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Entertainment Catch-Up: Gladiator Fever, Wicked's Porn Mishap and the Misunderstanding of Barry Keoghan
Season 1, Ep. 214
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This week James O'Hagan and I discuss the omnipresence of Gladiator and Wicked, Barry Keoghan's interview with Louis Theroux and the Nicole Scherzinger hat bonanza.
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