way out of Gaza’s ruins
Theatre503, LondonHope still resides against horror in this collection of short plays from Palestinian playwrights, poets and artistsWhat are the basic requirements of theatre-making? Actors, writers, resource and rehearsal space,…
AI won’t decimate the arts. We must interrogate it, but we can collaborate with it
Opera makers have always engaged with the latest inventions while also preserving historic crafts. I believe it’s possible to look both forwards and backwards in this fast-evolving landscapeThe disquiet and…
‘An endless silent scream feeling’: artist Roni Horn on horror, hope and landing in a lake in Iceland
She’s famous for sculptures that seem both solid and liquid. Now she has created a show amidst the ‘downfall of America’ inspired by a phrase from a comedy routine that…
‘The face doesn’t move’: Hollywood’s obsession with cosmetic surgeries has led to stiffer looks – and performances
With procedures like filler and Botox becoming commonplace, audiences are lamenting the smoothed-out, uncanny faces now rampant in major picturesA few years ago, New York dermatologist Dr David A Colbert…
A Viral YouTube Show About an Unhinged AI Is Hitting Theaters. It’s a Big Test for Hollywood
The Amazing Digital Circus finale will hit more than 4,000 theaters around the world Thursday. Two weeks later it’ll be on YouTube, bucking Hollywood trends and testing the power of…
What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in May
Madeleine Thien, Sufiyaan Salam and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the commentsLately I have loved Dorothy Tse’s City Like…
Planet Israel review – valuable personal documentary about Israel/Palestine conflict
Gillian Mosely’s film argues that Israelis are asked to accept a ‘forever war’ in part motivated by Netanyahu’s desire to defer investigation into corruption allegationsGillian Mosely has produced a follow-up…
‘Pure, unyielding torture pornography’: is Half Man too unpleasant to be good TV?
Richard Gadd’s follow-up to Baby Reindeer is a relentlessly punishing look at characters being crushed by the unending horror of their lives. At times, it feels like it was made…
Renowned Mozambican musician Paíto Tcheco dies aged 66
Mozambican musician António Cabral Daniel ‘Paíto’ Tcheco, drummer and percussionist of Ghorwane and a founding member of Grupo RM, has died aged 66 following an illness. A central figure in…
‘A new way to express myself’: Harlem teens share their lives through photography – in pictures
For the past 25 years, Expanding the Walls program has allowed teenagers to express their identities and their lives via photography. In Expanding the Walls: Making Connections Between Photography, History,…
Meet the Accidental Editor in Chief of Muslim Media
Ameer Al-Khatahtbeh was just trying to find an outlet for Muslim news. Now he has more than 12 million followers.
My Only Boy by Rosa Rankin-Gee review – a darkly funny near-future dystopia
A surprising romance is set against a backdrop of climate crisis, political instability and corporate corruption in this bleak but witty novelRosa Rankin-Gee follows her 2021 near-future climate-crisis dystopia, Dreamland,…
Elizabeth Blackadder Exhibition Reveals Wintry Tuscan Landscapes
المصدر: Asharq Al-Awsat (English)
Bring Me the Beauties: A Model Cult review – wildly juicy TV about the guru possessed by an alien
This tale of the Studio 54 stunner-turned-extraterrestrial who lured models to his Manhattan apartment for sex, money – or to give them mint face masks – is fascinating … yet…
‘I wasn’t expecting that!’: Joel Meyerowitz and the art of surprise – in pictures
It could be the puff of steam from a manhole or a horse wandering into view – whatever the ‘moment’, the iconic US photographer has always had a camera in…
Ukrainian Haiku Poet Finds Small Miracles in War
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TV tonight: Rebekah Vardy speaks out on the Wagatha Christie case
She kicks off a new reality series with husband Jamie. Plus: Strictly’s Amy Dowden makes shocking discoveries about her family. Here’s what to watch this evening9pm, ITV1After Rebekah’s wild Wagatha…
Architecture of the Prophet’s Mosque Exhibition Showcases Its Historical Development Across the Ages
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Not Suitable for Work review – Mindy Kaling tries to make the new Friends … and utterly fails
It takes a brave person to write about a gang of 20-somethings navigating life and love in neighbouring Manhattan apartments. Sadly this is not an instant classic – it’s a…
Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni return to court a month after reaching settlement
Lively’s legal team are suing her It Ends with Us co-star for legal fees and damages, reigniting a years-long court battleAttorneys for US actor Blake Likely were back in front…
Artist Saype’s interlocking hands painting will link Minneapolis to the world
The French-Swiss artist’s global project “Beyond Walls” is making its U.S. debut at Boom Island Park.
Emma Barnett: Fighting Endometriosis review – this woman is not about to be fobbed off
The BBC presenter has a horrific illness which leaves her and so many other women in a lifelong hell with no cure in sight. Barnett is at the absolute end…
Taylor Swift announces new single for Toy Story 5 soundtrack
I Knew It, I Knew You is written with longtime collaborator Jack Antonoff and marks a return to Swift’s country rootsAfter days of speculation online, Taylor Swift has announced the…
KSTP’s Ken Barlow recovering from successful surgery
The longtime meteorologist is expected back on the airwaves later this summer.
Gunfights, grisly deaths and fentanyl: Euphoria’s finale was a lurid epic of biblical proportions
Sam Levinson’s HBO show went to garish new extremes to show the hollowness of the American DreamThis article contains spoilersAhead of the series finale, I didn’t think there was much…
British Museum director defends decision to postpone Jewish lecture
Nicholas Cullinan says cultural institutions ‘caught between opposing political pressures’ after row over eventThe director of the British Museum has said that cultural institutions are “caught between opposing political pressures”,…
Lucian Freud
Early portrait denied by Lucian Freud shown for first time after authentication
Artist said Man in a Black Scarf was not his but evidence has emerged to show he painted it when a student in SuffolkAn early portrait by Lucian Freud, which…
Egypt Unveils a Striking Trove of Ancient Artifacts as the Country Tries to Boost Tourism Industry
المصدر: Asharq Al-Awsat (English)
Lise Davidsen and James Baillieu review – superstar soprano unleashes her inner Valkyrie
Wigmore Hall, LondonThe Norwegian singer’s remarkable ability to inhabit a character, her warmth on stage and the control and tenderness she brought to the more intimate songs made this a…
Film
To YouTube and beyond: how online gen Z directors stormed Hollywood
Record-breaking box office for Backrooms and Obsession has opened the door for twentysomething YouTube creators as the industry rethinks what audiences wantAt this time last year, the idea of a…
Games
Nex Playground: the family game-night gadget that revives the spirit of the Wii
Launching in the UK this month, this new pint-sized console revives the motion-controlled video game boom of the 00s – with better, safer techFor a wonderful moment in the noughties,…
Pop and rock
‘People get confused, think it’s called Where Did You Go?’ How the Bluetones made Slight Return
‘We didn’t have a washing machine, so I was in the launderette when our manager rang and said: “You’ve gone in at No 2”’We were still a three-piece: Adam Devlin,…