Netflix streaming wars fuel record UK film and TV production boom
Spending on high-end TV dramas by Netflix and Amazon eclipses BBC, Sky and ITV
Bezos learns the harsh lesson of texting a crown prince fond of crucifixions
Perhaps the Amazon boss, who was supposedly hacked by Mohammed bin Salman, will be more careful in future, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
Present.Perfect. review – China’s livestreamers looking for love
This eerie documentary dives deep into the hundreds of millions of online attention-seekers desperate to make contact via tales of the bizarre and mundane
‘It’s a war between technology and a donkey’ – how AI is shaking up Hollywood
Hollywood used to run on hunches. Now, data analytics is far more effective than humans at predicting hits and eliminating flops. Is this a brave new world – or the death knell of creativity?
Cue the zombies! Night of the Living Dead remade in real time on stage
There are more than 1,000 shots in George Romero’s classic horror movie. Can a band of actors, armed with video cameras and Barbie dolls, recreate it?
Sharon Stone blocked from Bumble dating app
Actor says she was blocked from the app after users reported her account profile was a fake
The Irishman reaches 26m streams in first week, says Netflix
Martin Scorsese’s mob movie was streamed by more than 26m accounts worldwide, securing 13.2m views in its first five days in the US alone
The Tories have punched truth in the face
A mendacious tweet-storm about a phantom punch drowned out the fact that a child was left lying on a hospital floor, says Joel Golby, author of Brilliant, Brilliant, Brilliant Brilliant Brilliant
Martin Scorsese on The Irishman: ‘Please, please don’t look at it on a phone’
Five days after director’s mob epic hits Netflix, Scorsese urges viewers to see it on as big a screen as possible
‘Baby Yoda’ mystery: Giphy sorry for pulling gifs of Star Wars character
Gifs depicting the much-loved character from the Mandalorian vanished, but were later reinstated
My changemaker of the decade, by Amal Clooney, Solange Knowles, Caitlyn Jenner and more
Who had the biggest impact on the decade? Some of its top players nominate the person they most admire
We spend so much time staring at our phones. What do we miss when we don’t look up?
The deeply corny film Last Christmas was maligned for its main character’s ‘look up’ philosophy. But perhaps it’s the philosophy we need right now
Reanimating James Dean is a monstrous, legacy-destroying idea
Film-makers plan to digitally resurrect Dean to make him the star of a new film – it will pave the way for a nightmarish procession of the famous dead
James Dean to be ‘resurrected’ for new Vietnam war drama
Rights have been acquired to digitally reanimate the actor, who died in 1955, so he can star in his fourth movie
Apple hopes its new streaming service will make a splash
AppleTV+ starts with smaller budget than Netflix or Amazon but aims for prestige market