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Primetime’s Merritt Wever doesn’t like doing interviews. But she’s trying her best

29 October 2026 at 16:28

The award-winning supporting player – from ‘Marriage Story’, ‘Nurse Jackie’ and ‘Severance’ – has spent her career slipping in and out of ensemble casts, and largely avoiding the press. But her starring role alongside Robert Pattinson in the ‘To Catch a Predator’-inspired thriller ‘Primetime’ has taken her to new heights. She speaks to Adam White about Chris Hansen, her early struggles, and her fears about finally coming out of her shell

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Primetime’s Merritt Wever doesn’t like doing interviews. But she’s trying her best

29 October 2026 at 16:28

The award-winning supporting player – from ‘Marriage Story’, ‘Nurse Jackie’ and ‘Severance’ – has spent her career slipping in and out of ensemble casts, and largely avoiding the press. But her starring role alongside Robert Pattinson in the ‘To Catch a Predator’-inspired thriller ‘Primetime’ has taken her to new heights. She speaks to Adam White about Chris Hansen, her early struggles, and her fears about finally coming out of her shell

© Emilio Madrid

Matthew Perry’s greatest work wasn’t Friends. It was a Newsnight appearance

27 October 2026 at 06:00

It’s only shown briefly during Netflix’s new, three-part documentary series about the late sitcom superstar, but Perry’s live TV encounter with the author and commentator Peter Hitchens best exemplified his intelligence, his humour and his deep compassion for addicts like him, writes Adam White

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