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Entertainment Briefing, Fleabag star, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and the retired screenwriting techniques that helped her on her way to stardom. Waller-Bridge is undoubtedly one of the most exciting new writers to emerge in recent years.
As Taylor Swift announces she’ll rerecord her previous 6 albums, we ask is it worth it? Is the plan an act of revenge? Or just a setback?
Louis Theroux says his Jimmy Saville documentary is ‘strange and upsetting’. Almost 20 years after he made it, Theroux is asked: Was Jimmy his friend?
Great News! Keanu Reeves will be back in the surprising, next instalment of the Matrix franchise. 16 years on from the last film, we find out how Neo and Trinity (Moss is back too!) will grace our screens again.
Tom Holland has broken his silence after the shocking news Spider-Man is being dropped for the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
All in today’s ENTERTAINMENT briefing – A weekly roundup of all the news headlines that you need to know, summarised as part of WTX News Briefing.
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PHOEBE WALLER-BRIDGE: HOW RETIRED WRITING TOOLS PATHED THE WAY TO STARDOM
WTX News reports the rise of Phoebe Waller-Bridge and the writing tools that pathed the way. Her hit show Fleabag 
uses two previous no-nos of writing, but Waller-Bridge has refreshed them. The Emmy-nominated star is one of the most exciting screenwriters today, find out how she’s breathed new life into breaking the fourth wall and flashbacks.
Read the full story on WTX News
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TAYLOR SWIFTS RERECORDING PLAN, IS IT WORTH IT?
The Guardian reports, Taylor Swift is set to rerecord her first 6 albums after the Scooter Braun / Big Machine records 
fallout. If her new label, Universal, does allow the pop star to dedicate her time to rerecording her hit records we are left wondering if she will be able to recreate the magic of the originals. Her first album, at the tender age of 16, is charmingly girlish. Perhaps she’ll reimagine the records for an updated, more mature sound. Regardless, it seems Swift will have her revenge on Braun. The man she says was responsible for years of “incessant, manipulative bullying.”
Read the full story on The Guardian
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‘STRANGE AND UPSETTING’ LOUIS THEROUX ON JIMMY SAVILLE DOCUMENTARY
Sky News says documentary-maker Louis Theroux’s career has been defined by Jimmy Saville. Almost 20 years on 
from the documentary Theroux made he now describes the documentary as “the strangest and most upsetting event I’ve ever been involved in.” Louis Theroux spent three months with Saville and knows ever interview he does they’ll be an inevitable Jimmy Saville question. Speaking to Dawn O’Porter at the Edinburgh TV Festival, Theroux is asked was Jimmy Saville a friend?
Read the full story on Sky News
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THE MATRIX RETURNS AND SO DOES KEANU REEVES
The New York Times reports Keanu Reeves is set to return as Neo in the next instalment of The Matrix franchise. Reeves
will be joined by original co-star Carrie-Ann Moss. The Matrix debuted in 1999 and was hailed as a revolution in filmmaking. Praised for its visual aesthetics and novel action sequences, the movie and its two sequels earned more than $1.6 billion at the global box office. Sixteen years on from the last film and considering the films ending, we wonder how Reeves and Moss will return. Expect there to be a glitch.
Read the full story on The New York Times
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TOM HOLLAND BREAKS HIS SILENCE AFTER SPIDER-MAN IS ‘DROPPED’
The Independent reports, actor Tom Holland has broken his silence after the shocking news Spider-man is to be dropped 
from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In the midst of the row between Sony and Marvel, Holland posted a picture Iron Man star Robert Downing Jr, captioned: “We did it, Mr Stark.” In an undoubtedly difficult time for the actor, an old interview surfaced where Holland said he wouldn’t give up the MCU “ticket” to star in Sony production Venom.
Read the full story on The Independent
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