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Genie review – soulless Richard Curtis New York festive caper

Melissa McCarthy’s 2,000 year-old genie grapples with modernity while granting wishes galore to home alone dad Paapa Essiedu in this blandest of festive comedies

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: will eating beef become the new smoking?

A new Channel 4 documentary shows us just how much the beef industry is harming the planet. Plus: Julia Roberts and Tom Hanks grace Graham Norton’s sofa. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Richard Curtis on Christmas, creepy scenes and romantic surprises: ‘In the corner, fuming with anger, was Hugh Grant’

The man behind ‘Love, Actually’ and ‘Notting Hill’ sits down with Paapa Essiedu, his new leading man in ‘Genie’, to talk to Ellie Harrison about his romcom back catalogue, their new festive family movie – and whether Curtis’s daughter would approve

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The Effect's Taylor Russell opens up on Chalamet, the strikes and why all-black casts are crucial

The Emerging Talent nominee on her great London stage debut, working with Paapa Essiedu and what the future holds...

Evening Standard

Black Mirror renewed for season 7 – with production due to start later this year

The Netflix is returning for a seventh season

Total Film

Genie review – seasonal Richard Curtis comedy can’t save Christmas for anyone

This bafflingly bland offering wastes the talents of Melissa McCarthy and Paapa Essiedu – it’s as if they removed the laughs in case they offend

The Guardian - UK

The Lazarus Project series two review – the spectacular action scenes are worthy of Bond

This twisty time-loop thriller gets even more dramatic in its second outing. Paapa Essiedu’s George is a jittery joy in a smart, sharply scripted show that’s lots of fun to watch

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Genie: release date, cast, plot, trailer and everything we know

Genie is a new festive movie by Richard Curtis that stars Melissa McCarthy as a big-hearted wish-granter.

WhatToWatch

The Lazarus Project creator teases how season 2 is "a very different beast"

Prepare to be bamboozled by season 2, which splices the show's temporal reset premise with proper time travel

Total Film

The Guide #111: Ten TV shows to get you through winter

In this week’s newsletter: The rest of this year is packed with new and returning shows to keep you on the sofa through hibernation season

The Guardian - UK

Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2023: Nicole Scherzinger, Paul Mescal and Paapa Essiedu on starry shortlist

'Treasures' of the London stage shortlisted for November's awards also include Andrew Scott, Mark Gatiss, Patsy Ferran, Rachael Stirling and Sophie Okonedo

Evening Standard

Michaela Coel shocked that drama school where she suffered from racism promotes her on website

The award-winning star went to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama

Evening Standard

Michaela Coel says she has PTSD after experiencing racism at drama school

‘Do I regret going there? That’s a complex question,’ she said

The Independent UK

The ‘no jet’ set: actors back campaign to cut climate impact of ‘celebrity riders’

UK union initiative provides framework for negotiating greener practices in film and TV industry

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The week in theatre: The Effect; Makeshifts and Realities – reviews

Jamie Lloyd galvanises Lucy Prebble’s drama about two patients who on a drug trial, while a trilogy of pre-first world war playlets captures a forgotten world

The Independent UK

Guildhall drama school report exposes ‘structural racism’ endured by Black students

Black students at Guildhall School of Music and Drama were called the N-word and were ‘suppressed’ by white tutors, new report reveals

Evening Standard

Harry Styles and Taylor Russell: Hollywood’s hottest new couple?

Hayley Spencer charts Taylor Russell’s journey from ballet hobbyist to breakout star — and Harry Styles’ new love interest

Evening Standard

The Effect at National Theatre: a mind-bending experience

Jamie Lloyd’s production is a 100-minute emotional arc

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The Independent UK

Paapa Essiedu opens up about the first role that made him doubt himself

‘The fact that I did do it I think taught me something about myself,’ said ‘Black Mirror’ star

Inverse

'Black Mirror' Season 6's Breakout Star Almost Played a Very Different Character

Paapa Essiedu talks 'The Lazarus Project' and the scariest episode of 'Black Mirror' Season 6.

Total Film

Black Mirror's Demon 79 stars talk period setting, outlandish costumes, and returning to the show after 7 years

Exclusive: Anjana Vasan and Paapa Essiedu discuss how the Netflix show's 'Red Mirror' episode dives into real-world themes through a fantasy lens

The Guardian - UK

Bite the hand that streams! Charlie Brooker is trolling Netflix – and it’s breathtaking

Black Mirror had become a grim, horrid dud … until Brooker used the new season to lash out at his bankrollers like a petulant child. Is this the ultimate act of self-sabotage?

WhatToWatch

Demon 79 ending explained: Did Nida save the world?

Demon 79 is a twisted supernatural tale and doesn't actually feature any tech at all! Here's what you need to know about it.

Evening Standard

Black Mirror’s cast break down season 6: ‘it’s still the twisted mind of Charlie Brooker’

We go behind the scenes with the stars of the anthology series

Evening Standard

Black Mirror’s Paapa Essiedu: “Pressure? It doesn’t affect me”

He’s played a hate-filled Hamlet and a traumatised Grindr addict to great acclaim, but the pride of Walthamstow, Paapa Essiedu, tells Jimi Famurewa why Black Mirror is his best job yet

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