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Yahoo
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Megyn Kelly Responds to Beyoncé Splicing Footage of Her Into ‘Cowboy Carter' Tour, Slams Singer for Playing the Victim
Megyn Kelly is clapping back at Beyoncé after learning footage of her making disparaging remarks about the singer has been featured on the 'Cowboy Carter' tour. On Thursday's episode of 'The Megyn Kelly Show,' the host brought up clips of her that were spliced into Beyoncé's ongoing concert tour. In the clip, which was from an appearance on 'Paul Murray Live,' Kelly mockingly said the album was being referred to as a Second Coming and that Beyoncé was the savior of country music. Kelly called the artist 'one more aggrieved woman' for her inclusion of the remarks. 'You're not allowed to rip on her, by the way, you're not allowed to rip on Michelle Obama, either, but we do,' Kelly said as she talked about how Beyoncé is considered untouchable from criticism. 'Too bad. The more untouchable you tell me somebody is, the more likely I am to want to hit them.' She continued: 'She had to scour the internet to find anybody who offered any criticism of this move whatsoever. Here is another one of the most privileged, beloved women in the world … and richest based on her own fortune, never mind the man she's married to, but still has to look for the one sliver where she could play the victim and be aggrieved, because big bad Megyn Kelly said something completely milk toast about her entry into country music.' Kelly is one of the few who are not on board with the 'Cowboy Carter' tour. When the shows kicked off in L.A. at the end of April, a number of celebrities took to social media to celebrate the performance. 'Finally got to sing 'Texas Hold 'Em at the top of my lungs with Beyoncé!' Oprah Winfrey shared in a video post the day after Beyoncé's first night in Los Angeles. 'Threw my keys up so hard and now I gotta go find them.' 'COWBOY CARTER GAVE ME EXACTLY WHAT I NEEDED! I am filled!! So many messages! WHAT A NIGHT!!! MY SIS! BlueBlue's WALK!! Rumi's unforgettable Smile!!! INCREDIBLE SHOW!!' Kelly Rowland exclaimed. Watch the full Megyn Kelly clip in the video above. The post Megyn Kelly Responds to Beyoncé Splicing Footage of Her Into 'Cowboy Carter' Tour, Slams Singer for Playing the Victim | Video appeared first on TheWrap.
Business Upturn
02-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Business Upturn
Is Good Omens Season 3 releasing in May 2025? Everything we know so far
By Aman Shukla Published on May 2, 2025, 18:30 IST Last updated May 2, 2025, 12:03 IST Good Omens Season 3 is set to be the final chapter of the beloved fantasy comedy series based on the novel by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett. Fans are eagerly awaiting the return of Aziraphale and Crowley, the celestial duo whose chemistry has captivated audiences since 2019. With production changes and a unique format, here's everything we know about Good Omens Season 3, including release date speculation, cast updates, and plot details. Good Omens Season 3 Release Date Speculation While Amazon Prime Video has not confirmed an exact release date for Good Omens Season 3, filming is scheduled to begin in January 2025 in Scotland, as confirmed by cast member Doon Mackichan and Prime Video. Unlike the previous seasons, which featured six episodes each, Season 3 will consist of a single 90-minute feature-length episode, acting as the series finale. Given the streamlined production and post-production timeline for a single episode, a release in late 2025 or early 2026 is plausible. Good Omens Season 3 Cast: Who's Returning? The Good Omens Season 3 cast is expected to feature familiar faces, with some actors potentially taking on new roles, a creative choice seen in Season 2. Here's the confirmed and speculated lineup: Michael Sheen as Aziraphale : The book-loving angel returns, grappling with his new role in Heaven. David Tennant as Crowley : The sardonic demon will face high stakes as he navigates his strained relationship with Aziraphale. Jon Hamm as Gabriel : The archangel, whose romantic arc with Beelzebub was a Season 2 highlight, is expected to return. Doon Mackichan as Archangel Michael : Mackichan confirmed her return, hinting at a 'rogue' and intense role. Derek Jacobi as Metatron : The enigmatic voice of Heaven will likely continue his manipulative schemes. Miranda Richardson as Shax : The demon who replaced Beelzebub in Hell is set to appear. Quelin Sepulveda as Muriel: The quirky angel running Aziraphale's bookshop may return. Good Omens Season 3 Potential Plot Details Good Omens Season 3 will conclude the story of Aziraphale and Crowley, drawing from an unwritten sequel plotted by Gaiman and Pratchett in 1989 and 2006. Season 2 served as a narrative bridge, setting up a dramatic finale centered on the Second Coming and another attempt to avert Armageddon. The Season 2 finale left Aziraphale and Crowley at odds after Aziraphale accepted a position as Supreme Archangel, betraying Crowley's trust. The plot will focus on their strained relationship as they face their greatest challenge yet: saving the world while not speaking to each other. Expect high stakes, emotional reconciliation, and the series' signature blend of humor, fantasy, and romance. Aman Shukla is a post-graduate in mass communication . A media enthusiast who has a strong hold on communication ,content writing and copy writing. Aman is currently working as journalist at
Irish Daily Mirror
29-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Daily Mirror
"We fixed everything and they made one of the biggest albums of the 1990s"
KINGSLEY Ward is leaning against a post in the courtyard. Behind him is the old pig shed where Bohemian Rhapsody was recorded. 'I remember standing in the yard and hearing the guitar solo and thinking, 'That's a bloody good guitar solo',' he says. Welcome to Rockfield in rural south Wales. The studio on the farm. Home to cattle, sheep, horses and some of the biggest bands in the world. This is where The Stone Roses had their Second Coming, where Coldplay went Yellow and where Queen asked the world to do the Fandango. Thirty years ago, Oasis arrived here to make their second album (What's The Story) Morning Glory? From the outset, Rockfield owner Kingsley Ward knew it was something special. 'I told Noel it would sell millions,' says Kingsley. 'He said, 'Do you think so?' and I said, 'Yeah, because you've got four hit singles there.' 'Noel was back here two weeks ago and he said, 'Kingsley got it right.' He remembered it.' Kingsley and his late brother Charles started the studios in the early 1960s after buying some recording equipment and using empty pig feed bags to soundproof the farmhouse loft. Rockfield was born. Over the years, a granary, stable block and pig shed were all converted into acoustic spaces filled with microphones, mixing consoles and moveable walls. It has become one of the most successful studios in the world and is still run by Kingsley and his wife Ann and their daughters Amanda and Lisa. 'Whenever anyone asks, I always say the summer The Pogues were here was the best one. It was just a really special time,' says Lisa. 'They were such a great band, the weather was perfect, the World Cup was on and they befriended everybody in town. Even the poachers.' The Pogues travelled to Rockfield in June 1990 to record Hell's Ditch with The Clash's Joe Strummer as producer and Glasgow roadie Charlie MacLennan tasked with looking after their increasingly wayward singer. 'He stayed up there,' says Kingsley, pointing at a room overlooking a field. 'I went up there one morning about 12 o'clock and it was all dark and like an idiot I opened the curtains. 'This figure rose up off the settee and said, 'Can you close the curtains?' 'It was Shane.' Hell's Ditch would turn out to be Shane MacGowan's last album with the band as fault lines widened between him and the other members, but for the most part it was a happy time with Strummer conducting affairs in a cowboy hat. 'We had The Pogues and Joe Strummer and another band called The Connells and they all got on so well,' says Lisa. 'One of the guys from The Connells loved fishing. He went fishing one afternoon and came back with a tiny trout and he was so proud of this tiny trout. 'And then, I remember Big Charlie [MacLennan] appearing the next day with this enormous salmon and the guy from The Connells was gutted. 'Of course, The Pogues had bought the salmon off one of the local poachers in Monmouth.' Two horses, Hugo and Shamrock, are grazing in the paddock. Staff are cleaning out accommodation, getting ready for the next band. Lisa opens the door of the Quadrangle studio and flicks on the lights. A vintage tape machine is standing in one room. An organ is behind a partition. Microphones, cables and amplifiers are scattered around. Kingsley sits down behind the mixing desk. Irish artists have decamped here for decades with everyone from The Undertones and Ash to NewDad recording at Rockfield. 'Ward is an Irish name,' says Kingsley. 'My great-grandfather came over in the 1800s. We've had all the Irish bands. Everyone but U2.' There follows a mini dispute between father and daughter about whether U2 came to Rockfield to visit Robert Plant or Clannad sometime in the 1980s. Or maybe both. 'They've all been to Rockfield. Paul Brady. The Saw Doctors. Cry Before Dawn. That Petrol Emotion,' says Kingsley. 'Horslips… Bloody hell, great guys. Michael Deeny, their manager, I remember him alright. 'The Hothouse Flowers… one of them got drunk in town and left his boots in the pub. We had to go into Monmouth the next morning looking for the boots. 'We've had the whole contingent. Oasis, of course, they're Irish too.' Oasis had history with this part of the world. The band held initial sessions for Definitely Maybe at nearby Monnow Valley Studios – a former Rockfield rehearsal space that Kingsley's brother Charles turned into a separate business. While there, they visited The Stone Roses at Rockfield during the recording of their Second Coming album with Liam Gallagher and Paul 'Bonehead' Arthurs taking a combine harvester for a spin across the fields one night. That set the tone for the Morning Glory sessions in May 1995. 'Men behaving badly,' says Lisa, smiling. 'That's why all the accommodation here is comfortable, it's not boutique. Because things happen in high jinks.' Famously, the Gallagher brothers had a huge bust-up at the end of the first week with a cricket bat, fire extinguisher and dust bin involved in the carnage before the band fled. Lisa opens the door of the Coach House studio where they were working on Morning Glory. The control room looks almost the same as it did in 1995, although the sofas are new. 'We never talked about the fight for years. The press would ask us about it, but we never spoke about it,' says Lisa. 'It happened, it was all fine, it all got sorted. We fixed everything and they came back and recorded one of the biggest albums of the 1990s. 'They're fabulous, we love them. And 30 years later we still have a great relationship with them because they know they can trust us and we know we can trust them. 'That's why Noel was back here doing random stuff for the 30th anniversary of the album. That's why they're welcome back any time.' The grand piano Noel played on Don't Look Back In Anger is in the corner of the studio. Lisa takes the cover off and pulls out a wooden stool held together by black tape. 'That probably sums up Rockfield,' she says, laughing. Don't Look Back In Anger was one of four hit singles on Morning Glory, along with Some Might Say, Roll With It and Wonderwall. The album sold 22 million copies worldwide. Kingsley got it right. 'We've got a wall outside we call our Wonderwall,' says Lisa. 'Noel set up microphones there to record the guitar part of the song. He originally wanted to record it on the wall.' You can hear a snippet of the recording before the opening track on the album, complete with bird song. Last year, The Cure made their comeback album Songs of a Lost World at Rockfield and the studio's legacy keeps inspiring new generations. Even Noel has been to see where Bohemian Rhapsody was recorded in 1975. 'It's the unusual circumstances of where it is, the farm, and it's the bands. Those two things. That's why it's special,' says Kingsley. Lisa points towards her office at the end of the courtyard. 'If I stand outside my office, I can hear guitars in one room and drums in another, the hair still stands up on the back of my neck. And I can wear my wellies all day. 'We've got the best job in the world.' Some might say she's right.
Epoch Times
21-04-2025
- Politics
- Epoch Times
John Robson: Why Are So Many Non-Catholics Fascinated With the Catholic Church
Commentary Pope Francis is dead. May he rest in peace. But his Church lives on, as does a strange fascination with it on the part of people who are not Roman Catholics or remotely sympathetic. Thus, the New York Sun emailed, 'Why So Many Non-Catholics Will Be Watching This Conclave.' So what is it about the successors to Saint Peter that so fascinates the successors to Pontius Pilate? Francis's election caused excitement partly because he was the first pontiff from Latin America and partly because he seemed to be completing a trifecta of outstanding popes by It was predictable that The Canadian Press Thus, that CP piece began, 'Pope Francis will be remembered by Canadian Catholics as a progressive leader' as though it were incontrovertibly high praise. Heatmap emailed, 'The Death of the 'Climate Pope.'' GZero The Japan Times went with, 'he sought to overhaul the hidebound institution.' And a New York Times Related Stories 4/18/2025 4/15/2025 The author quoted Francis as saying that, 'We are often chained like Peter in the prison of habit. Scared by change and tied to the chain of our customs.' And, the author gushed, 'He was unafraid of change.' But as Thomas Sowell once snapped: 'Is there anything more mindless than the endless repetition of the word 'change'? Does it make any sense for grown men and women to be either for or against 'change' in the abstract? The word covers everything from Hitler to the Second Coming.' Speaking of Hitler, Francis resolutely opposed anti-Semitism despite wobbling on the Middle East. But speaking of the Second Coming, the key thing about the Pope is that he's head of the Roman Catholic Church and the key thing about that Church is that it is among those institutions that insist that the pivot of history, and of every human life, is that Christ really did rise from the dead. You don't have to believe he was true god from true god, of course. Nor are you compelled to join the Church and pretend to, as was once scandalously true in many countries. But if you don't believe it, why claim to be Catholic or care what some guy in a funny hat says about a person you don't think was the Messiah? It seems to be precisely because the Catholic Church so resolutely insists that if Christ is not risen, our faith and preaching are in vain. The 'chain' of its 'customs' is what holds it together, unlike other churches, free to shrug off Christ's divinity and many of his core teachings. Progressives especially thought Francis would fold on gender, a recurring obsession they will return to with the next pope. But Catholics are unbendingly pro-life. OK, not all. And frankly, I'd like to see some self-declared Catholic politicians excommunicated over it. There are plenty of churches they could join that take liberal stands on 'social issues.' But why they even want to be in a Church that doesn't I do not understand. Or do I? I sympathize with the Wall Street Journal 'Go Woke, Go Broke' works for churches, too, and Francis didn't convert many people, including liberal journalists. So why do they care? Because in a very real and important way, the Catholic Church is the last significant bastion of tradition in the Western world. So progressives need it to fold, to say they were right after all. But it won't. Views expressed in this article are opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.
Telegraph
17-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
Ransom Canyon, review: this inadvertently hilarious cowboy romance is no Yellowstone
Netflix's new cowboy series, Ransom Canyon, will come as a serious eye-opener to anyone raised on John Wayne or Clint Eastwood. The 10-part drama is a rootin' tootin' foray into 'cowboy romance' – a hugely popular genre that prioritises sizzling snogs over 10-gallon stetsons and where the heroes pack a lot more than six-shooters. The show is adapted from a sequence of bestselling novels by Jodi Thomas. It is fair to say her evocation of the outlaw spirit of the American West is unlikely to be mistaken for the Second Coming of Cormac McCarthy. Five minutes in, and we've already been treated to a close-up of Josh Duhamel's glum yet hunky hero having a shower – his pecs salivated over the way the London skyline is in the opening credits to The Apprentice. Duhamel's character is named Staten Kirkland – and while that sounds like an anagram for something rude, he's strictly mid-table when it comes to the show's power ranking of protagonists with absurdist aliases. Barely has Staten towelled himself down and re-affixed his hat (it is a surprise he wasn't wearing it in the shower) than we are introduced to a newcomer to the story's modern-day, small-town Texas setting who goes by Yancy Grey (Jack Schumacher). There is also Staten's son Randall (Hubert Smielecki) – though his comic-book moniker is soon revealed to be the least of his problems when his life takes a turn for the tragic and the villainous Davis Collins (Irish actor Eoin Macken, wrestling with the Texas accent like a cowboy trying to put manners on a steer). The biggest star, Hollywood veteran James Brolin, gets off lightly with a grumpy rancher named Cap Fuller. Early coverage of Ransom Canyon has compared it to Yellowstone, the recently concluded Kevin Costner love letter to the Western spirit that built America. But where Yellowstone was often brutal in its depiction of the life of the 21st-century cowboy, Ransom Canyon is pure fantasy. It is a world where Staten can spend years carrying a flame for Minka Kelly's Quinn O'Grady, the best friend of his late wife, without ever making a move. And where Quinn is willing to go on a date with Davis – Staten's loathsome brother-in-law – while fancying the cowboy boots off Duhamel's character. Romance fans will lap it up. Everyone else may wonder if they aren't watching a comedy that has misplaced its laugh track. The dialogue is often guffaw-out-loud funny. 'Was it ever real, you and me?' Quinn asks Staten at one point, while the Mills & Boon-meter heads into the red zone when she declares, 'You've had a piece of my heart for as long as I can remember.' A handful of chaste love scenes are equally giggle-worthy. One especially chucklesome tryst is soundtracked by the Smashing Pumpkins' Tonight Tonight and interspersed with scenes of townsfolk fleeing a hurricane. The earth is moving for all involved. To the script's credit, it tacks on a serviceable plot involving an evil water company trying to force Staten off his land. Connected to this is a mystery around a suspicious death. But it's ultimately all window dressing, and the show only properly cranks into gear when Duhamel and Kelly are on screen together. The actors are gruffly charismatic, and their chemistry is genuine. But you wish their characters would just get a room and that Ransom Canyon busied itself with something more interesting than the dreariest will they/won't they storyline since Jon Snow kissed his aunt in Game of Thrones.
