Gerry Turner and Theresa Nist’s marriage, which began with high hopes on The Golden Bachelor, has come to a surprising conclusion amid rumors and revelations. While the couple’s decision to part ways was initially attributed to geographic differences, recent discussions suggest deeper issues. Disagreements Over Land Use According to Bachelor alum Ben Higgins, a key point of contention revolved around differing visions for land use during a trip to Indiana. Higgins revealed on the Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous podcast that during a drive through cornfields, This is a rumor…Not seeing eye-to-eye in life. Higgins described how Nist envisioned
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- 5/22/2024
- by Steve Delikson
- TVovermind.com
Erin Krakow gave a shout-out to a When Calls the Heart guest star for perfectly embodying a deeply unpleasant character in the show’s May 12 episode. Fortunately, actor James Kot is the exact opposite of creepy Superintendent Thomas Higgins in real life, she said.
Elizabeth crossed paths with a figure from her past on ‘When Calls the Heart’
In the latest episode of the Hallmark Channel drama, Elizabeth (Krakow) was stunned when a figure from her past unexpectedly arrived in Hope Valley.
Higgins (Kot), the territorial superintendent, was in town to discuss the merger of the school where Elizabeth teaches into the larger district. Unfortunately, this wasn’t the first time that he and Elizabeth had crossed paths. Years ago, he tried to get her fired from her teaching job as revenge for rejecting his advances. In “Believe,” he proved that he hadn’t changed his ways. After Elizabeth expressed reservations about the new curriculum,...
Elizabeth crossed paths with a figure from her past on ‘When Calls the Heart’
In the latest episode of the Hallmark Channel drama, Elizabeth (Krakow) was stunned when a figure from her past unexpectedly arrived in Hope Valley.
Higgins (Kot), the territorial superintendent, was in town to discuss the merger of the school where Elizabeth teaches into the larger district. Unfortunately, this wasn’t the first time that he and Elizabeth had crossed paths. Years ago, he tried to get her fired from her teaching job as revenge for rejecting his advances. In “Believe,” he proved that he hadn’t changed his ways. After Elizabeth expressed reservations about the new curriculum,...
- 5/14/2024
- by Megan Elliott
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for When Calls the Heart Season 11 Episode 6 “Believe.”] Elizabeth (Erin Krakow) has some unfinished business to take care of in the latest When Calls the Heart, in the form of a very unwanted blast from her past. Remember Higgins (now played by James Kot) and his advances that she had to fight off? Well, he comes back, as the superintendent with the school board evaluating her, and he’s just as awful as ever. He wants to discuss business over dinner, despite her multiple refusals. “This was an opportunity to go deeper into that story and for her to really close the chapter that was this open wound from Season 4,” explains showrunner and executive producer Lindsay Sturman as part of TV Insider’s weekly When Calls the Heart aftershow, Heart Beats. This comes as Elizabeth and Nathan (Kevin McGarry) are tentatively taking steps towards a relationship, and she does ultimately turn...
- 5/13/2024
- TV Insider
Usually, it's exciting when an old character returns, but Thomas Higgins only brought back uncomfortable feelings.
On When Calls the Heart, Season 11 Episode 6, Thomas Higgins returned, only this time he was portrayed by James Kot as the head of the Valley District School Board.
He still had one goal -- to make Elizabeth Thorton's life miserable.
Thomas: Good morning, Mrs. Thornton. Thomas Higgins.
Elizabeth: I could hardly forget. What are you doing here?
Permalink: I could hardly forget. What are you doing here? Added: May 12, 2024
Thomas Higgins was a classic sexual harasser. He knew he held the power, especially since he wanted to change some testing standards, and Elizabeth hated adhering to those standards.
She always wanted to teach with her own methods, partly because she fought so hard to teach Angela in a regular classroom. Now, she uses other methods to assist Toby with learning math.
Higgins refused to...
On When Calls the Heart, Season 11 Episode 6, Thomas Higgins returned, only this time he was portrayed by James Kot as the head of the Valley District School Board.
He still had one goal -- to make Elizabeth Thorton's life miserable.
Thomas: Good morning, Mrs. Thornton. Thomas Higgins.
Elizabeth: I could hardly forget. What are you doing here?
Permalink: I could hardly forget. What are you doing here? Added: May 12, 2024
Thomas Higgins was a classic sexual harasser. He knew he held the power, especially since he wanted to change some testing standards, and Elizabeth hated adhering to those standards.
She always wanted to teach with her own methods, partly because she fought so hard to teach Angela in a regular classroom. Now, she uses other methods to assist Toby with learning math.
Higgins refused to...
- 5/13/2024
- by Laura Nowak
- TVfanatic
Elizabeth confronts an unwelcome figure from her past in the May 12 episode of When Calls the Heart. But who is Thomas Higgins, and why does his arrival in Hope Valley unsettle the schoolteacher so much?
Elizabeth confronts Thomas Higgins in ‘When Calls the Heart’ Season 11
In When Calls the Heart Season 11 Episode 6, Elizabeth crosses paths with a man who will be familiar to long-time viewers of the show.
Last week, Elizabeth learned that a plan to merge Hope Valley with the neighboring town of Benson Hills meant that her school would come under the jurisdiction of the larger school district. She’s fought to maintain her independence in the past but now says she’s willing to give up that freedom for the good of the town. (The merger would allow a plan to build a larger resort that would bring jobs and new residents to the town to move forward.
Elizabeth confronts Thomas Higgins in ‘When Calls the Heart’ Season 11
In When Calls the Heart Season 11 Episode 6, Elizabeth crosses paths with a man who will be familiar to long-time viewers of the show.
Last week, Elizabeth learned that a plan to merge Hope Valley with the neighboring town of Benson Hills meant that her school would come under the jurisdiction of the larger school district. She’s fought to maintain her independence in the past but now says she’s willing to give up that freedom for the good of the town. (The merger would allow a plan to build a larger resort that would bring jobs and new residents to the town to move forward.
- 5/11/2024
- by Megan Elliott
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
“We judge ourselves by our ability to make a difference. Not noisily or with sanctimonious complacency, but deep inside, in that still small place where we really talk to ourselves.” – Stephen Fry
Writer, actor, comedian and doer of good, Stephen Fry lives in his London SW1 flat and his Norfolk house when not traveling. An England conservationist through the Healthy Planet charity, Fry has given his mother an adopted hectare of Cambridgeshire Fen, a project restoring more than 9,000 acres of fenland habitat in Cambridgeshire, helping to conserve one of Britain’s most beautiful and biodiverse areas.
As a compassionate, Fry works with others to transform the understanding and treatment of bipolar disorder, as the Special Ambassador to Equilibrium - The Bipolar Foundation. Every year Stephen is delighted to invite all his Terrence Higgins Trust “Friends for Life” and “Associate Friends” to his summer Gala Dinner and to a special Christmas...
Writer, actor, comedian and doer of good, Stephen Fry lives in his London SW1 flat and his Norfolk house when not traveling. An England conservationist through the Healthy Planet charity, Fry has given his mother an adopted hectare of Cambridgeshire Fen, a project restoring more than 9,000 acres of fenland habitat in Cambridgeshire, helping to conserve one of Britain’s most beautiful and biodiverse areas.
As a compassionate, Fry works with others to transform the understanding and treatment of bipolar disorder, as the Special Ambassador to Equilibrium - The Bipolar Foundation. Every year Stephen is delighted to invite all his Terrence Higgins Trust “Friends for Life” and “Associate Friends” to his summer Gala Dinner and to a special Christmas...
- 5/10/2024
- Look to the Stars
It's always exciting when a series revisits old characters and storylines.
On When Calls the Heart, Season 11 Episode 6, Thomas Higgins, Elizabeth's old foe and the Superintendent of the School Board, returns to cause trouble.
According to the weekly promo and the photos, he seems even more determined to destroy her career and reputation than he was before.
Thomas Higgins last appeared in When Calls the Heart Season 4 Episode 11 when he wrote a letter that caused Elizabeth to get fired. He only wrote it because she turned him down and sexually harassed her again, hinting he would make it disappear if she dated him.
Elizabeth found proof that he had sexually harassed other teachers, too, and was reinstated, so Higgens likely carries a massive grudge against her.
It's a shame we couldn't bring back Landis instead. While initially set in his ways about how the Valley School District should be run,...
On When Calls the Heart, Season 11 Episode 6, Thomas Higgins, Elizabeth's old foe and the Superintendent of the School Board, returns to cause trouble.
According to the weekly promo and the photos, he seems even more determined to destroy her career and reputation than he was before.
Thomas Higgins last appeared in When Calls the Heart Season 4 Episode 11 when he wrote a letter that caused Elizabeth to get fired. He only wrote it because she turned him down and sexually harassed her again, hinting he would make it disappear if she dated him.
Elizabeth found proof that he had sexually harassed other teachers, too, and was reinstated, so Higgens likely carries a massive grudge against her.
It's a shame we couldn't bring back Landis instead. While initially set in his ways about how the Valley School District should be run,...
- 5/9/2024
- by Laura Nowak
- TVfanatic
We always figured that the reason for The Golden Bachelor’s divorce would eventually come out.
Initially, it was because Gerry Turner and Theresa Nist claimed they couldn’t agree on where to live.
Some of The Golden Bachelor cast members have shared their own ideas about why the quickie marriage didn’t last.
Susan Noles even said that it was real but that Gerry and Theresa got “caught up in the moment.”
It seems like everyone in Bachelor Nation has shared their opinion on the divorce news that many of us didn’t see coming.
But now, a former Bachelor star is sounding off on why he thinks The Golden Bachelor’s first couple didn’t make it past the three month mark.
Ben Higgins weighs in on Gerry Turner and Theresa Nist’s divorce
On Monday, Ben Higgins spilled a bit of tea on Gerry Turner and Theresa...
Initially, it was because Gerry Turner and Theresa Nist claimed they couldn’t agree on where to live.
Some of The Golden Bachelor cast members have shared their own ideas about why the quickie marriage didn’t last.
Susan Noles even said that it was real but that Gerry and Theresa got “caught up in the moment.”
It seems like everyone in Bachelor Nation has shared their opinion on the divorce news that many of us didn’t see coming.
But now, a former Bachelor star is sounding off on why he thinks The Golden Bachelor’s first couple didn’t make it past the three month mark.
Ben Higgins weighs in on Gerry Turner and Theresa Nist’s divorce
On Monday, Ben Higgins spilled a bit of tea on Gerry Turner and Theresa...
- 5/8/2024
- by Shaunee Flowers
- Monsters and Critics
The Golden Bachelor couple Theresa Nist and Gerry Turner announced their plans to divorce in early April. The announcement came just three months after the duo said “I do” in front of millions during a televised ceremony.
The couple insisted a logistical problem caused the end of their romance. Not everyone believes that. Since the announcement, rumors have swirled. The Bachelor alum Ben Higgins said he heard Nist and Turner’s relationship began to unravel after she suggested cornfields and farmlands in Indiana could be turned into prime real estate.
Why is the first-ever golden couple getting divorced?
In early April, Theresa Nist and Gerry Turner sat down on Good Morning America and shared some big news with the world. The couple revealed they were divorcing after just three months as husband and wife. Nist and Turner insisted that after months of trying to agree on a good home base,...
The couple insisted a logistical problem caused the end of their romance. Not everyone believes that. Since the announcement, rumors have swirled. The Bachelor alum Ben Higgins said he heard Nist and Turner’s relationship began to unravel after she suggested cornfields and farmlands in Indiana could be turned into prime real estate.
Why is the first-ever golden couple getting divorced?
In early April, Theresa Nist and Gerry Turner sat down on Good Morning America and shared some big news with the world. The couple revealed they were divorcing after just three months as husband and wife. Nist and Turner insisted that after months of trying to agree on a good home base,...
- 5/8/2024
- by Andrea Francese
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The Golden Bachelor couple Gerry Turner and Theresa Nist‘s three-month marriage might just have come to an end over a disagreement about cornfields. Former Bachelor Ben Higgins spoke with Ashley Iaconetti on her podcast Almost Famous on Monday, May 6, and said that he’d heard a rumor about the golden couple’s separation that it was sparked by an argument that occurred on a long drive back to Gerry’s lake house in Indiana. “I want to be clear that as I preface this, this is a rumor of a generalization of a conversation that Gerry and Theresa had, and I think you’re gonna find it interesting,” said Higgins. Allegedly, during the two-hour drive Theresa brought up the subject of all of the “untouched land” they were driving by, supposedly suggesting that the open fields could be developed with condos, office buildings, and apartments. She even pointed out...
- 5/7/2024
- TV Insider
Antoine Fuqua is adapting the dystopian novel 'Sky's End' into a movie.The 58-year-old director and his Hill District Media production company are developing the New York Times bestseller by debut author Marc J Gregson for the big screen.The book was published earlier this year and tells the story of how exiled teenager Conrad enters the Selection of Twelve Trades to save his sister from his murderous uncle.In a civilisation of islands floating above toxic black clouds, Conrad joins an airship crew as he battles monsters in the air while exposing sinister agents of terror.Kat Samick, Justin Bursch and Sam Levine are all producing for Hill District Media while Bob Higgins is set to executive produce for Trustbridge Entertainment - who acquired the rights to the tome from publishers Peachtree Teen.Trustbridge chief Higgins told Deadline: "Hill District was at the top of our partner wish list.
- 5/7/2024
- by Joe Graber
- Bang Showbiz
Antoine Fuqua is a worker. Not only has he released two feature films in the past two years — Emancipation and The Equalizer 3 — but the director has also been directing and producing some big television projects as well. He helmed episodes of Legacy: The True Story of the LA Lakers and The Terminal List as well as executive producing Jeremy Renner’s hit show, Mayor of Kingstown. He is also well into the production of a colossal undertaking of capturing the dizzyingly epic and tragic life of the King of Pop, Michael Jackson, in the biopic Michael. Now Deadline reports that Fuqua is developing a feature adaptation to the YA novel, Sky’s End, from New York Times bestseller debut author Marc J. Gregson.
The novel is a new release that was published this year by Peachtree Teen. According to Deadline, “The book watches as exiled teenager Conrad enters the...
The novel is a new release that was published this year by Peachtree Teen. According to Deadline, “The book watches as exiled teenager Conrad enters the...
- 5/6/2024
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: Antoine Fuqua (Michael) and his Hill District Media will develop and produce Sky’s End, a feature adaptation of the New York Times bestseller from debut author Marc J Gregson.
A YA dystopian thriller published earlier this year by Peachtree Teen, the book watches as exiled teenager Conrad enters the Selection of Twelve Trades to rescue his sister from his murderous uncle and take revenge. Set in a civilization of islands that float above toxic black clouds, Conrad joins an airship crew to battle monsters in the skies while unmasking sinister agents of terror.
A teacher by day, Gregson went viral in a heartwarming video watching him encounter the cover of his debut novel for the first time in front of his students. To date, the video has nearly six million views, one million likes, and 50,000 shares, and this love translated to release week when the book became an...
A YA dystopian thriller published earlier this year by Peachtree Teen, the book watches as exiled teenager Conrad enters the Selection of Twelve Trades to rescue his sister from his murderous uncle and take revenge. Set in a civilization of islands that float above toxic black clouds, Conrad joins an airship crew to battle monsters in the skies while unmasking sinister agents of terror.
A teacher by day, Gregson went viral in a heartwarming video watching him encounter the cover of his debut novel for the first time in front of his students. To date, the video has nearly six million views, one million likes, and 50,000 shares, and this love translated to release week when the book became an...
- 5/6/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Shark Tank’s Barbara Corcoran has a shocking request for her 85th birthday despite it being a decade away. The successful shark is all business but now, she has a different investment she is planning to make. So, what is it? Keep reading for more details.
Shark Tank Barbara Corcoran Shocks With 85th Birthday Request
Barbara Corcoran knows all about investing and business. This has become her forte, making her an amazing shark on Shark Tank. The show has also helped to add to her fortune plus landed her a spot in Season 25 of DWTS. In summation, she is an amazingly well-rounded woman who also admits that she appreciates a good nip and tuck every now and then. She recently underwent her third facelift and she has no plans to stop with the surgeries. In fact, there is more that she wants done and she is open to whatever she can alter.
Shark Tank Barbara Corcoran Shocks With 85th Birthday Request
Barbara Corcoran knows all about investing and business. This has become her forte, making her an amazing shark on Shark Tank. The show has also helped to add to her fortune plus landed her a spot in Season 25 of DWTS. In summation, she is an amazingly well-rounded woman who also admits that she appreciates a good nip and tuck every now and then. She recently underwent her third facelift and she has no plans to stop with the surgeries. In fact, there is more that she wants done and she is open to whatever she can alter.
- 5/4/2024
- by Amanda Lauren
- TV Shows Ace
Earlier this month, Arkansas’ Pulaski County turned down and returned a $60,000 check sent by Lucky 8, the production company behind the Netflix docuseries “Unlocked: A Jail Experiment.” Pulaski County is where “Unlocked” was filmed, and Lucky 8 apparently intended the check as reimbursement for any costs the county incurred during production.
But in a letter sent alongside the returned check, county judge Barry Hyde wrote, “Pulaski County has no contract with Lucky 8. As such, Pulaski County must treat this check as an offered donation. Your donation is refused.”
This is not the first legal dispute to emerge surrounding the project, which took place at the Pulaski County Detention Center in 2023. Per Little Rock’s ABC affiliate Katv, the county’s quorum court in March issued an emergency ordinance requiring Sheriff Eric Higgins, who spearheads the “social experiment” depicted in the docuseries, to produce a report about the production of “Unlocked” — including...
But in a letter sent alongside the returned check, county judge Barry Hyde wrote, “Pulaski County has no contract with Lucky 8. As such, Pulaski County must treat this check as an offered donation. Your donation is refused.”
This is not the first legal dispute to emerge surrounding the project, which took place at the Pulaski County Detention Center in 2023. Per Little Rock’s ABC affiliate Katv, the county’s quorum court in March issued an emergency ordinance requiring Sheriff Eric Higgins, who spearheads the “social experiment” depicted in the docuseries, to produce a report about the production of “Unlocked” — including...
- 4/29/2024
- by Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
Get ready for another heartwarming episode of “Call the Midwife”! Season 13 Episode 8, airing on Monday, May 6th, 2024, at 7:00 Pm on PBS, promises to deliver more emotional moments and compelling storylines.
In this episode, viewers can expect some surprises as Miss Higgins receives an unexpected visitor. Meanwhile, Sister Monica causes a stir as she ruffles feathers with her unconventional approach. As tensions rise, the residents of Poplar come together to vote for their Mother of the Year, leading to moments of both joy and reflection.
“Call the Midwife” continues to captivate audiences with its touching portrayal of life in 1960s East End London. From the highs of new life to the challenges of medical emergencies and social issues, the midwives and nuns of Nonnatus House navigate it all with compassion and resilience.
Don’t miss Season 13 Episode 8 of “Call the Midwife,” airing at 7:00 Pm on Monday, May 6th, 2024, on PBS.
In this episode, viewers can expect some surprises as Miss Higgins receives an unexpected visitor. Meanwhile, Sister Monica causes a stir as she ruffles feathers with her unconventional approach. As tensions rise, the residents of Poplar come together to vote for their Mother of the Year, leading to moments of both joy and reflection.
“Call the Midwife” continues to captivate audiences with its touching portrayal of life in 1960s East End London. From the highs of new life to the challenges of medical emergencies and social issues, the midwives and nuns of Nonnatus House navigate it all with compassion and resilience.
Don’t miss Season 13 Episode 8 of “Call the Midwife,” airing at 7:00 Pm on Monday, May 6th, 2024, on PBS.
- 4/29/2024
- by Jules Byrd
- TV Everyday
This Sunday evening on PBS, “Call the Midwife” returns with another heartwarming episode that promises to tug at viewers’ heartstrings. In Season 13 Episode 8, the residents of Poplar find themselves facing unexpected twists and turns as the community comes together to celebrate its annual Mother of the Year contest.
As the anticipation builds, Miss Higgins receives a surprise visit that leaves her reeling with emotion. Meanwhile, Sister Monica causes a stir among the residents with her unconventional approach, leading to some feathers being ruffled in the process.
But the highlight of the episode is undoubtedly the Mother of the Year contest, where the women of Poplar vie for the prestigious title. With emotions running high and bonds of sisterhood tested, viewers can expect a touching and uplifting conclusion as the community comes together to honor the unsung heroes of motherhood.
Tune in at 8:00 Pm this Sunday, May 5th, 2024, and join...
As the anticipation builds, Miss Higgins receives a surprise visit that leaves her reeling with emotion. Meanwhile, Sister Monica causes a stir among the residents with her unconventional approach, leading to some feathers being ruffled in the process.
But the highlight of the episode is undoubtedly the Mother of the Year contest, where the women of Poplar vie for the prestigious title. With emotions running high and bonds of sisterhood tested, viewers can expect a touching and uplifting conclusion as the community comes together to honor the unsung heroes of motherhood.
Tune in at 8:00 Pm this Sunday, May 5th, 2024, and join...
- 4/28/2024
- by Jules Byrd
- TV Everyday
John Michael Higgins grew up on game shows as a child, so to play a host on TV or movies and then helm actual ones of his own is never lost on him. The prolific actor has been a popular fixture on the Game Show Network in recent years starting with America Says, which ran for five seasons over more than 500 episodes. The show even earned him an Emmy nomination for “Outstanding Game Show Host.” From there, Higgins has gone on to host a throwback in Split Second, which is currently in the middle of its second season. Based on the format from the legendary Monty Hall, the game sees three contestants decide in a split second which of the three general interest trivia questions they can answer. The first player to buzz in gets the first pick with the last player left to answer whatever is left, which is often the most difficult.
- 4/24/2024
- TV Insider
In 2004, Bonnie Allen was a 12-year-old girl in Wilmington, Delaware, who loved Spongebob Squarepants, Lizzie McGuire, and the Grease soundtrack. She had fine, corn-colored hair she regularly chopped up and dyed jet black or Elmo red, and a grin that stretched across the entire bottom half of her face, showing off her braces. She was an early-aughts “scene kid” before anyone else in her town knew that was a thing, showing up to church choir practice in fishnets and miniskirts and combat boots. “All of us were wearing Abercrombie & Fitch and Aeropostale,...
- 4/23/2024
- by Ej Dickson
- Rollingstone.com
James Warburton, MD and CEO of Seven West Media, one of Australia’s largest media conglomerates, has resigned following a series of scandals. He was scheduled to depart the company in December, but now exits with immediate effect following a board meeting on Thursday.
In a filing to the Australian Stock Exchange, Seven West said that Jeff Howard, currently its chief finance officer, will take over as MD and CEO with effect from Friday. Craig Haskins will act as interim CFO until a successor to Howard is appointed.
Seven West owns the Seven Network and its affiliates, the 7plus: 7News digital platform and newspapers including The West Australian and the Sunday Times. Its proprietor and chairman, Kerry Stokes thanked Warburton for “his contribution over many years.”
Among the scandals, one was recently revealed in a court case that did not directly involve Seven, but instead appeared to reveal much about it.
In a filing to the Australian Stock Exchange, Seven West said that Jeff Howard, currently its chief finance officer, will take over as MD and CEO with effect from Friday. Craig Haskins will act as interim CFO until a successor to Howard is appointed.
Seven West owns the Seven Network and its affiliates, the 7plus: 7News digital platform and newspapers including The West Australian and the Sunday Times. Its proprietor and chairman, Kerry Stokes thanked Warburton for “his contribution over many years.”
Among the scandals, one was recently revealed in a court case that did not directly involve Seven, but instead appeared to reveal much about it.
- 4/18/2024
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Concerned about high recidivism rates and the dismal conditions of the jails in the community he’d spent his career serving, Arkansas sheriff Eric Higgins had a bold idea: to transform incarceration at Pulaski County Regional Detention Facility in Little Rock, Arkansas, via a social experiment that would offer the men within its walls a true alternative. The process is documented in Unlocked: A Jail Experiment, an eight-episode exploration of what happens when unit cells are unlocked for six weeks, and detainees create community and structure for themselves. The goal was to determine if more autonomy and less control in jails can lead to a more community-oriented living environment and better support one of the fundamental purposes of incarceration: discouraging people from committing future crimes.
“Pulaski County Regional Detention center is a direct supervision facility, which means the deputies are inside the unit with detainees,” Sheriff Higgins tells Tudum. The...
“Pulaski County Regional Detention center is a direct supervision facility, which means the deputies are inside the unit with detainees,” Sheriff Higgins tells Tudum. The...
- 4/17/2024
- by Tudum Staff
- Tudum - Netflix
What happens when a group of prisoners are left to govern themselves? That’s the question that Netflix’s new unscripted series Unlocked: A Jail Experiment asks. The eight-episode show follows dozens of inmates at a jail in Arkansas who are given greater autonomy (including unlocked cell doors), with some surprising results.
Since Unlocked: A Jail Experiment dropped on April 10, it’s shot to the No. 1 spot on the Netflix Top 10 chart. It’s also sparked some questions, including from viewers who are curious to know if the prisoners were compensated for being on the show.
What is ‘Unlocked: A Jail Experiment’?
Unlocked: A Jail Experiment follows 46 inmates who are behind bars at the Pulaski County Regional Detention facility in Arkansas. They’re participating in a unique experiment designed by Sheriff Eric Higgins where the cell doors in their unit are unlocked and deputies are moved out of the unit.
Since Unlocked: A Jail Experiment dropped on April 10, it’s shot to the No. 1 spot on the Netflix Top 10 chart. It’s also sparked some questions, including from viewers who are curious to know if the prisoners were compensated for being on the show.
What is ‘Unlocked: A Jail Experiment’?
Unlocked: A Jail Experiment follows 46 inmates who are behind bars at the Pulaski County Regional Detention facility in Arkansas. They’re participating in a unique experiment designed by Sheriff Eric Higgins where the cell doors in their unit are unlocked and deputies are moved out of the unit.
- 4/16/2024
- by Megan Elliott
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
If there's one thing more popular than true crime documentaries on Netflix, it's surely reality shows. The streamer has churned out a string of highly successful reality series, from "Love is Blind" to the controversial "Squid Game" reality show that was criticized for alleged "inhumane" conditions on the set. Now, the streamer has debuted its latest unorthodox take on the reality format with "Unlocked: A Jail Experiment," and it's another pretty controversial (and hugely popular) one from Netflix.
The show chronicles Arkansas sheriff Eric Higgins' radical approach to changing the conditions in Pulaski County Regional Detention Facility in Little Rock, Arkansas. That is to say that Higgins essentially handed over one unit of the county jail to its inmates. According to Tudum, "Unlocked: A Jail Experiment" is "an eight-episode exploration of what happens when unit cells are unlocked for six weeks, and detainees create community and structure for themselves." What could possibly go wrong?...
The show chronicles Arkansas sheriff Eric Higgins' radical approach to changing the conditions in Pulaski County Regional Detention Facility in Little Rock, Arkansas. That is to say that Higgins essentially handed over one unit of the county jail to its inmates. According to Tudum, "Unlocked: A Jail Experiment" is "an eight-episode exploration of what happens when unit cells are unlocked for six weeks, and detainees create community and structure for themselves." What could possibly go wrong?...
- 4/15/2024
- by Joe Roberts
- Slash Film
Australia’s Seven West Media and its Seven network may risk reputational damage following Federal Court revelations in Sydney on Thursday and Friday.
The defamation case was brought by former Liberal Party political aide Bruce Lehrmann against Network Ten and journalist Lisa Wilkinson. It does not directly involve Seven.
Lehrmann was tried in court in 2022 over the alleged rape of another political aide, Brittany Higgins, in Canberra in 2021. But the case and a retrial were abandoned with no findings against him.
Lehrmann’s defamation case alleges that Network 10 and Wilkinson have made false claims that he raped Higgins.
Network 10 and Higgins have said that they would defend their reporting as “substantially true.”
In late 2022, Seven, Australia’s most-watched TV network, aired an exclusive two-part interview with Lehrmann. But how its “Spotlight” investigative news program obtained that interview is now the subject of intense debate.
In court on Thursday, former...
The defamation case was brought by former Liberal Party political aide Bruce Lehrmann against Network Ten and journalist Lisa Wilkinson. It does not directly involve Seven.
Lehrmann was tried in court in 2022 over the alleged rape of another political aide, Brittany Higgins, in Canberra in 2021. But the case and a retrial were abandoned with no findings against him.
Lehrmann’s defamation case alleges that Network 10 and Wilkinson have made false claims that he raped Higgins.
Network 10 and Higgins have said that they would defend their reporting as “substantially true.”
In late 2022, Seven, Australia’s most-watched TV network, aired an exclusive two-part interview with Lehrmann. But how its “Spotlight” investigative news program obtained that interview is now the subject of intense debate.
In court on Thursday, former...
- 4/5/2024
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
The comedy trio Please Don’t Destroy found themselves in a place no one ever wants to be on a Saturday night: way, way too high in the middle of a crowded nightclub with Travis Scott.
During this weekend’s Saturday Night Live, Please Don’t Destroy aka Ben Marshall, John Higgins and Martin Herlihy went on a joyride to a function with musical guest Scott. They smoked blunt after blunt in a party bus while rapping about their upcoming night of debauchery. But as soon as they roll up to the club, a celebratory Scott looks over to find the group in a bad,...
During this weekend’s Saturday Night Live, Please Don’t Destroy aka Ben Marshall, John Higgins and Martin Herlihy went on a joyride to a function with musical guest Scott. They smoked blunt after blunt in a party bus while rapping about their upcoming night of debauchery. But as soon as they roll up to the club, a celebratory Scott looks over to find the group in a bad,...
- 3/31/2024
- by Claire Franken
- TVLine.com
In tonight’s SNL sketch centered on the trio known as Please Don’t Destroy — John Higgins, Ben Marshall and Martin Herlihy — host Ramy Youssef stops by their writers’ room at 10:16 p.m., proposing “A Night Out with Travis.”
“Yo dudes, what’s up?” he says. “You won’t believe this, but I was just with Travis Scott and he wants to take us out tonight. Dude, we’re going to have a twisted, rockin’ ball with Travis Scott, man.”
“A what?” asks Herlihy.
“Like a twisted…um, why don’t we just go?” Youssef replies.
In a limo later that night, the guys begin to rap. The lyrics are as follows, in bold:
John Higgins: On our way to the function, we smokin’ blunts and feeling so alive, all the honeys looking scrumptious.
Ben Marshall: Ain’t that something? My haters done in, I’m with...
“Yo dudes, what’s up?” he says. “You won’t believe this, but I was just with Travis Scott and he wants to take us out tonight. Dude, we’re going to have a twisted, rockin’ ball with Travis Scott, man.”
“A what?” asks Herlihy.
“Like a twisted…um, why don’t we just go?” Youssef replies.
In a limo later that night, the guys begin to rap. The lyrics are as follows, in bold:
John Higgins: On our way to the function, we smokin’ blunts and feeling so alive, all the honeys looking scrumptious.
Ben Marshall: Ain’t that something? My haters done in, I’m with...
- 3/31/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: After leading SAG-AFTRA through its latest round of negotiations with the AMPTP, guild President Fran Drescher (The Nanny) has been set to join the sequel to 1984 cult classic This Is Spinal Tap, reprising her role as publicist Bobbi Flekman.
Other new additions to the cast include Don Lake (The Bonnie Hunt Show), John Michael Higgins (Best in Show), Jason Acuña (Jackass), Nina Conti (Family Tree), Griffin Matthews (The Flight Attendant), Kerry Godliman (After Life), Chris Addison (Veep), comedian Brad Williams, and musician Paul Shaffer. Details as to the roles of these cast members are under wraps for now.
Also now aboard the project are Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith and Lars Ulrich, Metallica’s co-founder and drummer, who will make cameos. Production is currently underway in New Orleans, with Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer reprising their roles as the legendary heavy metal band, Spinal Tap,...
Other new additions to the cast include Don Lake (The Bonnie Hunt Show), John Michael Higgins (Best in Show), Jason Acuña (Jackass), Nina Conti (Family Tree), Griffin Matthews (The Flight Attendant), Kerry Godliman (After Life), Chris Addison (Veep), comedian Brad Williams, and musician Paul Shaffer. Details as to the roles of these cast members are under wraps for now.
Also now aboard the project are Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith and Lars Ulrich, Metallica’s co-founder and drummer, who will make cameos. Production is currently underway in New Orleans, with Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer reprising their roles as the legendary heavy metal band, Spinal Tap,...
- 3/26/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Joe Camp, the creator, director and writer of the “Benji” films, died March 15. He was 84.
Camp died Friday morning at his home in Bell Buckle, Tenn., following a battle with illness, according to his son, filmmaker and writer of the 2018 “Benji” reboot, Brandon Camp.
Camp had nearly no Hollywood experience before he raised $500,000 to make the first “Benji” film, a family movie about a lovable mutt who saves a pair of children from kidnappers. Higgins the dog, who previously appeared on the CBS sitcom “Petticoat Junction,” came out of retirement to star in the titular role.
After having no luck acquiring distribution, Camp formed his own distribution company Mulberry Square Releasing in 1974 to distribute the film himself. “Benji” would go on to gross almost $40 million ($250 million after inflation).
Camp would follow up the original with “For the Love of Benji” in 1977 and “Oh! Heavenly Dog” in 1980, which starred Chevy Chase...
Camp died Friday morning at his home in Bell Buckle, Tenn., following a battle with illness, according to his son, filmmaker and writer of the 2018 “Benji” reboot, Brandon Camp.
Camp had nearly no Hollywood experience before he raised $500,000 to make the first “Benji” film, a family movie about a lovable mutt who saves a pair of children from kidnappers. Higgins the dog, who previously appeared on the CBS sitcom “Petticoat Junction,” came out of retirement to star in the titular role.
After having no luck acquiring distribution, Camp formed his own distribution company Mulberry Square Releasing in 1974 to distribute the film himself. “Benji” would go on to gross almost $40 million ($250 million after inflation).
Camp would follow up the original with “For the Love of Benji” in 1977 and “Oh! Heavenly Dog” in 1980, which starred Chevy Chase...
- 3/15/2024
- by Jack Dunn
- Variety Film + TV
Joe Camp, who wrote, produced and directed a series of films and TV shows that elevated a pooch stage-named Benji to Hollywood’s canine pantheon alongside Lassie and Rin Tin Tin, died today at his Tennessee home. He was 84.
His death was announced by his son, the director Brandon Camp, who told Deadline that his father died after a prolonged illness at his home in Bell Buckle, Tennessee, surrounded by family.
In addition to the long-lasting Benji franchise that began in 1974 and would continue well into the 21st Century, Camp co-wrote and directed Hawmps!, the 1976 Western comedy that replaced horses with camels, and 1979’s The Double McGuffin, a mystery film starring Ernest Borgnine and George Kennedy.
While he also wrote a series of books about horses, including the popular The Soul of a Horse and Why Horses Are Barefoot, Camp’s most enduring contribution to Hollywood was and remains the...
His death was announced by his son, the director Brandon Camp, who told Deadline that his father died after a prolonged illness at his home in Bell Buckle, Tennessee, surrounded by family.
In addition to the long-lasting Benji franchise that began in 1974 and would continue well into the 21st Century, Camp co-wrote and directed Hawmps!, the 1976 Western comedy that replaced horses with camels, and 1979’s The Double McGuffin, a mystery film starring Ernest Borgnine and George Kennedy.
While he also wrote a series of books about horses, including the popular The Soul of a Horse and Why Horses Are Barefoot, Camp’s most enduring contribution to Hollywood was and remains the...
- 3/15/2024
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Fifty years ago, every studio told Joe Camp — who died Friday after a long illness — he was barking up the wrong tree with Benji.
While working in advertising, the Texas-based Camp dreamed of telling a Lassie-like story from the dog’s point of view, and so he penned a script about a beloved stray pooch attempting to rescue two kidnapped children. Naming the film after his own dog, Camp secured independent financing and helmed the project himself.
“He screened it for every single studio, and each one passed,” recalls Camp’s son, filmmaker Brandon Camp, to The Hollywood Reporter. “They all said, ‘No one is interested in this movie.’ ”
Without a distributor, Joe Camp formed Mulberry Square Productions with Ed Vanston to release the film, which starred Peter Breck, Patsy Garrett and mixed-breed canine Higgins. They managed to book Benji at a single Dallas theater in 1974, and more locations followed as word-of-mouth grew.
While working in advertising, the Texas-based Camp dreamed of telling a Lassie-like story from the dog’s point of view, and so he penned a script about a beloved stray pooch attempting to rescue two kidnapped children. Naming the film after his own dog, Camp secured independent financing and helmed the project himself.
“He screened it for every single studio, and each one passed,” recalls Camp’s son, filmmaker Brandon Camp, to The Hollywood Reporter. “They all said, ‘No one is interested in this movie.’ ”
Without a distributor, Joe Camp formed Mulberry Square Productions with Ed Vanston to release the film, which starred Peter Breck, Patsy Garrett and mixed-breed canine Higgins. They managed to book Benji at a single Dallas theater in 1974, and more locations followed as word-of-mouth grew.
- 3/15/2024
- by Ryan Gajewski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Joe Camp, the writer, director and producer who taught that old dog Hollywood new tricks about animal movies as the creative force behind the 1974 franchise-spawning Benji, has died. He was 84.
Camp died Friday morning at his home in Bell Buckle, Tennessee, following a long illness, his son, filmmaker Brandon Camp, told The Hollywood Reporter.
Camp also directed and co-wrote the comedies Hawmps! (1976), about the U.S. Cavalry replacing horses with camels in the 1850s, and The Double McGuffin (1979), which revolved around kids trying to thwart a terrorist (Ernest Borgnine) and featured lots of in-jokes about Hitchcock movies.
Other than serving as an extra on the Robert Mitchum-starring Home From the Hill (1960), Camp had no Hollywood experience when he raised about $500,000 to make Benji, a story about a stray mixed breed — not a fancy pure breed like Lassie! — who helps rescue two youngsters from kidnappers.
Crucial to the movie’s success,...
Camp died Friday morning at his home in Bell Buckle, Tennessee, following a long illness, his son, filmmaker Brandon Camp, told The Hollywood Reporter.
Camp also directed and co-wrote the comedies Hawmps! (1976), about the U.S. Cavalry replacing horses with camels in the 1850s, and The Double McGuffin (1979), which revolved around kids trying to thwart a terrorist (Ernest Borgnine) and featured lots of in-jokes about Hitchcock movies.
Other than serving as an extra on the Robert Mitchum-starring Home From the Hill (1960), Camp had no Hollywood experience when he raised about $500,000 to make Benji, a story about a stray mixed breed — not a fancy pure breed like Lassie! — who helps rescue two youngsters from kidnappers.
Crucial to the movie’s success,...
- 3/15/2024
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Murdoch Mysteries may be 17 seasons in, but it can still find ways to do something new. And in this case, that means a musical episode! TV Insider has an exclusive sneak peek at the event. The episode, “Why Is Everyone Singing?” may not be airing until April 6 on Ovation in the U.S., but it will be debuting on March 25 on CBC in Canada. It was written by Paul Aitken and directed by Laurie Lynd. In the episode, while pursuing a missing man now presumed dead, Murdoch (Yannick Bisson) takes a call that alters his perception of the world. After heading into a lively alley, he’s shot in the head and left for dead. Crabtree (Jonny Harris) and Higgins (Lachlan Murdoch) find him with the faintest pulse clinging to life. As Brackenreid (Thomas Craig), Ogden (Hélène Joy), Watts (Daniel Maslany), and Hart (Shanice Banton) rush to the scene and the constables question a newsboy,...
- 3/13/2024
- TV Insider
This Monday at 7:00 Pm on PBS, fans of “Call the Midwife” are in for a compelling start to Season 13 with Episode 1. The episode sets the stage for a new chapter as Nonnatus House welcomes a new group of pupil midwives. Dr. Turner takes charge, overseeing the delivery of a baby whose mother is coping with cerebral palsy, adding a layer of complexity and compassion to the storyline.
As the clock approaches 7:00 Pm, viewers can expect an emotionally charged narrative that addresses both the challenges and joys of midwifery. Additionally, the “Raise the Roof Campaign” introduces a significant subplot, revealing the internal struggles and divisions among the nurses as they advocate for better pay and working conditions.
Tune in for a poignant and thought-provoking evening on PBS, where “Call the Midwife” Season 13 Episode 1 promises a blend of heartwarming moments, medical challenges, and the social issues that have made the...
As the clock approaches 7:00 Pm, viewers can expect an emotionally charged narrative that addresses both the challenges and joys of midwifery. Additionally, the “Raise the Roof Campaign” introduces a significant subplot, revealing the internal struggles and divisions among the nurses as they advocate for better pay and working conditions.
Tune in for a poignant and thought-provoking evening on PBS, where “Call the Midwife” Season 13 Episode 1 promises a blend of heartwarming moments, medical challenges, and the social issues that have made the...
- 3/11/2024
- by Jules Byrd
- TV Everyday
Even the most die-hard 007 fans know that James Bond movies don’t always hit. There’s the yellow face of You Only Live Twice, the pigeon double-take in Moonraker, the surfing in Die Another Day. But never has the franchise done worse than when a certain Louisiana police officer bumbles into the otherwise solid Live and Let Die.
Yes, I’m talking about Sheriff J.W. Pepper, a loudmouth distraction who sort of makes sense in the American-set Live and Let Die, but then he somehow also shows up in Thailand to further drag down The Man With the Golden Gun.
Modern viewers meeting the character for the first time today will likely be confused by Pepper’s shtick. But to the viewers of the early 1970s, Pepper not only hit as a funny joke, but he was very much in line with Bond’s history of pop culture Johnny-come-latelyisms.
Yes, I’m talking about Sheriff J.W. Pepper, a loudmouth distraction who sort of makes sense in the American-set Live and Let Die, but then he somehow also shows up in Thailand to further drag down The Man With the Golden Gun.
Modern viewers meeting the character for the first time today will likely be confused by Pepper’s shtick. But to the viewers of the early 1970s, Pepper not only hit as a funny joke, but he was very much in line with Bond’s history of pop culture Johnny-come-latelyisms.
- 2/23/2024
- by Joe George
- Den of Geek
Exclusive: The cast for the American High and Hartbeat Hulu movie Prom Dates has been set with Chelsea Handler and Best in Show‘s John Michael Higgins, but also Julia Lester, Antonia Gentry, Kenny Ridwan, Jt Neal, Jordan Buhat, Zión Moreno, and Terry Hu. The movie will hit the service this spring.
The Kim O. Nguyen directed, D.J. Mausner scripted movie follows best friends Jess and Hannah (Gentry and Lester), who make a pact at 13 to have the perfect senior prom. Despite the impending changes that college will bring over the next four years, the two are committed to honoring their prom pact. But with only 24 hours left before the big event, everything falls apart when they break up with each of their dates. Jess and Hannah are left with one night to find new dates and live out their middle-school fantasies.
Producers are Jeremy Garelick, Will Phelps and Molle DeBartolo...
The Kim O. Nguyen directed, D.J. Mausner scripted movie follows best friends Jess and Hannah (Gentry and Lester), who make a pact at 13 to have the perfect senior prom. Despite the impending changes that college will bring over the next four years, the two are committed to honoring their prom pact. But with only 24 hours left before the big event, everything falls apart when they break up with each of their dates. Jess and Hannah are left with one night to find new dates and live out their middle-school fantasies.
Producers are Jeremy Garelick, Will Phelps and Molle DeBartolo...
- 2/13/2024
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Coming off a three-year overall deal at Netflix, kids programming veteran Nancy Kanter is re-launching her production company, Available Light Productions, with several projects already in the works, live-action movie Wayward Girls; animated movie Penny Phantom, based on the novel Little Thieves by Margaret Owen; animated movie The Circus Ship, based on the picture book of the same name; and animated preschool comedy series Alexander the Post Fox done in partnership with Kevin Jonas.
Available Light Productions’s slate of original series and movies, which Kanter is shepherding with the company’s Head of Development, William Goldberg, are expected to be taken out to the broader kids, family and general audience market.
Additionally Kanter, whose Netflix deal ended at the end of January, has animated and live-action projects across both the kid and adult demographic still in development at the streamer where her pact started in the kids and...
Available Light Productions’s slate of original series and movies, which Kanter is shepherding with the company’s Head of Development, William Goldberg, are expected to be taken out to the broader kids, family and general audience market.
Additionally Kanter, whose Netflix deal ended at the end of January, has animated and live-action projects across both the kid and adult demographic still in development at the streamer where her pact started in the kids and...
- 2/9/2024
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
The Shamrock Spitfire brings the incredible true story of Irish fighter pilot Brendan “Paddy” Finucane to life. More on the project here.
The Shamrock Spitfire is directed by Ian and Dominic Higgins, brothers who previously collaborated on films such as The 13th Day and 7 Days.
The Higgins brothers are directing, writing, producing, editing and in charge of cinematography for The Shamrock Spitfire. Now that’s what we call artistic control!
Take a look at the trailer for The Shamrock Spitfire.
The film stars Shane O’Regan as Finucane and he’s joined by Chris Kaye, Bethany Billy, Eoin Lynch, Emily Outred and Carl Wharton.
Here’s a full synopsis for the film, taken from Pixel Revolution Films’ website:
The future of Europe hangs by a thread as fierce battles rage in the skies over southern England. Irishman Brendan Finucane, with his dreams of being a flyer, is one of the...
The Shamrock Spitfire is directed by Ian and Dominic Higgins, brothers who previously collaborated on films such as The 13th Day and 7 Days.
The Higgins brothers are directing, writing, producing, editing and in charge of cinematography for The Shamrock Spitfire. Now that’s what we call artistic control!
Take a look at the trailer for The Shamrock Spitfire.
The film stars Shane O’Regan as Finucane and he’s joined by Chris Kaye, Bethany Billy, Eoin Lynch, Emily Outred and Carl Wharton.
Here’s a full synopsis for the film, taken from Pixel Revolution Films’ website:
The future of Europe hangs by a thread as fierce battles rage in the skies over southern England. Irishman Brendan Finucane, with his dreams of being a flyer, is one of the...
- 2/7/2024
- by Maria Lattila
- Film Stories
The Bachelor star Daisy Kent already had a solid social media presence before becoming one of the women trying to capture Joey Graziadei’s heart. Thus, this led to encounters with famous and not-so-famous people who wanted to get to know her better. One of these admirers included a season 20 Bachelor lead who slid into her DMs.
Daisy Kent said this ‘Bachelor’ lead contacted her on social media
On social media, Daisy Kent has amassed almost 100 million followers. That’s on her main social media channels, TikTok and Instagram.
She grew her social media profile by sharing information about her hearing loss journey. She’s also been open about living with Meniere’s disease and having a cochlear implant to help with hearing.
Therefore, she was visible online before joining The Bachelor Season 28 as one of Joey Graziadei’s suitresses. However, ahead of her journey as a contestant on the ABC show,...
Daisy Kent said this ‘Bachelor’ lead contacted her on social media
On social media, Daisy Kent has amassed almost 100 million followers. That’s on her main social media channels, TikTok and Instagram.
She grew her social media profile by sharing information about her hearing loss journey. She’s also been open about living with Meniere’s disease and having a cochlear implant to help with hearing.
Therefore, she was visible online before joining The Bachelor Season 28 as one of Joey Graziadei’s suitresses. However, ahead of her journey as a contestant on the ABC show,...
- 1/30/2024
- by Lucille Barilla
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Please Don’t Destroy served up a good ol’ roast battle on this week’s Saturday Night Live, and it turns out that guest host Dakota Johnson can give as good as she gets.
Johnson kicks off the festivities by telling the Pdd boys (Ben Marshall, John Higgins, Martin Herlihy) that she’s seen all of their videos and they’re… “not for me.” She then swats down their sketch ideas before calling them “The Lonelier Island,” referring to that other three-man sketch troupe responsible for some of the biggest viral hits of the last 20 years.
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Johnson kicks off the festivities by telling the Pdd boys (Ben Marshall, John Higgins, Martin Herlihy) that she’s seen all of their videos and they’re… “not for me.” She then swats down their sketch ideas before calling them “The Lonelier Island,” referring to that other three-man sketch troupe responsible for some of the biggest viral hits of the last 20 years.
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- 1/28/2024
- by Robert Clarke-Chan
- TVLine.com
Stop us if you’ve heard this before, but there’s a true crime docuseries on Netflix that has tongues wagging. The appetite for such endeavors appears bottomless; it seems we really enjoy depraved and aberrant behavior so long as we can hit pause and take a bathroom break every now and then. But sometimes, a series will sneak through that offers more than titillation, cheap thrills, and hyperventilating aesthetics. And so, American Nightmare, a swift, concise piece of work that even mixes in a dash of investigative reporting verve.
- 1/20/2024
- by Chris Vognar
- Rollingstone.com
When the worst happens, those at the center of the story hope for justice — or, at the very least, to be believed. Unfortunately, the vast, knotty criminal justice system doesn’t always prove so reliable. On March 23, 2015, Denise Huskins and her boyfriend, Aaron Quinn, were woken in the dead of night by a home invader. Huskins was kidnapped, and what transpired next in the terrifying tale is the subject of American Nightmare, the new docuseries from The Tinder Swindler filmmakers Felicity Morris and Bernadette Higgins.
“A lot of crime stories are very linear and obvious from the start. What was really intriguing about this story was the fact that every time you think you know what’s happened, there’s another twist, Higgins told Netflix. “Everyone thinks they know the ending from the start. In this story, few people would’ve ever predicted that the truth was indeed the truth.
“A lot of crime stories are very linear and obvious from the start. What was really intriguing about this story was the fact that every time you think you know what’s happened, there’s another twist, Higgins told Netflix. “Everyone thinks they know the ending from the start. In this story, few people would’ve ever predicted that the truth was indeed the truth.
- 1/18/2024
- by Paul Schrodt
- Tudum - Netflix
Spoiler alert: This story contains spoilers from “American Nightmare,” the three-part docuseries now streaming on Netflix.
“American Nightmare” may be difficult to watch at night. Netflix’s latest docuseries, from the filmmakers behind “The Tinder Swindler,” Felicity Morris and Bernadette Higgins, tells the story of a traumatic home invasion, abduction and the unreal events that unfolded from there.
In March 2015, Denise Huskins was abducted by a home invader from an apartment in Vallejo, Calif., and her boyfriend, Aaron Quinn, was drugged with Nyquil at the same time, so he wasn’t able to report her kidnapping right away. As shown in the docuseries, the Vallejo police first viewed Quinn as the prime suspect after hours of questioning and attempting to get him to confess. Then Huskins showed up at her father’s house in Huntington Beach, hours south of Vallejo, after being missing for two days. She was quickly labeled...
“American Nightmare” may be difficult to watch at night. Netflix’s latest docuseries, from the filmmakers behind “The Tinder Swindler,” Felicity Morris and Bernadette Higgins, tells the story of a traumatic home invasion, abduction and the unreal events that unfolded from there.
In March 2015, Denise Huskins was abducted by a home invader from an apartment in Vallejo, Calif., and her boyfriend, Aaron Quinn, was drugged with Nyquil at the same time, so he wasn’t able to report her kidnapping right away. As shown in the docuseries, the Vallejo police first viewed Quinn as the prime suspect after hours of questioning and attempting to get him to confess. Then Huskins showed up at her father’s house in Huntington Beach, hours south of Vallejo, after being missing for two days. She was quickly labeled...
- 1/18/2024
- by Emily Longeretta
- Variety Film + TV
Aaron Quinn and Denise Huskins may not be household names, but what happened to them was made ubiquitous by a widely-known association: “Gone Girl.”
The California couple made headlines in 2015, just one year after David Fincher’s adaptation of the popular Gillian Flynn novel. Huskins was kidnapped, her then-boyfriend telling the police a shocking story, and after 48 hours, she came home. Their ordeal was treated like a “real-life ‘Gone Girl'” by the media — as well as local and federal officers — and now retold in the Netflix docuseries “American Nightmare,” helmed by Bernadette Higgins and Felicity Morris.
When Quinn and Huskins’ story reached the duo behind “The Tinder Swindler,” it was once again via “Gone Girl”-association. Higgins told IndieWire she was struck by all the twists and turns in their story (which doesn’t end after Huskins came home), and the “sheer audacity” of law enforcement in the situation.
The California couple made headlines in 2015, just one year after David Fincher’s adaptation of the popular Gillian Flynn novel. Huskins was kidnapped, her then-boyfriend telling the police a shocking story, and after 48 hours, she came home. Their ordeal was treated like a “real-life ‘Gone Girl'” by the media — as well as local and federal officers — and now retold in the Netflix docuseries “American Nightmare,” helmed by Bernadette Higgins and Felicity Morris.
When Quinn and Huskins’ story reached the duo behind “The Tinder Swindler,” it was once again via “Gone Girl”-association. Higgins told IndieWire she was struck by all the twists and turns in their story (which doesn’t end after Huskins came home), and the “sheer audacity” of law enforcement in the situation.
- 1/17/2024
- by Proma Khosla
- Indiewire
House Republicans held a hearing on Wednesday as part of their push to hold Hunter Biden in contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena to testify behind closed doors. The president’s son has said he will testify publicly about his business dealings overseas, and even showed up to the hearing on Wednesday, but Republicans haven’t been interested in transparency, insisting on questioning him privately — which would allow them to cherry pick what to reveal about the proceedings.
But Biden’s surprise appearance on Capitol Hill to expose how...
But Biden’s surprise appearance on Capitol Hill to expose how...
- 1/10/2024
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for the Magnum P.I. series finale.] Magnum P.I. could very well be over for good, but given that NBC picked it up for 20 more episodes following CBS‘ cancellation, it’s not out of the realm of possibility to consider it could come back. In fact, Jay Hernandez (who plays Thomas Magnum) shared on X the day before the series finale aired, “I actually floated the idea of a standalone film. I suppose it’s still possible. If I’m being totally honest I didn’t love the show ending how it did.” The final episode did leave a few things hanging, including the future for Magnum and Higgins (Perdita Weeks). She’d found an engagement ring earlier in the finale, though it turned out to be Magnum was just holding onto it for Rick (Zachary Knighton). That did lead to the couple discussing marriage, however, after she couldn’t stop thinking...
- 1/4/2024
- TV Insider
As noted in the first of these two final episodes, "aloha" is a Hawaiian word meaning hello and goodbye.
So what feeling did the aloha from Magnum P.I. Season 5 Episode 19 and Magnum P.I. Season 5 Episode 20 give off?
Sadly, it was the latter, as Magnum and company said goodbye to their loyal viewers after five seasons.
And yet viewers' hope for another revival still floated in the Honolulu air.
Magnum P.I., debuting in 2018, was the last of Peter M. Lenkov's trilogy of reboot series, following the powerful Hawaii Five-0 in 2010 (which aired for a decade) and the less successful McGyver in 2016 (which ran for five seasons).
Magnum faced a stricter path right from the start. I mean, Magnum without the iconic mustache? What were they thinking?
But now, five seasons later, it's impossible to conceive of a bushy 'stache covering up any of Jay Hernandez's handsome face.
But the...
So what feeling did the aloha from Magnum P.I. Season 5 Episode 19 and Magnum P.I. Season 5 Episode 20 give off?
Sadly, it was the latter, as Magnum and company said goodbye to their loyal viewers after five seasons.
And yet viewers' hope for another revival still floated in the Honolulu air.
Magnum P.I., debuting in 2018, was the last of Peter M. Lenkov's trilogy of reboot series, following the powerful Hawaii Five-0 in 2010 (which aired for a decade) and the less successful McGyver in 2016 (which ran for five seasons).
Magnum faced a stricter path right from the start. I mean, Magnum without the iconic mustache? What were they thinking?
But now, five seasons later, it's impossible to conceive of a bushy 'stache covering up any of Jay Hernandez's handsome face.
But the...
- 1/4/2024
- by Dale McGarrigle
- TVfanatic
Spoiler Alert: Major plot points from tonight’s series finale of Magnum P.I. can be found below.
NBC’s Magnum P.I. said goodbye tonight and series star Jay Hernandez is opening up about how he feels about the ending and whether or not there are talks of continuing the story.
“I actually floated the idea of a standalone film. I suppose it’s still possible. If I’m being totally honest I didn’t love the show ending how it did,” Hernandez told a fan via Twitter who said they’d have liked to have seen the show continue.
He added, “That being said, to all the #magnum #ohana thank you for always supporting us! Y’all have been Amazing. We’re humbled by your dedication…”
dedication. I know I've been inactive on this platform for reasons you're well aware of but I hope this space of positivity persists...
NBC’s Magnum P.I. said goodbye tonight and series star Jay Hernandez is opening up about how he feels about the ending and whether or not there are talks of continuing the story.
“I actually floated the idea of a standalone film. I suppose it’s still possible. If I’m being totally honest I didn’t love the show ending how it did,” Hernandez told a fan via Twitter who said they’d have liked to have seen the show continue.
He added, “That being said, to all the #magnum #ohana thank you for always supporting us! Y’all have been Amazing. We’re humbled by your dedication…”
dedication. I know I've been inactive on this platform for reasons you're well aware of but I hope this space of positivity persists...
- 1/4/2024
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Magnum P.I. is ending for the second time shortly after the new year begins — a two-hour event is set for January 3 — but at least this time, we’ve had time to prepare. (NBC picked it up for 20 more episodes following CBS‘ cancellation.) “Maybe we didn’t know the show was going to end, but we had an inkling, so everybody wrapped it up really nicely,” Zachary Knighton (Rick) told TV Insider. “I think the fans are going to be really excited about it.” Perdita Weeks (Higgins) teased something “very, very surprising… not altogether good, but it’ll all be alright in the end.” She’s also said that the series ends in a “very sweet” way for Magnum (Jay Hernandez) and Higgins and hopes “people will be content with it because it is the end.” For Weeks, the show ending and saying goodbye to Higgins (“She was my life for five years”) is “bittersweet.
- 12/27/2023
- TV Insider
This Wednesday at 9:00 Pm on NBC, “Magnum P.I.” delivers another gripping episode with Season 5 Episode 19, titled “Ashes to Ashes.” The dynamic duo of Magnum and Higgins takes center stage as they reexamine a fatal arson investigation at the urging of Tc and Mahina. The plot thickens as their investigation leads to a sinister discovery, promising an episode filled with suspense and intrigue.
Meanwhile, Kumu joins forces with Rick in a meaningful subplot, volunteering at a veterans’ crisis call center. This touching side story adds a layer of depth to the episode, exploring themes of service, compassion, and the challenges faced by veterans.
Tune in for an evening of mystery, teamwork, and emotional resonance as “Magnum P.I.” continues to captivate viewers with its compelling storytelling and charismatic characters. “Ashes to Ashes” ensures a well-rounded and engaging episode that keeps fans hooked on the thrilling adventures of Magnum and the team on NBC this Wednesday.
Meanwhile, Kumu joins forces with Rick in a meaningful subplot, volunteering at a veterans’ crisis call center. This touching side story adds a layer of depth to the episode, exploring themes of service, compassion, and the challenges faced by veterans.
Tune in for an evening of mystery, teamwork, and emotional resonance as “Magnum P.I.” continues to captivate viewers with its compelling storytelling and charismatic characters. “Ashes to Ashes” ensures a well-rounded and engaging episode that keeps fans hooked on the thrilling adventures of Magnum and the team on NBC this Wednesday.
- 12/27/2023
- by Jules Byrd
- TV Everyday
NBC’s Magnum Pi season five episode 20, both the season and series finale, finds Magnum working on a murder case. Episode 20, “The Big Squeeze,” will air on Wednesday, January 3, 2024 at 10pm Et/Pt, immediately following episode 19.
Jay Hernandez leads the cast as Thomas Magnum, Perdita Weeks is Juliet Higgins, Zachary Knighton stars as Orville ‘Rick’ Wright, Stephen Hill is Theodore ‘Tc’ Calvin, Amy Hill is Kumu, and Tim Kang plays Det. Gordon Katsumoto.
“The Big Squeeze” Plot: After a high-stakes homicide case falls apart at trial, Katsumoto asks Magnum to help him stop a killer from walking free. Higgins helps Jin Jeong with a mystery of his own.
Jay Hernandez as Thomas Magnum and Perdita Weeks as Juliet Higgins in ‘Magnum Pi’ season 5 episode 20 (Photo by: Zack Dougan/NBC)
The Season 5 Plot, Courtesy of NBC:
Magnum P.I. is a modern take on the classic series centering on Thomas Magnum,...
Jay Hernandez leads the cast as Thomas Magnum, Perdita Weeks is Juliet Higgins, Zachary Knighton stars as Orville ‘Rick’ Wright, Stephen Hill is Theodore ‘Tc’ Calvin, Amy Hill is Kumu, and Tim Kang plays Det. Gordon Katsumoto.
“The Big Squeeze” Plot: After a high-stakes homicide case falls apart at trial, Katsumoto asks Magnum to help him stop a killer from walking free. Higgins helps Jin Jeong with a mystery of his own.
Jay Hernandez as Thomas Magnum and Perdita Weeks as Juliet Higgins in ‘Magnum Pi’ season 5 episode 20 (Photo by: Zack Dougan/NBC)
The Season 5 Plot, Courtesy of NBC:
Magnum P.I. is a modern take on the classic series centering on Thomas Magnum,...
- 12/22/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
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