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‘Quiet on Set’: The allegations made against Nickelodeon and Dan Schneider

(Credits: Nickelodeon) Tue 19 March 2024 11:03, UK The new ID docuseries Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV focuses on a series of Nickelodeon television programmes created by Dan Schneider, addressing suggestions that many of them appeared to sexualise young child stars. The likes of The Amanda Show, All That, iCarly, Victorious […]

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Far from perfect: the Def Leppard song that makes Phil Collen “cringe”

(Credits: Far Out / Kevin Nixon) Tue 19 March 2024 11:00, UK No album can be considered perfect. Although many superfans will be more than happy to tell you about how their favourite bands have had a creative streak that no one has rivalled, nothing in music is entirely spotless. Every group has their fair […]

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David Seidler, Oscar-winning writer of ‘The King’s Speech, dead at 86

(Credits: Far Out / YouTube Still) Mon 18 March 2024 11:17, UK The Oscar-winning playwright and screenwriter David Seidler has died aged 86, after a celebrated career. The British-American was best known for writing the scripts for the screen and stage versions of The King’s Speech. The 2010 feature was a critical hit, and for […]

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Stefan Zweig: The author who inspired Wes Anderson’s masterpiece, ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’

(Credits: Far Out / YouTube Still) Mon 18 March 2024 11:00, UK The cinematic canon of Wes Anderson couldn’t be described as one of unparalleled consistency, but he is undoubtedly a unique and highly influential cinematic force. Notably, he infuses each of his pictures with a distinctive lens of pastel colour, symmetry, tracking shots, whip-pans […]

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Slash reveals how he got AC/DC legend on new album

(Credits: Far Out / Tidal) Mon 18 March 2024 10:33, UK The announcement of Slash’s upcoming album, Orgy Of The Damned, came along with a powerful lead single. On his cover of Howlin’ Wolf’s ‘Killing Floor’, the Guns N’ Roses guitarist enlisted Steven Tyler on harmonica and managed to get AC/DC’s Brian Johnson to sing […]

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The absurd story of Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s fake execution

(Credits: Far Out / Vasily Perov) Sun 17 March 2024 11:00, UK Fyodor Dostoyevsky is often referred to as the progenitor of existentialist literature. This is mostly, but not exclusively, in reference to his 1864 novella Notes from Underground. This bleak exhibition of the Underground Man’s psyche against the backdrop of 19th-century St. Petersburg was […]

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John Lennon’s ‘Imagine’ is the worst song ever, according to Frank Turner

(Credits: Far Out / YouTube Still) Sun 17 March 2024 10:00, UK In 1991, Elvis Costello released ‘The Other Side of Summer’, a track which poked fun at John Lennon, Roger Waters and David Bowie in one verse. When it came to criticising the Beatles frontman, Costello highlighted the irony in his hit ‘Imagine,’ saying, […]

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What can we expect from ‘Dune: Part 3’?

(Credits: Far Out / Warner Bros.) Sun 17 March 2024 9:00, UK There are some movies that come along every few years or so that genuinely force you to reconsider what cinema is and can be. Denis Villeneuve’s epic blockbuster sequel, Dune: Part Two, is one such film, a movie of such audacious cinematic scope […]

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Elliot Page on Hollywood’s obsession with fame: “It’s a system, and it’s pretty toxic”

(Credits: TIFF) Sat 16 March 2024 11:25, UK Elliot Page recently discussed being a part of Hollywood, describing it as a “pretty toxic” system that perpetuates misery for many actors. He also commented on his coming out, describing the label “niche” when applied to the LGBTQ+ community as something that “irks” him. “I’m sorry, this […]

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Absinthe and knife tricks: Ernest Hemingway’s favourite bar in America

(Credits: Far Out / John F. Kennedy Library) Sat 16 March 2024 11:00, UK To say Ernest Hemingway enjoyed a drink would be a colossal understatement. Over the course of his celebrated career, there is scarcely a novel, short story or even soundbite to come from the writer that isn’t doused in alcohol. Such was […]