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• Spiral recap: season seven, episodes three and four – not tonight, Joséphine

  19-10-2019 23:50
  Laure’s parenting hits a new low, and there are facepalms all round as Ms Karlsson makes a visit to Judge WagnerSpoiler alert: this recap is for people watching Spiral on the BBC. Do not read on unless you have watched season seven, episodes three and four. Continue reading...
  
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• Strictly Come Dancing 2019: week five – as it happened

  19-10-2019 21:39
  Twelve couples remain, but will anyone top Kelvin and Oti’s rumba for steamy Saturday night entertainment? We followed every hip-sway8.27pm BST Thanks to the BTL glitterati for joining in tonight, will see you tomorrow at 7.15pm for the Results Show – surely it’s David and Nadiya’s time to say goodbye? If you happen to have BBC1 on just before 9am tomorrow, you might spot me chatting about Strictly on BBC Breakfast – I haven’t got time to get to Salford, so in
  
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• Strictly Come Dancing 2019: week five – live

  19-10-2019 20:51
  Twelve couples remain, but will anyone top Kelvin and Oti’s rumba for steamy Saturday night entertainment? Watch with us, every hip-sway of the way7.50pm BST Scores: 9,9,9,9 – a total of 36 for Emma and Aljaz. WELL. 7.50pm BST Motsi thought it was beautiful in every way, and Shirley agrees – it was a miraculous recovery and she’s never seen such a recovery in one week. Alfonso hopes Emma feels amazing after that performance, the push last week has made her brilliant. Crai
  
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• Quentin Tarantino won't censor Once Upon a Time in Hollywood for China – report

  19-10-2019 19:46
  Sources tell Hollywood reporter Bruce Lee’s daughter raised concerns over the film’s portrayal of the martial arts star Quentin Tarantino will not edit Once Upon a Time in Hollywood to placate Chinese censors, the Hollywood Reporter said. Related: Bruce Lee's daughter hits out at father's portrayal in Tarantino filmRelated: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood review – uneven ode to a lost eraContinue reading...
  
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• Reggie Yates: ‘I could get George Clooney to say stuff he’d never said before’

  19-10-2019 16:30
  From presenting CBBC to confronting neo-Nazis in Russia, Reggie Yates has moved smoothly from kids’ TV to becoming one of the country’s most respected documentary makers. He talks to Sam Wolfson about what he’s learned in almost 30 years in the spotlightFrom Leonardo da Vinci to Iron Man’s Tony Stark, the ultimate ambition of madcap inventors has always been the personal flying machine. Last year, filming in China, TV presenter Reggie Yates saw that ambition finally reali
  
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• Scarlett Moffatt’s The British Tribe Next Door: what were the TV execs thinking?

  19-10-2019 12:00
  The reality star has had an erratic career. A problematic show in which her family shadow the lives of a Namibian tribe should put an end to itWhere on the Scarlett-Moffatt-Is-England’s-Rose-O-Meter™ are we at the moment? I always forget. There was that ascent to fame when she sat horizontal on a sofa and said arch things on Gogglebox: we quite liked her then. After that there was the predictable I’m A Celeb … win and the boom-and-bust fitness DVD: an unfurling of the bu
  
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• Looking for Alaska review – is this Dawson's Creek throwback too wholesome for Gen Z?

  19-10-2019 12:00
  This adaptation of John Green’s young-adult hit is funny and endearing, but its pre-smartphone setting and manic pixie plot feel strangely out of sync with today’s teen hitsLooking for Alaska is an eight-part adaptation of the much-loved first novel by John Green, the young adult fiction king, author of The Fault in our Stars. For various reasons, it has taken 14 years to bring it to the screen and, in many ways, you can tell. This heartfelt story of teenage love and loss is sweet an
  
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• 25 Semi-Appropriate Secrets About Clerks Revealed

  19-10-2019 12:00 via feeds.eonline.com
  Twenty-five years ago, Clerks opened in two theaters.Starring no one you'd ever heard of, shot in black and white, profanely hilarious and instantly rewatchable--because you...
  
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• The Life of Cameron Douglas, From Privilege to Prison and Back

  19-10-2019 11:00 via nytimes.com
  In his memoir “Long Way Home,” Michael Douglas’s oldest son examines the “demented death wish” that drove him to drugs and crime, shining a light on his famous family along the way.
  
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• Bored of true crime and George Ezra? Why fiction is saving podcasts

  19-10-2019 11:00
  Bored of shows about brutal true crime and celebrities schmoozing? The ambitious serialised audio drama will get you hooked Non-fiction is still king in the rapidly expanding podcast universe: the bulk of on-demand audio remains dedicated to interviews, debates about sport or pop culture, and the genre that pushed podcasting into the mainstream, true crime. But some of those formats have gone stale: if we have maybe had enough of 12-part documentaries about a multiple child murder in Delaware in
  
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• Hannah Gadsby: ‘Quit comedy? I can’t – I’ve got no other skillset!’

  19-10-2019 08:00
  The comic was due to retire, until her show Nanette made her an overnight star. So how does she plan to top it?Over her 10-year standup career, Hannah Gadsby had played to more than a few thin midweek houses. So when she was making her 2017 show Nanette, and beginning to sense it might be rather good, the Australian comic dared to dream an impossible dream. “I remember thinking: ‘Wow, it would be great to be able to not worry about whether I’ll sell the room on a Wednesday.&rdq
  
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• TV tonight: the father of rock'n'roll Chuck Berry

  19-10-2019 07:00
  A new documentary examines Berry’s musical legacy but steers clear of his controversies. Plus: Carlton’s back on Strictly. Here’s what to watch this eveningContinue reading...
  
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• Verizon seeks buyer for HuffPost website

  19-10-2019 01:33 via ft.com
  Telecoms group raises sale with potential acquirers as part of digital media retreat
  
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• 'Just don't waste': David Attenborough's heartfelt message to next generation

  19-10-2019 01:01
  At launch of BBC nature series Seven Worlds, One Planet, Attenborough says message is finally getting throughDavid Attenborough has delivered a heartfelt message to children around the world on how they can help save the planet: “Live the way you want to live but just don’t waste.”At the first screening of the BBC’s forthcoming blockbuster nature series, Seven Worlds, One Planet, the 93-year-old offered his advice to a five-year-old in the London audience. The boy was ove
  
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