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Emily Maitlis vs Prince Andrew: will Amazon or Netflix do it better?
Who will prove the most convincing, Michael Sheen or Rufus Sewell, Ruth Wilson or Gillian Anderson? And which drama has the best scoop?
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Did Dodi really propose? Did Al-Fayed really hire paparazzi? The Crown season 6 fact-checked
The drama has always blended fact and fiction, but which bits are true and which are fabrications? We sift through it, episode by episode
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The Crown season 6: what to expect from Peter Morgan’s grand finale
William and Kate’s romance; Diana's death; a Royal wedding. Here’s what we’ll see in the last series of Netflix’s drama – and what we won’t
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The tragedy of Tom Hiddleston: how Marvel ruined a great actor
It looks like the one-time heir to Kenneth Branagh will be stuck playing Loki until the end of time. And what a shame that would be
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The strange life – and even stranger death – of Edgar Allan Poe
The Gothic horror master behind Netflix’s Fall of The House of Usher was always surrounded by darkness and mystery – even in the afterlife
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The real Martin Crane: why John Mahoney was so much more than Frasier’s dad
The late British star brought pathos and wit to all his roles. Yet he had little in common with the gruff TV patriarch that made his name
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Jimmy Savile and The Reckoning: what really happened, and what the BBC made up
Did he meet Elvis? How much did his mother know? And did he die with his fingers crossed? Fact-checking the BBC drama’s most shocking scenes
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When Michael Gambon pretended to be gay – and other funny stories
From fibbing about his sexuality to his past as a dancer, the late actor often invented things to amuse himself and bamboozle journalists
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‘Every day, we thought: This is not going to work’: inside the hellish making of Gravity
Alfonso Cuarón's trailblazing sci-fi film made the director, its stars and the money men utterly miserable. But 10 years on, it's a classic
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Ken Loach has become a tiresome, humourless parody of himself
The hero of Left-wing cinema keeps hitting his usual talking points in increasingly drab style. Is it time to put away the megaphone?
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From The Bounty to Braveheart: Mel Gibson’s 15 best films, ranked
He’s a scenery-chewing crime boss in Amazon’s The Continental. But there’s more to ‘Mad Mel’ than you’d think – as these classics prove
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Take that, Expendables: the 10 most absurdly violent Eighties action films
Stallone’s latest may emulate the bazooka-toting, throat-snapping action heroes of old. But it couldn't possibly be more unhinged
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The inside story of how Tory victory became a catastrophe
In Ben Riley-Smith’s telling, 13 years of Conservative rule were a chaotic mess of lucky breaks, dashed expectations and internecine hatred
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The 11 worst box office bombs of all time
Some wildly expensive flops lose millions but turn out to be misunderstood classics or brilliant artistic risks. But not the following…
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Russell Brand: A timeline of scandal
The comedian and actor has not been averse to controversy over the years
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Why only a fool believes celebrities are ‘nice’
Many stars are openly, fantastically rude. But those whose USP is 'likeability' are often the worst of all
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