Cinema, Theater & TV news

• Barack Obama’s gripping new show: best podcasts of the week

  22-06-2026 08:00
  
  The 44th president’s latest podcast is a slick, excellently researched look at the post-slavery period in the US. Plus, a troubling foray into the world of swingingWho would have thought, back in 2008, that Barack Obama (pictured above) would become one of podcasting’s biggest movers and shakers? The former president is front and centre of this series on the post-slavery period in the US, a collaboration with Malcolm Gladwell for Audible and the History Channel. It’s slick and
  
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• TV tonight: dragons, swords and James Norton in a return to Westeros

  22-06-2026 07:15
  Prepare yourself for more epic battles in House of the Dragon. Plus: an art-inspired murderer is on the loose in French crime thriller Polar Park9pm, Sky Atlantic
  It’s easy to forget what last happened in the disappointingly dull Game of Thrones prequel two years ago. But the bloodiest naval battle in Westeros history – the Battle of the Gullet – actually kicks season three off with a bang. The Targaryen civil war finally gets into full gory swing, with Alicent (Olivia Cooke) a
  
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• Margaret Kerry, Body and Soul of Disney’s Tinker Bell, Dies at 97

  22-06-2026 00:29 via nytimes.com
  A film crew and illustrator meticulously documented her pirouettes and pouts, giving substance to a character depicted previously as a spotlight onstage.
  
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