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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The drama surrounding Zendaya and Robert Pattinson’s new rom com The Drama is first on the agenda this week, alongside the hugely hyped, Ballerina Farm-inspired tradwife thriller Yesteryear. Plus, the latest in the Blake Lively vs Justin Baldoni case, the Kanye West Wireless controversy and our review of Jame Laing and Sophie Haboo’s documentary series Raising Chelsea. Enjoy huns!

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Recs/ reviews:

• The Drama, in cinemas
• You Need a Dark Sense of Humor for The Drama, Esquire
• The Drama Is Too Cowardly to Commit to Its Provocative Premise, Vulture
• Yesteryear, Caro Claire Burke
• Diabolical Lies podcast
• ‘Serve, smile, procreate’: Yesteryear author Caro Claire Burke on the rise of the tradwife, The Guardian
• I’m obsessed by the trad wife world — this was the best way to expose it, The Times
• A Tradwife Wakes Up in 1805… The New York Times
• Why women can't resist tradwife porn, Cosmopolitan
• Inside the secret smear machine that's targeting Hollywood, Hollywood Reporter
• Who Trolled Amber podcast
• Raising Chelsea, Disney+

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Should stars get a say in who plays them and how they’re portrayed? We’re diving into the debate this week after actor Kim Novak called Sydney Sweeney “totally wrong” for her upcoming biopic, and Daryl Hannah spoke out about her reputation-ruining portrayal in Love Story. Also on the show: the record-breaking Harry Potter teaser, a look at Euphoria's long-awaited series three, much-hyped hospital drama The Pitt, Riz Ahmed’s latest passion project, Rachel McAdams’ new satire and the Rupert Murdoch doc on Netflix.

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Recs/reviews

• Bait, Amazon Prime
• Riz Ahmed’s ‘Bait’ Is About James Bond — But Mostly About Shame, Rolling Stone
• Dynasty: The Murdochs, Netflix
• The Pitt, HBO Max
• Send Help, rent on Sky, Amazon etc
• Kim Novak: ‘Sydney Sweeney looks sexy all the time. She could never play me’, Times
• How Can ‘Love Story’ Get Away With This? New York Times
• Euphoria s3 trailer 2
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone official teaser
• How ITV met its match when it got hitched to Olivia Attwood, Times

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Chappell Roan’s in the news after being accused of making Jude Law’s 11-year-old daughter cry, so this week we’re diving into the debate around celebrity boundaries vs fan behaviour. Do stars have a right to set limits when it comes to fame? And is the kind of brutal trolling Barry Keoghan has recently spoken out about ever justified? Also on the show: the latest AI publishing controversy, our review of Saturday Night Live UK, the glossy new thriller starring Elizabeth Moss and Kerry Washington, Rose Byrne’s motherhood horror, and a return to the ethics of reality TV after The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives' Taylor Frankie Paul’s season of The Bachelorette was abruptly cancelled.

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Recs/reviews

• Imperfect Women, Apple TV
• The Square, Prime Video
• Force Majeure, Prime Video
• If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, in cinemas
• I confessed a deplorable secret about motherhood to a friend – and it changed my life, Guardian
• Why Does A.I. Write Like … That? New York Times
• Shit You Should Care About, Substack
• Project Hail Mary, in cinemas
• The Bachelorette's messy break-up with its unlikely star Taylor Frankie Paul, BBC
• Momfluencer Faces More Consequences than All Men In Epstein Files Combined, Liz Plank
• Saturday Night Live UK, Sky/ Now TV

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Did Louis Theroux’s Inside the Manosphere go far enough? That's the big question on the show this week as we review his divisive new Netflix doc about male alt-right influencers. We discuss misogyny vs ragebait, the manosphere’s influence on politics and how this all affects young women and girls. Plus: a debrief on the Oscars, Kylie Jenner’s Hollywood career pivot, a Devil Wears Prada 2 update and the ‘bombshell’ new book about Meghan Markle.

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Recs/ reviews;

• Train Dreams, Netflix
• The Secret Agent, in cinemas
• Kylie Supreme! A Makeup Mogul Enters Her Hollywood Era, Vanity Fair
• Jessie Buckley’s Oscars win is a battle cry for women in their mid-thirties,Grazia
• ‘I, too, get to make mistakes’ — how Meghan put herself first, Times
• Louis Theroux: Inside The Manosphere, Netflix
• Louis Theroux On Internet Culture, The Manosphere & Getting "Cooked", The Romesh Ranganathan Show
• Did Louis Theroux’s Manosphere documentary Change Anyone's Mind?, BBC News
• @YourmoneymateSarah,TikTok
• Gen Z males twice as likely as baby boomers to believe wives should obey husbands, Guardian
• I am a 15-year-old girl. Let me show you the vile misogyny that confronts me on social media every day, Guardian
• GIRLS: Gen Z and the commodification of everything, Freya India
• Why does Bari Weiss keep winning? Vox

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Harry Styles has dropped his long-awaited album, ACOTAR author Sarah J Maas went on Call Her Daddy and Timothée Chalamet is facing backlash for his comments on ballet and opera – it’s been a busy week in pop culture! Plus: Rachel Weisz and Leo Woodall’s sexy new series Vladimir has landed on Netflix just as the “smut renaissance” reaches fever pitch. From romantasy to Heated Rivalry, is our insatiable appetite for steam a symptom of the loneliness epidemic? Finally, a quick look at Lily Allen’s tour reviews, that *very* awkward new Louis Theroux interview and a super exciting announcement: book club is back in April! We can’t wait to see some of you there <3

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Recs

• Maybe Knowing Too Much About Motherhood Has Ruined Me, The Cut
• ‘I regret having children’, The Cut
• Vladimir: A Novel, Julia May Jonas
• Vladimir, Netflix
• Vladimir author Julia May Jonas: ‘We’re imprisoned by our obsessions’, The Guardian
• Is it true that … if you pluck a grey hair, two will grow in its place? The Guardian
• Julia May Jonas on Bringing Vladimir to Netflix—and What She Changed, Elle
• Hooked, Asako Yuzuki
• Sarah J. Maas on Call Her Daddy
• Are We in a ‘Smut Renaissance’? New York Times
• Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally, Harry Styles
• Harry Styles - Zane Lowe & Apple Music ‘Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally’ Interview
• ‘Would you like me to cry now?’: Louis Theroux on the manosphere, marriage and misunderstandings, The Guardian

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