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Is Netflix about to ruin 'One Piece' with a live-action series?

After 'Death Note' and 'Cowboy Bebop', we thought we'd been hurt enough. Now Netflix is adapting 'One Piece' into a live-action series.

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Culture Re-View: A look back at this day in history

For decades, gay people were only represented as a threat in TV shows. In the 70s, US television began to change its tune, all starting on a show debuted today in 1971.

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Lisa Loring, the original Wednesday Addams, dies aged 64

Loring played the princess of all things morbid from 1964 to 1966 in The Addams Family, the first adaptation of Charles Addams’ New Yorker cartoons.

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In defence of the leading man: Timothée Chalamet's Apple ad proves it

Everyone's talking about the new Apple TV advert with Timothée Chalamet. But the one thing they're missing is it proves he truly is the last of the great Hollywood leading men.

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Reed Hastings steps down: The Rise and Fall of Netflix’s CEO

We track the meteoric rise of Netflix, and as Hastings steps down, the ways the streaming service has stopped delivering.

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Can 'The Last of Us' break the console-to-screen curse?

There are too many awful video game adaptations to mention, and they’ve all paved the way to creating something of a curse: video games and cinema are not happy bedfellows. Can 'The Last of Us' break the console-to-screen curse?

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Culture Re-View: A look back at this day in history

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The best sports documentary series streaming right now

Want to know what's being said in the dressing rooms? How do sports stars celebrate crucial wins or deal with painful defeats? Our round-up of the best ports documentaries now streaming.

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Why is home entertainment booming in Europe?

From streaming services to video games or music - a growing number of people in Britain are choosing to spend their time and money on entertainment at home and the trend is expected to almost double in some parts of Europe.

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Love TV? Here are the top ten European series to watch in 2023

Too many TV series, too little time? Then look no further than this handy guide to our most-anticipated European shows coming out this year.

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Culture Re-View: A look back at this day in history

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BEST OF CULTURE 2022: Day 13 - TV & Streaming

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Brad Pitt sells Plan B production company to French Mediawan

Mediawan is expanding beyond its core European markets into the US; Plan B looks outside the US for inspiration.

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Kirstie Alley, Emmy-winning ‘Cheers’ star, dies at 71

The two-time Emmy winner was recently diagnosed with cancer according to her family.

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Twin Peaks actor Al Strobel dies aged 83

Strobel was an amputee in real life, having lost his left arm in a car accident when he was 17. He was a mainstay in all eras of Twin Peaks.

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Netflix's 'Wednesday' becomes streamer's biggest English language hit

The show centres on the daughter of America's scariest and most iconic family.

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US TV study: White men favoured as big-budget series creators

A new report by the University of California says diversity in Hollywood must be defended as more people of colour are creating growth in the film and TV industry, although they have much smaller budgets to spend.

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Blade Runner 2099: why has Amazon greenlit the new series?

Amazon have greenlit a series to follow up on Denis Villeneuve's Blade Runner 2049 series. Here's everything we know already.

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Who emerged victorious at the 2022 Emmys?

HBO's Succession muscles out Netflix's Squid Game for Outstanding Drama series. Here is the list of this year's winners.

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The Queen: a life in front of the camera

From the first televised coronation to an acclaimed Netflix series, Elizabeth II's reign will be defined by depictions of her in the media as well as her own appearances.