CULTURE

How The Odyssey is already gunning to be 2026’s biggest film

Marketing campaigns for summer blockbusters have traditionally kicked in around six months before release. But one film not playing by…

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Intimate images of ‘the real Hotel California’

When, in 1969, the duo opened a sister studio in LA (and another in Sausalito in 1972), they supercharged the…

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What is the controversial ‘princess treatment’ and why is Gen Z obsessed with it?

With a new Downton Abbey film coming this autumn, and the heroine of Lena Dunham's new Netflix series, Too Much,…

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‘It makes me feel strong’: Burlesque is back

Before we get lost in such layered timelines, here's a brief history. Burlesque's origins are in Victorian Britain: it grew…

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The woman who redefined chimps – and human beings

In 1986, Jane Goodall told the BBC how similar chimps and humans really are Source link

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What film and TV get wrong about London

Of course, London has been portrayed in different ways throughout cinema history, including its bombed-out ruins after World War Two,…

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Why Alice Cooper saved the Hollywood sign

The exact date the monument went up is contested, but its official centenary was celebrated on 13 July 2023, making…

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How Superman started out as a radical rebel

All the same, few comic characters were as militant as Superman. In one early issue, he demolishes a row of…

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The inside story of the wildest shoot in film history

The harsh conditions were totally alien to most people there. "The crew complained a lot about the heat, humidity, hotel…

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The forgotten story behind the most famous side-eye in Hollywood history

AlamyOne of show business's most glamorous – and notorious – images, there's more to this 1957 snapshot of Sophia Loren…

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