That's Entertainment: The new-look Indy Arts Newsletter

[View in browser]( [The Independent]( [Culture] That's Entertainment: The Indy Arts Newsletter Written by Alexandra Pollard | March 19, 2021 Hello, Welcome to our new and improved entertainment newsletter! The culture desk's newsletter used to be automated, and sent out every Monday. From today, it'll be personally curated each week by me, deputy culture editor Alexandra Pollard, and sent out on Fridays – just in time for you to decide what to watch over the weekend. Be sure to keep scrolling to see our reviews of the week, as well as a recommendation of what to binge. It's been quite the week for entertainment records being broken. First, history was made a few times over at the Grammys. Beyonce's 28th win made her the most awarded female artist ever ([her nine-year-old daughter Blue Ivy]( only managed a measly one Grammy, for her writing credit for “Brown Skin Girl”, so she really must try harder). Taylor Swift, meanwhile, became the first female artist to win Album of the Year three times – she snagged it for [her surprise album Folklore](. But there were one or two or 10 elephants in the room, namely over race, inclusivity and lack of voting transparency. You can read about that and more in our US culture reporter Rachel Brodsky's [analysis of the ceremony here.]( Beyonce and Megan Thee Stallion at the Grammys And history was made again when the [2021 Oscar nominations]( were announced. The Academy has historically had tunnel vision for films by, about and starring white men – but it seems like [the tide might be turning.]( This was the first time two women have been nominated for Best Director (only five women in total have ever been nominated), with Chloe Zhao for Nomadland and Emerald Fennell for Promising Young Woman; and it was also the most diverse Oscars ever, with nine of the 20 acting nominees from ethnic minority backgrounds. But as our lead film critic Clarisse Loughrey pointed out, [that doesn't necessarily mean things have changed for good.]( Be sure to look out for our interview with the Minari cast this weekend; the tale of Korean immigrants trying to live the American dream has been nominated for Best Picture, and in a bunch of other categories too. As for TV, everyone's talking about Line of Duty's imminent return. [Our Saturday Interview last weekend was with this season's leading guest star Kelly MacDonald](, who likened it to playing Bond. She confessed to not having seen the show before landing her role in it – she gets “really stubborn” when people tell her something's good, she told Fiona Sturges – but now she gets what all the fuss is about. Meanwhile, our arts columnist Micha Frazer-Caroll looked at [why we're all talking about the noughties](, as well as how [rent-a-gob Piers Morgan hacked the outrage industry.]( We also ran [this excellent Ghost World retrospective,]( as the cult film's (can you believe it?) 20th anniversary approaches. Promising Young Woman director Emerald Fennell (middle) with her stars Carey Mulligan (left) and Laverne Cox (right) [Line of Duty]( If you start now and don't stop until Sunday evening, you might just be able to catch up with all the twists and turns of Jed Mercurio's police procedure phenomenon. You won't regret it. Film of the week – [Zack Snyder's Justice League]( This new cut of the DC film is an exhausting four-hour behemoth that has all the joys of watching meat being pulverised. [Read the full review here]( TV show of the week – [Caroline Flack: Her Life and Death]( This hour-long documentary remembers the TV presenter, who died by suicide just over a year ago, through archive footage and interviews with her mother, twin sister, close friends and colleagues. [Read the full review here]( Album of the week – Lana Del Rey: Chemtrails over the Country Club On her delicate, breezy seventh album Del Rey takes you for an escapist spin into her dreamy, retro-romantic world. [Read the full review here]( Stories you might like [This year’s Oscars won’t let nominees attend via Zoom]( [This year’s Oscars won’t let nominees attend via Zoom]( [Billie Eilish unveils ‘new era’ with blonde hairstyle in record-breaking Instagram post]( Billie Eilish unveils ‘new era’ with blonde hairstyle in record-breaking Instagram post]( The full Independent perspective Save 30% when you subscribe today. 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