Consuming true crime can be a queasy business. There’s clearly an appetite for the stuff, as attested by the ever-growing ranks of podcasts, films and TV shows dedicated to recounting these tales of death and depravity. Still, how many serial killers can one moderately well-adjusted viewer take? I was relieved to learn that Netflix’s latest addition to the genre would investigate not another murder but an art crime – ‘the biggest art heist in history’, no less, as we’re told three times in the first three minutes of
This Is a Robbery. The documentary re-examines the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum robbery of 1990.
Fans of Netflix’s massive hit
Bridgerton are not pleased after the show announced one of its breakout stars, Rege-Jean Page, would not be returning for the second season. And they’re making their displeasure known on social media. Dear Readers, while all eyes turn to Lord Anthony Bridgerton s quest to find a Viscountess, we bid adieu to Rege-Jean Page, who so triumphantly played the Duke of Hastings. We’ll miss Simon s presence onscreen, but he will always be a part of the Bridgerton family,” the show’s Twitter account posted, signed by gossip columnist Lady Whistledown, one of its central characters.
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US rapper Ja Rule is the latest famous name to get in on the much talked-about non-fungible tokens game. The
Always
On Time singer is currently auctioning off an artwork he commissioned back when he was co-producer of the infamous Fyre Festival.
What is Flipkick?
Ja Rule, whose real name is Jeffrey Atkins, was originally going to sell the oil painting on eBay, according to
Insider, but now he s launching a platform called Flipkick – which he s joined as a partner and head of artists and repertoire – that plans to sell both physical and digital art as NFTs.
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Who can resist being swept up in the romance and opulence of Netflix’s popular drama
Bridgerton – and in the gorgeous costumes that take centre stage in the Shondaland production of author Julia Quinn’s historical romance novels?
Beautiful ballroom scenes of Regency-era London, ablaze with society swans dressed in embellished empire-line silk and elaborate hairstyles dotted with fairy tale jewels sparkling in the candlelight, have left us yearning for some of that fashion magic. A scene from Bridgerton . Courtesy Netflix
Set in 1813, the series – which has been renewed for a second season – follows the ups and downs of the romance between Daphne Bridgerton, the eldest daughter of the Bridgerton family and “incomparable” debutante of the season, and the dashing Duke of Hastings. It is joyful candyfloss escapism, breaking the mould of stereotypical costume dramas with diverse casting and not a bonnet in sight.
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A heartbreaking animated short film about a couple grieving for their daughter killed in a school shooting is now a hot Oscars 2021 contender after becoming a TikTok sensation.
If Anything Happens I Love You, directed by Will McCormack and Michael Govier, was released on Netflix in November 2020 and quickly became a phenomenon on the platform. It then went viral on the Chinese video-sharing platform, as users challenged each other to watch the 12-minute film without crying.
Some users called it “the saddest movie of the year”.
The 2D film is among 10 shortlisted for the Oscars in the Animated Short Film category. Out of this, five will make it to the nominees list