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Helen O'Hara
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Film journalist, author, podcaster, broadcaster, etc. Empire's Editor-at-Large. If you would like to give me work, have a look at helenohara.com
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At the #WickedForGood premiere and it was incredibly stressful to get into but there's Fizzafying Popcorn so that may soothe me.
A close up of the Wicked For Good European premiere ticket, shining in the light amid the darkness of the cinema (the film has not yet started, I'm not a monster). @HelenLOHara and sister in front of the big shiny sign at the Wicked For Good premiere. The backs of Jeff Goldblum and Cynthia Erivo at the Wicked For Good premiere. I mean their backs look great. Michelle Yeoh at the Wicked For Good premiere, trying to take a selfie with a fan and looking like a boss. Obviously.
November 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Small nephew watching E.T. for the first time. "I'd scream and run away. I'd call the scientists and tell them to come and get him."
Screenshot of the old tweet by @HelloCullen saying "me and my friends would've killed E.T. with hammers I can tell you that much"
November 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Rainbow this morning at dawn. Taking this as a good omen for the day of my first London Film Festival screening.
Some nondescript trees beside a railway track, behind which a pale but distinct rainbow rises into the sky. Very keen eyed people might spot the foot of a second, wider but paler, rainbow to the right.
October 1, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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Haunted by the fit of this bikini on Sydney Sweeney in Anyone But You (pic via @filmvsbook.bsky.social). Like, is a conscious choice to show that her character doesn't know her bra size? Is it a style common nowadays among the youngs? Could it be *comfortable*? I can't see how.
A shot of a TV showing the film Anyone But You. Stars Glen Powell and Sydney Sweeney in swimwear on a boat. He's in dark blue swim shorts. She is wearing a pale, flower-patterned bikini where the band at the back is up around her mid shoulder blades, a good three or four inches higher than the band at the front.
September 29, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Honest guv I'm in Italy today
Picture of the river Brembo running through the middle of Ponte San Pietro in Italy. Taken on a September morning from one of the bridges.
September 20, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Thanks to everyone who came out to the #EmpirePodcastLive last night in London; it was an absolute blast to talk Ballad of Wallis Island with its stars / writers and to see you all.
A picture by Kat Brown, from the audience, of the Empire podcast team (Chris Hewitt, Helen O'Hara and James Dyer) onstage at King's Place in London with Ballad Of Wallis Island stars Tim Key and Tom Basden. We all look simply tremendous, honest.
September 14, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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Two people to take the Ring to Mordor? I can't explain it but they would manage.
A picture of Morticia Addams (Anjelica Huston incarnation) and her husband Gomez (Raul Julia). She looks beatific in front of an elaborate tomb; he is adoring.
August 30, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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Ok, but the product is not a liquid and not an IV so I'll be honest, I think we could have come up with a better name here.
A photo of an ad at a bus stop for "Liquid IV" which is a powder you add to water to presumably hydrate you. So it's not a liquid and not an IV. "Just add science" is the slogan. A close up of the ad for "Liquid IV," showing the powder falling into a glass of (presumably) water, and the caption "Just add science".
August 4, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Here's the before and after of my visit to Waterstones Gower Street yesterday. I apologise if you were hoping for an unsigned 50 Film Ideas You Really Need To Know or Women Vs Hollywood or Quentin Tarantino Dictionary.
August 1, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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Tell me I'm not the only one who misread the name of this toy as a weird adverb.
A picture of a toy box in a supermarket, containing a "crazy shaking pen". The name on the box is "Pensilly," all one word.
July 28, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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I went to see #Evita tonight and Rachel Zegler is sufficiently excellent that I feel confident she will soon shake off the dust of Snow White, reputationally speaking.
A snap from the curtain call of the Evita production at the London Palladium, showing Rachel Zegler as Evita with James Olivas as Peron and the ensemble around them.
July 16, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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The Lion King (Roger Allers and Robert Minkoff, 1994)
Screenshot of a Duolingo screen with the Italian translation of the phrase "The lion is the king of the animals".
July 15, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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We Bought A Zoo (Cameron Crowne, 2011)
July 15, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Color Out Of Space (Richard Stanley, 2019) #DuolingoMovies
July 15, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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The Devil Wears Prada (David Frankel, 2006) #DuolingoMovies
July 15, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Conclave (Edward Berger, 2024) #DuolingoMovies
July 15, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Gee, what a good recommendation. I should definitely look into this new book. And such a reasonable price!
A screenshot of an Amazon promotional email alerting me, Helen O'Hara, to the upcoming release of my new book, 50 Film Ideas You Really Need To Know. It's out on July 3.
June 29, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Pennywise has diversified into underground transport, I see.
June 7, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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I mean well done him, but was this a record, like, before? I see online that two guys burned their own parachutes in 2015, but who's doing it *multiple times* apart from Cruise?
Screenshot of an email including the Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning header image and then the legend, all in caps, "Tom Cruise awarded Guinness World Record (TM) title for Most Burning Parachute Jumps By An Individual with 16 jumps for Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning stunt".
June 6, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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With some of the @empiremagazine.bsky.social team at the BSME Awards, hiding in the darkest corner within sight of the kitchen as is tradition. #BowlFood #TheRealPrize
June 3, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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So you can be positive nearly two weeks before you can be negative? That's fucked up!
May 22, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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The frisson that just ran through the #Thunderbolts* premiere when this guy hit the red carpet was really something. Is he the only person holding humanity together right now?
April 22, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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How the hell am I supposed to travel with a stupid old normal suitcase now I know this exists?
An Eastpak suitcase designed after the Jaws poster
April 20, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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Do YOU lack the energy to binge an entire season of TV nowadays? Never fear, Bialetti has you covered with their new *checks notes* Netflix tie-in editions?
A Bialetti Moka pot that is covered in Squid Game branding. Bialetti Moka pots, both boxed and not, with Bridgerton branding. They're a pleasant periwinkle blue, I'd say.
April 18, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Italian innovation: not just a lasagne dish but a lasagne carrier. Whether you're going to dinner with friends or just showing off your work, 10/10, no notes.
April 18, 2025 at 1:46 PM