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Jimmy Kimmel ruthlessly taunts Trump over DC’s algae-infested Reflecting Pool

Jimmy Kimmel ruthlessly taunts Trump over DC’s algae-infested Reflecting Pool

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Jimmy Kimmel used his opening monologue on Tuesday’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live! to mock Donald Trump’s renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. The roughly 2,000-foot pool turned green with algae just days after the Trump administration completed its $14 million resurfacing project, coating its floor an “American flag blue.” “Now, not even a week later, it’s already completely green — it’s Mexican flag green,” Kimmel joked Tuesday. “Experts are saying that when Trump had it painted dark blue, he made the problem worse, because the darker color retains more heat and algae thrives in warmer water,” the late night host pointed out. “You know, he promised he would drain the swamp. Instead, he spent 14 million of our dollars building a new one. Jimmy Kimmel mocked Trump over his $14 million refurbishment of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, which …

Trevor Dietz death: Fontaines DC’s longtime manager dies aged 54

Trevor Dietz death: Fontaines DC’s longtime manager dies aged 54

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the inside track from Roisin O’Connor with our free weekly music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Fontaines DC’s longtime manager Trevor Dietz, who was considered by the Irish rock band to be their “sixth member”, has died suddenly aged 54. Dietz began working with the Brit Award winners as a promoter at the beginning of their careers in Dublin, seeing them go on to become one of the biggest breakthrough rock bands of the past decade. The group, formed of frontman Grian Chatten, guitarists Conor Curley and Carlos O’Connell, bassist Conor Deegan and drummer Tom Coll, shared a statement to their Instagram on Tuesday (9 June) announcing the news. “We are utterly heartbroken to let you know that on Sunday June 7, we lost our dear friend and manager Trevor,” the band wrote. “Trevor was beside us from the beginning of our journey as a band, we have never known Fontaines DC without him, the sixth member of the …

DC’s Absolute Batman Makes Superstars Out of Artists

DC’s Absolute Batman Makes Superstars Out of Artists

Published by Daniella Wilson

At the end of January, comic artists Nick Dragotta and Daniel Warren Johnson sat at two separate tables in a small conference room at a Marriott Hotel in Monterey Park, Calif. From morning to deep into the night, they signed comic book after comic book, while workers carefully took the issues and placed them into holders to be graded and slabbed for preservation.  Fueled on coffee and with breaks for lunch and dinner, the two men signed more than 15,000, maybe even upwards of 20,000 comics, in a span of four days under the watchful eyes of reps for a signing and grading company charged with handling the comics. Despite being bleary-eyed, it was a relatively quiet affair for the duo, who have been friends since the 2010s. The days were peppered with light conversation under the whirring of miniature fans that dried the ink on the comics’ covers. Dragotta , who is the regular monthly artist for DC’s Absolute Batman title, and Johnson, the indie creator who last year wrote and drew the Absolute Batman annual, have emerged …