Digested week: Snakes alive! Depardieu smacks snapper while Sunak slips up
Emma Brockes
A venomous Arizona training course, Reese Witherspoon’s book club and not remaining calm in the face of disaster
January 2024
Singing, dancing, playing piano: six actors who had to train for their roles
As vocal coach tells of Marisa Abela’s gruelling routine to prepare for Amy Winehouse role, here are some others who put in the hours
October 2023
How the Morning Show became the most ridiculous show on TV
The drama’s baffling silliness has become its most notable, and ultimately, charming quality as the new season finds its groove
August 2023
Stream team
Reese Witherspoon for president! Election, a comedy from a time when US politics was amusing
Messi scores again as Inter Miami edge Nashville for Leagues Cup on penalties
March 2023
TV review
My Kind of Country review – finally, a music competition show with real heart
Why Amazon’s Daisy Jones & the Six is missing that star quality
February 2023
Your Place or Mine review – Netflix romcom has big stars but little charm
Reese Witherspoon and Ashton Kutcher play best friends who swap houses for a week in a bland, if inoffensive, pile of fluff
December 2022
Legally bookish: Reese Witherspoon and the boom in celebrity book clubs
Reese Witherspoon to return as Tracy Flick in Election sequel
October 2022
‘I don’t care what my value is today’: teen dream Ryan Phillippe on co-parenting with Reese Witherspoon and opening a B&B
Little Fires Everywhere author Celeste Ng: ‘Elena and Mia constantly butt heads with each other inside me’
July 2022
TV review
Surface review – Gugu Mbatha-Raw can’t save this terminally vibe-less thriller
Where the Crawdads Sing review – hit novel crashes on the big screen
February 2022
Lord of the bling: Peter Jackson tops Forbes highest paid entertainer list
Get Back and Lord of the Rings director made an estimated $580m last year, topping annual list that also features Bruce Springsteen, Dwayne Johnson and Kanye West
January 2022
‘Nothing short of revelatory’: the 10 best CBeebies’ Bedtime Stories – ranked
Screen Actors Guild nominations: Succession, Ted Lasso and House of Gucci rule
October 2021
How did The Morning Show become the messiest show on TV?
In its second season, the star-studded Apple TV drama is a chaotic, uneven and ham-fisted yet compulsively watchable rumination on workplace ethics amid the pandemic
September 2021
TV review
The Morning Show season two review: Aniston and Witherspoon return – minus #MeToo
The first season’s Weinstein-esque plot pivot added emotional heft to TMS’s glossiness. But as we kick off again, Apple’s drama is back to fluff and empty monologues
May 2021
Reese? Tiffany? Kelly? Who might replace Ellen?
As the daytime titan prepares to step down after a swirl of controversy, a host of big names have been thrown into the mix as her successor
