Baby Reindeer creator Richard Gadd is back with a divisive new series about toxic masculinity: should Half Man be mandatory viewing for men or is it just trauma porn? Also on the show: Harry Styles and Zoë Kravitz seem to be engaged, what the explosive I’m a Celeb live show fallout says about reality TV and the Bloomberg expose into Alex Cooper’s company. Plus, Dan Levy’s new crime comedy, Netflix thriller Unchosen and a look at some of the creepiest real-life British cults.

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Recs / reviews:

• Strangers, Belle Burden
• Big Mistakes, Netflix
• Unchosen, Netflix
• Transmissions From Jonestown
• Inside Alex Cooper’s Unwell: Tears, Screaming and Employees Looking for the Exit, Bloomberg
• I Read Russell Brand's Unreadable New Book, For My Sins, New Statesman
• Half Man, Netflix
• Half Man review – more brave, brutal, blazing TV from the maker of Baby Reindeer, Guardian
• Half Man Is Masochism at Its Absolute Worst, Esquire

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OnlyFans, motherhood and sex work are in the spotlight this week as one of our fave novels, Margo’s Got Money Troubles, gets an Apple TV+ adaptation starring Elle Fanning. Also on the show: the murder charges against alt-singer D4vd dominating the pop culture news cycle, a first look at the new Kate Moss biopic, Zayn Malik allegedly punching Louis Tomlinson and the Gen Z vs millennial divide at the heart of Carey Mulligan's season of Beef.

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Recs/ reviews

• Beef S2, Netflix
• How a Gold House Dinner Helped ‘Beef’ Creator Lee Sung Jin Land Season 2 Star Charles Melton, Hollywood Reporter
• I Love My Husband (Who Hates Me), The Cut
• D4vd charged with first-degree murder over death of teenage girl, BBC
• Moss & Freud trailer
• Kate meets Lucian and they get on brilliantly with absolutely no funny business at all, Guardian
• Margo’s Got Money Troubles, Apple TV
• Elle Fanning comedy drama about OnlyFans and motherhood is five-star TV, Independent
• Margo’s Got Money Troubles actually gets OnlyFans right, GQ
• ONLYFANS: Bonnie Blue, sex stunts and the rise of the porn 'influencer'
• Behind the Scenes With Sophie Rain, the Clean Queen of the Dirty Internet, GQ

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This week we’re diving into Lena Dunham’s brilliant but provocative new memoir Famesick, about chronic pain, the toxicity of fame, and the turbulent making of GIRLS. Why is it that Dunham gets so much hate from the media, and is she a reliable narrator? Also on the show: our reviews of Euphoria and the Testaments, the two biggest TV shows of the year. Is Euphoria as “grubby” as the critics are saying, and does The Testaments live up to the Handmaid’s Tale? Plus: Ruby Rose’s disturbing allegations against Katy Perry, the Alex Cooper vs Alix Earle beef, and a quick debrief on Coachella.

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Recs/ reviews:

• The Testaments, Disney+
• In 'The Testaments,' Teen Girls See Gilead Differently, New York Times
• Euphoria s3
• Euphoria has descended into one man’s creepy, sex-obsessed fantasy, Telegraph
• Alix Earle Replies After Alex Cooper Calls Her Out for 'Passive Aggressive' Behavior, People
• Famesick, Lena Dunham
• Lena Dunham Is Still Trying to Figure Out Why People Hated Her So Much, New York Times
• I got everything I dreamed of – when I had no ability to handle it’: Lena Dunham on toxic fame, broken friendships and her ‘lost decade’, The Guardian

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