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Daily Mirror
24-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Prime Video's The Summer I Turned Pretty Season 3 soundtrack in full
*Warning: This article contains spoilers for The Summer I Turned Pretty Season 3* The Summer I Turned Pretty has kicked off its third and final season, with main character Belly Conklin still at the heart of a brutal love triangle. Adapted from showrunner Jenny Han's beloved YA novels, the latest series follows Belly (played by Lola Tung) as she navigates life as a university student. Alongside school work, she is also juggling a long-term relationship with Jeremiah Fisher (Gavin Casalegno). But when Belly's ex-boyfriend and Jeremiah's older brother, Conrad (played by Christopher Briney), returns into their lives, she is forced to face her unresolved feelings for the older Fisher brother. The Summer I Turned Pretty's third series has already featured huge pop songs (Image: Amazon Content Services LLC) While the series packs plenty of its drama on its own, Prime Video viewers have also grown to appreciate the show's impressive soundtrack. It has also become tradition for the series to drop Easter Eggs through needle drops, especially when it comes to Taylor Swift songs. Below, we've detailed The Summer I Turned Pretty's season three soundtrack so far, and explained what *that* Taylor Swift song could mean for the characters. Dreams by the Cranberries Open Arms by SZA Can't Stop by the Red Hot Chili Peppers FRI(END)S by V Get Loud by Coi Leray HOT TO GO! by Chappell Roan Summer Love by Justin Timberlake reason to live by mehro NANi by Saweetie Lovin on Me by Jack Harlow Dilemma by Kelly Rowland and Nelly Good Luck, Babe! by Chappell Roan i like the way you kiss me by Artemas You're Losing Me (From the Vault) by Taylor Swift Episode 1's Taylor Swift song spells trouble for Team Jeremiah (Image: Prime Video ) The series premiere ended on a sour note as Belly discovered that Jeremiah had cheated on her while on Spring Break in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. As Belly ran away from Jeremiah, who was desperately trying to explain himself, Swift's You're Losing Me began playing. The song's lyrics detail a long-term relationship that is on the brink of collapse, despite the singer's efforts to keep it alive. If this song signifies Belly's state of mind, it appears she has been fighting to keep her relationship with Jeremiah strong, but his betrayal may be the final straw. What's more, lyrics in the song's bridge could be hinting at Jeremiah and Belly calling off their engagement, which takes place in the second episode. Swift sings: "And I wouldn't marry me either. A pathological people pleaser." You're Losing Me is the only Swift song featured in the season so far, which could mean Team Jeremiah are in for an unsatisfying ending. lacy by Olivia Rodrigo i wish i hated you by Ariana Grande Rockin Around the Christmas Tree' by Brenda Lee Never Going Back Again by Fleetwood Mac Mystery of Love by Sufjan Stevens Forever and a Day by Benson Boone Birds of a Feather by Billie Eilish Littlest Things by Lily Allen Everything Happens to Me by Bill Evans Please Please Please by Sabrina Carpenter 10,000 Emerald Pools by BØRNS No Surprises by Radiohead The Summer I Turned Pretty streams every Wednesday on Prime Video
New Straits Times
08-07-2025
- Sport
- New Straits Times
Respect for Lara stops Mulder short of world Test record
ZIMBABWE: South African captain Wiaan Mulder said respect for Brian Lara convinced him to declare 33 runs short of the former West Indies star's world Test record, against Zimbabwe at Queens Sports Club yesterday (July 7). Mulder hammered an unbeaten 367 — a South African record and the fifth highest score in Test cricket — before declaring at lunch on the second day of the second Test. South Africa's total of 626 for five proved way beyond Zimbabwe's reach. They were bowled out for 170 and were 51 for one in their second innings after being forced to follow on. "Brian Lara is a legend. He got 401 or whatever it was (it was 400) against England. For someone of that stature to keep the record is pretty special," Mulder said at the close. "I think if I get the chance again I would do the same again." Mulder spoke to South African coach Shukri Conrad who agreed with his decision. "He said to me as well, let the legend keep the record. I never know what my fate will be but letting Brian Lara keep the record is the way it should be." Mulder took two wickets and held a catch at slip as Zimbabwe crumbled in reply. Sean Williams, who was only allowed to bat after five wickets had fallen because of time spent off the field because of illness, slammed 83 not out off 55 balls in Zimbabwe's only innings of substance. Resuming on 264 not out, Mulder became the second South African triple centurion, reaching the mark off 297 balls — the second-fastest behind India's Virender Sehwag, who took 278 deliveries against South Africa in Chennai in 2007/08. Mulder went past the previous highest South African individual score of 311 not out by Hashim Amla against England at The Oval in London in 2012 with successive boundaries off fast bowler Blessing Muzarabani. Mulder faced 334 balls and hit 49 fours and four sixes off an increasingly dispirited and largely toothless Zimbabwe bowling attack. "I've never even dreamed of getting a double hundred, let alone a triple hundred," said Mulder. "When I started playing for South Africa I was nowhere near good enough but it gave me the opportunity to learn from great players." Mulder said playing English county cricket for Leicestershire as well as batting in domestic cricket on the notoriously tricky Wanderers pitch in Johannesburg had helped him hone his game. "Going to England gave me a chance to understand what kind of batter I wanted to be and to figure out some technical things." He also said current Zimbabwe coach Justin Sammons had played a big role while he was coaching in South Africa, particularly in playing the short ball. Like former England captain Mike Brearley, Mulder said he sung to himself between balls, "keeping myself natural, keeping myself present." Whereas Brearley hummed classical music, Mulder said Afrikaans music helped him reach his first Test century in Bangladesh last year, while in Bulawayo he opted for Zombie by the Cranberries. Zombie was sung by Irish rugby supporters at the 2023 Rugby World Cup and adapted by South African rugby fans after the Springboks won the World Cup in a homage to coach Rassie Erasmus and was used for Conrad at the World Test Championship final won by South Africa against Australia last month. "It was sung at Lord's to Shuks," said Mulder. — AFP
Sunday World
04-06-2025
- General
- Sunday World
Dylan McCarthy's mum says world has been ‘destroyed' by son's death in ‘mob attack'
Marita McCarthy told the court her son went out to celebrate the birth of his nephew and came back in a coffin. The mother of a young man who died after he was assaulted during a melee outside a Kildare pub while celebrating the birth of his nephew nearly three years ago has said her world has been 'turned upside down' by the 'senseless attack' on her first-born child and only son. In an emotional victim impact statement, Marita McCarthy said the Cranberries song 'Dreams' came out when her son Dylan was born in 1993, but now she cries when she hears it because her son's dreams were 'snuffed' out by the fatal assault. The money she had saved for her son's wedding had gone towards his funeral instead, Ms McCarthy said. Ms McCarthy told the court her son went out to celebrate the birth of his nephew and came back in a coffin. She said her world has been turned upside down by the 'senseless and unprovoked mob attack on my family'. Her husband Eamonn, who was with Dylan on the night, and who was himself assaulted during the incident, said he had to discharge himself from hospital to attend his son's funeral. Sean Kavanagh (26). Pic Collins Courts Dylan's sister, Orla McCarthy, said she had asked her brother to be her newborn son's godfather just hours before he was killed. The statements were read out at a sentencing hearing on Tuesday afternoon for Calvin Dunne (25) and Sean Kavanagh (27). Dunne was acquitted of murder but convicted of Dylan McCarthy's manslaughter by a Central Criminal Court jury following a trial earlier this year. He was also found guilty of a charge of violent disorder. Two weeks into the trial, Dunne's co-accused, Kavanagh, with an address at St Mary's Lane, Church Avenue, Monasterevin, pleaded guilty to a charge of assault causing harm to Eamonn McCarthy. A charge of violent disorder was taken into consideration. After a defence application, Ms Justice Biggs then directed the jury to find Kavanagh not guilty of the murder of Dylan McCarthy, a charge he had denied. It was the State's case that Mr McCarthy (29) died following an incident in which he received punches and a kick to the head from Dunne while he was attempting to get up off the ground. Two eyewitnesses told the jury that Dylan McCarthy was kicked in the head, with one describing the noise as 'a loud thud' that was 'like kicking a football', while the other said it sounded 'like a car door' shutting. Dunne contended, however, that he was acting in self-defence, that Mr McCarthy was himself 'involved in violence' on the night and that he did not kick the deceased in the head. Mr McCarthy's cause of death was a traumatic head injury and spinal injury caused by blunt force trauma. Calvin Dunne (24). Photo: Collins Courts State pathologist Dr Heidi Okkers told the jury it was not possible to determine whether a punch or kick caused the fatal injury that led to Mr McCarthy's death. In his impact statement, which was read to the court by his wife, Eamonn McCarthy said his previous life disappeared on the night of August 21, 2022 and he had lost his 'son and best friend'. 'I'm a broken man. The future is bleak.' He said following the assault he was on a liquid diet for 12 weeks and now has five plates and permanent nerve damage on the right side of his face. Eamonn McCarthy said his last memory of his son 'gurgling' and of his 'eyes rolling back in his head' will haunt him for the rest of his life. Mr McCarthy said his son was 'not a fighter' and everyone who knew Dylan knew he never hit or fought with anyone. He said he hasn't been inside a pub since the night his son was killed because he has anxiety around crowds. He said his life has become very isolated and he doesn't want to leave the house. Mr McCarthy said he felt like he had 'let my son down when he needed me most'. 'I have never regretted anything so much as entering the Bellyard pub,' he said. Mr McCarthy said Dylan had told him that night that he was going to propose to his girlfriend Aoife in the coming months. Marita McCarthy told the court today: 'I have no wedding to look forward to. The money I had been saving for their wedding went towards a funeral. Dylan's mother said her son was hit and kicked to death before those responsible 'calmly walked away'. She said they did not stick around to see what they did to Dylan and had left her husband with life-long, life-altering injuries. Dylan McCarthy News in 90 June 4th 'My world is destroyed, devastated, changed beyond belief every day,' she said. 'Instead of picking a 30th birthday present I was picking a headstone. Every day is like Groundhog Day, wishing it wasn't true.' She said her son died 'on a footpath outside a pub' as her husband watched his eyes 'rolling into his head and his last gasps'. In her victim impact statement, Dylan's girlfriend Aoife Talty said she met him after her 22nd birthday and they fell 'instantly in love with each other'. She said Dylan was 'kind, fun gentle and caring'. He never liked to be the centre of attention she said, but people were drawn to him and his 'infectious laugh'. Ms Talty said Dylan always made her feel 'loved and happy' and she was looking forward to spending their lives together. The trial heard that on the night of the fatal assault in August 2022, a row broke out after a drink was spilled and the group were ejected from the premises. Dunne told gardai that when a group of people came out of the pub and a fight broke out, he saw his former co-accused Sean Kavanagh fighting with Dylan and Eamonn McCarthy. Dunne said that at one point, Dylan McCarthy went to hit Kavanagh from behind, so Dunne grabbed Dylan McCarthy by the wrist. He told gardaí Dylan McCarthy turned to punch him, so Dunne hit him in the 'chin or jaw' area, causing him to fall. Dunne said he then 'lightly kicked' Dylan to what he believed was 'the chest area'. The defendant told gardaí that Dylan and Eamonn McCarthy were being 'extremely violent'. 'Everything I did was to stop them attacking Sean, I didn't drill him or kick him viciously,' Dunne said. Dunne, of Abbey View, Monasterevin, Co Kildare, had pleaded not guilty to the murder of Mr McCarthy on or about August 22nd, 2022. He had also pleaded not guilty to violent disorder on August 21st, 2022, at Dublin Road, Monasterevin. Kavanagh told gardaí he looked into the pub after hearing shouting and saw staff being assaulted. He said he tried to help remove the group causing the disturbance. He said the fight spilled out onto the street at which point members of this group started to punch and assault him as he attempted to remove them. Kavanagh said a man in his 50s put him in a headlock, causing him to feel 'extremely fearful' for his safety. After he got out of the headlock, he said punches were exchanged and he struck the man in self-defence. The jury heard Eamonn McCarthy sustained a fractured jaw and required surgery and five plates to treat his injuries. He also sustained a broken nose and a hairline fracture around one of his eye sockets. He waited until after Dylan's funeral had taken place to have the operation. At today's sentencing hearing, Detective Garda James Young told prosecution counsel Seoirse Ó Dúnlaing SC that neither Dunne nor Kavanagh have any previous convictions. Mr Ó Dúnlaing said the DPP placed the manslaughter offence in the mid-range of offending attracting a headline sentence of between four and ten years. Michael Lynn SC, for Kavanagh, handed in a letter of apology that his client had written to the McCarthy family. Mr Lynn said the defendant was 24 at the time of the incident. Kavanagh pleaded guilty to the Section 3 assault, he said, and has accepted his responsibility. Mr Lynn said it was clear everything on the night happened in a very, very short space of time and Kavanagh 'deeply regrets what happened' and 'what he did'. Mr Lynn described Kavanagh as 'hardworking' person and a 'good friend' who was spoken of very highly by a very wide range of members of the community from different backgrounds. He said Kavanagh is a decorated sportsman and had represented Ireland in basketball. He said his client has used his sporting talent to contribute to his local club in terms of underage training and involvement with various teams. John Fitzgerald SC, representing Dunne, said nothing he said on behalf of his client was seeking to mitigate or get around the fact the McCarthy family have been given a life sentence. The lawyer asked the court to consider the matter in the wider context and take into account the effects it will have in the future. He said the probation report assessed Dunne as being of low risk of re-offending. Ms Justice Caroline Biggs said she needed time to digest and consider everything she had heard and adjourned the matter to June 30 for finalisation.
Sydney Morning Herald
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
What becomes of the broken-hearted? This show breaks it to you gently
What's it like to have your heart broken? It's a bit like looking into the face of a predator. Things get physical very quickly. Your body is flooded with a fear hormone in a process commonly known as 'fight or flight'. Weeks or even months later, in those very rare cases where heartbreak changes the shape of someone's heart, some people will literally die of a broken heart. New Zealand writer and performer Karin McCracken was so fascinated by this that she made a show called Heartbreak Hotel with creative partner Eleanor Bishop, co-director of their contemporary theatre company, EBKM. Part of this year's Rising festival, it is the most affirming, original and compassionate exploration of heartbreak you'll likely ever see. McCracken plays the show's hero, who explains the science of heartbreak to us and sings classic break-up songs. The old myths start being toppled in the first five minutes as she repeats advice from her mother: 'Exercise. Try something new … but the idea that time is a great healer should not be used, because for many people time stops … and it's a terrible thing,' she tells the audience. McCracken, standing behind a synth (something new) on a stage lit like a shabby club, then launches into a cover of the Elvis song that lends the show its title. Later, there'll be other covers, from It's All Coming Back to Me Now by Celine Dion and Dreams by the Cranberries. The show immerses us — with utmost tenderness — in the story of a painful breakup. As this story unfolds, Simon Leary plays every other character: a bad Tinder date, a wise doctor, a supermarket employee, the best friend, and finally, the ex-boyfriend, whose invisible presence has haunted the show right up until the point when we finally meet him. McCracken began writing the show in 2021 when it felt, to her, as if the whole world was heartbroken. COVID provided a timely moment to explore the corners of grief. She and Bishop 'wanted to make a show about heartbreak that was useful,' she says. They were interested in a contradiction: how we have a huge pool of heartbreak stories to draw from, but often these books, movies and songs are built from the same 'four ideas' about how to heal. Let time soothe you. Meet someone new. Drink water and go running. Find a hobby. Her own experiences of heartbreak had led McCracken to think about whether the received wisdom was inadequate, so she returned to first principles. 'I'd been thinking [about] what happens to your body, because anyone who goes through a heartbreak will tell you that it's a huge period of change, and often, you get sick or you feel really unwell. A lot of people lose weight or look different.' She became fascinated by the physiology of a separation, from the minute you get dumped, to the weeks, months and years afterwards. What she found is consistently intriguing. In the first moments — when you're still sitting with the person who was, seconds ago, your long-term boyfriend — the body is flooded with norepinephrine, the fear hormone. This kicks off a cascading response from white blood cells, RNA (ribonucleic acid), and inflammatory proteins. Loading 'Our bodies think we can literally outrun or fight off a break-up at this point,' says McCracken, because physiologically we can't tell the difference between being dumped and, say, being attacked by a bear. The most startling thing is that the RNA that protects us from viruses is also stood down to funnel resources towards fighting the bear. Usually 'stars of the show', they now clog the system. McCracken points out the absurdity of this situation, which might last for months. 'So we're primed to punch through a wall, but more vulnerable to flu.' Weeks later the body is in its 'resignation' stage; 'if someone's going to die of heartbreak, it's in this phase,' says McCracken. There is even a rare syndrome whereby 'someone is under so much emotional distress their heart literally changes shape'. The show is carefully researched and, on one level, is a masterclass in science communication. It's also wildly entertaining. The challenge, says McCracken, was to bridge the gap between hard science, social science, popular accounts of heartbreak and 'anecdata'. The stage design adds clarity. Every time we return to the science, informative section titles flow along 21 LED panels behind McCracken, like neon headlines in Times Square. This light installation gives the show the lingering texture of a Las Vegas chapel at night. 'There is something relentless about neon to me, which feels appropriate for heartbreak,' she says. The power of Heartbreak Hotel also lies in the fact that it's drawn from experience; McCracken's vulnerability holds space for ours. I winced when McCracken's 'I love you' is met with Leary's pristine 'you too'. We have likely all been McCracken (or Leary) in this exchange. The show is serious about heartbreak, but it's also warm and silly. 'Some of the things we all do [in a break-up] are totally unhinged, so there should be a space where you can laugh about that,' says McCracken. 'Or, a space where you can manage to take the bits that are funny as funny, because there are plenty of bits that aren't.' Humour also underpins the pastoral care McCracken and Leary provide for the audience. Their performance is so naturalistic that audiences often mistake them for the couple they play. But they're actually long-term friends and collaborators. 'I love Simon on stage because he can drop into a character really easily and he also knows how to be with an audience,' McCracken says.
The Age
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Age
What becomes of the broken-hearted? This show breaks it to you gently
What's it like to have your heart broken? It's a bit like looking into the face of a predator. Things get physical very quickly. Your body is flooded with a fear hormone in a process commonly known as 'fight or flight'. Weeks or even months later, in those very rare cases where heartbreak changes the shape of someone's heart, some people will literally die of a broken heart. New Zealand writer and performer Karin McCracken was so fascinated by this that she made a show called Heartbreak Hotel with creative partner Eleanor Bishop, co-director of their contemporary theatre company, EBKM. Part of this year's Rising festival, it is the most affirming, original and compassionate exploration of heartbreak you'll likely ever see. McCracken plays the show's hero, who explains the science of heartbreak to us and sings classic break-up songs. The old myths start being toppled in the first five minutes as she repeats advice from her mother: 'Exercise. Try something new … but the idea that time is a great healer should not be used, because for many people time stops … and it's a terrible thing,' she tells the audience. McCracken, standing behind a synth (something new) on a stage lit like a shabby club, then launches into a cover of the Elvis song that lends the show its title. Later, there'll be other covers, from It's All Coming Back to Me Now by Celine Dion and Dreams by the Cranberries. The show immerses us — with utmost tenderness — in the story of a painful breakup. As this story unfolds, Simon Leary plays every other character: a bad Tinder date, a wise doctor, a supermarket employee, the best friend, and finally, the ex-boyfriend, whose invisible presence has haunted the show right up until the point when we finally meet him. McCracken began writing the show in 2021 when it felt, to her, as if the whole world was heartbroken. COVID provided a timely moment to explore the corners of grief. She and Bishop 'wanted to make a show about heartbreak that was useful,' she says. They were interested in a contradiction: how we have a huge pool of heartbreak stories to draw from, but often these books, movies and songs are built from the same 'four ideas' about how to heal. Let time soothe you. Meet someone new. Drink water and go running. Find a hobby. Her own experiences of heartbreak had led McCracken to think about whether the received wisdom was inadequate, so she returned to first principles. 'I'd been thinking [about] what happens to your body, because anyone who goes through a heartbreak will tell you that it's a huge period of change, and often, you get sick or you feel really unwell. A lot of people lose weight or look different.' She became fascinated by the physiology of a separation, from the minute you get dumped, to the weeks, months and years afterwards. What she found is consistently intriguing. In the first moments — when you're still sitting with the person who was, seconds ago, your long-term boyfriend — the body is flooded with norepinephrine, the fear hormone. This kicks off a cascading response from white blood cells, RNA (ribonucleic acid), and inflammatory proteins. Loading 'Our bodies think we can literally outrun or fight off a break-up at this point,' says McCracken, because physiologically we can't tell the difference between being dumped and, say, being attacked by a bear. The most startling thing is that the RNA that protects us from viruses is also stood down to funnel resources towards fighting the bear. Usually 'stars of the show', they now clog the system. McCracken points out the absurdity of this situation, which might last for months. 'So we're primed to punch through a wall, but more vulnerable to flu.' Weeks later the body is in its 'resignation' stage; 'if someone's going to die of heartbreak, it's in this phase,' says McCracken. There is even a rare syndrome whereby 'someone is under so much emotional distress their heart literally changes shape'. The show is carefully researched and, on one level, is a masterclass in science communication. It's also wildly entertaining. The challenge, says McCracken, was to bridge the gap between hard science, social science, popular accounts of heartbreak and 'anecdata'. The stage design adds clarity. Every time we return to the science, informative section titles flow along 21 LED panels behind McCracken, like neon headlines in Times Square. This light installation gives the show the lingering texture of a Las Vegas chapel at night. 'There is something relentless about neon to me, which feels appropriate for heartbreak,' she says. The power of Heartbreak Hotel also lies in the fact that it's drawn from experience; McCracken's vulnerability holds space for ours. I winced when McCracken's 'I love you' is met with Leary's pristine 'you too'. We have likely all been McCracken (or Leary) in this exchange. The show is serious about heartbreak, but it's also warm and silly. 'Some of the things we all do [in a break-up] are totally unhinged, so there should be a space where you can laugh about that,' says McCracken. 'Or, a space where you can manage to take the bits that are funny as funny, because there are plenty of bits that aren't.' Humour also underpins the pastoral care McCracken and Leary provide for the audience. Their performance is so naturalistic that audiences often mistake them for the couple they play. But they're actually long-term friends and collaborators. 'I love Simon on stage because he can drop into a character really easily and he also knows how to be with an audience,' McCracken says.
