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‘I watched it endlessly as a teenager’: Why ‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ is my happy movie | Robin Williams

‘I watched it endlessly as a teenager’: Why ‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ is my happy movie | Robin Williams

✨ Discover this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian 📖 📂 **Category**: Robin Williams,Sally Field,Pierce Brosnan,Film,Comedy films,Comedy,Culture 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: I I can't think of another movie that touches my heart while making me laugh as reliably as Mrs. Doubtfire does. It has that rare tonal flexibility: genuine sadness, even sadness, followed almost immediately by silliness and welcome comic relief. You may feel a tightness in your throat one minute, and then find yourself laughing out loud the next. Few films manage to do that without being emotionally traumatizing, but this one does so with warmth.I watched it…
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‘Do what you really want to do while you’re still alive’: Masayoshi Takanaka, Japanese guitar hero riding the second wave into his 70s | music

‘Do what you really want to do while you’re still alive’: Masayoshi Takanaka, Japanese guitar hero riding the second wave into his 70s | music

💥 Explore this insightful post from Culture | The Guardian 📖 📂 **Category**: Music,Pop and rock,Culture,Japan 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: IIn November 2025, Masayoshi Takanaka announced his first ever solo concert in the United Kingdom. The show was originally scheduled to be held at Shepherd's Bush Empire in London, but was in such demand that it was upgraded to two nights at the Brixton Academy - where nearly 10,000 people will flock to see the 72-year-old Japanese jazz musician play a surfboard-shaped guitar in March. In the summer, he will headline an outdoor festival in London's Crystal Palace Park. “I…
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Handcuffed: The Last Pair of Standing Review – an insult to all involved, not least Jonathan Ross | television

Handcuffed: The Last Pair of Standing Review – an insult to all involved, not least Jonathan Ross | television

🔥 Read this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian 📖 📂 **Category**: Television,Television & radio,Culture,Jonathan Ross,Reality TV,Channel 4 ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: AFollowing his brilliant Machiavellian performance in The Celebrity Traitors, Jonathan Ross is set to appear on our screens again soon. He celebrated his big post-Traitors party, hosting Channel 4's new six-part 'social experiment'. Ross explains that this series is about whether “Britain is divided or not.” [can] 'Settle their differences', by handcuffing two strangers from different walks of life together for 24 hours a day (including in the shower - ouch!) and seeing who can last the…
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DTF St Louis Review – An addictive tale of middle age, swinging, and murder | television

DTF St Louis Review – An addictive tale of middle age, swinging, and murder | television

💥 Read this must-read post from Culture | The Guardian 📖 📂 **Category**: Television,Television & radio,Culture,Jason Bateman 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: nAlways trust the man who rides a recumbent bike. That seems to be the first lesson offered by DTF St Louis, a new seven-part black comedy starring Jason Bateman, David Harbor and Linda Cardellini, and who - frankly - could fail to back up such a message?Bateman plays Clark Forrest, a local meteorologist, celebrity and biker lounging around his little patch of St. Louis, Missouri. He becomes fast friends with a sign language interpreter, Floyd (Harbour), when they are…
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Rosa Garland: Primal Bog Review – A Slippery Dive into Desire with Tattoo Live | platform

Rosa Garland: Primal Bog Review – A Slippery Dive into Desire with Tattoo Live | platform

🔥 Check out this must-read post from Culture | The Guardian 📖 📂 **Category**: Stage,Comedy,Comedy,Culture,Gwyneth Paltrow,Soho theatre,Theatre,Clowns,Performance art 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: 'IIt's divisive." Well, you might think so, a "weird performance art" clown show with nudity, bodily fluids, maggots and Gwyneth Paltrow. However, Primal Bog left the Edinburgh fringe last year with praise ringing in the ears of its creator Rosa Garland. To the degree that Garland is a winning and fearlessly provocative performer, I'm happy to join the chorus. But - hey, it's divisive - I didn't find the show as divisive as some in the audience. It's…
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Stardew Valley at 10: The anti-capitalist game that tackles burnout and inspires queer art | games

Stardew Valley at 10: The anti-capitalist game that tackles burnout and inspires queer art | games

🔥 Check out this must-read post from Culture | The Guardian 📖 📂 **Category**: Games,Culture,Indie games ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: WHen farming sim Stardew Valley debuted in 2016, and was considered by most of us to be a modest indie success, offering charm, wit, and a beautiful little world. Ten years later, this little indie game has sold nearly 50 million copies. If you haven't played it yourself, you've probably seen someone playing it on the train (or, in the case of one of my musical theater colleagues, in the dressing room between scenes). As we discussed on the Tech…
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‘We were just amazed’: Mindset like anything has its highs and lows – and hits the road again | Australian music

‘We were just amazed’: Mindset like anything has its highs and lows – and hits the road again | Australian music

🚀 Check out this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian 📖 📂 **Category**: Australian music,Pop and rock,Music,Culture 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: AAmong the many surreal moments in the opening scenes of Live It Up: The Mental As Anything Story are shots of tens of thousands of Scottish football fans singing the lyrics of an Australian pop song like a war chant.“We were blown away by it... and were reasonably happy that suddenly tens of thousands of Glaswegians were singing it,” says guitarist Reg Mombasa as he pours coffee in the kitchen on the veranda of his Glebe home. Rangers…
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‘He worked on his speech in French for months’: Cesar Awards boss rejects Jim Carrey clone conspiracy theories | Jim Carrey

‘He worked on his speech in French for months’: Cesar Awards boss rejects Jim Carrey clone conspiracy theories | Jim Carrey

✨ Discover this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian 📖 📂 **Category**: Jim Carrey,Film,Culture,France,World news,Europe,Awards and prizes 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: The organizer of the Cesar Awards has sought to refute reports that a look-alike replaced Jim Carrey at last week's ceremony.In a statement sent to Variety on Monday, Gregory Collier, Caesars' general representative, said the controversy was a "non-issue" and attested to Carey's investment in the event, which has been in the planning since last summer.“From the beginning,” Collier wrote, “he was deeply moved by the academy’s call.” “Eight months of continuous and constructive discussions. He worked on…
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‘Donald Trump of Ancient Egypt’: Ramesses II’s vanity is on full display in new exhibition | Exhibitions

‘Donald Trump of Ancient Egypt’: Ramesses II’s vanity is on full display in new exhibition | Exhibitions

💥 Check out this insightful post from Culture | The Guardian 📖 📂 **Category**: Exhibitions,Art and design,Culture,Egyptology,Archaeology,Tutankhamun,Museums 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: TThe mummy of Egypt's most ambitious pharaoh, Ramesses II (often spelled Ramesses), is a masterpiece of mummification. The astonishingly preserved 3,000-year-old face and proud beaked nose look much as they did when he died aged 90 or 91, having ruled for 66 years, fathered more than 100 children, beaten back his enemies and made ancient Egypt great again. And that's even before you notice how his hand seems to reach forward to eerily seize power from beyond the grave.I…
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LSO/Wang/Peltokoski Review – Yuja Wang’s ferocious Rautavaara meets Peltokoski’s passionate Wagner | classical music

LSO/Wang/Peltokoski Review – Yuja Wang’s ferocious Rautavaara meets Peltokoski’s passionate Wagner | classical music

🚀 Discover this must-read post from Culture | The Guardian 📖 📂 **Category**: Classical music,Culture,Music,Barbican,London Symphony Orchestra 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: MWith Yoga Wang at your own risk. For anyone still doubting her mood after last week, here she is, exploding into the solo part of Enuguhani Rautavaara's 1969 Piano Concerto No. 1. It is a massive work that requires a great deal of physical strength – at several points the soloist almost attacks the keyboard, hitting the keys in clusters or using the forearm to shape the melody. Wang was formidable, and Rautavaara's dense writing provided a perfect showcase…
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