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• The British Podcast awards - why George the Poet swept the board

  18-05-2019 23:05 via theguardian.com
  As its five gold awards testify, George the Poet’s eight-part podcast is a unique mix of music, drama, news and poetryAt the fabulous and fun British Podcast awards on Saturday evening, there were some worthy award winners. It was great to see PM’s daily work of reporting faith, The Grenfell Tower Inquiry, win a gold; also the wonderful You, Me and the Big C; plus Classic FM’s Case Notes and the funny indie This Paranormal Life, which I reviewed a couple of weeks ago; and the l
  
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• Argh, me back: Arnold Schwarzenegger OK after South Africa flying kick

  18-05-2019 22:13
  Film star struck at Arnold Classic Africa bodybuilding eventFormer California governor reassures fans after incidentArnold Schwarzenegger was struck by a flying kick at a sports event in South Africa on Saturday, though the actor and former California governor later reassured fans there was no need to worry.Schwarzenegger, 71, was kicked from behind while chatting with fans at the Arnold Classic Africa, an event showcasing bodybuilding and other sports, in Johannesburg.And if you have to share t
  
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• Eurovision 2019: follow all the songs and action – live

  18-05-2019 20:11 via theguardian.com
  It’s the most controversial Eurovision in history, and it has a half-time show from pop legend Madonna. Settle in for a long, kitsch night in Tel Aviv7.10pm BST Here’s a few kick-off thoughts from Oliver in Tel Aviv:It was a balmy, blue-skied day here in Tel Aviv, with the beaches packed and world flags hanging throughout the city.
  I just sat down with Eurovision expert and journalist William Adams Lee outside the concert hall. Ten years ago he founded Wiwiblogs, a website that ONLY
  
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• Best death? Worst sexposition? It's the ultimate Game of Thrones awards

  18-05-2019 17:00 via theguardian.com
  We pick the winners and losers of Westeros. And the gong for Scumbag of the Seven Kingdoms goes to ...
  Warning: this article contains spoilers. Continue reading...
  
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• Antonio Banderas: I had to kill my old self for Almodóvar role

  18-05-2019 16:12
  Actor says making Pain and Glory about director’s life helped him reassess his career
  Antonio Banderas has described how he had “to kill” his former self to play the role of an ageing film director modelled on Pedro Almodóvar for the latter’s new film, which has premiered at Cannes.The Spanish actor, 58, said that, following heart problems, making Pain and Glory had helped him reassess his acting and his personal life. Related: Pain and Glory review – life me
  
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• Lena Headey and Iain Glen swap Westeros for gritty refugee drama

  18-05-2019 16:00
  The Flood, a new British film, focuses on asylum seekers, smugglers and immigration officers – a grim return to earth for the Game of Thrones starsThey have enthralled millions with their exploits in Game of Thrones, the lavish fantasy epic. Now, actors Lena Headey and Iain Glen are teaming up again – this time for a very different film. After starring in a make-believe world of magic, dragons and warriors, they will be seen in a gritty drama focused on the refugee crisis.In Game of
  
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• From Westeros to Calais: Game of Thrones stars swap dragons for ugly reality of refugees

  18-05-2019 16:00
  The Flood, a new British film, focuses on asylum seekers, smugglers and immigration officersThey have enthralled millions with their exploits in Game of Thrones, the lavish fantasy epic. Now, actors Lena Headey and Iain Glen are teaming up again – this time for a very different film. After starring in a make-believe world of magic, dragons and warriors, they will be seen in a gritty drama focused on the refugee crisis.In Game of Thrones, which comes to a climax tomorrow, Headey and Glen pl
  
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• 'Jon will murder Dany then reign': you predict who will win Game of Thrones

  18-05-2019 13:00 via theguardian.com
  Will a Targaryen end up on the Iron Throne? How about Bronn, a blue-eyed Bran – or Hot Pie? Fans share their finale theories
  Daenerys sentences Tyrion to death but dragon fire fails to kill him, revealing him as the real Targaryen heir – being Aerys Targaryen’s son with Joanna Lannister. Tyrion becomes King, Bronn is his Hand, Ser Davos head of the Night’s Watch. Tyrion divides the Seven Kingdoms and sends Dany back to Essos to redeem herself, with Arya watching over her.
  
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• Wish you were here? Why Brexit-era TV is awash with seaside-set shows

  18-05-2019 11:00 via theguardian.com
  From Don’t Forget the Driver to Back to Life, the bleak coastline embodies misery, magic and those on the marginsThe land stops and then there’s … nothing.” The playwright Tim Crouch, whose first TV commission Don’t Forget the Driver has just finished airing on BBC Two, is musing on his former home town Bognor Regis, where the show is set. As well as being part of a slew of top-quality sitcoms and dramedies that are making 2019 a golden year for British TV comedy,
  
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• The Week in Arts: Renée Zellweger as aTemptress; Tilda Swinton and her Daughter as Co-Stars

  18-05-2019 08:00 via nytimes.com
  “Mac Beth” actors wear school uniforms, Julia Michaels is at Bowery Ballroom, and Honor Swinton Byrne appears in “The Souvenir.”
  
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• Game of Thrones: how will the final episode end?

  18-05-2019 08:00 via theguardian.com
  As the last instalment of the lavish HBO drama approaches, who will take the Iron Throne?Warning: this article contains spoilers.So whaddya reckon? Sound? Fury? Whimper? Bang? We are facing, at last, our final hour (or thereabouts) in the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros. Who will live and who will die? Who will sit on the Iron Throne, and is there any chance it could be Drogon? Continue reading...
  
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• The 20 best true-crime shows ever

  18-05-2019 07:59 via theguardian.com
  From See No Evil to S-Town, the genre’s most engrossing documentaries, TV series and podcasts for the morbidly inclinedModern Toss on true crime TV showsAvailable on iTunes/various
  Her love of black rollnecks and a fake baritone voice might have made her a favourite of Twitter meme-makers, but the case of fraudulent US entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes is actually rather dark. Inspired by Wall Street Journal writer John Carreyrou’s book Bad Blood, The Dropout podcast explores how the for
  
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• TV tonight: don't miss the uber-camp madness of Eurovision

  18-05-2019 07:00 via theguardian.com
  Graham Norton hits Tel Aviv for the annual song-and-dance kitschfest. Plus, more Simon Cowell-baiting in Britain’s Got Talent. Here’s what to watch this evening
  Theatre and scholarship combine with aerial archaeology and neat graphics as Alice Roberts introduces a second series that profiles six more British towns and their place in history. In a fascinating opener, she explores wartime Dover, the port known as “the lock and key to the kingdom”, which formed the first lin
  
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• Mel Gibson’s ‘Rothchild’ Movie? There Are More Bizarre Films for Sale at Cannes

  18-05-2019 00:07 via nytimes.com
  The Cannes Film Festival is also a marketplace where merchants flaunt movies that haven’t been made yet, in the hope of drawing media attention and buyers.
  
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