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The Sun
16 minutes ago
- Entertainment
- The Sun
‘Diabolical' rant Love Island fans who demand Casa Boy goes home after he throws ex under the bus seconds after split
LOVE Island fans have demanded one of the boys be sent home after he threw his ex under the bus - minutes after they split. Last night's episode of Love Island saw Tommy Bradley and Lucy Quinn dumped when Shakira Khan and Casa boy Ty Isherwood chose to send them packing. 3 3 3 Shakira also ended up dumping Ty, confessing she wanted to crack on with Conor Phillips. As a result, Ty wasted no time in insisting the decision to axe Tommy and Lucy was Shakira's and not his. He was seen speaking to Meg Moore and Helena Ford, despite their bumpy relationship with Shakira - and fans were not impressed. One wrote: 'F*** TY for immediately dissing shakira to her opps in the house and laughing with them, you can go home next.' Another said: 'Ty going straight to shakira's opps diabolical.' And a third added: 'Ty is not nice he went to Meg Helena to speak bad about Shakira! At least Conor is nice to Shakira.' Shakira chose to couple up with Ty after the Islanders were reunited following the Casa Amor twist. But last night she told him: "Being completely honest, right now my head would be with Conor." Ty replied: "I appreciate your honesty." Shakira left fans divided with her decision to break things off with Ty. One wrote: "She could have just stayed with him until the end and easily won… but she followed her heart not the money." But another said: "Poor Ty :( He does deserve someone for him."
New York Times
an hour ago
- New York Times
Everyone's Obsessed With True Crime. Even Prisoners Like Me.
In the early aughts, when I was waiting on Rikers Island to be tried for murder, I had to watch what everyone else in the communal day room was watching on TV: shouts of 'Jer-ry! Jer-ry!' and announcements that 'You are not the father.' After I was convicted, in 2004, and sentenced to 28 years to life in prison, TV would occupy even more of my time. Prisons do get cable: Normally, the population pays via things like fund-raisers and the profits from visiting-room vending machines. At Clinton Dannemora, a maximum-security prison near the Canadian border, I bought a 13-inch television from the commissary, and it felt like a privilege to watch what I wanted, alone in my cell. In Attica, where I transferred in 2007, we had the Oxygen channel, on which everyone would watch reality shows like 'Bad Girls Club.' I enjoyed all the gossiping and scheming on 'Big Brother' and 'Survivor,' and when I put an ad on a dating website for prisoners I listed 'The Bachelor' as my favorite show. The women who wrote to me related. I eventually married one. Her name was Danielly, and she watched a lot of true crime. It made her so paranoid that she hung a bell inside her front door to alert her to intruders. Once, while she was visiting me, I noticed her peering behind us — she had recognized another prisoner from an episode of '20/20.' This happens to me now too: I'll be in the mess hall or the yard and recognize someone from a true-crime show. He'll be scooping oatmeal or exercising, and I'll remember the re-enactment of his crime, the bludgeoning or the burying. In 2016, I transferred to Sing Sing. By then, Oxygen had shifted from reality shows to true crime; the channel's logo was even redesigned to resemble police tape. It would soon be airing a seemingly nonstop run of shows like 'Buried in the Backyard.' For a few years I was transferred to a smaller prison in the Catskills, where we didn't have in-cell TVs — but when it closed and I landed back in Sing Sing, I found that true crime had come to dominate what felt like every station. NBC American Crimes ran reruns of 'Dateline,' 'American Greed' and 'Lockup,' which I once heard described as 'prison porn.' (It's strange to walk down the tier, look through the bars of someone's cell and see a TV turned to 'Lockup' — an inside look at prison for someone who is already inside a prison.) Merit TV had 'Crime Stories With Nancy Grace.' As I write this, Court TV is running a marathon of 'Interview With a Killer.' More than half of Americans now watch true crime, according to one YouGov poll. (The F.B.I. reports that between 1993 and 2022, meanwhile, the rate of violent crime in the United States fell 49 percent.) We watch those shows in here, too. As true crime exploded in popularity, the demand for fresh content had producers searching for stories to tell, exhuming murder cases from years and even decades ago. This is how Danielly eventually found herself watching a true-crime show about me, a drug dealer in prison for killing a rival. Some watch with the prison hierarchy in mind. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
New York Times
an hour ago
- Entertainment
- New York Times
What ‘Road Rules' Wrought
Attention, as a currency, can work a bit like money itself, creating classes of haves and have-nots. If income inequality in America ballooned in the 1970s, attention inequality got worse in the 1990s — thanks of course to the internet, but also to reality TV. On 'The Real World,' which premiered on MTV in 1992, viewers were invited to surveil the day-to-day of people who were both totally normal and anything but, people finding jobs and facing crushes and doing what 20-somethings do, all while living under one roof. On 'Road Rules,' a sister show of sorts that premiered 30 years ago this month, a handful of teens and 20-somethings were dropped into the middle of nowhere in a camper van. There, they performed 'challenges' like jumping out of an airplane or spending the night in a supposedly haunted building. The two shows, made by the same production company, essentially ushered in the reality television factory of fame — fleeting and otherwise — as we have come to know if in the decades since. There is something distinctly American about 'Road Rules,' possessed of a berserk energy as if it had emerged from a Hollywood brainstorming lunch between Jack Kerouac and Kim Kardashian. It's just an R.V. full of young people and the open road. Plus some 'challenges' that seem like a real-life test of the parental aphorism 'If your friends jumped off a bridge, would you?' The answer is always yes, so long as the tape is running. Both 'The Real World' and 'Road Rules' attracted and thrived on a particular personality: obnoxiously authentic. The type of person saying what nobody else will — because it's rude, offensive, moronic or plainly unnecessary. If that archetype sounds familiar, it's because reality TV show fame is now actual real-world fame, and we're living in a world that 'Road Rules' made. Theo Von, a cast member on Season 9, is now one of the biggest podcast stars in the world, with a show that frequently ranks in YouTube's Top 10, reaching millions, and which last year counted President Trump as a guest. Sean Duffy, who met his wife on 'Road Rules: All Stars,' is the secretary of transportation. Michael Mizanin, now a wrestling star better known as the Miz, was a cast member of 'The Real World' and went on the mash-up once known as the 'Real World-Road Rules Challenge.' Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
The Sun
an hour ago
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Love Island fans fuming at producers over ‘missing storyline' amid SAVAGE recoupling
LOVE Island fans have been left fuming with producers over a "missing storyline", amid the savage recoupling. Last night's explosive episode brought tears and a huge fall out, but viewers think one couple is being overlooked. 6 6 Over the past few days fans have started to become annoyed at the lack of screen time Billykiss and Boris have been getting. To make matters worse, viewers were left confused when the pair had a random conversation last night where they appeared to call things off. This left fans fuming with Love Island producers, as they feel they have left out a key part of this couple's storyline - as this was the first time they found out they were having problems. The last time they saw them on screen together they appeared happy, so viewers believe bosses have deliberated left out part of the pair's narrative. Taking to social media, one vented: "Apparently Boris and illykiss haven't been plane sailing…. Wouldn't know because the producers haven't shown us a second of it!" To make matters worse Billykiss was then forced to pick Boris in last night's dramatic recoupling, as there were no other options. This wasn't the only drama though, as viewers were left outraged when Toni sensationally stole back Harrison hours after he slept with Lauren. In a shocking moment, Toni stood up during the girls' recoupling and dumped loyal Cach, choosing Harrison instead. Watch heartbreaking moment Love Island girl is left uncontrollably sobbing as boy she slept with recouples with rival Lauren was left sobbing after being blindsided by the twist - as Toni confessed they planned to recouple hours earlier on the terrace. Lauren told the girls: "I am a f*****g idiot." The brunette Islander - who was forced to chose Ty moments later - was visibly emotional. Fans took to social media to brand Toni "desperate" as one said: "Toni is clearly not well. #Harrison has been toying with two desperate women." Another said: "Na Toni this is desperate now!" The other girls went one by one as Helena picked Harry, Meg chose Dejon, Shakira went for Conor, and Yasmin picked Jamie, calling him 'the golden retriever to my black cat'. Billykiss chose Boris, Lauren picked Ty, and Emma picked a now-single Cach. 6 6 6
The Sun
2 hours ago
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Tommy and Lucy break silence after being savagely dumped from Love Island villa with a swipe at Shakira
LOVE Island's axed contestants Tommy and Lucy have broken their silence after being savagely dumped on last night's show. Shakira and Ty were voted the most compatible couple and were given the power to pick one pairing to dump. 4 4 The three couples at risk were Harrison and Lauren, Emma and Conor and Tommy and Lucy. After weighing up their options, Shakira and Ty decided to ultimately dump Tommy and Lucy, saying they "weren't buying" their romance. During his exit interview, Tommy addressed Shakira and Ty's decision for picking them, describing it as "frustrating". He said: "Shakira and Conor have a thing going on so she obviously wanted to keep him. "Shakira's also close with Toni and knows she still really likes Harrison. That's all the decision came down to. "So to leave in that way, getting voted out by another Islander who I'm not that close with, was frustrating. "At the end of the day it's all part and parcel of the game. "Lucy was only there for nine days, so I feel like she deserved to experience it more. "I'd like to have had more of a journey with her in the Villa. Watch heartbreaking moment Love Island girl is left uncontrollably sobbing as boy she slept with recouples with rival Lucy also had her say on the unexpected exit and revealed if she and Tommy will continue their romance on the outside. Lucy said: "It was a bit of a shock getting dumped. But I do believe that everything happens for a reason, so obviously it was our time to go. "Even if I was there for a day or the whole time to even get the opportunity to go into the Villa an d experience it all was just amazing. "We love food, so we'll go for some nice food and drinks. He likes a bottle of red wine, I like a bottle of rose, so we're going to get a few bottles and a steak! "I can't wait for that, it will be great to have some alone time. "I'm gonna come to London to see him." Last night, Shakira ended her relationship with Ty and recoupled with Conor. But the biggest shock of the night came from Toni after she stole Harrison back, leaving Lauren in tears. But viewers have begged Toni to have some respect for herself after it was revealed that Harrison and Lauren have had sex twice. 4 4
