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The Rest Is Entertainment

Disney's $100m Mistake

The Rest Is Entertainment

Goalhanger

News, Arts, Tv & Film, Entertainment News, Books

4.34.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2026

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

What happens when readers suspect a published book is AI slop? What’s the latest in the fallout from the cancellation of the US reality TV show, The Bachelorette? And what has Peter Mandelson got in common with Taylor Frankie Paul, the celebrity at the centre of the scandal? Publishing is finally fighting back as Hachette has pulped thousands of copies of a new book that readers are claiming is penned by ChatGPT. Could this be the same future for Reform's Matt Goodwin - as it's also littered with AI Hallucinations? Richard and Marina also discuss the messy downfall of Taylor Frankie Paul, the Mormon TikTok star that has been dogged by domestic violence allegations. We have the full breakdown. The Rest is Entertainment is brought to you by Octopus Energy, Britain's most awarded energy supplier. Is your door in the draw? Sign up at www.postcodelottery.co.uk People’s Postcode Lottery manage lotteries on behalf of good causes, 18 plus, conditions apply, play responsibly, not available in Northern Ireland. Join The Rest Is Entertainment Club: Unlock the full experience of the show – with exclusive bonus content, ad-free listening, early access to Q&A episodes, access to our newsletter archive, discounted book prices with our partners at Coles Books, early ticket access to live events, and access to our chat community. Sign up directly at therestisentertainment.com For more Goalhanger Podcasts, head to www.goalhanger.com Video Editor: Adam Thornton & Charlie Rodwell Assistant Producer: Imee Marriott Senior Producer: Joey McCarthy Social Producer: Bex Tyrrell Exec Producer: Neil Fearn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

The rest is entertainment is presented by Octopus Energy. Now, can I tell you something cool that Octopus Energy do if you wing them and you have to be put on hold? Because they know who you are. They know your birthday. The hold music is the best selling single from the year that you were 14. That's quite cool, isn't it? Yes. I love this. Exactly. I've looked into it for you. Do you want to know the best selling single in the year that you turned 14? So this would be your hold music on Octopus Energy. It is Yaz the only way is up. What do we think to that? Well, Yaz and the plastic population. Yes, and the plastic population. Oh, of course. Do you know what? I sometimes think the plastic population do not get their due. They don't get there. They don't get their credit today. You know, I need to ring it to Octopus now and just listen to it.

0:38.4

You know, Do you know what? I sometimes think the plastic population do not get their due. They don't get there. They don't get their credit, do they?

0:53.0

You know, I need to ring it to octopists now and just listen to it. You can choose to say, oh, I don't want to have any whole music at all. Absolutely, yeah. You can do whatever you want. Okay, what animals, what monster, okay, it might be a really bad song, but what monsters don't choose to listen? I have to say to the song

0:53.5

I love that they do that.

0:55.2

I hope we're going to do this

0:56.1

for me in another episode

0:57.6

but then

0:58.0

we're going to do this for me in another episode. But then we find out if I, yeah, I think I'm considerably older than you, aren't I? Not that much. What? It's like two, three years, is it? Yeah, you'll be saying, and the best-selling single in the year that you were 14 Richard. It's Cumberton Gap by Lonnie Donegan.

1:18.9

This episode is brought to you by People's Postcode Lottery. Now, it's no longer enough to just watch something on television. We have to go there. We have to stand where it was

1:23.2

filmed. We have to visit a place that began as a production backdrop and now comes with opening hours. We used to suspend disbelief now we pack for it. Escapism has very quietly acquired

1:33.1

a baggage allowance. But occasionally the leap from sofa to set is shorter than you'd think.

1:38.3

One recent People's Postcode lottery winner, Rianne from Leicester, won 416,949 pounds. She's a Lord of the Rings fan,

1:48.3

so naturally she is planning a visit to Hobbiton in New Zealand, Middle Earth, now accepting

1:53.3

bookings. People's Postcode lottery's big spring win is back and then in the April

1:57.4

drawers you could win a share of 25.7 million pounds.

2:03.7

For your chance to win, sign up before midnight on the 31st of March.

2:07.5

Is your door in the draw?

2:09.0

Sign up at postcodeottery.co.uk.

2:11.9

People's Postcode Lottery managing lotteries on behalf of good causes.

2:14.8

18 plus conditions apply.

2:16.2

Play responsibly. Not available in Northern Ireland.

2:22.7

This episode is brought to you by Bumble.

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