Straight Up Lily Allen’s West End Girl, Nobody Wants This and Julia Roberts’ controversial thriller
Lily Allen’s West End Girl isn’t just a comeback, it’s a brutally honest divorce album and everyone is talking about it! We unpack where art ends and reality begins, who “Madeline” might be and Lily’s viral interview quotes about sex, age, personal branding and the media’s obsession with her private life. Also this week: our reviews of the second season of Nobody Wants This, Julia Roberts and Andrew Garfield’s controversial campus cancel culture film After the Hunt, Aimee Lou Wood’s gorgeous rom-com series Film Club and Dave’s new album. Plus: are we rooting for Sophie Turner and Chris Martin? And why is Geri trying to stop Netflix’s Spice Girls biopic? Enjoy hunnies!
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Recs/reviews
- After the Hunt, in cinemas now
- After the Party, Channel4
- The Chair, Netflix
- Film Club, BBC iPlayer
- Aimee Lou Wood reveals how debut writing project Film Club helped her embrace her neurodivergence, Radio Times
- West End Girl, Lily Allen
- Lily Allen on her sensational new album, Perfect
- Lily Allen: ‘Intimacy is messy… I’ve had a tough year’, The Times
- ‘Madeline’ from new Lily Allen album comes forward after affair with David Harbour, NME
- The Boy Who Played the Harp, Dave
- Nobody Wants This, Netflix
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