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Metro
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Metro
One of the ‘greatest TV shows of all time' launched 36 years ago today
If a friend asked you, 'What's the greatest TV show ever made about?' how would you answer them? Would you explain how it's about a brutal crime boss going to therapy? Perhaps you'd say it follows a chemistry teacher who starts cooking meth to provide for his family? Maybe you'd tell them it's about a bunch of wannabe influencers seeking a brand deal… I mean, love in a villa? Whatever show you think is the best of the best, though I very much doubt you'd tell them it's about nothing. And yet, 36 years ago today, a show 'about nothing' premiered on NBC and changed television forever. Wake up to find news on your TV shows in your inbox every morning with Metro's TV Newsletter. Sign up to our newsletter and then select your show in the link we'll send you so we can get TV news tailored to you. I'm talking, of course, about Seinfeld, one of the most influential and important series ever made. If you never watched it, then 'NO SOUP FOR YOU! Okay, that's not fair. Allow me to explain the series' premise because it's not really about 'nothing'. The show follows a fictionalised version of Jerry Seinfeld (Jerry Seinfeld) and follows him and his friends – George Costanza (Jason Alexander), Elaine Benes (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), and Cosmo Kramer (Michael Richards) as they navigate life in New York City. Now, there are ongoing plots like Jerry getting his own TV show (yes, it gets very meta), and George's terrible love life, but for the most part, the show focuses on the little things in life. This meant you got entire episodes focused on things like finding a car in a multi-storey car park, characters' sex lives, or, most famously, trying to get some soup. Looking to get started with Seinfeld? Why not start here… 10. The Jimmy ( Season 6, Episode 18) – Elaine dates a man whose annoying habit of referring to himself in the third-person annoys Jerry. 9. The Hamptons (Season 5, Episode 2) – Jerry and his pals visit a friend in The Hamptons, and it goes as well as you'd expect. 8. The Betrayal (Season 9, Episode 8) – Jerry sleeps with a woman George is trying to date. 7. The Merv Griffin Show (Season 9, Episode 6) – Kramer decides to recreate the Merv Griffin Show in his apartment. 6. The Bizarro Jerry (Season 8, Episode 3) – Elaine meets a man who is Jerry's exact opposite. Marine Biologist (Season 5, Episode 14) – George starts dating a woman who's convinced he's a marine biologist. 4. The Outing (Season 4, Episode 17) – Elaine convinces a journalist that Jerry and George are dating. 3. The Opposite (Season 5, Episode 21) – George does the exact opposite of what he'd normally do. 2. The Soup Nazi (Season 7, Episode 6) – The gang try and get some soup. 1. The Contest (Season 4, Episode 11) – Jerry and friends make a competition out of self-control. These plots may sound mundane, but they were the secret to the show's success because they made the characters and their world incredibly relatable. Creators Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld would then use this relatable world to make absolutely hilarious jokes and gags about the terribly recognisable gaffes and faux pas we all make on a daily basis. In a way, then, Seinfeld wasn't a show about nothing; it was a show about everything and everyone. Unsurprisingly, considering the brilliance of its premise, cast, and writing, Seinfeld was a huge hit, running for nine seasons from 1989 to 1998 and garnering legions of fans across the globe and turning Jerry into a household name. Indeed, the series' two-part finale was watched by 76.3 million people across America – making it the fourth-most watched series finale in US history. However, beyond the series' commercial and critical success, it had a major influence on the way TV was made. Arguably, the series' biggest influence is that it opened the door to TV shows about unlikable characters. Without Seinfeld, we definitely wouldn't have got Always Sunny or Peep Show, and there's an argument to be made that even stuff like The Sopranos owes a debt of gratitude to Jerry and his friends. Oddly, though, Seinfeld's biggest contribution to pop culture may be that it helped give us Friends. While Friends may be a far more traditional sitcom than Jerry's creation, the two share certain DNA – something that critics were keen to point out when Friends debuted, with some even labelling it a Seinfeld rip-off. Jerry himself has made several potshots at Friends for 'copying' his idea, once joking that the show is just Seinfeld 'with better-looking people'. Jerry's tongue-in-cheek comments aside, the real debt Friends owes Seinfeld is that Friends reruns often ran after Seinfeld, and this lead-in gave the show a massive boost in popularity. Lisa Kudrow, who played Phoebe on the show, once told The Daily Beast: 'It was in the summer when we were in reruns after Seinfeld, where Seinfeld was our lead-in, where we exploded.' 'I remember going to some party, and Jerry Seinfeld was there, and I said, 'Hi,' and he said, 'You're welcome,'' More Trending 'I said, 'Why, thank you…what?' Lisa continued. 'And he said, 'You're on after us in the summer, and you're welcome. I said, 'That's exactly right. Thank you.'' So I guess if it wasn't for Seinfeld there's an argument to be made there'd be NO FRIENDS FOR YOU! Watch all nine seasons of Seinfeld on Netflix. Got a story? If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@ calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we'd love to hear from you. 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Hans India
16-06-2025
- Politics
- Hans India
Bhumana, Roja allege betrayal by TDP-led govt
Tirupati: YSRCP district president Bhumana Karunakar Reddy, released a politically charged publication titled 'Vennupotu' (The Betrayal) on Sunday, aimed at exposing the alleged betrayals of five crore people of Andhra Pradesh by the Telugu Desam Party-led alliance. Prominent leaders including former minister RK Roja, MLCs Sipayi Subramanyam and KRJ Bharat, and others participated in the event. Speaking at the event, Karunakar Reddy criticised the ruling alliance, accusing them of deceiving the public within just one year of coming to power. He alleged that a widespread media campaign was orchestrated against former CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy and claimed that the current government has failed to deliver on the promises made during the elections. 'While Jagan directly transferred Rs 2.8 lakh crore to people through DBT schemes, the alliance misled voters by promising to give more than Rs 2.5 lakh crore, only to betray them later,' Bhumana said. He also condemned the alleged threats made against those questioning the government's failures, describing the current year as one of mass deception. He accused the government of weaponising law enforcement by arresting and imprisoning YSRCP supporters across the state. 'Chandrababu Naidu has betrayed five crore people and stabbed them in the back,' he stated. Roja echoed these sentiments, launching a fiery tirade against the TDP's so-called 'Suparipalana' (good governance), mockingly branding it as the rule of the 'Super Six'. From producing illicit liquor to promoting belt shops, this administration is a complete failure, she said.
Los Angeles Times
21-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
Indie-pop singer Sophie Castillo on British Latinas: ‘Yes, we exist'
When I meet Sophie Castillo on a scorching, 93-degree afternoon in Austin, Texas, she takes a seat by the pool at the Fairmont hotel in a long leather blazer — and tells me she's keeping it on. 'We went seven consecutive days without sunshine last month,' says the London-born singer-songwriter, who performed at the city's annual South by Southwest Music Festival (SXSW). 'I need to soak up the sun!' The daughter of a Colombian mother and a Cuban father, Castillo, 26, is on a mission to amplify the Latin American diaspora in the U.K., primarily through her music: an elegant mélange of balmy electronic textures and Latin American heritage sounds like salsa, bachata and reggaeton. She hopes these genres can take off in the U.K., as did Afrobeats, ska, bhangra and other musical styles that immigrant communities helped integrate into British popular music. 'British people [don't] get enough credit as to how open-minded they are,' she says. 'Whenever I've seen people react to Latin music in the U.K., they're excited. They're not like, 'Oh, I don't want to listen to that because it's in Spanish.' They're like, 'This is cool, tell me more!'' During the Amigo showcase at Rozco's on the night of March 12, Castillo, decked in a cowboy hat and a red velvet ensemble, introduced her new single, 'The Betrayal.' A cut from her upcoming EP, due in April, 'The Betrayal' is a sultry baile funk song that simmers with righteous indignation. 'I love Brazilian music, so I wanted to try out a funk fusion,' explains Castillo. 'It all came together with this Shakira-esque Arabic scale. The drama was there, cinematic element was there, which is what I love.' Beyond Latinidad, music runs in Castillo's blood. Her father, renowned salsa dancer and DJ Nelson Batista, studied dance at the Casa de Cultura in Havana before immigrating to London in the 1980s. He became the first known salsa instructor in the U.K. Sparks flew between him and Castillo's mother, a salsa dancer who immigrated from Colombia. Castillo's uncles, Eddie and Lee, took young Sophie to see musicals as a child. And when she was old enough, they encouraged her to attend an after-school theater program. She then supplemented her musical education by learning how to produce songs using GarageBand at home. 'My uncle Eddie dropped off a CD of mine at Universal when I was 13,' she says. 'It was so funny. I didn't know anyone in the music industry, nor the Latin music industry. How do you make noise?' Castillo built her audience organically on TikTok, where she test drove clips of her songs among fans of the Marías and Kali Uchis — two U.S.-based acts that were essential in her own development as a Latina artist between cultures. 'I always wanted to sing in Spanish, but I was just a little bit shy,' says Castillo. 'But Kali Uchis really laid out the path for the indie Latina by making English-language music with a bit of Spanish. I really have so much love and respect for that.' In 2022, Castillo released the song, 'Call Me By Your Name' — a dream-pop bachata tune sung in English. 'POV: you're listening to an indie bachata by a British Latina,' read the caption of her video. It was a viral sensation. 'Americans were like, 'What, you guys are over there?'' Castillo recalls. 'They'd say, 'I can't believe [a] U.K. Latino is a thing!'' While there exist demographic categories for Caribbean people from former U.K. colonies, an accurate count of the Latin American population is hard to find. In 2013, the census reported at least 250,000 Latin Americans living in the U.K. Yet according to a 2024 report, the population of Latin Americans increased by 406% in London and by 395% in England and Wales from 2001 to 2021. Castillo performed small open-mic nights at restaurants and clubs in Brixton, often with the Latin alternative artist Desta French, who is Colombian and Italian. But Castillo landed her biggest gig in the summer of 2024, when she got an email from J Balvin's team — inviting her to open for the Colombian superstar during his June 5 concert at the O2 Arena in London. She became the first U.K. Latina to perform at the venue. 'It's amazing, you know — TikTok is like such a powerful tool,' she says of her experience. 'I've been able to like be a completely independent artist and like have all the freedom and control to do whatever I wanted.'
