4 d. ago Two Doors Down star reveals hit Scots comedy show is set for shock comeback

Kieran Hodgson, who plays Gordon, is the first of the cast members to confirm rumours the much-loved show is returning.

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2 w. ago Wednesday fans furious as Netflix confirms controversial twist for season 2 release date

Netflix subscribers have been left fuming by an unexpected twist to the release model for Wednesday’s second season

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2 w. ago Saturday Night Live has lost its bite, so why would we want it here? | Sarah Manavis

The once fearless, now formulaic, satirical show is on its way from the US. Can it bring back the fun?What makes good satire? The answer might vary depending on who you ask. What is more unifying, however, is what doesn’t. Most would agree it’s things like punching down, cheap jokes, obviousness or, worst of all, failing to actually be funny.We saw a unique combination of all of the above last weekend, when the American live sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live (SNL) attempted to parody the hit HBO series The White Lotus, setting it among current White House staff. Alongside middling caricatures of Donald Trump and the US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, the pre-recorded skit portrayed the English actor Aimee Lou Wood, who has a gap between her teeth, and her character from the show, Chelsea, as uncharacteristically stupid, with bulging eyes and buck teeth. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Saturday Night Live lost its bite long ago, and it’s unlikely to find it on British TV | Sarah Manavis

The once fearless, now formulaic, satirical show is on its way from the US. Can it bring back the fun?What makes good satire? The answer might vary depending on who you ask. What is more unifying, however, is what doesn’t. Most would agree it’s things like punching down, cheap jokes, obviousness or, worst of all, failing to actually be funny.We saw a unique combination of all of the above last weekend, when the American live sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live (SNL) attempted to parody the hit HBO series The White Lotus, setting it among current White House staff. Alongside middling caricatures of Donald Trump and the US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, the pre-recorded skit portrayed the English actor Aimee Lou Wood, who has a gap between her teeth, and her character from the show, Chelsea, as uncharacteristically stupid, with bulging eyes and buck teeth. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago M*A*S*H and The Brady Bunch star Patrick Adiarte dies after devastating health struggle

Patrick Adiarte, who is best known for his role as Ho-Jon in the hit war comedy M*A*S*H, has died at the age of 82 after being hospitalised with pneumonia

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3 w. ago Alicia Silverstone to reprise Clueless role in sequel TV series

The actor will return for a follow-up series on Peacock rejoining the life of Cher Horowitz from the hit 1995 comedyAlicia Silverstone will play Cher Horowitz once again in a new TV series follow-up to the hit 1995 comedy Clueless.The 48-year-old actor has been set as star and executive producer of an episodic sequel at Peacock. The show will be written and produced by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, best known for Gossip Girl. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Peter Andre fans all ask the same question as Aussie singer plays Jamaican gangster in odd new film trailer

The low-budget comedy marks the Mysterious Girl hit-maker’s first lead role on the big screen

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3 w. ago The WeGotTickets Musical Comedy Awards Final at Bloomsbury Theatre review: hit all the right notes

It was a pity only one winner could be crowned: this strong line-up boasted so many potential victors

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3 w. ago SNL rips off hit show with The White POTUS skit... and everyone is saying the same thing

The sketch comedy series parodied the HBO hit with 'The White Potus,' packed with cameos and inside references to the show's Ratliff family from the just concluded third season.

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4 w. ago ‘A collective sigh of relief’: how Jesse Eisenberg’s A Real Pain went down in Poland

Eisenberg’s Holocaust-heritage comedy-drama was a big hit in the country where it is set – though some have questioned its lack of engagement with locals. Historians, critics and heritage tour guides give us their thoughtsA Real Pain, Jesse Eisenberg’s film about two cousins on a heritage tour of Holocaust-related sites in Poland, has been largely embraced by Polish audiences, who appreciated its understated humour and conspicuous good intentions. Within a month of its release, the film had grossed more than $1m at the Polish box office – no small feat for an indie production in Poland. “There was a collective sigh of relief,” says Vogue Poland film critic Anna Tatarska, “that here was a Hollywood Holocaust narrative that didn’t cast Poles as historical villains.”Poland’s fraught relationship with Holocaust narratives has made films touching on it into political battlegrounds for at least a decade. Since the nationalist backlash against films such as Aftermath (Pokłosie) in 2012, an...

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4 w. ago Netflix now streaming 'long overdue' comedy and fans are already begging for season 2

The eight-part comedy series has already proved a hit amongst Canadian fans and is now on Netflix

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4 w. ago Netflix subscribers left 'screaming at the TV' as they beg for second season of hit new comedy

This fresh comedy series became an instant hit in Canada after it was released on the CBC network back in January

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last month 'I was in a BBC comedy but now make six figures a year getting trolled'

George and Sienna Keywood met after she saw him on a hit BBC comedy, after connecting on social media, their relationship blossomed and they soon moved in together, but then the trolling began

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