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The Independent
12-03-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Joel McHale teases cryptic spoiler for long-awaited Community film: ‘Everybody dies'
Community star Joel McHale has provided fans yet another update on the highly anticipated film adaptation of the cult series. More than two years have passed since US streaming service Peacock announced, in September 2022, that the sitcom's promise of 'six seasons and a movie' was definitely going to be fulfilled. The Emmy -winning series ran for five seasons from 2009 to 2014 on NBC and for the final sixth season on Yahoo! Screen in 2015. Series creator Dan Harmon is overseeing the film, and a majority of the cast are returning. In a podcast appearance, McHale confirmed that a 'script was written' for the film, but shooting was delayed by scheduling conflicts. 'So that is a, that's when everyone's like, is that going to happen? I was like, well, we got the money, which is one of the harder things to do. Yeah. And everyone's in, so that is the other,' McHale told host Jesse Tyler Ferguson on the podcast Dinner's On Me. 'It's really coming down to schedules and a script was written. So all that is real. And I know that we have been talking about it for literally years, but it's, it will happen and there's just, you know, it's just getting those schedules together.' As to what fans could expect, McHale said he had read the script and would offer only one spoiler. 'I am not going to tell you anything about it. I'll just say, everybody dies.' In March last year, McHale, who played the playboy protagonist Jeff Winger in Community and guest starred in another hit series, The Bear, said that he would be 'shocked' if the film didn't start shooting in 2024. However, in July he said his lack of availability meant the film still hadn't begun shooting. He had previously confirmed that Donald Glover would be returning as Troy for the film. 'The fact that we even got Donald to do it,' he said, 'that was the big piece.' He also said that Yvette Nicole Brown, who played Shirley Bennett, would be returning. 'I think everyone's coming back. So far, we're pretty good.' Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Alison Brie, Jim Rash, and Ken Jeong were also confirmed to return. Chevy Chase, who played millionaire Pierce Hawthorne, was not likely to return. He previously suggested that it might not be 'legal for him to come back'. Chase's time on the show was riddled with behind-the-scenes controversy. The actor, 80, is reported to have left during the fourth season after using a racist slur on set. Harmon told The New Yorker in 2018 that Chase would 'make racial cracks between takes' to try and disrupt Glover's scenes. 'Chevy was the first to realise how immensely gifted Donald was and the way he expressed his jealousy was to try to throw Donald off,' Harmon told The New Yorker in 2018. 'I remember apologising to Donald after a particularly rough night of Chevy's non-PC verbiage and Donald said, 'I don't even worry about it.'' In 2012, a source told The Hollywood Reporter that Chase had 'apologised immediately' after he used the N-word on set. The slur was not aimed at Glover or his Black co-star Yvette Nicole Brown, but used when Chase questioned dialogue in a scene with their characters, said the source. In a subsequent interview on the WTF With Marc Maron podcast, Chase suggested that his departure was on his own terms. 'I honestly felt the show wasn't funny enough for me, ultimately,' he said. 'I felt a little bit constrained. Everybody had their bits, and I thought they were all good. It just wasn't hard-hitting enough for me.'
CBC
28-02-2025
- Politics
- CBC
PC Ric Bresee back in Hastings–Lennox and Addington
The PCs have their fifth straight win in Hastings-Lennox and Addington, as CBC projects Ric Bresee will return as MPP. The riding runs from Lake Ontario north through Napanee, Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, north Belleville, Marmora and Denbigh to connect with Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke. It was first contested in 2018. Bresee won his first election here in 2022 with nearly 50 per cent of the vote. He took up the PC banner from Daryl Kramp. Before provincial politics, Bresee worked for St. Lawrence College and served municipally in Loyalist Township, rising up the ranks to mayor. The area's last non-PC win was by the Liberals in 2007. Six candidates ran for the seat.
CBC
30-01-2025
- Business
- CBC
Ontario election 2025: Who's running where in southwestern Ontario
As Ontarians prepare to head to the polls on Feb. 27, political parties are racing to confirm their candidates for the upcoming election. CBC Windsor will help you stay informed by keeping on top of each local riding, its candidates, and what they are up to. The Progressive Conservatives have come into the election with a full slate of candidates ready to go and a call for voters to give them a new and enlarged mandate to steer the province through the uncertainty and potential economic devastation brought by U.S. President Donald Trump's proposed tariffs. In the Windsor-Essex area, that means they'll be targeting the riding of Windsor West, currently held by NDP MPP Lisa Gretzky, the lone non-PC MPP in the region. But the opposition parties have accused Ford of using the tariff issue to distract from his record on health care, education, long-term care and housing, issues where they say he's failing Ontarians. And critics have said Ford is wasting nearly $200 million on an election that could have gone toward social programs. The NDP, Liberals and Greens all have yet to confirm a full slate of candidates in southwestern Ontario. Here's a full list of who's running so far. This list will be updated as candidates announce. Windsor West This riding — home to the University of Windsor, the Ambassador Bridge the soon-to-be-open Gordie Howe bridge — has been represented by the NDP's Lisa Gretzky since 2014. But the PCs have indicated they would like to win it away from her and sweep the region. They have nominated Tony Francis to go after the seat. The following candidates have so far announced they will run in Windsor West. Lisa Gretzky - NDP (incumbent) Tony Francis - Progressive Conservative Joshua Griffin - New Blue Party Windsor-Tecumseh The Feb. 27 election will mark a rematch between incumbent PC candidate Andrew Dowie, a former Tecumseh town councillor who won the seat in 2022, and the NDP's Gemma Grey-Hall, who placed a distant second in that race. So far, they are the only two confirmed candidates in the riding. Andrew Dowie - Progressive Conservative (incumbent) Gemma Grey-Hall - NDP Essex Former Amherstburg deputy mayor Anthony Leardi won this riding for the PCs in 2022 after NDP MPP Taras Natyshak announced he would not seek re-election. This time around, Rachael Mills will try to win it back for the NDP. The Liberals have yet to confirm a candidate in the riding, which consists of LaSalle, Lakeshore, Kingsville, Amherstburg and Essex. The following candidates have so far announced they will run in Essex. Anthony Leardi - Progressive Conservative (incumbent) Rachael Mills - NDP Kevin Linfield - None of the Above Direct Democratic Party Chatham-Kent-Leamington Leamington includes Chatham-Kent, Leamington, Lakeshore and the Township of Pelee. Trevor Jones won this riding for the PCs in 2022 after previously serving as a Leamington town councillor. So far, he is the only major party candidate to be confirmed in the riding for the Feb. 27 election. Trevor Jones - Progressive Conservative (incumbent) Sarnia-Lambton Sarnia-Lambton, which includes Sarnia, Petrolia, Point Edward, Plympton-Wyoming, Enniskillen, St. Clair and Oil Springs, has been held by the PC's Bob Bailey since 2007. Bob Bailey - Progressive Conservative (incumbent) Keith Benn - New Blue Party Lambton-Kent-Middlesex PC candidate Steve Pinsonneault has represented this large, rural riding for less than a year after winning it in a May 2024 by-election following the resignation of former Tory cabinet minister Monte McNaughton. He will face off against Liberal Cathy Burghardt-Jesson, who placed a distant second in the previous race. The following candidates have so far announced they will run in Lambton-Kent-Middlesex Steve Pinsonneault - Progressive Conservative (incumbent) Cathy Burghardt-Jesson - Liberal Dean Eve - None of the Above Democratic Party
CBC
29-01-2025
- Automotive
- CBC
Expect Doug Ford to use Windsor as campaign backdrop, political scientist says
Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Doug Ford will launch his election campaign in Windsor Wednesday. And a political scientist at the University of Windsor says she expects him to make the border city a prominent backdrop for his campaign. Ford has called it a "campaign to protect Ontario" as he attempts to position himself as the best candidate to defend the province's interests in the face of American tariff threats and steer its economy through the potential devastation to follow. He has benefited from being able to "fill the vacuum" in national leadership left by Justin Trudeau's resignation at a time when Canada is facing economic threats from south of the border, said Lydia Miljan. "He's in the biggest economy of the country, and he's the chair of the premiers' caucuses," Miljan said. "A lot of the meetings have happened in Ontario, so he's really been at the centre of a governmental response to the potential tariffs. And so his battles with Danielle Smith, his disagreements with Alberta, played well to a local audience." PCs could look to Windsor West seat At the same time, Miljan said, the auto sector is vulnerable to the Trump administration's decision to back away from its commitment to electrification and to battling climate change, so the snap election seems like an attempt by Ford to prevent the fallout from those actions from affecting his reelection prospects. Ford will hold a roundtable with Unifor Local 444 and visit workers at Harbour Technologies, a local manufacturer, during his stop in Windsor. He has said he needs a strong mandate to lead the province through the uncertainty brought by the potential U.S. tariffs. And there's one way to strengthen his mandate in Windsor-Essex, Chatham-Kent and Sarnia: by targeting Windsor West NDP MPP Lisa Gretzky, the only non-PC MPP in the region. "I think she is vulnerable in part because the NDP's leader, Marit Stiles, really hasn't gotten great name recognition in Ontario," Miljan said. "Election campaigns tend to be leader-focused," she added. And Doug Ford "really is sort of taking all the oxygen out of the room." But Gretzky came out swinging at a news conference Tuesday morning, accusing Ford of spending up to $200 million on an election that could be used to pay for services people need. "We have a mental health and addictions crisis, a homelessness crisis," Gretzky said. "We have record numbers of people going to food banks," she said. "We have tariff threats coming from the United States and the only premier in the entire country who thinks that now is the good time [to] go to an election." On Tuesday evening, the Ontario PC website listed Tony Francis as the candidate in Windsor West. Francis is a director of the Windsor West PC riding association who has a background as a steel mill engineer. The 2022 election saw the lowest voter turnout in Ontario history, Miljan said, and the winter election will only make it more challenging to get people to the ballot box. "You want people who are willing to go through a snowstorm … to get out and cast their ballot," Miljan said. "It's kind of early to tell what the dynamics of this campaign are going to be." People tend to be less engaged with provincial politics than federal politics even though provincial politics is "closer to the people," she added, and they're more likely to vote when they want change.
