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Pauline Chalamet on bad auditions, life-changing books and showbiz stories
Call Sheet: As the second season of The Sex Lives of College Girls hits screens, we asked Chalamet to dish the dirt on her juiciest acting secrets.
World Cup 2022: power, corruption, lies – and homophobia
Welcome to Qatar 2022: the winter World Cup no one wanted. But here’s ambassador David Beckham to explain why everything’s cool. Just tell that to the queer fans on the ground.
11 of the best new books to read this November
From New York drag bars to Japanese idol culture, slender winter days are for powering through slender books such as these.
Liberty Ross is bringing Studio 54-on-wheels back home with Flipper’s
The Brit supermodel turned roller skating mogul has launched the hottest destination in London for skaters and cool kids alike – inspired by her own family’s heritage.
How Adam DiMarco went from Disney to The White Lotus
Call Sheet: Starring as sweet Stanford grad Albie in the show’s brilliant second series, this Canadian actor can now tick working with HBO off his career bucket list. Not bad for a shy uni dropout, eh?
Meet the next gen of Britain’s behind-the-camera TV and film stars
BAFTA Breakthrough has handpicked the industry’s brightest up-and-comers to nurture via their new-talent initiative. Remember these names. You’ll be hearing them a lot more.
Lupita Nyong’o and Winston Duke on Black Panther after Chadwick Boseman
“This movie is a two-hour-and-45-minute long tribute.”
The 10 best documentaries that aren’t true crime
Sick of true crime series that turn tragic murders into an eight-hour analysis of a killer's mind? You're not the only one. We suggest you watch these documentaries instead.
Kosar Ali: the Rocks actor takes on 18th century France
Call Sheet: Even a BAFTA nomination can’t faze the star of Rocks and a new Dangerous Liaisons. But potentially pissing off anime fans? Forget it.
Seven musicians, artists and actors to have on your radar
Issue 12: Introducing musicians Flowerovlove and Yunè Pinku, designer Freya McKee, artist Navinder Nangla, filmmakers Jonah and Stan, actor Sheyi Cole and TikTok sensation Nizzythakidd.
The case for Halloween rom-coms
Give us blood-soaked, couple-costumed romance, for God's sake!
White Lotus star Will Sharpe on playing a kit-off tech millionaire
Time to get poolside for a second season in the sun for HBO’s hit dramedy. This time, we’re in Sicily, with the British actor, director and writer among a mostly new cast of the rich and bonkers.
The Bastard Son’s Jay Lycurgo is collecting major roles like action figures
Call Sheet: Starring in Netflix’s “X-rated Harry Potter” series, the Croydon class clown-turned-superhero-turned-witch lets us in on a few industry secrets.
10 questions for Silencio’s 10th birthday
The mythical Parisian club is celebrating a decade of hosting artists such as A$AP Rocky, Lana Del Rey and Kendrick Lamar.
Emma D’Arcy: “I don’t need a double order of Prosecco in my Negroni Sbagliato!”
These and other serious matters of state with House of the Dragon’s breakout star, in a deep-dive discussion as the HBO drama comes to a brilliant climax. Warning: here be spoilers.
Nectarine News: welcome to the internet’s wackiest newsletter
We quizzed Iris Owen, THE FACE’s new life and relationships columnist, on her riotous weekly newsletter, dogged quest for fame and enduring crush on Adam Sandler.
The Midnight Club’s Annarah Cymone has big Bond girl ambitions
Call sheet: Playing Sandra in Mike Flanagan’s latest spooky season series for Netflix, the 22-year-old has horror all wrapped up. Now, her sights are set on Hollywood’s biggest franchises.
Kind is Cool: a photobook of messages to make you smile
Worms magazine’s Clem MacLeod and artist Stephanie Francis-Shanahan’s new project encourages us to embrace softening up for a better world. Hear, hear.
The most hell-raising dolls in cinema, ranked
Following the release of a viral trailer for M3GAN, a film about a robot doll gone rogue, a Twitter spat erupted between horror’s most notorious toys – and Chucky’s taking no prisoners. Behold, our ranking of the all-time scariest miniature killers…
Suzannah Pettigrew’s poems find the beauty in solitude
The multidisciplinary artist has just released A Sphinx Looking For a Poet, a collection of poems written in Parisian solitude that’ll have you lunging for the suitcase.
My Media Diet: Ghetto Gastro’s Jon Gray and Pierre Serrao
The pair, together with co-founder Lester Walker, have just released their extensive recipe book, Black Power Kitchen, celebrating the richness of cuisine from West Africa and the Bronx. Here’s what they get up to beyond the kitchen…
The best movies to watch from London Film Festival
As the (popcorn) dust settles on this year’s event, here’s our critic’s round-up of the films we didn’t have space to preview.
This photobook celebrates the lost magic of Benidorm
In Benidorm Away, photographer Oli Jackson brings Rochdale charm to the Spanish seaside resort with a heady history.