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Stephen Fry was given addictive opioid painkiller OxyContin after fall
Actor was prescribed controversial high-strength drug to prevent loss of muscle after complex fractures of leg, hip and pelvis sustained on stage
Vanessa Thorpe Arts and media correspondent
09, Dec, 2023 @4:43 PM
On my radar: Radie Peat from Lankum’s cultural highlights
The Irish folk singer and multi-instrumentalist on her favourite tattoo artist, the TV show she watches with her children and a pagan one-man show
Killian Fox
09, Dec, 2023 @3:00 PM
From Wonka to Nicki Minaj: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment
Timothée Chalomet stars in the eccentric chocolatier’s origin story, while the rapper finally releases the sequel album to her 2010 debut
09, Dec, 2023 @6:00 AM
Aacta awards 2024: The Newsreader, Deadloch and Colin from Accounts lead TV nominations
ABC drama snags 15 nominations, while The New Boy, starring Cate Blanchett, horror hit Talk to Me and Shayda lead in film categories
Sian Cain
08, Dec, 2023 @11:00 PM
The Guide #116: I swapped streaming for watching whatever is on – and I’ve never felt more free
In this week’s newsletter: When I cancelled Netflix I worried about missing out, but it has been a truly liberating experience
Robyn Vinter
08, Dec, 2023 @5:00 PM
Seth Meyers on the GOP debate: ‘Like pigeons fighting over a french fry’
Late-night hosts discuss the fourth Republican presidential debate, Vivek Ramaswamy and Trump’s civil fraud trial
Guardian staff
08, Dec, 2023 @3:34 PM
Melbourne’s Anna Schwartz gallery drops artist Mike Parr after political piece on Israel-Gaza war
Gallery owner, who has represented Parr for 36 years, says she was sickened by ‘hate graffiti’ in the work, but denies censoring it and has kept it on display
Kelly Burke
08, Dec, 2023 @5:42 AM
From Chris Rock to Hannah Gadsby: the new book treating standup as fine art
As our relationship with comedy has shifted, so has the role of comedian in mainstream culture, says author Jesse David Fox
Eric Farwell
07, Dec, 2023 @4:00 PM
Seth Meyers on Fox News: ‘They are the GOP. It’s the same entity’
Late-night hosts discussed Trump’s town hall, Taylor Swift as Time’s person of the year, and the fourth Republican debate
Guardian staff
07, Dec, 2023 @3:41 PM
Carol Vorderman ‘snubs offer from GB News’ after quitting BBC
Presenter approvingly quotes piece saying she wouldn’t touch rightwing broadcaster ‘with a barge pole’
Nadeem Badshah
06, Dec, 2023 @10:43 PM
Kimmel on Liz Cheney: ‘Usually the only women who hate Trump this much were married to him‘
Late-night hosts discuss House Republicans’ effort to minimize the January 6 insurrection and George Santos on Cameo
Guardian staff
06, Dec, 2023 @3:52 PM
Abby Butler: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)
We asked the Triple J host to share her online history. She hopes it will self-destruct when she leaves this planet
Abby Butler
06, Dec, 2023 @2:00 PM
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