Spies bring us in from cold

It’s amazing how some of the best television drama remains engrossing, despite the fact that the viewer doesn’t have the foggiest what’s actually going on for much of the time. Monday’s new SoHo spy drama Restless is opaque from start to finish, but in the crisp, elegant tradition of British espionage tales, the style carries us over the mystery of substance.

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‘Incredibly emotional’: Michelle Fairley on GoT shocker

Catelyn Stark would be heartbroken to see where her children have ended up, says Michelle Fairley, who plays the honourable-to-a-fault Lady Stark in Game of Thrones. Speaking to Vulture, Fairley reveals what it was like filming the aptly named Red Wedding scenes, which saw the demise of several key characters of the popular fantasy HBO series.

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In defence of Gwenyth Paltrow

OPINION: Gwyneth Paltrow was recently named the most irritating celebrity in Hollywood by a team of people who are probs very insightful, educated and unbiased. She beat out other “annoying” (otherwise known as successful and not Jennifer Lawrence) women, including Kristen Stewart, Jennifer Lopez and Angelina Jolie for the top spot, so congrats I guess It’s not unusual for people (read: Jezebel staffers and Buzzfeed contributors) to take the anti-Paltrow position; she’s thin, white, wealthy, privileged and friends with Jay-Z and Beyonc

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Her Fighting Chance Michelle Rodriguez was an extra a few years ago. The boxing drama Girlfight could make her a star

By In 1998, it looked as though the movie world was about to knock Michelle Rodriguez out of the ring. The would-be actress was living with her mother in Jersey City, N.J., and laboring as an extra in movies like Summer of Sam; the thankless, anonymous work was wearing her out

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