3 d. ago New Mexican crime drama 'based on true events' expected to storm Netflix charts

The series is perfect for fans of the beloved 2010s series Narcos

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2 w. ago Dear heads of state: Donald Trump won’t love you back. He may be the worst boyfriend the world has ever seen | Marina Hyde

The frantic attempts to decode his behaviour reminds me of self-help relationship babble in the 1990s. Then, as now – it’s not you, it’s himUntil it finally opens, there remains much speculation over precisely which artefacts will occupy Donald Trump’s eventual presidential library. My current view is that you could do a lot worse than fill it with all the volumes of text that have been written in the cause of “understanding” him. These increasingly read like the most futile female-targeted self-help books of the 1990s. You Have to Understand He is Very Transactional. Take Him Seriously But Not Literally. Guys, please – no more. We all urgently need rescuing from the Mind, Body & Statecraft section of the bookshop.As I say, so many gazillions of words have been expended on this cause that Trump reminds me a lot of the men of the 1990s – indeed, he was one. Back then, he had emerged from a decade of valiantly avoiding contracting STIs in 1980s Manhattan – a battle he would later ...

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2 w. ago An underrated true crime thriller starring Keira Knightley is airing on TV tonight

It is based on the true story of a serial killer who murdered 13 women in the 1960s

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2 w. ago The ‘most underrated’ thriller of the 1990s taking Netflix by storm

Intense film is finding a new lease of life 30 years on

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2 w. ago Adeel Akhtar: ‘It seemed late in the day to start noticing Asian actors we’ve been here a really long time’

He’s had supporting roles in almost every big TV show of the past few years, but now the man nicknamed Ideal Actor is taking the lead on stage, playing a top politician. He talks about challenging perceptions, being detained by the FBI and ‘redefining the idea of the everyman’A decade ago, it would have been rare to have an Asian actor playing the British prime minister or leader of the opposition. But in the space of a couple of years, Adeel Akhtar has done both. He was the PM in the Netflix drama Black Doves, which took the world by storm last year, and now he’s stepping into the shoes of a man vying to be leader of the opposition at London’s National Theatre.For Akhtar, who has been working as an actor for more than two decades, there has been an undeniable shift in the kind of roles he’s been offered in recent years. The British Asian experience is no longer a niche subject. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Netflix period drama fans say 'stunning' show is 'better than Bridgerton series one'

The Bridgerton universe has taken the world by storm, with Netflix viewers obsessed over the latest instalment - Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story - which has been dubbed 'better than season one'

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3 w. ago ‘Most underrated’ thriller of the 1990s takes Netflix by storm

Intense film is finding a new lease of life 30 years on

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