Tom Hanks This article is more than 3 months oldTom Hanks says AI version of him used in dental plan ad without his consent This article is more than 3 months oldActor, who has previously expressed concerns about use of AI in film, tells fans ‘I have nothing to do’ with hoax video Tom Hanks has warned fans that an ad for a dental plan that appears to use his image is in fact fake and was created using artificial intelligence.

The ObserverFictionReviewA debut novel set in 1930s Denver blends the colonial past with a dangerous present in a feat of old-school storytelling Kali Fajardo-Anstine’s debut novel is set in 1930s Denver, Colorado, a teeming city built on the exploits of white colonial settlers and the erasure of Indigenous American lands, histories and societies. Its heroine is Luz Lopez, who must struggle to survive despite a traumatic past, a dangerous present and an unknown future.

Michael Jackson This article is more than 14 years oldFact and fiction in Michael Jackson's deathThis article is more than 14 years oldThe death of Michael Jackson has prompted an explosion of rumour that has grown more lurid with every day that passes. Now more than a week since he died, there is no let-up in the speculation. But what are the facts, and what the fiction? What do we know for sure about why he died, and about the ungainly scramble for assets that his death has unleashed?

Rumour MillSoccerToday’s fluff is causing a kerfuffle across Europe When the big clubs see something they like, they don’t hang about. Raphaël Varane was just a sparkle in the eye of Lens fans when Real Madrid signed the then 18-year-old for €10m back in 2011, right under the noses of Manchester United. “I hurtled down on the train from Euston to Lille to sign the young French defender Varane,” Sir Alex Ferguson wrote in his 2015 book Leading.

Notes & TheoriesDinosaursI'm tired of seeing naked dinosaursIt's about time books, documentaries and movies caught up with the latest fossil discoveries and depicted more feathered, bristly dinosaurs, says Brian SwitekWhile walking through a natural history museum gift shop a few years back, I spotted a plush Velociraptor among the piles of dinosauriana. Frankly, it looked pretty stupid. Covered in a soft, fuzzy coat of faux-feathers, it lacked the reptilian menace of the predatory dinosaurs I remembered from my youth.