MoviesObituaryJoan Leslie obituaryVersatile actor from Hollywood’s golden ageFemale stars of Hollywood’s golden era were usually divided into sex goddesses, femmes fatales or nice girls. In line with the old sporting dictum, “nice guys finish last”, nice girls in movies seldom won the attention they deserved. Joan Leslie, who has died aged 90, was once described as “sweet innocence without seeming too sugary”. But she was versatile: she took roles in dramas, comedies, westerns or musicals, opposite actors such as Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney, Gary Cooper, Henry Fonda, Randolph Scott and Fred Astaire – she was a good enough dancer to partner Astaire in The Sky’s the Limit (1943).

Games blogGamesReviewPS3; £9.99; cert 7+; thatgamecompany/SonyAlong with LittleBigPlanet developer Media Molecule, thatgamecompany is one of the best examples of Sony's willingness to invest in new ideas. It's a studio focussed on making games that resonate emotionally, drawing on its staff's background in multimedia art. So far the studio has made Cloud, flOw and Flower: Cloud is a wonderfully relaxing flight through blue skies and drifting cumulus; flOw lets you be a micro-organism in the primordial ooze, munching others as you float; Flower is a gorgeous if rather heavy-handed meditation on the relationship between the urban and the natural in which you literally play a cloud of petals.

BeerIt’s amazing what you unleash when you mix lager with vermouth, or tequila, or Aperol. Here are some of 2023’s most exciting combinations The beer cocktail has its roots in the vulgar pastime of beer adulteration: putting stuff in beer to make it stronger (like whiskey) or weaker (such as lemonade). Over the last decade or so, however, beer has begun to appear on the cocktail menus of cool establishments. At their best, beer cocktails are sophisticated and delicious.

UkrainePolish farmers end blockade of Ukraine border crossingUkraine says movement of lorries restored after suspension of protest, but truckers’ blockades of three other crossings continue Russia-Ukraine war – latest news updates Polish farmers have ended their blockade of one of the border crossings between Ukraine and Poland and the movement of lorries has been fully restored, the Ukrainian border service has said. “Truck traffic has been restored: Polish farmers have ended the blockade in front of the Medyka-Shehyni crossing,” the service said on the Telegram messaging app on Sunday.

SportblogManchester City This article is more than 9 months oldRodri’s Manchester City role shows holding midfielders are key to successThis article is more than 9 months oldKaren CarneyManchester City and Arsenal’s title battle – and Liverpool’s recent struggles – show that a solid midfield is crucial The holding midfield role is a bespoke one; you need to be technically very good, not just a destroyer, have a high-level understanding of the game and be able to drop into the backline but also break forward, depending on what team you are in.

First look reviewSky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-QiangReviewKevin Macdonald’s documentary, which has premiered at Sundance, draws an emotional line from the Chinese artist’s traumatic childhood to the inexhaustible glee of his firework sculpture “Everyone loves to light fireworks,” Cai Guo-Qiang says with a smile as he ignites some red candles. He’s in a factory in Liuyang, a Chinese city known as the fireworks capital of the world. Cai is here on important business, to scout for new ways to continue making abstract art in the most whizz-bang, flamboyant and audience-engaging way.

Super Bowl LVIISuper Bowl quiz: how much do you know about America’s big game?As the 57th edition of the Super Bowl nears, here are 20 questions on the annals and arcana of American sport’s high holy day This article was amended on 20 February 2023. An earlier version said that Jeffrey Lurie had not won a Super Bowl ring and an Academy Award. This has been corrected. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7tbTEoKyaqpSerq96wqikaKugpL%2B1e5FpaWxnlpqvcH2QaKquqJWneqO71qVkqq2Zr3qvsstmnZqbpKh6tb7Ir6Ca

Soul survivor… Teddy Pendergrass. Composite: Courtesy of Pendergrass family; Ebet Roberts/Redferns; Michael Ochs ArchivesSoul survivor… Teddy Pendergrass. Composite: Courtesy of Pendergrass family; Ebet Roberts/Redferns; Michael Ochs ArchivesCultureFrom car crashes to conspiracies, a new documentary charts the chaotic career of the late soul heart-throb “With Teddy, we realised it was all about sex,” says his manager Shep Gordon at one point in new doc Teddy Pendergrass: If You Don’t Know Me. Gordon didn’t have to do a lot of market research to come that conclusion: Teddy Pendergrass oozed sex – in his music, in his stage act, in his lifestyle.

PolandObituaryCardinal Józef Glemp obituaryLeader of Poland's Roman Catholic church during the country's turbulent transition to democracyCardinal Józef Glemp, who has died aged 83, was head of the Roman Catholic church in Poland from 1981 until 2009, an era that saw the transition from communist to democratic rule in 1989 after many years of struggle by the church and the Solidarity trade union. Problems dogged Glemp's ministry from the start. He was appointed primate and archbishop of Gniezno-Warsaw on the death of Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski, who had been in post since 1948.

Cost of the crownSlavery This article is more than 8 months oldThis article is more than 8 months oldRecords show direct ancestor of king was involved in buying at least 200 enslaved Africans Direct ancestors of King Charles III and the royal family bought and exploited enslaved people on tobacco plantations in Virginia, according to new research shared with the Guardian. A document discovered in archives reveals that a direct ancestor of the king was involved in buying at least 200 enslaved people from the Royal African Company (RAC) in 1686.