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Yahoo
a day ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Peacock's annual subscription is 70% off through Friday: Here are 5 shows that make it worth it
If you've always been curious about trying Peacock, the streaming platform is giving new subscribers a great deal for a limited time – from now through May 30, you can snag an annual subscription to the streamer for over 70% off the regular price. New subscribers can sign up for a full year of Peacock Premium – the platform's ad-supported tier – for just $24.99 with the code SPRINGSAVINGS. That's 70% off the regular annual price of $79.99. We love Peacock and consider it a great value considering the quality of its original shows, films and documentaries, as well as offering access to great content from NBC, Bravo and more. (If you need us, we'll be streaming the Top Chef semifinals this week.) This deal is only good through this Friday (May 30), so don't miss this chance to subscribe to Peacock at a deep discount and start watching the new season of Poker Face, the Emmy Award-winning reality competition The Traitors, movies like Wicked and Black Bag, live sports coverage including, and more. Not sure what to watch with a Peacock subscription? The platform has an extensive library of classic shows like Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Office and Law & Order, Bravo originals like The Real Housewives franchise and Below Deck, and great movies like Wicked and The Wild Robot, and live sports, including WWE, Premier League Soccer and NFL games. Still need more options? Here are five of our favorite shows on Peacock to convince you: Actor Alan Cumming has assumed his best role yet in Peacock's original reality competition series The Traitors. The premise: Cumming has invited a group of celebrities, from reality stars to politicians and athletes, to his castle in the Scottish highlands where they'll engage in a murder mystery. Cumming secretly names some of his guests as Traitors, and night after night, the Traitors "murder" the remaining contestants, dubbed the Faithfuls, who are then eliminated from the game, while the Faithfuls have to suss out and try and eliminate the Traitors. There are alliances, there's deception, there are surprise murders – and it's tons of campy fun covered in tartan. The show is currently in the middle of its third season, but you can catch up on both of its complete previous seasons now, too. Stream on Peacock Natasha Lyonne as an amateur detective in a case-of-the-week style mystery show is great TV. In Poker Face, the show created by Knives Out director Rian Johnson, Lyonne stars as Charlie Cale, a casino employee with the uncanny ability to tell when someone is lying. She puts her skills to good use trying to solve a series of crimes, but finding herself deeper in trouble with the management at the casino where she works. Like Murder, She Wrote and Columbo before it, every episode is a who's who of celebrity guests. Season two, which just arrived this May, features appearances from Katie Holmes, Giancarlo Esposito, John Mulaney and Sam Richardson, among many others, and new episodes will drop weekly through July 10. Stream on Peacock Golden Globes host Nikki Glaser took aim at The Day of the Jackal at this year's award ceremony, saying 'Eddie Redmayne did TV this year. He's nominated for Peacock's The Day of the Jackal. It's about a top-secret elite sniper who no one can see — because he's on Peacock." Even Redmayne laughed, but don't let the show's quiet presence stop you from checking it out, it's a great crime thriller based on the 1971 novel by Frederick Forsyth. Redmayne stars alongside Moses Ingram in the assassin's cat-and-mouse game and you can binge the whole thing in one go. Stream on Peacock Thanks to a deal struck before Paramount+ even existed in its current form, five seasons of the Paramount Network's hit show Yellowstone, starring Kevin Costner as rancher John Dutton, are available on Peacock. (The show's numerous spinoff prequels are on Paramount+ though, just to keep you on your toes.) Stream on Peacock There are two seasons of the great British sitcom We Are Lady Parts available of Peacock. The show follow a British punk band called Lady Parts, which consists entirely of Muslim women, after their new guitarist, the timid biology student Amina (Anjana Vasan) joins them. As they try to find their audience, Amina struggles to find a comfortable middle ground between her traditional home life and her new life as a musician. Stream on Peacock
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Peacock is 70% off an annual subscription though the end of this week: Here are 5 shows worth signing up for
If you've always been curious about trying Peacock, the streaming platform is giving new subscribers a great deal for a limited time – from now through May 30, you can snag an annual subscription to the streamer for over 70% off the regular price. New subscribers can sign up for a full year of Peacock Premium – the platform's ad-supported tier – for just $24.99 with the code SPRINGSAVINGS. That's 70% off the regular annual price of $79.99. We love Peacock and consider it a great value considering the quality of its original shows, films and documentaries, as well as offering access to great content from NBC, Bravo and more. (If you need us, we'll be streaming the Top Chef semifinals this week.) This deal is only good through this Friday (May 30), so don't miss this chance to subscribe to Peacock at a deep discount and start watching the new season of Poker Face, the Emmy Award-winning reality competition The Traitors, movies like Wicked and Black Bag, live sports coverage including, and more. Not sure what to watch with a Peacock subscription? The platform has an extensive library of classic shows like Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Office and Law & Order, Bravo originals like The Real Housewives franchise and Below Deck, and great movies like Wicked and The Wild Robot, and live sports, including WWE, Premier League Soccer and NFL games. Still need more options? Here are five of our favorite shows on Peacock to convince you: Actor Alan Cumming has assumed his best role yet in Peacock's original reality competition series The Traitors. The premise: Cumming has invited a group of celebrities, from reality stars to politicians and athletes, to his castle in the Scottish highlands where they'll engage in a murder mystery. Cumming secretly names some of his guests as Traitors, and night after night, the Traitors "murder" the remaining contestants, dubbed the Faithfuls, who are then eliminated from the game, while the Faithfuls have to suss out and try and eliminate the Traitors. There are alliances, there's deception, there are surprise murders – and it's tons of campy fun covered in tartan. The show is currently in the middle of its third season, but you can catch up on both of its complete previous seasons now, too. Stream on Peacock Natasha Lyonne as an amateur detective in a case-of-the-week style mystery show is great TV. In Poker Face, the show created by Knives Out director Rian Johnson, Lyonne stars as Charlie Cale, a casino employee with the uncanny ability to tell when someone is lying. She puts her skills to good use trying to solve a series of crimes, but finding herself deeper in trouble with the management at the casino where she works. Like Murder, She Wrote and Columbo before it, every episode is a who's who of celebrity guests. Season two, which just arrived this May, features appearances from Katie Holmes, Giancarlo Esposito, John Mulaney and Sam Richardson, among many others, and new episodes will drop weekly through July 10. Stream on Peacock Golden Globes host Nikki Glaser took aim at The Day of the Jackal at this year's award ceremony, saying 'Eddie Redmayne did TV this year. He's nominated for Peacock's The Day of the Jackal. It's about a top-secret elite sniper who no one can see — because he's on Peacock." Even Redmayne laughed, but don't let the show's quiet presence stop you from checking it out, it's a great crime thriller based on the 1971 novel by Frederick Forsyth. Redmayne stars alongside Moses Ingram in the assassin's cat-and-mouse game and you can binge the whole thing in one go. Stream on Peacock Thanks to a deal struck before Paramount+ even existed in its current form, five seasons of the Paramount Network's hit show Yellowstone, starring Kevin Costner as rancher John Dutton, are available on Peacock. (The show's numerous spinoff prequels are on Paramount+ though, just to keep you on your toes.) Stream on Peacock There are two seasons of the great British sitcom We Are Lady Parts available of Peacock. The show follow a British punk band called Lady Parts, which consists entirely of Muslim women, after their new guitarist, the timid biology student Amina (Anjana Vasan) joins them. As they try to find their audience, Amina struggles to find a comfortable middle ground between her traditional home life and her new life as a musician. Stream on Peacock
Scotsman
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
Alan Cumming to reprise iconic High Life role in major new 'unashamedly Scottish' musical 'romp'
The new play comes 30 years after the cult TV comedy series was originally aired Sign up to our Arts and Culture newsletter, get the latest news and reviews from our specialist arts writers Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... It was a hit Scottish series which ran for just six episodes and a pilot, gaining cult status before being axed due to one of its stars' burgeoning Hollywood career. Now Alan Cumming and Forbes Masson are to reprise their original High Life roles in an 'unashamedly Scottish' stage musical version of the cult 1990s TV series. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad NTS Mr Cumming and Mr Masson will star as Sebastian Flight and Steve McCracken in High Life The Musical, which will tour Scotland next year. Siobhan Redmond and Patrick Ryecart will also star as Shona Spurtle and Captain Hilary Duff. The High Life was first commissioned and broadcast by the BBC 30 years ago, created by and featuring Mr Cumming and Mr Masson, who met as students at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, now the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Taking place in the fictional Air Scotia airline flying out of Prestwick Airport, the High Life centres around air stewards Steve, Sebastian and Shona. Launched as an initial pilot in 1994 and a series of six episodes which were broadcast in early 1995, it was understood a second series was never made due to Mr Cumming's increasingly successful career, which has seen him act in productions including James Bond hit Golden Eye and TV show The Good Wife. He has also hosted the US version of The Traitors, filmed in Scotland. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Mr Cumming and Mr Masson told The Scotsman the idea to create the play initially came from the National Theatre of Scotland, which has commissioned the production. 'It's a really good idea, it makes total sense,' says Mr Cumming. 'A Scottish property that was loved, turning it into a theatrical version of that, it's a no brainer.' However, years passed and the pair admit they 'didn't get it together', until a chance meeting with Scottish stage writer Jonny McKnight created the 'spark' which saw the project come to fruition. 'I was doing a show in Glasgow and Forbes came to see it the same night as Johnny McKnight came to see it,' recalls Mr Cumming., Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad 'We had such a laugh, the three of us. It was such fun. Then the next day, Johnny called me up said, 'Hey, have you guys ever thought of doing a musical of the High Life? 'I said, 'You know what, we have, Johnny. And would you like to help us write it?' The production will be touring Scotland in spring 2026, with previews and opening performance at Dundee Rep Theatre from 28 March, the onward touring to HMT Aberdeen, Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, Eden Court Theatre and King's Theatre Glasgow until 18 May 2026. The stage show, which will feature new and original music, focuses on the sale of Air Scotia. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Mr Cumming hopes the musical will retain the 'bit scrappy, bit surreal' atmosphere of the original show, but admitted some more serious issues are touched upon, due to Flight and McCracken's more mature age. He says: 'People are obviously coming with reminisce and fondness. People really love it, so I think they will be coming with that love, but also to see what [the characters] are up to now.' Both characters still work as air stewards, but Mr Masson admits their advancing age has changed the focus of the show. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad 'Both of the main protagonists, Steve and Sebastian, are now over 60, so there are all the things that come with that, and all of the reminiscences and the sudden realisation that their lives are now in their autumn years,' he says. 'Scotland has changed as well [since the original show] and it's about how the characters embrace the present and the future, but also remember what the past taught us. Age is a big theme in it.' Mr Cumming adds: 'It's a celebration of a show that was a huge success 30 years ago. We're doing in a different form. We're older, we're coming back together.' He says he was 'surprised by how little' material was 'potentially offensive', 30 years later, but admits that some cultural references have had to be updated, recalling a part in the script which mentioned a Stanley cup - the cult water bottle propelled to fame on social media. 'Neither of us had any idea what that was,' he admits. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad The pair, who began their working life together when they formed comedy double act Victor and Barry in 1982, describe the concept as 'really surreal', and 'unashamedly Scottish'. They describe the new show as a 'romp', freed of restrictions implemented on the original series by the London-based BBC. 'It's that long Scottish tradition of surreal comedy,' Mr Masson says. 'And the show is really bonkers. 'We're playing with silly ideas and it's great that we can be unashamedly Scottish, because it's a Scottish tour, it's a Scottish show, we're not having to water it down in any way, as we had to do slightly when we did the TV show. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad 'We stood our ground, but because the TV show was made in London, there was a lot of things that London people didn't understand. And that was quite good, in a way, because they didn't understand a lot of the swearing.' NTS Mr Cumming adds: 'I think we are leaning into our Scottishness a bit more than we would have done.' Recently chronicled in the book Victor and Barry's Kelvinside Compendium – A Meander Down Memory Close, a 40th anniversary celebration of their birth, Mr Cumming and Mr Masson's original characters were morphed into the High Life's Steve and Sebastian. As well as cult fans of the show, Mr Cumming and Mr Masson hope to attract a new audience too young to remember it the first time around. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad However, they say they are unlikely to do future High Life spin offs - although don't rule out working together in the future.
Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Peacock is 70% off an annual subscription this Memorial Day: Here are 5 shows worth signing up for
Just in time for your Memorial Day long weekend, Peacock is giving new subscribers a great deal – from now through May 30, you can snag an annual subscription to the streamer for over 70% off the regular price. New subscribers can sign up for a full year of Peacock Premium – the platform's ad-supported tier – for just $24.99 with the code SPRINGSAVINGS. That's 70% off the regular annual price of $79.99. We love Peacock and consider it a great value considering the quality of its original shows, films and documentaries, as well as offering access to great content from NBC, Bravo and more. (If you need us, we'll be streaming the Top Chef semifinals this week.) If you've always been curious about trying Peacock, this Memorial Day streaming deal is the perfect opportunity. Don't miss this chance to subscribe to Peacock at a deep discount and start watching the new season of Poker Face, the Emmy Award-winning reality competition The Traitors, movies like Wicked and Black Bag, live sports coverage including, and more. Not sure what to watch with a Peacock subscription? The platform has an extensive library of classic shows like Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Office and Law & Order, Bravo originals like The Real Housewives franchise and Below Deck, and great movies like Wicked and The Wild Robot, and live sports, including WWE, Premier League Soccer and NFL games. Still need more options? Here are five of our favorite shows on Peacock to convince you: Actor Alan Cumming has assumed his best role yet in Peacock's original reality competition series The Traitors. The premise: Cumming has invited a group of celebrities, from reality stars to politicians and athletes, to his castle in the Scottish highlands where they'll engage in a murder mystery. Cumming secretly names some of his guests as Traitors, and night after night, the Traitors "murder" the remaining contestants, dubbed the Faithfuls, who are then eliminated from the game, while the Faithfuls have to suss out and try and eliminate the Traitors. There are alliances, there's deception, there are surprise murders – and it's tons of campy fun covered in tartan. The show is currently in the middle of its third season, but you can catch up on both of its complete previous seasons now, too. Stream on Peacock Natasha Lyonne as a detective in a case-of-the-week style mystery show is great TV. In Poker Face, the show created by Knives Out director Rian Johnson, Lyonne stars as Charlie Cale, a casino employee with the uncanny ability to tell when someone is lying. She puts her skills to good use trying to solve a series of crimes, but finding herself deeper in trouble with the management at the casino where she works. Like Murder, She Wrote and Columbo before it, every episode is a who's who of celebrity guests. Season two, which just arrived this May, features appearances from Katie Holmes, Giancarlo Esposito, John Mulaney and Sam Richardson, among many others, and new episodes will drop weekly through July 10. Stream on Peacock Golden Globes host Nikki Glaser took aim at The Day of the Jackal at this year's award ceremony, saying 'Eddie Redmayne did TV this year. He's nominated for Peacock's The Day of the Jackal. It's about a top-secret elite sniper who no one can see — because he's on Peacock." Even Redmayne laughed, but don't let the show's quiet presence stop you from checking it out, it's a great crime thriller based on the 1971 novel by Frederick Forsyth. Redmayne stars alongside Moses Ingram in the assassin's cat-and-mouse game and you can binge the whole thing in one go. Stream on Peacock Thanks to a deal struck before Paramount+ even existed in its current form, five seasons of the Paramount Network's hit show Yellowstone, starring Kevin Costner as rancher John Dutton, are available on Peacock. (The show's numerous spinoff prequels are on Paramount+ though, just to keep you on your toes.) Stream on Peacock There are two seasons of the great British sitcom We Are Lady Parts available of Peacock. The show follow a British punk band called Lady Parts, which consists entirely of Muslim women, after their new guitarist, the timid biology student Amina (Anjana Vasan) joins them. As they try to find their audience, Amina struggles to find a comfortable middle ground between her traditional home life and her new life as a musician. Stream on Peacock
Perth Now
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
The Avengers won't assemble yet as Doomsday and Secret Wars are delayed
'Avengers: Doomsday' and 'Avengers: Secret Wars' have both been delayed. Disney has confirmed the hotly-anticipated Marvel Studios movies have been pushed back, with 'Doomsday' set to hit the big screen on December 18th, 2026. The film - which will feature Pedro Pascal, Chris Hemsworth, Vanessa Kirby, Letitia Wright and Paul Rudd - was initially due to be out in theatres on May 1st, 2026. As a result of Doomsday's delay, 'Secret Wars' has also been pushed back. The motion picture will be released on December 17th, 2027, after it was originally scheduled for May 7th, 2027. What's more, Disney has removed several Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) movies from its schedule. An 'Untitled Marvel' film was on the calendar for February 13th, 2026, but this has been taken off, while it was also expected that 'Untitled Marvel' movies would drop on November 6th, 2026, and November 5th, 2027, but both have been changed to 'Untitled Disney' motion pictures. As a result, 'Doomsday' and 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' are the only two Marvel movies now in the schedule for next year. Earlier this month, Alan Cumming appeared to reveal he will be fighting Pascal in 'Avengers: Doomsday'. The 60-year-old actor is set to reprise his 'X2: X-Men United' mutant Nightcrawler in the upcoming MCU blockbuster, and the star hinted he may be coming to blows with Pascal's Mr. Fantastic in 'Avengers: Doomsday'. During a video interview with Buzzfeed UK, Cumming said: 'I was learning stunts yesterday for some fight scene and I just think, I'm 60 years old. 23 years ago, I played that superhero. 'I was kind of old for a superhero even then. And now I'm back doing it. And that, to me, is hilarious. 'I'm sort of learning these fights and I'm like, 'What? Who am I fighting with?' And they said, 'You're hitting Pedro Pascal against the head,' or something.' Cumming recently admitted he was "amazed and excited" to be returning as Nightcrawler for 'Avengers: Doomsday', which is currently filming in London. Speaking with fellow 'X-Men' star Olivia Munn for Collider, Cumming said: 'Isn't it nuts? I'm excited and amazed. It's been 23 years since I was a superhero.'
