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Yahoo
an hour ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
'No One Has Ever!': Jimmy Kimmel Trolls Trump By Exposing His 'Ultimate' Move
Jimmy Kimmel said President Donald Trump has a go-to move when it comes to big decisions: stall for time. The president went to it again this week while trying to decide on military intervention in Iran. 'Trump gave Iran what he called the 'ultimate ultimatum,' which is kind of like the 'final finale,' but scarier,' Kimmel said. 'He really enjoys making threats, and he loves attaching them to timelines.' Trump said he'd make a decision on Iran within two weeks. 'It's always two weeks,' Kimmel pointed out. 'For a guy whose catchphrase was 'You're fired,' no one has ever given more two weeks' notice than Donald J. Trump.' Kimmel rolled a minute-long supercut video of Trump promising various things within two weeks, ending with a vow to sign a new health care plan into law ― also in two weeks. 'That was July 19, 2020,' Kimmel noted. 'We're still waiting for him to sign that health care plan, and on almost all of the other stuff, too.' See more in his Thursday night monologue:
Daily Mail
an hour ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Cardiff killers and mystery men in this months popular fiction: JULIE TUDOR IS NOT A PSYCHOPATH by Jennifer Holdich, A BEAUTIFUL FAMILY by Jennifer Trevelyan, PRIVATE LIVES by Emily Edwards
Julie Tudor is Not a Psychopath is available now from the Mail Bookshop JULIE TUDOR IS NOT A PSYCHOPATH by Jennifer Holdich (Hodder £20, 320pp) I LOVED this brilliant Cardiffset comic debut. Admin worker Julie is obsessed with her colleague Sean. But he does not return her passion so she eliminates the competition, not once, but several times. His wife, girlfriend and subsequently Sean himself meet what, to everyone else, are mysterious ends. Julie herself tells the story from her own highly selective point of view, also revealing some of her worrying early influences. A great cast of secondary characters – office workers, neighbours, random tramps – add to the fun. Serious Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine vibes and just as hilarious, sad and disturbing. I predict a monster hit. A BEAUTIFUL FAMILY by Jennifer Trevelyan (Pan Macmillan £16.99, 288pp) WE'RE in 1980s New Zealand, on the holiday from hell with ten-year-old Alix, her parents and older sister Vanessa. The rented house is bleakly horrid, overlooked by a voyeuristic neighbour, and after meeting a friend from school in the local shopping mall, Vanessa has started shoplifting and flirting. To add to the fun, Alix's mother is up to something with the dad of another schoolfriend, which precipitates some violent reactions Oh, and a child died at the resort a few years previously, so Alix wants to try and find the body. She tells the tale through half-comprehending childhood eyes, but we can piece it together. Atmospheric, disturbing and beautifully evoked. PRIVATE LIVES by Emily Edwards (Penguin £18.99, 352pp) HEADMASTER Seb has a secret – he once bought a sex worker's services. Said worker unknowingly moves to the posh south-coast town where his school is. Entirely by accident, she becomes good friends with his wife. The cat emerges from the bag once busybody Anna gets involved and moral panic breaks loose among the schoolgate parents. Can Seb face them down, and save his job and family? But the consequences don't stop there; Anna's own marriage is drawn into the cycle of destruction. Just who, the novel asks, is the villain here? A great premise and plot with lots of emotion.
SBS Australia
an hour ago
- Entertainment
- SBS Australia
Hit, run, oh sh#t: NITV and SBS get RECKLESS with filming underway in Western Australia
RECKLESS – Tasma Walton as JUNE and Hunter Page-Lochard as CHARLIE – Photograph by David Dare Parker Images & cast video here NITV, SBS, Screen Australia and Screenwest are thrilled to announce that production has commenced in Western Australia on BBC Studios Productions Australia's RECKLESS, a darkly comic thriller set in and around Fremantle. Leading a powerhouse Australian cast is acclaimed actress Tasma Walton ( The Twelve, Mystery Road ) and AACTA Award winner Hunter Page-Lochard ( The Newsreader, Critical Incident ) as two feuding siblings who are forced to work together to get away with an accidental hit and run death that spirals wildly out of control in their hometown of Fremantle. The fearless creative vision behind Reckless is led by Executive Producer and writer, Kodie Bedford ( Return to Paradise, Mystery Road), who returns home to WA to make the four-part series. Joining Tasma and Hunter on Reckless is a stand out cast featuring Jessica De Gouw ( The Couple Next Door, The Survivors ), Clarence Ryan ( Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Mystery Road: Origin ), Jane Harber ( Offspring, Limbo ) and Tracy Mann ( The Twelve, Top End Bub ) as well as Duncan Fellows ( Deadloch, The Letdown ), Perry Mooney ( Population:11, Gold Diggers ), Kelton Pell ( Mystery Road: Origin, Redfern Now ), Matthew Dyktynski ( Japanese Story, Offspring ), Paul Tassone ( The Twelve, Pokerface ), Peter Rowsthorn ( Kath and Kim, Three Summers ), Steve Le Marquand ( The Twelve, Mystery Road: Origin ), and newcomer Maddie Young. Executive Producer and writer, Kodie Bedford said: 'From day one, I wanted to make a bold show with audacious characters that felt unapologetically Western Australian. I'm so bloody happy to be home telling this yarn with a team of creatives who have all shared the vision and taken it somewhere even wilder than I ever imagined.' Directed by Beck Cole ( Deadloch S1 and S2 , High Country , Wentworth ), the series is produced by Andy Walker ( Deadloch , The Survivors ) and Executive Produced by Kylie Washington ( Ghosts Australia , The Office ) and Kodie Bedford ( Return to Paradise, Mystery Road) . Co-Executive Producers are Megan Palinkas ( Heartbreak High , The Heights ) and Beck Cole with Fiona McConaghy ( Bay of Fires S2 , NCIS Sydney ) serving as co-producer. The series is written by Kodie Bedford and Stuart Page ( Total Control , Cleverman ). NITV Head of Indigenous Commissioning and Production, Dena Curtis and SBS Head of Scripted, Nakul Legha said: 'NITV and SBS are thrilled to introduce Reckless , a tense and darkly funny thriller packed with sharp twists and unforgettable characters. We are so proud that writer and Executive Producer Kodie Bedford is returning home to Australia and to the SBS network to lead her first series. The stellar cast, creative team and incredible support of our partners at BBC Studios, Screen Australia and Screenwest is testament to the ambition of this series. It marks a new chapter for the SBS network, pushing boundaries with bold, human stories. We look forward to Reckless thrilling and delighting audiences later this year.' EVP and General Manager, Global Entertainment Australia, BBC Studios Australia and New Zealand, Kylie Washington said: 'We're elated to be bringing Reckless to life with such an exceptional team of creatives and talent. This series is a perfect example of BBC Studios' ambition to craft and share the world's most compelling stories – unapologetically Western Australian, darkly funny, and deeply human. We can't wait for audiences to experience the wild ride at the heart of this story, and we're proud to be partnering with SBS, NITV, Screen Australia and Screenwest to bring this story to screens throughout Australia and beyond.' Screen Australia First Nations Department Development and Investment Manager Jorjia Gillis said:'Kodie Bedford is a prolific screenwriting talent who has cut her teeth on some of Australia's most distinctive dramas. Reckless presents an exciting opportunity for her to lead a wickedly funny drama that is unapologetically Western Australian mob. Working alongside such a dynamic creative team in Stuart Page, Andy Walker, with Beck Cole at the helm, I've no doubt audiences here and around the world are going to be hooked by this laugh out loud funny and engrossing crime drama.' Screenwest Chief Executive Officer, Rikki Lea Bestall said: 'We are so excited to see Reckless kick off productionin Perth this week, led by the uber talented Western Australian First Nations Writer-Executive Producer Kodie Bedford and starring Western Australians Tasma Walton and Jessica De Gouw. This production continues a strong pipeline of television series being produced in WA showcasing the amazing creative talent we have in our State.' Reckless is an adaptation of the Scottish mystery thriller TV series Guilt, written by Neil Forsyth, which premiered on both BBC Two and BBC Scotland in 2019. Reckless is a BBC Studios Productions Australia production for SBS. Major production investment from Screen Australia's First Nations Department, SBS and Screenwest and The Western Australian Production Attraction Incentive, in association with Screen NSW. International sales by Federation Studios. Post, digital and visual effects supported by Screen NSW. Reckless will premiere on NITV, SBS and SBS on Demand later this year. For a PDF of this media release, click here
Washington Post
3 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Washington Post
‘Bride Hard' is neither ‘Bridesmaids' nor ‘Die Hard.' Discuss.
Because movie critics should be up front with their biases, I will confess to a long-standing allergy to Rebel Wilson, the Australian comic actress whose entire shtick has consisted of her being 'subversively' gross and sticking out her tongue like a cut-rate succubus. I'm of the cohort that has never found Wilson funny — not once — but she's kept it going for an admittedly impressive 15 years since her American debut in 2010's 'Bridesmaids.'
New York Times
3 hours ago
- Entertainment
- New York Times
He Laughed Along With Larry David and Borat. Until He Didn't.
Early in Larry Charles's juicy showbiz memoir 'Comedy Samurai,' he describes a formative moment writing for the television sketch show 'Fridays.' Andy Kaufman was doing a bit with a masked magician swallowing a sword, only to spit up blood. 'These were the laughs, the comedy, that I would try to pursue all my life,' Charles writes. 'The deeper codes of comedy.' His book, a must-read for comedy nerds, is an account of nearly half of a century attempting to crack those codes, mostly as a director and writer, working with the most famous funny people in show business (Mel Brooks, Jerry Seinfeld) and some of its most notorious bullies (Scott Rudin, the Weinstein brothers). Charles, 68, describes them all with entertaining candor, while also illuminating the creation of several of the greatest comedies of the modern era, including 'Seinfeld' (he wrote for the first five seasons), 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' (he directed episodes for two decades) and 'Borat,' which he directed. His career, which began by selling a joke to Jay Leno, is a pocket history of modern comedy, anchored by surprisingly melancholy portraits of his two most fertile artistic relationships — with Larry David and Sacha Baron Cohen. In a recent interview over Zoom, he reflected on the path from Coney Island to Hollywood. You grew up in Trump Village, a then new housing complex in Coney Island built by the President's father, Fred. You meet him? Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
