Brooklyn Beckham has broken his silence on the family feud and so *obviously* we had to record an emergency episode for you huns! In an utterly jaw-dropping statement, Brooklyn has accused his parents Victoria and David of putting brand Beckham above absolutely everything, with allegations ranging from a vendetta against wife Nicola Peltz that includes planting false stories in the press, to his mum dancing inappropriately “on” him after hijacking the first dance at their wedding. Is this fall out the inevitable culmination of a lifetime in the public eye? Or is Brooklyn a brat with a controlling wife whose parents have tried their best? We dissect it all! As always we’re dying to know your thoughts huns so please do get in touch with your takes x

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References: 

• It’s a Brooklyn v Beckham Inc disaster: what happens when the elephant in the room goes rogue, The Guardian 
• VICTORIA BECKHAM: marriage, money and the Brooklyn fall out, Straight Up (our ep)
• I don't want to reconcile with family, says Brooklyn Peltz Beckham, BBC 
• Nicola Peltz Has Married Brooklyn Beckham At Her Family’s Oceanfront Palm Beach Estate, Vogue 
• Nicola Peltz’s Custom Valentino Couture Wedding Dress Was Like “A Work Of Art”, Vogue 

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Timothée Chalamet won Best Actor at the Golden Globes so it’s time for our Marty Supreme review! Also on the show: Kendall Jenner has set the record straight on her sexuality and plastic surgery in her most candid interview yet. But could her nose really have changed shape from acne medication? Plus, our thoughts on the backlash against Diary of a CEO founder Steven Bartlett following his guest Chris Williamson’s controversial comments about the falling birth rate, and a couple of TV recs to beat the January blues. 

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Recs/reviews

• His & Hers, Netflix 
• People We Meet on Vacation, Netflix 
• Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story, Netflix 
• Hunting Wives, iTVX
• The Night Manager, iPlayer
• ‘Diary of CEO’ Guest Calls Out Girl With the List on Birth Rate—She Replies, Newsweeks 
• The Golden Globes ceremony ignored politics. But their big winner taps today’s unhappy turbulence, Guardian 
• Marty Supreme, in cinemas 
• Hamnet, in cinemas

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The Traitors is back with a whole new twist and we have thoughts! Also this week, we review Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried’s wild thriller The Housemaid and Callum Turner’s afterlife romcom Eternity. Speaking of, Mr Dua Lipa looks set to be the next James Bond… but would he make a good 007 or is he too safe a bet? Then of course we had to debrief on Timothée’s Chalamet’s speech about Kylie after winning Best Actor at the Critic’s Choice awards, and update you on the never-ending Beckham family feud saga. Plus, our first book club title has been decided and tickets will be on sale very soon! Enjoy the ep huns and as always please do let us know your thoughts, we LOVE hearing from you. 

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Recs/reviews

• So Thrilled For You, Holly Bourne
• Half His Age, Jeanette McCurdy
• Flesh, David Szalay
• The Housemaid, in cinemas now 
• Eternity, AppleTV 
• Can Callum Turner handle what it takes to be the new James Bond? Times
• Critics Choice Awards: Full Winners List, Hollywood Reporter
• Weapons, available to rent from home
• The Beckham family's 'sad' escalating feud with Brooklyn and his wife Nicola explained, Hello! 
• The Traitors, BBC iPlayer

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Happy almost New Year, huns! We’re rounding off 2025 with our list of the top ten books of the year, from award-winning heavyweights to addictive romantasy and some stand-out non-fiction. We’re reviewing the reads that dominated group chats, the ones recommended by you guys, and the under-the-radar faves we still can’t stop thinking about. Plus: the books we’re desperate to dive into in 2026 and an update on our book club! We really hope you enjoy this ep, we’ll be back next Thursday for our usual pop culture chaos. 

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Recs

• The Names, Florence Knapp
• Flashlight, Susan Choi
• Onyx Storm, Rebecca Yaros
• Shield of Sparrows, Devney Perry 
• Our Salt Path episode
• Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams
• Girl on Girl, Sophie Gilbert 
• New Age of Sexism, Laura Bates 
• Bring the House Down, Charlotte Runcie 
• Flesh, David Szalay
• Alchemised and CeCe reviews episode 
• Alchemised, SenLinYu
• CeCe, Emmelie Prophete 
• The Safekeep, Yael van der Wouden 
• The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny, Kiran Desai 
• Perfection, Vincenzo Latronico
• Atmosphere, Taylor Jenkins Reid 
• What We Can Know, Ian McEwan
• Half His Age, Jeanette McCurdy
• Dear Debbie, Freida McFadden

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Happy Christmas hunnies and here’s a little treat from us: our definitive list of the top 10 TV shows of 2025. From thrillers to comedies and coming-of-age dramas, these should keep you entertained throughout the Christmas hols. We've kept our main list to original shows of the year, but with special mentions to our fave returning seasons too. Plus a run through of a few of the year’s very worst shows. We’ll be back next Tuesday for our Best Books of 2025 ep, then back to our usual Thursday pop culture debrief the week after that!

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Recs

• The Beast In Me, Netflix
• Pluribus, AppleTV
• Sirens, Netflix
• Film Club, BBC iPlayer
• Adolescence, Netflix 
• Toxic Town, Netflix
• The Girlfriend, Amazon Prime Video
• Down Cemetery Road, AppleTV
• What It Feels Like For A Girl, BBC iPlayer 
• Overcompensating, Amazon Prime Video
• Platonic, AppleTV
• Amandaland, BBC iPlayer
• Severance, AppleTV
• Big Boys, Channel 4
• The White Lotus, NOW TV

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Taylor Swift’s The End of an Era documentary is already breaking Disney records, so we review the first two episodes. Is it pure hagiography or genuinely insightful? Also on the show: why Bonnie Blue wrote a Spectator op-ed backing Nigel Farage, George Clooney’s new marital rule, and the surprising subculture that’s helped make Zootopia 2 box office gold. Plus a review of Alchemised, the incredible fanfic inspired by Harry Potter and the Housemaid’s Tale that netted a seven-figure film deal. Enjoy hunnies and remember next week’s ep is dropping on Tuesday!

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Recs/ reviews 

• Backstage Beauty Salon
• Alchemised, SenLinYu
• The fanfiction written on a notes app that’s become a bestseller – with a seven-figure film deal, Guardian
• Margaret Atwood on Desert Island Discs, BBC Sounds 
• The MaddAddam Trilogy, Margaret Atwood
• Cece, Emmelie Prophete
• Grace Beverley: the Oxford student with a £70m wellness brand, The Times 
• Zootopia 2, in cinemas now
• Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, Netflix 
• Taylor Swift: The End of an Era, Disney

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50 Cent’s explosive Diddy documentary is dominating the headlines, so this week we’re unpacking the most shocking moments from Sean Combs: The Reckoning. Also on the show: Sydney Sweeney finally addresses her “great jeans” ad controversy, Margot Robbie has given a wonderfully juicy Vogue interview around Wuthering Heights, Channing Tatum’s “career defining” film with Kirstin Dunst is out, Miley Cyrus’s fiancée has everyone talking about age-gaps again and Ellie Goulding’s new baby daddy is a “bad boy”. Plus: the Netflix and Warner Bros mega-deal that has Hollywood spooked!

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Recs/reviews:

• Roofman, Apple TV
• ‘Roofman’ Stars Channing Tatum, Kirsten Dunst Talk That Nude Scene, Which Toys They Took From Set, Hollywood Reporter 
• Margot Robbie, British Vogue 
• The end of big-screen cinema? What Netflix hopes to achieve by buying Warner Bros, Guardian
• All About Miley Cyrus’s Fiancé Maxx Morando and Their ‘Low-Key’ Relationship, Elle
• Sean Combs: The Reckoning, Netflix
• Sean Combs: The Reckoning review – you can see why the musician is fighting to ban this horrific documentary, Guardian

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Ed Sheeran’s new songs hint at cracks in his seemingly perfect, previously ultra-private marriage, while Jessie J has had to set the record straight on her breakup with Channing Tatum. So just how literally should we take pop stars’ lyrics? Also this week, we’re diving into the BBC’s Gossip Girl-style mother-daughter thriller Wild Cherry, the so-called “female Adolescence", David Szalay’s Booker Prize-winning novel Flesh and 2025’s Word of the Year. Plus, the surprising news that we’re technically teenagers until 32, reports of wild parties from the set of Rivals, and, finally, our (spoiler-free) review of Wicked 2!

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Recs/reviews:

• Wild Cherry, BBC iPlayer
• Flesh by David Szalay 
• Shuggie Bain, Douglas Stuart
• Ignore the pessimists – we are living through a literary golden age, New Statesman
• How to Stop Time, Matt Haig
• Threw it Away, Jessie J
• Play, Ed Sheeran
• Straight Up behind the music miniseries ep with Ed Sheeran’s manager Stuart Camp
• Adolescence lasts into your 30s, major new study on brain development finds, The Independent
• Wicked: For Good, in cinemas now

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The Beast in Me is the buzzy new Netflix thriller everyone’s talking about, so this week we’re sharing our (spoiler-free!) review and the standout moments from its star Claire Danes’ latest interviews. First, though, we dive into Jennifer Lawrence’s career-defining performance in Die My Love, also starring Robert Pattinson, and her personal reflections on postpartum life, as well as Charli XCX’s fab Substack on the realities of being a pop star and the celeb newsletter boom more generally. Plus: the brilliant new sci-fi about a romantasy writer, Pluribus; the Guardian’s viral investigation into ‘free birth’ influencers; and Ambika Mod’s latest role as a porn-addicted academic. Enjoy hunnies! 

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Recs/reviews:

• Pluribus, AppleTV
• The Lost Bus, AppleTV
• Die My Love, in cinemas now 
• ‘Die My Love’ and the savage truth about the postpartum experience, Gillian Orr, Substack
• Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world, Guardian
• The realities of being a pop star, Charli XCX’s substack 
•  Why is Everybody Losing Weight and What do we do Sincerely? A person who's lost weight, Lizzo’s Substack
• Lizzo Starts Over The pop star’s success once felt radical. Can she capture the Zeitgeist again?, Vulture
• The Beast In Me, Netflix 
• ‘I’d barely kissed a boy, but was making out with Adonis’: Claire Danes on sex, spy camp and teen stardom, Guardian  
• Porn Play, Royal Court
• The 31-Year-Old Creator Of Porn Play Wanted To “Do Something Provocative”, Vogue

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From Frankenstein, One Battle After Another and Bugonia, to Sinners, Materialists, and The Roses, in this very special bonus episode we're battling it out for the best films of 2025 live from the Curzon cinema Hoxton! Why are so many of this year’s top films so divisive, and is horror taking over Hollywood? Plus, why blockbuster icons like Leonardo DiCaprio should take note of Timothée Chalamet’s marketing tricks for Marty Supreme, the joys of the Wicked press tours, and our Oscar predictions. Finishing up with a few questions from our huns in the audience! TYSM to everyone who joined us, we loved meeting you all and we can’t wait to do more next year. 

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Recs/reviews

• Frankenstein, Netflix 
• Bugonia, in Curzon cinemas now  
• One Battle After Another, AppleTV
• Eddington, Amazon Prime Video
• Lilo and Stitch, Disney+
• After The Hunt, Amazon Prime Video 
• The Roses, Disney+
• Materialists, Amazon Prime Video
• The Ballad of Wallis Island, Amazon Prime Video
• Wicked: For Good, in Curzon cinemas now
• Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy, Amazon Prime 
• Sinners, Amazon Prime Video
• Weapons, Amazon Prime Video
• Babygirl, AppleTV
• Die My Love, in Curzon cinemas now

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The Devil Wears Prada 2 trailer has just dropped and we couldn’t be more thrilled about it! Will Miranda and Andy’s return live up to the iconic first film? Also this week: Jack Whitehall’s glossy thriller Malice, the Caroline Flack documentary that reveals new details about the role the tabloids and police played in her tragic passing, Louis Theroux interviews Florence Pugh, Hilary Duff is making a comeback, Rachel Sennot’s fab influencer comedy I Love LA, Michelle Obama publishes a fashion book and Paris Hilton has been problematic again. Enjoy hunnys and look out for our bonus episode next Wednesday!

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Recs/reviews

• I Love LA, NOW TV
• Malice, Amazon Prime
• Californication, Paramount +
• ‘Diabolical move’: Miranda Priestly’s red shoes get Instagram fashion no-no, Guardian 
• Allow Hilary Duff to Reintroduce Herself, Vogue 
• Florence Pugh on the Louis Theroux podcast
• Michelle Obama at 61: ‘I feel as free now as I did when I was a kid’, The Times 
• Paris Hilton: ‘I’m not scared of anything — except spiders, bees and dying’, The Times
• Caroline Flack: Search for the Truth, Disney+

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