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The Journal
05-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Journal
Quiz: How much do you know about real and fictional conclaves?
IT WAS ANNOUNCED last week that the conclave to elect a new pope to succeed the late Pope Francis will begin on 7 May. Between the recent death of Pope Francis, and a certain film adaptation of Robert Harris's 2016 novel, many people are more informed on the behind-the-scenes of one of the world's most ancient and secretive events – at least fictionally. Advertisement See how much you know about conclaves (real), conclaves (fictional), Conclave (the novel), and Conclave (the film). Ralph Fiennes plays the lead role of a cardinal in the film Conclave. He has had an incredibly varied career: which of these roles has he NOT played? Alamy Heathcliff in Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights Lord Voldemort in Harry Potter Bruce Wayne in The Lego Batman Movie James Moriarty in Holmes & Watson In the film, the Sistine Chapel is swept for electronic bugs before the cardinals enter the conclave. Is this fictional or does it occur in real life? Alamy Fictional True The death of Pope Francis resulted in a massive spike in people streaming the film. What was the increase in the first week? Alamy 283% 177% 412% 202% When the pope is found deceased in the film, he is asked three times if he is dead, and an item is tapped on his head before the "sede vacante" is declared. What is the item? Alamy The papal ring A small wooden cross kept in the papal apartments A sterling silver hammer A bronze hand modelled on the hand of Saint Peter, the first pope Ralph Fiennes is the Dean of the College of Cardinals in the film, and presides over the conclave. Who is the Dean in real life? Alamy Giovanni Battista Re It's actually Ralph Fiennes in real life too Cardinal Kevin Farrell Robbie Coltrane, now best known for his role as Hagrid in the Harry Potter film series, played a parish priest that was accidentally elected as pope due to a ballot error in which 1991 film? Alamy The Two Popes The Pope Must Die(t) Clerical Errors The Papacy The last two conclaves took 2 days to elect a pope. The papal election of Pope Benedict XV in 1740 was the longest in modern history. How long was it? Alamy 24 days 78 days 135 days 181 days What does white smoke rising from the Sistine Chapel during a conclave indicate? Alamy Another round of voting has concluded The Sistine Chapel is preparing for its annual chimney cleaning The pope-elect has refused to take the position A pope has been elected Author Robert Harris based much of his characters and the conclave processes on their real life equivalents. What was one source Harris publicly stated using when writing his novel? Alamy A collection of letters written by Pope Benedict XVI describing his election process A group of informant cardinals His own experience of once being a cardinal A diary allegedly released by a cardinal in 2005 The election of a pope features as a storyline in which Al Pacino film? Alamy Dog Day Afternoon The Godfather Part II The Godfather Part III Devil's Advocate Answer all the questions to see your result! You scored out of ! Top Dog! Share your result: Share Tweet You scored out of ! Clever Cat! Share your result: Share Tweet You scored out of ! Fintastic! Flippin' good Share your result: Share Tweet You scored out of ! What are ewe doing?! Baaaaaaadd Share your result: Share Tweet You scored out of ! Turtley Awful! Shell of a bad effort Share your result: Share Tweet Readers like you are keeping these stories free for everyone... A mix of advertising and supporting contributions helps keep paywalls away from valuable information like this article. Over 5,000 readers like you have already stepped up and support us with a monthly payment or a once-off donation. Learn More Support The Journal
Daily Mail
25-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Brooke Shields, 59, breaks down in tears for epic ugly cry over 'surprising' family moment
Brooke Shields broke down in tears during her daughter's surprise 19th birthday party. The fit and fabulous actress' husband Chris Henchy, 61, surprised them all as they sat down to dinner to celebrate their daughter Grier's big day. Shields and both her daughters burst into tears when the Holmes & Watson producer walked into the room. He was apparently working on a project and not expected to attend the celebration. 'Dad of the century surprised @grierhenchy for her birthday… but really he surprised me and @rowanhenchy too!!!,' the actress explained next to the video. 'We all cried… he said it was just a flight ❤️.' The actress' husband Chris Henchy, 61, surprised them all as they sat down to dinner to celebrate their daughter Grier's big day Shields didn't let her fans hear the private conversation, but instead used John Mayer's song Daughters for the audio, adding to the emotion. 'Such a sweet moment!' exclaimed actress Faith Ford. 'So sweet!❤️' agreed Kimberly Williams Paisley. 'This is the sweetest! I'm crying too!' admitted Courteney Cox. 'I feel like i should get a lot of credit for keeping this a secret. not QUITE as much as Henchy for doing it... but maybe 85 percent as much?,' joked actor and writer Ben Falcone. Both Grier and her older sister Rowan, 21, are students at Wake Forest University in North Carolina. 'This is so beautiful,' wrote country singer Amy Scruggs. 'I feel this so much with you as I'm reading your book and literally just finished the chapter on leaving the nest so this one just made me cry,' the Love Another Day artist said. While the mom-of-two has admitted in the past that she was terrified of being an empty nester, in her tome Brooke Shield Is Not Allowed to Get Old: Thoughts on Aging as a Woman, she revealed it has brought her 'exhilaration and freedom.' 'I also don't have to worry about accidentally contradicting myself or opening the apps on my phone too slowly or inadvertently making a hypocritical decision or simply breathing wrong,' she wrote in the bestseller. 'My daughters watched me like a hawk, and there's some comfort in being able to move around the house without the unforgiving eyes of teenagers in every room. To revel in a lazy Sunday or say, "Yes, I think I will enjoy another cocktail, thank you".' 'There's also a freedom of discovery in this period,' she explained, adding, 'With all that time I once spent catering to my girls, I can now cater to myself.'
Buzz Feed
17-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
31 Movies That Were So Hard To Watch, People Literally Couldn't Finish Them
A while back, we wrote a post where people shared the movies that are so bad, they had to stop watching them midway. In the comments, even more people chimed in with the films they also couldn't finish. So, here are some of their "bad" movie choices, as well as the ones that caused quite a stir in the comments: 1. Wonder Woman 1984 (2020): "I LOVED the first movie. I can still rewatch it happily. Sure, it had a couple of issues, but overall, it was truly the Wonder Woman movie I had waited 40 years to see. Wonder Woman 1984 was TERRIBLE and incredibly disappointing. The script was just god-awful and had so many holes." 2. The Perfect Date (2019): "I saw Noah Centineo as Peter Kavinsky in To All the Boys and thought he was great. I found The Perfect Date on Netflix, watched about 15 minutes of it, turned it off, and put To All the Boys I've Loved Before on 😂." 3. The Nice Guys (2016): "I've seen a lot of terrible movies in my life to the end, but that is the only one I just turned off and walked away. Don't remember any of the plot, but I know it was terrible." 4. Men in Black: International (2019): "I loved the original and thought it'd be fun, but no, it was terrible. Maybe it was seeing Thor and Valkyrie playing lesser versions of themselves, I don't know. It was awful." 5. The Nun (2018): "After about 20 minutes, we walked out of the theater. I knew it was going to be awful like all the other ones in the sort of Conjuring universe and all that, but this was just ridiculous." "We just sat there whispering to each other, 'Now, there's going to see a shadow in the right corner,' and three seconds later, that happened. 'The bell is going to ring in a second,' and three seconds later, that happened, too. It was just laughable at how predictable it was." — josefinthor 6. The Beach Bum (2019): "Amazing cast, but it didn't go anywhere, and I watched nearly an hour before I couldn't take it anymore. It made no sense, and it was so unrealistic. I can suspend disbelief for a lot of things, but this was awful. What a waste!" 7. Ella Enchanted (2004): "It was one of my favorite books as a kid, but ooh, the movie was awful. — grouchyoctopus55 "I hated the random '70s musical numbers and the cheesy plot with the evil uncle. They did poor Ella dirty!" — books_baking_broadway 8. Fifty Shades of Grey (2015): "I wanted to see what the hype was about. Started the movie, realized how terrible it was after 15 minutes or so, and turned it off. Decided to give the book a try. Realized how terrible that was, too, and gave up after a few chapters. I don't get it — it's just not good." 9. Holmes & Watson (2018): "I actually sat through the entire thing. Why? I'm a glutton for punishment, I guess.I think the thing that hurt the most was that there were a few good jokes and bits in there. When Steve Coogan showed up with a tattoo gun grafted to his arm, I chuckled — especially because Steve Coogan has a talent for taking even terrible things and making them watchable. Plus, the idea of a villain with a tattoo gun on his arm is actually kind of cool. Also, Hugh Laurie as Mycroft Holmes wasn't bad. Not remarkable, but not bad." Sony Pictures Releasing " Everything else, especially everything involving Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly trying to play off each other, was awful. With Will Ferrell in particular, it felt like he kept needing to show up anyone else who was in a scene with him, so he'd just add on to an already terrible joke and keep going. It was like he dared everyone on set to try to keep up with him, and even when they got tired of the joke, he kept insisting that he could be funnier and just kept doing the same thing. I felt awful for both John C. Reilly and Lauren Lapkus as they both had to do that horrible onion gag. Not worth a watch. See Cats instead." — u/SimonCallahan "I turned it off after 20 minutes and apologized to everyone for putting it on." — u/LastOfSane 10. Divergent (2014): "My wife and I have been having movie nights at home during quarantine and decided to give it a shot since Hunger Games was decent. Watched about 45 mins before stopping. The film (and I assume books) are such a blatant ripoff/poor amalgamation of Harry Potter, Hunger Games, and every other young adult dystopian series that your eyes roll to the back of your head every 30 seconds." 11. The Divergent Series: Insurgent (2015): "The movies were so much worse — especially the last movie. They had like three scenes from the book, and the rest was just random. Even the ending wasn't the same." — u/Strawberryjam2525 "The Insurgent movie. The book was decent, the movie was boring." — u/Iseeasong 12. Knock Knock (2015): " Knock Knock involves, among many things, two women sexually assaulting Keanu Reeves to get him to cheat on his wife. Then, the women acting like some Harley Quinn/Jack Nicholson's joker from the old school B atman as they hold him hostage. It was atrociously bad and impressively terrible acting by Reeves. Worst acting I've seen from him, tbh." 13. The Last Airbender (2010): "I tried to watch it once, and I managed to force myself to watch it for 15 minutes. I then turned it off and never finished it. Gosh awful. Not representative of the show AT ALL." — u/YouSpokeofInnocence "I tried to watch this movie; only made it to the first line of dialogue. Immediately turned it off." — u/XignaChronos " The Last Airbender movie. [For me,] it was after the group of earthbenders did Zumba to levitate a pebble." — u/NiamhHA 14. Charlie's Angels (2019): "I watched about 10 minutes of it and just could not do it. I was there for the original TV series. I was there for the Cameron Diaz, Lucy Liu, Drew Barrymore movie, which was FABULOUS — but the 2019 one just lacked any charisma and my opinion, the show was simply miscast." "After having actors like Angelina Jolie, Milla Jovovich, and Charlize Theron in action roles, the actors chosen for Charlie's Angels (2019) seemed like high school cheerleaders." — u/superbloggity 15. Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017): "When Leia force-pulled her way through the vacuum of space." "At first, I was like, 'Oh wow, so that's how they're going to kill off Leia,' and thought it was a decent send-off. But then, the Mary Poppins sequence happened, and I pretty much lost all interest in the movie." — u/AscensoNaciente 16. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009): "The second Transformers movie. I can't recall which scene exactly, but it was definitely one of those cringey jokes from those two robots." — u/gaboduarte "I cut it off as soon as the girl grew a robot tail. Killed the entire series for me. Never saw another one." — u/2smart2argue 17. Sausage Party (2016): "Not halfway, but I couldn't make it past the opening song of Sausage Party. I like dark and edgy humor. Carlin was a favorite comedian of mine. Sausage Party was I remember getting weirdly embarrassed and hoping that my roommates wouldn't hear what I was watching through the walls." 18. The Hottie and the Nottie (2008): "I was in a mall in the UK and got asked to go to a free screening of The Hottie and the Nottie. This had never happened to me before, so I went for the way I was staying through that monstrosity." 19. Artemis Fowl (2020): "I stopped watching Artemis Fowl at around the time the child says he's better than Einstein and everyone agrees." 20. The Kissing Booth (2018): " My mom thought it would be like a funny rom-com, so we decided to watch it together. Plot twist: It wasn't funny or romantic." 21. Jupiter Ascending (2015): "Walked out of a movie theatre two hours into its 2.5 hour runtime. It's literally just a [hot mess], not complemented by Oscar Winner (that year) Eddie Redmayne's bland performance." 22. The Poison Rose (2019): "I saw this years ago when it first came out and was so bored with it that I blocked it from my memory. Maybe I fell asleep — I dunno. Then, a few months ago, I saw it on Netflix, didn't even look familiar, but it had Travolta and Freeman so I thought I'd give it a shot. Was 30 minutes in before I realized I'd seen it, and it wasn't going to get any better. So yeah, that movie was so bad, I accidentally saw it more than once." Lionsgate / Courtesy Everett Collection — u/bandastalo " The Poison Rose. It's got John Travolta, Morgan Freeman, Brendan Fraser. Twenty minutes in, I got fed up with the bad film noir attempt and switched it off." — u/SubtleStutterDude 23. The Spirit (2008): "Frank Miller's The Spirit. It's completely ridiculous. The story, the dialogue — all terrible. And I have pretty low standards." 24. The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D (2005): " Sharkboy and Lavagirl — as an adult. Which sucks, because as a kid I thought it was the coolest movie I'd ever seen, but not even the nostalgia aspect saved it for me after growing up." Dimension Films — u/throwaway304596824 "That's the only movie I can think of that is both legitimately 100% a bad movie and needed to be made that way anyway." — u/KeplerNova 25. Kangaroo Jack (2003): " Kangaroo Jack is trash, and I was practically crying with boredom when I saw it. And yes, I'm an Aussie." — u/Zeruvi "Aussie here and I feel your pain. One of the worst Australian movies we've had the misfortune of producing." — u/Arkady2009 26. Eragon (2006): "Dragon goes into the sky as a baby, comes down fully grown, and says her name is Sapphira. Just, no. Eragon getting the name from Brom was a HUGE deal later." 27. Steel (1997): "While in high school, I watched Steel, a completely forgettable movie starring Shaq, with a group of friends on its opening night. About one-third of the way through, we all decided that we weren't going to waste any more of our time watching that trash heap of a movie, so we got up and left. As we were leaving, a bunch of other moviegoers also left." 28. The Internship (2013): " The Internship with Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn. It felt like a Google commercial with the occasional joke thrown in." 20th Century Fox Film Corp. / Courtesy Everett Collection — u/extramustardy 29. Spring Breakers (2012): "I saw it at the theater with a friend of mine, and we walked out of it 30 minutes in. Can't remember the exact moment, but I just couldn't watch it any longer lol." Annapurna Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection — u/amiffedcat 30. Boo 2! A Madea Halloween (2017): "A woman I was dating at the time and her friends wanted to watch it. I loath Tyler Perry movies, and watching this one was a marathon of the senses of sight and sound." Lionsgate / Courtesy Everett Collection — u/gil_beard And finally... 31. Cats (2019): " Cats. After three minutes." Universal Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection — u/General_Kenobi-66 Whew! Which "bad" movies would you add to the list? Let us know in the comments below. Note: Some responses have been edited for length and/or clarity.
The Independent
31-01-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Netflix is removing a large selection of movies tomorrow
Netflix is about to remove a large number of movies and TV shows from its service. Each month, the streamer takes down a bunch of titles due to the expiration of licencing deals – but it also culls titles that had been added under the 'Netflix Original' banner. February 2025 is no different, with a string of high-profile releases, many on the first day of the month, being removed. The full list, which was compiled with the help of What's on Netflix, can be found below. 1 February All Eyez on Me – US Are We Done Yet? – UK Brian Banks – UK Click & Collect – UK Countdown – US Despicable Me – US Despicable Me 2 – US Dune (2021) – US The Foreigner – US Grace: The Possession – UK Happy Gilmore – UK Holmes & Watson – UK Hot Fuzz – UK How Do You Know – US The Interview (2014) – UK The Intruders – UK Ladies in Black – UK The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones – US The Next Karate Kid – US Not Another Teen Movie – US November Criminals – UK Poms – UK Project X – US Shaun of the Dead – UK Snatch – UK Snowpiercer – US Stealth – US Straight Outta Compton – UK Storks – US Take Me Home Tonight – UK Takers – UK Time – UK/US 21 Jump Street – US 22 Jump Street – US Unauthorized Living (Netflix Original) – UK The Wave – US Welcome to the Punch – UK We're the Millers – US White Chicks – US White House Down – US Yesterday – UK Zero Dark Thirty – US 2 February Cocaine Cowboys 2 – US On Body and Soul (Netflix Original) – US Plus One – US Run All Night – US 7 February The Love Punch – UK Mr Right – UK 8 February The Coldest Game (Netflix Original) 9 February Vengeance – UK 10 February Green Book – UK Love for Sale 2 – UK The Valhalla Murders – UK 11 February A Bad Moms Christmas – UK 12 February The Fast and the Furious – US 2 Fast 2 Furious – US The Fast and the furious: Tokyo Drift – US Fast & Furious – US Fast Five – US Fast & Furious 6 – US The Pope's Exorcist – US Without a Paddle – UK 15 February Brotherly Love – UK The Catcher Was a Sp y – UK Cold Mountain – US Dawn of the Planet of the Apes – US Deuces – UK Last Breath – UK Mission: Impossible – US Mission: Impossible 2 – US Mission: Impossible 3 – US One Piece: Episode of Alabasta – UK One Piece: Episode of Chopper: Bloom in the Winter, Miracle Sakura – UK The Other Woman – US The Trap – UK White Boy – US 16 February Blackhat – US Don't Think Twice – UK 47 Meters Down: Uncaged – US The Green Mile – UK Halloween Ends – UK Johnny English – UK Johnny English Reborn – UK Johnny English Strikes Again – UK Lucy – UK Pearl – US Night School – UK Paul – UK Sense and Sensibility – UK Split – UK Turbo – UK Wild Child – UK 17 February Hum Aapke Hain Koun – UK Hum Saath-Saath Hain – UK 21 February Book Club – UK Sommore: Queen Chandelier (Netflix Original) – UK Southpaw – UK 22 February All Good Things – UK 25 February U Turn – UK 26 February Big George Foreman – US TV 1 February Baby Shark 's Big Show! season one – UK Black Money Love season one – UK/US Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse season one – UK The Fairly Odd Parents season one – UK My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic season one to four – UK/US Prison Playbook season one – US 8 February Deadwater Fell series one – UK Kill Thy Neighbour season one – UK 10 February Black Lightning season one to four (Netflix Original) – UK Cyborg 009: Call of Justice season one (Netflix Original) – UK/US Until Life Do Us Part season one (Netflix Original) – UK/US 14 February Handsome Siblings season one (Netflix Original) 15 February Death Comes to Pemberley – US Handsome Siblings – UK/US 16 February Law & Order: Special Victims Unit – US Mr Queen – US 26 February Brooklyn Nine-Nine season one and two – US 28 February Unstoppable season one (Netflix Original) Comedy 6 February Dave Chappelle: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain for American Humour – UK
