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‘A lot of rich guys arguing’: inside the rap beef of the decade with Drake, Kendrick Lamar and more
Future, Rick Ross and Kanye West are among those currently being drawn into one of the fieriest disputes in rap history. Is it good for the culture – and could it depose Drake from the top?
Thomas Hobbs
23, Apr, 2024 @9:47 AM
Surge of interest in Ethiopian culture boosts case for return of treasures, says Sissay
Poet who is curating country’s first Venice Biennale pavilion says ‘part of the heart’ of the country was looted and is being held in museums
Lanre Bakare Arts and culture correspondent
03, Apr, 2024 @1:55 PM
CDs shine as UK music sales in 2023 jump to near record figure
Taylor Swift dominates album market, while best-performing track is Miley Cyrus’s Flowers
Sarah Butler
09, Jan, 2024 @12:01 AM
Female pop stars celebrate record-breaking year on UK singles chart
Women claimed an unprecedented 31 weeks atop the Top 40 and accounted for 48.5% of all songs that reached the Top 10 – plus seven of the year’s 10 biggest songs
Laura Snapes
03, Jan, 2024 @12:01 AM
The Idol cancelled: funniest climax for world’s least sexy show
‘We’re pleased by the strong audience response,’ says HBO with one hand – while killing the short-lived horrorshow with the other
Sian Cain
29, Aug, 2023 @5:34 AM
Tedious, pointless, cringe-inducing: why The Idol was a failure from start to finish
Even as it aired, Sam Levinson’s disastrous erotic thriller felt like a pulpy box-office flop rescued from the archives. It was so nothingy it’s hard to even tell what its point was – if anything
Shaad D'Souza
04, Jul, 2023 @4:00 AM
The Idol, Vol 1 review – a soundtrack far superior to HBO’s sleazy show
It should be no shock that Abel ‘the Weeknd’ Tesfaye is a better musician than he is an actor, and the ugly underbelly of the show is better expressed through song
Rachel Aroesti
30, Jun, 2023 @4:22 PM
Nauseating, hateful TV: how The Idol has single-handedly resurrected torture porn
Sam Levinson’s miserable drama despises its characters – and its audience. What an utterly gruelling exercise in revelling in a protagonist’s pain
Leila Latif
14, Jun, 2023 @3:52 PM
The Weeknd review – spectacular voyage through post-apocalyptic pop
With a fire-belching, robot-enhanced stage show and 33 songs dispatched in two hours, Abel Tesfaye turns his jaded libertine image inside out with good old-fashioned thrills
Alexis Petridis
11, Jun, 2023 @2:18 PM
The Idol review – light bondage and heavy sleaze make for the ultimate try-hard TV
Starring a bizarrely blank Lily-Rose Depp, this big, dumb drama from the maker of Euphoria is desperate to be edgy – but ends up feeling boring and, well, unsexy
Rebecca Nicholson
05, Jun, 2023 @9:05 PM
‘I’m not used to seeing sex that kinky’: Is The Idol the most shocking TV of the year?
It’s undeniably pulpy and seamy – but is the show a ‘toxic man’s fantasy’, as critics have said? Or is it a candid look at sex today? As 2023’s most controversial series hits our screens, we meets its stars
Shaad D'Souza
02, Jun, 2023 @12:00 PM
Ryan Reynolds wants to expand his sports empire. Will Snoop stop him?
The actor has enjoyed huge success with Wrexham and now he is interested in the NHL’s Senators. He will face competition from two music titans though
Colin Horgan
09, May, 2023 @8:00 AM
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