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Perth Now
26 minutes ago
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Walking Dead star banned from driving for six months
David Morrissey has been banned from driving for six months and fined £5,700 after being found guilty of multiple speeding offences across London. The Walking Dead and Sherwood star, 61, was sentenced in absentia at Willesden Magistrates' Court on Wednesday (20.08.25), following a three-hour trial last week. Morrissey was caught driving his black Mini Countryman at 46mph in a 40mph zone on the A406 in Willesden at 5:41am on August 2 2024. He was also clocked at 55mph and 48mph in 40mph zones on the A40 near Greenford on August 4 and 5, at 5:23am and 2:35am, respectively. Already carrying nine points on his licence, the actor received an additional nine points for the three offences—triggering an automatic driving ban. Prosecutor Maya Arputham confirmed that the £5,700 fine includes £1,500 in court costs, stating: 'Morrissey should pay the full costs for the trial last week.' His legal representative, Conall Bailie, acknowledged the fine would be paid without issue but argued the court costs were 'a significant amount' for a trial that lasted less than three hours. District Judge Jack Walsh dismissed the defence's objections, ruling: 'The sum of £1,500 in court costs appears to me to be eminently reasonable. He is convicted of all three offences. He did not have a clean driving record. The case he put to court was entirely illegitimate.' The judge added that Morrissey had the opportunity to appear and give evidence, but chose not to, and that his approach to the case warranted the full prosecution costs.
New Indian Express
2 hours ago
- Entertainment
- New Indian Express
Game of Thrones' Natalie Dormer joins Netflix's Extraction
Glen Mazzara, who previously worked on The Walking Dead, is the showrunner for Extraction, while serving as a writer too. The films and the series are based on the graphic novel Cuidad, which is written by Andre Parks, Joe Russo, and Anthony Russo. The Russo Brothers who produced the films, serve as executive producers along with Mazzara, Angela Russo-Otstot, Scott Nemes, and Chris Castaldi. AGBO is backing the series.
Daily Mirror
4 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
The Walking Dead's David Morrissey banned from driving after 'speeding three times in a week'
The Walking Dead star David Morrissey has been banned from driving after he was caught speeding three times in a single week. David, 61, was sentenced after he was caught driving his black Mini Countryman at 46mph in a 40mph zone on the A406 in north west London early in the morning on August 2 2024. Two days later, he drove 55mph and 48mph in 40mph zones on the A40 near Greenford on August 4 and 5. He wasn't at the hearing at Willesden Magistrates' Court on Tuesday and was given a £5,700 fine. "Morrissey should pay the full £1,500 costs for the trial last week included in the fine," prosecutor Maya Arputham said. David already had nine points on his licence and was given nine more, meaning he has an automatic ban from driving for half a year. He previously denied but was found guilty of three charges of excessive speeding. Conall Bailie, who represented the State of Play actor, said: "There will be no issue in Morrissey paying the fine. But the court costs are a significant amount. The trial was a matter that took up less than three hours of court time. It wasn't particularly lengthy." District Judge Jack Walsh replied: "The sum of £1,500 in court costs appears to me to be eminently reasonable. I have found all three offences proved. He is convicted of all three offences. He did not have a clean driving record. "The case he put to court was entirely illegitimate, and he had a chance to come to court and give evidence. A defendant who forces the prosecution to pay attention to such close detail to prove his case is likely to be liable to the full prosecution costs as a result of adopting that sort of approach to the case."
The Citizen
2 days ago
- Sport
- The Citizen
Why Johannesburg's CBD still works
The CBD is often dismissed as chaotic, but with efficient services, vibrant street vendors and working infrastructure, there's proof it can still thrive. On Saturday, fans turned out in their tens of thousands to enjoy the rugby at Ellis Park. Many would have used Gautrain, a wonderful example of a public private partnership – and then transitioned seamlessly onto a Prasa-operated train that would have deposited them straight outside the stadium. It's enough to make you weep that we should be even reading that with wonder, but there you are. We're congratulating fish for swimming. It is precisely the integration between Gautrain and Metrorail that will save Ellis Park Stadium, because parking there is a nightmare – and then you have to make it out past all the tour buses and e-hailing taxis to leave at the end. But it's not the only thing that works in the city, that public opinion tries to tell you otherwise – aided and abetted by the efforts of some of our elected officials to serve themselves, rather than the ratepayers. The department of home affairs' Johannesburg office in Harrison Street is a wonderful case in point. ALSO READ: South African flair in the face of adversity Parking requires some illicit private partnerships with self-appointed marshals doubling as the usual touts and there's still a queue outside like other home affairs offices, but the street vendors; from the amagwinya (fat cakes) and cool drink sellers to the Heath Robinson baristas with flasks of hot water and tins of Frisco, provide a better service than you'll find elsewhere. Inside is where it all comes together; one hall, properly managed by a home affairs greeter, plenty of staff, queues that move in literally a fraction of the time you'd spend doing the buttock shuffle on the silver chairs in Randburg – if you've managed to queue outside the correct little pondokkie among the collection that make up hatches, matches, dispatches and IDs/passports. Harrison Street home affairs has always been one of my favourites, even if it does look like something straight out of the set of The Walking Dead. It works and it works well, but far too few of us denizens of the northern suburbs can get past the popular hype of the CBD as the 21st-century edition of Joseph Conrad Heart of Darkness. There's a lot going for the CBD, whether it is getting vital documents or witnessing a great game of rugby, but the longer we rely on others to fix it for us, the poorer we will be. We need to reclaim our space and make it work. NOW READ: Why Joburg's roadblock outrage misses the point
Buzz Feed
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
TV Shows That Started Strong, But Fell Apart By The End
Have you ever been several seasons deep into a TV show and realized: "we've missed the entire plot here"? Maybe your fave character got killed off (RIP), or the story became straight-up unbelievable. Sometimes you're lucky enough to never experience it. But when it happens, you lose interest and walk away forever... Well don't worry, cause you're not alone. Over on r/television, people are sharing the TV shows they committed serious time to ditch them before getting to see the conclusion. Some of the responses are so brutally honest, but relatable at the same time. Let's dive into the best takes. "The Walking Dead. They never should've fired the executive director and show runner after Season 1 because he wanted a bigger budget to keep the Season 1 quality going forward. The people were hooked, there was now a fanbase, and yet they decided that It's much cheaper to make a soap opera on a farm. Season 1 of The Walking Dead is some of the best TV ever made. Season 2 and 3 had its moments, but it was clearly already a different show." "Once Upon a Time. Its ratio of 'trash' to 'fun' starts out very good but ends up SUPER upside down even before the last season crashes and burns." "The 100. I got really far into it, but the show just started getting really wacky. It goes from cool sci-fi idea to being able to upload consciousness into technology chips that can go into your head. They go into space, they find other dimensions, they go through time, and they just leave earth. It keeps going and going but it's just so wild, I can't even remember all of it. I didn't even finish the final couple of seasons because it was just so crazy." "Shameless, I just couldn't keep going after the whole custody story line. She didn't get a lawyer, really? She knew for a fact that there was evidence her dad called in a fake tip and didn't bother trying to prove it? Too dumb." "The Handmaid's Tale. She just kept going back. WTF." "How I Met Your Mother. I made it to the last season, but to this day, I only know how it ends because of the internet. I don't remember the specifics, but that last season just felt like it was going nowhere. Bullet dodged." "Heroes. Yes, we know the writers' strike killed it. But boy did they have a great start. 'Save the cheerleader, save the world'." "Scandal. It's really incompatible with binge watching and I almost missed an entire season doing a cross country move. I gave it up with two seasons left and never really cared to go back." "The Flash Season 1 is amazing in a lot of ways, but the ways that it's amazing undermine the show pretty much immediately. It does this fun thing with the time travel element by settling into a typical first season plot — "evil businessman becomes interested in Barry, military man considers him a threat" — and then those characters get murdered immediately. It's honestly pretty clever writing for time travel on TV. But by the end of the first season, you've escalated so much that there's really nowhere to go from there. The concept of Season 1 was so throughly investigated that I can imagine sitting down to write Season 2 must have been painful. Season 2 is alright for what it is, but it's pretty much a straight downhill line for each season after." "Grey's Anatomy — It died a little when George left, and a bit more when Addison left. I hung on for two series until Cristina left and then sacked it off. Early seasons when they were interns were by far the best." "Sons of Anarchy. Loved the show. I have not seen the final season. I just got so bored of the 'soap drama' that just kept repeating the same thing over and over." "True Blood is the only one I can think of where I watched multiple seasons and then stopped. Usually if I give up, its after just one season." "Supernatural. I'm not watching the 'sister of God named Darkness' BS with the same brother drama that was resolved 20 years ago. What turned me off the show even earlier was that they leaned way too much into comedy, while initially it was a mild horror with comedy elements. Bloody Mary in Season 1 was way creepier than biblical villains in later seasons." "Supergirl. It became so repetitive I stopped watching with one season left." "The Blacklist — James Spader is amazing but the rest of the cast are so wooden, I thought they were flatpack furniture." "Pretty Little Liars. I was over halfway through, but my interest quickly dwindled and I ended up spoiling myself on the ending. I was kinda glad I didn't watch the rest. It had potential though." "Ally McBeal. I think I quit shortly after Robert Downey Junior got arrested and fucked up the whole storyline. Still a bit miffed about that, even though I'm thrilled he actually got his life back together after that." "Yellowjackets. This show is just a shittier Lost. Even Season 1 was pretty weak, but the 'present' storyline is atrocious." "I got to Season 6 of Riverdale before I tapped the fuck out from the alternate dimensions, super powers, and shit." "Dexter. I would say the first four seasons are pretty much perfect. The problem is that the writers got stupid and made Dexter repeat the exact same errors over and over again. It's not interesting seeing him divulge his secrets to some stranger who ends up being the person that contributes to his downfall. If he made mistakes and learned from them each time, that would be something. But he can't make the same stupid mistakes over and over again and expect that to be interesting. I really wanted him to turn into this borderline antihero God who perfected his craft so much that he's near untouchable. Him solving serial murderers and getting the best of them is what I wanted to see. Not him sweating that he's about to get caught every single time." "The Office — I have never been able to get through Season 6, no matter how hard I try. It just loses me, I can't concentrate on it or follow it, and I give up." "I grew up watching NCIS with my parents. We kept up until most of the cast was replaced and haven't ever bothered going back to finish it. I did finish NCIS: LA because it was way more Micheal Bay, so it was easier to throw on a second monitor and turn my brain off when catching up during the pandemic." "I'm out on The Bear. It's like a symphony where every movement is an adagio." I agree SO HARD with the takes on The Walking Dead and Pretty Little Liars. I loved both of those two shows, but they totally lost me after a few seasons... What TV show did you start, but never completed? Let us know in the comments! We need to vent together. And for more TV and movie content, check out BuzzFeed Canada's TikTok and Instagram!
