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Tom's Guide
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Tom's Guide
5 shows like 'Your Friends and Neighbors' to stream while you wait for season 2
The first season of "Your Friends and Neighbors" has come to a close, and while we wait to see what Andrew Cooper steals next (and from whom), there's a very specific hole left in our watchlists. The Apple TV Plus series introduced us to Jon Hamm's Andrew, a freshly fired hedge fund manager who decides to spend his free time breaking into the homes of his rich neighbors — not out of desperation, but more like curiosity, boredom and maybe a touch of existential spite. With its deadpan voiceover and sharp commentary on the absurdity of wealth, "Your Friends and Neighbors" makes it weirdly easy to root for a guy rifling through someone else's medicine cabinet. While we wait for season 2 to sneak back into our lives, here are a few shows like "Your Friends and Neighbors" that scratch the same itch. In this FX drama, an Irish Traveller family decides to take up residence in an upper class neighborhood when they're involved in a car accident that kills a wealthy family named the Riches. On the run from their clan, from whom they've just stolen a large sum of money, they have little choice but to assume the identities of the Riches, struggling to fit in within a WASP-y community of hedge fund managers and high-powered attorneys. Starring Suzy Eddie Izzard and Minnie Driver as Rich parents and Noel Fisher, Shannon Marie Woodward, and Aidan Mitchell as their three children, "The Riches" benefited from the strong performances and bonds between its central cast. Watch on Hulu Get instant access to breaking news, the hottest reviews, great deals and helpful tips. Andrew Cooper on "Your Friends and Neighbors" wasn't the first TV character to engage in nefarious, illegal goings-on beneath the surface of an otherwise picture-perfect suburban neighborhood. Nancy Botwin (Mary Louise Parker) preceded him by a number of years on "Weeds," when she — a mother with two boys to provide for whose husband has recently died — starts a lucrative side hustle as the local marijuana dealer. "Weeds" was a satirical take on the typical family drama, and it ran for eight seasons on Showtime from 2005 to 2012. Along the way, it earned 20 Emmy nominations, including several for Parker as well as Elizabeth Perkins as Botwin's neighbor. Watch free on Plex This may sound familiar: A typical family man whose marriage is on the rocks finds himself in the midst of a crisis and, determined to provide for his wife and kids, begins working as a freelance criminal. Initially, he tells himself it's a means to an end, but before long, he starts to relish his life of crime, and what's more, he's good at it. This could describe Andrew Cooper in "Your Friends and Neighbors," but is just as easily applied to Walter White (Bryan Cranston) in "Breaking Bad." After White, a mild-mannered high school teacher, is handed a devastating cancer diagnosis, he realizes that he can make enough to keep his family comfortable after his death by opening a meth lab. But that's just where it starts. Before long, he gets deeper and deeper into the criminal world, until he's virtually unrecognizable. Breaking Bad was a hit series on AMC, earning four Emmys for Cranston, three for Aaron Paul, and two for Anna Gunn. It also generated a popular spinoff, "Better Call Saul," which offers up an origin story for White's shady lawyer, Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk). Watch on Netflix It can be easy to justify a little light larceny when you find you and your family in dire financial straits. This is certainly the case in "Good Girls," when a trio of suburban mothers decide to turn to robbery when they each, for different reasons, fall on hard times. Beth (Christina Hendricks) is reeling from a recent divorce after her husband cheated on her. Ruby (Retta) needs money to pay for her child's medical treatments. And Annie (Mae Whitman) is about to become embroiled in an expensive custody battle. They're all more or less justified in looking for not-so-legal side hustles, which they find when they decide to team up and rob a local grocery store. Surely they'll just commit one robbery, get away with it, and then that'll be the end of it, right? Watch on Netflix Set in Palm Beach in 1969, this comedy-drama feels a little bit like a mash-up between "Mad Men's" period aesthetics and the criminal antics of "Your Friends and Neighbors." It stars Kristen Wiig as the ambitious Maxine, who is determined to do whatever it takes to join the high-flying members of Palm Beach's most exclusive country club. Her increasingly absurd antics only prove the lengths she's willing to go to accomplish her goals, as she clumsily manipulates seemingly everyone in town to earn a coveted spot among their elite. Wiig is in fine form in Palm Royale, showcasing her deftness with both comedy and drama. Palm Royale was renewed for a second season in 2024, so we should be getting more social-climbing dramedy in the near future. Watch on Apple TV Plus
Irish Independent
30-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Independent
Cork group using cutting-edge VR technology to bring Traveller culture to life in 360 degrees
Once the VR headset is on, you simply sit on a swivel chair that allows you to rotate 360 degrees, which is necessary to absorb every aspect of the experience Corkman Today at 02:00 A virtual reality (VR) experience showcasing important aspects of Irish Traveller culture is underway right from the comfort of the Cork Public Museum. The Creating Connections: Traveller Lives was produced by artist Linda Curtin with Cork Traveller Women's Network while commissioned by Cork City Council Traveller Accommodation Unit and funded through the Dormant Accounts Fund.
Irish Examiner
13-05-2025
- General
- Irish Examiner
Experiences of Traveller children in school more negative as they progress through system
Traveller children become less likely to have a positive attitude towards school and are substantially more likely to be placed in the lowest ability groups for both reading and maths. In the early years of primary school, Traveller children generally showed similar, or even higher, levels of positive attitudes towards school, the curriculum, and wellbeing when compared to their peers. However, a 'concerning pattern of decline emerges' as they progress to the senior end of primary school, as they become much less likely than their classmates to report doing well. They are also more likely to believe they are "no good" when it comes to classwork. Irish Traveller children also report experiencing bullying, both being bullied and bullying others, at higher rates than any other ethnic group. However, despite these challenges, Traveller children are also less likely to report feeling worried or anxious, and have slightly more positive views on friendships in some cases. The findings are included in the latest round of data published by the 'Children's School Lives' study, a landmark report following 4,000 students through almost 200 primary schools around the country. Funded by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA), the latest report from the project examines the impact of migration and ethnicity on children's school lives. While children in Irish primary schools generally feel happy, cared for, and safe, that equality of experience is not yet universal. More than 21% of children in the study had an immigrant background; 6% were first-generation immigrants, meaning they were born outside of Ireland to parents also born outside of Ireland, while 15% were second-generation, meaning they were born in Ireland to parents born outside of Ireland. The number of Irish Traveller children who took part in the study is comparable to representation of Irish Travellers in the general population, the report notes. Feelings of belonging in school were significantly associated with migrant and ethnic profile, the report found. Children with an immigrant background, especially those who were first-generation, were less likely than their non-immigrant peers to report that they made friends easily, feel that they belonged in school or were liked by other children at school. In the earlier years of primary school, Traveller children generally showed similar or even higher levels of positive attitudes towards school, engagement with the curriculum, and wellbeing compared to their white Irish peers. However, as they progressed more negative experiences "predominate". The report recommends a policy focus on the transition of Traveller children into the senior end of primary school and on "the systems of support that are required to build on the positive momentum evident in the earlier years". Read More Poorer girls more likely to be placed in lowest maths ability groups, research shows
Sunday World
01-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Sunday World
Shayne Ward reveals extraordinary story behind his Irish Traveller background
'I feel emotional today because this is a new adventure for myself, because this is where my mother's journey began.' X Factor winner Shayne Ward has opened up about his Irish Traveller background by revealing his mother was born in a caravan near a shrine in Co Louth. Shayne, who has also starred as Aidan Connor on Coronation Street and featured in the last series of Strictly Come Dancing, tells celebrity chef Anna Haugh on her TV cookery programme how emotional he is at visiting St Brigid's shrine near Dundalk. 'I'm super excited to show you Co Louth, the birthplace of my mum Philomena,' dad-of two Shayne (40) tells Dubliner Anna. 'My parents were born into the Travelling community. My grandparents were Irish Travellers. 'I feel emotional today because this is a new adventure for myself, because this is where my mother's journey began. 'She was born in 1957. Her parents were Travellers. Started here in a barrow wagon. They were obviously just passing through Dundalk. Then my mum was born somewhere near St Brigid's Shrine.' Shayne, who sold over 1.3 million copies of 'That's My Goal' after winning the X Factor in 2005, joyfully explains more about his ancestry. 'My mum's parents, and of course grandparents and so on and so forth, all come from Ireland. They were obviously from the Travelling community,' he says. Anna and Shane get peeling for their dinner 'When they moved over [to England] with my mum in 1958 they pretty much settled, from what I've been told, they settled pretty much straight away with relatives. 'It was around Longsight in Manchester, so my mum was obviously brought up in a house. 'Of course, she's not been here [the shrine] since she's been born. So now that I'm here I'm going to bring her back. I think that would be an even more special moment. Just to reconnect. I want to learn a lot more about my ancestry.' Shayne's grandfather was a tinsmith in Ireland before he moved to Manchester and the entertainer gets to meet James Collins to find out about the craft. Tinsmith James lives on a Travellers' site on the outskirts of Dublin and has been making tin cups, utensils and tin whistles since he was a boy. Shayne and Anna chat about his heritage Today's News in 90 seconds - Thursday, May 1 'My connection to this is that my mother's father, Martin Joyce, he was a tinsmith,' reflects Shayne. 'And my mum is so proud of that, she always tells me 'I'm very proud to be a tinsmith's daughter' and so just watching you do this, I felt like I was transported to a time that my grandfather was doing this and I felt proud watching you. Even though it's noisy I found it very relaxing, because you have a very good rhythm to it as well,' he says. 'This for me today has just connected me to so many stories that I have heard of growing up with my ancestors. You have brought a little bit of magic to it, you have made it real.' Shayne gets to pick cabbage with Pat Hickey on his farm, before he and Anna cook up a traditional dinner of bacon, cabbage and potatoes, a dish he admits he had regularly while growing up. 'All the time, because I'm one of seven kids,' he says. 'I've got three brothers, three sisters. It was an amazing but mad household. There was always something being peeled, always food, so we never went without. My mum would always be doing the cabbage, would always be doing the potatoes – there was a lot of potatoes.' There was also lots of music. 'There was always singing going on, it's kind of like the musical Waltons,' he says. Shayne Ward on stage 'Someone was always singing a song from a room. Whoever was singing the song the longest or the loudest in the room, you'd have to give up and sing their song with them. 'It's a strange thing. I always had a vision, even as a youngster, I was going to do something. 'I remember saying 'I'm going to be on TV one day', and then fast forward 20 years later, that's what I do. I do a crossover between singing and acting,' he says. He admits Ireland is his favourite place to perform. 'I love coming here,' he says. 'The moment I won the X Factor, I was over here all the time. What was so beautiful for me at such a young age as well, is just how welcomed I was... the moment I stepped into Ireland 'I'm home' and I always felt that, it's just the best feeling in the world.'
The 42
29-04-2025
- Sport
- The 42
Kieran Molloy to headline pro boxing card at Galway's Pearse Stadium in June
UNBEATEN GALWAY WELTERWEIGHT prospect Kieran Molloy will headline a professional boxing event at Pearse Stadium in his native county on Saturday 28 June. The 42 understands that Molloy [11-0, 6KOs], a former three-time Irish Elite amateur champion, will top the outdoor bill at the home of Galway GAA, with his opponent set to be named upon official confirmation of the event later this week. Molloy's first homecoming bout in two years, as well as its undercard, will be broadcast live, globally, on DAZN. Advertisement The Galway bill will be promoted by the UK-based GBM Sports, a promotional outfit founded in 2022 by former pro boxer Izzy Asif of Sheffield. GBM promote both Molloy and Tyrone light-welterweight Tiernan Bradley [10-0-1, 5KOs]. The latter is also likely to feature on the card, possibly in a rematch with Welshman Ben Crocker following their split-decision draw at York Hall, London, earlier this month. England's former heavyweight world-title challengers Hughie Fury [30-3, 17KOs] and Dillian Whyte [31-3, 21KOs] have also been in talks to meet on the bill in a crossroads clash. Fury, first cousin of former heavyweight world champion Tyson Fury, is of Irish Traveller heritage, while Whyte's paternal grandfather, Patrick Whyte, hailed from Cork. Headliner Molloy, 26, has built a significant fanbase in Galway and beyond. He last boxed in his native county in April of 2023, beating Fernando Mosquera over eight rounds at the Leisureland Complex in Salthill. Molloy will return to the same town but on a grander scale in just under two months' time, when he'll seek to climb further up the 147-pound ladder. Molloy, who became the first man to stop the durable Italian Riccardo Crepaldi at York Hall earlier this month, enjoyed a fine amateur career before dipping his toes into the pro game in 2022. As well as winning several international medals for Ireland through the age grades, the Oughterard man won three senior national titles. Most memorable among them was his 2019 Elite final victory over Limerick's Paddy Donovan, who turned professional with Andy Lee two years before Molloy and is now among the leading welterweight prospects in the world.
