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The Devil Wears Prada 2’s real villain is Anne Hathaway’s criminally boring boyfriend Peter

The Devil Wears Prada 2’s real villain is Anne Hathaway’s criminally boring boyfriend Peter

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter The heterosexual male is about as welcome in the world of The Devil Wears Prada as a tofu burger at a hog roast. No, we don’t want dudes here, with their cynicism, tedium and neutral wardrobes. We want severe bobs and couture. We want Law Roach attempting to act. We want Balenciaga! The new sequel posits Lucy Liu as the saviour of the universe, which is somehow the fruitiest thing in a movie that features Stanley Tucci sporting a jaunty pocket square. So why does The Devil Wears Prada 2, a follow-up far better than one might imagine for a 20-years-later “let’s get the gang back together” escapade, also insist on including the most criminally tedious heterosexual male to ever appear in a mainstream movie? Seemingly bred in a lab to make us all forgive original Devil Wears Prada boyfriend Adrian …

11 Criminally Good Adaptations To Travel the World With

11 Criminally Good Adaptations To Travel the World With

Published by Jenni Sidey

US: Scam Goddess (Hulu) courtesy of Hulu Scam Goddess: Lessons from a Life of Cons, Grifts, and Schemes by Laci Mosley (aoc) While readers living in the US may not think this counts as armchair travel, I’m including this series because it’s part travelog and focuses on the locations the crimes were committed: Dixon, Illinois; Miami, Florida; Opelika, Alabama; Washington; NYC; and Ohio. Laci Mosley turned her very popular podcast about scammers and con artists into a true crime memoir, which then got a six-episode docu-series adaptation where Laci traveled to the communities impacted by six scammers. Watch the Scam Goddess trailer. India: Black Warrant (Netflix) courtesy of Netflix Black Warrant: Confessions of a Tihar Jailer by Sunil Gupta, Sunetra Choudhury (aoc) Set in Tihar Jail, one of India’s largest prison complexes, this seven-episode series is based on a nonfiction book co-authored by Sunil Gupta, who worked in the prison for 35 years and oversaw eight hangings, and journalist Sunetra Choudhury. Zahan Kapoor (the character of Sunil Gupta) is a rookie discovering the deep corruption …