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EXPLAINED: Rivals - The Real Truth

Rivals star Rupert Everett wore secret bodysuit in films to give him ‘false bottom’ after struggling with body image

British actor said directors would remain oblivious to the ruse

The Independent UK

Rivals season 2 episode 5 confirms who is running rings around the rest in the hit Hulu and Disney+ show — and why their scandalous dream relationship needs to come true

With one episode to go until the mid-season break, Rivals season 2 episode 5 is getting back on track after some serious shakeups — with one character rising well above the rest.

TechRadar

Marvel Rivals has banned 485 accounts and dished out just 3 hardware bans after the latest slew of cheaters but players are begging for more

Cheating in Marvel Rivals? Believe it or not straight to jail.

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What is the release date for Rivals season 2 episode 5 on Hulu and Disney+?

Still not over seeing Danny Dyer's bare butt last week? No, me neither. But when does Rivals season 2 episode 5 drop on Hulu and Disney+?

TechRadar

Rivals season 2 first 3 episodes are now streaming on Hulu and Disney+ — but disappointing delay on season's second half will be justified with an 'unexpected plot twist'

I'm still reeling over Rivals season 2's underwhelming release schedule — but before we're left waiting for the second half, there's a mega plot twist in store.

TechRadar

Rivals season 2 almost had a major 'legal battle' with Chaka Khan's estate over this improvised line in episode 2 — as star claims it 'just slipped out'

You might miss it, but Chaka Khan's name is briefly mentioned in Rivals season 2 episode 2 — and it almost resulted in a 'major legal battle', according to one star.

TechRadar

Where is Rivals season 2 filmed? Beautiful West Country locations featured in the hit show

From Elizabethan manors in the Cotswolds to chocolate box Wiltshire towns, here is where you can find the incredible locations featured in Rivals season 2

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‘Well now, what’s repeatable?’ The magnificent Jilly Cooper remembered by the women who worked with her

TV: As the second series of ‘Rivals’ gallops onto our screens, Felicity Blunt and Victoria Smurfit tell Lauren Morris what it was like working with the late Dame Jilly Cooper

The Independent UK

‘Hilariously bad orgasm faces’ and ‘full-frontal swimmers’: Rivals season 2 reviews are in

Series two of the Jilly Cooper adaptation is back on our screens today

The Independent UK

'Epic' Rivals season 2 episode 1 Eastenders cameo is my favorite Easter egg in new Hulu and Disney+ episodes — and according to creators, it's the 'perfect homage to the 1980s'

Rivals season 2 episode 1 treats us to the Eastenders cameo of dreams — and there's an obvious reason why creators chose them for the surprise part.

TechRadar

Rivals season 2 review – Thrusting buttocks and heaving bosoms... Jilly Cooper’s escapist romp is back

4/5 Well-written, well-acted and enormously fun, the series remains a rare treat in today’s television landscape

The Independent UK

Rivals' Alex Hassell: 'I struggled to accept why anyone would cast me as a macho figure'

As the bonkbuster series returns, Rivals star Alex Hassell talks sex, silliness and naked cartwheels — and why being bullied at school means he’s happy to be objectified now

Evening Standard

Rivals season 2 creators reveal how late author Jilly Cooper gave notes on final Hulu and Disney+ scripts just 'days' before her death: 'her fingerprints are all over this series'

Rivals season 2 is pressing ahead on Hulu and Disney+ with one stark missing ingredient: author Jilly Cooper. But even in the days before her death, she was giving script notes to showrunners.

TechRadar

Rivals star Emily Atack's body was 'in pieces' when she returned to work 3 months after giving birth

Rivals actress Emily Atack has told how her body was "in pieces" when she returned to work just 11 weeks after her son was born, admitting it was a "really tough" time.

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Evening Standard

Rivals Season 2 review: Trousers down for another glorious round of romping and revenge

5/5 A welcome return to the 1980s – political incorrectness and all – for the bonkbuster’s second season on Disney+

Total Film

6 best new shows and movies streaming this week on Netflix, HBO Max, Disney Plus, and more (May 11–May 17)

Devil May Cry, Rivals, Marty Supreme, and more in the week's best new streaming shows and movies

The Independent UK

Danny Dyer teases even more nudity in Rivals season 2: ‘I go full frontal’

Jilly Cooper series returns this week to Disney+

The Guardian - UK

Rivals season two review – if I could give this exquisite bonkbuster 10,000 stars, I would

The gloriously knowing adaptation of Jilly Cooper’s novel gets a tremendous second season. Its fabulous escapism is beyond earthly praise

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Inverse

10 Years Later, The MCU Is Finally Re-Entering Gaming

After 10 years without official Marvel Cinematic Universe tie-in games, 'Marvel Rivals' is giving fans a taste of what could be.

The Guardian - UK

‘Men are so frightened of being too cuddly or affectionate’: Danny Dyer on going from hardman to heart-throb in Rivals

The actor has always been full of surprises – and now thanks to Jilly Cooper’s bonkbuster he’s become a romantic lead. As the series returns, he talks about marriage, masculinity and meditation

Disney's bringing back the steamiest show on streaming, very soon

Rivals returns, which is no surprise

PC Gamer

Marvel Rivals made Blizzard ask 'what if we could just drop 30 new heroes into Overwatch?' and inspired its biggest update ever

The competing hero shooter "definitely had an impact" on Blizzard.

Destructoid

Marvel Rivals producer on game balance: ‘If a character is no longer fun, then we’re not doing our job’

The game is actively measuring "fun" in some interesting ways.

The Independent UK

Danny Dyer says Jilly Cooper’s death made Rivals season 2 ‘even more emotional’

‘She’s part of the fabric and you definitely feel like she’s in the air,’ says Dyer

Evening Standard

Rivals star Danny Dyer says Dame Jilly Cooper is ‘part of the fabric’ of show

The Disney+ show is based on a best-selling novel written by Dame Jilly who died in October.

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