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This week we’re diving into Lena Dunham’s brilliant but provocative new memoir Famesick, about chronic pain, the toxicity of fame, and the turbulent making of GIRLS. Why is it that Dunham gets so much hate from the media, and is she a reliable narrator? Also on the show: our reviews of Euphoria and the Testaments, the two biggest TV shows of the year. Is Euphoria as “grubby” as the critics are saying, and does The Testaments live up to the Handmaid’s Tale? Plus: Ruby Rose’s disturbing allegations against Katy Perry, the Alex Cooper vs Alix Earle beef, and a quick debrief on Coachella.

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Recs/ reviews:
The Testaments, Disney+
In 'The Testaments,' Teen Girls See Gilead Differently, New York Times
Euphoria s3
Euphoria has descended into one man’s creepy, sex-obsessed fantasy, Telegraph
Alix Earle Replies After Alex Cooper Calls Her Out for 'Passive Aggressive' Behavior, People
Famesick, Lena Dunham
Lena Dunham Is Still Trying to Figure Out Why People Hated Her So Much, New York Times
I got everything I dreamed of – when I had no ability to handle it’: Lena Dunham on toxic fame, broken friendships and her ‘lost decade’, The Guardian

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The drama surrounding Zendaya and Robert Pattinson’s new rom com The Drama is first on the agenda this week, alongside the hugely hyped, Ballerina Farm-inspired tradwife thriller Yesteryear. Plus, the latest in the Blake Lively vs Justin Baldoni case, the Kanye West Wireless controversy and our review of Jame Laing and Sophie Haboo’s documentary series Raising Chelsea. Enjoy huns!

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Recs/ reviews:

The Drama, in cinemas
You Need a Dark Sense of Humor for The Drama, Esquire
The Drama Is Too Cowardly to Commit to Its Provocative Premise, Vulture
Yesteryear, Caro Claire Burke
Diabolical Lies podcast
‘Serve, smile, procreate’: Yesteryear author Caro Claire Burke on the rise of the tradwife, The Guardian
I’m obsessed by the trad wife world — this was the best way to expose it, The Times
A Tradwife Wakes Up in 1805… The New York Times
Why women can't resist tradwife porn, Cosmopolitan
Inside the secret smear machine that's targeting Hollywood, Hollywood Reporter
Who Trolled Amber podcast
Raising Chelsea, Disney+
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Should stars get a say in who plays them and how they’re portrayed? We’re diving into the debate this week after actor Kim Novak called Sydney Sweeney “totally wrong” for her upcoming biopic, and Daryl Hannah spoke out about her reputation-ruining portrayal in Love Story. Also on the show: the record-breaking Harry Potter teaser, a look at Euphoria's long-awaited series three, much-hyped hospital drama The Pitt, Riz Ahmed’s latest passion project, Rachel McAdams’ new satire and the Rupert Murdoch doc on Netflix.

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Recs/reviews

Bait, Amazon Prime
Riz Ahmed’s ‘Bait’ Is About James Bond — But Mostly About Shame, Rolling Stone
Dynasty: The Murdochs, Netflix
The Pitt, HBO Max
Send Help, rent on Sky, Amazon etc
Kim Novak: ‘Sydney Sweeney looks sexy all the time. She could never play me’, Times
How Can ‘Love Story’ Get Away With This? New York Times
Euphoria s3 trailer 2
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone official teaser
How ITV met its match when it got hitched to Olivia Attwood, Times
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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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