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There should be few complaints about the level of nastiness at Just for Laughs Nasty Show this summer. The festival has landed the grandfather of filth, Andrew Dice Clay, to appear at the 32nd Nasty Show series.

Just for Laughs will also bring back one of the best, brightest and most acerbic standups in the business, Bill Burr, who will take his act to the Bell Centre July 25.

And although he will perform after this summers fest, Just for Laughs and Evenko are presenting the ever politically incorrect Bill Maher on Aug. 30 at Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier of Place des Arts.

In what should come as welcome news to fans, the Diceman has not mellowed at all over the years. He will be going full raunch in 11 Nasty Shows, starting July 15 at MTelus.

The festivals other big staple series, the Ethnic Show, returns for 19 performances, beginning July 8 and playing at Club Soda and MTelus.

Burr has been on a roll of late. In addition to his hit animated Netflix series F Is for Family, he just wrapped shooting on the Judd Apatow/Pete Davidson flick The King of Staten Island and has been selling out arenas everywhere, including Madison Square Garden. The brash Bostonian is particularly delighted with the play of his beloved Bruins and lack of same for our Habs.

Maher should also be quite fired up when he gets here. The Emmy-winning host of HBOs Real Time will have plenty of ammo with the U.S. presidential election looming in November. No pulling of his punches on the Trump front.

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Bad news for the president. Preliminary figures show the TV audience for the State of the Union (SotU) address Tuesday was down about 25% from 2019. What was lost to many was not what he said. Rather, it was how he said it.

Historically, a SotU speech has been boring. Previous presidents often had cabinet secretaries write sections of it. Thus it gave the country a look at what such diverse departments such as Defense, Commerce, Agriculture, Education, etc. thought had changed over the previous 12 months.

The Tuesday address created no such record. Rather it was a very well crafted campaign rally, complete with giveaways to critical constituencies and compelling personal emotional stories.

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Giving Rush Limbaugh the Presidential Medal of Freedom is an example. Limbaugh has been a very successful radio shock jock, saying, among other politically incorrect and highly objectionable things about people of color, progressives and activist women, Theres a dog in the White House, while displaying a photo of President Bill Clintons 13-year-old daughter. But Limbaughs a human being, too, and sadly hes stricken with lung cancer. He made that grim announcement on Monday.

Limbaugh pretended to be surprised by the presentation, though he indicated in previous interviews that he knew it was coming. Ironically, Juan Guaido, the socialist claiming to be the legitimate president of Venezuela in a fight with its de-facto dictator, Nicolas Maduro, was also acknowledged.

There were other contrived scenarios that created a feel-good story just made for the television audience. Unlike the Congress assembled, after all, viewers can wander off to the fridge, the toilet or another channel if not sufficiently engaged by the presentation.

The president said things that were true, that were partly true, and that were blatantly false. He claimed credit for parental leave for women. That the bipartisan bill, which Congress passed in December, applies only to federal employees and increases the national debt by roughly $660 million a year, wasnt mentioned.

The president boasted of what he claimed were his successes. He turned the economy around and is determined to protect health insurance, he said. That the economy was growing faster under the previous administration and has, sadly, slowed since? That was ignored.

That his administration is currently in court seeking to destroy insurance coverage for pre-existing medical conditions? That ideological attack on the signature accomplishment of the Obama administration wasnt mentioned either.

The president claimed he has led the U.S. to be No. 1 in world oil and gas production. Actually, we became top in natural gas in 2009 and oil in 2013. The president then was Barack Obama.

Sadly, in my view, the president also resorted to again repeating the lie that immigrants are criminals. A number of studies show they commit crimes here at far lower rates than native-born Americans.

The giveaways? For the so-called pro-lifers he offered anti-abortion legislation. For evangelicals it was tax dollars for religious schools. That there are legal and constitutional problems with those promises was unmentioned. Perhaps thats because such mention wouldnt fit with the fictional, made for television, narrative the reality TV star was crafting.

That narrative was that hes the hero in the white hat who rides in to save us poor regular people from the pure evil that is his opposition. It will be well accepted by the significant minority of Americans who are his base.

Its sad that so much of what he said was either a bit of a stretch, greatly exaggerated, or just downright false, or, as he would tell us, Fake news! In the television business ratings are everything. That they dropped off so sharply Tuesday evening has to be a serious concern for the president. He won in 2016 even though 3 million more Americans voted for his opponent than for him.

The ratings drop may mean, of course, that his backers are so strongly on his side that they dont need to hear from him to know theyll vote for him. Given his weak popular vote support, though, and narrow support in certain critical states, he still must rely on swing voters to win again. If those folks contributed to the low ratings Tuesday, the presidents campaign could be in trouble.

The president has every right to craft the narrative he chooses. We citizens also have every right to regard that tale skeptically.

Dave Finkelnburg is a longtime Idahoan, a former newspaper journalist and is currently semi-retired from an engineering career.

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Fay Lovsky performs Feb 8 and 9 from 7 p.m. at Habitat for the Arts. Tickets cost $20 and are available at Tekarra or at the door.| F.Dragon photo

Fay Lovsky doesnt mind if she makes you uncomfortable; a matter of fact, she thinks its one of the best ways to instigate thought. As a professional musician (bass, cello, saw, theremin, timple, xylophone, and percussion) from the Netherlands who now calls Jasper her second home, she translates her observations and interactions into quippy ditties. She spoke to The Fitzhughs Nicolle Hodges ahead of her upcoming solo shows at Habitat for the Arts, aptly named Politically Incorrect.

Fitzhugh: What is a theremin?

Fay: Its the first electronic instrument! It was invented by Lon Theremin. (It is controlled without physical contact).

Fitz: Is there a particular reason why youre drawn to this instrument?

Fay: It is unusual and fun. People always want to come up after a show and give it a go. You dont see it a lot. Its also a challenge and there arent many people who actually play it.

Fitz: And you play the saw too, is that exactly what it sounds like?

Fay: Yes. I was touring in the USA and had to go through security with my musical saw. Of course, they were suspicious. They didnt believe it was a musical instrument. So, I got it out, sat down at the airport, and played the American National Anthem. Then I noticed a sign that read If you are joking at the expense of security, you risk a fine of up to $1,200. I went home and wrote a song about that.

Fitz: You are from the Netherlands but you call Jasper home now?

Fay: I do. Isnt this beauty too much to take in?

Fitz: I feel like my heart is always exploding. Nature at this caliber really wakes you up.

Fay: And it makes you think about what were doing with the environment. Im currently working on a project about how landscapes affect your DNA. My grandmother is from the mountains and I always felt when I went somewhere with mountains, I was embraced. Its that feeling of Mother Earth heaving up so you can see her.

Fitz: Its so interesting to hear about the reasons why people are drawn to Jasper.

Fay: I believe that cities make you anonymous but this is a place where people say hello because they know each other. There is a philosopher that says communities should not exceed a few thousand because then you lose that sense of belonging.

Fitz: Reputation is as close as your shadow in a place like this too. How you behave ricochets off others and bounces back to you almost immediately. It really causes you to look at who you are, the small kindnesses and the bad habits.

Fay: People retreat to the shell of their comfort zones in big cities. Part of what I like to do with my shows is walk that thin line of entertaining songs that have matured badly over time and encouraging the freedom to speak freely in the prude world we live in today. There are shifting levels of social acceptability for lyrics and I find that incredibly interesting. I like lyrics that take things a bit too far but deep down it feels like a relief. If you mind your Ps and Qs all the time, you deprive yourself of your own observations.

Fitz: Your show is called Politically Incorrect so its pretty self-explanatory what people can expect?

Fay: Ill be telling stories and saying that its alright to think your thoughts, and its important that they dont fester in your mind and go unexpressed. The evenings will include my own songs and covers of songs that have an opinionated message, have stirred up controversy or been outright banned over the years since the 1950s. My goal is to offend everyone in the audience at least just a little bit.

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When funny people want to be funnier, they call Alan Zweibel.

A seasoned writer and comedian whose decades-long career has taken him from Long Island to Studio 8H in Rockefeller Plaza to Hollywood and beyond, Zweibel will be visiting the Madison Theatre at Molloy College in Rockville Centre on Feb. 14, along with some friends, to entertain audiences as he has for years.

Zweibel grew up in the Wantagh and Woodmere areas, and graduated from Hewlett High School in 1968. Shortly after graduating from the University of Buffalo in 1972, he began writing jokes for stand-up comedians, and in 1975 was enlisted by producer Lorne Michaels to join the staff of NBCs Saturday Night, later renamed Saturday Night Live.

Among Zweibelssketch comedy creations were John Belushis zealous samurai warrior and Gilda Radners Weekend Update favorites Emily Litella and Roseanne Roseannadanna. The actress remained a close friend, and Zweibel served as part of a team of writers on her Broadway show Gilda Live and its 1980 film, directed by Mike Nichols.

After Radners death from ovarian cancer in 1989, Zweibel enshrined their friendship in a 1994 book, Bunny, Bunny: Gilda Radner A Sort of Love Story. A stage adaptation, also written by Zweibel, premiered in Philadelphia in 1996, and the writer says he is interested in taking it Off-Broadway in the near future.

From what I can see, shes really reached this iconic status, Zweibel said. Its something she deserves.

Radner, he says, was Aunt Gilda to his children, and longtime friend Billy Crystal, with whom Zweibel co-wrote the Tony Award-winning stage show 700 Sundays, is Uncle Billy. Foulmouthed stand-up Gilbert Gottfried is the sweetest man ever, as is actor-dancer-singer-comedian Martin Short.

As of late, Zweibel has become a frequent face in documentaries, discussing his friendships with Radner in 2018s Love, Gilda, with Gottfried in 2017s Gilbert, and with comedian-actor Garry Shandling in 2018s The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling, directed by Judd Apatow.

Also among Zweibels writing credits are episodes of Curb Your Enthusiasm, created by friend Larry David, Its Garry Shandlings Show, and the film Dragnet, co-written with Dan Aykroyd, as well as television specials for Paul Simon, Steve Martin and Jon Lovitz. For his work on SNL and the specials, Zweibel won five Emmy Awards for writing.

Not all of his projects resulted in raves, though. The 1994 film North, adapted for the screen by Zweibel from one of his own books, infamously drew the ire of the late film critic Roger Ebert, who wrote of the Rob Reiner-directed movie: I hated this movie. Hated hated hated hated hated this movie. Hated it.

While the review stung at first, Zweibel says, he now carries a clipping of the zero-star Chicago Sun-Times review in his wallet, and has taken to reading it at his public appearances.

In recent years, Zweibel has focused on publishing, writing humor pieces for the New Yorker and Huffington Post. Hes also teamed up with humorist Dave Barry for the novel Lunatics, and with author Adam Mansbach for the childrens comedy book Benjamin Franklin: Huge Pain in My Mansback, Barry and Zweibel also collaborated on the parody book For This We Left Egypt? A Passover Haggadah for Jews and Those Who Love Them, published last year.

On Valentines Day, Zweibel will appear with comedians Lewis Black (The Daily Show, Inside Out) and John Fugelsang (Politically Incorrect). He met Black, he says, a few years ago at the National Comedy Center in upstate Jamestown, where they became fast friends. At a later Jamestown appearance, Fugelsang moderated a Q&A with Zweibel and Black, and they clicked.

We actually like being on stage with each other, Zweibel said.

Zweifel also says that no topics are off limits when theyre onstage.

The audience can expect us to talk about our careers, politics, whats going on in the world, Zweibel said. Hopefully theyll laugh, but we have no agenda laid out.

The months following February will see the release of Zweibels latest film project Here Today, due for release in the fall. Zweibel co-wrote the screenplay with director Crystal, who will co-star alongside comedienne Tiffany Haddish.

Also in 2020, Zweibel will be publishing a cultural memoir entitled Laugh Lines: My Life Helping Funny People Be Funnier, and will appear in Los Angeles with Larry David and at the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan with Black to discuss the book.

The author, who lives in Short Hills, New Jersey, with his wife, says he intends to return to Long Island to promote the book.

I consider it home, Zweibel said.

Zweibel, Black and Fugelsang will appear at the Madison Theatre at Molloy College in Rockville Centre on Friday, Feb. 14, at 8 p.m. Tickets are available at https://madisontheatreny.org.

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The American Football League finals are over and over 100 million viewers in the US alone watched the spectacle in Floridas Hard Rock Stadium. This event deserves our attention not only for the sports: for many years, a battle has been raging for the best, funniest and most sophisticated ads designed to complement the football circus.

This year, beyond the usual contributions from companies such as Amazon, Google or the detergent Tide, it even got political. First, billionaire media mogul Michael Bloomberg bought a slot dedicated to Donald Trumps gun rights policy, and the US President countered with two clips of his own.

Still, the most fascinating contributions came from the auto industry. Produced with enormous effort budget, we saw ads from in alphabetical order Audi, Genesis, Hummer, Hyundai, Kia, Jeep, Porsche and Toyota. Heres our take.

Doll-like actress Maisie Williams of Game of Thrones fame is stuck in a traffic jam with her Audi e-tron Sportback, surrounded by decidedly more cool muscle cars from the 70s and 80s. The outside temperature: Eight degrees above normal. Perhaps this is the fault of those internal combustion engines? In any case, Maisie has enough: intoning the unbearably kitschy song Let it Go from the Disney flick Frozen, she bolts out of traffic, heading to another place where apparently far fewer people are heading. Lets drive to a more sustainable future, Audi lectures us at the end. Thanks, well stick to the muscle cars.

Stuck at a stuffy party, supermodel Chrissy Teigen is fed up with old luxury and seizes the opportunity to call out some of its protagonists such that woman with botox lips or that other one who was in Asia and now considers herself spiritual. But alas, her husband, R&B singer John Legend, doesnt show up in time to make the desired counterpoint. When he finally pulls up in his new Genesis GV80, Chrissy just cant get upset at her sexy companion: off they go, leaving old luxury behind. A funny spot with a great car. But the question remains: What, exactly, is the automotive equivalent of old luxury? Audi and Mercedes-Benz, or rather the Hyundai Equus?

Absolute dominance: Thats the message of Hummer, GMs brand with the politically incorrect military background. Henceforth, Hummer will be electric, and the ad tells us we need not worry: 1000 PS, 11 500 lb-ft (almost 15 600 Nm) of torque, 0 to 60 mph in 3 seconds, all of it delivered in eerie silence. All electric, zero emissions, zero limits, basketball legend LeBron James asserts in a voice that doesnt tolerate contradiction. This ads aesthetics are dark and monochrome. Which stands in stark contradiction to the amusement the automotive community as it is poking at Hummer for its, modestly put, interesting claim that the truck will indeed make 11 500 lb-ft of torque. Perhaps at the wheel, having been channeled through a transmission, but not at the motor. E-mobility seems to rely on fake news, for the time being.

The parking space is small and neither the friends on the sidewalk nor the dog believe that the new Hyundai Sonata will actually fit in. But the driver proves everyone wrong: using the remote control, his car works itself into the tiny gap, thanks to Hyundais Smart Park system. The spot is set in Boston, the four protagonists all have real-life ties to it, and the copy is presented in a broad Boston accent: Smaht Pahk. Fun, although that special connection between Hyundai and Boston remains a mystery. Still, a nice ad for an elegant car, which unfortunately will not be available in Europe.

Guiding the new Kia Seltos through grim neighborhoods, football player Josh Jacobs, who grew up in homelessness, wonders aloud what advice he would give to himself as a child. Sure enough, his younger self appears and gets treated to calendar wisdoms: Be harder, challenge yourself. This is exactly what Jacob did without any time travel, which is why he is one of the most successful soccer players in the USA today and should not have to drive a Kia Seltos. The connection between Jacob and the shockingly conventional crossover SUV remains a mystery.

Its Groundhog Day: Jeep re-enacts the iconic film, almost three decades old, in which actor Bill Murray is doomed to relive the same day until he becomes a better person. In the one-minute Super Bowl variant of the ancient movie, the new Jeep Gladiator makes sure Murray is looking forward to every day. Were not sure he becomes a better person by drifting through the snow sideways, but the ad is funny and will surely prompt the boomer generation to get out the VCR again.

The Porsche Taycan is so quiet that the robbery in the Porsche Museum goes unnoticed until the last moment. Then hell breaks loose: The multicultural and nonstereotypical assembly of security officers immediately sets off in a phalanx of Porsches greatest cars in order to catch the fugitive sedan. But of course, no other Porsche ever built is faster than the Taycan, which is why only a roadblock can stop it. At this point, it emerges that the chase is just a fun routine by the security team, staged for their individual and collective pleasure. The battery charge is sufficient for a happy return trip, while the quiet Taycan is aurally drowned out by deafening music.

A detonating chemical plant, a farmers family attacked by bandits, a fearsome monster: in each of these scenarios, a hero prepares to sacrifice himself because there is no more space in the last escape vehicle, be it a fire truck, a horse or a snowmobile. But each time, an unexpected rescue appears in the form of a Toyota Highlander: I have space, the middle-aged female behind the wheel says with a smile. In the last scene, she rescues her own son, who just sacrificed his taxi seat on a rainy night: Get in, Brian, mommy says. You never know what the abundant space in this SUV is good for. Its a fun ad.

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Shops might have been proclaiming Again to College! since late July, however with September upon us, it truly is time for youngsters, academics, college students, lecturers, parent-teacher associations, and anybody else related to schooling to return to highschool. With that in thoughts, weve compiled a listing of movies and TV episodes to observe to get you into an autumnal temper.

There are actually hundreds of movies and TV episodes about faculty, and we may solely match a fraction of them on this listing. With the intention to slim it down, weve caught to enjoyable movies or episodes that arent too miserable to make you be ok with the brand new educational 12 months. Were conscious that this guidelines out a whole lot of sensible and basic exhibits and movies, together with something specializing in forbidden romance (no Veronica MarsMars vs Mars), capturing tragedies (no Buffy the Vampire Slayers Earshot), or different tragic deaths (no Lifeless Poets Society). Its an extended slog by the tutorial 12 months from September, and at this cut-off date, we would like to be ok with it!

Weve additionally aimed to decide on movies or episodes that embody a minimum of some plot developments regarding educational features of faculty or college and usually are not primarily involved with relationships, purely social actions or sports activities, although they is likely to be a part of the story (so no Recent Meat, Imply Women, or Friday Night time Lights). Lastly, weve tried to choose a variety that covers various kinds of academic establishments from throughout the UK and US and in fact, ultimately, weve picked our favorites. Be at liberty so as to add your personal ideas within the feedback!

Instructional establishment: Neighborhood school

Lessons right now: Rookies Pottery and Introduction to Crusing

Academics: Professor Holly and Professor Slaughter

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Star scholar: Wealthy

Studying targets: Be taught to work as a group, and acknowledge your personal limits.

Grade: A comparatively early episode of Neighborhood, this focuses on Jeffs second try and discover a blow-off class that may get him a straightforward grade. Between Goldbum-ing and making an attempt to keep away from Ghost-ing, its a crash course in early Neighborhood meta-humour. In the meantime, Pierce, Troy, and Shirley be taught to sail with out water, as you do. There have been a number of episodes of Neighborhood, particularly within the first season, that targeted on precise educational lessons of 1 variety or one other relatively than social actions this is without doubt one of the funniest.A

Instructional establishment: Selective boarding faculty within the UK

Class right now: Potions

Trainer: Severus Snape

Star scholar: Unexpectedly, Harry Potter

Studying targets: Enhance your potion-making and attempt to keep away from getting murdered.

Grade: The sixth Harry Potter movie is the one that basically seems like a movie set in a faculty, albeit an uncommon one. Sub-plots revolve round the principle characters romantic issues and emotions for his or her fellow college students, and a serious extra-curricular challenge Harry carries out with the Headmaster. Extra importantly for this listing, one of many movies most important plotlines revolves round a mysterious outdated textbook that helps Harry carry out higher in Potions class. Granted, theres some main tragedy right here that most likely ought to have disqualified it, however regardless of that its additionally the funniest Harry Potter movie for a lot of its runtime, and the final one to permit us to spend time in Hogwarts earlier than the disruption of the 2 volumes of Deathly Hallows. Simply cease watching earlier than the tip! A

Instructional establishment: Excessive College

Class right now: Dad and mom Night

Trainer: Principal Snyder

Star scholar: Anybody who isnt Buffy Summers

Studying targets: Get by Dad and mom Night with out being expelled.

Grade: This can be a fan favourite early episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, because its the introduction of beloved Billy Idol wannabe vampire Spike and his goth girlfriend Drusilla. In the event youve by no means seen Buffy earlier than its an awesome introduction, because its principally Die Laborious in a faculty, with vampires.

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The tutorial content material revolves round Buffys determined makes an attempt to maintain her mom and her headteacher aside and keep away from being expelled or grounded, and protected to say she finally ends up discovering an uncommon technique to impress her mom ultimately. A

Instructional establishment: Elementary faculty

Class right now: Present-and-tell

Trainer: Principal Seymour Skinner

Star scholar: Finally, Bart Simpson

Studying targets: Perceive the necessity for self-discipline in elementary faculty settings.

Grade: Its simple to overlook as of late simply how sensible the primary ten years or so of The Simpsons actually have been. The connection between Bart and his long-suffering educators, Principal Skinner and Ms Krabappel, was the supply of some nice half hours as all three tended to search out they may respect one another as human beings regardless of Barts tendency to make comparatively gentle mischief. On this half hour, Bart realises {that a} faculty run with no self-discipline doesnt actually work, whereas Skinner reconnects along with his youthful, extra rebellious self.A+

Instructional establishment: Non-public boys highschool

Class right now: Black Historical past

Trainer: Professor Vivian Banks

Star scholar: Will Smith

Studying targets: Discover the depth and complexity of black historical past within the US, past one autobiography and a T-shirt.

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Grade: Theres no denying this episode has a transparent agenda and a whiff of the Very Particular Episode about it, however that doesnt imply its not a enjoyable instalment on this basic sitcom. Any half hour that includes younger, humorous Will Smith goes to be a enjoyable half hour, and some agendas are value pushing. Aunt Viv additionally represents a really life like portrayal of a college professor, although her insistence on giving additional work to poor Will and Carlton is considerably questionable its arguably much more necessary to teach her privileged white college students about black historical past, since theyre much less more likely to be aware of it within the first place. B

Instructional establishment: Non-public combined prep faculty within the US

Class right now: Music

Trainer: Dewey Finn, a.ok.a. Mr S

Star scholar: Theyre all stars.

Studying targets: Be taught to be self-confident, stick it to The Man, and play superior rock music.

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Grade: Lifeless Poets Society was dominated out for being too miserable, however in order for you a wholesome dose of inspirational instructing, College Of Rock ought to do the trick. Maverick substitute instructor Dewey Finn is the right function for Jack Black, combining his comedic expertise, musical expertise and sheer likeability into the right package deal, and not one of the children are too cloying or irritating. There are a whole lot of movies and TV-shows within the inspirational instructor sub-genre, however this one is probably the most enjoyable by far.A+

Instructional establishment: New York Metropolis highschool

Class right now: Educational decathlon

Trainer: Mr Harrington, whos one way or the other repeatedly given permission to take college students on area journeys regardless of going through catastrophe on each single one.

Studying targets: Persevere with educational extracurricular actions alongside your personal private hobbies, with out getting murdered.

Grade: Weve had a humiliation of riches relating to Spider-Man motion pictures during the last 20 years, together with three origin tales, 5 completely different Peter Parkers and six completely different Spiderpeople. Into the Spider-Verse and Sam Raimis first Spider-Man film each featured a good quantity of highschool drama, nevertheless its the Tom Holland-starring Spider-Man movies which have actually embraced a twin identification as superhero-slash-high-school motion pictures.

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Peter Parkers challenges in Spider-Man: Homecoming dont simply relate to his love life, but in addition to his makes an attempt to take care of a standard education alongside combating crime within the neighbourhood, and the eventful area journey to Washington, D.C. is without doubt one of the highlights of the film. A

Instructional establishment: Harvard Legislation College

Class right now: Felony legislation

Academics: Professor Callahan and Professor Stromwell

Star scholar: Elle Woods

Studying targets: Rise up for your self, and assume outdoors the field to be able to win your case in your consumer

Grade: Like one other basic chick flick, Soiled Dancing, Legally Blonde has much more happening that seems on the pink and glittery floor. When Elle Woods goes to Harvard Legislation College, she faces snobbery, elitism, sexism and sexual harassment, however with some encouragement, she finds a approach to make use of her personal specific abilities and pursuits to develop into the valedictorian of her class and arise for herself. If thats not inspirational, we dont know whats. A+

Instructional establishment:Non-public ladies highschool within the UK

Lessons right now:PE, and an extra-curricular quiz problem.

Trainer:Headmistress Miss Camilla Fritton

Star scholar:Head lady Kelly Jones

Studying targets:Learn how to perform efficient faculty fundraising actions by promoting moonshine, stealing priceless work and operating phone intercourse strains. Additionally, intimidate the opposing sports activities group into submission.

Grade:St Trinians is a enjoyable, irreverent and distinctly politically incorrect place in all its incarnations, whether or not caricature, black and white motion pictures, or the newer movies. The 2007 film is a blast of enjoyable, a fantasy of faculty the way in which we want it may have been. In any case, who hasnt dreamed about beating up a rival sports activities group or operating a black market enterprise out of the varsity outbuildings?B

Instructional establishment:Complete highschool within the UK

Lessons right now:Geography and Sociology (area journey)

Trainer:Mr. Gilbert

Star scholar:New lady Lauren Harris is much too regular for this lot and leaves once more instantly.

Studying targets:Ask volunteers to finish a collection of survey questions, additionally having intercourse with one in every of them if doable.

Grade:The Inbetweenersis crude, foolish, and hilarious. This primary episode of collection 2 eases us into a brand new faculty 12 months with some basic area journey hi-jinks, together with an authentically dilapidated youth hostel lodging and an extended, boring coach journey. There are some scenes that will really feel considerably uncomfortable for some as one joke is taken relatively too far, however that does are typically within the nature of schlock comedy, and Simons watery mishap is sort of one thing. B

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I fully admit to being a big fan of director Guy Ritchies first two gangster comediesLock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatchprimarily because they introduced the world to the sly comic stylings of Jason Statham (Snatch also gave Brad Pitt one of his funniest roles to date). Ritchie went on to bigger (if not better) things, such as the two Sherlock Holmes movies starring Robert Downey Jr.; the colorful, all-style The Man from U.N.C.L.E.; the utter horror show that was King Arthur: Legend of the Sword; and last years live-action remake of Disneys Aladdin, which made a great deal of money. There were others sprinkled amidst these higher-profile zingers, but the point is, Ritchie essentially abandoned his slick British underworld tales with 2008s very bad RocknRolla.

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But now hes back to his old stomping grounds with The Gentlemen, a polished, politically incorrect, appropriately violent comedic tale of criminals and the ladies and gentlemen who maneuver in their orbit. Making this a somewhat timely tale, the film centers on Englands marijuana business, controlled in the film largely by American ex-pat Mickey Pearson (Matthew McConaughey), who first came to the UK for higher education and has now become the Weed King thanks to secretly growing his own product and having an unbeatable distribution networka system that takes full advantage of British tax law and even has a contingency plan for the inevitable legalization of the product sometime in the next 10 years. But Mickey and his wife/business partner Rosalind (Downton Abbeys Michelle Dockery) are looking to get out of the game and sell his business to the highest and most competent bidder, with the most likely candidate being another American businessman, Matthew (Jeremy Strong, from HBOs Succession).

But just as Mickey and Matthew are zeroing in on a selling price and timeline, things start to go sideways for Mickey when one of his growing spots is raided by masked criminals who take out the security team with a fighting style that looks like dance moves; afterward, the raid is thrown up on the internet as entertainment. At around the same time, one of the heads of a local Chinese gang (Henry Golding of Crazy Rich Asians) approaches Mickey with a low-ball offer to buy his pot business, so Mickey immediately suspects a connection. To make matters (and the film) all the more amusing and potentially confusing, most of the story is actually told in flashback by seedy, pervy private investigator Fletcher (Hugh Grant) to Mickeys right-hand man Ray (Charlie Hunnam), who knows most of this story already but is patiently waiting out Fletchers telling to see if he sheds any light on a few unknown pieces of the puzzle. Fletcher is also attempting to sell a screenplay, if youre interested; most people are not, but wait until you find out the plot.

Actually hired by a tabloid newspaper (run by Eddie Marsan) to generate some dirt on Mickey, Fletcher stumbles upon much more than he anticipates and is now working with Ray to see if he can squeeze more money from Mickeys coffers. And just because he can, Ritchie includes a part for an absolutely hilarious Colin Farrell as a local boys club coach who is harmless on most days but can resort to some fairly nasty behavior in an effort to protect his boys from getting caught up in the seemingly unavoidable war between Mickey and whoever is messing with his various dealings.

Ritchie and company do a fairly remarkable job keeping this twisting and turning story straight, if for no other reason than Hugh Grants telling of it is exceedingly memorable. The violence is on par with Ritchies other more bloody outings, but what might not sit well with some is some of the insensitive humor. It might have seemed a little less offensive 20 years ago, but today will likely be cringe-worthy to some. But one of the points of the film is that these people are despicable on nearly every level and dont think twice about jokes concerning race or gender. We arent meant to laugh at most of these jokes, but they do reveal something about those telling them (and perhaps about those sitting around you who might laugh a little too loud).

Of course, The Gentlemen is something of a step backward for Ritchie. But if you return to the fertile ground from whence you sprung, perhaps moving back into the familiar is an exercise in rejuvenation; it certainly seems that Ritchie and his crew of very game actors is having a great deal of fun digging their teeth into this material. McConaughey and Dockery, in particular, are positively fiery here, while Grant, Farrell and Golding are having a blast playing against type, either hiding their matinee idol looks or using them to create menace rather than make us fall in love with them. The only player who doesnt really distinguish himself is Hunnam. That being said, there is a skill to being the quiet, stable force that the freak show revolves around, and Hunnam has perfected that role.

The story of The Gentlemen is in service of these ridiculous and resilient characters, and I had a great time watching them move through this pretzel-shaped story, despite its shortcomings. And the best news is that Ritchie has already finished his next movie (Cash Truck)and it stars one Jason Statham.

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There is a new rumor with some Gold Rush stars, and this time, its about members of the Rick Ness crew. Sounds like some members of Team Rally will not be returning because Discovery has not paid them. What is the rumor and what has been said?

Although Gold Rush Season 10 is currently still airing, the crews are all still relaxing before the next season. But, Gold Rush Season 11 will be missing a few members of Team Rally. Several members of the Rick Ness team allegedly have not been paid by Discovery.

According to a recently released Gold Rush News video, some members of Ricks team are rumored to have not been paid by Discovery for Season 10. The report shares that Rick Ness has been doing everything in his power to rectify this situation. He has been making countless phone calls and endless emails.

What could be at the basis of of the lack of a payment? The rumor claims it was politics.

The rumor continues, as it was said that Discoverys European Millennials had political differences with the politically incorrect Cheeseheads. The Wisconsinites and the foreigner Discovery millennials allegedly got into it, leaving negative tension and energy during the filming of the tenth season. Now, unidentified team members dont plan on returning.

We do know Brian Z. is now a papa and does not plan on returning to gold mining next season.

At the end of the video, the Gold Rush News show pointed out that this, except for Brian Z.s happy news, is a rumor. They also said that it has not been confirmed by the cast or crews. They did not share where they received the rumor about the Discovery crew battling it out against the Ness crew, nor the payment issue.

In the comments section, a few Gold Rush fans have questioned whether the real conflict is the dismal season Team Rally is having. They believe that the Ness crew has not made money gold mining and they dont want to come back to work for nothing.

Many comments on the rumor video have compared Rick Ness to Todd Hoffman, although TV Shows Ace has reported that Ness has said otherwise. Many have remembered that when Rick left Parkers crew, Schnabel told him that no one makes money the first season. Some Gold Rush fans also wonder why Rick isnt working some of Tonys vast lands? While Beets may charge a lot more to mine on his property, he sure knows how to pick land that produces a lot of gold!

TV Shows Ace has attempted to reach Discovery through email, and Rick Ness through social media regarding this situation. We will report if any new information should come forth.

Be sure to check back with TV Shows Ace for the latest Gold Rush news.

Georgia Makitalo has been a television writer since 2010. She enjoys writing about reality shows with modern adventurers, old cars and modern historians. Whether it be the Bering Sea or a pawn shop in Vegas, she enjoys writing about the characters and fascinating stories.

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The futile escape by seven Uyghurs from a detention center in Thailands northeastern region earlier this month has highlighted the plight of the dozens from Chinas minority ethnic group who fled the restive Xinjiang region to the Southeast Asian nation more than five years ago.

The seven were recaptured soon after they broke free from a detention cell in Mukdahan province on Jan. 10 their second attempted escape and their action could land them in jail for two years.

They are among 50 Uyghurs being held in immigration centers and prison in four locations in Thailand remnants of a group of about 350 who fled to Thailand in 2014 following repression in Xinjiang.

They are now in Mukdahan prison after being charged with escaping from immigration custody, police Lt. Col. Udon Chaokaek told BenarNews, an RFA-affiliated online news service.

We forwarded the case file to the court already. We prosecuted them because they did break from immigration cell for a second time, he said.

This latest incident creates a dilemma for Thailand: What to do with the 50 Uyghurs.

Sending them back to Xinjiang where they could be punished will trigger criticism from human rights groups.

Authorities in Chinas Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region have held up to 1.5 million Uyghurs and other Muslim ethnic minorities accused of harboring strong religious views and politically incorrect ideas in internment camps since April 2017.'Stain of the century'

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has described Beijings actions in Xinjiang as a humanitarian crisis that is on the scale of what took place in the 1930s in an apparent reference to the policies of Hitlers Germany and Stalins Soviet Union. He also called the incarcerations the stain of the century.

Keeping the Uyghurs in Thailand indefinitely will also strain government resources.

It highlights the Catch-22 situation the country has been caught in for many years with this minority Muslim group from China. It's high time to find an acceptation solution, a leading Thai daily, The Bangkok Post, said last week in an editorial.

It urged the government of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha to identify a third country willing to take in all the Uighur detainees.

Beijing may frown on the idea, but Thailand, as a sovereign state, should have the right as well as the courage to make this decision, said the editorial entitled Dont kowtow over Uighurs.

Nowhere to go

In 2015, Thailand drew criticism when it forcibly repatriated 100 of the 350 Uyghurs detained in the country to China despite fears they could be punished on their return.

A bomb blast at a Hindu shrine in Central Bangkok weeks after the repatriation killed 20 and injured 120 more, and was linked by the Thai police chief at the time to Uyghur militants who sought to avenge Bangkoks action. Two Uyghur men were arrested and pleaded not guilty.

In reality, Thailand cannot want to send them anywhere not to China because it is scared of a similar bomb attack like the one on the Erawan Shrine in 2015 and international condemnation, Chalida Tajaroensuk, the director of Peoples Empowerment Foundation, a Thai NGO which has helped Uyghurs in Thailand since 2014, told BenarNews.

[And] not to Turkey because Chinese officials keep checking on all detained Uyghurs every month, she said.

Chalida, who had visited the seven escapees recently, suggested that they fled the cell because they lived under poor conditions.

They said they broke the immigration detention cell because it is too cramped and unhealthy and had just one window. They did not see the sun or the moon for almost four years, she told BenarNews.

She noted that the Uyghurs came to Thailand with the intention of going to Turkey via Malaysia.

Defying China

A little more than a year ago, the Malaysian government defied China by releasing 11 Uyghurs who had fled to Malaysia from Thailand after escaping from a prison in November 2017 and allowing them to travel to Turkey.

Beijing had sought their repatriation, but Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said the men had broken no laws.

As for those still in Thailand who have been detained for almost six years, it seems unreasonable and illogical to keep these Uyghurs behind bars any longer, the Bangkok Post editorial said.

Dont forget that the only laws they breached on setting foot in Thailand were those involving immigration, and they have done their time.

Reported by BenarNews, an RFA-affiliated online news service.

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Watching Hollywood grapple with #MeToo storylines is a bit like watching a serpent dance with its own tail. Take Bombshell, a biographical drama that prods at the personal anguish and professional dilemmas of the female news anchors who accused Fox News CEO, the late Roger Ailes, of sexual harassment.

The films basic aim seems to be two-fold. First, deliver a lucidly ambivalent moral message to a millennial audience that is both unoriginal and rings with reflective intelligence. (In this case, sex is a means to power; power is a means to sex.) Second, pull off this Broadway-worthy trick of the light with a distractingly high-voltage lineup of A-list glamour. The (politically incorrect) flashes of leg to the camera courtesy of sexually objectified news anchors Megyn Kelly and Gretchen Carlson (Charlize Theron and Nicole Kidman) ironically facilitate this.

In its endeavour, Bombshell directed by Meet the Fockers's Jay Roach is almost flawless. It is undeniably gripping, and, at certain points, squirmingly raw. Even the most ardent of anti-feminists could not but be chilled by the scene where Ailes makes the ambitious aspiring news anchor Kayla Pospisil(Margot Robbie) lift up her skirt in his office; he whispers thank you with pitiful, genuine gratitude, as she smilingly fixes her dress back with a straight back and a crumpled soul.

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