Serena Williams’ weight-loss ad, Millie Bobby Brown and the twisted tale of Amanda Knox

Serena Williams has sparked a serious debate with her sponsored content promoting an Ozempic-style weight-loss jab. We get into the pros and cons of these so-called ‘miracle drugs’ and the inevitable media-fuelled fall-out with Jameela Jamil. Also this week, we dive into the Millie Bobby Brown adoption ‘backlash’, give an update on the most divisive film of the year (match-making rom com The Materialists), and review the controversial new Amanda Knox Disney drama, along with Netflix’s number one show Hostage. And, of course, as promised, our verdict on The Real Housewives of London!

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Recs

• The Materialists, in cinemas now 
• The Logic of the ‘9 to 5’ Is Creeping Into the Rest of the Day, The Atlantic 
• Speculating about Millie Bobby Brown’s adoption is unacceptable, Stylist 
• Op-Ed: I Judged Serena Williams For Using A Weight-Loss Drug — Now, I Get It, Essence
• Fears that sport will be the loser as Serena Williams embraces weight loss jabs, The Observer
• Dua Lipa, #SkinnyTok and the labubu doll craze, Straight Up May episode 
• Why with Emma Kennedy podcast: How is Ozempic changing the world? 
• The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox, Disney+
• Why the new Amanda Knox TV drama is misguided, BBC
• ‘It’s a new kind of prison’: Amanda Knox on redemption , rage, and her unlikely friendship with the prosecutor who hounded her, Guardian 
• Hostage, Netflix  
• The Real Housewives of London, Hayu

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