London’s O2 Academy Brixton has been permitted to keep its license and re-open, after it was closed when a fatal crowd crush occurred in December 2022. The legendary venue has beenclosed since the incident, when security worker Gabrielle Hutchinson and mother-of-two Rebecca Ikumelo were killed in a deadly crush at …
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By the time the ninth Wellington is served, an audible sigh of relief emerges from the six remaining Top Chef: World All-Stars contestants. The chefs, divided into three teams for the purpose of today’s elimination challenge, look exhausted, and deservedly so. Each team has just prepped, cooked, and delivered three …
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Have you heard the one about the MMA fighter who helped mastermind the biggest heist in British history? Pat Kondelis did. Then the multiple Emmy winner turned the Lee Murray story into a captivating four-part documentary for Showtime. Catching Lightning, premiering April 9,is by turns sly, brutal, and quite funny, …
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Raine Allen-Miller’s feature directorial debut Rye Lane, out now on Hulu, is a firecracker of a film exploring modern-day dating (and heartbreak) mores while providing witty commentary on the borderline-absurd ways in which millennials and zoomers have latched onto social media buzzword culture. Running a brisk one hour and 22 …
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When we first meet Kate Galvin, the frosty English heiress at the center of You Season Four, she is reclined on the couch, pleasuring herself. Her neighbor Joe (Penn Badgley), once again assuming the role of Peeping Tom, is so entranced by the performance he burns his tea. In lieu …
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By this point, it’s pretty clear Joe Goldberg is the problem. You, Netflix’s beloved murder-comedy staple, follows a simple pattern for viewers to latch on to. Joe (Penn Badgley) is an angst-ridden killer who just can’t stop meeting women and then stalking, trapping, and eventually murdering them. But he’s hot, …
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David Bowie’s archive of more than 80,000 pieces was gifted to Britain’s Victoria & Albert Museum, the London institution announced Thursday, according to AP. The vast archive contains costumes, photos, letters, musical instruments, and more from the musician’s estate and will be on display in 2025 at The David Bowie …
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Something’s off about Magic Mike’s Last Dance. It starts off well enough — it gives us what we want by giving us more of what worked before — before it loses its way. But it opens enticingly, teasingly, like a fly. Mike Lane (Channing Tatum), titular hero of the Magic …
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You’re never quite sure what Steven Soderbergh is going to do next. And that mercurial sensibility is part of his charm. The man who burst onto the scene at the age of 26 with his erotic thriller Sex, Lies, and Videotape has played in so many sandboxes, from crime comedies …
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