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Freaky white guys
First meeting is 5PM Sunday. We will be screening The Social Network.

– Michael Sun
We can't stop talking about...
They're people too
A-listers  
They're people too
In the past fortnight Andrew Garfield has been on Sesame Street, Modern Love, and Chicken Shop Date being very sweet and/or very sad. We are in love.
Sly admission  
Hollywood provocateur Sean Baker suddenly found himself a star after his film Anora won the Palme d'Or. He's still nervous about celebs.
Bad rendition  
Meanwhile, some A-listers are getting too real – like Barack Obama, who rapped Eminem on stage. It was awful.
Lit ambition  
And these celebs, whose latest venture is writing children's books – much to the chagrin of children's book authors.
Drink this
Okra water
Okra water
Is it a health fad or is it actually good for you?
Extremely online
Extremely online
New York magazine asked 57 media elites about the state of the industry and the results were kind of … bland? Say something cancellable, god! Also in cancellations: Moo Deng kinda fell off; Paddington Bear is a fascist, actually; and goodbye Guy Rundle, hello Girl Rundle. 

Good reads: big week for freaky white guys! Kieran Culkin, MJ Lenderman, and this rare books dealer all got profiles. Happy age gap autumn to the northern hemisphere, though this year’s fall vibes feel off. Saying a prayer for the Paris Review, who tried to do a pull-up, and the Atlantic, who waded into gentle parenting. Here is the best architecture, and the worst.
The funniest things on the internet
Mel McGlensey's tour of her tabs
Mel McGlensey's tour of her tabs
There are TWO bird references. Very Guardian areas over here.
Top of the list
An album - winning streaks  
Amyl and the Sniffers are as frank and filthy as ever on their new album Cartoon Darkness – but there's a newfound earnestness here too.
Amyl and the Sniffers are as frank and filthy as ever on their new album Cartoon Darkness – but there's a newfound earnestness here too.
A show – butt cheeks  
Rivals, on Disney+, is an 80s-set psychodrama full of sex and excess. 'Even the naked tennis scene is a triumph,' says our critic in a five-star review. Even???!!
Rivals, on Disney+, is an 80s-set psychodrama full of sex and excess. 'Even the naked tennis scene is a triumph,' says our critic in a five-star review. Even???!!
A film – Adam peaks  
A man gets surgery to become handsome. Then things get weird – too weird. But A Different Man is worth watching for actor Adam Pearson alone. In cinemas.
A man gets surgery to become handsome. Then things get weird – too weird. But A Different Man is worth watching for actor Adam Pearson alone. In cinemas.
Another film – shrewd critiques  
Kate Winslet is 'remarkable' in this biopic of model-turned-war photographer Lee Miller that ponders the ethics of the lens with no easy answers. Lee is in cinemas.
Kate Winslet is 'remarkable' in this biopic of model-turned-war photographer Lee Miller that ponders the ethics of the lens with no easy answers. Lee is in cinemas.
This week's weirdest story
(Short and) sweet embrace
(Short and) sweet embrace
A New Zealand airport has capped hugging at three minutes to keep traffic flowing.
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