Did celebrity ruin David Beckham?
Netflix reveals a footballer betrayed by celebrity.
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Russell Brand: In Plain Sight made me sick with horror
This Channel 4 Dispatches documentary, which accused the comedian of rape, sexual assault and abuse, was nauseating and terrifying to…
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Celebrities are now “honest” about diet, exercise and beauty. I wish they weren’t
Kim Kardashian says she’d “eat poop every single day” to look young. Jennifer Aniston admits to salmon sperm facials. At…
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Inside the soul of Tyson Fury
He’s too strange, too powerful, too honest and complicated to contain in a bite-size media persona.
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Michael Parkinson – The last interview
The veteran talk-show host on broadcasting’s halcyon days, car-crash interviews and today’s “charlatans in high office”.
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Celebrating failure is a mistake
There is no such thing as a “teachable moment”.
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Mugshots of a nation
After a three-year facelift, the bandages are now off the National Portrait Gallery.
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The rise of Citizen Celebrity
A new breed of British influencer is rewriting the rules of celebrity.
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When did young people decide they wanted their celebrities to be so boring?
Taylor Swift’s fans don’t like her new boyfriend and Jenna Ortega’s hate that she smokes. Back in my day famous…
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How the tabloid media turned on Anna Nicole Smith
Smith’s life, death and now – thanks to a new Netflix documentary – after-life was a spectacle.
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We have lost Russell Brand
This once-sexy communist has become an American culture wars pundit.
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The degradation of Marilyn Monroe
In death as in life, the actress has been used, abused and commodified. Netflix’s film Blonde is just the latest…
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It’s high time we saw Pamela Anderson as a person, not a punchline
In a new documentary and memoir, Anderson asks that we see her fame from her perspective.
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The Wagatha Christie trial is over. But it lives on in our hearts
Rebekah Vardy has lost her libel case against Coleen Rooney. This irresistible feud will entertain scholars of British culture for…
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Memeifying the Depp-Heard trial is a dangerous game
We’re trivialising and tribalising issues which cut deep.
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Why we must listen to Britney Spears
The singer has been trapped in a suffocating web of manipulation and control for 13 years – her court appearance was a rare…
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The Brit Awards 2021: celebrity posturing reminds you that some things never change
There were no surprises at the in-person ceremony at the O2 arena, part of the government’s trial scheme for large…
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