CULTURE

How the ‘gangster’ years of the young Joseph Stalin inspired the gritty Star Wars series
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- . April 20, 2025
Lucasfilm Ltd (Credit: Lucasfilm Ltd) It may be set a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, but

Coachella looks from Lady Gaga to Sabrina Carpenter – and the costumes that can make or break careers
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- . April 17, 2025
Serenity Strull/ Getty Images Behind the creation of the festival’s most iconic and outrageous costumes – from wardrobe malfunctions to

A combat epic that ‘does what film does best’
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- . April 14, 2025
A24 Alex Garland explored the slide into fractious factionalism in Civil War. Now he turns his gaze towards the ferocity

Why The Great Gatsby is the world’s most misunderstood novel
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- . April 11, 2025
Alamy The Great Gatsby is synonymous with parties, glitz and glamour – but this is just one of many misunderstandings

Trouble in Paradise? Why The White Lotus season three divided fans and critics
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- . April 8, 2025
Fabio Lovino/ HBO Right from the start, season three of Mike White’s Thailand-set one percenter drama was beset by criticism

Ken Burns on showing the dark parts of US history
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- . April 5, 2025
Evan Barlow Ken Burns’s upcoming series, The American Revolution, follows works exploring themes including the US and the Holocaust (Credit:

11 of the best TV shows to watch this April
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- . April 2, 2025
HBO (Credit: HBO) From the return of HBO’s zombie apocalypse thriller to Michelle Williams in a provocative new role. Amazon

Why the quaint paintings of Thomas Kinkade divided the US
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- . March 30, 2025
(Image credit: The Kinkade Family Foundation) Beloved by many, despised by others, Thomas Kinkade’s quaint rustic scenes and his wholesome

ESPN’s Monica McNutt on the future of women’s college basketball after Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese
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- . March 27, 2025
Getty Images (Credit: Getty Images) Does the success of women’s college basketball hinge on big names or can it build

Author Ann Patchett on writing amid chaos
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- . March 24, 2025
Natassja Ebert (Credit: Natassja Ebert) In the latest episode of Influential, US writer Ann Patchett shares how seeing kindness around