1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (1171+ words) When I discovered I was pregnant I was working as a strippergram. Men love pregnant women: I could probably have gone on until I was nine months gone without a murmur of protest. But when the punters’ first question changed…...

15+ hour, 41+ min ago   (573+ words) Ever been to a terrible dinner party? This one might give yours a run for its money. Based on a 2004 bestseller by Saskia Noort, the new Dutch thriller The Perfect Lie centres around the fripperies of a supper club. The…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (901+ words) When James Gunn announced Lanterns, he promised that it would be a grounded cop show in the style of True Detective. At the time, it seemed like Gunn was simply trying to distance his burgeoning new Green Lantern project from…...

17+ hour, 26+ min ago   (685+ words) For months now, fans have wondered where Lady Gaga and tech CEO fiancé Michael Polansky have been. One of the most famous and successful singer-songwriters of all time, Gaga, real name Stefani Germanotta, 40, has been ‘missing’ since the end of…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (389+ words) Bethany Platt (Lucy Fallon) has a tough conversation ahead of her when she visits Sarah Platt (Tina O’Brien) in prison in Coronation Street next week. Sarah is currently behind bars awaiting trial for the murder of Theo Silverton, and though…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (739+ words) Chris Cantrill just won the ‘Oscars of live comedy’ for his Edinburgh Fringe show Rewildling, and he’s spending the £10,000 prize money on a new chimney. (He’d already booked the holiday, don’t worry.) ‘More of it than you would think is…...

1+ day, 38+ min ago   (206+ words) Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Lady Gaga has become a mum! According to sources close to the 40-year-old Oscar winner, she has welcomed her first child with her fiancé, Michael Polansky. At the time of writing, neither Gaga nor Polansky has publicly spoken…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (365+ words) Star Wars strategy game Zero Company has reignited a reader’s love of the franchise, not just through its gameplay but its surprisingly good storytelling. I finished Star Wars Zero Company in three days. I can’t remember the last time that…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (458+ words) Billy Fletcher (Jay Kontzle) should know by know that there are very little depths to which Joe Tate (Ned Porteous) won’t sink in Emmerdale but even by Joe’s typical standards, what he does next is beyond cruel. The Home Farm…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (1309+ words) Saturday Night Live UK is, for want of a better word, enormous. Debuting earlier this year after much fanfare — but also a fair amount of doubt and cynicism — its cast of actors and comedians have proved themselves to be exactly…...