Tyler Perry’s new Netflix movie lands impressive audience score after dividing critics
Taraji P. Henson plays a single mother struggling to care for her sick daughter in ‘Straw’
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Taraji P. Henson plays a single mother struggling to care for her sick daughter in ‘Straw’
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Lively is famously embroiled in a bitter legal battle with her ‘It Ends With Us’ co-star and director Justin Baldoni
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The multi-day Jordanian festival brought electronic artists, cultural workshops and curated performances to Petra and Wadi Rum – blending heritage with high production and thoughtful restraint
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‘Sex and the City’ star was surprised when a friend mentioned Che’s unpopularity with viewers
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The actor said that she ‘clumsily used a mocking tone’ while trying to convey how ‘hopeless’ she felt about the conflict
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George Clooney, Denzel Washington and Kieran Culkin led Broadway to a record year thanks to sky-high ticket prices. As the 2025 Tony Awards loom, ‘The Independent’s’ resident Broadway expert Caitlin Hornik examines what this could mean for the Great White Way
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R&B star’s bandmates confirmed the sad news
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‘The world actually has problems,’ complained the author when addressing the fallout between the pair
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Cancellation comes after the streamer previously asked for two seasons
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‘I influence no stories, no writing, no lines, no sweeping big ideas about plot,’ said the actor
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Film will air as part of a tribute to the late broadcasting legend
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Director hailed Washington as ‘the greatest living actor’
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Actor is bringing back the legendary character in an unexpected new collaboration
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TV chef described the decision as a ‘huge turning point’ after a decade working with the broadcaster
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TV star has documented the process of launching The Farmer’s Dog pub in the latest series of ‘Clarkson’s Farm’
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‘It was a lot of work’
The singer had already cancelled two shows this week due to illness
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Remember the time Chris Evans spent his Marvel hiatus directing a romantic comedy? Of course you don’t – because it was one in a long lineage of speedily forgotten flops directed by overly indulged movie stars, writes Tom Fordy
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From ‘Wednesday’ to ‘Stranger Things’, there’s an increasingly interminable hold-up between seasons of modern TV. Louis Chilton is getting impatient
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The star of ‘Jurassic World’ and ‘The Village’ plays a struggling improv comic in her very funny new film, ‘Deep Cover’. She speaks to Adam White about her famous father, the hyper-fame that never materialised for her, and why her storytelling mantra is simple: more peril and more dismemberment
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