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Yahoo
03-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Doctor Who: Watch Jodie Whittaker Nerd Out Over New TARDIS During Her ‘Emotional' Return to Set
The following contains spoilers from the Season 15 finale, now streaming on Disney+. Since Doctor Who let fly with its timey-wimey Season 15 finale on Saturday, we've heard from exiting lead Ncuti Gatwa, his heir semi-apparent Billie Piper, and showrunner Russell T Davies. More from TVLine MobLand Finale Recap: The Harrigan Rat, Revealed! Plus: Grade the Episode Exiting Doctor Who Star Ncuti Gatwa Cheers His Companions, 'Captain Poppy' and Two 'Legends' From Finale Squid Game Final-Season Trailer Reveals Deadly Spin on Jumprope, Asks: Why Is Gi-Hun Still Alive? But the true delight is seeing Jodie Whittaker — who popped up as Thirteen during 'The Reality War' — first lay eyes on and unabashedly nerd out over the new TARDIS set that succeeded her three-season run on the iconic sci-fi series. 'Oh my God, it's massive!' she remarks, unironically, upon passing through its doorway in the BTS video below. 'Beautiful,' she deems the set that Gatwa got to call home for two seasons. 'Isn't this immense.' View this post on Instagram A post shared by BBC iPlayer (@bbciplayer) Whittaker goes on to say she felt 'incredibly hyperactive' upon returning to the series' soundstage in Cardiff, capital of Wales, and grew 'incredibly emotional' when she reunited with crew members who worked there during her Season 11-13 run. Then there is the matter of donning once again Thirteen's trademark Time Lord fit. 'I was like a pig in poo,' the English actress shares. 'I was a delighted it still fit,' she adds with a chuckle, 'and delight that I still look class!' Whittaker's three-minute encore was brought about when Fifteen's mission to fix the 1-degree shift in reality caused by the ending of Conrad and the Ranis' Wish World had ripple effects. 'I popped out of my timeline because there's a great big time schism on its way, caused by you,' Thirteen explained. Before Thirteen left, Fifteen said, 'I love you, Doctor.' Taken aback, in a good way, she noted, 'I never say things like that' — and wondered aloud if should express such a thing to her companion Yaz/Yasmin Khan (played by Mandip Gill). But Fifteen assured his predecessor, 'She knows.' Want scoop on (any potential new season of) , or for any other TV show? Shoot an email to InsideLine@ and your question may be answered via Matt's Inside Line! Best of TVLine Yellowjackets' Tawny Cypress Talks Episode 4's Tai/Van Reunion: 'We're All Worried About Taissa' Vampire Diaries Turns 10: How Real-Life Plot Twists Shaped Everything From the Love Triangle to the Final Death Vampire Diaries' Biggest Twists Revisited (and Explained)
Yahoo
17-04-2025
- Entertainment
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Doctor Who Boss Cheers His Tearful Time Lord: ‘Fans Get Up in Arms,' But ‘It's a Princely Performance'
In the latest Doctor Who season opener (pictured below, on the left), Ncuti Gatwa's Fifteen spilt a tear whilst processing the sudden death, at the hands of their robot overlords, of Sasha, a Belindachandra-1 resident he had grown quite close to in his six months on the planet. It was far from the first time that this Doctor has been brought to a single, powerful tear (or more) — sometimes of the happy kind, but more often sad — in his 11 appearances thus far, dating back to December 2023's 'The Giggle' special (fronted by Gatwa's predecessor, David Tennant). And while some fans have speculated that the recurring waterworks are perhaps a clue that this especially emotional Time Lord is 'broken' in a way akin to Peter Capaldi's Twelve, current showrunner Russel T Davies is here to clear the air. More from TVLine Daredevil: Born Again: Who Returned for the Finale? Who Didn't Survive? And How Did It Set Up Season 2? Andor Star Cheers Season 2's 'All-Out Weird' Dedra/Syril Connection: 'Not Your Average Rom-Com!' Jean Marsh, Upstairs, Downstairs Star and Doctor Who Vet, Dead at 90 'I mean, I remember the first time [Ncuti] did it, which is in [the 2024 Christmas special] The Church on Ruby Road,' Davies shared with TVLine. 'He thought Ruby (played by Millie Gibson) had vanished, been erased from time and space, which was astonishing, and he turned around in the studio and gave us that performance, which was absolutely spellbinding.' Davies thus waves off the suggestion that the tears are scripted, as some clue to something amiss with this regeneration. 'You don't tell an actor whether to cry, not to cry, not an actor of that stature. Absolutely not,' he scoffs. 'It's like, you wouldn't tell anyone to laugh or not to laugh! It's beautiful thing he does, and it's a completely new thing for the Doctor, that opens doorways into whole new experiences.' Davies says that his more emotional available Time Lord is but one of a multitude of ways one Doctor can vary from another, and how the long-running sci-fi series itself can be freshened up. 'Diversity is many things, and sometimes it's putting emotions on screen you haven't seen before, or that the Doctor has withheld himself from,' the showrunner posits. 'But it does make me laugh…. I know sometimes fans get up in arms about and they complain about it,' he notes. 'They're the same fans who say, 'Why don't you do something new with the program?' and you're like, hello. 'It's literally a princely performance,' he avows of Gatwa's take on Fifteen. 'I'm just here to watch and thank the lucky stars that I get to share in a princely performance like that. What an actor. Amazing.'Best of TVLine Weirdest TV Crossovers: Always Sunny Meets Abbott, Family Guy vs. Simpsons, Nine-Nine Recruits New Girl and More ER Turns 30: See the Original County General Crew, Then and Now The Best Streaming Services in 2024: Disney+, Hulu, Max and More
The Guardian
31-03-2025
- Politics
- The Guardian
Israel killed 15 Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers one by one, says UN
Fifteen Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers, including at least one United Nations employee, were killed by Israeli forces 'one by one' and buried in a mass grave eight days ago in southern Gaza, the UN has said. According to the UN humanitarian affairs office (Ocha), the Palestinian Red Crescent and civil defence workers were on a mission to rescue colleagues who had been shot at earlier in the day, when their clearly marked vehicles came under heavy Israeli fire in Rafah city's Tel al-Sultan. A Red Crescent official in Gaza said that there was evidence of at least one person being detained and killed, as the body of one of the dead had been found with his hands tied. The shootings happened on 23 March, one day into the renewed Israeli offensive in the area close to the Egyptian border. Another Red Crescent worker on the mission is reported missing. Jonathan Whittall, head of Ocha in Palestine, said in a video statement: 'Seven days ago, civil defence and PRCS ambulances arrived at the scene. One by one, they were hit, they were struck. Their bodies were gathered and buried in this mass grave.' 'We're digging them out in their uniforms, with their gloves on. They were here to save lives. Instead, they ended up in a mass grave,' Whittall said. 'These ambulances have been buried in the sand. There's a UN vehicle here, buried in the sand. A bulldozer – Israeli forces bulldozer – has buried them.'' Philippe Lazzarini, the head of the UN relief agency for Palestinian refugees, Unrwa, said that one of its employees was among the dead found in Rafah. 'The body of our colleague killed in Rafah was retrieved yesterday, together with the aid workers from [the Palestinian Red Crescent] – all of them discarded in shallow graves – a profound violation of human dignity,' Lazzarini wrote in a social media post. Israel's military said its 'initial assessment' of the incident found that its troops had opened fire on several vehicles 'advancing suspiciously toward IDF troops without headlights or emergency signals'. It added that the movement of the vehicle had not been coordinated with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in advance, and that the area was an 'active combat zone'. The Red Crescent said the Tel al-Sultan district had been considered safe, and movement there was normal, 'requiring no coordination'. The IDF also claimed to have killed nine militants from Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad. The IDF has been approached for further comment on the reports the paramedics and rescue workers were buried in a mass grave at the scene of the shooting. It did not make clear whether it was alleging the militants it claimed to have killed had been in the Red Crescent ambulances, or had been killed in an airstrike on Rafah earlier in the night. According to the Red Crescent, an ambulance was dispatched to pick up the casualties from the airstrike in the early hours of 23 March and called for a support ambulance. The first ambulance arrived at hospital safely but contact was lost with the support ambulance at 3.30am. An initial report from the scene said it had been shot at and the two paramedics inside had been killed. A convoy of five vehicles, including ambulances, civil defence trucks and two cars from the health ministry were sent to retrieve the bodies. That convoy then came under fire, and the Red Crescent said most of the dead were from that attack. Eight of the dead were from the Red Crescent, six from civil defence and one was a UN employee. Dr Bashar Murad, the Red Crescent's director of health programme, said that one of the paramedics in the convoy was on a call to his colleagues at the ambulance station when the attack took place. 'He informed us that he was injured and requested assistance, and that another person was also injured,' Murad said. 'A few minutes later, during the call, we heard the sound of Israeli soldiers arriving at the location, speaking in Hebrew. The conversation was about gathering the team, with statements like, 'Gather them at the wall and bring some restraints to tie them.' This indicated that a large number of the medical staff were still alive.' The Palestinian Red Crescent president, Younis al-Khatib, said the IDF had impeded the collection of the bodies for several days. The IDF said it had facilitated the evacuation of bodies as soon as 'operational circumstances' allowed. 'The bodies were recovered with difficulty as they were buried in the sand, with some showing signs of decomposition,' the Red Crescent said. Their burial had been put off pending autopsies, Murad said. 'What is certain and very clear is that they were shot in the upper parts of their bodies, then gathered in a hole one on top of another, with sand thrown over them and buried,' he said. He said the body of one of the victims was recovered from the grave with his hands still tied. The claim could not be independently confirmed. Whittall described the mission to recovered the bodies as fraught. 'While travelling to the area on the fifth day we encountered hundreds of civilians fleeing under gunfire,' Whittall said. 'We witnessed a woman shot in the back of the head. When a young man tried to retrieve her, he too was shot. We were able to recover her body using our UN vehicle.' 'It's absolute horror what has happened here,' he added. 'This should never happen. healthcare workers should never be a target.' Jens Laerke, an Ocha spokesperson in Geneva, said: 'The available information indicates that the first team was killed by Israeli forces on 23 March, and that other emergency and aid crews were struck one after another over several hours as they searched for their missing colleagues. 'They were buried under the sand, alongside their wrecked emergency vehicles – clearly marked ambulances, a fire truck and a UN car.' The Red Crescent named the employees killed on 23 March as Mustafa Khafaja, Ezzedine Shaat, Saleh Muammar, Rifaat Radwan, Mohammed Bahloul, Ashraf Abu Labda, Mohammed Hilieh, and Raed Al-Sharif. The incident was the single most deadly attack on Red Cross or Red Crescent workers anywhere since 2017, the IFRC said. 'I am heartbroken. These dedicated ambulance workers were responding to wounded people. They were humanitarians,' said the IFRC secretary general, Jagan Chapagain. 'They wore emblems that should have protected them; their ambulances were clearly marked,' he added. According to the United Nations, at least 1,060 healthcare workers have been killed in the 18 months since Israel launched its offensive in Gaza. That began after Hamas fighters stormed communities in southern Israel on 7 October 2023, killing 1,200 people. The global body is reducing its international staff in Gaza by a third due to staff safety concerns.
The Guardian
22-03-2025
- The Guardian
‘We can't please everyone': co-founder of east London bakery targeted with graffiti reacts
An east London bakery – as famous for its long-fermented breads as the work it does with at-risk young people – has been targeted by vandals accusing it of destroying their local community. Ashley Walters, Jamie Oliver and Yotam Ottolenghi are among fans of the Dusty Knuckle's menu, from its £11.50, two-hander, pilpelchuma celeriac sandwich to its £7.60 egg, pickled green chilli and cheese focaccia. But last week, the Dusty Knuckle Haringey was targeted with graffiti accusing it of ruining the area: 'GENTRIFRYERS-EW-SHIT BREAD', it read. Max Tobias, who founded the bakery with Rebecca Oliver and Daisy Terry, was devastated when he saw the graffiti. 'It really upset me,' he said. 'It was so demotivating when our core drive is to help local, unqualified young people in need of a second chance.' Tobias has since mulled the message over. 'I've decided that we can cope with the 'shit bread' bit because we can't please everyone. But the 'gentrifiers' is a bit more complicated,' he said. 'Being held responsible for housing prices feels like a heavy cross to bear, but there's no getting away from it: we started a sourdough bakery in Hackney at a time when it was hard to come by a flat white there – and now the community has transformed and local people are being priced out. 'We're in an impossible situation when it comes to the 'gentrification' accusation,' Tobias added. 'What do we do as a socially driven organisation trying to scale and help local, young people find work? We need to find areas to open our bakeries where there are underrepresented groups but also aspiring professionals who want to buy our croissants.' Jamie Oliver also started his now-closed, not-for-profit restaurant and chef-training programme, Fifteen, to help vulnerable young people. He said: 'Max and the dedicated team at Dusty Knuckle are creating real social change in their local area by harnessing the transformative power of food and hands-on skills. They offer young locals a second chance to turn their lives around. 'I recently filmed there for my up-and-coming documentary on dyslexia, it was amazing. Some team members said they learned more in three months at Dusty Knuckle than during their entire school career, gaining a sense of achievement and accomplishment. 'Investing in people is also investing in the community. Gentrification or rehabilitation? It's a fine line. You want to help people in an area but selling quality food requires growing an audience willing to pay for it. 'I chose Old Street for Fifteen because it was cheap rent, it's not now. Moro restaurant revitalised a rough Exmouth Market, which is now bustling and super cool. This ebb and flow has always been part of London as it's continued to grow in size and population.' Billy was introduced to the Dusty Knuckle's trainee scheme when he came out of prison after a 12-year sentence for murder. 'Nowhere else would give me a job when I came out of prison but the Dusty Knuckle gave me a chance to shine,' he said. 'I was really confused when I heard about the graffiti,' he added. 'It has to have been done by somebody who has no idea what the Dusty Knuckle actually believes in and stands for because the Dusty Knuckle has changed more lives and done more for a disadvantaged community, whether a person's white, black or Muslim, than the actual community itself. 'I know so many gang members who have gone on to change their lives after working at the Dusty Knuckle programme because it gave them a legit way to earn a living.' Paul Burnham, the secretary of the Haringey Defend Council Housing group, said responsibility for gentrification lies with local and central government, not individual businesses. 'Yes, £12 sandwiches are drivers of gentrification but the things that really matter are high house prices and high market rents,' he said. 'If local people had protected, affordable housing, it wouldn't matter how much a local croissant cost. 'This government's goal of building 1.5m new homes doesn't include a target for a single new affordable new home. That means the policy will inflate property prices in local areas and drive out the ordinary people who call those areas home.' The Dusty Knuckle has a string of well-known supporters, including the pastry chef and activist Ravneet Gill and the singer-songwriter Jessie Ware. The two bakeries, cafe and baking school employ 120 local people, with a focus on at-risk, young people who have been involved with the justice system, are care leavers or asylum seekers. Tobias co-founded the Dusty Knuckle after spending years working in schools, charities and prisons. 'I realised I had nothing to offer these young people who were heading towards a life of crime, or were already in one, other than words,' he said. 'I wanted to show them that they could be enterprising, financially self-sustaining and learn skills. I realised that having a buzzing, entrepreneurial, exciting, busy commercial business environment that they could be part of, would be a much more profound way of displaying those values and putting our money where our mouth is, than in a charity.' The graffiti has made Tobias think again about locations of future bakeries. But, he said: 'We'd worry a bit about a London where 'fancy bakeries' can't open next to Turkish grocers. How would we get variety and diversity into neighbourhoods then? 'Also, how often are 'poor communities' included in the public conversation about what their housing and local business landscape looks like?' he asked. 'We suspect a lot of the local businesses selling very cheap food aren't doing so to 'protect the poor'.'
Yahoo
09-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Live from New Orleans: Taylor Swift, celeb sightings and your non-football news
NEW ORLEANS - What if we told you she's back? Taylor Swift is 2-for-2 when it comes to making it to the Super Bowl. The singer who penned the song "Fifteen" in 2006 wrote, "in your life you'll do things greater than dating the boy on the football team." It's true. See: The Eras Tour. But we must admit it's been fun to follow her journey supporting beau Travis Kelce in his three-peat bid as tight end with the Kansas City Chiefs. We are here to capture her fashion, celebrity friends and celebratory dances. Ehsan Kassim from USA TODAY Sports is reporting all the trends during the broadcast Sunday while Taylor Swift reporter Bryan West reports live from the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans. 'Cause let's be honest, we're here for not for the "three-peat" but the "Tay-pete." We're betting on red. And this feels like the most important breaking news for tonight's game. And have a whole team at the Super Dome to bring you her look as soon as she arrives. Do you have a favorite look from this season? We're sticking with the Vivienne Westwood plaid dress from the Oct. 7 game agains the New Orleans Saints. Bryan West is in the Superdome and on Taylor Swift watch. As soon as we have Taylor spotting, we'll share! Will we see her arrive via golf cart per usual - maybe with her parents, Scott and Andrea Swift? Has she already arrived steathily in a cleaning cart? Do you care about the actual game? Then why are you here? Check our Super Bowl 59 live updates Taylor Swift's boyfriend walking into the dome is all swagger. Somehow, instead of "Bad Blood" which FOX played in the broadcast, we're hearing, "Stayin' Alive." And we're thinking about the AFC Championship game, where he sang KC and the Sunshine Band's 'Get Down Tonight' The head-to-toe look from Amiri's fall 2025 collection was topped with a brooch of a rose. And we're loving all of it. It's a very sexy vibe. Is it a clue as to what we'll see Taylor wearing? Chiefs star players' Super Bowl outfits Watch Travis Kelce, Patrick Mahomes walk in In a way less exciting outfit, Travis Kelce takes the field in his red football pants and a white T-shirt to Post Malone's "Circles." It pays to best friends with Taylor Swift. And we're going to take a wild guess and say we don't think we'll see Blake Lively in the suite this year. So who's on the vaunted shortlist to join Swift as she cheers on her beau, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, in a suite against the Philadelphia Eagles? She was spotted at dinner with the Haim sisters in New Orleans leading up to the game, and they are frequently spotted with Swift. So they might be a favorite. Swift has watched games with her parents and Kelce's parents, so let's add them. With Jason Kelce not playing in this game, do we think he and Kylie will be there? Odds are yes. Kylie Kelce was reportedly also at that dinner. We're going to say no on Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds, even though they've watched the games together before. With the drama around the Lively and Justin Baldoni lawsuit, maybe it's Bad Blood? Or maybe the distraction isn't needed. With strategic stories about Swift and Selena Gomez hanging in LA and "giggling" through dinner, we are putting bets on Gomez and fiancée Benny Blanco, too. While we saw Taylor raising her champagne glass to Jay-Z at the Grammys after Beyoncé's AOTY win, and Jay-Z is on the sidelines before the game, we aren't placing any bets that they will be in the Taylor suite. But think of the star power if they were? (Would anyone remember the president attended the game?) The Jay-Z founded Roc Nation produces the Super Bowl half-time show. Earlier this week, Travis Kelce was asked about Taylor Swift pantomiming throwing a football, mouthing "touchdown" and holding up a three for a third Super Bowl win during her Eras Tour show at the Caesars Superdome back in the fall. Fans think the singer may have manifested some of the Chiefs' success, and Kelce didn't knock down the idea. Capture the alchemy with this special edition "We love to manifest things, for sure, and you can't say it's not real, because we're here, right?" Kelce told reporters at the stadium on Monday. "Whatever she was doing, I'm sure it helped." Stay lightning on your feet: Get Swift news delivered to your inbox every Friday It's impossible to miss Jake Duhaime walking into the Super Bowl. The Boston marketing executive has been wearing his golden, spangly blazer on the streets of New Orleans and aisles of Radio Row. The jacket has a red-and-yellow fleur-de-lis. The sleeves read "Dynasty (Taylor's Version)" and "Tay-Peat (Taylor's Version)." And then there's the bright, white "Tayvoodoo" across the chest. "I also put up a billboard in Philadelphia," Duhaime says. To troll Eagles fans, he partnered with Tasty Clean, an edible cleaning spray company in Dallas, to buy a "Hey Philly, Tayvoodoo is real" billboard along Interstate 95. "Alchemy becomes reality on 02.09.25" the $3,000 sign next to Lincoln Financial Field reads. We'll see if the Tayvoodoo is in full force at the Super Bowl matchup. Swift may be in the minority with Chiefs fans in the Caesars Superdome. According to VividSeats, 56% of the crowd will join Kylie and Jason Kelce in rooting for the birds. Prices on the ticket marketplace are hovering between $1,950 and $2,200 for the upper level. Swift is expected to be in a suite, like last year. Confirmed360, a concierge service, tells USA TODAY that the luxury boxes were going for $500,000 to $3 million. We know Kaitlin Olson from "High Potential" is a big Eagles fan, and was even the first guest on Kylie Kelce's podcast "Not Gonna Lie." Other celebs who cheer for the Eagles, and maybe will be at the game, include: Will Smith Kevin Hart Quinta Brunson Tina Fey Lil Uzi Vert Miles Teller Pink Meek Mill Keke Palmer Questlove Sylvester Stallone "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" stars Rob McElhenney and Danny DeVito Kelly Ripa If the Chiefs pull out a third win, it seems likely there will be baked goods, made by Swift, delivered to the team. "She bakes different things and brings them in for the players and coaches. I think it's brought some fun and some excitement into it the last couple of years," says Ryan Reynolds, not the actor but the head strength and conditioning coach of the Kansas City Chiefs. Reynolds has been with the organization for nine years and says Swift has brought a fun, new energy to the team. "She's integrated herself into the team, and it's been good," he says, admitting he enjoys her homemade Pop-Tarts. The narrative for Swift's boyfriend, Kansas City Chief's tight end Travis Kelce, has taken a step back in his 12th season in his enchanted NFL career. Some have even blamed the Traylor effect. However, the 35-year-old uses the narrative to keep him going during the Chiefs' playoff run, which USA TODAY's Nate Davis explores in his feature from the Super Bowl. "Kelce has seven catches for 125 yards and a touchdown in Kansas City's Divisional Round win vs. the Houston Texans. Kelce motivates his younger teammates and remains quarterback Patrick Mahomes' favorite target in clutch moments." To start Super Bowl week, Swift wore a gorgeous red asymmetrical dress to the Grammy Awards. Swifties surmised the "T" dangling across her left upper thigh stood for "Taylor" or "Travis." Maybe it's a mix of those and also "three-peat" or "third" win? Either way, here's a look at all the best photos of the "Red" singer from last weekend. We're looking forward to seeing what she wears to Super Bowl 59. Don't miss any Taylor Swift news; sign up for the free, weekly newsletter This Swift Beat. Follow Bryan West, the USA TODAY Network's Taylor Swift reporter, on Instagram, TikTok and X as @BryanWestTV. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Live from New Orleans: Taylor Swift at Super Bowl 59
