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Kayleigh Donaldson’s Biography

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Writer of film and pop culture features for Screen Rant and Pajiba. Also seen at SyFy Fangrrls and Bright Wall Dark Room.

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Scots Like Us: Let's Talk About Gerard Butler and James McAvoy

Scots Like Us: Let's Talk About Gerard Butler and James McAvoy

Story time: When I was When I was 15, I took my younger sister to see The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the…

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This Week in 'Twin Peaks', The Characters Arm Wrestle With Loneliness

This Week in 'Twin Peaks', The Characters Arm Wrestle With Loneliness

I must admit, a lot of my extrapolating on Twin Peaks comes from an impossible position - part hunger, part g…

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Who Keeps Hiring Akiva Goldsman To Ruin Movies?

Who Keeps Hiring Akiva Goldsman To Ruin Movies?

When you watch as many films as I do, you get used to badness. A truly bad film can be a fascinating viewing …

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A True Hollywood Story: Let's Talk About Jessica Biel

A True Hollywood Story: Let's Talk About Jessica Biel

There are certain narratives in Hollywood that are as old as the industry itself: The child star all grown up…

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The Curious Case of 'Tulip Fever'

The Curious Case of 'Tulip Fever'

In July 2013, it was reported that director Justin Chadwick, the man behind The Other Boleyn Girl and Mandela…

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Wonder Woman's Oscar Campaign Is Not Unusual

Wonder Woman's Oscar Campaign Is Not Unusual

While it may seem too early for some to begin the ever-present debate of Oscar season in Hollywood, in realit…

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Blame the Cult for Not Letting Glenn Close Watch More Movies

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Glenn Close entered the Criterion Closet to talk about movies. The multi-Oscar nominee, who will next be seen in La Bola Negra and The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, talked about movies like Amarcord, In the Heat of the Night, and The Comfort of Strangers. She has great taste. She’s also had a bananas life. In the closet interview, she casually explains why she has a limited experience with cinema. It’s a cult’s fault! “I haven’t seen a lot of movies,” Close admitted.
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Anne Hathaway Is a Box Office Queen of 2026

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By Kayleigh Donaldson | Celebrity | October 7, 2026 Header Image Source: Getty Images The number one film at the box office this week is Verity. Adapted from the book by Colleen Hoover, one that I would generously describe as “What if Rebecca was written by someone with active contempt for the entire concept of the novel”, the movie earned an impressive $32 million in its opening weekend.
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Small Prophets blends magic and the mundane for more unhurried comic delights from the creator of Detectorists

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Michael Sleep (Pearce Quigley) lives a simple life. He works a soul-sucking job in a hardware store where he trolls the customers for kicks, then visits his doddery dad Brian (Michael Palin) in the old folk’s home before returning to his ramshackle house at the end of a cul-de-sac in suburban Manchester. This is his life, day after day, since the unexplained disappearance of his girlfriend Clea seven years prior. Without answers, he remains in perpetual limbo.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Features writing for Screen Rant and blogging for myself for several years.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

I wish!

How is social media changing news?

Everyone has an opinion. For better or worse.