Should stars get a say in who plays them and how they’re portrayed? We’re diving into the debate this week after actor Kim Novak called Sydney Sweeney “totally wrong” for her upcoming biopic, and Daryl Hannah spoke out about her reputation-ruining portrayal in Love Story. Also on the show: the record-breaking Harry Potter teaser, a look at Euphoria's long-awaited series three, much-hyped hospital drama The Pitt, Riz Ahmed’s latest passion project, Rachel McAdams’ new satire and the Rupert Murdoch doc on Netflix. 

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Recs/reviews

• Bait, Amazon Prime
• Riz Ahmed’s ‘Bait’ Is About James Bond — But Mostly About Shame, Rolling Stone
• Dynasty: The Murdochs, Netflix 
• The Pitt, HBO Max
• Send Help, rent on Sky, Amazon etc
• Kim Novak: ‘Sydney Sweeney looks sexy all the time. She could never play me’, Times 
• How Can ‘Love Story’ Get Away With This? New York Times
• Euphoria s3 trailer 2
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone official teaser
• How ITV met its match when it got hitched to Olivia Attwood, Times

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Chappell Roan’s in the news after being accused of making Jude Law’s 11-year-old daughter cry, so this week we’re diving into the debate around celebrity boundaries vs fan behaviour. Do stars have a right to set limits when it comes to fame? And is the kind of brutal trolling Barry Keoghan has recently spoken out about ever justified? Also on the show: the latest AI publishing controversy, our review of Saturday Night Live UK, the glossy new thriller starring Elizabeth Moss and Kerry Washington, Rose Byrne’s motherhood horror, and a return to the ethics of reality TV after The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives' Taylor Frankie Paul’s season of The Bachelorette was abruptly cancelled.

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Recs/reviews

• Imperfect Women, Apple TV
• The Square, Prime Video
• Force Majeure, Prime Video
• If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, in cinemas 
• I confessed a deplorable secret about motherhood to a friend – and it changed my life, Guardian
• Why Does A.I. Write Like … That? New York Times
• Shit You Should Care About, Substack
• Project Hail Mary, in cinemas
• The Bachelorette's messy break-up with its unlikely star Taylor Frankie Paul, BBC
• Momfluencer Faces More Consequences than All Men In Epstein Files Combined, Liz Plank
• Saturday Night Live UK, Sky/ Now TV

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Did Louis Theroux’s Inside the Manosphere go far enough? That's the big question on the show this week as we review his divisive new Netflix doc about male alt-right influencers. We discuss misogyny vs ragebait, the manosphere’s influence on politics and how this all affects young women and girls. Plus: a debrief on the Oscars, Kylie Jenner’s Hollywood career pivot, a Devil Wears Prada 2 update and the ‘bombshell’ new book about Meghan Markle. 

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Recs/ reviews

• Train Dreams, Netflix 
• The Secret Agent, in cinemas 
• Kylie Supreme! A Makeup Mogul Enters Her Hollywood Era, Vanity Fair
• Jessie Buckley’s Oscars win is a battle cry for women in their mid-thirties,Grazia
• ‘I, too, get to make mistakes’ — how Meghan put herself first, Times 
• Louis Theroux: Inside The Manosphere, Netflix 
• Louis Theroux On Internet Culture, The Manosphere & Getting "Cooked", The Romesh Ranganathan Show
• Did Louis Theroux’s Manosphere documentary Change Anyone's Mind?, BBC News
• @YourmoneymateSarah,TikTok
• Gen Z males twice as likely as baby boomers to believe wives should obey husbands, Guardian
• I am a 15-year-old girl. Let me show you the vile misogyny that confronts me on social media every day, Guardian
• GIRLS: Gen Z and the commodification of everything, Freya India
• Why does Bari Weiss keep winning? Vox

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Harry Styles has dropped his long-awaited album, ACOTAR author Sarah J Maas went on Call Her Daddy and Timothée Chalamet is facing backlash for his comments on ballet and opera – it’s been a busy week in pop culture! Plus: Rachel Weisz and Leo Woodall’s sexy new series Vladimir has landed on Netflix just as the “smut renaissance” reaches fever pitch. From romantasy to Heated Rivalry, is our insatiable appetite for steam a symptom of the loneliness epidemic? Finally, a quick look at Lily Allen’s tour reviews, that *very* awkward new Louis Theroux interview and a super exciting announcement: book club is back in April! We can’t wait to see some of you there <3

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Recs

• Maybe Knowing Too Much About Motherhood Has Ruined Me, The Cut
• ‘I regret having children’, The Cut
• Vladimir: A Novel, Julia May Jonas 
• Vladimir, Netflix
• Vladimir author Julia May Jonas: ‘We’re imprisoned by our obsessions’, The Guardian
• Is it true that … if you pluck a grey hair, two will grow in its place? The Guardian
• Julia May Jonas on Bringing Vladimir to Netflix—and What She Changed, Elle
• Hooked, Asako Yuzuki
• Sarah J. Maas on Call Her Daddy 
• Are We in a ‘Smut Renaissance’? New York Times
• Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally, Harry Styles
• Harry Styles - Zane Lowe & Apple Music ‘Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally’ Interview
• ‘Would you like me to cry now?’: Louis Theroux on the manosphere, marriage and misunderstandings, The Guardian

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Love Story: John F Kennedy Jr & Carolyn Bessette has us all hooked, from the Sex and the City-style NYC setting to its retelling of the 90s' most iconic romance. But how much of it is dramatised vs what actually happened? Also this week: star of the moment Olivia Dean’s BRIT Awards sweep, why Jay Shetty remains un-cancellable despite an excruciating new interview, Lily Collins as Audrey Hepburn and former Call Her Daddy host Sofia Franklyn’s revenge memoir about her split from Alex Cooper. Enjoy huns and please do get in touch to let us know what you think of the ep!

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Recs/ reviews:

• Love Story: John F Kennedy Jr & Carolyn Bessette, Disney+
• I Knew JFK Jr. I Thought I Would Sob Through ‘Love Story.’ Instead, I Laughed Out Loud, Hollywood Reporter 
• What’s Fact And What’s Fiction In Disney's 'Love Story', Elle 
• Calvin Klein! The brand that made Kate Moss into the ’90s It Girl, Talk 90s to me podcast ep with Sali Hughes
• Paul Anthony Kelly Tells Mel Ottenberg How He Became John-John, Interview 
• Uncovering the higher truth of Jay Shetty, The Guardian 
• Wellness guru Jay Shetty has raised some doubts. Including his own, The Interview, New York Times
• Jay Shetty Knows Exactly What You Want. That's the Problem. Liz Bucar, Substack
• Hard work, romance and bell hooks: how Olivia Dean became British pop’s newest megastar, The Guardian
•  Emily in Paris star Lily Collins to play Audrey Hepburn in film about Breakfast at Tiffany’s, The Guardian
• The Babies Kept in a Mysterious Los Angeles Mansion, The New Yorker 

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The new America’s Next Top Model doc has everyone talking about the ethics of reality TV and just how bonkers the 15-year phenomenon really was, so this week we’re diving into everything from how things have changed since the noughties to how terribly Tyra Banks comes across. Also on the show: Gordon Ramsay’s Netflix docuseries and the scandals it skips over, Bonnie Blue’s pregnancy announcement, the gorgeous BAFTA-winning film My Father’s Shadow and a recap on everything that went down at the awards on Sunday night. 

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Recs/reviews:

• Paris recs: La Fondation hotel, Le Cheval D'or, Mischief
• My Father’s Shadow, in cinemas now
• Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model, Netflix 
• We were all rooting for Tyra Banks to give us some answers – but this America’s Next Top Model documentary gaslights its audience, Independent
• Being Gordon Ramsay, Netflix 
• Swearing, Marty Supreme … and Prince William: Bafta’s 12 biggest snubs and surprises, Guardian
• I Swear, AppleTV/Amazon Prime Video
• ‘Marty Supreme’ Ties BAFTA Record for Most Losses in History, Variety

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Symbol of survivor-led justice Gisèle Pelicot has released her memoir, so this week we’re discussing some of the most powerful and inspiring interviews from her press tour. Also on the show: hologram concerts, Dua Lipa and Callum Turner top the Standard’s list of London’s 25 power couples, Cruz Beckham’s Beatles-themed 21st birthday bash, and our thoughts on Vogue’s viral essay from a woman who refuses to split the bill on a first date. Plus, reviews of the Derry Girls’ creator’s new show How to Get to Heaven from Belfast and the gorgeous BBC sitcom Small Prophets.  

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Recs/ reviews: 

• Abba Voyage at the Abba Arena
• Tivoli La Caleta, Tenerife
• How to get to Heaven from Belfast, Netflix 
• Waiting for the Out, BBC iPlayer 
• Small Prophets, BBC, iPlayer
• Anniversary, Netflix 
• Traindreams, Netflix 
• A Hymn to Life, Gisèle Pelicot
• Gisèle Pelicot, The Interview, New York Times
• Gisèle Pelicot: “I’ve Given Myself Permission To Be Happy”, Vogue
• Gisèle Pelicot: The Newsnight Interview review, Guardian
• So the Epstein scandal is about politics? Silly me for thinking it’s about the mass abuse of women and girls, Guardian
• I don't want children. I don't want children. I don't want children. I don't want children, Jameela Jamil, Substack
• The Girl Who Wouldn’t Split the Bill, Vogue

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Emerald Fennell’s adaptation of Wuthering Heights is the most talked about and divisive film of the year, so obviously we had to race home from the cinema to record our review for you as a special bonus episode! From Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi’s chemistry to the many controversies that have people hating, we weigh in on every juicy detail and share the honest thoughts we had while watching. Enjoy huns, we’ll be back tomorrow with our usual pop culture debrief!

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Recs 

• Wuthering Heights, in cinemas now
• Should Jacob Elordi Play Heathcliff? Why the ‘Wuthering Heights’ Casting Is So Controversial, According to Literary Experts and More, Variety
• Jacob Elordi, Heathcliff and the Controversy Over ‘Wuthering Heights’, New York Times
• 'The hostility has been relentless': How Wuthering Heights became this year's most divisive film, BBC
• How Far Is Too Far? Emerald Fennell on Gothic Obsession and Wuthering Heights, V&A Museum YouTube 

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Wuthering Heights is out this weekend so we’re diving into some of the press tour’s juiciest moments, from Jacob Elordi and Margot Robbie’s ‘affair baiting’ to Elordi’s Esquire interview with Emerald Fennell. Also on the show: Bella Hadid’s break-up, Charli XCX on her fave red carpet moments, and the powerful rise of motherhood horror, from Rose Byrne’s ‘monumental’ new film to an addictive, hun-recommended book about a baby shower gone terribly wrong. Plus, the viral Billy Bob Thornton and Demi Moore TV series, an excellent Romantasy rec and Freida McFadden’s new revenge novel.

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Recs/ reviews: 

• Landman, Paramount+
• Yellowstone, Netflix 
• What ‘Landman’ Understands About Oil, New York Times 
• Charli xcx is the Moment, Gloves Off with Nicky Campbell on YouTube 
• Jacob Elordi Opens up on the Magnetic Power of Margot Robbie and the Yorkshire Moors in Wuthering Heights, Esquire
• Rose Byrne: ‘You lose part of yourself when you become a mother’, The Times 
• If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, in cinemas from 20 Feb
• Expectation, Anna Hope
• So Thrilled for You, Holly Bourne
• Dire Bound, Sable Sorensen
• Dear Debbie, Freida McFadden

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Chappell Roan’s nipple-ring dress was the talk of the Grammy Awards red carpet, so naturally we’re debriefing on that this week, as well as the night’s other biggest moments. Also on the agenda: all things Formula 1, from Brad Pitt’s Oscar-nominated F1: The Movie to the latest rumours that Lewis Hamilton is dating Kim Kardashian, The White Lotus season 4 updates (including Helena Bonham Carter’s casting!) Katie Price’s highly concerning new husband, Olivia Attwood’s separation, a tribute to comedy icon Catherine O'Hara, the long-swirling allegations against David Walliams and a check-in on Marvel’s newest superhero show, which is actually all about acting. Enjoy huns!

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Recs/reviews

• Wonderman, Disney+
• F1: The Movie, AppleTV
• Grammys 2026 highlights: the 10 biggest moments of the night, The Times 
• Katie Price starting to think marriage to Lee Andrews was ‘huge mistake’, Metro 
• Olivia Attwood ‘to divorce’ Bradley Dack & removes wedding ring, The Sun
• Hilltop hijinks: White Lotus to take over luxury chateau on French Riviera, Guardian

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