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‘It’s not a prank show, it’s not Borat’: Meet the men behind Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie, the funniest cult comedy of 2026

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 What defines a “cult film”? Where once the phrase referred to something specific – a movie often with a low-budget, always with a small but devoted audience and bereft of mainstream appeal – now it’s used promiscuously: a modern “cult movie” seems to be any film that people really enjoyed but that doesn’t star Spider-Man. (The moniker was even applied to, say, Everything Everywhere All at Once – which made nearly $150m at the box office and swept the Oscars.) When filmmaker Matt Johnson, however, describes Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie as a “cult movie”, just know: he really does mean it? The film, out in UK cinemas this week, is a loose followup to a TV series, Nirvanna the Band the Show, itself a niche but adored comedy following two harebrained musicians (Johnson and co-creator Jay McCarrol) and …

CBS forced to pay for Stephen Colbert’s final prank on The Late Show

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 Stephen Colbert has stuck CBS with the bill after he used the Peanuts TV specials’ theme song without permission during The Late Show’s finale. The network struck a deal to pay an undisclosed amount to Lee Mendelson Film Productions Inc., after Colbert’s house band played composer Vince Guaraldi’s famous song “Linus and Lucy” during the late night show’s last-ever episode, according to Variety. During the May 21 finale, the show’s band Louis Cato and the Great Big Joy Machine began to perform “Linus and Lucy” while Colbert spoke about how the owners of the Peanuts catalog had been cracking down on copyrights for the Guaraldi song catalog. “Anyone illegally using that music is gonna have to pay through the nose,” Colbert explained. As his band played the song, he then joked, “Oh no! I hope this doesn’t cost CBS any money!” …

The Harry Redknapp prank that nearly caused Gemma Collins to quit I’m A Celeb

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 A mischievous prank orchestrated by football manager Harry Redknapp on I’m A Celebrity… South Africa almost led to singer Sinitta and TV personality Gemma Collins abandoning the show. The ITV reality series is set to return to screens on Monday, featuring an all-star line-up including Olympian Sir Mo Farah, former Gogglebox star Scarlett Moffatt, and Pussycat Dolls singer Ashley Roberts, all vying for the coveted title of king or queen. The series, which is pre-recorded, nearly saw Collins quit the series early after falling for a practical joke and declaring the infamous phrase, “I’m a celebrity get me out of here”. Recalling the prank at a press roundtable, Sinitta said: “I think we’d done really hard trials all day, or some sort of game, so we were physically exhausted. “We got back and we’re all relieved (that) nothing else can happen …

Dennis the Menace plays ‘greatest prank yet’ as Royal Mint presses 75-year anniversary 50p coins | UK News

Published by Sam Flores

A new range of Dennis the Menace-themed coins will be minted, marking 75 years of the iconic comic prankster. A collaboration between the Royal Mint and Beano will see Dennis and his dog Gnasher feature on collectable 50p coins. Vibrant colour printing is available, meaning the cartoon character’s famous red and black jumper pops next to an engraving that reads “75 years of Dennis”. The character made his first appearance in issue 452 of the Beano on 17 March 1951 and has since appeared on the BBC, ITV, and in video games. Dennis and Gnasher were also the mascots for Beanoland in Chessington World of Adventures from 1999 to 2010. It’s the latest birthday celebration for the famous prankster. For his 60th, he and Gnasher gatecrashed the headquarters of Sky News in a comic strip. Image: Pics: PA Rebecca Morgan, from the Royal Mint, said there’s “something wonderfully fitting about this legendary mischief-maker finally making his mark” on the collectable coins. “I’m sure Dennis himself would see it as his greatest prank yet,” she added. …

A very silly prank show for Fonejacker fans: best podcasts of the week | Television & radio

Published by Sam Flores

The Brian Badonde Bodcast Fonejacker and Facejacker prankster Kayvan Novak is back with this very silly, very Marmite series, in which he revives one of his most infamous personas: the bungling art critic Brian Badonde. Interviewees include “bodcaster” Adam Buxton and singer Ella Eyre, who – in spite of her interviewer’s shtick and inability to correctly pronounce any words that don’t start with a b – offers a candid account of her time in the music industry. Hannah J DaviesWidely available, episodes weekly Family Secrets Fans of the likes of Esther Perel and Oprah will surely appreciate Dani Shapiro’s long-running podcast. Part interview, part therapy session, it sees the US author unpack the things families keep hidden. Among others, her latest series features an actor who concealed his Arab heritage in the wake of 9/11 and pretended he was Black. HJDWidely available, episodes weekly How to Be an Actor and Not Lose Your Sh*t Shvorne Marks hosts How to Be an Actor and Not Lose Your Sh*t. Photograph: PR “One minute you’re in the makeup …

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