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‘Riveting’ US nuclear attack thriller is ‘more terrifying than most horror films’

The Hurt Locker director Kathryn Bigelow builds “excruciating tension” in a film about a nuclear missile headed for the US. It’s a characteristically authentic, “riveting”

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Why female pop stars embracing sex is still controversial in 2025

Whereas Madonna’s overt sexuality felt radical, Carpenter’s has a more tongue-in-cheek feel – to the point where some have questioned whether it’s a marketing ploy.

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The Soviet artwork that spied on the US

He describes the technology of The Thing in musical terms – as being composed of tubes like organ pipes and a membrane “like the skin

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The man behind The Beatles

But Epstein had taken a curious route to the world of pop, and Charlton noted that he still seemed to be something of an outsider.

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The 1930s tropical ‘utopia’ that became a living hell

When a group of European settlers made a home on an uninhabited Galapagos island, they were hoping for paradise. But instead it turned into a

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Hollywood’s most stunning costume jewellery

William de Lillo beaded fringe necklace The Belgian-born William de Lillo worked at Tiffany, Cartier and Harry Winston in New York before teaming up with Miriam

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The real reasons why And Just Like That failed to live up to Sex and the City

Meanwhile, although the show tried to rectify the lack of diversity in the original series with various characters and storylines, these also fell flat on

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The radical manifesto hidden in Georges Seurat’s 1884 masterpiece

From its inception, Seurat was determined that Bathers at Asnières would not be just another painting. It was an audacious manifesto on how we see

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How dark and daring gamble The Black Cauldron became a notorious Disney flop

What is certain is that The Black Cauldron aimed to be a different kind of Disney film. “Ron Miller, the former CEO of the company

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18 of the best TV shows of 2025 so far

Disney/ Brian Roedel 14. Paradise It’s difficult to discuss the power of this show without giving away the key twist that comes at the end