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Yahoo
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
41 years later, the movie sequel I've always wanted is looking like a comedy masterpiece
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Quick Summary One of the greatest comedies of the 1980s is finally getting a sequel, with Spinal Tap II: The End Continues hitting cinemas this September. We can now see what to expect too, with a few production stills having been released by the studio. If you're of a certain age, there are a handful of comedy movies made in the 80s that were absolute must-sees (usually on VHS). Airplane, The Blues Brothers, The Naked Gun and Spaceballs near the top of that list for sure. However, there's another that's arguably even more fondly remembered. This is Spinal Tap was released in 1984 and almost instantly became a cult hit. Directed by Rob Reiner (When Harry Met Sally, A Few Good Men), its mockumentary style and exemplary performances by Christopher Guest (Saturday Night Live), Michael McKean (Better Call Saul) and Harry Shearer (The Simpsons) made stars of the cast and even enabled them to go on tour as the fictional band they portrayed. Even today I laugh whenever I drive past Stonehenge, and was turned into a giddy mess when visiting Marshall's UK headquarters where I saw and touched the actual fabled amp that goes up to 11. So the fact that, 41 years later, the trio are back (along with their 12th drummer) is the stuff of dreams. And newly released images of the movie give me hope that it'll be everything I've hoped for. Image 1 of 3 Image 2 of 3 Image 3 of 3 Spinal Tap II: The End Continues will be released in cinemas on 12 September 2025 and reunites the main cast with Reiner. It once again focuses on the band as they get back together for one final concert before permanent retirement. Cue the hilarity once more. We're yet to see a full trailer (beyond a brief teaser released earlier this year), but the images show at least one extra special guest will be joining Tap on stage – Elton John. There are also some visible nods back to the original, with the crowd in one shot holding up their homemade 'Henges. I cannot wait and will certainly be watching the first film again in preparation. Thankfully, it's also been remastered in 4K HDR for a new release. So if like me you fancy a trip back in time, or you've never seen it before, you can catch the new version of This is Spinal Tap on the likes of Amazon Prime Video and Apple TV – having been released in the US this week and hopefully elsewhere soon. I guarantee a fair few laughs ahead.
Chicago Tribune
22-07-2025
- Chicago Tribune
Today in Chicago History: ‘Public Enemy No. 1' John Dillinger killed outside Biograph Theater
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on July 22, according to the Tribune's archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago) 1934: Chicago was in the grip of a weeklong heat wave, and the mercury that day reached 101. Twenty-three people died of the heat, but the death that drew the most attention was that of John Dillinger — a 31-year-old Indiana man who, on his birthday a month earlier, had been declared Public Enemy No. 1 by the FBI. In the heat of that July, movie houses advertised that they were 'air-cooled.' Perhaps that's what made Dillinger decide to take a prostitute named Polly Hamilton and Hamilton's landlady, Anna Sage, to the Biograph Theater (now known as Victory Gardens Theater) at 2433 N. Lincoln Ave., to see 'Manhattan Melodrama,' a gangster movie starring Clark Gable. Sage, a Romanian immigrant originally named Ana Cumpanas, operated a house of ill repute on the North Side. Vintage Chicago Tribune: John Dillinger's final days — and the 'Lady in red' who helped trap himOutside the theater, about 16 federal agents and East Chicago police officers took up positions. When the picture was over around 10:30 p.m., the trio left the theater and turned south on Lincoln Avenue in the direction of Sage's apartment on Halsted Street. The artificial lights of the marquee made her orange skirt appear deep red — earning her the nickname 'Lady in Red.' As the three walked south on Lincoln, Dillinger realized he was walking into a trap and pulled an automatic pistol from his pants pocket and bolted for the alley. Shots were fired. One bullet hit him in the back of the neck and exited through his right eye. That shot killed him. It apparently was fired by East Chicago police Sgt. Martin Zarkovich's .38-caliber revolver. The weapon was bought by a San Francisco man at a 1998 auction for more than $25,000. Thus came to an end Dillinger's long and infamous career in crime, including 11 months at the top of the country's Most Wanted list. Souvenir seekers dipped handkerchiefs in Dillinger's blood. Sage got a $5,000 reward for her role, but not the deal she wanted. She was deported to Romania in 1936 and died there 11 years later. 1970: A western lowland gorilla — named Kumba — was born for the first time in the 102-year history of Lincoln Park Zoo. '(Mom) Mumbi had no help at all with the delivery. She was her own midwife,' assistant zoo director Saul Kitchener said. 1979: Parts of Lake Shore Drive, the Eisenhower Expressway and seven bridges over the Chicago River were closed for filming of 'The Blues Brothers.' 1986: The Chicago Cubs fired ballgirl Marla Collins after she posed for a Playboy pictorial. 'Sportswriters pored over the photo evidence for hours Tuesday afternoon in the Wrigley Field pressbox, trying desperately to determine just how offensive the exposé was,' Tribune reporter Fred Mitchell wrote. 'Meanwhile, the Cubs won a game. The score was 6-4. We think.' Turtle's tale: Nickel, the Shedd Aquarium's endangered green sea turtle, marks her 20th year in Chicago2003: A 10-year-old, 124-pound rescued and rehabilitated green sea turtle — named Nickel due to the coin found lodged in her esophagus — was released into the Caribbean Reef exhibit at the Shedd Aquarium. 2012: Cubs third baseman turned broadcaster Ron Santo was posthumously inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Santo, who died in 2010, told the Tribune in 2003 that the team's retirement of his uniform No. 10 was special. 'It will be my Hall of Fame,' he said. Subscribe to the free Vintage Chicago Tribune newsletter, join our Chicagoland history Facebook group, stay current with Today in Chicago History and follow us on Instagram for more from Chicago's past.
New York Post
08-07-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Model forced to barricade herself in ‘prison' hotel due to broken lock — and then lost $1,000 in the ordeal
What a lock-block. A UK model was forced to barricade herself in a 'horrendous' hotel room in Turkey after the lock didn't work — before giving up and shelling out over $950 on an Airbnb instead. 5 'I've done festival camping, I'm normally fine, but as soon as I walked into the bathroom, it had pure mould in it and there was a used ashtray in there,' said Chiara Cox. Kennedy News/@_chiaracox 'We were so nervous because anyone could come in,' Chiara Cox, 22, told Jam Press of her demonic digs, which also featured a 'filthy mattress,' mold and a used ashtray. The bombshell had reportedly flown to Antalya with her friend Toby Wolstenholme on July 1st for what she hoped would be a relaxing two-week getaway. They'd reportedly reserved their accommodation through Loveholidays, a UK travel agency offering discount all-inclusive packages. However, the trip quickly went South after Cox checked into their digs and realized they'd booked the hotel from hell. 'We got to the hotel at 1 a.m. and the guy was asleep on the sofa, we made him jump when we came in and said hello,' the South Yorkshire native recalled. 'He checked us in. It was meant to be all-inclusive, but he didn't give us any information about that, he just put the wristband on.' She added, 'We looked at each other and said 'this isn't going to be good', we could just tell.' 5 Cox said the main room was like a 'prison' with unsightly marks on the walls and an air conditioner that didn't work. Kennedy News/@_chiaracox Their worst fears were confirmed after Cox put the key in the door and it opened without them having to turn the handle 'because there was no lock.' And that was just the tip of the iceberg. 'I went in first and turned the bathroom light on and said, 'Toby, we can't stay here,' recounted the Brit. 'As soon as I walked into the bathroom, it had pure mold in it and there was a used ashtray in there.' 5 There were stains on the mattress. Kennedy News/@_chiaracox Meanwhile, the main room was so shambolic it reminded Cox of a 'prison.' She claimed that the aircon didn't work, the window didn't lock, and that there were stains on the mattress and wires protruding from the wall. When they tried to upgrade to a 'nicer' room, the clerk attempted to charge them $175. As a result, Cox and her friend were relegated to spending the night in the heinous accommodations, whose lack of a front door lock made them feel completely exposed. To keep out potential intruders, they resorted to reinforcing the door with their belongings like a scene out of 'The Blues Brothers.' 5 'The stress has not stopped. I wanted a break,' said Cox. Kennedy News/@_chiaracox 'We woke up lots of times because we had to barricade the door with our suitcases and the furniture because it was wide open otherwise,' Cox said. 'We slept as best as we could and then we peeled back the mattress and it was absolutely filthy, stained, there were hairs on it.' She added, 'We slept in the clothes that we traveled in, and it was horrendous.' Eventually, the pair became so disgusted with their digs that they packed up and left. 'In the morning, we didn't say anything, we just left the key on the desk,' Cox recalled. 'As we were waiting for the taxi, the same guy that was asleep came out and asked if there's a problem.' She added, 'He just said 'okay, no problem' and walked off. He didn't even care.' As they still had a lot of days left in their vacation, Cox and her pal decided to book an Airbnb, which reportedly cost them $950. 5 Cox and her friend used their belongings to barricade the door. Kennedy News/@_chiaracox They subsequently complained about their predicament to Loveholidays, but the travel agency said they didn't provide 'enough time' for the hotel to resolve their issue. The company added that they needed 'evidence' that the inn didn't try and get them a better room. 'It's disgusting, we need a partial refund at least,' declared Cox. 'I know what places like that are like, they will probably say that the room is habitable.' She has since vowed to stop using Loveholidays due to their poor standards. Despite only paying around $950 for their entire stay, Cox believed that they should've at least provided the bare essentials. 'It's been such a stressful travel journey,' she said. 'The stress has not stopped, I wanted a break.' To make matters worse, the besties were forced to cater for themselves for the remainder of the trip as the hotel was supposed to be all-inclusive. However, she feels trying to get Loveholidays to refund them is futile. 'Even if they don't refund us for the flights, I'd really like a refund for the hotel,' Cox lamented. 'But I can guarantee they won't put their hand in their pocket.' A Loveholiday representative has since weighed on the incident, but failed to offer much assurance. 'We're sorry to hear that Miss Cox's hotel did not meet expectations on this occasion,' they said. 'Miss Cox booked alternative accommodation before notifying our On Holiday Support team of her complaint, so we were unfortunately unable to offer our assistance to resolve the issues at hand.' They added, 'We are continuing to investigate Miss Cox's complaint with the hotel and will remain in touch with her throughout this process.'
The Herald Scotland
27-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Herald Scotland
Lana Del Rey at Hampden, Glasgow review: does it work?
When her stadium tour was announced Del Rey said she'd be releasing a new album to coincide with the dates, but like the singer herself tonight that 10th studio album is fashionably late. The word is it'll see her make a foray into country music and that's certainly reflected in the staging, band members dressed like Conway Twitty standing in front of a prairie house from which the star attraction emerges to deafening screams. Read More: After opener 'Stars Fell on Alabama', a cut from that upcoming album, Del Rey waves demurely to the crowd and says, "you are so special, Glasgow, I had my year here, I love it here." Sure, sure, they all say that, but in this case the singer isn't just handing out platitudes. Her erstwhile producer and ex-beau Barrie-James O'Neill is a Glaswegian and there was a time when there was a decent chance of catching a glimpse of the pop superstar in Òran Mór or Shawlands Co-op. Second song 'Henry, Come On' was only released in April but is clearly already a fan favourite, with gasps of breath and clutching of arms greeting its opening chords. That, really, is the key to making this whole thing work. Del Rey's breathy vocals and her band's tasteful plucking could easily get lost in this vast concrete bowl but they're bolstered by a crowd singing every word back at them with starry-eyed adoration. A cover of Tammy Wynette's 'Stand By Your Man' is something of an odd choice, The Blues Brothers having taken it to country parody status at least three decades ago, and there's a good chunk of the audience which clearly doesn't know the song but they're all back on board for 'Chemtrails Over the Country Club' and an anthemic 'Ultraviolence', the latter of which sees the stadium lit up red and white. Lana Del Rey performs at Hampden Park in Glasgow (Image: Roberto Ricciuti) It has, somehow, been 14 years since Del Rey announced herself to the world with 'Video Games' but the song sounds as fresh as ever and when the crowd are invited to take over vocals it's deafening. There follows a brief interlude where the singer disappears from view and appears as a projection on the windows of her prairie house, and later there's a - quite frankly too long - break where a hologram version of Lana recites an Allen Ginsberg poem and the aforementioned abode symbolically burns. You briefly begin to wonder, again, if this can actually work on such a massive level but then she returns with 'Young and Beautiful', 'Summertime Sadness' and 'Born to Die' and of course it does - 50,000 adoring fans can't be wrong. It's testament to Del Rey that she can hold such an audience in the palm of her hand as she finishes with an unreleased song and a cover of 'Take Me Home, Country Roads'. This one everyone does know, and hands are in the air throughout as the singer descends from the stage to hug, kiss and take selfies with those in the front row. There's nothing intimate about Hampden but she makes it feel that way, the band dutifully playing on for what must have been 15 minutes of glad-handing. One could argue that time might have been better spent doing another couple of songs, it's a short set at a time when Beyoncé and Taylor Swift are doing three hours plus, but no-one seems to be complaining. As a closer it's the show in microcosm. Del Rey is actually on stage for 14 songs, two of which are covers and three of which are unreleased. Her biggest songs are baroque ballads or minimalist Americana. On paper none of this should work in a stadium setting. But it does, it really does.
The Advertiser
19-06-2025
- The Advertiser
Man re-enacts Blues Brothers scene with LandCruiser in Melbourne shopping centre
A man who tore through Melbourne's Northland shopping centre yesterday in a stolen Toyota LandCruiser 200 Series has been arrested. Police allege the 27-year-old East Melbourne man crashed through the shopping centre while evading police, after centre security notified police of the stolen vehicle at around 4:00pm yesterday (June 18). When the driver returned to his stolen vehicle, police tried to block him in but he allegedly evaded them by driving through the middle of the shopping centre. Hundreds of new car deals are available through CarExpert right now. Get the experts on your side and score a great deal. Browse now. Multiple people captured footage of the incident on their phones, though fortunately nobody was struck by the vehicle. One person was, however, treated for shock. Footage shows shoppers running to get out of the way of the speeding vehicle, including a mother and child. The vehicle was subsequently dumped in Northcote, with police finding it at around 5:10pm. Victoria Police says the vehicle had been stolen from an Ivanhoe East address on June 2, and believe an electronic key reprogramming tool was used to carry out the theft. The alleged thief was arrested at 8:30am this morning, and the reprogramming tool was seized. Victoria Police says it's not looking for anyone else in relation to the incident. The episode was reminiscent of a scene in the hit 1980 film The Blues Brothers, in which the protagonists crash through a shopping centre while being pursued by police. Northland Shopping Centre is open for trading today. Content originally sourced from: A man who tore through Melbourne's Northland shopping centre yesterday in a stolen Toyota LandCruiser 200 Series has been arrested. Police allege the 27-year-old East Melbourne man crashed through the shopping centre while evading police, after centre security notified police of the stolen vehicle at around 4:00pm yesterday (June 18). When the driver returned to his stolen vehicle, police tried to block him in but he allegedly evaded them by driving through the middle of the shopping centre. Hundreds of new car deals are available through CarExpert right now. Get the experts on your side and score a great deal. Browse now. Multiple people captured footage of the incident on their phones, though fortunately nobody was struck by the vehicle. One person was, however, treated for shock. Footage shows shoppers running to get out of the way of the speeding vehicle, including a mother and child. The vehicle was subsequently dumped in Northcote, with police finding it at around 5:10pm. Victoria Police says the vehicle had been stolen from an Ivanhoe East address on June 2, and believe an electronic key reprogramming tool was used to carry out the theft. The alleged thief was arrested at 8:30am this morning, and the reprogramming tool was seized. Victoria Police says it's not looking for anyone else in relation to the incident. The episode was reminiscent of a scene in the hit 1980 film The Blues Brothers, in which the protagonists crash through a shopping centre while being pursued by police. Northland Shopping Centre is open for trading today. Content originally sourced from: A man who tore through Melbourne's Northland shopping centre yesterday in a stolen Toyota LandCruiser 200 Series has been arrested. Police allege the 27-year-old East Melbourne man crashed through the shopping centre while evading police, after centre security notified police of the stolen vehicle at around 4:00pm yesterday (June 18). When the driver returned to his stolen vehicle, police tried to block him in but he allegedly evaded them by driving through the middle of the shopping centre. Hundreds of new car deals are available through CarExpert right now. Get the experts on your side and score a great deal. Browse now. Multiple people captured footage of the incident on their phones, though fortunately nobody was struck by the vehicle. One person was, however, treated for shock. Footage shows shoppers running to get out of the way of the speeding vehicle, including a mother and child. The vehicle was subsequently dumped in Northcote, with police finding it at around 5:10pm. Victoria Police says the vehicle had been stolen from an Ivanhoe East address on June 2, and believe an electronic key reprogramming tool was used to carry out the theft. The alleged thief was arrested at 8:30am this morning, and the reprogramming tool was seized. Victoria Police says it's not looking for anyone else in relation to the incident. The episode was reminiscent of a scene in the hit 1980 film The Blues Brothers, in which the protagonists crash through a shopping centre while being pursued by police. Northland Shopping Centre is open for trading today. Content originally sourced from: A man who tore through Melbourne's Northland shopping centre yesterday in a stolen Toyota LandCruiser 200 Series has been arrested. Police allege the 27-year-old East Melbourne man crashed through the shopping centre while evading police, after centre security notified police of the stolen vehicle at around 4:00pm yesterday (June 18). When the driver returned to his stolen vehicle, police tried to block him in but he allegedly evaded them by driving through the middle of the shopping centre. Hundreds of new car deals are available through CarExpert right now. Get the experts on your side and score a great deal. Browse now. Multiple people captured footage of the incident on their phones, though fortunately nobody was struck by the vehicle. One person was, however, treated for shock. Footage shows shoppers running to get out of the way of the speeding vehicle, including a mother and child. The vehicle was subsequently dumped in Northcote, with police finding it at around 5:10pm. Victoria Police says the vehicle had been stolen from an Ivanhoe East address on June 2, and believe an electronic key reprogramming tool was used to carry out the theft. The alleged thief was arrested at 8:30am this morning, and the reprogramming tool was seized. Victoria Police says it's not looking for anyone else in relation to the incident. The episode was reminiscent of a scene in the hit 1980 film The Blues Brothers, in which the protagonists crash through a shopping centre while being pursued by police. Northland Shopping Centre is open for trading today. Content originally sourced from:
