Tweeting advice for Gwyneth Paltrow

Unleash your funny side, listen to Mike Tyson and, most importantly, get typing...

Adam Curtis to make TV project inspired by The Wire

Documentary-maker behind Power of Nightmares also calls Twitter a 'self aggrandising, smug pressure group'. By Ben Dowell

Readers’ reviews

The best of your comments on the latest films and music

David Sington: ‘I don’t think anyone will shoot on film in 10 years’ time’

Celebrity squares: Documentary film–maker David Sington explains why chargers are the bane of his life

Total recall: why retromania is all the rage

From synth pop to Hollywood remakes to collecting manual typewriters, we're busy plundering the past. But why the fatal attraction?

Click to download: The Take-Away Shows

Enjoy some tasty take-aways in the form of the original – and the best – guerrilla gig videos

LA Noire: The interactive detective

Keith Stuart: The makers of Grand Theft Auto are set to revolutionise gaming by exploring the noir crime genre. Here the aim is to interrogate criminals – not kill them

US DVD sales plummet 20%

Hollywood studios feel impact of rapid shift to online film and TV viewing. By Mark Sweney

Why poor countries lead the world in piracy

Cory Doctorow: Beating copyright infringement in the third world could be as simple as making products affordable

Top of the pop

Simon Cowell has left The X-Factor. Britain's Got Talent has tanked. Is it time to give up on pop culture? No, says Stuart Heritage and here are five good reasons why...