Meryl Streep in talks to play Aslan in Greta Gerwig’s Narnia movie
Oscar-winner set to take on role as godlike lion usually perceived to be male in upcoming adaption of The Magician’s Nephew
Don’t weaken online safety laws for UK-US trade deal, campaigners urge
Child protection charities say watering down Online Safety Act would be an ‘appalling sellout’ by government
UK politics: Starmer warns Trump’s US tariffs not just ‘short-term tactical exercise’ – as it happened
PM says measures mark ‘the beginning of a new era’ for trade and the global economy
The best walking pads and under-desk treadmills, tried and tested to turn your workday into a workout
Sedentary lifestyles are bad for us, but which under-desk treadmills and walking pads are worth the cost? Our expert stepped up to find out
Doge gained access to sensitive data of migrant children, including reports of abuse
Former officials question the reason for a Doge engineer’s access to the Unaccompanied Alien Children portal
Elijah Wood says fees for Lord of the Rings actors were ‘not massive’
Star says cast took a ‘gamble’ appearing in Peter Jackson’s hit trilogy and did not earn enough to ‘rest easy’ for life
From android to assassin: Daryl Hannah’s 10 best films – ranked!
With the release this month of Coastal, her documentary about husband Neil Young’s 2023 solo tour, we look at Hannah’s greatest roles
Dear Disney: don’t cave to Trump. We need you to shape dreams for kids everywhere
Maga is coming after the House of Mouse with a cynical attack on its diversity policies. Disney can – and should – fight back
Revealed: Trump’s fossil-fuel donors to profit from data-center boom and green rollbacks
Energy Transfer, a top backer of US president, has received requests to power even more energy-guzzling data centers
Block-busted: why homemade Minecraft movies are the real hits
The bestselling video game ever has a devoted, vocal, following. Can a faceless corporation make a successful film based on such beloved IP without involving its fanbase?
Lee Montague obituary
Actor who toured with Laurence Olivier and Peter Brook, starred on Broadway and had a long career in film and TV
Steven Soderbergh developing ‘terrifying’ idea for post-Covid Contagion sequel
Director says he fears that a followup to the 2011 film, which gained renewed popularity during the pandemic, could be ‘irresponsible’
Floppy disks and vaccine cards: exhibition tells tale of privacy rights in UK
Forty items on display in Manchester, collated by information commissioner, chart evolution of personal data usage over 40 years
Commemorative socks are one thing, Jeff Goldblum, but you’re missing a trick not doing official knickers
Many stars blanch at their commodification. But as the master of drollery launches a new line of monogrammed merch, I think he isn’t going far enough
‘Meta has stolen books’: authors to protest in London against AI trained using ‘shadow library’
Writers will gather at the Facebook owner’s King’s Cross office in opposition to its use of the LibGen database to train its AI models