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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

Get tickets to our book club on Sunday 12 April at The Hoxton, Holborn via Ticket Tailor and order your copy of our book pick Hooked here.

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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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Love Story: John F Kennedy Jr & Carolyn Bessette has us all hooked, from the Sex and the City-style NYC setting to its retelling of the 90s' most iconic romance. But how much of it is dramatised vs what actually happened? Also this week: star of the moment Olivia Dean’s BRIT Awards sweep, why Jay Shetty remains un-cancellable despite an excruciating new interview, Lily Collins as Audrey Hepburn and former Call Her Daddy host Sofia Franklyn’s revenge memoir about her split from Alex Cooper. Enjoy huns and please do get in touch to let us know what you think of the ep!

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Recs/ reviews:

Love Story: John F Kennedy Jr & Carolyn Bessette, Disney+
I Knew JFK Jr. I Thought I Would Sob Through ‘Love Story.’ Instead, I Laughed Out Loud, Hollywood Reporter
What’s Fact And What’s Fiction In Disney's 'Love Story', Elle
Calvin Klein! The brand that made Kate Moss into the ’90s It Girl, Talk 90s to me podcast ep with Sali Hughes
Paul Anthony Kelly Tells Mel Ottenberg How He Became John-John, Interview
Uncovering the higher truth of Jay Shetty, The Guardian
Wellness guru Jay Shetty has raised some doubts. Including his own, The Interview, New York Times
Jay Shetty Knows Exactly What You Want. That's the Problem. Liz Bucar, Substack
Hard work, romance and bell hooks: how Olivia Dean became British pop’s newest megastar, The Guardian
Emily in Paris star Lily Collins to play Audrey Hepburn in film about Breakfast at Tiffany’s, The Guardian
The Babies Kept in a Mysterious Los Angeles Mansion, The New Yorker
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The new America’s Next Top Model doc has everyone talking about the ethics of reality TV and just how bonkers the 15-year phenomenon really was, so this week we’re diving into everything from how things have changed since the noughties to how terribly Tyra Banks comes across. Also on the show: Gordon Ramsay’s Netflix docuseries and the scandals it skips over, Bonnie Blue’s pregnancy announcement, the gorgeous BAFTA-winning film My Father’s Shadow and a recap on everything that went down at the awards on Sunday night.

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Recs/reviews:

Paris recs: La Fondation hotel, Le Cheval D'or, Mischief
My Father’s Shadow, in cinemas now
Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model, Netflix
We were all rooting for Tyra Banks to give us some answers – but this America’s Next Top Model documentary gaslights its audience, Independent
Being Gordon Ramsay, Netflix
Swearing, Marty Supreme … and Prince William: Bafta’s 12 biggest snubs and surprises, Guardian
I Swear, AppleTV/Amazon Prime Video
‘Marty Supreme’ Ties BAFTA Record for Most Losses in History, Variety

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