Curtain Call — Culture, film, music, and TV.
The new series begins on Monday 16 November at 9pm on ITV1 and ITVX, with BAFTA-winning hosts Ant and Dec back to present the action live every night from Australia. Rooney, one of England's most celebrated footballer…
Read moreAs we all dive back into Prime Video’s The Rings of Power season 3 , it is time for a little Middle-earth history lesson. The series has always taken a somewhat loose approach to the expansive timeline that Tolkien set…
Read moreThis week was the quarter final and the pressure was rising. The bakers were put through three caramel-based challenges, from a classic treacle tart, to towering millionaire shortbread and finally, a spectacular…
Read moreHer husband, Joe Swash, is dreaming of a hereditary lake business and adopting an emu. Everything, in short, is much as it was as the third series of the reality show, Stacey & Joe (this time subtitled In Too Deep)…
Read moreWe’re talking can’t-count-your-fingers fog. A real pea souper. The rolling hills that surround the South West’s biggest cities were blanketed by mist, covered by hazy brumes. Piercing this on the GWR stopping service was…
Read moreThe allegations were made as a part of a joint three-year investigation by the two news organisations, which was published after the entertainer lost a legal bid to stop the claims against him being made public. Some of…
Read moreA few survivors on a whaling ship trapped in arctic ice are figuring out how to break free as the ice groans and explodes ominously around them. Babben (Justin Edwards) is an old hand who has whaled for almost 40 years…
Read moreCriticisms have ranged from bad writing and pacing to the series inaccurately adapting JRR Tolkien's lore. The prequel has caused some fiery discussions within the fandom, and that's not going to end with the arrival of…
Read moreWith a reunion tour that took place from 2022 through 2024, it would seem like the next step — though Malkmus told NME that recording new music would be "total cringe". “No way. These songs are good, they exist in this…
Read more"Carrry That Weight" introduces Smith's personal world. The track is a statement that emerged from a spontaneous writing session with Hugo White, and was written in a single day, combining Smith's instinctive musical…
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