This hilarious, melancholic comedy about a Jewish family from the writer of BoJack Horseman is an astonishing feat. It hops around in time from the 50s to 2022 in a flurry of one-liners

Few shows in recent memory have boasted the hidden depths of Raphael Bob-Waksberg’s BoJack Horseman . Conceived and marketed as a surreal stoner comedy about the madcap adventures of a delusional washed-up half-human, half-horse former sitcom star, BoJack quickly burned off its premise and unfurled into something quite wonderful.

Little by little, the jokes started to disappear. The central character stopped being a punchbag and became a case study of depression and loneliness. At times, the focus on trauma was overwhelming – witness The View From Halfway Down episode, in which BoJack is haunted by figures from his past while his brain starves of oxygen as he drowns in a pool – but the series was ambitious enough to single out Bob-Waksberg as a generational talent.

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The 26-year-old rapper and singer was seen walking down the street in his underwear Thursday morning in LA

Lil Nas X has been arrested after an altercation with police, according to reports.

Officials confirmed to NBC that the 26-year-old rapper and singer was booked on suspicion of misdemeanour battery after he was confronted while walking down the street in his underwear.

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Netflix star and model husband Jake Bongiovi, 21 and 23, say they are ‘beyond excited’ to become parents

The Stranger Things actor Millie Bobby Brown and her husband, Jake Bongiovi, have announced they have become parents after adopting a “sweet baby girl”.

Brown, 21, and Bongiovi, 23, said in a statement on social media that they were “beyond excited” to enter the next chapter of their lives.

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The Mancunian manchild shows wild commitment in a show about dyspraxia, drug use and internalised homophobia

We say we want men to talk about their mental health, Dan Tiernan has noticed. Is this what we had in mind? The joke is on the queasy atmosphere the Mancunian establishes at his shows, barking in the audience’s faces, behaving unstably and – this time around – loudly bellowing “I tried to suck off my dad”, over and over again. Is there a therapist in the house? Well, there doesn’t need to be, because Tiernan has devised “the System”, a three-point plan to heal himself after a drug-induced psychotic episode between Glastonbury 2024 and last year’s Edinburgh fringe show .

We are three new shows into the 29-year-old’s fringe career now, and All In again finds him addressing his dyspraxia, his drug use and his failure to fit in. I hanker for the show that directs his considerable comic talents elsewhere, but in the meantime, this is his strongest offering so far, the self- and audience-abusing comedy now underpinned by structure and tending towards a big payoff. It begins with an inventory of the drugs Tiernan used to take, then splices in stories from his beloved Glastonbury festival, including a keeper about smuggling his gear in a jar of Nutella.

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The 51-year-old, who left the successful heavy metal group earlier this year, died in a collision in Atlanta

Brent Hinds, the former lead guitarist of the acclaimed heavy metal group Mastodon , was killed in Atlanta overnight.

Police said Hinds, 51, died late on Wednesday after his Harley-Davidson collided with a BMW SUV whose driver did not yield while making a turn. The crash occurred at about 11.35pm.

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Margaret Qualley is a horny private eye in an easy-going noir that might not amount to much but provides diversion on the way

Margaret Qualley’s Chandler-esque private eye Honey O’Donahue is actually not that good at her job. That’s one of the many running jokes in Ethan Coen’s comic sun-blasted noirish caper Honey Don’t!, in which the titular gumshoe even tries to talk a potential client (Billy Eichner, a hoot) out of hiring her. Having Honey expose his cheating partner would just be wasting his money, she insists. Turns out, she’s right.

It’s not that Honey is incapable. She’s got all the right instincts, and can typically sniff out the scoundrels in her midst. Her brow almost always stays furrowed, especially when she’s in a room with men, as if she’s got a resting interrogator face. But she’s rarely committed to the assignment, or just too easily distracted by curious subplots and hot lesbians to get the job done.

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BBC says another contestant will be drafted in after 49-year-old withdraws for medical reasons

The actor and DJ Kristian Nairn has withdrawn from the new series of Strictly Come Dancing for medical reasons, the BBC has announced.

Nairn, 49, was initially named among the 15 celebrities taking part in this year’s show. The BBC said another contestant would be drafted in to replace him.

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Who had an accent that could skin a corgi? Who was one of the greatest TV monsters of all time? And who did far too much flashing of their buttocks? We put television monarchs under the microscope

Rejoice! For the historical fiction stork has descended from on high with another bundle of monarchical joy. King and Conqueror (BBC) – a hugely entertaining depiction of the events that led to the Battle of Hastings – is the latest addition to that most stately of small-screen genres: the royal drama.

Heavy is the head that wears the crown, though! For the portrayal of any British royal – and here we have Harold II (James Norton) and Edward the Confessor (Eddie Marsan) – is subject to a set of unspoken rules, most of which apply to the circumference of the royal nostrils and vowels, all of which must expand to fill the space available and, where necessary, beyond.

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Quick—what are the top entries in the category " Wikipedia articles written in the greatest number of languages "?

The answer is countries.

Turkey tops the list with Wikipedia entries in 332 different languages, while the US is second with 327 and Japan is third with 324. Other common words make their appearance as one looks down the list. "Dog" (275 languages) tops "cat" (273). Jesus (274) beats "Adolf Hitler" (242). And all of them beat "sex" (122), which is also bested by "fever," "Chiang Kai-Shek," and the number "13."

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