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Mutiny on the Bounty true story: what the 1789 record says that three Hollywood versions didn't
Three Hollywood studios have filmed the 1789 mutiny on HMS Bounty, and all three agreed on who the villain was. The ship's log, the court-martial minutes and the Pitcairn records tell a different story about William Bligh, Fletcher Christian and what actually happened after the launch was cut loose.
September 19, 2026 9:01 pm
Thought House of Cards was dark? The villain arc you didn’t see was darker
Cody Fern says his House of Cards character was rewritten after Kevin Spacey’s exit — and the darker version you were meant to see never reached screen.
September 18, 2026 9:54 am
Last Meals gets second helpings: Tessa Thompson and Michael Shannon join Mads Mikkelsen, Boyd Holbrook
Last Meals, the prison drama led by Mads Mikkelsen as a death-row chef, has added two more heavy-hitters — and the line-up’s looking tastier by the minute.
September 14, 2026 9:42 pm
Law & Order lands on Netflix on 25 September and stops at a crossover that ends on Peacock
Law & Order Season 25 has bagged a new streaming home this month, landing just weeks before the franchise’s line-up shake-up and Season 26 return.
September 12, 2026 9:46 pm
MasterChef season 3: where are they now? The winner came back to the show — as a judge
Where the cast of MasterChef US season 3 ended up — winner Christine Hà's restaurants, bestselling cookbook, and unprecedented move to the judges' table, plus what became of runner-up Josh Marks, Monti Carlo, Becky Reams, and the rest of the 2012 line-up.
September 10, 2026 6:34 pm
Ad Vitam is now Netflix's ninth most-watched non-English film ever, with 38% on Rotten Tomatoes
At just 98 minutes, an action thriller starring Guillaume Canet has blown past expectations on streaming, barging into the all-time biggest hits.
September 7, 2026 9:39 pm
Marvel has pulled Nova off Disney+ and handed him to the man writing Secret Wars
A Marvel hero with serious Guardians of the Galaxy links is headed for a solo big-screen spin — and it’s probably not who you’ve got in mind.
September 6, 2026 7:00 pm
Penny vanished from two Big Bang Theory episodes while Cuoco signed amputation papers
Kaley Cuoco may have made showbiz’s most famous good-luck line feel bruisingly literal — and the how is the kicker.
September 5, 2026 5:29 pm
What MasterChef judge died? The news came the day before his new season was due to premiere
Jock Zonfrillo, one of the three judges on MasterChef Australia, was found dead in a Melbourne hotel in the early hours of 30 April 2023. He was 46. Season 15 — which he had already filmed — was scheduled to premiere the following night.
September 4, 2026 10:26 pm
Jobs on the line in the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger — and Clooney backs Ruffalo
At Venice, George Clooney waded into the Paramount–Warner Bros. merger row, backing Mark Ruffalo against a controversial accusation.
September 2, 2026 9:39 pm
What are MasterChef UK winners doing now? One turned the trophy into a nationwide restaurant chain
The BBC has crowned an amateur champion every year since MasterChef was revived in 2005. That's 22 trophies and 22 very different afterwards — some went straight into professional kitchens, some kept the day job, and one built a restaurant group.
September 2, 2026 4:26 pm
Which MasterChef season is best? We scored every season on cooks, drama and finales — one ran away with it
Which MasterChef season is the best one to watch? We ranked the seasons on cooking talent, drama and finale quality to settle the argument — and explain what made the winner untouchable.
August 27, 2026 10:52 pm
Bring bug spray: Samara Weaving and Nicholas Braun battle killer wasps in new thriller movie
Killer wasps are the latest on-screen menace for Samara Weaving and Nicholas Braun, in a small-town environmental thriller now in production with Ciarán Foy and Amazon MGM Studios.
August 27, 2026 3:19 pm
MasterChef season 10: where are they now? The contestant everyone knows today didn't even win
Twenty home cooks, one $250,000 prize, and Gordon Ramsay, Aarón Sánchez, and Joe Bastianich on the judging line. Season 10 of the American MasterChef ran on Fox from 29 May to 18 September 2019. Seven years on, the name most people would recognise from that cast finished third.
August 21, 2026 2:51 pm
What happens at the end of The Bear?
The Bear finished with 21 Emmys and five seasons. FX released all eight episodes of the last one on Hulu on 25 June 2026, having already confirmed the show was ending. Seven of those episodes cover a single day of service. The eighth covers the morning after.
August 20, 2026 3:03 pm
The Bear left MCU’s Will Poulter changed for good — and he explains why
MCU’s Will Poulter says landing The Bear wasn’t luck — he asked to be let in — and the result left him seeing food and cooking in a new light.
August 20, 2026 1:05 am
The Kitchen Nightmares moments where Gordon likes the food: once, he even cleared the plate
Across the British and American runs, Gordon Ramsay has spat food into napkins, tipped plates into bins, and — at a soul food restaurant in New Jersey — gone to the lavatory to be sick. Approval is the exception, and fans have spent years cataloguing it.
August 19, 2026 6:33 pm
The End of Oak Street saw its ending rewritten at the last minute
Anne Hathaway says The End of Oak Street wasn’t a one-draft wonder.
August 17, 2026 11:15 pm
Which MasterChef contestants have died? The losses span the US, UK and beyond
The MasterChef format airs in dozens of countries, and over two decades thousands of home cooks have passed through its kitchens. A small number of former contestants have since died — here's who the franchise has lost.
August 15, 2026 4:34 pm
What rank is Joe in Special Ops: Lioness — and why does everyone defer to her?
It's one of the most-searched questions about Taylor Sheridan's spy thriller, and it has a slightly cheeky answer: Joe doesn't have a rank. She's not in the military at all. Here's how her authority actually works — and why soldiers, spooks, and politicians all fall in line when she talks.
August 12, 2026 3:16 pm
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