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RTÉ News
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- RTÉ News
The Ballad of Wallis Island is a big hug of a movie
"Would you like to hear a story about a man who's tired of life?" So begins a movie that will put a song in your heart - anyone who loves Local Hero, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, and The Holdovers needs to pitch up on Wallis Island. It's the home of Charles Heath (Tim Key), an endearitating oddball who's about to have the ultimate fanboy experience. By means best kept undisclosed, Charles has managed to reunite his favourite group, the folk duo McGywer and Mortimer, for a gig on his doorstep. The first to arrive is Herb McGwyer (Tom Basden), a gifted singer-songwriter who has taken the soup of chart collaborations and - worse - also suffers from a chronic case of Lead Singer's Disease. Then Nell Mortimer (Carey Mulligan) shows up, the perfect foil for Herb's high maintenance who left music behind after their split and is now happily married to in-tow husband Michael (Akemnji Ndifornyen). As Charles does his ham-fisted best to make his guests feel at home, aided amidst the rolling disasters by local shopkeeper Amanda (Sian Clifford), we get a backstage pass to life in all its messiness. There's a gorgeous backstory here for reel romantics that adds to the magic on screen. Eighteen years ago, co-stars and co-writers Basden and Key and director James Griffiths released a BAFTA-nominated short called The One and Only Herb McGwyer Plays Wallis Island. Eventually, Basden and Key finally got around to writing a full comedy-drama in the lockdown era; they brought Mulligan's character into the mix, and along with the returning Griffiths have made a better film than they would've done if the cameras had started rolling in 2009. There's something about the onslaught of time, the aging of the central trio, and, indeed, yourself that makes the quirks, laughs, and misty-eyed moments of The Ballad of Wallis Island all the more powerful in the present day. The performances are brilliant; it has the best of British humour mixed with lovely songs, and it also says a lot about making sense of the world and ourselves. As for the ending, well, just you wait... If there's a more uplifting cinema experience between now and Christmas, 2025 will be one for the books. See you in the foyer.
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Emilia Jones & Leo Woodall Join A24's ‘Tony'
EXCLUSIVE: Emilia Jones (CODA) and Leo Woodall (One Day) are set for roles in A24's Anthony Bourdain biopic Tony, Deadline has learned. Character details are under wraps. The duo joins an ensemble led by The Holdovers breakout Dominic Sessa, who plays the title role, which also includes Oscar nominee Antonio Banderas. More from Deadline 'Longlegs' Star Maika Monroe Joins Horror 'Victorian Psycho' Ahead Of Summer Shoot; Project In Talks With New U.S. Buyers After Previous A24 Exit - Cannes Market A24 Lands 'Trigger Point' TV Spec By Harrison Query For Joe Hipps To Produce, Jeremy Saulnier To Direct Anna Sawai & 'Drive My Car' Star Hidetoshi Nishijima Join Jeremy Allen White & Austin Butler In 'Enemies' At A24 Written by Todd Bartels and Lou Howe, the film's logline is under wraps though sources say the film takes place during the summer of 1976, when a young Anthony Bourdain has a life changing summer in Provincetown. BlackBerry's Matt Johnson is directing, with A24 producing alongside Tim and Trevor White for Star Thrower (The Post, King Richard), as well as Johnson and Matthew Miller through their Zapruder Films banner. Chris Stinson, Amy Greene, Lou Howe, Todd Bartels and Emily Rose will executive produce alongside Kimberly Witherspoon, who reps Bourdain's estate. Production begins this month. A BAFTA nominee best known for starring in Best Picture Oscar winner CODA, Jones' recent credits include the indies Winner and Cat Person. Upcoming, she'll be seen in HBO's Task and Edgar Wright's The Running Man for Paramount. She is represented by CAA, Brillstein Entertainment Partners, and ARG. Known for starring on shows like The White Lotus, One Day, and Prime Target, Woodall also recently starred opposite Renée Zellweger in Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy. He is repped by WME, Hamilton Hodell, Anonymous Content, and Goodman Genow Schenkman. Best of Deadline 2025-26 Awards Season Calendar: Dates For Tonys, Emmys, Oscars & More Men of Steel: Every Actor Who Has Played Superman - Photo Gallery 'Michael' Cast: Who's Who In The Michael Jackson Biopic
Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Argentina lifts the veil on its past as a refuge for Nazis
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. "I thought all the Nazis ran away to Argentina." That line in the 2024 film "The Holdovers" got "a big laugh in cinemas in Buenos Aires", said Sam Meadows in The Spectator. Audiences recognised the uneasy truth: the flight of thousands of Nazi party members to Argentina after the Second World War remains "an extremely uncomfortable period" in the country's history. Argentina has not been good at "reckoning with its past as a haven for war criminals". President Javier Milei, however, "appears to have changed tack". On 29 April, he released 1,850 documents from the national archives containing details, said the Buenos Aires Herald, of "prominent Nazi criminals who escaped to Argentina" – including Josef Mengele, the notorious Auschwitz doctor known as the "Angel of Death". Most of the documents, a mix of police and intelligence agency files, were declassified in 1992 but "remained almost impossible to access", said The Times. They were only viewable "by appointment, in a single designated room". Milei pledged to "lift the shroud with which Argentinian governments have long concealed the level of assistance that their predecessors provided to war criminals". And the documents, now viewable online, confirm "a long-known dirty secret": the "ease" with which senior Nazis lived in Argentina. "At one point," said defence minister Luis Petri, "Argentina became a haven for Nazis". Mengele, "notorious" for his inhumane experiments on prisoners, arrived in 1949 and lived under "various aliases", said The Times of Israel. The documents include "nearly 100 pages detailing his time in Argentina" and show, for the first time, that he filed a request to travel from Argentina to West Germany in 1959, using his real name, according to German public broadcaster MDR. This means "several countries likely had more accurate information on Mengele than previously thought," said historian and Nazi expert Bogdan Musial. There are also several files on Adolf Eichmann, another SS officer and one of the principal architects of the "Final Solution". He arrived in Argentina in 1950 under an alias. The Supreme Court in Buenos Aires has also discovered Nazi material among its archives, reported The Associated Press on Sunday. An anonymous judicial authority said the court had come across boxes of photos, postcards and propaganda "intended to consolidate and propagate Adolf Hitler's ideology" in Argentina during the Second World War. The court's president, Horacio Rosatti, has ordered "a thorough analysis". The Nazi officials who fled to Argentina may be "long dead" but "their hunters insist their work is not done", said The Times. The Simon Wiesenthal Center, a US-based human rights organisation, wants to "expose" the so-called "ratlines" – the networks, individuals and institutions that helped Nazis flee Europe and start new lives in South America. For nearly 20 years, the NGO has petitioned successive Argentine governments to release the files. In January, the US Senate Judiciary Committee released two reports into Swiss bank Credit Suisse, concluding that "70 Argentine accounts with plausible links to Argentina-based Nazis" were opened with the bank after 1945. And, the report claimed, one of these accounts was still active as recently as 2022. A previous investigation had found also "significant connection" between Credit Suisse and individuals who ran the ratlines, said Le Monde. "Money is not innocent," Ariel Gelblung, the Latin America director of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, told the paper. Credit Suisse, which was taken over by the UBS Group in 2023, has pledged to provide "all necessary assistance". And after meeting with representatives from the Simon Wiesenthal Center earlier this year, Milei ordered the release of the documents. In a 1999 report by the Commission of Enquiry into the Activities of Nazism in Argentina, historian Holger M. Meding "identified the facilitators of Nazi exfiltration to Argentina" as the Catholic Church and the Red Cross, said Le Monde. But the role of then-President Juan Perón was "decisive". Perón had "a preference for all things German", wrote Meding. It might have been this that spurred Milei's decision to release the files, said The Spectator's Meadows. The president has "made no secret of his hatred of Peronism", and these documents could lead to "further scrutiny" of Peron's role.
NBC News
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
- NBC News
Da'Vine Joy Randolph's reluctant path to acting
In this episode of The Drink, Kate Snow sits down with Oscar-winning actor Da'Vine Joy Randolph, who is celebrated for her standout performance in 'The Holdovers.' Randolph opens up about her unexpected path to acting — how she once aspired to be an opera singer, only to be steered in a different direction after a surprising setback. She reflects on the pivotal moments that shaped her career, from her Broadway breakthrough to the exciting new projects she's taking on 16, 2025
Yahoo
04-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Top stories: Lou's Bakery to reopen; 5 Fall River historic properties at risk of decay
As we kick off a new week, let's take a look back at the week that was. Top stories this past week included: A Swansea man was arrested on April 30 on charges of peeping at a female teenager and capturing video of her nude while she was in the changing room at Target. This is what we know, as of this writing. Fifty years ago, the U.S. withdrew from Saigon, Vietnam. The refugee crisis in its wake was the beginning of Fall River's Cambodian community. The internal wireless network used by the Fall River Public Schools has been fully restored after a 'cybersecurity incident' discovered on April 7 left students and staff without access to the internet. At an April 29 meeting of the School Committee, Superintendent Tracy Curley said printers and student Chromebooks were back in service; staff had regained access to their email. The 2005 Somerset Blue Raiders boys tennis team will be inducted into the Somerset/Somerset Berkley Athletic Hall of Fame, and tickets are on sale for the induction dinner. Luke Thornton, a three-sport athlete at Somerset Berkley Regional High School, balances his athletic pursuits with a passion for surfing. The 2023 Oscar-winning film "The Holdovers" is being adapted into a television series. Fall River native Pamela Jayne Morgan had a role in film, and she talks about the tv adaptation, here. ArtWeek SouthCoast returns soon. Kids can win prizes for their superhero costume designs in a new contest from the Fall River Public Library. A new tour at Heritage State Park will honor Weetamo and the Pocasset Tribe. Swansea plans to clean up its former landfill to stop environmental damage: What to expect. The latest Greater Fall River real estate report, featuring a custom colonial in Swansea that sold for $1,190,000. The Warren Avenue home offers a gorgeous chef's kitchen with an oversized island, a fireplaced living room, and a peaceful master suite. Check out this property, as well as other recent top-sellers. These were the most read stories of the week on Lou's Bakery, a four-decade city staple in Fall River that's been on hiatus since late December, has some good news for their customers: Owners of the family-run East Main Street spot have announced their reopening is on the horizon. Here's what we know, as of this writing. Sweet news: Lou's Bakery in Fall River ready to reopen. Here's when you can get your sweet bread fix. The Preservation Society of Fall River on April 24 released its 2025 list of the city's 'Most Endangered' properties: Here's the list, and what we know. 'Most Endangered': Fall River's 5 most neglected historic properties are at risk of decay: Where they are A Fall River man was held without bail on April 28 and charged with murder in the 2024 fatal shooting of Joshua Medeiros. Kevin Barton, 33, appeared in Bristol County Superior Court and pleaded not guilty to charges of murder, illegal possession of a firearm, carrying a loaded firearm without a license, possessing a large-capacity firearm and larceny. The charges stem from a Feb. 9, 2024, homicide at Nashua and Blackstone streets, near the Stop & Shop supermarket on Rodman Street. This is what we know, as of this writing. 'He took my son's life': Fall River man arrested in Georgia held in 2024 fatal shooting The Day of Portugal celebration in New Bedford will be taking place from June 12 to 15, and its popular three-day festival will be held in a new location this year. O Jornal has the story. New venue: New Bedford Day of Portugal celebration returning in June at a new location. What to know Herald News Photo Editor and Photographer Colin Furze has a lens on the community, with The Herald News' Photos of the Week. This week, enjoy the great outdoors in Greater Fall River. Photos of the Week: Enjoy the great outdoors in Greater Fall River with Colin Furze This article originally appeared on The Herald News: Top stories: Lou's Bakery in Fall River is ready to reopen
