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Rebel Moon stars on 'mad' reaction and 'media storms' following first movie

British actor Ed Skrein says he hasn't paid attention to any of the reactions Rebel Moon has received online.

Swift's new album streamed more than 300 million times in one day

Taylor Swift's The Tortured Poets Department has become the first album in Spotify history to reach more than 300 million streams in a single day.

The Surprise: secret Bluey episode drops around the world amid panic the cartoon is ending

Titled The Surprise, the new episode was deliberately hidden from TV guides ‘to keep the fans thinking’, ABC saysGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailA secret episode of Bluey that was hidden from television listings and streaming services arou...

Art meets action: how Emily Blunt became Britain’s biggest Hollywood star

The oh-so-British star embraces the mainstream without embarrassment – but accolades have come her way anywayEarlier this year Emily Blunt received her first Academy Award nomination, for her sly, brittle supporting turn in Christopher Nolan’s event...

The week in audio: Fragments – The London Nail Bombings; Chasing Mountains; Thanks a Lot, Milton Jones!; How Was It for You? – review

Powerful first-person accounts of a London terror attack; a race to climb the world’s highest peaks; and two comedies, one magnificently silly, the other soothingly everydayFragments – The London Nail Bombings (Radio 4) | BBC SoundsAmazing Sport Stor...

TikTok could be banned in US after House of Representatives passes bill

TikTok could be banned in the US if the social media app's Chinese owner doesn't sell its stake after the House of Representatives voted in support of the measure.

Blue Lab Beats: Blue Eclipse review – jazzy production duo eye the spotlight

(Blue Note)The Kojey Radical and Angélique Kidjo collaborators refine their soul-and-hip-hop-tinged sound on this propulsive, polished fourth albumThe British jazz resurgence of the past decade has produced plenty of live talent, yet the production d...

Chvrches’ Lauren Mayberry: ‘I was fixated with death… I needed to live in reality’

The frontwoman of the Scottish synth-pop trio had a dream music career, but it came with years of online misogyny and artistic frustration. As she prepares to release her debut solo album, she discusses going her own wayA graphic novel company recent...

Dubai airlines resume full schedule after flooding chaos

Emirates airline has apologised for the disruption, saying its response was far from "perfect".

The Book of Clarence review – a rival Messiah or a very naughty boy?

The Harder They Fall director Jaymes Samuel’s Pythonesque spin on the story of Jesus and the apostles is a wildly indulgent, irreverent blastPart old-school Hollywood-style biblical epic, part hipster pop-gospel groovathon, part playful Pythonesque s...

On my radar: CMAT’s cultural highlights

The Irish musician on her favourite traditional pub, converting to the cult of baseball, and gigs in a western movie setCiara Mary-Alice Thompson, who performs as CMAT, was born in Dublin in 1996 and grew up in nearby Dunboyne. She formed a band at 1...

Huey Morgan: ‘I’ve learned there’s really nothing to be scared of’

The musician, 55, on childhood loss, being raised by women, struggling with depression and the joy of dogsMy biggest rejection came from my father. He left and as a result there was a lot of overcompensation, me trying to be a tough guy on the street...

Taylor Swift: The Tortured Poets Department review – a whole lotta love gone bad

(Republic)On her 11th album, the American singer-songwriter picks apart her romantic travails in typically unsparing fashion, while her ability to turn sorrow into songwriting gold remains unparalleledIn a time of so many upended certainties, Taylor...

Dance giants Justice return: ‘The only thing we argued over were the bongos’

The debonair duo have remixed U2 and Britney, and angered Kanye West. Still on each other’s wavelengths after almost a decade away, they’re resuming their quest to make ‘the most dramatic music possible’Xavier de Rosnay and Gaspard Augé are sitting i...

Sarah Perry: ‘For much of my life, I loved God. The echo of that never fades’

The Essex Serpent author on astronomy, her new novel Enlightenment and how her strict Baptist upbringing made its markFor weeks, Sarah Perry has been petitioning the heavens for a clear evening so that she can show me her telescope in action, but ton...