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Louis Chilton, Senior Culture Writer
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Louis Chilton
Senior Culture Writer
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Hello, and welcome back! Louis here, taking over for what I’ve only this moment realised will probably be the first of a three-week consecutive run as newsletter writer, with Annabel off on holiday. I’m enjoying what might be described as the opposite of a holiday – dental problems! To cheer myself up I’ve been googling images of George Washington's dentures – not wooden, per the legend, but in fact a kind of hideous combination of animal, metal, and human teeth – I suppose to remind myself that it really, truly, could be worse. I wish I were kidding about the googling.
Anyway: let’s talk television. This week saw the return of HBO’s Euphoria, the sex-filled, narcotic-popping high school drama created by Sam Levinson. Though “high school drama” isn't quite accurate anymore: this season begins after a five-year time jump, and Rue (Zendaya) is now... a professional drug mule?
I’ve seen advertisements for this show all over the place, and Nick Hilton certainly liked it. “The western is, after all, the most American of all genres, and Euphoria, set in a tortured frontier, amid the gold rush of the attention economy, is a clear-eyed, unflattering portrait of modern America: the good, the bad, and the ugly,” he wrote in his four-star review.
There’s no denying the ascendent star power of what was once a young and unproven cast – between Zendaya, Sydney Sweeney, Jacob Elordi and Hunter Schafer, the returning cast list now reads like a Young Hollywood who’s who. But it’s always been a show with question marks; Adam White dug into how Euphoria became the “most toxic show on television”.
Have a lovely weekend and DO remember to floss,
Louis
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The former Brits Rising Star talks to Patrick Smith about her new album, the pains of social media and why being in love and writing songs about it is “truly embarrassing”
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Her Girls co-star and the Hollywood producer Scott Rudin find themselves in hot water following the publication of Famesick – but there is so much more to this book than simple score-settling, writes Annabel Nugent
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The Wizard of the Kremlin didn’t quite make the cut during awards season, but it features a little masterpiece of a performance from the British star. And it only serves as further proof that he’s long escaped the prettiness that was once his prison, writes Xan Brooks
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Alicia Vikander, star of Ex Machina and Tomb Raider, speaks to Tom Murray ahead of her role in the new Vladimir Putin biopic The Wizard of the Kremlin.
Lots of interesting stuff in here, particularly concerning the new film – and why Vikander doesn’t fear reprisals from the Russian government “I think we find ourselves in a world right now where there might be a fear of making comments or speaking up,” she tells him.
Vikander also opens up about her nomadic life with her husband, Shame actor Michael Fassbender, and her winning night at the 2016 Oscars, when she was recognised for her turn in The Danish Girl.
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Listen to Mother Mary: Greatest Hits
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Ahead of the UK release of talky musical psychodrama Mother Mary on Friday, why not immerse yourself in the sonic stylings of Anne Hathaway: Pop Queen this weekend? David Lowry’s movie doesn’t make a lick of sense, but Hathaway’s accompanying EP – in character as a Gaga-riffing music icon – is a sugary treat. The tracks penned by actual pop queens Charli xcx and FKA Twigs are obvious B-sides rescued from their respective cutting room floors, but the ubiquitous Jack Antanoff undeniably works his magic on “Holy Spirit 2”, a calamitous, ear-splitting headrush that should really come with its own wind machine to give listeners the full effect.
Listen on Spotify here
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Watch Margo's Got Money Troubles
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Out on Apple TV this week is the brilliant Margo’s Got Money Troubles, starring Elle Fanning, Michelle Pfeiffer, Nick Offerman and Nicole Kidman (I know! What an incredible cast!). It's about a young, single mother who turns to OnlyFans to make ends meet, and is an absolute delight: honest but non-didactic about the ambivalences of child-rearing, and droll about the exploitative ramifications of sex work. I loved it and gave it five stars in my review.
Watch on Apple TV now
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