Jeff Goldblum: ‘When it comes to intimacy, you have to make sure everybody’s comfortable with it’

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Salut! Bienvenue! OK, OK, I’ll stop using the remnants of my French GCSE on you all before I ruin your weekends. I’m just trying to get on theme with the fact that Emily in Paris is back. As the Netflix juggernaut returns for a fourth series, Rachel McGrath has brilliantly captured its [journey from ridicule to critic-proof binge-watching fave](~/AAAHagA~/RgRootDEP0R-aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3R2L2ZlYXR1cmVzL2VtaWx5LWluLXBhcmlzLW5ldGZsaXgtc2Vhc29uLWZvdXItYjI1OTMyMzEuaHRtbD9saWQ9bmV6bG52dDQzZmI0VwVzcGNldUIKZrzFS8Bmuo9G11IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj). (That critic-proof status is needed: Katie gave the return – which has been split into a Bridgerton-esque two parts – [just two stars](~/AAAHagA~/RgRootDEP0SGaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3R2L3Jldmlld3MvZW1pbHktaW4tcGFyaXMtc2Vhc29uLTQtcGFydC0xLWxpbHktY29sbGlucy1iMjU5NjIzMS5odG1sP2xpZD1qdGRzaHMzbmNoc2FXBXNwY2V1QgpmvMVLwGa6j0bXUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~).) And [Adam interviewed star Lucas Bravo](~/AAAHagA~/RgRootDEP0R2aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3R2L2ZlYXR1cmVzL2x1Y2FzLWJyYXZvLWVtaWx5LWluLXBhcmlzLWIyNTk2MzIyLmh0bWw_bGlkPW1obDhpeTBkZjY3aFcFc3BjZXVCCma8xUvAZrqPRtdSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~), who plays resident dreamboat Gabriel, and got a lot less baguette chat than he was expecting. ~/AAAHagA~/RgRootDEP0R-aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3R2L2ZlYXR1cmVzL2VtaWx5LWluLXBhcmlzLW5ldGZsaXgtc2Vhc29uLWZvdXItYjI1OTMyMzEuaHRtbD9saWQ9eWlodjRzYTJya2pxVwVzcGNldUIKZrzFS8Bmuo9G11IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj Man of the people: Tom Cruise poses for selfies with fans during one of his (many) public appearances this summer, this time at the Paris Olympics (Ryan Browne/Shutterstock) Elsewhere this week: Ellie spoke to [the writer of a new drama about Chloe Ayling](~/AAAHagA~/RgRootDEP0R-aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3R2L2ZlYXR1cmVzL2NobG9lLWF5bGluZy1raWRuYXAtYmJjLXRydWUtc3RvcnktYjI1OTU3MjcuaHRtbD9saWQ9N2ZmbmVkZHZ2Nzh6VwVzcGNldUIKZrzFS8Bmuo9G11IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj), the model who was kidnapped in 2017 – but met with disbelief when she told of what had happened to her. And there's been a distinctly "meh" response to this year's [Strictly line-up announcement](~/AAAHagA~/RgRootDEP0R_aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3R2L25ld3Mvc3RyaWN0bHktMjAyNC1saW5lLXVwLWNhc3QtbGlzdC1ydW1vdXJzLWIyNTkyNDE0Lmh0bWw_bGlkPTAwd3FsYzhjcjYzZ1cFc3BjZXVCCma8xUvAZrqPRtdSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~) – but Rachel McGrath argues in this week's State of the Arts column [that it might in fact be secretly brilliant.](~/AAAHagA~/RgRootDEP0SKaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3R2L2ZlYXR1cmVzL3N0cmljdGx5LWNvbWUtZGFuY2luZy1saW5lLXVwLTIwMjQtY29udGVzdGFudHMtYjI1OTc0NDAuaHRtbD9saWQ9NG16N3YzbGMzaTV1VwVzcGNldUIKZrzFS8Bmuo9G11IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj) Blake Lively has been having a tough week, [facing backlash](~/AAAHagA~/RgRootDEP0SRaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2ZpbG1zL25ld3MvaXQtZW5kcy13aXRoLXVzLWJsYWtlLWxpdmVseS1qdXN0aW4tYmFsZG9uaS1pbnRlcnZpZXdzLWIyNTk3MjM3Lmh0bWw_bGlkPXhyMml6enNzdGh5MFcFc3BjZXVCCma8xUvAZrqPRtdSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~) about the tone of her press tour for It Ends With Us, an adaptation of a Colleen Hoover novel that features themes of domestic violence and emotional abuse. Adam wrote about how Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds are [caught in a juggle between acting and business projects](~/AAAHagA~/RgRootDEP0SJaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2ZpbG1zL2ZlYXR1cmVzL2JsYWtlLWxpdmVseS1yeWFuLXJleW5vbGRzLWl0LWVuZHMtd2l0aC11cy1iMjU5NTEzMi5odG1sP2xpZD0wbGl4NGc1eHRrMHhXBXNwY2V1QgpmvMVLwGa6j0bXUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~). (Look out tomorrow for Adam’s wonderful piece on Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, and the two new books that fail to chip away at her aura of mystery.) And… shall we go to the Winchester, have a nice cold pint, and wait for this all to blow over? Geoffrey Macnab [looked at how Shaun of the Dead overcame chaos to redefine horror comedy](~/AAAHagA~/RgRootDEP0R-aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3R2L2ZlYXR1cmVzL2NobG9lLWF5bGluZy1raWRuYXAtYmJjLXRydWUtc3RvcnktYjI1OTU3MjcuaHRtbD9saWQ9bTNpYjd3OXg3OGo2VwVzcGNldUIKZrzFS8Bmuo9G11IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj). 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But Gemma, the 24-year-old protagonist of [BBC](~/AAAHagA~/RgRootDEP0Q4aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvdG9waWMvYmJjP2xpZD1peDB6Z2l2M3M4ZGJXBXNwY2V1QgpmvMVLwGa6j0bXUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~) Three’s comedy [Daddy Issues](~/AAAHagA~/RgRootDEP0RBaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvdG9waWMvZGFkZHktaXNzdWVzP2xpZD1wN3J4OTF4YmVhbmxXBXNwY2V1QgpmvMVLwGa6j0bXUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~), decides to turn that solution on its head – by inviting her newly divorced dad Malcolm ([David Morrissey](~/AAAHagA~/RgRootDEP0REaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvdG9waWMvZGF2aWQtbW9ycmlzc2V5P2xpZD1yemdyczl5azRnb2pXBXNwY2V1QgpmvMVLwGa6j0bXUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~)) to move into her Stockport flat. Thanks to its winning central duo, Daddy Issues feels like a warm hug of a show, but with just enough edge to keep you on your toes. Katie Rosseinsky | Senior culture and lifestyle writer   Books | [All Fours by Miranda July](~/AAAHagA~/RgRootDEP0RHaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L211c2ljP2xpZD0zN3kzaWpic3lndHJXBXNwY2V1QgpmvMVLwGa6j0bXUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~) This has to be the [most talked about book of the summer](~/AAAHagA~/RgRootDEP0RHaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2Jvb2tzP2xpZD1paDM1ZmJmcjJobHVXBXNwY2V1QgpmvMVLwGa6j0bXUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~). I am seeing it non-stop on Instagram stories and grid posts, and everyone I know who has read it wants to have a feverish chat about it. So do I. The latest novel from the writer/filmmaker/artist is about a woman in her forties who gets an unexpected sum of money and plans to go on a road trip to New York, to help inspire her next artist project. Instead, she ends up just a few miles down the road, leaving her husband and son to stay in a nearby motel room, on which she spends all of the money on an interior makeover for the place she'll be staying for just two weeks. It's dazzling and unexpected, a beautiful tribute to what can happen when you look at what's in front of you slightly differently. Jessie Thompson | Arts editor   TV | [Freddie Flintoff’s Field of Dreams On Tour](~/AAAHagA~/RgRootDEP0REaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3R2P2xpZD03ZDcwMDV1em1pdmNXBXNwY2V1QgpmvMVLwGa6j0bXUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~) “We’re representing England,” Andrew Flintoff tells an assembled group of teenage cricketers, picking at exotic curries under a dusky Indian sky. “But we’re also representing something far bigger: Preston.” And so it proves in [Freddie Flintoff’s Field of Dreams On Tour](~/AAAHagA~/RgRootDEP0SBaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3R2L3Jldmlld3MvZnJlZGRpZS1mbGludG9mZi1maWVsZC1kcmVhbXMtdG9wLWdlYXItYjI1OTU2NzguaHRtbD9saWQ9YXVoM2hxaTY4eWd5VwVzcGNldUIKZrzFS8Bmuo9G11IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj), a BBC One follow-up to the 2022 series that chronicled the formation of a grassroots cricket club in the Lancashire town. This sequel follows the tried and tested route of breaking out of its parochial roots and taking its cast on the road. Nick Hilton | TV critic   [The Saturday Interview – Jeff Goldblum](~/AAAHagA~/RgRootDEP0RuaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3R2L2ZlYXR1cmVzL2plZmYtZ29sZGJsdW0ta2Fvcy1iMjU5NjczOC5odG1sP2xpZD13YzRnNDAxM3M5M2FXBXNwY2V1QgpmvMVLwGa6j0bXUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~) ~/AAAHagA~/RgRootDEP0RuaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3R2L2ZlYXR1cmVzL2plZmYtZ29sZGJsdW0ta2Fvcy1iMjU5NjczOC5odG1sP2xpZD1pYWI1MTF2NHc3cDhXBXNwY2V1QgpmvMVLwGa6j0bXUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~ ‘I think Zeus has this sort of ego problem that people suffer from. None of us can be totally unfamiliar with it’ (Getty) Hollywood’s most idiosyncratic star has fought aliens, fled dinosaurs, and transformed into a fly. Now, in Netflix’s Kaos, he’s playing God. 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At the same time, his wife, Emilie, whom he married in 2014, was downstairs “working with” nine-year-old Charlie on the grand piano. And before that, Goldblum spent an hour practising himself. Later, he exercised and made his sons breakfast. “Our Oura rings said we both got enough good sleep, even though we got up at 6am,” he adds, proudly pointing to the multicoloured hoop on his finger. It’s a far more disciplined system than you might expect from a wayward talent such as Goldblum. Though inevitably there are eccentricities. 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