The Beast in Me is the buzzy new Netflix thriller everyone’s talking about, so this week we’re sharing our (spoiler-free!) review and the standout moments from its star Claire Danes’ latest interviews. First, though, we dive into Jennifer Lawrence’s career-defining performance in Die My Love, also starring Robert Pattinson, and her personal reflections on postpartum life, as well as Charli XCX’s fab Substack on the realities of being a pop star and the celeb newsletter boom more generally. Plus: the brilliant new sci-fi about a romantasy writer, Pluribus; the Guardian’s viral investigation into ‘free birth’ influencers; and Ambika Mod’s latest role as a porn-addicted academic. Enjoy hunnies! 

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Recs/reviews:

• Pluribus, AppleTV
• The Lost Bus, AppleTV
• Die My Love, in cinemas now 
• ‘Die My Love’ and the savage truth about the postpartum experience, Gillian Orr, Substack
• Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world, Guardian
• The realities of being a pop star, Charli XCX’s substack 
•  Why is Everybody Losing Weight and What do we do Sincerely? A person who's lost weight, Lizzo’s Substack
• Lizzo Starts Over The pop star’s success once felt radical. Can she capture the Zeitgeist again?, Vulture
• The Beast In Me, Netflix 
• ‘I’d barely kissed a boy, but was making out with Adonis’: Claire Danes on sex, spy camp and teen stardom, Guardian  
• Porn Play, Royal Court
• The 31-Year-Old Creator Of Porn Play Wanted To “Do Something Provocative”, Vogue

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