Comedy gold: the best standup on DVDJim CarreyComedy gold: Jim Carrey's Unnatural ActThree years before his breakthrough movie, Jim Carrey was a remarkable standup, displaying his originality – and his brilliance at making a physical spectacle of himselfTitle: Unnatural Act Year: 1991 The set-up: Jim Carrey was only a boy when he got started in the comedy business, doing impressions and physical gags to entertain his constantly ill mother. So good did he become that when he started performing professionally there were almost riots, he says, when he tried to put more of himself into his routine.

Guide to gamesLife and styleGerman whistDecks One Players Two Aim To win the majority of the last 13 tricks Difficulty 3/5 How to playA rare great two-player game for whist lovers. Dealer gives each player 13 cards, then places the remaining 26 face down as the stockpile and turns over the top card. This card's suit is trumps for the round. Play proceeds as in normal whist: non-dealer leads first, and thereafter the winner of the last trick leads.

Leading questionsRelationshipsIt’s natural to feel reluctant about hurting someone, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith, but staying hurts them more Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email I have been in an intimate relationship with my girlfriend for three years. All this time, I knew she loved me much more than I loved her. However, she is kind, honest and smart, so I did not want to lose her and thought I would give the relationship more time, hoping that my feelings will change as time passes.

US newsPresident Kennedy AssassinatedNew York - President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, was shot during a motorcade drive through downtown Dallas at 1p.m. (6p.m. British time) this afternoon. He died in the emergency room of the Parkland Memorial Hospital 32 minutes after the attack. He was 46 years old. He is the third President to be assassinated in office since Abraham Lincoln and the first since President McKinley in 1901.

The film that makes me cryThe film that makes me cry: Steel MagnoliasThis salon-centred tale is an unexpectedly complex study in the power of female friendship and the perspective-enhancing powers of a new hairdo Last week I went round to my grandma’s house for a cup of tea and a catch-up. The house hasn’t changed much since I was born, and neither, to my recollection, has my grandma. Last week, as she has done every time I have been at her house before, she finished getting ready for the day by standing up in front of the big mirror in the living room, holding a huge can of Elnett hairspray aloft and, aiming it at her newly tonged curls, asking me about my love life.

Olivia Newton-John This article is more than 10 months oldThousands pay tribute to Olivia Newton-John at Australian memorial serviceThis article is more than 10 months oldElton John, Hugh Jackman, Dolly Parton, Pink, Sir Barry Gibb and Mariah Carey sent video condolences, which were played to the crowd in Melbourne A host of international stars and dignitaries paid tribute to the late Australian star Olivia Newton-John in at a state memorial service in Melbourne on Sunday.

Learn ArabicArabic alphabet tableThere are several general points to be noted: Arabic is written from right to left – the opposite of English. One thing you must get used to in the Arabic script is that short vowels, for instance a, i or u (as opposed to the long vowels aa, uu and ii), are not shown in the script. For the moment, get used to the fact that the word 'bank' (which Arabic has borrowed from English), is written b-n-k.

Which Australian olive oils are worth splashing (or drizzling) out for? Tristan Lutze samples 10 products to find the ones worth buying. Photograph: Blake Sharp-Wiggins/The GuardianWhich Australian olive oils are worth splashing (or drizzling) out for? Tristan Lutze samples 10 products to find the ones worth buying. Photograph: Blake Sharp-Wiggins/The GuardianTaste testAustralian lifestyleTristan Lutze has the good oil on the good (local) oils – from the drops made for dunking to the ones worth the splurge

Dasani gazes out of the window from the one room her family of 10 shared in the Brooklyn homeless shelter where they lived for almost four years. Photograph: Ruth Fremson/New York TimesDasani gazes out of the window from the one room her family of 10 shared in the Brooklyn homeless shelter where they lived for almost four years. Photograph: Ruth Fremson/New York TimesThe ObserverBooksFor nine years, New York Times journalist Andrea Elliott followed the fortunes of one family living in poverty.

Life and styleOnline, you can be anyone. So why are millennials choosing to roleplay as baby boomers? You know it when you see it: a couple of extra commas following a thought, a private message or search entry accidentally made public, a comment on a friend’s new profile picture telling them to “say hi to Joe and the kids for me,,, love! You”. This is a baby boomer posting to Facebook.