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Since 1996, the actor has used the long-running franchise as a vessel for the kind of star image he wants to project at any given time: bad boy, devoted husband, daredevil, mysterious saviour of the world. As the series reaches its possible conclusion, Adam White ponders who Cruise could be without them
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The pop star said in 2020 that he’d swapped ‘cocaine and strippers’ for ‘colouring in’
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The former actor, whose parents are Susan Sarandon and Italian filmmaker Franco Amurri, said she ‘gaslit’ herself into thinking she didn’t want the procedure
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Rumours of cast fallouts and creative clashes make sense once you see the show’s third season in its entirety – with this climax being a mixed bag of total genius and crushing disappointment
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From the ambulances called to a Cineworld in Bolton to the infamous castration scene cut for inciting panic attacks, Adam White gathers 13 notorious films that truly tested the endurance of their viewers
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The long-running reality show has always welcomed fallen US names like the Oscar nominee, but there is a gentle sensitivity to the star of ‘The Wrestler’ and ‘9½ Weeks’ – and a frustrating propensity for self-sabotage – that makes his rumoured appearance on the new series acutely depressing, writes Adam White
9 months ago
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From Faye Dunaway’s notorious performance as Joan Crawford to the silent movie idol whose stardom was destroyed once audiences heard his ‘squeaky voice’, here Adam White salutes 17 stars who made movies that permanently damaged their careers
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From the battles between Bill Murray and Lucy Liu to the director who told Dolly Parton she needed acting lessons, here are some of the most notorious on-set scuffles that nearly derailed filming, by Adam White and Ellie Harrison
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The reformed ‘enfant terrible’ of French cinema – and director of ‘Swimming Pool’ and ‘8 Women’ – is back with a twisty tale of mushroom poisonings and sex work called ‘When Autumn Falls’. He speaks to Adam White about catfights, plastic surgery, and why some filmmakers might actually miss censorship
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As we celebrate St Patrick’s Day, Adam White recalls the long history of dodgy Irish accents in film
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The women behind ‘Eternal Flame’ and ‘Manic Monday’ were among the most successful – and history-making – pop groups of the Eighties… until they were torn apart. As a new book dives into their decade of stardom, Susanna Hoffs and Vicki and Debbi Peterson speak to Adam White about their highs and lows
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