Despite (or perhaps because of) its overwhelming awfulness, the climate crisis has been oddly underrepresented on stage and screen. Humanity’s greatest challenge has often been deemed too much of a downer, too complex or too dull a topic to…
Category: 5. Entertainment
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Ruth Jones to lead cast in new Harlan Coben Netflix series
Welsh actor and writer Ruth Jones is set to appear in a new Netflix drama from US thriller writer Harlan Coben.
Jones, best known for co-creating and starring as Nessa in Gavin and Stacey, will feature alongside Cold Feet’s James Nesbitt in Run…
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KPop Demon Hunters Directors on Heart-Eyes Scene, Objectifying Saja Boys
Everyone has theories about why Sony Pictures Animation’s “KPop Demon Hunters” turned out to be such a massive phenomenon on Netflix, surpassing everything else to become the streamer’s most-watched original movie.
During a…
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Charlie Puth’s ‘Changes’ Voted Favorite New Music of the Week
“Changes,” the new single from Charlie Puth, tops the latest fan-voted new music poll.
Music fans voted in a poll published Friday (Oct. 17) on Billboard, choosing Puth’s track as their favorite new release.
“Changes”…
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Jennifer Lawrence on Two-Year Acting Break: I ‘Was at Peace’
Jennifer Lawrence recently said on “The Graham Norton Show” that she “was at peace” with not returning to Hollywood during her two-year acting break a few years ago. After scoring her fourth Oscar nomination with 2015’s “Joy,”…
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Post your questions for Mavis Staples | Mavis Staples
At the age of 86, Mavis Staples is still pressing ahead with exciting new music – indeed, one of the most star-studded and resonant albums of her career is coming up. As she prepares to release it, she’ll be answering your questions.
That new…
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Can You Identify the Literary Names and Titles Adopted by These TV Shows and Musicians?
Welcome to Lit Trivia, the Book Review’s regular quiz about books, authors and literary culture. This week’s challenge celebrates allusions to characters and plots from classic novels found in music and television. In the five multiple-choice…
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Nostalgia loop: it’s time for Sony to get Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield back in their Spidey suits | Film
In many ways the entirety of geek culture – certainly as far as the movies are concerned – is built on giving the people what they want. The Flash exhumed Michael Keaton’s Batman, but left him drifting through the end-of-days haze of a…
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October 22’s New Marvel Comics: The Full List
AGE OF REVELATION rages on in Jed MacKay and Netho Diaz’s X-MEN: BOOK OF REVELATION (2025) #1, where the Game of Power commences! X years later, after the assassination of one of his prized Choristers, Revelation welcomes a new mutant to his…
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Lincoln Lawyer author fears AI thriller may already be out of date | Artificial intelligence (AI)
He is one of the most prolific writers in publishing, averaging more than a novel a year. But even Michael Connelly, the author of the bestselling Lincoln Lawyer series, feared he might fall behind when writing about AI.
Connelly’s eighth novel…
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