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Time of India
27-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Want to buy a Rock the Block season 6 home? All properties to hit the market in Utah this month
The luxury homes from HGTV's Rock the Block Season 6 are going up for sale in Grantsville, Utah. Built by Hamlet Homes, these one-of-a-kind properties will be available after a special Block Party event on May 30 and 31. Each home sits on a one-acre lot with 360-degree views The four HGTV Rock the Block Season 6 homes in Grantsville, Utah, are officially going up for sale, offering fans a chance to own a luxury property featured on the hit renovation series Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads The four homes featured in HGTV's Rock the Block Season 6 are officially heading to the Utah real estate market. Built by Hamlet Homes in Grantsville, just outside Salt Lake City, the luxurious properties will be available for purchase at the end of May, Homes is hosting a public Block Party on May 30 and 31 where HGTV fans can tour each of the Rock the Block houses, shop for show merchandise, and place bids on select items used during filming. Proceeds from the event will benefit HomeAid read: Handmaid's Tale season 6 episode 6 release date: Check full schedule of all 10 episodes In a video shared on Hamlet Homes' official Instagram page, owner and vice president of marketing Tami Ostmark said, "Have you ever dreamed of owning a Rock the Block home? Well now's your chance. That's right, all four of the Rock the Block homes from season 6 are officially hitting the market at the end of this month. We're talking large, luxurious, one-of-a-kind homes, each sitting on a one-acre lot, with 360-degree views that are just unreal."Season 6 of Rock the Block has showcased fierce competition among top HGTV designers. While the winning team gets their names on the street sign and a donation made in their name to No Kid Hungry, the real prize may now be for Utah homebuyers."Tucked in the heart of beautiful Grantsville, Utah, these homes aren't just stunning—they're truly special. There's no better location, and no homes like these, anywhere," Ostmark of the four Rock the Block homes was evaluated for final appraisal and will now be listed for sale. Although they appeared fully furnished on the show with pieces from Wayfair, a spokesperson confirmed the houses will be sold homes are expected to draw significant attention from fans of the show, prospective buyers, and luxury real estate enthusiasts read: Yellowstone Season 6 is finally confirmed? Here's why fans think the US series is not ending The exact listing prices for the Rock the Block properties have yet to be revealed. However, given the show's popularity and the scale of the renovations, the homes are likely to make a splash in the Utah real estate market.
Telegraph
10-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
The strange story of the visionary director trapped in Goebbels's fist
Halfway through The Director, Daniel Kehlmann's engrossing and terrifying seventh novel, its protagonist meets a powerful politician, a Minister of the Reich. This man has a Rhenish accent and a slight limp on his right side. 'Delighted, delighted, delighted!' the Minister says on meeting his guest, until, when the supplicant rejects one of the Minister's suggestions, the latter changes his tack. ''Wrong answer,' said the Minister. 'Wrong answer, wrong answer, wrong answer, wrong answer, wrong answer.'' The lack of exclamation mark reveals which statement is serious and which is not. The unrelenting repetition is ruthless and shocking. The Director delivers such shocks with similar ruthlessness but far more subtlety. Kehlmann proves his mastery of the historical form in reconceiving the life of GW Pabst, the Austrian director who was the contemporary and compatriot of Fritz Lang – whose visionary Metropolis (1927) remains as visionary as the day it was made. Pabst's name has mostly passed into obscurity; it's the names of the women whose early careers he furthered, among them Louise Brooks, Leni Riefenstahl and Greta Garbo, whose reputations have endured. The real Pabst made films – not as successfully as he would wish – in France before the Second World War. Kehlmann takes effective liberties with his story by getting him to Hollywood, that place garlanded with alien palms. But it's true that Pabst returned to Austria (renamed Ostmark) during the war. Here, extraordinarily, he and his wife Trude cross the border back into the Fatherland just as his compatriots are escaping. Yes, his mother is ill and needs to be cared for; but yes, a charming Nazi agent persuades him that back in the Reich he will have all the money he needs to make the films he wants, all the staff, all the freedom. Yet the knowledge of how that meeting with Hitler's propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels is going to go – for, although he is never named, it is he in the scene described above – underscores, rather than undermines, the dread. Kehlmann's last novel, Tyll, was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize in 2020. It was centred on another entertainer caught up in a destructive conflict: the Thirty Years' War of the 17th century. Tyll himself is based on a character from German folklore, a jester, a trickster. Both novels use shifting viewpoints to observe global events, and human responses to those events, with a wickedly observant eye, though where Tyll is a spark, Pabst is, in Kehlmann's depiction, eternally gloomy. Yet his inertia, which takes on a haunting, deeply surreal air, is frightening: we feel ourselves drawn into his paralysis and the paralysis of everyone around him, including his son, Jakob, who's inducted inexorably into the Hitler Youth. Over and again, Kehlmann's central characters observe themselves performing actions as if from a great distance – or indeed, as if in a film. Jakob, as a teenager, learns to be a bully, learns that violence in his new world brings dominion and success. 'When you can't do something, and at the same time have no choice but to do it, there's only one solution: have someone else do it. Someone who looks like you and who uses your body, but who has no difficulty shooting two bullets into the head of a small screaming deer.' Perhaps it is a deer, or perhaps it is not. As in Tyll, Kehlmann draws in elements of German mythtelling to deepen his tale. When Pabst and his family arrive at the family home near Salzburg, they are met at the station by the caretaker, Jerzabek, who rants about the Jews – 'The Führer was now driving out the vermin' – to his passengers in the carriage. If those passengers take issue with these sentiments or even reply, the author does not note it. But gradually Jerzabek develops into an ogre, his two monstrously tall and cruel daughters like trolls in a dreadful fable. Is Jerzabek real, or a figure of Pabst's imagination? The truth is somewhere in the middle: his sinister weirdness demonstrates how much the power of our own storytelling, for good or ill, compels us. Make peace with a monster, Kehlmann suggests, and the monster will appear in another form, right in your own house, opening a trap door to a cellar – and by then it's too late.
Yahoo
14-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
UTAH'S HAMLET HOMES SELECTED AS THE BUILDER OF HGTV'S ROCK THE BLOCK, SEASON SIX. ALL EPISODES FILMED NEAR SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. SEASON PREMIER TONIGHT AT 7PM MST
SALT LAKE CITY, April 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Rock The Block is HGTV's highest rated show and returns tonight for season six. All episodes were filmed near Salt Lake City, Utah. Utah's Hamlet Homes was selected by HGTV as the official builder of all homes in season six. Rock The Block attracted more than 13.6 million viewers to season five and will return for the highly anticipated season six tonight April 14, 2025, at 7pm MST. All seven episodes of season six are set in Hamlet Homes newest development in the Salt Lake City, Utah area. "The thing that we are the most excited about is for everyone to see these homes to come to life", said Tami Ostmark Hamlet's Owner, VP of Marketing & Design. "Our whole team has been excited for this opportunity, and it has turned out to be an incredible experience that has brought our team together. We feel more than ever now that we can take on any challenge". Former competitors and judges returning to the block on the veteran teams will include star designer Alison Victoria (Sin City Rehab) with past Rock the Block champion and high-end designer Michel Smith Boyd (Luxe for Less) as well as home restoration dynamo Jonathan Knight (Farmhouse Fixer) and his New Kids on the Block bandmate and brother Jordan Knight (Farmhouse Fixer: Camp Revamp). Competing on the series for the first time, the rookie teams will feature married home reno pros Chelsea and Cole DeBoer (Down Home Fab) and flipping, renovation and real estate experts Kamohai and Tristyn Kalama (Renovation Aloha). Hamlet Homes was given special permission from HGTV to record behind the scenes footage of every episode in season six. "We had a photographer/videographer on site the whole show. We are excited to show a peek behind the curtain. After every episode, we will launch a behind the scenes episode on our website", said Ostmark. Each behind the scenes episode is 2-3 minutes in length. The full season of behind-the-scenes episodes at will be over 25 minutes in length. When asked if there are any crazy behind the scenes stories that Hamlet is allowed to talk about, Ostmark laughed, smiled and kindly replied "no comment". During tonight's two-hour premiere, the teams will plan and construct their home's kitchen, dining and living areas, incorporating desirable elements that will up the value and appeal to potential buyers. In a new twist this season, expert judges will tour the finished spaces without the teams, revealing their identities and giving their honest assessments of the layouts and design choices at each weekly judging. Designer, television host and best-selling author Bobby Berk (Queer Eye) will determine which competitor created the ideal 'heart of the home' that delivers maximum functionality and style. Hamlet Homes will host a launch party for the premier tonight. The party is a private event and will help promote awareness of Hamlet's partnership with Homeaid Utah. Homeaid Utah helps fight homelessness in Utah through local programs combining community engagement and housing development. "Homeaid efforts have really moved us at Hamlet, and we want to do anything possible to support their mission to help Utahns realize their dreams of having their own home", said Ostmark. "For tonight's premier party, we invited our most valued VIP's, lenders and vendors. We want to show our appreciation to all the great team members that helped us build these homes and our most valued partners. Most importantly, we hope to raise awareness of Homeaid's efforts and how people can financially support their mission at our Block Party Finale May 30th & 31st". The homes built for season six of Rock The Block are at an undisclosed location in Utah and not open to the public. They will however be accessible after the final episode at Hamlet's Finale Party May 30th & 31st, 2025. The four homes seen on Rock The Block can be toured by the public at the premier party. The four homes in the show are even available to be purchased. Interested buyers should contact Hamlet's sales office. ABOUT HAMLET HOMESHamlet Homes ( crafts quality customer-oriented townhomes and single-family homes located in attractively designed neighborhoods in Utah and Idaho. Since the company's founding in 1995, Hamlet has built over 5,000 homes in 80 communities. The company is a proud recipient of many awards on Sustainable Business & Design, Quality Builder Awards recognized both locally and nationally. Named by the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce as the 'Veteran Owned Small Business of the Year, in 2019. Hamlet has since been named several times to the Professional Builder's Housing Giants List and annual HOME AWARDS Best Customer Experience. Most recently in 2024, Hamlet was named Utah's 'Best of State for Real Estate Development and Utah Businesses 'Best Companies to Work For' for the 5th consecutive year. Contact:Nate Di Palmanate@ Tami Ostmarktostmark@ View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Hamlet Homes
