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How A-listers decide who sits where on a talk show and what it tells you about your dinner out. Also, why does Holly want the centre pod chair so bad?

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Recommendations

Mia recommends: A hairdryer diffuser, and Colour Wow Dream Coat For Curly Hair.

Em recommends: Ride or Die, a buddy comedy series starring Hannah Waddingham and Octavia Spencer. All 8 episodes are out on Prime Video.

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AND for spenny - Violette FR - Lip Nectar in Pois De Senteur $48 - a gloss AND a stain.

Oh, and… The Weights Program on Move by Mamamia.

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• 'My phone addiction was genuinely taking over my life. This is the only thing that fixed it.'
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