Big Brother is coming back – the reality TV landscape today will demand a more caring show
Aug 10, 2022 15:32 pm UTC| Entertainment
ITV2 has announced the return of Big Brother to the UK with a promo trailer during this years Love Island final. Big Brothers successful format of putting a group of housemates together in a controlled environment as an...
It's Beyoncé's world. We're just living in it
Aug 03, 2022 00:59 am UTC| Entertainment
As Rolling Stone wrote last month, for at least the past decade, Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter has been the worlds greatest living entertainer. The African-American pop star has reached single-name fame status...
Exes, alcohol and loose historical licence: why Netflix's Persuasion is Jane Austen via Fleabag
Jul 14, 2022 15:36 pm UTC| Entertainment
Netflixs Persuasion is a surprisingly faithful adaptation of Jane Austens novel, in terms of plot structure. It follows the second-chance romance of Anne Elliot (Dakota Johnson) and Captain Frederick Wentworth (Cosmo...
'Stranger Things' shows how conspiracy theories take hold and do harm
Jul 11, 2022 05:38 am UTC| Entertainment
Note: The following article contains spoilers about Stranger Things. Stranger Things most recent season, which set Netflix viewership milestones and had an estimated budget of $30 million per episode, has a subplot...
It's not nostalgia. Stranger Things is fuelling a pseudo-nostalgia of the 1980s
Jul 11, 2022 05:38 am UTC| Entertainment
The 1980s are back, and nowhere more so than in the nostalgia-filled season four of Stranger Things. Kate Bushs Running up that Hill is the current number-one hit on Spotify. Since Stranger Things season finale,...
How Star Wars' Jedi were inspired by the Knights Templar
Jul 07, 2022 16:07 pm UTC| Entertainment
Star Wars is once again in the spotlight and pulling on nostalgic heartstrings in the new Disney+ limited series Obi-Wan Kenobi, starring Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen. The series follows members of the knightly...
Jun 21, 2022 21:33 pm UTC| Entertainment
The decision by K-pop sensations, BTS, to take a hiatus is breaking hearts globally. But, unlike the Beatles or One Direction, their decision is tied to Korean peninsula politics and the challenge of balancing national...