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Disgusting love affair
Results not guaranteed.

 Michael Sun
We can't stop talking about...
Should we all be Christopher Walken?
Screen time  
Should we all be Christopher Walken?
With no phone, no email, and no watch, the Severance actor says he doesn't 'have the equipment' to stream his own show. Take notes!
Sleeping in  
One writer ditched her phone alarm and began waking up to classical radio. Yes it's very Guardian; it's also very sweet.
Going down  
A new AI chatbot has sent users spiralling and stocks plummeting. Should we just throw our devices in the ocean?
Giving up  
But are phones really to blame? Or is something else behind our brain rot?
Eat this
Noodling around
Noodling around
Two very easy noodle recipes you can make long after Lunar New Year festivities are over.
Extremely online
Extremely online
The hottest club in New York is the Gen Z Trump party. No, literally hottest, they are sweating for their lives. The second hottest club is book club and the third hottest club is Sundance, with a disgusting love affair and swaggy Olivia Colman.  

Good reads: on the failure of Chapo Trap House, on a deranged 900-page autobiography, on the Peter Hujar renaissance.

Love reads: on a pair of Hollywood heartthrobs; on cruising at the gym.
The funniest things on the internet
Bron Lewis's tour of her tabs
Bron Lewis's tour of her tabs
There is an item on this list that no faint-hearted person should watch.
Top of the list
A film – red-faced  
This very buzzy erotic thriller about a submissive CEO and her sexy intern is a bit ridiculous – but NICOLE KIDMAN!!! In cinemas.
This very buzzy erotic thriller about a submissive CEO and her sexy intern is a bit ridiculous – but NICOLE KIDMAN!!! In cinemas.
A show – prodigy chased  
Also ridiculous: Prime Target, starring The White Lotus' Leo Woodall as a Cambridge maths genius embroiled in an international conspiracy including spies, antiquities, and secret societies. It's also very fun. On Apple TV+.
Also ridiculous: Prime Target, starring The White Lotus' Leo Woodall as a Cambridge maths genius embroiled in an international conspiracy including spies, antiquities, and secret societies. It's also very fun. On Apple TV+.
Another show – watch with haste  
The Palme d'Or-winning Japanese auteur Hirokazu Kore-eda has a new show too, and for some reason it's flown by largely unannounced – even though our critic says it's 'the best Netflix drama in years'. It's called Asura and it's out now.
The Palme d'Or-winning Japanese auteur Hirokazu Kore-eda has a new show too, and for some reason it's flown by largely unannounced – even though our critic says it's 'the best Netflix drama in years'. It's called Asura and it's out now.
An album – so much taste  
It's the word on everyone's lips, it's a flow state, it's transcending at a rave, it's pure peace, it's Eusexua by FKA twigs and it's out now.
It's the word on everyone's lips, it's a flow state, it's transcending at a rave, it's pure peace, it's Eusexua by FKA twigs and it's out now.
This week's weirdest story
The Louvre moved their most famous painting to a private room. Not everyone was happy.
Moaning Lisa  
The Louvre moved their most famous painting to a private room. Not everyone was happy.
Crowds give life to the Paris museum and the painting is a silent, compelling mystery at the heart of the hubbub
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