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• Austin review – a tedious sitcom that thinks ‘colossal clodhumping fink’ is something British people say

  04-04-2025 23:00
  This UK-Aussie comedy’s depiction of Britishness is painfully twee and trite despite starring Sally Phillips and Ben Miller. Good job that its lead, Michael Theo, is such a joyWe briefly meet Austin, the namesake of this British-Australian sitcom, at the very beginning of the opening episode: he’s walking through his workplace – a warehouse, he’s a forklift driver – bluntly dispensing unsolicited advice to his colleagues (“Best hangover cure: sardines on toast
  
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• Trump files $10bn lawsuit against the BBC

  16-12-2025 01:47 via ft.com
  US president claims UK public broadcaster’s portrayal in a 2024 documentary was ‘disparaging, inflammatory, and malicious’
  
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• Bump: A Christmas Film review – the most masochistic holiday ever?

  16-12-2025 01:45
  Oly and Santi take their newborn on a hellish cruise halfway around the world. But amid the torture there are beautiful moments to treasure in thismuch-loved Aussie drama As a teenager, Oly Chalmers-Davis weathered her fair share of motherhood-related horrors. For a start, the high-achieving 16-year-old went into labour in the school toilets, having not even realised she was pregnant. Not long afterwards, she was forced to tell her boyfriend he wasn’t the father – the baby was the pr
  
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• Rob Reiner Made Clear What He Believed In, Onscreen and Off

  15-12-2025 22:55 via nytimes.com
  In films like “A Few Good Men,” the director’s ideas of honor and morality were stated as plainly as could be.
  
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• Rob Reiner: A Life in Pictures

  15-12-2025 21:22 via nytimes.com
  The actor-turned-director spent decades at the forefront of the entertainment world.
  
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• As Michael Stivic in ‘All in the Family,’ Rob Reiner Brought Political Arguments Home

  15-12-2025 20:54 via nytimes.com
  Reiner’s “All in the Family” role didn’t just capture the arguments of its time. It gave us a preview of our own.
  
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• Trump’s post on Rob Reiner sparks outrage from lawmakers and celebrities

  15-12-2025 20:21
  President’s statement blaming acclaimed director’s death on his dislike of him described as ‘disgusting’ and ‘vile’ Continue reading...
  
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• Rob Reiner’s son Nick arrested in connection with deaths of his parents

  15-12-2025 19:59
  Nick Reiner arrested on suspicion of murder after Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner found dead at their homeRob Reiner and wife Michele found dead in apparent homicideRob Reiner – a life in picturesReiner changed Hollywood for ever Continue reading...
  
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• Rob Reiner’s Movies and TV Shows: ‘When Harry Met Sally,’ ‘The Princess Bride’ and More

  15-12-2025 18:20 via nytimes.com
  He played one of the most memorable sitcom roles of the ’70s before going on to direct a string of enduring movie classics. Here are some of his career highlights.
  
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• The Berlin Film Festival Moves Forward Despite Challenges

  15-12-2025 17:49 via nytimes.com
  The festival, which takes place in winter and late in the award season, has, in recent years, been somewhat overshadowed by its sister events in Cannes and Venice.
  
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• Renate Reinsve of ‘Sentimental Value’, Talks Levity, Joachim Trier and Quantum Physics

  15-12-2025 17:47 via nytimes.com
  “I would feel deflated if I couldn’t go into something deeply existential and explore,” said the Norwegian actress, who stars in the Oscar-buzzy “Sentimental Value.”
  
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• Rob Reiner and Wife Found Stabbed to Death: What We Know

  15-12-2025 17:11 via nytimes.com
  The director’s family said that he and his wife, Michele, died on Sunday, and county jail records show that their son, Nick Reiner, was arrested.
  
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• One Battle After Another defeats rivals in London Critics’ Circle film awards nominations

  15-12-2025 16:18
  Paul Thomas Anderson’s counter-culture thriller scores nine nods, ahead of Hamnet and Ryan Coogler’s Sinners, with Leonardo DiCaprio in contention for actor of the year Continue reading...
  
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• ‘Titaníque,’ Singing and Spoofing Celine Dion, Sets Sail for Broadway

  15-12-2025 15:45 via nytimes.com
  This zany musical made it from the basement of a Manhattan grocery to London’s West End, and now hopes to become Broadway’s next hit comedy.
  
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• Hollywood reacts in shock to death of Rob Reiner: ‘One of the greatest filmmakers to ever live’

  15-12-2025 13:43
  Actors, directors and politicians voice their sadness after bodies of Reiner and wife Michele Singer Reiner were found by authoritiesNews: Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner found dead at home in apparent homicideGallery: Rob Reiner – a life in picturesContinue reading...
  
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• ‘The Emperor’s New Groove’ at 25: Kronk’s Enduring Appeal

  15-12-2025 11:01 via nytimes.com
  This millennial favorite wouldn’t be the same without a certain sidekick.
  
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• ‘A Christmas Carol’, ‘Dead Outlaw’ and More Theater to Stream

  15-12-2025 11:01 via nytimes.com
  Other picks include a family production of “The Snow Queen,” the Broadway-bound “Every Brilliant Thing” and the acclaimed comedy “Sorry for Your Loss.”
  
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• Olivia Dean, Josh Johnson and Chase Infiniti Are Among Our 2025 Breakout Stars

  15-12-2025 11:00 via nytimes.com
  Across the arts, these 10 performers took a leap of faith this year and stuck the landing in a big way.
  
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• As Regional Theaters Struggle, Some Defy the Odds

  15-12-2025 11:00 via nytimes.com
  Naples, Fla., and Milwaukee are quite different, but have one thing in common: They are home to regional theaters that are thriving.
  
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• What We Know About Rob Reiner and His Death

  15-12-2025 10:07 via nytimes.com
  The director’s family said that he and his wife, Michele, had died on Sunday. The police said they had found two bodies at the Reiner home in Los Angeles.
  
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• Rob Reiner’s five best films

  15-12-2025 09:02
  We remember the key films of the great Hollywood director, who has died, alongside his wifeNews: Rob Reiner found dead in apparent homicideGallery: Rob Reiner – a life in picturesReiner changed Hollywood for ever Continue reading...
  
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• A shocking investigation into unaided home births: best podcasts of the week

  15-12-2025 08:00
  Sirin Kale and Lucy Osborne tread a delicate line between hard-hitting and empathetic in this profile of the Free Birth Society. Plus, an ode to The Gilmore GirlsA shocking Guardian investigation by Sirin Kale and Lucy Osborne into the Free Birth Society (FBS), a movement that made millions of dollars from encouraging pregnant women to have unaided home births – even as the deaths of babies mounted. Its empathetic interviews with ex-members make for a sensitive, hugely listenable show, tre
  
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• Hong Kong convicts Jimmy Lai in national security trial

  15-12-2025 07:24 via ft.com
  Billionaire media boss found guilty on charges of conspiring to commit sedition and foreign collusion
  
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• TV tonight: the next chapter of the shocking Salt Path exposé

  15-12-2025 07:10
  Chloe Hadjimatheou, who broke the story about the bestselling memoir, continues her investigation. Plus: a silly thriller romp with a fun cast. Here’s what to watch this evening9pm, Sky Documentaries
  It was the literary scandal of the year: the Observer alleged that the author of the bestselling memoir The Salt Path, Raynor Winn, hadn’t been entirely truthful in telling the tale – which was made into a film – of financial ruin, her husband, Moth’s, terminal illness
  
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• ‘People were in tears on set’: the emotional return of word-of-mouth sensation Two Doors Down

  15-12-2025 07:00
  The outrageous Scottish sitcom became a sleeper hit – then its co-creator died tragically. Ahead of its festive special, the stars open up about the show’s poignant comebackWhen taxi drivers in London started shouting punchlines at him – that’s when Jonathan Watson knew that Two Doors Down, the BBC Scotland sitcom set in a Glasgow suburb, had gone from slow-burn to blazing.The yelling is appropriate in itself, since Watson’s character, Colin, is congenitally unfilte
  
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• Rob Reiner, Actor Who Went on to Direct Classic Films, Dies at 78

  15-12-2025 06:35 via nytimes.com
  Mr. Reiner, who was in “All in the Family,” directed films including “This Is Spinal Tap,” “When Harry Met Sally …,” “The Princess Bride” and “A Few Good Men.”
  
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• Director Rob Reiner and wife Michele Singer Reiner found dead at home

  15-12-2025 05:48
  Authorities investigating ‘apparent homicide’ after 78-year-old director of Stand By Me and The Princess Bride discovered dead at LA home with wifeNick Reiner arrested in connection with the death of his parentsHollywood in shock: ‘One of the greatest filmmakers’Gallery: Rob Reiner – a life in picturesReiner changed Hollywod for everTim Jonze: Meeting Reiner was like a visit from Santa Continue reading...
  
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• Accidental Tourist review – it’s oddly lovely to see Stephen Mulhern’s gratitude for getting naked

  14-12-2025 23:00
  He’s so anxious that it took the presenter 47 years to even try ham. This travelogue, in which Ant and Dec send him to South Korea to overcomephobias – including nudity – is strangely charmingWhat can I tell you about Stephen Mulhern? He’s an ITV presenter (Dancing on Ice, Deal or No Deal, You Bet), magician, longtime friend of Ant and Dec, he’s never had hummus or tasted a prawn, and he’s only recently been introduced to ham. “I like what I like,”
  
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• ‘Anna Christie’ Review: Michelle Williams on the Waterfront

  14-12-2025 22:30 via nytimes.com
  The actress stars in Thomas Kail’s luminous revival of Eugene O’Neill’s play about a woman whose past threatens her future.
  
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• ‘I’m having so much fun!’ Lenny Rush on fame, Father Christmas and why Essex needs to watch out

  14-12-2025 16:00
  In his joyous new comedy Finding Father Christmas, the star is on a mission to prove Santa really exists – and he’s got Stephen Fry to help him! He talks magic, trampoline mayhem and finally getting behind the wheel of a carIt’s time for a father to have an awkward conversation with his teenage son. No, not that one. This is far worse – Chris is 16 and still believes in Father Christmas. He needs to know the truth: all the presents, the fake snow on the roof, the soot in
  
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