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OKC Thunder bury LA Lakers to take 3-0 NBA Playoff series lead | Basketball

OKC Thunder bury LA Lakers to take 3-0 NBA Playoff series lead | Basketball

Published by Sam Flores

Thunder use an explosive second half to beat LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers 131-108 as Ajay Mitchell scores 24. Published On 10 May 202610 May 2026 Ajay Mitchell scored 18 of his 24 points in the second ‌‌half, as the Oklahoma City Thunder dominated the final 24 minutes en route to a convincing 131-108 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers in ⁠⁠Game 3 of their Western Conference second-round ⁠⁠series. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 23 points and nine assists as defending champions Thunder took a commanding 3-0 series lead in the Playoff semifinals on Saturday. Chet Holmgren had 18 points and nine rebounds, Cason Wallace added 16 points off the bench⁠ and Mitchell had 10 assists. “The confidence I got from my teammates and our coaching staff has been amazing from Day 1,” Mitchell said. “That’s the key.” The Thunder trailed by two points at half time before steamrolling Los Angeles 74-49 in the second half. Rui Hachimura made five three-pointers and scored a team-high 21 points, ⁠⁠and LeBron James added 19 points, eight assists …

Ben Stiller tells White House to remove Tropic Thunder clip from ‘propaganda’ video

Ben Stiller tells White House to remove Tropic Thunder clip from ‘propaganda’ video

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 Ben Stiller has hit out at the White House after a clip from his film Tropic Thunder was used as part of a montage in a pro-war social media video. The 42-second clip includes footage of recent strikes on Iran edited between scenes from a number of movies, including Iron Man 2, Gladiator, and Braveheart. The Tropic Thunder scene shows Tom Cruise dancing in character as Les Grossman. On X, Stiller wrote: “Hey White House, please remove the Tropic Thunder clip. We never gave you permission and have no interest in being a part of your propaganda machine. War is not a movie.” The video ends with footage of a U.S. strike on an Iranian ship, followed by a clip of an animated character saying, “Now end this!” The White House logo then flashes on the screen, as a voice says …

Ben Stiller Asks White House to Remove ‘Tropic Thunder’ From Video

Ben Stiller Asks White House to Remove ‘Tropic Thunder’ From Video

Published by Daniella Wilson

A bombastic White House video that’s seemingly designed to promote the Trump administration’s war in Iran and featuring clips from several major Hollywood films is causing an uproar on social media — and at least one celebrity is speaking out. The manic supercut video (below) features clips from movies and TV shows like Gladiator, Braveheart, Iron Man, Breaking Bad, Deadpool and Top Gun, and intercuts them with real-life drone strike footage. The video concludes with a voiceover declaring “flawless victory.” Ben Stiller, whose 2008 hit Tropic Thunder is included in the montage, posted on X: “Hey White House, please remove the Tropic Thunder clip. We never gave you permission and have no interest in being a part of your propaganda machine. War is not a movie.” The video almost seems designed to intentionally try and get a rise out of Hollywood, anyone who might not agree with President Trump’s decision to launch Operation Epic Fury against Iran’s leadership and military, and those who might prefer the White House maintain some standard of respectfulness. Journalist Séamus …

Ben Stiller asks White House to remove ‘Tropic Thunder’ clip from Iran video: ‘War is not a movie’

Ben Stiller asks White House to remove ‘Tropic Thunder’ clip from Iran video: ‘War is not a movie’

Published by Sam Flores

Ben Stiller criticized the White House on Friday for using a clip from his 2008 satirical action movie “Tropic Thunder.” The Trump administration posted a montage video on the social platform X on Thursday from several films with the caption, “JUSTICE THE AMERICAN WAY.” The post follows the U.S. and Israel’s joint launch of strikes… Source link

Starmer says he’s going nowhere – after arriving at crunch meeting with ‘face like thunder’ | Politics News

Starmer says he’s going nowhere – after arriving at crunch meeting with ‘face like thunder’ | Politics News

Published by Sam Flores

Sir Keir Starmer will chair a cabinet session today after earning a lifeline from Labour MPs during a crunch meeting in which he declared: “I’m not prepared to walk away.” The prime minister started the week battling the biggest crisis of his premiership amid the fallout from his appointment of Lord Mandelson as his US ambassador, as more revelations about the disgraced peer’s relationship with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein are revealed. There have been growing doubts since last week about whether the PM would stay in post – and for how long. But speaking to a meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party on Monday night, just hours after Labour’s leader in Scotland demanded he quit, Sir Keir came out fighting. Having arrived with a “face like thunder”, Sky’s chief political correspondent Jon Craig said the prime minister got a “very good reception” from his MPs as he vowed to take on his critics and opposition parties. “I have had my detractors every step along the way, and I’ve got them now – detractors that don’t want …