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Perth Now
24-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Put this Netflix police drama on your watch list
There are few television shows that have as fond a place in my heart as British crime drama The Bill. Growing up, it was a staple in our house and, quite honestly, I've struggled to find anything to plug its hole since it was unceremoniously yanked from screens back in 2010. Don't get me wrong, there have been plenty of great police series in recent years — Apple TV's excellent Slow Horses and the darkly brilliant Happy Valley spring to mind — but The Bill hit different. Though it took a crime-of-the-week format, the ever-revolving detectives were always brilliantly cast, and over seasons and years I felt as though I knew them personally. My favourites were the crotchety-but-clever detectives — DCI Jack Meadows, played by Simon Rouse, and DCI Frank Burnside (Christopher Michael Ellison) were top tier — but I also loved the rank and file, particularly Sgt June Ackland (Trudie Goodwin). Which brings me to Dept. Q, a new series from the writer of The Queen's Gambit, based on the novels of the same name by Danish author Jussi Adler-Olsen. I can't tell you much about this new police series as there's an embargo in place, but I will say this: the central character in this Scottish series, DCI Carl Morck (played by Matthew Goode) has big Bill energy. He's rumpled, cranky, and fighting his own inner demons (his police partner and friend was shot in front of him not long ago, and he's still reeling from the fallout). It makes him perfect 'TV detective' fodder. Morck has been given the job of overseeing a newly formed cold case department, the titular Department Q, which he's running from a dank basement in the bowels of the Edinburgh police station. He assembles a not-so-crack team to help him sort through files, and the case they're assigned ends up being the through-line of the series. I'm genuinely excited for you all to see this. And TV execs, if you're reading this: bring back The Bill! The Quilters is streaming on Netflix. Credit: Supplied My Netflix algorithm knows me better than I know myself. It's been recommending I watch this doco, about a group of prison inmates in the US who are part of a quilting program, for days now. Eventually, curiosity got the better of me and I dipped in — and loved it! Even better, at only 30 minutes long, it also ticked my Early Night criteria box. Who knew watching a bunch of inmates make quilts for foster kids could be such a wholesome and life-affirming experience? Netflix did. And I thank them for that. Sarah Jessica Parker stars in season three of And Just Like That . . . Credit: Max Look, haters gonna hate. But I'm going to continue to watch Carrie Bradshaw and her postmenopausal besties traverse this next stage of their lives. The new series drops this week and — good news! — Che Diaz is nowhere to be seen. Thank heavens for that. Nadya Suleman, pictured in 2010, is the subject of a documentary. Credit: Toby Canham / Getty Images Nadya Suleman is the Californian woman who gave birth to octuplets back in 2009 — unbelievably she was already mum to six other kids. This doco series explores her, ahem, life choices. She's not who you think she is. I absolutely adore Paul Reubens and his comic creation, Pee-wee Herman — I was genuinely devastated when he passed away in 2023. This documentary, which was filmed before Reuben's death and uses personal archive footage from the star, gives an insight into who the comedian actually was. Or does it? Fans will be fascinated.
USA Today
09-03-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
'Octomom' Nadya Suleman says 'I definitely regret' not suing her fertility doctor
'Octomom' Nadya Suleman says 'I definitely regret' not suing her fertility doctor Show Caption Hide Caption Gypsy Rose Blanchard pregnant. Here's who father is Gypsy Rose Blanchard was previously engaged to Ken Urker while completing her eight-year prison sentence. Now the couple is having a baby. Natalie "Nadya" Suleman, the woman who became known as "Octomom," is telling her story over 15 years after she became the subject of intense media backlash surrounding the birth of her 16-year-old octuplets. Suleman is opening up in a People magazine interview published on Thursday about being coined "Octomom" following the 2009 controversy involving her IVF doctor. Suleman is reentering the cultural conversation, after leaving the spotlight in 2013, ahead of a new Lifetime biopic "I Was Octomom" and companion docuseries "Confessions of Octomom," which premiere respectively on Friday and Monday. "I don't think I'd do too much differently," Suleman revealed to People. "I do regret not suing the infertility doctor," Dr. Michael Kamrava, who implanted her with more embryos than typical for in vitro fertilization treatments. "I definitely regret that because his insurance would've been the one paying, and it would've been some millions, and it would've been helpful for my family," the mom of 14 said. Suleman and Kamrava, who implanted her with six times the normal amount of two embryos, received harsh media backlash after reports surfaced after Suleman gave birth in 2009 to the first-ever surviving octuplets amid a strained financial situation. She is also mom to six older children. 'Octomom' Nadya Suleman is a grandmother after son, daughter-in-law welcome baby girl After lying about the number of embryos he implanted in Suleman, Kamrava was stripped of his medical license. "I regret that I kind of threw myself under the bus to cover for him, and I shouldn't have, but I was grateful. I wouldn't have had any of my kids if it weren't for his innovative technique. No one else in the world did this type of procedure so I didn't have it in my heart to sue him," Suleman added. Suleman told People that she wanted "just one more" baby, but Kamrava implanted her with 12 embryos after originally telling her told her he'd only implanted six embryos. "But I did sue the hospital because they breached HIPAA," Suleman says of hospital workers who allegedly leaked her name and medical information to the media. "They're the reason why I ended up in the public eye." The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, also known as HIPAA, protects patients' health care information from being released by healthcare providers like doctors without permission and consent. 'Octomom' Nadya Suleman opens up about motherhood Suleman stressed during a People video interview that she chose to do a docuseries instead of a reality TV show due to the developmental effects of reality television on children. But she's describing herself as "grateful." "Natalie Suleman is just a mom of many and she is very, very, very grateful," Suleman described herself to People. "We are a loving family and we're there for each other. All of my kids are just very humble, grounded, kind people with good hearts." Suleman admitted to the outlet that she chose to have so many children out of fear of loneliness. "I wasn't happy as an only child, and clearly I projected my dream onto my kids and wanting a big, well, not this big of a family, but I did want seven kids," she told People. "But it's not enough to say I wanted a big family because I was lonely," she added. "There is an amalgamation of factors. I wanted kids to create maybe a safe and predictable little world that I lacked growing up. So then of course, I projected onto my future family."
