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<p>Myha'la: ‘As a younger version of myself, I was trying to get it right and be perfect every time’</p>

Interview

Why Industry superstar Myha’la won’t kiss her co-stars anymore

The American actor is back in the stilettos of Harper Stern for the fourth season of the banking drama ‘Industry’. She talks to Ellie Muir about protecting herself in intimacy scenes, the rollback on woke and why people are emboldened to behave badly by the political environment

<p>Zoe Ball, who recently scaled back many of her work commitments after braving a gruelling few years in her personal life, appears genuinely (if tentatively) enthusiastic about the prospect of potentially hosting ’Strictly Come Dancing’</p>

In focus

Strictly needs Zoe Ball – but does she need Strictly?

How wolf in sheep’s clothing Stephen proved to be the apex Traitor

<p>Television is increasingly being tailored to the brain’s shortening attention span</p>

TV brain rot: The real reason shows are getting stupider

Reviews

Features

<p>Tom Hiddleston plays the lead role in BBC series ‘The Night Manager’</p>

Comment

It doesn’t feel like le Carré but The Night Manager needed a big twist

<p>‘Lovely Fiona’ has been revealed as the ‘secret traitor’ on the BBC show</p>

Comment

The Traitors is a reminder to never underestimate an older woman

<p>Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams in the sudsy gay phenomenon ‘Heated Rivalry’</p>

Comment

Heated Rivalry’s obsessive fans have sucked the fun out of the show

<p>Traitors</p>

Comment

People of colour keep leaving Traitors early. Let’s talk about why

Interviews

<p>Peter Claffey: ‘I got a decent bit of bullying when I was a kid. I was sort of weird-looking; wobbly; uncoordinated’</p>

Interview

Peter Claffey on going from pro rugby to the Game of Thrones spinoff

<p>Malachi Kirby: ‘Most of the characters that I’ve played have been traumatised. Weirdly, that is my comfort zone’</p>

The Saturday Interview

Malachi Kirby: ‘The cameras were off at this point, but I was shaking’

<p>Josh Finan: ‘There’s a certain amount of pressure that builds up in your body over the days’</p>

Rising Stars

Josh Finan on his searing prison drama Waiting for the Out

<p>‘Life is beautiful, man’: Diego Calva stars in the BBC’s flagship drama ‘The Night Manager’</p>

Interview

Babylon’s Diego Calva on playing a villain in The Night Manager

News

<p>David and Victoria Beckham leaving a ceremony at the Ministry of Culture in Paris on January 26, 2026, a week after their son Brooklyn's bombshell public statement</p>

Beckhams put on united front in Paris amid Brooklyn feud

<p>Tyra Banks in Netflix’s ‘Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model’</p>

Tyra Banks admits to taking America’s Next Top Model ‘too far’

<p>Gabby Allen, Emily Seebohm and Dani Dyer group shot on parade square after passing selection in Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins</p>

Celebrity SAS crowns three winners after brutal final challenge

<p>Viewers gushed over Budweiser’s upcoming Super Bowl ad featuring ‘American Icons,’ a Clydesdale and a bald eagle</p>

Budweiser fans applaud brand’s Super Bowl commercial after controversy

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