Former Strictly Come Dancing professionals James and Ola Jordan found themselves without somewhere to live in the run up to Christmas. Work was being carried out on their home, leaving the pair - and their daughter Ella - temporarily homeless.
14.10.2022 - 08:35 / variety.com
Jordan Moreau SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you haven’t watched the Season 1 finale of “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power,” now streaming on Prime Video. After much speculation and enough fan theories to fill a dwarven mine, “Rings of Power” fans finally got their answer on Sauron’s true identity in the prequel series — and it’s Halbrand (Charlie Vickers). The episode starts, however, with a fake-out from the three mysterious, white-cloaked witches claiming that the Stranger (Daniel Weyman) is actually Sauron. Later in the episode, it’s revealed that he’s not Sauron, but actually a powerful wizard known as an Istari, like Gandalf and Saruman from “The Lord of the Rings.”
Vickers and Weyman both spoke with Variety about the major reveals with Halbrand and the Stranger, now that they can finally spill on their true identities.
But first, a recap of the seismic events in the finale: Galadriel (Morfydd Clark) first becomes suspicious of Halbrand’s true identity after he becomes very interested in Celebrimbor’s (Charles Edwards) smithing project. Halbrand offers suggestions on combining the precious mithral with other metals to stabilize it into some kind of small, wearable shape — perhaps, a ring of power? With Halbrand quickly becoming thick as thieves with Celebrimbor upon his first day in Eregion, Galadriel does some research into his lineage. She discovers he’s lied, and he’s not the heir to the Southlands as he’d claimed. When she confronts him, Halbrand’s true Sauron identity is revealed, and he forces his way into Galadriel’s mind, giving her visions of her dead brother and their first meeting on the raft. He proposes that Galadriel join him to rule and “heal” Middle-earth, but she refuses. There’s a brief
Former Strictly Come Dancing professionals James and Ola Jordan found themselves without somewhere to live in the run up to Christmas. Work was being carried out on their home, leaving the pair - and their daughter Ella - temporarily homeless.
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Jordan Moreau The Marvel Cinematic Universe is in its Daredevil era. After his brief reintroduction in last year’s “Spider-Man: No Way Home” — when Dardevil’s alter ego Matt Murdock got the bogus Mysterio murder charges against Peter Parker dropped — generating much fan excitement, actor Charlie Cox finally reappeared in the final episodes of “She-Hulk: Attorney at Law” on Disney+. It’s been a long awaited return for Cox, who first donned the Daredevil suit in Netflix’s inaugural Marvel series back in 2015, but was relegated to staying in the streamer’s brief flirtation with the Marvel-verse. It was a different time back then: Before Disney+, Netflix had “Daredevil,” “Jessica Jones,” “Luke Cage,” “Iron Fist” and the “Defenders” team-up series, but the characters only ever mentioned the big-time MCU players by name and never crossed over with them. Cox’s “Daredevil” was the most popular, running for three seasons before getting canceled in 2018. That is, until Disney brought him back for that short cameo in “Spider-Man: No Way Home” as Peter Parker’s lawyer.
Joe Otterson TV Reporter “Bel-Air” is getting a new showrunner — again. The Peacock drama series is undergoing a change at the top behind the scenes for the third time as it prepares its second season at the NBCUniversal streamer. Carla Banks Waddles, who previously served as a writer and co-executive producer on Season 1, will now take over as showrunner and executive producer. She takes over from TJ Brady and Rasheed Newson, who have departed the series over creative differences, an individual with knowledge of the situation says. They will still be credited as executive producers going forward.
Jordan Moreau SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you haven’t watched “Smile,” now playing in theaters. “Do you want to talk about grief and trauma?” Paramount’s horror film “Smile” has disturbed audiences with its violent death scenes, unsettling grins and grotesque monster, but star Sosie Bacon is cheerful speaking to Variety after its release. The movie has killed at the domestic box office, opening with a scary good $22 million and falling just 18% to $17.6 million in its sophomore weekend — more than enough for a repeat No. 1 performance at the top of the charts. Bacon stars as psychiatrist Dr. Rose Cotter, who witnesses one of her patients die by suicide in front of her. The shocking death triggers a domino effect that passes a curse onto Rose, who begins having hallucinations of people with creepy smiles everywhere she looks. After investigating the string of previous suicides, Rose learns that she’s doomed to kill herself in front of someone else, which will pass along the curse to that person. Or, she can kill an innocent person and be freed from the ghastly grief-monster’s hold on her.
Emily Longeretta If the last few seasons of “The Challenge” seemed a bit different — and a bit too focused on confusing twists and themes — don’t fret. MTV’s upcoming 38th season is heading back to basics. “I think in the past few seasons, even going back to ‘Total Madness,’ they’ve been kind of tough themes to follow — like, who’s a liar, who’s a spy and who’s an outlier? Historically, what does the best for us is simple concepts where we can pick our winners and pick our horses and watch it unfold,” veteran player Jordan Wiseley said on the latest episode of the “Reality Rundown” podcast. “Casting wise, we went back to our roots. You have to cast outside of the pool to expand the show. I understand what we’re doing. We’re the best competition show globally, we have to bring in those new people. But we have a diehard fan base. We have the best fans in the world, so you’ve got to honor that and I think we did that with Season 38.”
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Sharon Van Etten has released a new single, ‘Never Gonna Change’, taken from a forthcoming deluxe edition of her latest album, ‘We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong’.‘Never Gonna Change’ sees Van Etten sing about her son, as well as being about “managing depression and anxiety in the midst of isolation”, according to the artist in a press statement.“Coping with recurring fears throughout adulthood, acknowledging that flaws, fears and triggers can’t be overcome, they are a constant part of one’s identity to learn to be at peace with,” Van Etten said.Listen to the song below:The artist will soon release a deluxe edition of her sixth album, ‘We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong’, which dropped back in May.As well as ‘Never Gonna Change’, the deluxe version looks to feature another previously unheard bonus track, ‘When I Die’, as well as this year’s standalone singles, ‘Porta’ and ‘Used To It’.Featuring the singles ‘Headspace’ and ‘Mistakes’, Van Etten recorded ‘We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong’ at home during lockdown. In a five-star review, NME‘s Jordan Bassett said that Van Etten’s album “sees her navigate her roles as a parent and musician, grapple with her demons and reclaim her past mistakes”.“This unyielding record is, at times, a powerful reckoning with the age of uncertainty”, Bassett wrote.This December will see Van Etten head to Australia for a nine-date tour in support of her latest album, bringing along BATTS and Banjo Lucia in support.