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On Wednesday 30 April 2025, BBC Four broadcasts Jimmy McGovern Remembers… Priest!

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In the upcoming episode of “Jimmy McGovern Remembers… Priest,” airing on BBC Four, viewers will get a unique opportunity to hear from the acclaimed screenwriter himself. Jimmy McGovern reflects on his well-known 1995 drama, “Priest,” which sparked conversations and debates at the time of its release.

The episode dives into McGovern’s original intention behind the story. He initially aimed to explore the theme of celibacy among Catholic priests. However, as he developed the narrative, it evolved into a deeper exploration of homosexuality within the church. This shift not only changed the direction of the drama but also raised important questions about faith, love, and identity.

McGovern’s insights promise to provide an intriguing look into the creative process and the challenges faced when tackling sensitive subjects. Fans of the original drama, as well as those interested in the...

“Jimmy McGovern Remembers… Priest” is set to air on BBC Four at 10:00 Pm on Wednesday, April 30, 2025. This special program features acclaimed screenwriter Jimmy McGovern as he revisits his groundbreaking drama, “Priest,” which first hit screens in 1995. The show promises an insightful look into the creative process behind a film that sparked conversations and controversy.

In this retrospective, McGovern shares his initial inspiration for “Priest,” which began with a desire to explore the complex topic of celibacy among Catholic priests. However, as the story evolved, it transformed into a powerful narrative that delves into themes of homosexuality and the struggles faced by individuals within the church. McGovern’s candid reflections offer a unique perspective on the challenges and triumphs of bringing such a sensitive subject to life on screen.

Viewers can expect a blend of personal anecdotes and behind-the-scenes insights, making this program a must-watch for fans of the original...

Netflix’s latest British miniseries, Toxic Town is centered around the real-life legal battle between the Corby Borough Council and the townsfolk whose children suffered birth deformities due to toxic waste pollution resulting from deliberate neglect and mismanagement by the authorities involved in the steel plant land reclamation. As the makers decide to approach the narrative from the perspective of the victim’s families and the residents of the industrial town, it is important to note that maternal figures gained prominence – the ones who were most affected/ blamed for a predicament beyond their control, as patriarchal society functioned that way, and still does. Aside from this aspect, the series also focuses on the bureaucratic corruption which preys on the socioeconomic vulnerabilities of small townships and ends up ruining the future of upcoming generations in diabolically selfish pursuits.

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The O.C.was a beloved TV series of the teen drama genre that ran from 2003 to 2007. The series follows a group of teenagers living in Newport Beach, Orange County, with Ryan Atwood (Ben McKenzie) being taken in by the wealthy Cohen family. The four-season series followed Ryan as the fish-out-of-water, along with his best friend, Seth Cohen (Adam Brody), girl-next-door Marissa Cooper (Mischa Barton), and her best friend, Summer Roberts. (Rachel Bilson)

The success of the series launched its main cast into stardom, with Ben McKenzie going on to star in Gotham, Rachel Bilson in Hart of Dixie and Jumper, and Adam Brody in Mr. and Mrs. Smith, as well as Netflix’s Nobody, Wants This, which won him a Critics' Choice Award. However, there are several well-known Hollywood stars who made smaller appearances on The O.C. before their careers took off.

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The 2011 vampire hunter film Priest failed to sink its teeth into the box office but that hasn’t stopped fan interest in another go with Priest 2: Faithless Dawn.

Paul Bettany led the cast of Priest, a movie in which the man behind Marvel’s Vision starred as a man of the cloth who wasn’t afraid to bust a few vampiric heads when his niece (played by Lily Collins) is kidnapped by a pack of bloodthirsty dracs.

It might be slightly surprising that there is any demand at all for another Priest film. The first movie, which lurked into theaters on May 13, 2011, a mere two weeks after the MCU’s Thor, certainly didn’t light the world on fire.

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Beyoncé and Kendrick Lamar were among the big winners at the 2025 Grammy Awards.

For the first time in her legendary career, Beyoncé took home Album of the Year. After being nominated four previous times in the category, Queen Bey finally broke through with her country album Cowboy Carter.

Beyoncé also made Grammy history as the first Black artist to win Best Country Album, and her collaboration with Miley Cyrus, II Most Wanted,” was named Best Country Duo/Group Performance.

Kendrick Lamar was the night’s other big winner, as his industry-shaking Drake diss track, “Not Like Us,” swept all five categories that it was nominated in: Song of the Year, Record of the Year, Best Rap Song, Best Rap Performance, and Best Music Video.

Rounding out the Big Four Categories, Chappell Roan was christened Best New Artist.

Charli Xcx claimed three Grammys: brat won Dance/Electronic Album and Best Recording Package,...

Some old-school metalheads may blast the Grammy Awards for supposedly having no rock cred, but that absolutely isn’t the case for Judas Priest’s Rob Halford, an unimpeachably credible rock legend and possibly the jolliest man in metal. Priest are nominated this year alongside “a great kind of broad demographic of all these different generations of metal maniacs” — Metallica, Gojira, Spiritbox, and Knocked Loose featuring Poppy — for Best Metal Performance for “Crown of Horns,” a track off the band’s 19th studio album, Invincible Shield. And Halford could not be more brimming with more “absolute shock and excitement and feelings.”

“We treasure every opportunity and every moment of recognition,” gushes the 73-years-young metal god, grinning over Zoom from his home in Phoenix. “You feel like it’s a win already. The nomination is a win. … This is like a pinnacle. … We’ve had multiple nominations, but to get one...

Character relationships are often at the heart of a successful television series, but the story of romance is arguably one of the hardest to tell. No relationship is the same due to their unique situation and set of challenges. From relationships that last to the ones that are never going to work, romance stories can be extremely complicated and nuanced.

Being flawless doesn't mean the pair gets their happily ever after. It depends on how each situation is handled and depicted. From the heart-wrenching story between Fleabag and the Hot Priest in Fleabag to the controversial relationship between Cersei and Jaime Lannister in Game of Thrones, relationships in television have taken viewers on rides through heartbreak, betrayal, joy and tears.

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Fleabag and Hot Priest have a toxic soulmate relationship in Phoebe Waller-Bridge's dark comedy Fleabag. The priest is the only...

The 2015 action movie Run All Night kept audiences on the edge of their seats in its theatrical run, and a new generation of viewers is enjoying streaming the movie. The action thriller follows a former hitman and his son after they accidentally become involved with and kill a mobster. The two are forced to run and fight for their lives against the mobsters as well as the NYPD who are determined to catch and kill the pair.

Despite the modest reviews from critics regarding the plot of Run All Night, some reviews praised the performances of the leading cast. Additionally, audiences were entertained by the consistent action and the performances of the movie's well-known star and supporting cast. For both audiences new to Run All Night and for previous fans, the movie is certainly worth a watch, especially because of the thrilling performances of its cast.

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Premiere Entertainment Group (Peg) has reported brisk sales at last week’s AFM on the crime thriller Desert Dawn starring Kellan Lutz and Cam Gigandet from Twilight.

Deals have closed in Australia & New Zealand (Rialto), Latin America (A2), Germany (Tiberius), Spain (Flins y Piniculas), France (Program Store), Benelux (Amazon), Eastern Europe (Daro), Russia/Cis (Filmster), Middle East (Eagle Films), Taiwan (Av Jet), and India and airlines (Pictureworks).

Desert Dawn centres on a new small-town sheriff (Lutz) and his resentful deputy (Gigandet) who get entangled in a web of lies and corruption involving shady businessmen and a cartel while investigating the murder of a mysterious woman.

Saturday Night Live season 50 is filled with clever sketches, comedic timing, and an excellent cast ensemble. The season features many of the same members from SNL season 49, but it also includes three new featured actors who are making their first appearances in the 2024/2025 season. Most of them, however, are celebrating another year as repertory players.

SNL season 50 represents the show's 50th year, marking half a century since Lorne Michaels created the show back in 1975. Since its release, SNL has come up with a series of memorable pop culture sketches with some of SNL's best skits being released in the last decade. Season 50 upholds SNL's reputation as being one of the best sketch comedy shows with its excellent cast.

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Michael Che

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Mikey Day

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Andrew Dismukes

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Chloe Fineman

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Heidi Gardner

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Marcello Hernandez

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James Austin Johnson

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Colin Jost

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With Paddington in Peru closing in on its premiere date, many fans of the beloved children's franchise may be wondering which actor or actress should be the villain in the next Paddington movie. Despite being first created in 1958, Paddington Bear has managed to captivate countless generations of readers and viewers right up until the present day. In 2014, the current movie franchise kicked off, with Ben Whishaw voicing the eponymous bear. Now, the franchise is close to releasing Paddington in Peru, which means even more fun - and chaos - for Paddington to get into.

Although the Paddington movies are obviously centered on the adorable British bear, another major aspect of the films are the villains. The sneaky and suspicious people that Paddington must outwit clearly have devious motives, but rather than being dark or scary, these bad guys usually bring an extra air of fun to the movies. Their schemes...

The nominees for the 2025 Grammy Awards were announced on Friday morning (November 8th), with some heavyweight acts among the contenders for Best Metal Performance.

Gojira, alongside collaborators Marina Viotti and Victor Le Masne, have been nominated for “Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!),” the song that the French metal masters played during their groundbreaking performance at the Olympics opening ceremony in Paris this past summer.

Two Rock & Roll Hall of Famers will also battle it out in the category, as Judas Priest’s “Crown of Horns” and Metallica’s “Screaming Suicide” each received a nod.

Rounding out the competition for Best Metal Performance are two acts who’ve exploded onto the scene in recent years: Canadian metal band Spiritbox with “Cellar Door” and Kentucky hardcore heroes Knocked Loose with “Suffocate” (featuring Poppy).

The 67th Annual Grammy Awards will take place February 2nd at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, and air live at 8 p.

Exclusive: Premiere Entertainment Group has licensed rights to action crime-thriller Desert Dawn starring Kellan Lutz and Cam Gigandet to Saban Films for North America and UK.

pic follows a newly appointed small-town sheriff (Lutz) and his begrudging deputy (Gigandet) who get tangled up in a web of lies and corruption involving shady businessmen and the cartel while investigating the murder of a mysterious woman.

Chad Michael Collins, Helena Haro, Texas Battle, Guillermo Iván and Niko Foster round out the key cast.

Marty Murray directed the film from an original screenplay by Chad Law and Johnny Walters. The film is produced by Elias Axume for Premiere Entertainment and Al Bravo for Al Bravo Films alongside HemDee Kiwanuka.

Desert Dawn reunites Lutz and Gigandet for the first time since the Twilight franchise. Lutz has gone on to star in films such as The Legend of Hercules, The Expendables 3, and Immortals. Gigandet...

Despite strong performances from a stellar cast and potent symbolism offering compelling ideas, Grotesquerie doesnt evolve much past its plodding narrative and scattershot story. The new FX series was created by Ryan Murphy, best known for co-creating American Horror Story for the same network. His latest horror mystery offers a similar feel to the anthology show, as seasoned Detective Lois Tryon (Niecy Nash-Betts) investigates a series of grisly murders in her small town. She soon teams up with a local nun, Sister Megan (Micaela Diamond), after learning the killings have key religious connotations.

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Cast Warren Sweeney, Scott Anthony Simmons, Ryan Maltz, David St. James, Eve Sigall, Kody Batchelor, Susan Pingleton, Mike Tarnofsky, Quincey White, Joseph Schwartz, Jamie H. Jung, Lynn Downey, Al-Shabazz Jabateh, Jay Alan Christianson, Conrad Bluth, Micaela Diamond, Joshua Bitton, Sarah J. Bartholomew, Nicholas Alexander Chavez, Niecy Nash-Betts, Travis Kelce, Raven Goodwin, Price Carson, Tom Virtue, Tessa Ferrer,...

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This guide will show you how to beat Esgar, Priest of Blood. The game developers of FromSoftware decided to add a few extra optional bosses for the Tarnished to face in their journey to become the next Elden Lord. Fortunately, Esgar does not pose much of a challenge.

Despite being a weaker optional boss, players should not walk into the arena underestimating their opponent or without a plan. This guide will teach you the fastest way to defeat this boss without breaking much of a sweat and a few secret methods to end the fight sooner.

Where Can You Find Esgar, Priest of Blood? Elden Ring players will struggle to find this boss rather than fighting him.

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Having starred as Nick Fury in the Marvel Cinematic Universe since 2008's Iron Man, Samuel L. Jackson can't believe so much time has flown playing the former S.H.I.E.L.D. director in several projects. However, Jackson insists he still has one major goal for his character in the MCU, for Fury to land in Wakanda.

Speaking with GQ, Jackson reflected on portraying Fury throughout his time in the MCU as part of a nine-picture deal with Marvel, making him an ever-present in the superhero genre. Jackson admitted he didn't think his initial deal would end so quickly as Fury appeared in those nine movies over a short span.

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"I knew I had a nine-picture deal.

Judas Priest are celebrating the 50th anniversary of their debut album Rocka Rolla with a newly remixed and remastered edition.

With fresh mixing work from longtime Priest producer Tom Allom, the reissue is set to release digitally on September 13th and on vinyl and CD on November 22nd.

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Released in 1974, Rocka Rolla pre-dated Judas Priest’s heavy metal sound and saw the young British band playing a brand of bluesy hard rock with elements of psych and prog. It was recorded on a small budget during cheap overnight studio sessions by the group’s then-lineup of singer Rob Halford, guitarist Glenn Tipton, bassist Ian Hill, guitarist Kk Downing, and drummer John Hinch.

As Halford explained in the press release for the new reissue, the members of Priest were mostly satisfied with their work in the studio, but upon receiving the first pressing of Rocka Rolla,...

Rob Halford has reassured fans that he has no plans of retiring while Judas Priest are still going strong.

The UK legends are coming off the release of one of 2024’s best metal albums, Invincible Shield, and have been touring relentlessly in support of it.

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Ahead of the band’s forthcoming Fall North American tour (get tickets here), the 73-year-old metal icon spoke with Iowa’s Rock 108 about Priest’s current momentum and the future of his own career.

“I think if your desire is still there,” Halford said [as transcribed by Classic Rock], “if your passion is still there, if you can still deliver the [goods] — to quote a Priest song — if you’re moving along and the machine’s not too wobbly, you can still get from A to B on one wheel, as long as it looks good and sounds good and all the other pieces are in place,...

After traversing a long and winding road, the saga of detective Harry Bosch is coming to an end with the conclusion of Bosch: Legacy Season 3. Michael Connelly, whose Harry Bosch novels serve as source material for the series, announced on Instagram on Friday that the latest iteration of the character’s episodic exploits is ending.

“It’s been an amazing run with this character so far,” Connelly wrote. “There’s that over-used phrase ‘It takes a village,’ so I’ll just say, it takes at least a whole town to make a show like this. We’ve had the best people up and down the call sheet. Actors, writers, directors, producers, and all the crew tried to make something special, and they certainly did. I’m very proud of what we did.”

While fans could be upset about the cancelation of Bosch: Legacy, Connelly is thrilled about how actor Titus Welliver...

En una remota isla griega, una asesina retirada y su hijo distante se reencuentran.

De acuerdo con Deadline, Keeley Hawes (Bodyguard) y Freddie Highmore (The Good Doctor) encabezarán el reparto de The Assassin, una serie de suspense de Prime Video.

The Assassin se sitúa en una remota isla griega y sigue a la asesina retirada Julie (Hawes) que tiene un reencuentro con su hijo distanciado, Edward (Highmore), durante su visita desde Inglaterra. Armado con preguntas en torno a la nueva información sobre su paternidad, Edward lucha por encontrar el momento adecuado para hablar con su frustrantemente distante madre. Pero cuando por fin llega el momento, las cosas dan un giro mortal cuando el peligroso pasado de Julie la atrapa y se ven obligados a huir juntos de la isla. La búsqueda de la verdad de Edward choca con el secretismo de Julie mientras se ven obligados a trabajar juntos en una lucha por la supervivencia,...

BookTok is the go-to place for spicy romance reads, offering a range of steamy novels for fans of all levels of "spice". Popular books on BookTok, like Twisted Love and Priest, feature plenty of explicit content for readers to enjoy. Some BookTok romances are lighter on the spice but still worth reading, like Delilah Green Doesn't Care and The Love Hypothesis.

TikTok is a great place to get book recommendations across genres, but "BookTok" is especially useful for those looking for spicy romance reads. Some of the most popular books on BookTok are romance and romantasy novels featuring steamy moments. This explains the platform's reputation for promoting smut, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. It makes it the go-to place for romance readers looking to separate the tamer stories from the steamier novels they're looking for. BookTok also helps readers find their preferred "spice" level, matching them with their ideal books.

Kingpin's possession by the sin of Greed leads to an intense battle with Daredevil, resulting in a surprising twist of redemption. Through prayer and self-reflection, Daredevil saves Kingpin's soul from the demonic influence, leading to the villain seeking forgiveness. The unexpected development of Kingpin seeking salvation from Daredevil raises questions about redemption and the future of their relationship.

Warning! Spoilers ahead for Daredevil #12!I'm a huge Daredevil fan, but even I couldn't have predicted this sudden and surprising twist involving Matt Murdock's greatest nemesis. For as long as they've known each other, Kingpin and Daredevil have made one another's lives a living hell.

Funnily enough, Wilson Fisk got a touch of the real Hell when he found himself under the command of the sin of Greed. Kingpin was helpless as his body was taken by a demon who wanted nothing more than to consume everything in sight and...

Tubi, Fox’s free streaming service, has announced its list of September titles. The Tubi September 2024 slate features new Tubi Originals and numerous action, art house, Black cinema, comedy, documentary, drama, horror, kids and family, romance, sci-fi and fantasy, thriller, and Western titles.

As a leading ad-supported video-on-demand service, the company engages diverse audiences through a personalized experience and the world’s largest content library: over 200,000 movies and TV episodes, a growing collection of Tubi Originals, and nearly 250 Fast channels.

You can watch the Tubi September 2024 lineup for free on Android and iOS mobile devices, Amazon Echo Show, Google Nest Hub Max, Comcast Xfinity X1, and Cox Contour.

You can also watch the service on connected television devices such as Amazon Fire TV, Vizio TVs, Sony TVs, Samsung TVs, Roku, Apple TV, Chromecast, Android TV, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and on the Tubi site.

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Great TV characters can make a lasting impression in just one season, leaving fans wanting more. Villains or supporting characters can shine and enrich a show's world with a single memorable season. Characters like The Priest in "Fleabag" or Wilf in "Doctor Who" quickly become fan favorites in just one season.

Great TV characters don't always need a lot of time to leave their mark, and they can feel like they've been part of a show for much longer than they actually have been. One season is plenty of time for a character to create a lasting impression, especially if the writers and the actor are on the same page. Sometimes, leaving fans wanting more makes a character even more popular.

Characters of all different types can shine in just one season. Often, it can be a villain who provides a temporary challenge, but it can also be a character...

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Future Today has inked new content licensing deals with Gravitas Ventures, Samuel Goldwyn Films and Sony Pictures that will allow it to deliver more films through its Fawesome streaming platform.

Films and shows that will be coming to the platform include “Taxi,” “Hamlet,” “Queen of the North,” “Mean Guns,” “Two Rode Together,” “The Fog” and “Silent Hours,” among others.

“Fawesome’s growing audience has come to expect engaging and entertaining content,” said David Di Lorenzo, the Senior Vice President of Content Acquisitions & Partnerships at Future Today. “Our new deals with these major studios allow us to continue to expand our premium content offering while satisfying the wants of our audience.”

A full list of titles coming to Fawesome as announced by Future Today follows below:

2036 Origin Unknown (Gravitas Ventures) Above the Shadows (Gravitas Ventures) Accident Man (Samuel Goldwyn) Another Round (Samuel Goldwyn) The Baader Meinhof Complex (Samuel...

As we move into June, it is a great time to become a Peacock subscriber. Not only is NBCUniversal’s flagship streaming service home to great movies and buzzy originals, but it also offers tons of new and exclusive films and TV series throughout the month. In June, Peacock is also the home for a ton of Team USA Olympic Team qualifying events, WWE and Nxt premium live events including Clash at the Castle, PGA and Lga golf tour stops, Indycar, and much more. The NBCU streamer is also home to original and exclusive Peacock series, and the next-day streaming of shows from across the NBCU family of networks, it is a good time to sign up for either a Peacock Premium ($5.99) or Peacock Premium Plus ($11.99) plan. However, come July, those prices will increase by $2 per month.

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Andrew Scott has joined the sprawling cast of “Knives Out 3.”

The “Ripley” and “Fleabag” actor will star in the whodunit — titled “Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery” — alongside the previously announced additions of “Challengers” breakout Josh O’Connor and Cailee Spaeny of “Priscilla” fame. And of course, Daniel Craig will reprise his role as the quirky sleuth at the center of it all, Benoit Blanc.

Rian Johnson is writing and directing the third “Knives Out” installment. He’s also producing with his T-Street partner Ram Bergman, who worked on the first two films. “Wake Up Dead Man” is expected to soon go into production and is slated to release in 2025. Plot details have yet to be revealed, but Johnson and Craig have teased that it is Blanc’s “most dangerous case yet.”

“I love everything about whodunits, but one of the things I love most is how malleable the genre is,...

Kk’s Priest and Accept have announced the “Full Metal Assault” Fall 2024 North American co-headlining tour.

Dates kick off August 31st in Los Angeles and run through October 7th in San Francisco. The extensive outing will make stops in major markets such as Denver, Toronto, New York City, Boston, Nashville, and Dallas along the way.

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A Live Nation ticket pre-sale has begun using the code Soundcheck, while general ticket sales start Thursday (May 9th) at 10 a.m. Et via Ticketmaster. Fans can also look for deals or get tickets to sold-out dates via StubHub, where your purchase is 100% guaranteed through StubHub’s Fan Protect program.

The outing will reunite K.K. Downing of Judas Priest fame and German metal icons Accept, with the two latter bands having toured together in the early ’80s as part of the burgeoning UK/European metal movement.

“Not since 1983 have we shared the same battleground,...

Welcome to this review of WWE’s latest pay-per-view/premium live event, Backlash, which this year emanates from France. We’ve got five matches on the card so let’s get into it.

Match #1: Street Fight – Solo Sikoa & Tama Tonga def. Randy Orton & Kevin Owens The following is courtesy of wwe.com:

Before the match could even begin, all four Superstars engaged in a massive melee with WWE officials, including SmackDown General Manager Nick Aldis, who was attempting to break up the brawl. A fed up Aldis decided to forgo the original tag team rules, turning the bout into a Street Fight. The chaos only heightened with the introduction of weapons including Kendo sticks, trash cans, tables and even the Prime hydration station being used as instruments of destruction.Both teams traded blows with Owens splashing Tonga through a table while Sikoa nearly simultaneously put Orton through a table with a Samoan Drop.

Brad Dourif has had an incredible acting career that stretches back more than fifty years – and back in the early days of that career, he even earned a “Best Actor in a Supporting Role” Oscar nomination for his performance in the 1975 classic One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Over a decade later, he started playing the role he is best known for, that of Charles Lee Ray, a.k.a. Chucky, a serial killer who uses voodoo to transfer his soul into the body of a doll. Dourif is now 74 years old, so when we hear that he has decided to retire from acting, it’s totally understandable… but while talking about his retirement, Dourif has also made sure to assure fans that his days of Chucky are not over. He will still continue to work on any Chucky projects that might come up.

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Apart from the thrilling matches at WWE, the wrestling industry has often made headlines for lacking female referees, until Jessika Carr made her debut in 2019 during SmackDown. Being the first full-time female referee, Carr has been working with WWE for a long time.

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However, despite her unbiased judgment and help, she seems to lack her deserving credit. Take the recent example of WrestleMania 40 when a few fans noticed Jessica Carr helping Damian Priest during the Six-Pack Tag Team Ladder Match. Apparently, Carr saved Priest from a scary botch by informing him about his ladder. And yet, rarely anyone offered Carr the credit for helping.

Jessica Carr Went Unnoticed Despite Saving Damian Priest

Making her debut in 2019 during Friday Night SmackDown, Jessica Carr became WWE’s first full-time female referee. Ever since then she has been appearing during several matches and dedicating herself to the wrestling universe.

When I saw the first black-and-white still of Andrew Scott in and as “Ripley,” I was sold — and I know I’m not alone.

The 47-year-old actor might seem like an unexpected choice to step into the shoes of Tom Ripley, but for anyone following his career, it could not have been a more perfect casting or welcome treat. From the very first moments, Steve Zaillian’s “Ripley” is one of those projects that hinges entirely upon its lead actor, a vehicle for Mr. Ripley’s talents that buoys sharp direction, artistic choices, and lush cinematography in its wake.

As for casting the man last seen on TV as Hot Priest in the role of a known sociopath (though Scott and Zaillian dislike labeling their antihero), we must turn to Tumblr. With Instagram in its infancy and TikTok still years away, Twitter and Tumblr were the arenas for Andrew Scott...

While not the first mashup between vampires and Westerns, the 2011 action horror flick Priest is undoubtedly the most original. Based on a graphic novel series of the same name by Hyung Min-woo, this action-packed adventure merges standard Western concepts with high supernatural fantasy set in an alternate world where humans and vampires have been at war since the dawn of time. But what if we told you that this movie had some distinct ties to the classic John Wayne flick The Searchers, and that, somehow, it actually works in the film's favor? Get ready to set off on a wild ride, one filled with more vampires and Western tropes than you'll know what to do with.

Judas Priest continue to unveil tracks from their forthcoming album Invincible Shield ahead of its March 8th release date.

“The Serpent and the King” is the fourth single from the LP so far, and it’s another scalding ripper from the British metal legends.

Rob Halford’s falsetto vocals are front and center — yep, he can still hit that vaunted Painkiller register — and the guitar tone sounds like it’s scratching the speakers from the inside. Under the hood, the guitar work and riff arrangements are densely composed — enough for both thrash and prog heads to feast on.

Regarding the album’s musical direction, guitarist Richie Faulkner told Audio Ink Radio that Invincible Shield “is progressive in the sense that it’s not like verse-chorus-verse-chorus-solo-chorus-finish,” likening it to Priest’s ’70s output.

“It’s musical part-verse-musical part,” he added. “It might do a few twists and turns, musically. It veers from the path of it,...

If there’s one takeaway from the LGBTQ narrative films that came into the world and across our screens this year, it’s the sheer variety of the stories there are to tell.

From real-world historical biopics and inspirational sports dramas, to tender love stories and raunchy comedies, there really was something for everyone this year. Captivating characters, fearless performances and narrative tapestries that defy convention and troublesome tropes all reigned supreme. As such, here are some of the best we got.

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A new movie from the director of “Weekend” starring the Hot Priest from “Fleabag” and everyone’s favorite internet boyfriend should be enough to catch the interest of anyone listening — and “All of Us Strangers” lives up to that potential and then some. This equal parts sexy and emotionally devastating romance stars Andrew Scott as an isolated writer who,...

The episode of Wtf Happened to This Horror Movie? covering Ravenous was Written by Emilie Black, Narrated by Travis Hopson, Edited by Victoria Verduzco, Produced by Andrew Hatfield and John Fallon, and Executive Produced by Berge Garabedian.

1999, a year of hope, a year of high fashion, nooo, no… 1999, the year when people prepared for Y2K, the year of all the odd choices when it came to fashion, and the year of interesting cinematic options. We got The Mummy which gave us all the hot cast members we could ask for and still gives us memes, we got End of Days, Stigmata, Idle Hands, House on Haunted Hill, The Haunting, Stir of Echoes, and The Blair Witch Project. It was a year for surprising hits, shocking failures, and offbeat horror films. So many smaller budgets did so well. Also out in 1999 was this movie about cannibalism in the olden days of the United States,...

Kk’s Priest, the metal band featuring former Judas Priest members K.K. Downing and Tim “Ripper” Owens, have announced a 2024 headlining US tour, and they’re bringing L.A. Guns and Burning Witches along as support.

The trek will kick off March 7th in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and run through a March 24th date in Glenside, Pennsylvania. According to a press release, more dates are on the way, as “this tour is scheduled to be the first of at least a two-leg USA tour, planned to continue later in 2024.”

Tickets for select shows go on sale Saturday (December 16th) at 10 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster, while tickets for all other gigs can be purchased via links on the official Kk’s Priest website. Fans can also check for deals or pick up tickets to sold-out shows via StubHub, where your purchase is 100% guaranteed through StubHub’s Fan Protect program.

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Timothee Chalamet walked in Johnny Depp’s shoes and appeared as Willy Wonka in the latest film Wonka. The movie has a stellar cast, including Hugh Grant and Rowan Atkinson, to support Timothee’s titular character. But they are all veteran Hollywood stars; Tim is one of the most talented actors of the present generation. The star cast must have packed a handsome salary for this fantasy musical film by Paul King.

Previously, Johnny Depp entertained us to the fullest by bringing his quirks in the character of Willy Wonka when he appeared in the role in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The movie reunited the iconic actor-director duo of Depp and Tim Burton in 2005. Besides Depp, Gene Wilder’s Wonka is also one of the most iconic portrayals of the character. The official trailer of the Chalamet-led movie came out around four months ago.

Judas Priest are gearing up to release a new studio album, Invincible Shield, on March 8th, but fans don’t have to wait that long to hear new music from the band. The metal legends have unveiled the video for “Trial by Fire” as the second single from the LP.

“Trial by Fire” features some classic metal riffage from guitarists Richie Faulkner and Glenn Tipton, along with singer Rob Halford’s anthemic vocals. It follows the album’s debut single, “Panic Attack,” which arrived last month.

“Trial by Fire” and “Panic Attack” follow the ’70s metal sound that Faulkner had hinted about the new album. During a recent interview with Audio Ink Radio, Faulkner said this album was “a bit more ’70s Priest, which I welcome as a guitar player.”

However, he added that it was “not a retro album, by any means. It’s the influence of ’70s Priest in the progressive sense,...

Paul Bettany's movie Priest is a stealth remake of John Wayne's iconic Western, The Searchers. Priest draws heavily from The Searchers, with similar story beats and themes of rescuing a kidnapped relative from an enemy. Priest even uses a fan theory from The Searchers, revealing that the hero's kidnapped niece is actually his daughter, adding an emotional twist to the ending.

A forgotten Paul Bettany vampire movie is a stealth remake of John Wayne's most iconic Western. Wayne became a movie star thanks to his turn in 1939's Stagecoach, and even though the film featured an ensemble cast, his performance stole the show. While he featured in everything from romantic dramas to war movies, he was also permanently typecast as a cowboy. John Wayne starred in 80 Westerns throughout his 50-year career, with some of the most notable being Red River, Rio Bravo and True Grit.

Possibly the most iconic would be The Searchers,...

You’re not gone until you’re gone. At least that’s what I told people when they realized it took eight seasons for “Fear the Walking Dead” to wrap up.

“Fear” bested predictions and became one of the longest-running television spin-offs currently on air. While ratings dwindled and characters were written off over the years, it maintained a decent cult following — some tuning in for Alycia Debnam-Carey, who came into her own as an actress on the show following “The 100,” while others begrudgingly watched to keep up with the “Walking Dead” universe, after characters like Morgan (Lennie James), Dwight (Austin Amelio) and Sherry (Christine Evangelista) were transferred from the original series.

A key to its success, “Fear” never shied away from a soft reboot. Every season tackled a new approach to its storytelling, sometimes in the span of a few episodes. Early seasons of “Fear” felt migratory even,...

Judas Priest have endured in one form or another for more than 50 years, and on their new single, “Trial by Fire,” they recognize their own fortitude. “Bound and abused, branded a liar/I have endured trial by fire,” frontman Rob Halford sings in the chorus, growling the word “fire” a little more each time he sings it.

The track, which naturally features some pyrotechnic guitar playing by Glenn Tipton and Richie Faulkner, will feature on the band’s upcoming Invincible Shield album, due out March 3, 2024.

The group released the first single from the new album,...

Welcome to this review of this past Monday’s episode of WWE Raw, right here on Nerdly… Let’s see what went down on this week’s show!

Match #1: Seth “Freakin” Rollins & Sami Zayn vs. “Dirty” Dom & Jd McDonagh (No-Contest) The following is courtesy of wwe.com:

In the final moments of tag team action, surprise interference from The Judgment Day brought a sudden halt to the match. The bedlam intensified in the aftermath when Cody Rhodes and Jey Uso rushed to the ring to even the odds of The Judgment Day and McDonagh’s post-match attack on Rollins and Zayn. The post-match brawl resulted in an irate Raw General Manager Adam Pearce banning all involved noncompeting WarGames participants from the arena prior to the main event WWE Undisputed Tag Team Title Match.

My Score: 2 out of 5 Match #2: Shinsuke Nakamura def. Otis The following is courtesy of wwe.

After record-breaking attendance of over 170,000 music fans over four days in 2023, Welcome To Rockville returns to Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida to kick off the festival season bigger and better than ever May 9-12, 2024. Festival producer Danny Wimmer Presents is excited to announce the addition of a 5th music stage and 50 additional bands, bringing the total music lineup to an impressive 150 bands for Welcome To Rockville 2024.

The initial music lineup for the 13th year of Welcome To Rockville is the festival’s most powerful collection of artists yet and features an array of talent not-to-be-missed including Foo Fighters, Mötley Crüe, Slipknot, Jelly Roll, Disturbed, Limp Bizkit, Queens of the Stone Age, Judas Priest, Greta Van Fleet, Evanescence, Falling In Reverse, A Day To Remember, Breaking Benjamin, Bad Omens, The Offspring, Mudvayne, Koe Wetzel, Stone Temple Pilots, Primus, Cypress Hill, Sum 41, a rare appearance by Mr. Bungle, and many others.

From 1969 to 2011, K.K. Downing was a member of Judas Priest, and alongside Glenn Tipton made up one of metal’s all-time greatest guitar tandems. The pair helped power such classic albums as British Steel, Screaming for Vengeance, and Painkiller, along with headbanging anthems like “Breaking the Law,” “Living After Midnight,” and “You’ve Got Another Thing Comin’.”

After Downing’s exit, Priest carried on with guitarist Richie Faulkner. But when it was announced in 2018 that Tipton was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease and would no longer tour (aside from special appearances), it seemingly opened the door for Downing to return. But ultimately, the vacated slot went to Andy Sneap, the co-producer of Priest’s 2018 album, Firepower.

Despite a brief performance with Judas Priest at the band’s induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame last year, Downing says the door is now shut on a reunion.

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Despite being a country legend in her own right, Reba McEntire doesn’t have much of a leg up on the average person when it comes to contacting the one and only Dolly Parton. In a recent appearance on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, McEntire revealed that she can only reach Parton via fax.

“Dolly does not text,” McEntire said in a segment called “Textual Behavior.” When asked whether Parton uses email or can be reached on a landline, McEntire said her only option is through “fax.”

She continued, “I don’t have her telephone number and I asked Kenny Rogers one time. I said, ‘Do you have Dolly’s number?’ He said, ‘No.’ Maybe he said that because he didn’t want to give it to me. I don’t know.

This isn’t a situation where McEntire and Parton are complete strangers. Back in 2011, Dolly inducted...

Dark Force Fest, a gothic-industrial gathering that debuted earlier this year, has announced its 2024 lineup, featuring Stabbing Westward, Nitzer Ebb, and more.

The three-day event is set for April 19th through the 21st in Parsippany, New Jersey. The massive, castle-esque Sheraton Parsippany will once again play host to the fest, with its 44,000 square feet of event space and 370 attached hotel rooms.

In addition to Stabbing Westward and Nitzer Ebb, the rest of the 2024 lineup includes: The Crüxshadows, Rabbit Junk, Leæther Strip, Gothminister, Das Ich, Priest, Vision Video, Vampires Everywhere, Then Comes Silence, Ayria, Ash Code, System Syn, Dawn of Ashes, FGFC820, Moris Blak, Danny Blu, Kanga, Auger, Creux Lies, Angels & Agony, I:scintilla, Ego Likeness. Abstinence, Nite, Al1ce, Astari Nite, Mechanical Vein, The Long Losts, October Noir, Biomechanimal, Eva X, Stoneburner, Oberer Totpunkt, and Metamorph.

Festivalgoers can also look forward to a drag show hosted by Onyx Ondyx, various sideshow performances,...

Judas Priest, heavy metal’s perennial Defenders of the Faith, will return stronger than ever next spring with Invincible Shield, their 19th album. The record’s first single, “Panic Attack,” will arrive this week, on the most fitting day for a panic attack, Friday the 13th. The group announced the release, due out March 3, over the weekend during their appearance at the Power Trip festival in Indio, California. The LP follows up 2018’s Firepower, which Rolling Stone dubbed one of the Best Metal Albums of that year.

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Bibin Krishna, the director of the critically acclaimed film Twenty One Gms, is back with another film titled Brocode. The first look poster of the film was released recently and it has a very colorful and unique design with four vehicles shown on a rainbow like road.

Brocode reunites Bibin Krishna with Anoop Menon, who played the lead role in Twenty One Gms. Anoop Menon is known for his versatile roles and performances in Malayalam cinema. He has also written the screenplay and dialogues for Brocode. The film also stars Dhyan Sreenivasan and Dileesh Pothan, who are both popular actors and directors in the industry. Dhyan Sreenivasan made his debut as a director with Love Action Drama, which was a blockbuster hit. Dileesh Pothan is the director of acclaimed films like Maheshinte Prathikaaram and Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum.

Twenty One Grams Trailer

The music of Brocode is composed by Rahul Raj, who...