Drew Barrymore makes tearful apology for restarting TV show during strike
Drew Barrymore faces criticism for restarting talkshow amid writers’ strike
June 2023
Digested week
Digested week: A beer with Mike Pence to figure out what his deal is? Possibly …
Emma Brockes
The list of Republican presidential candidates begs a reversal of the who-would-you-most-like-to-have-a-drink-with test
May 2023
Pop Culture with Chanté Joseph
Is the US better at TV chat than Britain? Pop Culture with Chanté Joseph
As the US pays tribute to Jerry Springer and the internet continues to delight in Drew Barrymore’s confessionals, Chanté talks to Trisha Goddard about the art of a good conversation
April 2023
The tell-all queen of TV: how Drew Barrymore became a viral sensation
The actor’s chat show regularly features A-listers giving up their deepest, darkest secrets. But how does she convince them to open up? We analyse five of her greatest moments
June 2022
Stream team
50 First Dates: this sweet-hearted gem is among Adam Sandler’s finest work
ET the Extra-Terrestrial at 40: Spielberg’s sci-fi smash remains a wonder
October 2021
Donnie Darko at 20: the soulful student favourite comes of age
Richard Kelly’s unusual sci-fi drama made a star of Jake Gyllenhaal and introduced emo teens to a brave new world
September 2021
TV tonight
TV tonight: how Spice Girls and their girl power changed Britain
A documentary asks how these five personalities combined to such memorable effect. Plus: A House Through Time continues. Here’s what to watch this evening
June 2021
Hear me out
Hear me out: why Titan AE isn’t a bad movie
Continuing our series of writers standing up for loathed films is a defense of an unusual, risk-taking animation from 2000
March 2021
Heir to O? Drew Barrymore launches lifestyle magazine
The actor and talkshow host will also pen an agony aunt column for Drew, to be published by Bauer Media
December 2020
Stream team
Whip It: is Drew Barrymore’s 2009 directorial debut one of the best-cast teen films ever?
Elliot Page, Alia Shawkat and Kristen Wiig join Barrymore in this witty and criminally overlooked movie, now streaming on Stan
April 2020
Celebrities happy in their own skin? Don't take it at face value
The top 25 most compelling Hollywood autobiographies – ranked!
March 2019
TV review
Santa Clarita Diet review – this tasty zomcom is back with more bite
Drew Barrymore returns for more flesh-eating – and there’s a chatty decapitated head in the basement and a Nazi-hunting neighbour doing God’s work. Gobble it up
