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The forgotten 60s show that served as the original Black Mirror

The forgotten 60s show that served as the original Black Mirror

πŸš€ Check out this must-read post from BBC Culture πŸ“– πŸ“‚ Category: πŸ“Œ Key idea: Out of nowhere, it was the idea of ​​lead producer Erin Shubik. Initially working as a story editor for the now-defunct BBC Television's Armchair Theater programme, her enthusiasm for science fiction eventually led to her producing the 13-episode series Out of This World (1962) for Britain's ITV. Later, Chopik was story editor on the BBC anthology series Story Parade (1964–65), a series of independent adaptations of modern novels, which dramatized Isaac Asimov's The Caves of Steel. The success of both projects convinced BBC Head of…
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Teenage star Stephen Graham launches a global project asking parents to write to their children books

Teenage star Stephen Graham launches a global project asking parents to write to their children books

πŸ’₯ Read this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian πŸ“– πŸ“‚ Category: Books,Culture,Stephen Graham,Violence against women and girls βœ… Here’s what you’ll learn: Stephen Graham, the Emmy Award-winning actor known for the hit Netflix film Teenage, has launched a new project asking fathers to write letters to their sons about what it means to be a man, to form a book about masculinity.The project invites parents around the world to write personal letters to their children, reflecting their parental experiences. Graham will work with psychology lecturer Orly Klein to compile Letters to Our Children, which is due to be…
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TV TONIGHT: Did ‘worst traitor’ Alan Carr really get away with murder? | television

TV TONIGHT: Did ‘worst traitor’ Alan Carr really get away with murder? | television

πŸ”₯ Check out this must-read post from Culture | The Guardian πŸ“– πŸ“‚ Category: Television,Television & radio,Culture βœ… Main takeaway: Celebrity traitors9pm, BBC OneIs Alan Carr worse than Linda? Or will he, somehow, get away with killing his best friend Paloma Faith? Producers left us in disarray last week, as the exiled first contestant was about to be announced - but it was a showdown between Kate Garraway and Nico Omelana. However, if Kate survives, it will be ironic as she watches the suspicious Tom Daley torture her for using words like "stunned" in the next mission. The satanic events…
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Remember Mama Africa: The struggles of brave singer Miriam Makeba told in this bold dance drama platform

Remember Mama Africa: The struggles of brave singer Miriam Makeba told in this bold dance drama platform

πŸš€ Discover this trending post from Culture | The Guardian πŸ“– πŸ“‚ Category: Stage,Dance,Theatre,Culture,Music,South Africa,Sadler's Wells,Africa,World news βœ… Main takeaway: β€œYβ€œYou talk about Miriam Makeba in South Africa as if you were talking about a queen,” says Alessandra Soutine. Legendary singer Makeba was known as Mama Africa, the Empress of African Song; But she also toured in Greenwich Village with Miles Davis and Duke Ellington. She was a teenager sent to work to support her family in Johannesburg who later became a diplomat for Ghana, then an official for Guinea. Representative to the United Nations. She was an outspoken anti-apartheid…
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Human Review by Justine Gregg – How Big Are Your Favorite Person? | Science and nature books

Human Review by Justine Gregg – How Big Are Your Favorite Person? | Science and nature books

πŸš€ Read this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian πŸ“– πŸ“‚ Category: Science and nature books,Philosophy books,Pets,Books,Culture,Psychology πŸ“Œ Here’s what you’ll learn: IIn the 1970s, a former Soviet Navy officer named Igor Charkovsky popularized a concept that became known as dolphin-assisted birth. Possibly inspired by New Age theories, he urged expectant mothers to dive into the cold waters of the Black Sea, communicate with dolphins, and give birth underwater. He claimed that in the β€œvery near future, a newborn baby will be able to live in the ocean with a pod of dolphins and feed on dolphin milk.”The most…
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Murdaugh: Death in the Family review – Patricia Arquette is great in this outrageous true crime drama | television

Murdaugh: Death in the Family review – Patricia Arquette is great in this outrageous true crime drama | television

πŸ’₯ Discover this insightful post from Culture | The Guardian πŸ“– πŸ“‚ Category: Television,Television & radio,Culture,Patricia Arquette,True crime (Podcasts) βœ… Here’s what you’ll learn: HHow amazingly terrible were the Murdochs? Very much, depending on how much true crime content they create. There has already been a successful podcast about them, untangling a narrative that began with enviable luxury and ended in a sordid double murder. There has already been a TV documentary. Now the Murdoughs complete the collection with Murdough: Death in the Family, a lavish fantasy drama that tells the same terrible story.At its heart is a trio of…
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Idiots Review – Roald Dahl The Americanized is Horrible in All the Wrong Ways | film

Idiots Review – Roald Dahl The Americanized is Horrible in All the Wrong Ways | film

πŸš€ Check out this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian πŸ“– πŸ“‚ Category: Film,Animation in film,Roald Dahl,Netflix,Film adaptations,Books,Culture,Media,Family films,Comedy films βœ… Main takeaway: THis Netflix animated adaptation of Roald Dahl's The Twits is partly less cruel than eating wormy spaghetti or finding a stuffed frog at the bottom of your bed. Dahl's tale of one of the most dysfunctional marriages in fiction isn't exactly plot-heavy: the 95-page original is essentially a series of mean-spirited pranks, all horribly distorted here and meanderingly added to.There's been some anger about Netflix Americanizing the story, but that's the least of this film's problems.…
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‘My eyes sting, but damn, they’re open’: Surviving a 12-hour Twilight marathon in 2025 | twilight

‘My eyes sting, but damn, they’re open’: Surviving a 12-hour Twilight marathon in 2025 | twilight

✨ Read this trending post from Culture | The Guardian πŸ“– πŸ“‚ Category: Twilight,Film,Twilight,Culture,Kristen Stewart,Robert Pattinson βœ… Key idea: IIt's around 4am on a Saturday morning, and the delirious energy is on display at the Randwick Ritz's 12-hour Twilight Saga marathon from dusk to dawn. The cinema has an airport lounge atmosphere after major delays. At this point, people no longer care about their appearance and do everything they can to stay comfortable.We've reached the 30-minute "breakfast break," which means we're three of five movies into the romantic tale of quiet, clumsy teen Bella Swan, who moves to the foggy…
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A French woman is the mother of all trademark battles with DC Comics over parenting app Wondermum | DC Comics

A French woman is the mother of all trademark battles with DC Comics over parenting app Wondermum | DC Comics

πŸ’₯ Read this must-read post from Culture | The Guardian πŸ“– πŸ“‚ Category: DC Comics,France,Intellectual property,Media,Parents and parenting,Apps,Europe,Warner Bros,World news,Culture,Wonder Woman πŸ’‘ Here’s what you’ll learn: A French woman is partnering with DC Comics to name her family advice app Wondermum.Lise Soberon received a letter from the superhero comic book company's French lawyers on April 1 of this year demanding that she stop using the name due to its alleged similarity to Wonder Woman."When I got the message, I called my close friends and said, 'So funny, guys,' thinking it was an April Fools' joke," she said. "Then I called…
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Drew Struzan, poster designer for Star Wars and Indiana Jones films, dies at 78

Drew Struzan, poster designer for Star Wars and Indiana Jones films, dies at 78

πŸ’₯ Discover this trending post from Culture | The Guardian πŸ“– πŸ“‚ Category: Film,US news,Design,Art and design,Posters,Culture πŸ’‘ Here’s what you’ll learn: Designer Drew Struzan, known for some of the most iconic movie posters of all time, has died at the age of 78.His work has included posters for films such as Back to the Future, The Empire Strikes Back, Goonies, The Shawshank Redemption, The Thing and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.β€œIt is with a heavy heart that I must inform you that Drew Struzan has moved on from this world as of yesterday, October 13,” a statement on…
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