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Mary Kenny Opinion The ‘change’ in attitudes to menopause is welcome – but it’s now wrongly viewed as a disease

When I was in my 20s, my aunt called me “disgraceful” for using the word “menopause” in mixed company.

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Pat Stacey Opinion The Martha Mitchell Effect review: Watergate hero paid the price for telling the truth

The title of documentary The Martha Mitchell Effect (Netflix, since Friday) can be interpreted in two ways.

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Tim Cook’s team at two-trillion-dollar Apple continues to keep the media sector guessing

Ever since Apple launched its Apple TV digital media player on the market back in 2007, the media and entertainment industries have struggled when it comes to second-guessing some of the tech giant’s peripheral moves and ambitions. Having already upended the global music market with the launch of iTunes in 2001, many had expected Apple to do the same in the entertainment world.

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Netflix, Mubi or Hayu: Which streaming service is the best for you?

Infinite choice might have seemed like utopia a few years ago before the streaming market exploded and offered everyone hours upon hours of telly that was all apparently required viewing. When did watching TV become an endurance test or an arduous piece of homework that had to be finished? When did we start completing shows as if they were video games rather than treating them as enjoyable and sometimes life-changing works of art? Is all this variety actually just an extra headache that we need to take control over? Is there only really a handful of shows that are actually decent, papering over the river of dross?

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Lorraine Courtney Opinion Nightlife isn’t just about pubs and clubs – retail, arts and culture can reap the rewards of late opening too

Rod Stewart once said something along the lines of, “I went to New Zealand – it was closed.” Rod was joking. But there’s a serious point in there: a truly great city, or indeed town, never sleeps. Every vibrant city has a bustling nightlife.

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Single Drunk Female is a timely comedy well worth bingeing on

Single Drunk Female Disney+

Why the great post-pandemic unsubscription is under way

There’s a song on the new Arcade Fire album that references subscription fatigue. Here are the opening lines: “I unsubscribe, I unsubscribe, This ain’t no way of life, I don’t believe the hype.” Subscription services grew like wildfire during the pandemic. But the indications are that individuals are cutting ties with streaming services. And the hype around the subscription economy may be evaporating.

Netflix will be ‘moved on’ if it tries to film Harry and Meghan at queen’s celebrations

Netflix camera crews have not been accredited for Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee, and will be “moved on” if they set up to film Prince Harry and Meghan Markle from public areas.

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Why are some TV shows like Stranger Things 4 and Conversations with Friends just so damn looooong?

Stranger Things is, as has been pointed out numerous times already, a love letter by its creators, identical twins Matt and Ross Duffer, to the sci-fi and horror films, TV shows and books of the 1980s that they devoured when growing up.

Sick of being ‘commodified’ — Ian Bailey plans own series on Sophie Toscan du Plantier murder

Ian Bailey, the former chief suspect in the murder of Sophie Tuscan du Plantier, says he plans to produce his own podcast and documentary series about the infamous killing.

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As Obi Wan Kenobi and Stranger Things drop today, it’s clear Netflix and Disney+ are locked in a battle for the streaming galaxy

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away – well, OK, back in 2007 in a place called Los Gatos in California – Netflix, unveiled its powerful new weapon: video on demand, otherwise known as streaming.

The internet cookie is crumbling and a new digital ad space is now emerging from the wreckage

Third-party cookies used to be the building blocks of digital advertising. They captured interactions and preferences; powered personalisation, retargeting and tailored messages; they tracked conversion and attribution.

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Adrian Weckler Opinion Don’t be so quick to write off tech stocks: they’ve got fundamentals

In the 1987 film Wall Street, Hal Holbrook’s moralistic character, Lou Mannheim, takes Charlie Sheen’s impetuous young Bud Fox to one side.

Pat Stacey Opinion The Pentaverate review: Myers’s puerile comedy is far from groovy, baby

IF you’re looking for reasons why Netflix has been losing subscribers lately, you could start with The Pentaverate, Mike Myers’s bloated, painfully awful six-part conspiracy comedy.

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The name is Bond. James Bond. But just who is going to be the next 007 – and do we even need one?

Daniel Craig is done with James Bond . For more than half his five-film tenure with the 007 franchise — beginning with 2006’s Casino Royale and ending with last year’s No Time To Die — the actor repeatedly expressed a desire to quit the iconic role. “I’ve been trying to get out of this from the very moment I got into it,” he told Rolling Stone back in 2012, shortly before the release of Skyfall.

Chappelle attacked after man with replica gun rushes stage

Comedian Dave Chappelle was attacked by a man who rushed onstage while he was performing at a Los Angeles venue, police have confirmed.

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‘North is bonkers, but better days are coming’ – Joe Brolly sits down with Sinn Féin’s John Finucane

Ciarán, a friend from west Belfast, tells a story about the 2011 council elections. The Éirigí candidate (a Republican party opposed to the peace process) knocked at his door.

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Streaming review: How Abercrombie’s ‘white hot’ supremacism was its downfall

White Hot: The Rise & Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch Netflix

Netflix freeloaders on borrowed time as competition ups the ante

It’s been a bad week for your ex-partner’s brother’s girlfriend.

How Selling Sunset became TV’s most addictive reality show

At a lavish event in a Hollywood Hills mansion listed for nearly £33m, estate agents – and stars of Netflix’s Selling Sunset – Chrishell Stause and Christine Quinn are facing off.

Netflix shares tumble as company unexpectedly loses subscribers

Global streaming giant Netflix on Tuesday reported losing subscribers for the first time in more than a decade and predicted more contraction in the second quarter, a rare miss for a company that has been a reliable growth engine for investors.

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Pat Stacey: There’s never been so much TV, but it’s never been more expensive to watch

IT’S human nature for some people to take an interest in certain things only when they’re directly affected by them. It’s also human nature for some people to misunderstand things that are pretty straightforward.

Stranger Things season 4: Everything we learned from the exciting new trailer

Brace yourself to head back into the Upside Down while doing your best to avoid the dreaded Demogorgons.

Obituary: Michael Tighe, siege of Jadotville veteran who fought for recognition of fellow soldiers’ courage

Army veteran Michael Tighe, who has died at the age of 83 , was one of the last of the Irish soldiers involved in the September 1961 Siege at Jadotville in the Congo, which was the subject of a widely praised Netflix film in 2016 starring Jamie Dornan as company commander, the late Pat Quinlan.

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Reviews: Can the House of Windsor survive its imperial history and 21st century scandals?

George V: Never a Dull Moment Jane Ridley Chatto & Windus, €21.99

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Emma Kelly Opinion Netflix’s The Ultimatum: Mocking marriage with the spectacle of a dating show

With the proliferation of dating shows such as Married At First Sight and Love Is Blind, a common complaint is that they make a joke of marriage and that people want a sponsorship deal rather than an actual legal spouse.

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Streaming reviews: Lizzo’s body positivity is like being beaten over the head with inspo bumper stickers

Watch Out for the Big Grrrls Amazon

Staying in this weekend? Here are two fun new Netflix films you might enjoy

Today sees not one but two new Netflix original movies debut. Both are fun, in very distinct ways.

Brendan O'Connor Opinion ‘Maybe the virus had bypassed the obvious stuff and was going straight for my heart?’

You’d think at this stage I’d have nothing new to learn about being stuck in the house, but you’d be surprised. Here are my lessons from Covid isolation:

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Streaming reviews: Penetrating Netflix portrait captures the enigmatic genius of Andy Warhol

The Andy Warhol Diaries Netflix