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Leslie Megahey obituary

Director of arts documentaries whose subjects ranged from Orson Welles to 17th-century painters

The Guardian - UK

Emmys 2022 predictions: who will win and who should win?

Will Succession dominate again? Can Abbott Elementary upset Ted Lasso? Our picks for who will, and who should, win TV’s top awards on 12 September

The Guardian - US

Nicole Kidman pays tribute to Berwick woman Patti Lomax following tragic death

Patti Lomax passed away on Tuesday in Tweedmouth, Berwick, aged 85

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Emmys 2022: All you need to know about the limited series races

LOS ANGELES — I was just starting to watch "The Last Movie Stars," the extraordinary documentary about Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, the greatest power couple in Hollywood history, when I saw the briefest, blink-and-you'll-miss-it glimpse of the second season of HBO Max's "The White Lotus" in a preview reel.

Los Angeles Times

The Staircase: Toni Collette says she spoke to Kathleen Peterson in her head before every death scene

‘I think it was about permission and getting it right for her,’ Collette said

The Independent UK

Livia Firth says waist belt worn by Carrie Bradshaw promoted unrealistic body image

‘Why do we want to make women feel bad about their bodies,’ the former wife of Colin Firth asks

The Independent UK

Rising costs pose threat to independent film-making in UK, says BFI

Indie productions struggling to compete with well-financed, studio-backed projects, research shows

The Guardian - UK

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Sanditon star Rose Williams: ‘It’s the fans who saved the show’

After ITV’s Austen adaptation Sanditon was cancelled, Rose Williams said goodbye to her character Charlotte Heywood. But then the fans mobilised, with petitions, letter writing and sand art, and the producers had a change of heart

Evening Standard

‘It’s dopamine’: why we love to track our watching and reading habits

Sites such as Letterboxd and GoodReads encourage us to document our cultural consumption. But does gamification get in the way of actually enjoying the arts?

The Guardian - UK

First look at Battersea Power Station’s restored Art Deco Control Room where King’s Speech scene was filmed

It has already played a starring role in The King’s Speech standing in for the BBC studio

Evening Standard

Emmys 2022: Limited series race again offers too many choices, not enough slots

Here we are, six months into the year and the front-runners in the limited series categories remain the same shows we watched and loved from 2021 — HBO's sharp satire of entitlement, "The White Lotus" (which premiered nearly a year ago) and two series from October, Netflix's intimate drama "Maid"…

Los Angeles Times

Our favorite new Darcy is on Fire Island

How a queer, Asian lawyer gives the role that launched a thousand Firths a run for its money

Salon

“Egregious fabrications”: Michael Peterson blasts HBO’s The Staircase

Shots fired: Peterson joins a long line of people who are seriously miffed by the production

Evening Standard

TV tonight: a magnetic Colin Firth gears up for the finale of The Staircase

The actor’s hypnotic turn as Michael Peterson continues to thrill, as the family endures unbearable scrutiny. Plus, Big Boys concludes. Here’s what to watch this evening

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Daily Mirror

Queen's Jubilee: Top royal shows and films on Netflix, Disney + and Amazon Prime

Whether it's a first-rate Hollwood Oscar winner, intriguingly candid documentary, or a polarising musical, there's something for everyone in our handy regal list

The Guardian - US

Same old true story: why have TV shows turned into Wikipedia entries?

An overstuffed season of fact-based dramas, from Winning Time to Under the Banner of Heaven to The Staircase, has been more miss than hit

The Guardian - AU

From high school dropout to Colin Firth co-star: Odessa Young’s big gamble

The Australian ditched her final year of school to chase her acting dream, then did nothing for a year. Now she’s crossing continents for roles and trying not to cry

Daily Mirror

Patrick Schwarzenegger wins praise as he defeats 'bad acting' in HBO's The Staircase

Actor Patrick Schwarzenegger receives rave reviews from fans and followers for his role in the gripping drama starring Colin Firth and Toni Collette

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The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: Mary Berry has something new for Bake Off fans

Who will win the competition to invent a dessert marking the platinum jubilee? Plus: Colin Firth drama The Staircase has more twists. Here’s what to watch this evening

ABC News

Operation Mincemeat stars Colin Firth in a straightforward retelling of a WWII strategy to trick Nazis with a decoy corpse

A grisly scenario is brought to life in this polite but predictable dramatic thriller — with lashings of pitch-black humour — from the director of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.

Chicago Tribune

‘Operation Mincemeat’ review: How Colin Firth and company faked an invasion and helped win WWII, now on Netflix

With any war movie, the safe audience bet typically favors the immediate, graphic horrors of battle. That way, when you see a title such as “Hacksaw Ridge,” you know a director (in that case Mel Gibson) will be operating with a cinematic license to slaughter.

Tribune News Service

Movie review: ‘Operation Mincemeat’ a nicely crafted telling of fascinating slice of British deception during World War II

It is said that dead men tell no tales.

Daily Mirror

Operation Mincemeat Netflix: Bizarre true story of how a corpse fooled Hitler

Operation Mincemeat is a daring tale of wartime intrigue and deception. A film starring Colin Firth looks into the top-secret World War 2 operation that helped changed the course of the war

Bangkok Post

A tale of betrayal

Inspired by the 2004 docuseries of the same name by Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, HBO recently released the first episode of The Staircase, a crime drama starring Toni Collette and Colin Firth and created by Antonio Campos. The Staircase is based on real-life events and the infamous murder of Michael Peterson…

The Guardian - UK

TV takes a dark turn as true crime is turned into primetime drama

Infamous real-life British cases are providing inspiration for a suite of new fictional series

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