24 h. ago By calling a genocide a genocide, Andor just made its most political point yet

Tony Gilroy’s Star Wars show has repeatedly felt like it was ripped from today’s headlines – but Mon Mothma’s radical speech was written two years agoWarning: this contains spoilers for episode nine of Andor season twoSince it started in 2022, the Star Wars spin-off Andor has proved an unexpectedly bolshie addition to the Disney-owned mega-franchise. By portraying worker uprisings, surveillance states, sexual violence and prison industrial complexes, showrunner Tony Gilroy added fresh political nuance and human stakes to George Lucas’s endless galactic civil war.And since its April premiere, the show’s second and final season has only doubled down. In the first episode, viewers saw smarmy spin doctors from the Empire’s “Ministry of Enlightenment” discuss how to “weaponise” galactic opinion to manufacture public approval for ethnic cleansing on the planet Ghorman. News anchors parrot Imperial talking points, while the military plots a long game: to provoke an uprising from “rebels yo...

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4 d. ago ITV Coronation Street's Daisy Midgeley star Charlotte Jordan breaks silence on soap exit

Charlotte Jordan previously confirmed her decision to leave the ITV soap after almost five years and she's now shared a new message with fans

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6 d. ago Death in Paradise fans spot poignant Neville Parker tribute in spin

BBC Beyond Paradise viewers have spotted a subtle nod to Death in Paradise detective Neville Parker in the latest episode of the BBC One spin-off, which stars Kris Marshall

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1 week ago Yellowstone star career latest since series finale ahead of spin

He's made an unexpected move

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1 week ago Andor, Pink Floyd at Pompeii and Conclave: the week in rave reviews

The thrilling Star Wars spin-off returns, the Floyd sound epic in a 1971 concert film and the timely papal drama hits streaming. Here’s the pick of the week’s culture, taken from the Guardian’s best-rated reviews Continue reading...

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1 week ago BBC Beyond Paradise first look as Strictly Come Dancing star joins show

Beyond Paradise has shared a first look at the upcoming episode of the Death In Paradise spin-off as a Strictly Come Dancing star joins the programme

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2 w. ago CBB's Angellica Bell sobs as she breaks silence on ITV show exit

Angellica Bell was seen breaking down in the Celebrity Big Brother Diary Room as she reflected on her career and decision to enter the CBB house

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2 w. ago Andor season two review – the excellent Star Wars for grownups is as thrilling as ever (and funnier too)

Comedy spacecraft thefts, passive-aggressive in-laws and a planet being fracked to death – the revolution just got playful, comrades!Comrades! Welcome back to the revolution. Andor is the Star Wars TV show with the sharpest political acumen: yes, like everything in the franchise, it’s about an underdog rebel movement fighting against a totalitarian empire in space, and it has plenty of thrilling battle sequences, but here there are no Jedi mind powers or cute green backwards-talking psychics. Under the hard-nosed stewardship of writer Tony Gilroy, Andor bins the magic and myth and replaces it with the reality of anti-fascist struggle, where the good guys are ready to risk their lives for freedom. It’s the Star Wars spin-off with the strongest claim to being a proper drama – but, in season two’s opening triple bill, it shows it can do sly, wry comedy too.We’re a year on from where we left off, which is four years before the Death Star blows up at the end of the original movie – the p...

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2 w. ago ITV Britain's Got Talent 'fix' claims as Simon Cowell breaks silence

Max Fox in the audience on Saturday night's show is seen standing up and calling out to Simon, prompting accusations the whole thing was a set-up

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2 w. ago ITV Loose Women's Judi Love breaks silence on 'feud' behind the scenes

EXCLUSIVE: Loose Women star Judi Love has opened up about the 'sisterhood' that exists between her and her co-stars on the ITV panel show, as well as addressing the feud rumours

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3 w. ago ITV Benidorm stars break silence on show return seven years after final episode

Actors Hannah Hobley and Oliver Stokes addressed the future of ITV's Benidorm during a joint interview on Loose Women

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3 w. ago Andor season 2 release date, cast and plot as 'the best Star Wars series ever' returns

Disney+’s Andor is hailed as one of the best Star Wars spin-offs ever, but when does season two get started and what should fans expect?

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3 w. ago I'm A Celeb's Jill Scott breaks silence on as ITV All Stars spin

Former I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! star Jill Scott may have won the hearts of the nation and camped with royalty but could she be heading back for All Stars?

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4 w. ago Welsh ITV star breaks silence after viewers air concern over 'drooping face'

Welsh ITV News At 10 presenter Paul Brand has spoken out after he sparked concern amongst fans over his "dodgy eye" during Monday's news bulletin.

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4 w. ago Mickey Rourke 'hasn't got a clue' as ITV star breaks silence on Celebrity Big Brother entrance

Mickey Rourke caused chaos as he entered the Celebrity Big Brother house on Monday night

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4 w. ago It’s time to put the bleak Celebrity Big Brother out of its misery

Expectations weren’t high for the latest season of ‘Big Brother’s starry spin-off, but this launch still manages to disappoint

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last month Celebrity Big Brother review: It’s time to put this bleak show out of its misery

Expectations weren’t high for the latest season of ‘Big Brother’s starry spin-off, but this launch still manages to disappoint

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