Australia rushes to distance itself from disgraced entertainer

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From Julien Temple to David Cronenberg

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Yvette Nicole Brown, known as Shirley from the TV show Community, has a legion of fans, and one hater she loves no less

You rarely ask a pleasantry like how was your flight? and hear a reply that made national news. But a few days ago, Yvette Nicole Brown, better known as Shirley Bennett of the television show Community, was on board a Qantas flight from Los Angeles that began flooding one hour after takeoff. She says a trickle, like spilled soda, quickly turned into a gushing river.

It happened while we were still ascending and being on the top level of a double decker plane, we thought, oh god where is all this water going? And sure enough it ended up seeping through the floor and raining on the people in the level below, Brown tells me over the phone.

Pipe burst on my #Qantas flight over the Pacific. We were diverted back to LA. River running thru the aisles #ScaryTimes #WillKeepYouPosted

Ruh-roh! Lol! RT @dawgsindabatub @EW @Yahoo dear yahoo. Save the show but get rid of that bitch Yvette Nicole Brown. #Community

Hey guys, it's all in fun. Negative, racist folks like @dawgsindabatub elicit my sympathy. Wittle guy just wasn't hugged enough as a baby ;)

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Trot through the history of TV news since 1954

Michael Nyman on writing a symphony for Hillsborough

Dublin City Council says its decision to refuse permission for two out of the five Garth Brooks concerts at Croke Park "cannot be amended or appealed".

Film critic Mark Kermode reviews the week's film releases, including The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window, Here and Now and Tammy.

It's 25 years since Seinfeld first aired. We take a look back at its funniest moments

In pictures: From Watership Down to Carrie's War, Puffin have released new editions of old favourites

Disgraced entertainer Rolf Harris is jailed for nearly six years for 12 indecent assaults on four girls - including one aged just seven or eight.

The Globe's new production had the audience rapt, says Charles Spencer

Former News of the World editor and Number 10 director of communications Andy Coulson is jailed for 18 months for conspiracy to hack phones.

Nick Payne's one-man play gives us death through an Instagram filter, says Matt Trueman

Blurred Lines dominated record sales in 2013, but Robin Thicke's poorly-reviewed new album Paula is unlikely to exceed 20,000 sales in its first week

Richard Wilson gives a faultless performance, says Dominic Cavendish

Author Jemma Wayne speaks to the BBC's Nick Higham about her debut novel, After Before, which is partly set in Rwanda during the 1994 genocide.

How many clips can you recognise?

• It was Independence Day.
• We featured André-3000 as Jimi Hendrix, a Madonna teaser and Paris Hilton writhing on a bed of diamonds.
• #ReviewAnything returned you tweeted what you want us to review to @guideguardian.

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As our independence day blog draws to a close here is a little run down of what we've learned today, finished off by Bill Pullman's Independence Day speech. It is quite emotional, even if it is ridiculous.

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You've got to hand it to Paris for really sticking to what she's good at: being incredibly rich. Even when she's turning her endless talents to pop-dance music, she makes sure you know exactly how rich she is by lounging around on a bed of crystals for the cover of her new single, Come Alive. It's dropping next week and according to her tweet it looks like it's styled after Katie Price and Peter Andre's wedding. Ultimate richness.

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Get the Guide tomorrow for your fill of completely unboring bands, unboring DJs and unboring apps! There's plenty of great stories including some which you can already get online RIGHT NOW including an interview with Silicon Valley creator Mike Judge.

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#ReviewAnything is coming up in just a minute

but until then, here's a mighty new Disclosure remix of Usher's Good Kisser.

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1// A snippet of a new Madonna song called Messiah, hot off Instagram. It took me about 15 minutes to figure out what it reminded me of but it's definitely the strings in Kylie's Confide In Me.

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It's not just us regular people that are terrible at karaoke. Karaoke makes everyone sound awful, even those with an actual range or a flow. Like bucket hats or panel shows, it doesn't make anyone look good.

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The trailer for John Ridley's Hendrix biopic Jimi: All Is By My Side is finally here, in which you can see André-3000 from Outkast in a fantastic Afro, heavy-fretting his way around the London gig circuit and between two love interests with excellent fringes (Hayley Atwell and Imogen Poots). Cue posh girl accents, dandy shirts, and some expertly flowery one-liners. It hits UK cinemas on September 26.

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I'm not one to objectify muscly men dressed as superheroes but here is a first-look photo of Henry Cavill as Superman from Zach Snyder's Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Let's hope those anticipation levels last until it comes out all the way over in 2016.

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Hi hi hi. It's K-Hutch here at the Guide Daily controls as all pop culture breaks loose throughout the day.

First up, happy Fourth of July to all our American friends. To celebrate in typical Guide style, here's a freaky reworking of the Star Spangled Banner by Hyperdub's spatially aware electronic producer, Fatima Al Qadiri, and her next level haunt-house constructions. If that doesn't make any sense to you, have another coffee and then listen.

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The appearance of a painting worth many millions of pounds in a cafe in Reading, caused shock and disbelief as customers popped in for breakfast on Friday morning.