Drunken confrontations, ticket dodgers and intimidation: Out on patrol with Metrolink enforcers

My final 2021 guests this week on the Deep Focus podcast are Jim Cummings and PJ McCabe, the co-directors, co-writers, and co-stars of IFC Films’ “The Beta Test,” Yes, this conversation is overdue. “The Beta Test” came out in late November, but it is available on all digital platforms to rent now, and let’s just say as a bit of a tease: you will see “The Beta Test” on our forthcoming list of the Best Films Of 2021 That You Didn’t See running in early January.

Toast Of Tinseltown starring Matt Berry.The series, a sequel to Channel 4’s Toast Of London, sees eccentric actor Steven Toast (Berry) venture to Hollywood to try and make it big.As shown in the trailer below, he’s been promised a role in the next Star Wars project, although it’s likely there’ll be some complications in his strive to break America.A synopsis for the show reads: “Steven Toast, actor, voice-over artist, and legend of the London theatrical scene, has reached PEAK ANGER.

Police have released a photograph of a man they wish to speak to in connection with an unprovoked assault at a Metrolink stop.

A woman stabbed her drunk abusive ex with a knife in self defence after he came at her with a broken bottle.

A councillor is facing calls to stand down over a drunken TikTok video in which he claimed to become a 'weapon' after downing seven jagerbombs on a night out.

Mad Friday is a Christmas tradition that feels as old as time.

There are moments in Drunken Birds, Serbian Canadian director Ivan Grbovic’s long-awaited second feature, that evoke strong sense memories of Days Of Heaven, Terrence Malick’s definitive film about the beauty and hardship of the rural laboring life. Days Of Heaven was set in 1916; Drunken Birds takes place today on a successful vegetable farm in Québec, where the workers are bussed in seasonally from Mexico.

In the kick-ass role of NYPD detective Christine Cagney in the hit TV series, “Cagney and Lacey,” Sharon Gless became a lesbian icon.Now, in her new memoir, “Apparently There Were Complaints,” (Simon & Schuster) out Dec. 7, the 78-year-old Californian admits to hitting on Rosie O’Donnell after suddenly feeling “confused” about her own sexuality.In 2005, O’Donnell made a guest appearance on Gless’ Showtime drama “Queer As Folk” in which they exchanged an on-screen kiss.

A father has been left 'fuming' after his plans to spend Christmas with his family were scuppered when Boots lost his PCR test before his flight.

Jussie Smollett said he had correspondence with CNN's Don Lemon during the early parts of the Chicago Police Department’s (CPD) investigation into the alleged hate crime attack for which Smollett is currently on trial defending himself against allegations he faked the entire ordeal.

Tickets for Adele‘s Las Vegas residency go on sale on Tuesday (December 7) for the lucky fans who were selected for the Verified Fan pre-sale, but everyone is still wondering how much the tickets will cost.

The Haim sisters are heading out for a North American tour!

Olivia Rodrigo is hitting the road for a world tour!

Charlotte Dawson stunned as she wore a tuxedo minidress on a night out with her fiancé Matt Sarsfield.The reality star opted for a colour-coordinated look where she matched the pink collar of her dress to her handbag and pastel pink shoes and showed off her trim figure after losing weight following a health scare.

John Legend is heading to Las Vegas!

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