In These K-Dramas, Women Are Unjustly Accused (Maybe)
Netflix’s “The Price of Confession” and Hulu’s “Nine Puzzles” are thrillers with complicated plots and complicated protagonists. Source link
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Fire and Ash tops US box office on debut but down on The Way of Water opener
Avatar: Fire and Ash, the third outing in James Cameron’s blockbuster sci-fi adventure series, has topped the US and Canada box office on its opening weekend. The latest in the franchise took an estimated $88m (£65.5m), but that was significantly down on the $134m (£100m) that Avatar: The Way of the Water took on its…
The Wire actor James Ransone dies aged 46
US actor James Ransone, best known for appearing in US drama The Wire, has died aged 46. Ransone played Ziggy, the clumsy and chaotic petty criminal in the second season of the crime drama, which is one of the most acclaimed TV series of all time. The Los Angeles Medical Examiner said on its website…
Artists We Lost in 2025, in Their Words
Robert Redford, Roberta Flack, Diane Keaton and Brian Wilson are among the cultural luminaries who died this year. Source link
David Walliams dropped from Waterstones Children’s Book Festival
Author and comedian David Walliams has been dropped from the Waterstones Children’s Book Festival next year, following allegations of inappropriate behaviour. The news comes after Walliams’ publisher, HarperCollins, cut ties with the star on Friday. The author has strongly denied the allegations. A spokesperson for Waterstones, the well-known British book chain, told the BBC: “HarperCollins…
Light Needs review – a blooming lovely meditation on plants and their people | Movies
This experimental documentary by Jesse McLean about houseplants inspired me to go around my house and water all my vegetal housemates and treat the mealybug infections afflicting the jade plants in my office. Now I feel better for it in every way, while also basking in the afterglow of this luminous piece of film-making that…
‘Loud, brash and in your face’ – how to be a pantomime dame
Ben Sidwelland Tanya Gupta,West Midlands BBC Lucie Goose, aka Dion Davies, said a dame was for the adults as much as the children “It’s behind you!” is ringing around the theatre aisles, so it must be time for pantomime actors to take to the stage in one of Christmas’s most important roles – the dame….
‘Cover-Up,’ Plus 8 Things on TV This Week
A documentary about the journalist Seymour Hersh premieres, and lots of shows wrap up their seasons. Source link
James Ransone, Actor Known for ‘The Wire,’ Dies at 46
The character actor had grown up in Maryland, where “The Wire” was set, and went on to star in horror films like “It Chapter Two.” Source link
Stranger Things, Amandaland and Strictly Come Dancing
Steven McIntoshEntertainment reporter Channel 4 Actress Olivia Colman (pictured with Alison Hammond) will take part in a Peep Show edition of Bake Off With Mariah Carey fully defrosted and mince pies disappearing at an alarming rate, families everywhere are poring over surely the most important item in any household – the Christmas TV listings guide….