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24-05-2025
- Entertainment
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‘Poker Face' Returns To Nielsen Charts As Top 5 Streaming Original With Season 2 Debut
EXCLUSIVE: Natasha Lyonne's Charlie Cale is back on the case in Season 2 of Peacock's Poker Face, which made a promising return to the streamer earlier this month, per preliminary Nielsen data. Season 2 launched with three new episodes on May 8, boosting the series to become a Top 5 original title across all of streaming, based on minutes viewed for the week of May 5. More from Deadline Streaming Ad Tiers Catch Fire, Make Up Nearly Half Of U.S. Subscriptions For SVODs That Offer Them, Study Says 'Strangers' Series In Works At Peacock; Leslie Mann & Gabrielle Union Eyed To Star In Thriller From Jon Harmon Feldman & 100% Productions Paramount Snaps Up Sales On Peacock's Miami Crime Drama 'M.I.A.' - LA Screenings Exact data isn't available just yet, though it will be in a few weeks when Nielsen releases its streaming report for that interval. Deadline also understands that Season 2 of Poker Face is the No. 2 streaming original based on average audience for the week of May 5. This is a strong start for the sophomore season of Poker Face, which is still debuting new episodes each Thursday. The series is a mystery-of-the-week series following Natasha Lyonne's Charlie, who has an extraordinary ability to determine when someone is lying. She hits the road with her Plymouth Barracuda and with every stop encounters a new cast of characters and strange crimes she can't help but solve. As with Season 1, the second installment has a heavy hitting list of guest stars that includes Awkwafina, B.J. Novak, Cliff 'Method Man' Smith, Cynthia Erivo, Ego Nwodim, Giancarlo Esposito, Haley Joel Osment, Jason Ritter, John Mulaney, Justin Theroux, Katie Holmes, Kumail Nanjiani, Margo Martindale, Melanie Lynskey, Rhea Perlman, Richard Kind, Sam Richardson, Steve Buscemi, and Taylor Schilling. Poker Face hails from T-Street's Rian Johnson and Ram Bergman. It marks their first television series and is produced by MRC, along with executive producer and star Lyonne, under her production banner Animal Pictures. Tony Tost (Damnation, Americana) serves as showrunner and executive producer for Season 2 alongside executive producers Rian Johnson, Ram Bergman, Natasha Lyonne, Nena Rodrigue, Adam Arkin, Nora Zuckerman and Lilla Zuckerman. Best of Deadline Everything We Know About The 'Hunger Games: Sunrise On The Reaping' Movie So Far Sean 'Diddy' Combs Sex-Trafficking Trial Updates: Cassie Ventura's Testimony, $10M Hotel Settlement, Drugs, Violence, & The Feds All The 'Mission: Impossible' Movies In Order - See Tom Cruise's 30-Year Journey As Ethan Hunt
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24-05-2025
- Entertainment
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‘Poker Face' Season 2 Guest Stars: From Katie Holmes To Simon Hellberg
Poker Face Season 2 has launched on Peacock, and the show returns with a new riveting roulette of guest stars, as it had in Season 1. A look at the titles of each episode will hint at the themes found within as well as clues for Natasha Lyonne's Charlie Cale, who has an uncanny B.S. detector and a nose for sleuthing out the truth. Lyonne's main character is a staple between seasons, as she sometimes randomly and other times through personal ties gets pulled into these murder mysteries. More from Deadline 'Poker Face' Returns To Nielsen Charts As Top 5 Streaming Original With Season 2 Debut Streaming Ad Tiers Catch Fire, Make Up Nearly Half Of U.S. Subscriptions For SVODs That Offer Them, Study Says 'Strangers' Series In Works At Peacock; Leslie Mann & Gabrielle Union Eyed To Star In Thriller From Jon Harmon Feldman & 100% Productions RELATED: Find the Poker Face Season 2 guest stars that accompany Lyonne in the newest 12 episodes, three of which premiered May 8, below: Best of Deadline Everything We Know About Amazon's 'Verity' Movie So Far Everything We Know About 'The Testaments,' Sequel Series To 'The Handmaid's Tale' So Far Everything We Know About 'The Devil Wears Prada 2'
Yahoo
26-01-2025
- Politics
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Campaigners call for public to be barred from parliamentary bar following ‘spiking' incident
Campaigners have called for the public to be banned from a parliamentary bar after a woman's drink was allegedly spiked there. Strangers' Bar, a popular drinking spot for MPs in the Palace of Westminster, is currently closed for a security review following the alleged incident. They are also campaigning for tougher measures to be brought into bars across the parliamentary estate. Under current rules, only those holding certain types of parliamentary passes can bring guests into the bar. MPs have the most flexibility with who they can invite. Ryan-Mark Parsons, a parliamentary staffer to Greg Smith MP, is spearheading the campaign in Parliament after he was spiked while on a night out with friends in Soho last year. Mr Parsons said that prohibiting guests from visiting Strangers' Bar for a period of time could help prevent future cases of spiking. He said that 'only having passholders in Strangers' would be a good idea. 'I don't think it should be open to guests, as anyone could come to the estate,' he said. 'I think it would be in the interest of people working in Parliament, and make them feel safe. 'It should, in my opinion, be closed to guests until better security is in place at the bar.' Another staffer added: 'In my view the unregulated in and outflow of guests on the terrace does unfortunately test the bar staff and security, and places an increasing pressure on estate staff to provide a safe environment for those working on the grounds.' Campaigners also say that every bar in Parliament should provide drinks caps to prevent unwanted drugs being put into their drinks, along with free testing strips which would enable people to see whether their drink has been tampered with. They also advised putting up posters around the parliamentary estate warning of the dangers of drink spiking. Mr Parsons also suggested that monitoring the number of people allowed into Strangers' Bar might be a good way to prevent similar incidents in future. He said: 'On staffer nights on a Thursday, Strangers is rammed. They could monitor it at any one time.' Training for staff should also be mandatory, he said, explaining: 'training on how to spot signs of spiking should be mandatory for all House of Commons staff.' Jo Tanner, who was spiked in Strangers' Bar in 2017, said that she would be in favour of 'any measures' taken to prevent spiking in future. She said: 'I think any sort of mitigation or protection for anybody is helpful. Testing sticks could be readily available. 'Ultimately there needs to be better education and a reminder to everyone that a drink is vulnerable. People need to recognise that because you've gone through airport security, it doesn't mean that Parliament is safe. Passholders don't go through those systems.' She added that spiking on the parliamentary estate 'clearly isn't a new problem'. It is understood that an update will be provided when the review is concluded. Broaden your horizons with award-winning British journalism. Try The Telegraph free for 1 month with unlimited access to our award-winning website, exclusive app, money-saving offers and more.
