3 h. ago Giving a review zero stars sets a dreadful precedent. But here are the one

A singularly horrendous TV show has crashed the star-rating review economy. But if zero stars is the new benchmark for critical rage, three films deserve the big 0 Kim Kardashian’s world-historically horrendous TV show All’s Fair has detonated a firestorm of critical horror which, as well as everything else, may have undermined the currency of the star-rating review economy. My colleague Lucy Mangan gave Kardashian’s show an all-but-unprecedented zero stars and zero stars are in fact very rare on this paper.Yet perhaps in the post-Kardashian world they will become more commonplace. I actually have the distinction of giving the first zero star review in the Guardian’s history — for Cuba Gooding’s terrible comedy Boat Trip back in 2002. But it’s weird. There have been worse films than that which didn’t get zeroed. Not many. But some. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago In All’s Fair, the girlboss archetype has never been more embarrassing

The girlboss ideal dominates Ryan Murphy’s new legal drama ‘All’s Fair,’ starring Kim Kardashian at the helm of an all-female law firm. Ellie Muir looks into how girlbossism has been adopted by the next generation of female entrepreneurs, and why the language surrounding it has never appeared to be more humiliating

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9 h. ago Asda's 'fair for all' rule that millions of shoppers must follow

Shoppers cannot break this restriction when buying items at the supermarket

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10 h. ago Is Kim Kardashian’s legal drama All’s Fair really the worst TV show of all time?

Ryan Murphy’s glossy, star-packed new show has received some of the most shocking reviews we’ve seen for a long time, including many zero star takesIf you get a secret thrill from reading bad reviews, this week has basically been your Christmas. This is when the embargo dropped for Ryan Murphy’s new Kim Kardashian-starring Hulu legal drama All’s Fair, and hoo boy. Lucy Mangan’s zero-star extravaganza was a classic of the form, starting with the line “I did not know it was still possible to make television this bad,” and only getting more despairing from there.But then something incredible happened. More All’s Fair reviews started popping up, and they were just as scathing. Every last one of them, without exception, absolutely hated it. In his zero-star review, The Times’s Ben Dowell observed that the show felt like it had been written “by a toddler who couldn’t write ‘bum’ on a wall.” USA Today’s Kelly Lawler wrote: “It’s so stilted, artificial and awkward not even a glass of wine a...

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22 h. ago Director of Kim Kardashian show All’s Fair responds to scathing reviews: ‘Hopefully opinions will change’

Anthony Hemingway, who is both director and executive producer on the legal drama, has defended the show which has been the subject of a critical pile-onThe Guardian has only ever published 15 zero-star reviews. Here they all areOne of the directors of the critically maligned legal drama All’s Fair has responded to negative reviews, saying that “not everything is for everybody”.Anthony Hemingway, who has directed four episodes of the show and is an executive producer on it, was asked about his thoughts on the overwhelmingly bad reviews in an interview with the Hollywood Reporter. Continue reading...

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25 h. ago BBC Strictly's La Voix ' forced to miss performance' as star 'double booked' for final

Strictly Come Dancing star La Voix has been a hit with viewers and judges alike, but the drag queen has a huge clash looming that could scupper her chances of winning the glitterball

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26 h. ago All's Fair review: don't be square, this deranged Kim Kardashian vehicle is a drag queen fever dream

I suspect the boring straight TV critics have wildly missed the mark here

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26 h. ago All's Fair: Is Kim Kardashian poking fun at Taylor Swift in her new legal drama?

A close reading of a very unserious TV show

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30 h. ago Kim Kardashian’s new legal drama All's Fair branded ‘worst TV show of all time’

The show currently holds a dismal zero per cent rating on review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes

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32 h. ago All’s Fair scores brutal 0% Rotten Tomatoes rating after shocking debut

All’s Fair made its debut this week - and the reviews are not glowing! 📺🚨

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34 h. ago The ‘worst TV show of all time’ with rare 0% Rotten Tomatoes score

New series is receiving most overwhelmingly negative reviews ever

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35 h. ago Kim Kardashian's new TV show All's Fair is SAVAGED by critics as it's branded 'the worst drama ever', 'existentially terrible' and 'a crime against television' while debuting at 0% on Rotten Tomatoes

Kim Kardashian has ruled the reality TV realm for two decades but her foray into fictional small screen drama has already been dubbed a crime against television.

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52 h. ago Strictly's La Voix calls out BBC presenter over 'leaving the competition' comment in 'what do you know' remark

The drag queen appeared on BBC Morning Live with their dance partner Aljaz Skorjanec

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54 h. ago All's Fair star on working with Kim Kardashian and 'beautiful' off

EXCLUSIVE: One of the stars of All's Fair hailed Kim Kardashian "incredible and inspiring".

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55 h. ago All’s Fair review – Kim Kardashian’s divorce drama is fascinatingly, existentially terrible

Not even Glenn Close can save this Ryan Murphy disaster from its dismal plots, clueless characters – and the worst kissing scenes ever filmedI did not know it was still possible to make television this bad. I assumed that there was some sort of baseline, some inescapable bedrock knowledge of how to do it that now prevented any entry into the art form from falling below a certain standard. But I was wrong. The new series from Ryan Murphy, All’s Fair – starring Kim Kardashian, Naomi Watts and Niecy Nash as the founders of an all-female law firm delivering divorce-y justice to incredibly rich but slightly unlucky women under the azure skies of California – is terrible. Fascinatingly, incomprehensibly, existentially terrible. While I try to get my thoughts in order after bearing witness to the first episode, I’m going to give you a few direct quotes, so you can see why I’m struggling.“Let’s put the ‘team’ in ‘teamwork’.” Continue reading...

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61 h. ago Kim Kardashian says she is poised to discover bar exam results after six years studying law

Reality TV star says she will never be a divorce lawyer

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3 d. ago All’s Fair: what time is episode 1, 2, 3 out on Disney Plus and Hulu? Timings explained

All’s Fair has an incredible cast and its coming to Disney Plus very soon! 👀📺

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3 d. ago Top 5 Glenn Close films ranked ahead of All's Fair debut on Disney Plus

Glenn Close's most recent role sees her star in All's Fair, alongside Kim Kardashian, but she has starred in dozens of films over the years.

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6 d. ago Pluribus to All’s Fair: the seven best shows to stream this week

Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan is back with a gripping, funny, head-spinner of a show, while Kim Kardashian stars in a blazingly camp drama about divorce lawyers. Plus, the thrilling return of Squid Game: The Challenge Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan returns with a gripping, funny, bleak, bewildering head-spinner of a series. It begins with a mysterious communication from outer space. This turns out to be an earthly glimpse of extraterrestrial technology: a psychic glue, binding humanity together. Great news, right? If you are one of the few people across the world seemingly immune to this zombified bliss, not so much. The superb Rhea Seehorn stars as Carol Sturka, a cranky writer of bad, extremely successful historical romances and, reluctantly, the keeper of the flame of righteous human cynicism. Pluribus establishes and maintains a tone all of its own – dark humour, oddball surrealism and existential horror. Apple TV, from Friday 7 November Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Strictly Come Dancing stars terrifying transformations in first Halloween week pictures

The BBC dancefloor will be transformed into a Halloween fever dream on Saturday

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