From The Friend to Taskmaster: your complete entertainment guide for the week ahead

The FriendOut now Starring Naomi Watts and Bill Murray, this adaptation of the acclaimed novel sees a New York-based writer (Watts) processing the suicide of a close friend who has bequeathed her his 150lb great dane, which proceeds to create multiple issues in her life as well as creating a poignant link to the past.Wind, Tide & OarOut now Shot on real film over a three-year timespan, and taking in oceans, rivers and the coastline around France, the UK and the Netherlands, Huw Wahl’s documentary is a homage to the art of sailing – and other engineless techniques such as rowing. As the title puts it, it’s all about wind, tide and oar.AprilOut now Dea Kulumbegashvili’s Venice festival prize winner begins with a delivery-room tragedy at a hospital in Georgia, where Nina (Ia Sukhitashvili) works as an obstetrician. She also moonlights by helping women with illegal abortions, but with a negligence investigation hanging over her, her two worlds threaten to collide

The Guide #188: How 25 years of music has shaped the charts from monoculture to mass playlists

Somehow we’re a quarter of the way through the 21st century (or 1/40th through the new millennia, for those taking a really long view of things). How did that happen? It doesn’t seem long ago that I was sitting on a translucent orange inflatable sofa, clad in jeans so baggy that you could fit your entire face in one leghole, Discman in hand, wondering what the next century might bring. Time really does slip by quickly, doesn’t it?On the other hand, quite a lot has been stuffed into those 25 years, politically, technologically, environmentally and, of course, culturally. Now seems a good time to take stock. Once a month over the next three months we’ll be looking at how music, TV and film have evolved since 2000, as seen through the most popular songs, shows and movies – the pop in pop culture

Jimmy Kimmel on Hegseth bringing his wife to meetings: ‘Maybe she’s his designated driver’

With several hosts still on holiday, Jimmy Kimmel reacts to reports of a screaming match at the White House and Pete Hegseth bringing his wife to meetings.Thursday was Bring Your Child To Work Day, and indeed, “there’s been a lot of childish behavior at the White House as of late,” said Kimmel. For example, Axios reported that Elon Musk had an expletive-filled, chest-to-chest shouting match outside the Oval Office with treasury secretary Scott Bessent over who would run the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).Bessent reportedly confronted Musk in a hallway, and “the F-bombs started to fly – or at least, that’s what Pete Hegseth texted his wife and brother,” Kimmel quipped.The White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, “put her own spin on it”, Kimmel noted

Kimmel on Trump’s White House flagpoles: ‘The kind of decision you make when you can’t get an erection’

With many late-night hosts still on holiday, Jimmy Kimmel looks at Donald Trump’s new White House flagpole obsession and Elon Musk’s Tesla woes.Wednesday marked 93 days of the new Trump administration, “and things are going pretty great. Really good,” Jimmy Kimmel said with deep sarcasm on Wednesday evening. “The CEOs of a bunch of big stores had to warn Trump that his tariffs could result in empty shelves, JD Vance is out there trying to give Ukraine to Russia, measles are back in a big way.”“And so today, Trump look a little stroll around the White House, he did a little location scouting just like he would do at one of his golf courses, deciding where he could bury an ex-wife,” Kimmel continued

Anatomy of a PM’s fall: did Albanese stumble off a stage - and why are we still talking about it?

Hi Caitlin, something has been bothering me lately. Did prime minister Anthony Albanese fall off a stage or not?It depends if your definition of “falling” is stepping into midair and then rapidly dropping to the ground. If it is, then yes, he did.You’d be hard pressed to have missed this viral moment, but to recap: earlier in the campaign, the prime minister was standing on a stage at a Mining and Energy Union conference in the Hunter region of New South Wales.Sign up for the Afternoon Update: Election 2025 email newsletterWhile posing for photos, he made a move to the left and suddenly – to the dramatic gasps of the audience – lost his footing and descended from the stage like a pin falling into the ocean

Jimmy Kimmel on Pete Hegseth: ‘Our secretary of defense is defenseless’

With several hosts still on Easter holiday, Jimmy Kimmel talks the search for a new pope and Pete Hegseth’s ongoing Signal scandals at the Department of Defense.Kimmel kicked off his show Tuesday by acknowledging Earth Day – and for the occasion, the US Environmental Protection Agency fired or reassigned hundreds of employees. “I can’t help but wonder how different things might be if Donald Trump’s father had taken him camping even one time,” he joked.He then turned his attention to the top global story of the week: the search for a new pope after Pope Francis died on Monday morning at the age of 88. “Nobody is going to be more insufferable this week than your friend who saw the movie Conclave and now knows everything about how it works,” said Kimmel