4 h. 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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53 h. ago 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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3 d. ago Mr Bates vs the Post Office writer 'apologising' over TV series and 'monster' scene

Gwyneth Hughes, who penned Mr Bates Vs The Post Office, has been "apologising ever since" to all the people she was unable to include in the show but admitted they "still felt represented"

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3 d. ago Penn Badgley explains why he dropped demand for final season of You

Actor previously said he had requested a reduction in number of sex scenes

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4 d. ago Penn Badgley shares why he dropped ‘no sex scenes’ clause for final season of You: ‘Had to return to form’

Actor previously said he had requested a reduction in number of sex scenes

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4 d. ago Netflix down: Thousands of users complain globally as they face login issues

Issue appears to have been resolved now, though it is unclear what caused it

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5 d. ago Netflix star Penn Badgley's life from refusing Gossip Girl and body dysmorphia to filming 'nauseous' You scenes

Penn Badgley stars in the fifth and final season of Netflix's You, but the actor has been in the entertainment industry long before his days as Joe Goldberg.

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5 d. ago Who is Penn Badgley? Roles and relationships of the star of returning Netflix show You

The fifth and last season of the psychological thriller about a charming young man and his malevolent relationships with women is released on Friday

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5 d. ago Guardian writers on their ultimate feelgood movies: ‘Unfailing ability to cheer me up’

Our writers highlight the films they find endlessly rewatchable, including Notting Hill, You’ve Got Mail and Mamma Mia!“Feelgood” movies are often thought of as big-hearted romantic comedies, comforting classics, or childhood favourites that still hold up decades later. In our series, My feelgood movie, Guardian writers reflect on their go-to flick, and explain why their pick is endlessly rewatchable.This list will be updated weekly with further picks. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Penn Badgley opens up about ‘You’ finale – and why he’s glad it’s over

Penn Badgley opens up about the fifth and final season of Netflix’s hit series You, his mixed feelings about saying goodbye to Joe Goldberg, and why he won’t be playing a serial killer again anytime soon.

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5 d. ago You season five branded 'insultingly rubbish' and 'woefully underbaked' as critics rip Netflix thriller to shreds in scathing reviews

The final season of You launched on the streaming platform at 8am today (April 24) and saw the return of Penn Badgley as protagonist Joe Goldberg.

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5 d. ago Penn Badgley opens up about ‘surreal’ death of Gossip Girl co

‘You’ actor remembered co-star’s ‘joyous laugh’ and ‘pure heart’

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5 d. ago Why You's fifth and final season is the perfect ending to Joe Goldberg's reign of terror

Penn Badgley reprises his role as serial killer Joe Goldberg in the fifth and final season of Netflix's hit show You. Here’s why it’s the most chilling season yet.

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5 d. ago Netflix's You season 5 is the perfect ending to Joe Goldberg's reign of terror

Penn Badgley reprises his role as Joe Goldberg for the final time as the serial killer finally returns to New York in You's fift season. Warning: Contains spoilers.

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6 d. ago When is You season 5 out and who is in it ahead of Netflix series' final episodes

The Penn Badgley series follows the trials and tribulations of a killer

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6 d. ago Blake Lively's ex reveals why it was a 'struggle' to date her

Penn Badgley famously dated his former Gossip Girl leading lady between 2007-2010 while starring on The CW soap

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8 d. ago ‘Aspirational in the silliest sense’: why The Lizzie McGuire Movie is my feelgood movie

The latest in our series of writers calling attention to their comfort watches is a look back at the frothy 2003 comedyThree years ago, my fiance and I were winding through the narrow streets of Seville when he began a sentence with the words: “Imagine if.” Imagine if, he pondered, you went to a foreign country and it turned out that you looked exactly like one of their local celebs. People would approach you for autographs they would scream at you on the street you wouldn’t know what was going on. I stopped still and gawped at him. “That’s the plot of The Lizzie McGuire Movie,” I said. And that’s when I found out that the man I was going to marry had never seen the greatest film of all time.Movies with the word “movie” in the title are not usually considered the world’s best and yes, officially The Lizzie McGuire Movie is a flop, with a 41% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. But the coming-of-age comedy was released in 2003, at a time when critics were allowed to hate teenage girls a littl...

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9 d. ago Penn Badgley says his ex Blake Lively helped 'save' him amid struggle with fame

You star Penn Badgley has spoken about his past relationship with Blake Lively - who was his co-star on Gossip Girl - in the years since the former couple ended their romance

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1 week ago Teacup release date, cast and episode count as Yellowstone writer's new series drops

It has finally found a streaming home for UK audiences

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1 week ago You star Penn Badgley opens up about his experiences with ‘body dysmorphia’

‘I hated my body and simply wanted a different one’ said the actor

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