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Trump fires back after ESPN’s Stephen A Smith blames him for Knicks’ Finals loss

Trump fires back after ESPN’s Stephen A Smith blames him for Knicks’ Finals loss

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 Donald Trump lashed out at Stephen A. Smith after the ESPN analyst joked that he would hold the president responsible if the New York Knicks lost Game 3 of the NBA Finals to the San Antonio Spurs. Trump attended Monday night’s game at Madison Square Garden, where he was met with loud boos after appearing on the arena’s Jumbotron during the national anthem. The Spurs went on to win the game 115-111. While boarding Air Force One for the return trip to Washington, D.C., Trump was asked by a Fox News reporter about Smith, who has repeatedly flirted with a presidential run, and his comments saying he would blame the president if the Knicks lost. “I think he’s a nice guy, but you need a certain aptitude to run for president,” Trump said. “You need a high IQ. I’m not sure …

House of the Dragon’s Matt Smith and Emma D’Arcy on season 3 “tension”

House of the Dragon’s Matt Smith and Emma D’Arcy on season 3 “tension”

Published by Daniella Wilson

As House of the Dragon season 3 quickly approaches, stars Emma D’Arcy and Matt Smith have teased what we can expect from Rhaenyra and Daemon’s very different dynamic. After Daemon’s time sequestered at Harrenhal last season, he and Rhaenyra are back together this time around – and, at least at the beginning of the season, the pair seem a lot more on the same page. Smith told Radio Times and other press: “I think it’s quite interesting to see them in the domestic environment sometimes, because actually you can learn a bit more about them on a broader scale in the domesticity. I always look forward to those moments. Imagine being married to Daemon!” D’Arcy added: “I think we start somewhere really nice. I think there’s a version of Daemon and Rhaenyra who are parts of the same organism. “I think they have such an intuitive understanding of one another and quite literal shared genetic matter [so] there is a sort of synchronicity available, and it was, certainly for me, really exciting to return to …

“An unforgettable performance”: Sheridan Smith is captivating in 2-part crime dramatisation streaming now

“An unforgettable performance”: Sheridan Smith is captivating in 2-part crime dramatisation streaming now

Published by Sam Flores

While Sheridan Smith has just starred in new show The Cage, we’re always looking to her back catalogue as a way of making sure we always have a brilliant TV show on the go. And from Cilla to Mrs Biggs, it’s safe to say we’re not short of options. The latest two-part dramatisation we implore you to watch if you haven’t already is The Moorside, which is now streaming. Here’s everything you need to know about the captivating crime drama, including reviews of her unforgettable performance. What is the true story of The Moorside? The Moorside is a dramatisation of 9-year-old Shannon Matthews’ disappearance and kidnapping, back in 2008. Based on the true story, the West Yorkshire schoolgirl was reported missing, and later found in a flat owned by a man named Michael Donovan, the uncle of Craig Meehan, who was the boyfriend of Shannon’s mother, Karen Matthews. After she was found alive, it transpired that she had been drugged and concealed in the base of a divan bed, and it was part of a …

Charlie’s Angels star Jaclyn Smith issues four-word reason for her youthful appearance at age 80

Charlie’s Angels star Jaclyn Smith issues four-word reason for her youthful appearance at age 80

Published by Daniella Wilson

Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Jaclyn Smith is sharing the secret behind her youthful looks at age 80. When the Charlie’s Angels star was asked about her beauty tips at the Paley Honors Spring Gala in New York City, she was ready to give away the reason for her effortless glow. “Clean living, being loved,” the TV icon told Fox News Digital. She continued: “I have the best family in the whole wide world to grow up with. Great husband, two beautiful children, three granddaughters. So, it doesn’t get better than that. It’s all about love, all about family with me.” Smith has been married to her fourth husband, surgeon Brad Allen, since 1997. Jaclyn Smith starred on ‘Charlie’s Angels’ from 1976 to 1981 (Getty) Jaclyn Smith is revealing …

Art for Our Sakes | Zadie Smith

Art for Our Sakes | Zadie Smith

Published by Jenni Sidey

I wasn’t going to come today. Partly because the act of coming here—to America, as a non-American—is now a fraught, stressful, and even dangerous proposition for millions. Also: What’s the point? That’s what an old friend, another writer, asked me. By this he meant: Why talk about arts and letters when people are being gunned down in the streets? I’m going to answer the question as best I can, but I’ll say first that when I looked at the list of previous speakers and spotted the name E.M. Forster—and the year 1949—I was curious. I wondered what he could possibly have had to say to a room full of artists in the wreckage of World War II. So I dug up Forster’s remarks. But it turned out I’d already read them—and dismissed them—years ago, when I found them in his collection Two Cheers for Democracy. The essay is called “Art for Art’s Sake.” I prepared to reread it, not expecting much. “Art for Art’s Sake.” Really? Nothing could be less fashionable. It wasn’t fashionable in …

Will Ferrell closes ‘SNL’ Season 51 with Paul McCartney and Chad Smith

Will Ferrell closes ‘SNL’ Season 51 with Paul McCartney and Chad Smith

Published by Sam Flores

Will Ferrell has done the Will Ferrell thing for so long — playing embarrassingly self-absorbed doofuses, both fictional and based on real people — that it’s easy to forget that when it counts, he can still serve as the glue on “Saturday Night Live.” For his sixth time hosting the show since leaving the cast in 2002, Ferrell had plenty of those doofuses to portray, including a “Nudeman” dad whose underwear are exposed in the rear when he meets his daughter’s boyfriend. But in sketch after sketch on the show, he showed his usual 100% commitment to every character, even when he was playing himself in the monologue doing a bit about an identity mix-up with Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith. (Smith stuck around for the whole show, sitting in with the “SNL” band and playing drums for Paul McCartney.) The ability to stay in character no matter how absurd the premise served Ferrell well yet again whether he was playing a doctor who accidentally chopped off a man’s penis (Mikey Day, trying …

Country star Nate Smith is completely transformed after 70-pound weight loss

Country star Nate Smith is completely transformed after 70-pound weight loss

Published by Daniella Wilson

Country star Nate Smith is celebrating a major personal milestone after revealing his dramatic 71-pound weight loss transformation. The 40-year-old singer-songwriter took to Instagram on Saturday to share a striking side-by-side comparison showing just how much his appearance has changed since beginning his health journey. “Another milestone reached today,” the ‘Bulletproof’ singer captioned the emotional post. © InstagramNate shared dramatic before-and-after photos The before-and-after images quickly caught fans’ attention, with many commenting that the country star looked almost completely unrecognisable. In the older photo, Nate could be seen posing with friends while holding a soda can and wearing a denim jacket, appearing noticeably heavier. The newer snap, however, showed a dramatically slimmer version of the singer sporting a fitted red T-shirt that highlighted his tattoo-covered arms and significantly leaner frame. © Getty Images for StagecoachNate at the Stagecoach Music Festival in April 2026 Fans immediately flooded the comments section with praise and support for the singer’s dedication and honesty throughout his health journey. “Wow!!! Well done I’m sure you feel great!!! Looking great and your …

Lane Kiffin’s Vanity Fair Interview, Explained: Writer Chris Smith on the Former Ole Miss Coach

Lane Kiffin’s Vanity Fair Interview, Explained: Writer Chris Smith on the Former Ole Miss Coach

Published by Sam Flores

Former University of Mississippi and current LSU head football coach Lane Kiffin recently set off a national controversy with comments he made in his Vanity Fair profile. “Kiffin also seems willing to indirectly invoke Ole Miss’s struggle to distance itself from symbols like the Confederate flag, Colonel Rebel, and the nickname ‘Ole Miss’ itself,” VF contributing editor Chris Smith wrote. Kiffin told Smith that some top recruits told him, “Hey coach, we really like you, but my grandparents aren’t letting me move to Oxford. That doesn’t come up when you say Baton Rouge, Louisiana,” Kiffin continued. “Parents were sitting here [in Baton Rouge] this weekend saying the campus’s diversity feels so great: ‘It feels like there’s no segregation. And we want that for our kid because that’s the real world.’” (The population of Baton Rouge, home to LSU’s campus, is roughly 51% Black and 36% white, according to 2024 United States census data. Oxford, home to Ole Miss, is about 66% white and 26% Black. According to The Athletic, 19% of students enrolled at LSU …

Toby Stephens: What my mum Maggie Smith taught me about acting

Toby Stephens: What my mum Maggie Smith taught me about acting

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 In the early Noughties, Toby Stephens was a leading man with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Then came his breakthrough screen role: a North Korean general transmogrified into a swashbuckling insomniac English billionaire with a union jack parachute. Maybe not the most likely choice for today’s aspiring thespians – and as Stephens admits, it felt eccentric at the time. Imagine casting a Bond villain like that now. “You’d never get away with that, would you?” he says of Die Another Day’s race-swap conceit. The son of acting royalty Maggie Smith and Robert Stephens, he wasn’t even top of MGM’s list; that was Sean Penn. But eventually he landed the role of Gustav Graves, having initially been led into an oak-panelled room at EON’s Piccadilly offices and handed a page of dialogue. “Right,” he remembers asking. “Do you want me to do it …