Kate Hudson on nepo babies, cancel culture and Glass Onion

The Independent’s entertainment newsletter [SUBSCRIBE]( [SUBSCRIBE]( December 24, 2022 [View in browser](   A very happy Christmas Eve to one and all. I hope your day will contain multiple listens of Last Christmas by Wham, plenty of Baileys, and zero Christmas shopping, because I know mine will. We’ve had fun looking back on the year’s cultural highlights over the last few weeks. The Indy’s theatre critics [picked our favourite shows of 2022](, and I was really cheered by the sheer breadth of gems we’ve seen on stage since the year began. Personal shout outs from me to Lucy Kirkwood’s That Is Not Who I Am, Tammy Faye at the Almeida, Othello at the National Theatre and The Band’s Visit at the Donmar Warehouse – but [you’ll have to read the full list to see what bagged our top spo](t. I’m looking forward to catching up with some of the great stuff that I missed out on this year, from The Northman ([our film critic Clarisse Loughrey’s top pick of the year]() to the universally-agreed-to-be-adorable Heartstopper. That’s before I dive into my reading pile of 2023 books (of which more next week). Wishing you a wonderful Christmas, Jessie [@jessiecath]( 'Tammy Faye', 'Othello' and 'I, Joan' make our list of 2022's best theatre (Marc Brenner/Myah Jeffers/Helen Murray) This week I loved: Holly Williams's [look back at 75 years of]([A Streetcar Named Desire](. Adam White's [emergency rosé with Naomi Ackie.]( It's...... one star for Channel 4's [Vardy vs Rooney](. Amanda Whiting on TV's most relatable cliche: [breakup hair](. And... [no to]([The Holiday](.   [The Saturday Interview – Kate Hudson]( [Oscars image]( Kate Hudson stars 'Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery' (Gavin Bond) Adam White's [interview with Kate Hudson](is a dream of a read. They talked about journaling, feeling all the feelings, cancel culture, nepo babies, and her role in Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery. [Oscars image]( Kate Hudson and the cast of 'Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery' (John Wilson/Netflix) Read an extract from our Saturday Interview below… Hudson is huddled in the corner of a sofa in navy blue trousers and a matching top with flared sleeves. She looks characteristically serene and sun-kissed, her hair in long, beachy waves. There’s an urban legend among interviewers that claims your subject is more likely to open up to you if you mirror their body language – I have no idea if this is true. But within a few minutes of trying to emulate Hudson, I realise I look slightly insane. She’s always moving. On the sofa. Off the sofa. Hands pulled up into her sleeves. Hands through her hair. Feet on the table. Feet curled up under her. I call it a day. People love Kate Hudson. Men. Women. Whoever. She’s equal-opportunity crush material: a symbol of airy, cultured bonhomie. I ponder out loud if the adoration is a side effect of her romcoms, but she’s not sure. How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days and Raising Helen did, though, cement her as a kind of metropolitan, mid-Noughties dream girl. Then again, there’s also Almost Famous, with her rock-star muse Penny Lane – so luminous that you’d happily follow her to whatever dingy music venue she felt drawn to. You’d at least want to hang out with her as she shopped for fur-lined jackets. Hudson concedes that those parts may have aided the love-ins she inspires. But she also thinks people gravitate towards her because she’s “imperfect”. [Read the full interview here](   Weekend Shelf-Care Weekend Shelf-Care Katy Hessel I've been avidly following Katy Hessel's wonderful @thegreatwomenartists Instagram account for years, in which she champions the work of overlooked and underserved female artists. Her book, The Story of Art Without Men, draws up a new creative canon redressing the balance and was recently named Waterstones Book of the Year. Thank me later but if you need to buy a last minute pressie, this book would make a pretty good one. A book I recently read and loved is… I recently read – and loved – Nell Dunn's 1964 classic Talking to Women, consisting of brilliantly honest conversations between Dunn and nine of her friends about life in their late 20s/ early 30s. Talking to Women raises and answers some of the most important yet challenging questions one must inevitably face at certain junctures of life, and is an unfiltered insight to life for women in the 1960s. My three fantasy literary dinner party guests would be… Deborah Levy, Gertrude Stein, Joan Didion. Not finishing books: my stance is… Listen to it instead, walking anywhere you can get it done! My writing routine is… Write when it comes to you – in the moment is always best. Katy Hessel is the author of Waterstones Book of the Year 'The Story of Art without Men', which is published by Hutchinson Heinemann and out now   Enjoying this newsletter? Unlock unlimited, ad-free reading on the website and in The Independent app when you subscribe – plus, benefit from our [welcome offer when you join today](.   What to watch this weekend [I Hate Suzie Too]( The return of Billie Piper and [Lucy Prebble]('s I Hate Suzie is a Christmas gift if there ever was one. This [new three-parter]( is just as good as the first time round. Another series, please! [I Wanna Dance With Somebody]( This Whitney biopic, released in cinemas on Boxing Day, is a celebration of those utterly phenomenal pipes. And it also features a stunning lead performance from [Naomi Ackie](. [Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery]( Rian Johnson's Knives Out sequel, starring Daniel Craig and [Kate Hudson](, arrived on Netflix this week. 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