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AQUAMAN
WE’LL admit, we had our doubts about this big-budget superhero flick, starring Jason Momoa and Amber Heard, right, but what do we know... The movie, in cinemas now, set a record for pre-sale tickets in the US, beating Deadpool 2, Avengers: Infinity War, and Black Panther.
STRICTLY COME DANCING
TONIGHT will see the final four couples battle it out on the dancefloor in the hope of lifting the glitterball trophy. Joe Sugg, Ashley Roberts, Faye Tozer and Stacey Dooley are in the running. Our money is on Stacey to clinch it.
LOVE ISLAND
LOVE it or hate it, the series about good-looking people getting together in the sunshine became the most tweeted about show on TV this year. It was followed by Question Time and the Eurovision Song Contest.
A DAILY DRINK
A TEAM at the Mediterranean Neurological Institute spent six years studying 21,000 Italians with regular moderate alcohol intake who also ate a Mediterranean diet. Those who drank a small glass of wine (125ml) a day had a lower chance of needing medical treatment compared with heavier boozers or those that abstain. Love Island winners Dani Dyer and Jack Fincham. The show topped TV’s 2018 Twitter moments LOOKING for a way to keep the family entertained over Christmas that does not involve wi-fi or batteries? Grab a good old fashioned board game.
Kids will love Harry Potter Cluedo (£9, Debenhams), a version of the classic whodunnit, set in the
DOCTOR WHO
WE are stil reeling from the news there would not be a Christmas Day adventure for the Time Lord. Now we learn that Jodie Whittaker’s Doctor won’t return with another series until 2020. At least we have her New Year’s Day outing to keep us going.
THE BABY SHARK SONG
WITH more than 2bn views online, it seems that this most annoying of songs – which was actually recorded in 2015 no less! – will not go away. Now there is a Christmas version titled Santa Shark and more than 3m people have watched it already on YouTube. Will our ears ever shake it off?
THE BBC
THE broadcaster has been slammed for allowing the cost of the new EastEnders set to spiral by £27m. The bill for rebuilding the soap’s HQ is set to cost £87m of licence fee money rather than the £60m planned.
DEEP FRIED CHRISTMAS DINNERS
A CHIP shop in Scotland is serving up a battered festive feast of turkey goujons, Brussels sprouts and carrots and parsnip fritters. Just, No! Ditto to a certain supermarket’s three-course Christmas dinner in a pasty! And yes it includes the pudding. Ugh... wizarding world.
Older players can be swept up in a much more gory fantasy world with Game of Thrones Risk (£40, Debenhams) and fight it out for control of the seven kingdoms.