Today it’s a silly sports betting ad, but I can’t see anything she’s done that’s worth this ire. She’s in her twenties: she does dumb things. Enjoy!Would it be insanely unfashionable to defend Sydney Sweeney? You may or may not...
Read MoreWith her new, semi-nude advert for sports site Novig, the actor cements her reputation as the anti-woke poster girl. But is it real – or just provocation with a soft porn gaze?Bear with me here, but I’m beginning to suspect...
Read MoreDid you watch KPop Demon Hunters? Have you listened to Rosalía? And do you know who ‘fedora guy’ is? If you answered yes to all these, this is the quiz for you Continue...
Read MoreSydney Sweeney has become the poster child of a predicted rightwing cultural domination. So why is no one watching her films?I was on a walk around my local area in London when I was stopped in my tracks by a young man...
Read MoreShe ignited a culture war with a jeans advert. Now she has delivered a knockout performance as boxer Christy Martin. Sweeney talks about taking punches in the ring – and in the mediaThere was much blood and sweat – but few tears...
Read MoreHe’s an old-fashioned movie star in a digital age, making box-office smashes like Top Gun: Maverick, Twisters and Anyone But You. Now he’s lining up projects with everyone from Ron Howard to Edgar Wright. Could he be Texas’s...
Read MoreToronto film festival: The rising star makes for a convincing boxer inside the ring in David Michôd’s by-the-numbers drama but flounders when outsideEven before Sydney Sweeney became better known for being in the centre of an...
Read MoreFive years ago, she’d have been doing feminist stunts – but times change and Sydney has captured the zeitgeist. She might flog that to you too“SORRY FOR HAVING GREAT TITS AND CORRECT OPINIONS.” Not my words, readers (although,...
Read MoreHollywood star’s ‘more is best’ attitude to commercial tie-ins is one thing, but politics and celebrity rarely mix wellIt is one of the questionable perks of Donald Trump’s “wall of sound” approach to communication that the...
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