On the show today…
More than 100 British actors and public figures have put their names to an open letter calling for better onscreen representation of older women, here’s everything you need to know.
And after weeks of it dominating news headlines, the defamation trial between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard is coming to an end, but even a last-minute piece of damming information can’t change the public outcome.
Plus, right now we are living in the Tom Cruise renaissance period, spurned on this week with the incredible performance of Top Gun: Maverick at the global box office. But when you look back at Tom Cruise’s controversial career, it looks like he was playing a long game when it comes to tricking the public into forgetting his past.
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