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08-08-2025
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
"Outlander: Blood Of My Blood" Cast Play Who's Who
To celebrate the new spinoff series, "Outlander: Blood of My Blood," we got to know the cast a little better with a game of Who's Who with Jamie Roy, Harriet Slater, Hermione Corfield, and Jeremy Irvine. #Outlander #OutlanderBloodofMyBlood
Buzz Feed
08-08-2025
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
Outlander Blood Of My Blood Cast Who Stole From Set And More
Sassenachs, while it might be a little while before we get the final season of Outlander, "droughtlander" is coming to an end now with the highly anticipated prequel series, Outlander: Blood of My Blood. The show introduces Jamie (Sam Heughan) and Claire's (Caitríona Balfe) parents, as it follows these two couples, who fight against all odds to be together. As Julia (Hermione Corfield) and Henry (Jeremy Irvine) and Ellen (Harriet Slater) and Brian's (Jamie Roy) love stories unfold across time — from the battlefields of World War I to the Highlands of 18th-century Scotland — Outlander: Blood of My Blood explores how fate brings people together, while the world threatens to tear them apart. So, to celebrate this new series, we had the Outlander: Blood of My Blood cast — Jamie Roy, Jeremy Irvine, Harriet Slater, and Hermione Corfield — play a game of Who's Who so we could get to know them a little better. Want to know all about our BuzzFeed Celeb videos each week? Sign up for the Screen Time newsletter to get your weekly dose of fun videos directly to your inbox. The cast hilariously revealed that in between takes, Jeremy was known to be quite a prankster. And there was one prank that followed them throughout the whole Season 1 shoot, and it involved glittery penis confetti. Jamie revealed that he stole a pretty important prop from the set, but it's a pretty big spoiler for Season 1, so he can't reveal yet. And we even asked who would win a game of Outlander trivia, with it being unanimous that Jamie would take the crown. The whole thing was so delightful, and I loved getting to know this new cast. You can watch Jamie, Harriet, Hermione, and Jeremy's full Who's Who video below: And be sure to watch Outlander: Blood of My Blood, with new episodes streaming Fridays on Starz. Do you love all things TV and movies? Subscribe to the Screen Time newsletter to get your weekly dose of what to watch next and what everyone is flailing over from someone who watches everything!
Buzz Feed
23-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
We Were Liars Cast Reveals Who Stole From Set, Improvised Lines, And More
Alright, so my current summer TV obsession is We Were Liars, the new Prime Video series based on the bestselling book by E. Lockhart. We Were Liars follows Cadence Sinclair Eastman and her tight-knit inner circle, nicknamed "The Liars," during every summer vacationing together at their grandfather's New England private island. While on the surface, the Sinclair family is known for their good looks, generational wealth, and their close bonds, after a life-altering accident, everyone seems to have something to hide. The series was adapted by Julie Plec and Carina Adly Mackenzie, with Plec having co-created The Vampire Diaries and the various spinoffs, and Mackenzie having been a writer on The Originals and creating the Roswell, New Mexico reboot. So, to celebrate my latest binge-watch hyperfixation, we had the Liars, aka Esther McGregor, Emily Alyn Lind, Shubham Maheshwari, and Joseph Zada, play a game of Who's Who, so we could get to know them all a little better and hear some great behind-the-scenes stories. For starters, Shubham revealed that they all took a trip to the wardrobe department to look through clothes they could steal from the set after filming wrapped. Joseph and Esther were most likely to improvise while filming We Were Liars, with Joseph even revealing that this line in Episode 4 was an improv that made the final cut: And after some debate, they all agreed that Emily would be their go-to emergency contact because while she doesn't always answer a text, she would show up in a heartbeat and get you out of trouble. Also, everyone unanimously agreed that Esther was the one to cry the hardest on the final day of filming We Were Liars. You can watch the cast's full Who's Who video below: And be sure to watch We Were Liars, which is streaming now on Prime Video. Do you love all things TV and movies? Subscribe to the Screen Time newsletter to get your weekly dose of what to watch next and what everyone is flailing over from someone who watches everything!
Yahoo
03-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Sir Bill O'Brien, miner and Labour MP who twice took on Arthur Scargill and won
Sir Bill O'Brien, who has died aged 96, was a Yorkshire miner who became a Labour MP and front-bench spokesman after twice getting the better of Arthur Scargill. A face worker at Glasshoughton Colliery, branch secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers and a political moderate, O'Brien first fell foul of the Yorkshire miners' Marxist leader in 1976 when he co-operated with the Sheffield Star in a libel case brought against it by Scargill over alleged favouritism in his deployment of pickets during a strike two years before. The NUM's Scargill-dominated Yorkshire executive accused O'Brien and Tom Roebuck, former branch secretary at Manvers Main Colliery, of letting the paper's solicitors see confidential correspondence between Scargill and their branches, and suspended them from office for two years. O'Brien and Roebuck took the NUM to court. Representing them, Derry Irvine, the future Labour Lord Chancellor, argued that Scargill had been out for 'a conviction at all costs' to punish them for their 'temerity'. He had compiled a report on their actions five days after winning his case – and £3,000 in damages – then chaired the disciplinary hearings himself. Judge Rubin ruled that the suspensions were a contempt of court, and granted injunctions lifting them. The executive retaliated by ignoring an order to pay the men's costs. O'Brien took on Scargill again in the run-up to the 1983 election, when the veteran Labour MP for Normanton, Albert Roberts, retired. The hard Left in the NUM saw a chance to boost its influence at Westminster by replacing Roberts, who had supported the Spanish dictator General Franco, with one of their own. But O'Brien, who listed one of his recreations in Who's Who as 'organising', rounded up delegates to defeat Scargill's nominee, Henry Daley, and instal O'Brien himself as candidate instead; he was duly elected. Despite his antipathy to Scargill, O'Brien steadfastly supported the miners during the painful and divisive strike of 1984-85. He condemned pit closures as stemming from lack of investment in 99 per cent of cases, and pressed for arbitration to bring the dispute to an end. O'Brien had nine years on the Labour front bench, as a spokesman first on the environment and then Northern Ireland. A solid performer – though some said bumbling – he staunchly opposed abortion, and voted against televising the Commons. He was also one of the MPs who in 1988 could not help overhearing the 'high old time' enjoyed by their colleague 'Afghan' Ron Brown and his female researcher in a male-only Commons shower cubicle. William O'Brien was born in Castleford on January 25 1929 and brought up in the town, attending St Joseph's Roman Catholic school (he would later gain an education degree from Leeds University). He went down the pit at 16, joining the Labour Party as well as the NUM. He first took on the Left in the union in 1973, when he stood for Yorkshire secretary against Owen Briscoe, a Scargill ally. He lost, but his challenge was not forgotten. O'Brien was elected to Wakefield council the same year, chairing its finance committee and becoming its deputy leader. He was also a Wakefield JP. He became MP for the heavily redrawn Normanton constituency in 1983, when Labour's majority of 4,143 was its lowest for half a century; the outcome was never that close again. His first action at Westminster was to nominate Roy Hattersley as leader against Neil Kinnock. In 1987 he was one of 16 defiantly working-class MPs to join the 'Rambo tendency' semi-humorously founded by Joe Ashton to offset the number of academics and the like on the Labour benches. He had put in sound work on the Public Accounts Committee and the Energy Select Committee, and that summer Kinnock made him an environment spokesman. O'Brien led the charge against a Bill restricting the rights of council employees to take part in party politics, a measure he said infringed civil liberties. In November 1990, between Sir Geoffrey Howe's dramatic resignation speech and Michael Heseltine's challenge that toppled Margaret Thatcher, O'Brien urged Michael Portillo, the local government minister, to 'line up with Heseltine and say let's scrap the poll tax altogether'. Around this time, he helped win £14,000 compensation from the Home Office for a woman constituent with psychiatric problems who had been detained for 16 months for a murder she did not commit. She had been remanded on charges of killing her father, and was only transferred from prison to a secure mental unit after protests from O'Brien. After her conviction was quashed she was moved to a hospital. Replacing Kinnock after the 1992 election, John Smith moved O'Brien to Labour's Northern Ireland team. By the time Tony Blair returned him to the back benches in 1996, government contacts with Sinn Fein – supported by Labour once they became public – had made peace in the province a real possibility. Pit closures continued throughout O'Brien's 22 years in the Commons. In 1993 he took up complaints from householders near Sharlston Colliery about subsidence caused by work on the final seam before it was to close. From 1997 to 2005, he served on the Environment, Transport and Regions Select Committee. He gave up his seat aged 76 at the 2005 election, with Ed Balls, Gordon Brown's right-hand man, taking his place. He was knighted in 2010, in Brown's resignation Honours. Bill O'Brien married Jean; they had three daughters. Bill O'Brien, born January 25 1929, died May 18 2025 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.
The Guardian
16-05-2025
- Business
- The Guardian
Tory MP claims £1,100 for purchase of freely available Who's Who books
A Tory MP has claimed more than £1,100 in expenses for copies of the Who's Who reference books for his office — despite it being available for free in parliament. Mark Pritchard's claim for the index, which lists the biographies of notable people, cost the taxpayer £321.17 in January this year. He has also claimed for three previous years of editions in May 2022, and was granted expenses to cover the 2022 version for £264.54, the 2021 version for £300.82 and the 2020 version for £279.92 Versions of Who's Who tend to be largely similar but each year contains an update with biographical details about 'noteworthy and influential people who impact British life'. It is available for free in the House of Commons library. If every MP claimed for copies of the reference book in the same way, it would have cost the taxpayer more than £750,000. Pritchard is a backbench MP who once served as a trade envoy to Armenia and Georgia. He has an entry in Who's Who, which gives his history as a parliamentary researcher and founder of a communications firm, lists his roles in politics, and his recreations as 'writing comedy, trainee birdwatcher, jazz, skiing, animal welfare'. The House of Commons scheme is not fully prescriptive about what MPs can claim under their 'business costs', and allows a degree of discretion for members to say what is necessary for their parliamentary work. The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa)'s Funding Handbook states 'newspapers, journals, magazines, or relevant books' are allowable business costs, providing they are not for personal use. Pritchard's expenses were approved and within the rules. Pritchard and Ipsa have been approached for comment. Several MPs have had their expenses criticised over the years. The Labour MP Taiwo Owatemi was found to be claiming £900 in 'pet rent' so her dog could live with her, while Angela Rayner claimed Apple AirPods worth £249 on expenses rather than buying a cheaper headphones model. Both claims were within the rules. MPs' expenses have been subject to greater transparency since it emerged in 2009 that some had been claiming for luxury and non-essential items, such as moat cleaning, a duck house, and heating for their stables. Sign up to Headlines UK Get the day's headlines and highlights emailed direct to you every morning after newsletter promotion Earlier this week Ipsa, which regulates expenses and prefers to call them 'business costs', launched an investigation into the Labour MP Tahir Ali. It said in a statement: 'The compliance officer for Ipsa has opened an investigation to determine whether Mr Tahir Ali MP has breached spending rules under Ipsa's Scheme of MPs' Staffing and Business Costs. The investigation relates to the MP's spending on office costs, travel and accommodation. No further information will be published until the investigation has concluded.' Ali claimed about £59,000 in expenses in the 2023-24 financial year, including £12,651.77 on accommodation, £9,850.54 on travel, £685.20 on dependents' travel, £35,691.63 on office costs and £326.33 on staff travel. He has previously said: 'I am confident that I have been compliant with Ipsa rules and will fully cooperate with the investigation.'
