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Ed Power

Ed Power is an Irish journalist who writes about music, video games and other pop culture ephemera.

<p>A one-person anxiety-relief system: Owen Wilson at the ‘Stick’ premiere</p>
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We should be grateful for the zen stylings of Owen Wilson

<p>Sylvester Stallone and Estelle Getty in ‘Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot’</p>
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The worst 90s comedies, from Flubber to Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot

<p>Guy Ritchie and John Krasinski on the set of ‘Fountain of Youth’</p>
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Guy Ritchie’s decision to give up the geezer act is a stroke of genius

<p>The winter soldier: Sebastian Stan in ‘Thunderbolts*’</p>
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How Thunderbolts’ Sebastian Stan became Marvel’s MVP

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Doctor Who defies the naysayers and returns in triumph

<p>Ncuti Gatwa and Varada Sethu in the Tardis</p>
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How Doctor Who lost its mojo – and how it can get it back

<p>Tom Hardy keeps it moody in ‘MobLand’</p>
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Guy Ritchie and Tom Hardy’s crime drama MobLand is a misfire

<p>In trouble?: Will Smith performs tracks from his new album in March</p>
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Will Smith’s rap comeback could be a sign of a career in freefall

<p>Father and daughter reunion: Dennis Quaid and Annaleigh Ashford in ‘Happy Face’</p>
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Dennis Quaid is brilliantly creepy in this serial killer thriller

<p>Decades of leather trousers and gloomy practitioners are being embraced by a new generation </p>
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Goth is back and for good reasons: Inside the gothic revival

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Unforgotten is back and it’s as gripping and grisly as ever

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The mysterious disappearance of Manic Street Preachers’ Richey Edwards

<p>Mo Amer as Mo (left) and Ralph Barbosa as Fernando</p>
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Mo season two is the best possible riposte to Donald Trump’s worldview

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Mo season two is the best possible riposte to Donald Trump’s worldview

<p>Mo Amer as Mo (left) and Ralph Barbosa as Fernando</p>
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The Crow Girl brings a Scandi chill to the West Country

<p>Liam and Noel Gallagher are hoping to stage a comeback, much as Ian Brown’s Stone Roses did in 2011 </p>
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What Oasis can learn from the Stone Roses reunion

<p>Gilet makes his debut as the lead detective </p>
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Death in Paradise’s Don Gilet shines as new sleuth in baffling special

<p>Pedal to the metal: Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit and Linkin Park’s new vocalist Emily Armstrong </p>
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From Linkin Park to Limp Bizkit, how nu-metal is making a comeback

<p>Pedal to the metal: Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit and Linkin Park’s new vocalist Emily Armstrong </p>
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From Linkin Park to Limp Bizkit, how nu-metal is making a comeback

<p>Eagles frontman Don Henley in 1985</p>
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How Don Henley bounced back from Eagles breakup to make a classic

<p>The Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) and Mel (Bonnie Langford) in ‘Doctor Who’ </p>
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After all the hype, Doctor Who ends on a big let-down in episode 8

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Theresa May’s awkward dance enters the Whoniverse in latest Doctor Who

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New Doctor Who episode marks groundbreaking first for series

<p>Dark side doppelganger: Amandla Stenberg double roles in the series as Osha and her rogue twin Mae </p>
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Atrociously creaky dialogue stunts ambitious Star Wars: The Acolyte

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In Doctor Who: Dot and Bubble, Russell T Davies goes all Black Mirror

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Doctor Who episode 73 Yards is a five-star knockout all day long

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Doctor Who’s ‘Boom’ – bit of a damp squib only saved by terrific cast

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In Doctor Who: Dot and Bubble, Russell T Davies goes all Black Mirror

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Doctor Who episode 73 Yards is a five-star knockout all day long

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Doctor Who’s ‘Boom’ – bit of a damp squib only saved by terrific cast

<p>Spacey was found not guilty of nine sexual offences said to have occurred between 2001 and 2013</p>
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Spacey Unmasked is a devastating study of the power dynamics of fame

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Spacey Unmasked is a devastating study of the power dynamics of fame

<p>Spacey was found not guilty of nine sexual offences said to have occurred between 2001 and 2013</p>
<p>Soggy sleuth: Ralf Little, the latest lead detective in ‘Death in Paradise’ </p>
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The 20 best episodes of Death in Paradise, ranked

<p>Before he was famous: A young Cillian Murphy chats to Ireland’s RTE about his band, Sons of Mr Green Genes</p>
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How the 1990s Cork music scene helped make Cillian Murphy a star

<p>The title screen for the cult 1992 video game ‘Dune II: The Battle for Arrakis’</p>
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How a revolutionary video game rescued Dune from obscurity

<p>We think of the Pet Shop Boys as pop’s arch-ironists</p>
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Why nobody does poker-faced pop better than The Pet Shop Boys

<p>We think of the Pet Shop Boys as pop’s arch-ironists</p>
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Why nobody does poker-faced pop better than The Pet Shop Boys

<p>Netflix has a huge catalogue of dramas, sitcoms, cartoons and sci-fi series </p>
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The best shows to watch on Netflix

<p>Billy Joel, pictured here through the years, has always been his own harshest critic, with no interest in that traditional rock star pursuit of self-mythologising</p>
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Welcome back Billy Joel – you were always much better than we made out

<p>Netflix hits (clockwise from top right): ‘Malcolm & Marie’, ‘The Irishman’, ‘Marriage Story’ and ‘Extraction’</p>
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The 50 best original films to watch on Netflix, ranked

<p>The pairing of Doctor and companion feels right in the hands of Millie Gibson and Ncuti Gatwa </p>
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Charismatic Ncuti Gatwa knocks it out of the park in Doctor Who

<p>Brie Larson in ‘The Marvels'</p>
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Marvel naysayers should be careful what they wish for

<p>Iain De Caestecker as Arthur and Nathaniel Martello-White as Merlin in ITV’s gory drama </p>
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The Winter King brings King Arthur for our times: dark, gloomy violent

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Fun and fright factor are dialled up in Doctor Who

<p>The Beatles, New Order, Queen: whether they like it or not, some bands simply can’t top their Greatest Hits </p>
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Alan Partridge was right. The best Beatles album is the Greatest Hits

<p>Times that bind: David Tennant’s Doctor and companion, Donna Noble, have reunited for the show’s 60th anniversary </p>
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Doctor Who: Wild Blue Yonder review – Totally weird and wonderful

<p>Wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey: Tennant and Russell T Davies offer up old-school ‘Doctor Who’, appealing to fans both young and old </p>
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David Tennant is back and gloriously eccentric in Doctor Who

<p>Is this the end of Radiohead? Die-hard fans seem to think so </p>
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Is Yorke and Greenwood’s new album for The Smile the end of Radiohead?

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Is Yorke and Greenwood’s new album for The Smile the end of Radiohead?

<p>Is this the end of Radiohead? Die-hard fans seem to think so </p>
<p>Roxanne Pallett on ‘Celebrity Big Brother’ in August 2018</p>
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Big Brother returns: Can a flogged-to-death reality horse ride again?

<p>‘Acting for video games is acting, pure and simple’: Keanu Reeves as Johnny Silverhand in the 2021 video game ‘Cyberpunk 2077’</p>
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How A-listers got over the embarrassment of starring in video games

<p>Rather than looking back, the Stones roll ever onward</p>
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Is this The Rolling Stones’ last chance to make another great album?

<p>What may have happened when Rishi Sunak basked in the glory of his alleged favourite pop star Taylor Swift</p>
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The PM’s a Taylor Swift super-fan? Oh, shake it off, Rishi...

<p>What may have happened when Rishi Sunak basked in the glory of his alleged favourite pop star Taylor Swift</p>
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The PM’s a Taylor Swift super-fan? Oh, shake it off, Rishi...

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Rock of ages: Why Springsteen and Jagger never seem to grow old

<p>Disco 2000 (and 23): Britpop has been showing surprising signs of life </p>
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Can Blur really be cool again? Inside the strange rebirth of Britpop

<p>Sinéad O’Connor tearing up the picture of the Pope on ‘Saturday Night Live’ </p>
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The day Sinéad O’Connor tore up a photo of the Pope

<p>Technical glitches forced the French arm of Ticketmaster to halt Taylor Swift ticket sales while some 700,000 people were still in the queue</p>
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Phones, ashes and Ticketmaster woe: How live gigs became a living hell

<p>The former ‘This Morning’ presenter in one of his final appearances on the programme in April</p>
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The inside story of Phillip Schofield’s shocking downfall

<p>The Thrills in London, 2004 </p>
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‘It was bewildering’: The Thrills on their flash-in-a-pan success

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How Gen Z fell for and reinvented quiet-loud indie rock

Clockwise from top left: Bob Dylan, Kate Bush, Kendrick Lamar, Stevie Nicks
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The 40 greatest song lyrics of all time

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‘Wish you weren’t here’: The Pink Floyd feud shows no sign of easing

<p>In terms of capturing the spirit of its time, ‘100th Window’ is an essential entry in the band’s catalogue</p>
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Was Massive Attack’s 100th Window a misunderstood masterpiece?

<p>Presley’s life story challenges the idea that the children of the rich and famous have won a figurative lottery</p>
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Lisa Marie Presley proved why the ‘nepo baby’ title is so reductive

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Lisa Marie Presley proved why the ‘nepo baby’ title is so reductive

<p>Presley’s life story challenges the idea that the children of the rich and famous have won a figurative lottery</p>
<p>If in doubt, goes the logic, rip your ex to shreds – and watch the public come running for more</p>
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From Miley Cyrus to Taylor Swift: How pop singers get their revenge

<p>The doctor is out: Martin Clunes is making his final appearance as Doc Martin in a new Christmas special </p>
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Grouching Tiger: How grumpy Doc Martin became a TV phenomenon

<p>Michael Bublé’s jingling bells are woven into the fabric of life itself on a sub-atomic level every Christmas</p>
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How Michael Bublé ate Christmas, one silky standard at a time

<p>How can a series that gets so much right fail consistently at the same thing?: ‘Iron Man 2’, ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ and ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ </p>
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Marvel can’t do sequels – Wakanda Forever is further proof

<p>How can a series that gets so much right fail consistently at the same thing?: ‘Iron Man 2’, ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ and ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ </p>
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Marvel can’t do sequels – Wakanda Forever is further proof

<p>Clockwise from top left: ‘Strictly’, ‘Fawlty Towers’, ‘Killing Eve’, ‘Doctor Who’</p>
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The 20 best ever shows on the BBC

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How Super Mario Bros doomed video-game movies for a generation

<p>L-R: Rina Sawayama, Sports Team, Beyonce, Lizzo and Florence and the Machine</p>
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How post-pandemic pop is carrying us from escapism to euphoria

<p>Jarde Leto performing with Thirty Seconds to Mars in 2018</p>
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Is Thirty Seconds to Mars the biggest vanity project in Hollywood?

<p>‘Stranger Things’ has introduced a younger generation to the popular tabletop roleplaying game </p>
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Can Dungeons & Dragons banish its racism problem?

<p>Keith Flint, frontman of The Prodigy, who were one of the most essential forces of their era </p>
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How The Prodigy’s The Fat of the Land fell out of favour

<p>Streaming superheroes: the stars of ‘Loki’, ‘The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’, ‘Ms Marvel’, ‘Hawkeye’ and ‘Moon Knight’ </p>
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Have Marvel’s TV misfires permanently damaged the MCU?

<p>Charli XCX’s cult fanbase danced as one </p>
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Charli XCX’s Olympia Dublin show was pop as an out-of-body experience

<p>Bold, bouncy and irresistibly breezy: Tobey Maguire in Sam Raimi’s ‘Spider-Man’ </p>
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Along came a Spider-Man: How Sam Raimi reinvented the movie superhero

<p>Midlake: ‘There was a big, overarching theme of loss and of finding purpose or creating purpose. That was something that was very palpable to the band and, obviously, to people around the world'</p>
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Midlake: ‘If we’re going to do this, it needs to be on our own terms’

Clockwise from top left: Sherlock, Skins, Broadchurch and Big Brother
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The best UK TV shows of every year this century

<p>Three decades on, it’s easy to forget just how mutually opposed the two movements were</p>
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Why the grunge gods beat the Britpop casualties, 30 years on

<p>The enigmatic Aphex Twin (Richard James), photographed in 1992</p>
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‘This is not music’: 30 years of Aphex Twin’s Selected Ambient Works

<p>Flushing through the snow: The 1999 ‘South Park’ comedy album ‘Mr Hankey’s Christmas Classics'</p>
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Why the weird festive album is going to save Christmas

<p>Teen Spirit: Pom Pom Squad</p>
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Pom Pom Squad’s Mia Berrin: ‘I’ve love the cheerleader character’

<p>The Long Blondes in 2009</p>
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Giddy stratospheres: How The Long Blondes saved landfill indie

<p>Flushing through the snow: The 1999 ‘South Park’ comedy album ‘Mr Hankey’s Christmas Classics'</p>
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Why the weird festive album is going to save Christmas

<p>Teen Spirit: Pom Pom Squad</p>
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Pom Pom Squad’s Mia Berrin: ‘I’ve love the cheerleader character’

<p>The Long Blondes in 2009</p>
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Giddy stratospheres: How The Long Blondes saved landfill indie

<p>To be perfectly blunt: the singer has turned online hate into comedy gold on Twitter </p>
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How popstars gave themselves a free pass by being ‘in on the joke’

<p>‘Radiohead still sound like Radiohead and Coldplay like Coldplay'</p>
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Coldplay v Radiohead: Who really finished on top?

<p>Jack White and Alicia Keys perform ‘Another Way to Die'</p>
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Is ‘Another Way to Die’ the weirdest Bond theme ever?

<p>Cyberpunk groove: Kylie Minogue in the iconic video for ‘Can’t Get You Out of My Head'</p>
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‘Can’t Get You Out of My Head’ is 20, and the best of 21st century pop

<p>Metallica (L-R) Kirk Hammett, Lars Ulrich(back to camera) James Hetfield, Jason Newsted on the Nowhere Else to Roam tour, 1993 </p>
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All that matters: How Metallica’s Black Album changed metal forever

<p>Halsey performs at the Aria Awards in 2019</p>
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Why isn’t Halsey a household name?

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The 40 best feel-good summer hits, ranked

<p>Enigmatic meets earnest: Justin Vernon and Taylor Swift</p>
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Justin Vernon and Taylor Swift – a pop friendship for the ages

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