47 h. ago Legendary comic book writer Peter David dies after series of health issues at age 68

Family friend restarted GoFundMe to help raise money for medical expenses after he was rejected from Medicaid

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4 d. ago Joe Goldberg lookalike reveals he's inundated by fans of Netflix's You

Nikita Darwin, 22, a content creator from Dover, Kent, says he is regularly compared to Joe, the lead character in the hit series played by Penn Badgley.

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8 d. ago ‘Greatest teen movie ever’: why Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging is my feelgood movie

The latest in an ongoing series of writers highlighting their go-to mood-lifting movies looks back at the 2008 Eastbourne-set teen comedy Last year, it took me a grand total of three weeks to make the olive costume, Georgia Nicolson’s papier-mache creation from Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging. Night and day, I slaved away, dipping strips of newspaper into a mix of flour and water, then patting it onto a giant-sized balloon. Never have I defined myself as anything close to arty. So why did I decide to dedicate a significant portion of my life to an elaborate craft project? The answer, of course, is simple. The olive costume is iconic, as the signature feature of the greatest teen movie ever made.Just ask any girl who grew up in Britain in the noughties, and they’ll recognise the image: Georgia Nicholson, played by Georgia Groome, frantically running through the streets of Eastbourne dressed as a mammoth green hors d’oeuvre. Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging, the film based on the...

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1 week ago BBC announces new series from Death in Paradise writer with 'twists and turns'

This week the BBC revealed a new series is set to air on the broadcaster basked on a popular novel series.

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1 week ago Zara Tindall reveals alternative career path as husband Mike tells her to 'let it go'

Zara Tindall and husband Mike Tindall had a conversation about Zara's potential other career path - and when Mike thought his wife was getting a bit defensive, he told her to 'let it go'

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2 w. ago Steve Pepoon dead: The Simpsons star dies 'unexpectedly' after heart issues

An Emmy Award winning writer who worked on animated series The Simpsons has died at the age of 68, with his devastated family sharing a heartbreaking statement on social media

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3 w. ago Richard Curtis' nepo baby daughter, 29, lands deal to write a major TV series

The American psychological thriller is based on the 2014 novel of the same name by E. Lockhart and is set to be turned into a major TV series in June.

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3 w. ago ‘Penn Badgley didn’t know who I was!’ Charlotte Ritchie on Ghosts, You and conquering global telly

She was in a girl group and starred in a Harry Potter film, but it was her genius turn as Oregon in Fresh Meat that made Ritchie a TV favourite. Now, she’s wrapping up her hit Netflix serial killer series and entering her detective era In the beginning, Penn Badgley assumed his new co-star in the smash-hit Netflix thriller You was a lot like her character. This, jokes said co-star Charlotte Ritchie, was “somewhat rude. Because it shows he did no research about me.” If he had, Badgley would quickly have deduced that the Londoner was nothing like Kate Galvin, a ruthless British heiress, who – for some godforsaken reason – decides to marry his serial killer protagonist Joe Goldberg. Instead, the 35-year-old has cemented her place in the British comedy firmament with her perky, subtly goofy screen presence and impeccable comic timing, as showcased in beloved comedies from university life opus Fresh Meat to the BBC’s ingeniously silly supernatural sitcom Ghosts.At first, Ritchie was nerv...

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3 w. ago Exit, Stage Left (If you're a white male writer): Inside the theatre summit where banning white men was seriously on the table

It was meant to be a gathering designed to bring together some of the leading voices in British theatre.

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4 w. ago Penn Badgley reveals alternative series ending You writers nearly used

Co-creator Greg Berlanti scrapped the idea due to one large flaw

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last month I’ve never kept a diary. But if I had, I’d want it destroyed when I die

From Samuel Pepys to Joan Didion, many literary greats wrote for no one but themselves – then found posterity pawing through their secrets. Trust me: you don’t want to know my innermost thoughtsA few years ago, a friend asked me to be her “literary executor”. We were both, I think, tickled by the grandiose sound of it, as if I would be playing off competing bids from the Bodleian and the New York Public Library for her juvenilia and early drafts (she is not actually primarily a writer). What she wants, though, is quite serious: I am to destroy her diaries when she dies.That is because they aren’t meant for anyone’s eyes but her own. Whatever is in there (I don’t know, didn’t ask), it was never meant for public consumption. Many diarists feel that way: Sheila Hancock wrote about destroying decades’ worth of hers: “Maybe this vicious, verging-on-insane woman is the real me, but if it is I don’t want my daughters to find out.”Emma Beddington is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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