Former primetime TV host films himself eating dog biscuits, doing ‘munchie runs’ and addressing pool death caseFilming from the driver’s seat of his car, with his pet whippet, Lara, in the background, Michael Barrymore shows an array of dog treats he has collected to test to the camera. There’s a twist, though: it won’t be the dog doing the testing.In a series of quick edits, the fallen star of primetime 1990s television <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.tiktok.com/@themichaelbarrymore/video/7668687698399481110?lang=en-GB&amp;q=barrymore%20dog%20treats&amp;t=1788967533418">grimaces his way through cheese biscuits and pork sausages</a>. The lamb spaghetti is particularly challenging, though he claims to quite like the chicken sausage slices. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/sep/12/michael-barrymore-becomes-unlikely-tiktok-star-with-nearly-5m-followers">Continue reading...</a>

Former primetime TV host films himself eating dog biscuits, doing ‘munchie runs’ and addressing pool death case

Michael Barrymore becomes unlikely TikTok star with nearly 5m followers

The former New York Times columnist is taking a step away from politics to focus on moral and humanistic concerns the media rarely coverDavid Brooks knows there are plenty of podcasts out there. But as the veteran commentator prepares to launch his own, he believes there is still space for someone to tackle the big moral questions facing us all.Brooks, who left the New York Times in February after 22 years and joined the Atlantic magazine full-time as a staff writer, hopes to fill that market gap with a new video podcast called The Permanent Questions, funded in part by Yale University, that will air weekly starting on Sunday. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/sep/12/david-brooks-podcast-permanent-questions">Continue reading...</a>

The former New York Times columnist is taking a step away from politics to focus on moral and humanistic concerns the media rarely cover

‘There’s a weird market failure in media’: David Brooks on how his new podcast will tackle the big questions

Influencers aren’t just battling competitors for brand deals. They’re now battling AI versions of themselvesEarlier this year, Emily Schuman, the creator of the lifestyle blog Cupcakes and Cashmere, saw a photo of herself she didn’t recognize on Instagram. In a sponsored ad, Schuman, who has more than 500,000 Instagram followers, is holding up a vial of GLP-1 drugs, advertising the telehealth company Gala. There was just one problem: Schuman had never heard of Gala and had nothing to do with the ad.The ad was based on a digitally altered version of a selfie Schuman had taken in her car and posted on Instagram years earlier. Once her followers got wind, they flooded her inbox with questions about the sponsorship as it didn’t seem consistent with Schuman’s personal brand. Soon after, Schuman discovered this was just the beginning. There was also an Instagram post where an AI version of her with darker hair appears to apply foundation to promote a makeup brand called Meroda Cosmetics, and TikTok posts with generated images of her promoting the blood testing company Superpower. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/12/deepfakes-wrecking-influencers-credibility">Continue reading...</a>

Influencers aren’t just battling competitors for brand deals. They’re now battling AI versions of themselves

Deepfakes are wrecking influencers’ credibility, one fake ad at a time

An outstanding figure in the UK film industry, Thomas was noted for collaborations with directors including Bernardo Bertolucci and David CronenbergJeremy Thomas, the distinguished British producer of films including Sexy Beast, High-Rise and the multi-Oscar-winning The Last Emperor, has died aged 77.A representative for Thomas said he died on Friday “peacefully, at his country home in Oxfordshire, surrounded by his family and loved ones”. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/12/jeremy-thomas-producer-the-last-emperor-sexy-beast-dies">Continue reading...</a>

An outstanding figure in the UK film industry, Thomas was noted for collaborations with directors including Bernardo Bertolucci and David Cronenberg

Jeremy Thomas, British producer of The Last Emperor and Sexy Beast, dies aged 77

Her riotous weekly show had an army of devoted fans. Now Tarbuck has joined the ranks of star presenters leaving the BBC – and she’s getting her hands dirtyA tragedy. A national disaster. A loss to the cultural landscape that should be discussed in parliament. These were just a few listener reactions when Liza Tarbuck left her Radio 2 show earlier this year. “I was bereft about it, too,” sighs Tarbuck. “I miss angsting over the playlist. I miss the texts and emails. For two hours every weekend, we were a proper gang.”Tarbuck hosted her Saturday evening show for 14 years, building it into the funniest show on British radio. Her riotous mix of freewheeling chat and hand-picked tunes (<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DEuyVc2oNL5/">the music could span nine decades</a> in the same show) drew an audience of 2 million, and received more messages from listeners – 50 per minute – than any other programme on the station. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/sep/12/liza-tarbuck-radio-2-great-celebrity-pottery-throwdown">Continue reading...</a>

Her riotous weekly show had an army of devoted fans. Now Tarbuck has joined the ranks of star presenters leaving the BBC – and she’s getting her hands dirty

‘I love a bit of mischief!’ Liza Tarbuck on why she’s swapping her Radio 2 mic for a potter’s wheel

May el-Toukhy becomes eighth female director to take Golden Lion as Lee Chang-dong’s Possible Love and Guardian-produced exposé of Israel’s Gaza killings also awarded<ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/12/bold-bravura-choices-venice-film-festival-woman-unknown-possible-love-naza">Bold and bravura choices as Venice celebrates A Woman Unknown, Possible Love – and NAZA</a></li></ul>May el-Toukhy’s Woman Unknown has scooped the Golden Lion at the Venice film festival, at an awards ceremony that also saw the Gaza documentary NAZA win the jury prize.Set in the immediate aftermath of Danish liberation from Nazi occupation, the Egyptian-Danish director’s film tells the story of a young housemaid, Marie (Mathilde Arcel), who is about to marry her widowed employer but anxious about him discovering a shameful secret in her past: during the war, Marie had an intimate relationship with a German soldier. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/12/woman-unknown-wins-venice-film-festival-as-naza-takes-special-jury-prize">Continue reading...</a>

May el-Toukhy becomes eighth female director to take Golden Lion as Lee Chang-dong’s Possible Love and Guardian-produced exposé of Israel’s Gaza killings...

Woman Unknown wins Venice film festival as NAZA takes special jury prize

Labour’s Catherine Atkinson says she will give students £5,000 paid to her by paper that falsely accused her of concealing private school educationA new scholarship supporting state-educated students will be inadvertently funded by the Mail on Sunday (MoS), using a payout it made after being threatened with legal action by the Labour MP Catherine Atkinson.The Derby North MP says she will use the proceeds of about £5,000 from the newspaper to fund scholarships for local law students at the University of Derby who – like her – attended state schools. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/sep/11/mail-on-sunday-funds-state-school-scholarship-via-payout-to-mp">Continue reading...</a>

Labour’s Catherine Atkinson says she will give students £5,000 paid to her by  paper that falsely accused her of concealing private school education

Mail on Sunday ends up funding state school scholarship via payout to MP

The year’s biggest night in television includes plenty of nominations for Pluribus, The Pitt and Hacks – but who will win?And just like that, the summer of catching up on TV is over. The Emmys are back, this year on a (non-football competing) Monday night with a healthy mix of lauded veterans and buzzy newcomers. Will <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/the-pitt">The Pitt</a>, leading the night with 25 nominations, once again sweep the drama awards? Will breakout horror-comedy <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/apr/29/widows-bay-review-matthew-rhys-intoxicating-comedy-horror-is-an-absolute-blast">Widow’s Bay</a> spoil the party for the fifth and final season of <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/hacks">Hacks</a>? Here are our picks for the night: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/sep/12/emmys-2026-predictions-winners-pluribus-hacks-the-pitt">Continue reading...</a>

The year’s biggest night in television includes plenty of nominations for Pluribus, The Pitt and Hacks – but who will win?

Emmys 2026 predictions: who will win and who should win?

After a year of frenzied conjecture, the new hosts putting the razzle back into Strictly are Johannes Radebe, Emma Willis and Josh Widdicombe. They talk night sweats, sparkly pants – and the hilarious fake show cooked up to fool the pressJohannes Radebe, one of the three new presenters of Strictly Come Dancing, can barely contain his glee. Asked where they were when they heard they’d got the job, Radebe is quick to wind up his co-hosts. “We’ll never forget that call,” he grins. “It was a weekday afternoon and I was at home, preparing for that night’s performance of [West End musical] Kinky Boots. But go on, tell the Guardian where you two were.”“We all got the same message, asking us to jump on a Zoom,” says Emma Willis. “We didn’t know if it was good news or bad news.” Josh&nbsp;Widdicombe picks up the story: “I thought, ‘Surely they wouldn’t tell me to my face if I hadn’t got it? They’d just text my agent or something.’” <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/sep/10/strictly-come-dancing-johannes-radebe-emma-willis-josh-widdicombe">Continue reading...</a>

After a year of frenzied conjecture, the new hosts putting the razzle back into Strictly are Johannes Radebe, Emma Willis and Josh Widdicombe. They talk ...

‘I was on the loo when I got the news!’ Strictly Come Dancing’s new hosts spill their scandalous secrets

The man behind The Last Emperor had the confidence of an old-fashioned studio boss along with the soul of a cineasteTo say that movie producer Jeremy Thomas was British cinema royalty did not quite do justice to his meritocratic, democratic instincts. A brilliant and inexhaustibly creative man, self-effacingly charming and quietly spoken in a world of loudmouths and show-offs, and hypervigilant for new talent, was more like a cross between an entrepreneur, an enigmatically clever and kindly Cambridge don and the movie world’s favourite cool uncle, or maybe cool great-uncle.Respectively son and nephew of directors Ralph Thomas and Gerald Thomas (of Doctor in the House and Carry On fame), he was born into the industry and as an independent producer combined the confidence of an old-fashioned studio boss with the soul of a cineaste, backing his own instincts and passions, befriending film-makers and doggedly pursuing projects over years. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/12/jeremy-thomas-film-producer-kindly-cambridge-don-cool-uncle">Continue reading...</a>

The man behind The Last Emperor had the confidence of an old-fashioned studio boss along with the soul of a cineaste

Film producer Jeremy Thomas was a cross between a kindly Cambridge don and the movie world’s cool uncle

I’ll miss Monty Don, and I know I’m not alone in finding the show a balm for the soul. But this is the perfect opportunity for a shake-upIt’s finally happened. National treasure Monty Don is hanging up his TV garden shears <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/sep/08/monty-don-steps-down-bbc-gardeners-world">and saying goodbye</a> to Gardeners’ World after more than 20 years as the BBC show’s lead presenter. I’ve been a grower for more than a decade myself, and Monty has been a steady and wise omnipresence throughout my journey – especially as he’s been on the right side of contemporary gardening debates over the environment and wildlife, and the use of chemicals and peat in horticulture.That is where the overlap between our worlds of growing end, though. My modest patch of a few veg beds at the end of a small, chaotic and mostly gravelled garden is a universe away from the two-acre dreamscape that is Longmeadow, Don’s garden at his home in Herefordshire. I suspect I’m one of millions who’ve looked longingly at Monty’s remarkable space and the impressive infrastructure (not to mention hired hands!) that make it so special, and cursed the fact that such an ideal garden will never be within reach of us ordinary folk. That’s not to say that it hasn’t been a glorious setting for Monty to share his abundance of plant wisdom from, but now that the search for his replacement is presumably on, perhaps this is an opportunity for a little reimagining.Claire Ratinon is an organic food grower and writer <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/11/gardeners-world-monty-don-reflect-britain-gardens">Continue reading...</a>

I’ll miss Monty Don, and I know I’m not alone in finding the show a balm for the soul. But this is the perfect opportunity for a shake-up

It’s time for a Gardeners' World that reflects Britain’s gardens in all their messy, realistic chaos | Claire Ratinon

Hating The Apprentice? Bored silly of House of the Dragon? Given up on your favourite soap opera after 50 years? Guardian readers share the shows they can’t bear to watchWe loved this show for the first four or five seasons. It had a really good mix of candidates, different ages and walks of life. I think it was after season nine that we started to feel the programme was losing its authenticity. Contestants started to look like homogenous Love Islanders, all the same demographic – 20-30 age bracket, highly polished body image, eye on a post-show influencer career, etc. It lost its uniqueness and became just another reality show. Ngaire Vine, 56, Derbyshire <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/sep/11/tv-shows-you-cant-stomach-any-more">Continue reading...</a>

Hating The Apprentice? Bored silly of House of the Dragon? Given up on your favourite soap opera after 50 years? Guardian readers share the shows they ca...

‘You’re fired!’ The TV shows you can’t stomach any more

Geeks, toffs and biceps go to war in a wild survival experiment that answers that eternal question: if society collapsed, could you cope? This is going to be huge!Have you ever wondered how Cormac McCarthy’s wasteland novel <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2006/nov/04/featuresreviews.guardianreview4">The Road</a> could be made into a reality show? No? Well someone who works in TV has, so here we are. Who knows if they experienced a follow-up thought: that the instinct to package the end of the world as entertainment might be the most dystopian aspect of the whole enterprise, but hey. Apocalypse (Sunday 13 September, 9pm, Channel 4) launches this week, and people are buzzing!It’s a slam dunk for a show, because we’ve all run the thought experiment. If society collapsed, how would you get food and find shelter? Would you hunker down or forge alliances? To what depravities might you stoop without the rule of law? Apocalypse puts this empty talk to the test. Seven strangers are dropped at the edge of an abandoned town. They have no access to phones, light, electricity or infrastructure. They do have access to boarded-up supermarkets, desolate buildings, broken vehicles. How soon until they eat each other?Apocalypse starts on Channel 4 in the UK on 13 September and Binge in Australia on 16 September <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/sep/12/apocalypse-this-end-of-days-survival-show-is-an-absolute-slam-dunk">Continue reading...</a>

Geeks, toffs and biceps go to war in a wild survival experiment that answers that eternal question: if society collapsed, could you cope? This is going t...

Apocalypse: this end-of-days survival show is an absolute slam dunk

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Automattic says Mullenweg is back as "chairman and CEO of Automattic, with full support of the board." 

Automattic confirms Mullenweg has returned as CEO after attempted ouster by board

While OpenAI has filed confidentially for an IPO, the company will not be going public this year, according to CEO Sam Altman.

OpenAI’s Sam Altman says it would be ‘ill-advised’ to go public in 2026

Anthropic's Dario Amodei and OpenAI's Sam Altman seem to agree that it's time to "pace the frontier." What would that actually look like?

Anthropic CEO outlines plan to slow AI development

Tesla’s halo sports car was first announced in November 2017.

Tesla says it will finally unveil the second generation Roadster on October 1

Revolut said it notified affected customers and alerted the relevant government agency, law enforcement, and financial regulators.

Revolut confirms customer data breach through fake government requests

The round for the two-year-old startup is coming together months after Mecka announced its Series A.

Mecka AI nears $500M valuation in Sequoia-led deal amid rush for robot training data

"It's actually allegedly being built out now," said Rabois, who has clearly dealt with a missed construction timeline or two.

Khosla Ventures is opening a New York office this fall — its first outpost outside Sand Hill Road

Tan wants smaller, American open-weight AI labs to use the same kind of training techniques on American frontier AI labs, giving the U.S. a more robust set of open-weight options that aren’t Chinese.

Tan wants smaller, American open-weight AI labs to use the same kind of training techniques on American frontier AI labs, giving the U.S. a more robust s...

Y Combinator’s Garry Tan wants US open-weight AI labs to ‘distill’ frontier models, too

Twenty-five leading mathematicians signed an open letter arguing that AI labs are threatening their intellectual work.

OpenAI’s feud with mathematicians is only escalating

Only one week left to secure your exhibit table. Tables are limited and can sell out before the September 18 deadline.

One week left to book your exhibit table at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

The absolute last chance to apply to host an official Side Event during TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 is tonight, September 11, at 11:59 p.m. PT.

Final, final, final call for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Side Events

While K3's usage figures have declined slightly in recent months, OpenRouter data currently shows as many as 300 billion tokens being generated each day by K3 models on the system.

While K3's usage figures have declined slightly in recent months, OpenRouter data currently shows as many as 300 billion tokens being generated each day ...

Kimi-maker Moonshot AI targets $2B in annual revenue

At its annual Roblox Developer Conference (RDC), the company announced several new features, including new game-creation tools, expanded NPC capabilities, and the ability to make games available across platforms, including the web.

At its annual Roblox Developer Conference (RDC), the company announced several new features, including new game-creation tools, expanded NPC capabilities...

Roblox is making it easier to build games with AI — and play them outside Roblox

Cerberus, WeGlobal AI, and LOOQ took the top three spots at the regional final of Road to TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 2026 and will represent Central Eurasia in the Startup Battlefield 200 at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco this October. 

Cerberus, WeGlobal AI, and LOOQ took the top three spots at the regional final of Road to TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 2026 and will represent Central ...

Central Eurasia names its 2026 Road to Battlefield winners: Cerberus, WeGlobal AI, and LOOQ

The No. 2 exec at OpenAI also led Instacart through its IPO in 2023. 

Nscale adds former OpenAI exec Fidji Simo to its board ahead of potential IPO

In a Slack message seen by TechCrunch, Matt Mullenweg told Automattic employees he’s back in control of the company, days after its board put him on leave. Automattic has not yet confirmed the apparent reversal.

In a Slack message seen by TechCrunch, Matt Mullenweg told Automattic employees he’s back in control of the company, days after its board put him on leav...

Matt Mullenweg tells (trolls?) Automattic staff, saying he’s back in control after CEO ouster

This is the second data breach affecting a company that hardware crypto wallet maker Trezor relies on.

Scammers target hundreds of thousands of crypto owners after Trezor confirms data breach of email provider

Collaborative Fund just bought into D.C. United and its stadium, with  firm founder Craig Shapiro pitching it as a way to showcase for the firm's startups.

Thrive Capital led VCs into pro sports ownership; Collaborative Fund just upped that play

Nvidia has its finger in every pie, and sees another year of plenty in its future, Jensen Huang says. But, he insists, its deals are not circular.

Jensen Huang explains why Nvidia will grow an astounding 70% next year

Mark Wahlberg joins Bruce K. Lee at Disrupt to discuss investing, entrepreneurship, healthcare, wellness, and building businesses.

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