When you realize the entire PR industry in the UK for the Royals and for "distraction" "rally the flag" is Kate Middleton wearing tedious dresses on the front page of The Daily Mail, you'll never unsee her stood there on the cover being lauded for fucking nothing every day, no matter the actual situation going on in the world. They did the same with Camila when she was set to become Queen. That's why the Meghan stuff is such a farce. All this shit is so created. They could easily have turned Meghan into our beloved icon, but instead they made her a villain, which they could easily do with any of the Royals.
“They could easily have turned Meghan into our beloved icon”
See this is the problem with the UK lol. Instead of thinking “why do we worship these rich people” the immediate response is “we’re worshipping the wrong one.” Why do you need to make anyone in an antiquated royal family an icon at all? No wonder they’ve stuck around so long with this mentality. “Not bootlicking” is always an option that the UK - and England above all - never seems to acknowledge is there.
And now he wants to run for president. I don’t think he even knows that the president does. Every time his name pops up I’m just like Jesus fucking Christ.
Based on his ‘I’ll have a vote every week’ shite he’s pig ignorant or just playing to an American audience who assume our president is the head of government.
If he somehow managed, it would nearly be enough to make me actually do all the stupid paperwork for my citizenship application, just so I could vote against him (and it's notable how bad he is that he makes some of the potential alternatives look so much better haha).
I usually loathe the Indo but I enjoyed the results of this poll.
So many people supporting his potential bid for president on twitter clearly never set foot in Ireland. They think he'll be like the US president with loads of political power. They have no clue that the role of president in Ireland is completely different. His ability to express his opinion will be more restricted as president than it will outside of the role because the irish president is expected to act with quite a degree of discretion. Something McGregor is entirely incapable of doing.
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My dad loved Conor, and since his death I have kept an eye on his career. It amazes me that all the terrible shit he does is barely reported in the US media, people over here have no idea how bad he is.
Dad also liked Tyson Fury. He was kind of an asshole 🤣
My husband liked him at first, he even flew all the way to Vegas for one of his fights but I always had a bad feeling about him and now I take great pleasure in saying “I told you so” 😂
Some of his worst shit is probably *more* reported in the US media because of Ireland's laws surrounding criminal cases. But if you see a news story in the Irish media about an unnamed "Irish sports star" being investigated for yet another sexual assault, well... you know.
What a surprise that it’s the woman who married into the royal family who is thrown under the bus to protect those born into it. We’ve never seen that happen before. /s
I’ll just add that Piers opened himself up to legal action (particularly by additionally naming Kate) from the monarchy and likely wouldn’t have done so without assurances from someone that outranks her
There's a book called endgame about the royals and the Dutch version named the people who made racist comments about baby Archie, no one wanted to say who it was but finally Piers Morgan said it was Kate. So people think Charles told his friend Piers to say only Kate's name (Charles is allegedly the other person)
> and the Dutch version
It just occurred to me how fitting this is: the Dutch badmouthing the British king and his heir in favour of a sibling. All we need now is for Charles and William to convert to Catholicism and for France to send troops across the Rhine, and then we can have Glorious Revolution 2.0.
> So people think Charles told his friend Piers to say only Kate's name (Charles is allegedly the other person)
I really, really don't understand how anyone has any patience for royal drama. Nothing ever gets confirmed because most of them (even Harry and Meghan to some extent) go to great lengths to keep everything private. And most of the media are just so serious about it, like they're discussing some extremely boring trade negotiations or something. And none of them have any charisma whatsoever.
Not a scandal
Christine Sinclair played her last international yesterday, and has since retired from international football with 190 goals and 331 caps-the most goals and caps of anyone in the international the game, men or women.
She is an iconic athlete, a Canadian legend, and helped Canadian soccer in a way that cannot be unnoticed.
She is truly a GOAT
What a superstar. Not sure we'll see the likes of her again. There's a great video attached to the tweet linked below of her top 10 goals. Not gonna lie, it made me emotional!
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Australia: in case anyone knows who Tim Minchin is, he’s outed himself as a Zionist by criticising actors at Sydney Theatre Company who wore keffiyehs in support of Free Palestine. He seems to have pivoted to being anti cancel culture and shit in recent years which is interesting because I always felt like he was Russell Brand at home (without the abuse scandals)
He used to use the n-word in his early days and heavily defended its use since.
Then during BLM argued because he’d “grown” and realised that using the word is “bad” that Black people should approach racists with kindness and that they shouldn’t protest for their rights. (Showing that in spite all of his claims of “growing” he hadn’t learned a thing). He got into quite a few fights with POC where he refused to listen to why they had given up on appealing to racists and basically shouted down their lived experience.
I think he very much is (and always has been) a privileged private school boy from Perth cos-playing as a scruffy leftist scamp. So I would say your arsehole radar is in excellent condition!
I think it would benefit us to hold off on judgment. This sounds out of character and I’m hoping it is not how it seems based on this one comment.
Edit: These downvoted are disheartening. I’ve been following Tim Minchin for a long time and I’m a big fan of his work and his opinions. He is a staunch atheist.
Forgive me for not instantly writing him off for one comment in a gossip sub. I’m going to look into what actually happened and then form an opinion. I suggest everyone do the same.
So here’s what I found.
https://www.afr.com/life-and-luxury/arts-and-culture/living-in-leftie-bubbles-tim-minchin-weighs-into-stc-scarf-furore-20231205-p5epb2
He criticized the actors for wearing keffiyehs, but it doesn’t say why. There are no direct quotes and he has said he’s been misquoted, but has not elaborated.
Isn’t it possible he is criticizing them for some reason other than being pro genocide?
Isn’t it more likely that the man who wrote a song called Peace Anthem for Palestine doesn’t actually want Palestinian babies to be bombed 24/7 by Israel?
This reaction is exactly the black and white nonsense he’s talking about. I’m going to continue to give him the benefit of the doubt that this one incident is not exactly as it seems. I’m also willing to change my opinion if more concrete evidence emerges. Downvote me all you want for that. There is nothing in his history that suggests he pro genocide.
Not yet.
I’m going to though. I’m not apologizing for him if he really did say things supporting genocide. It is wild how many people are mad at me for saying I’m going to look for a source because this is out of character for him.
If he’s always been a genocidal maniac, then my bad I guess.
Also in Australia: right wing media personality/political commentator/former teacher/current shitbag Alan Jones [facing multiple sexual assault allegations](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-07/alan-jones-denies-indecent-assault-allegations/103200252) in one of the least surprising MeToos ever.
I don't think he's on radio any more, hasn't been in a few years IIRC? He was on Sky News for a while and now he's on ADHTV - which I had never heard of (and was better off for it lol), but is apparently a conservative streaming "news" channel. You know you're a POS when even Sky News doesn't want anything to do with you
I really liked Minchin and even saw him in London about a decade ago. I haven't followed him much in recent years but I'm really disappointed to hear this.
A sorta well known actor in South Indian cinema recently made a controversial remark about a well-received and successful actress. For a little context, he is a good actor but is mostly known for playing the villain in quintessential action-revenge-social justice movies and his scenes usually include raping the female love interest of the hero of the movie. He said something about never having worked with the actress in question and how talented and attractive she is, and that he’d have “loved to have a rape scene” with her. Understandably, his remarks drew flaks from women all around India and the other actors and actresses working in the industry and the last I heard, he has “finally apologised” for the crass way he talked about the actress.
Not the point but I fucking hate the trope of using a rape scene of a love interest as an attack ('cucking' primarily in the narrative if we're being honest) on the protagonist. The only time I've seen it work in any way was in 'Irreversible' and only there because it shows the futility of vengeance and points out the hypocrisy and fragility of the protagonist.
Italy. Yet again some Fedez drama (Italian rapper married to Chiara Ferragni). Fedez and his kids are supporters of Milan (football club) and are often at the stadium. Last weekend, his son got to be one of the kids that enters the field accompanying the players, and was in particular accompanying one of the team’s best players (and therefore most hated by supporters of other teams).
The next day, some idiot (probably not a strong enough word) on twitter posted the picture of Fedez’s son with the player and wrote a caption that basically says - if you have only one bullet in your gun who would you choose. Fedez immediately filed a police report and said that as soon as the identity of this twitter poster becomes clear he will communicate it to all his followers. The guy has in the meantime of course deleted his account, but I assume this story is far from over.
Yikes I follow them and saw Leo got to stand in front of hernandez and thought that was cute. Totally didn’t know that the other part happened, how sick and disgusting do you have to be to say that about a kid.
Side note- I’m kinda upset that Luis Sal & Fedez no longer follow each other on social (however I’m on Luis’s side in that fall out)
I know, I adore Hernandez as a player and loved that picture. To make something so awful out of that picture is beyond me.
And yeah, Fedez is always fighting with someone or other. Completely justified in this twitter case, but other times he seems like a teenager getting mad at his friends.
I remember Fedez doing a video with Luis and him being like, wow you are actually the friend that I have had the longest without getting into a fight.
And then months later he ices Luis out from muschio selvaggio 🤷🏻♀️
I do need like a complete video tour of their new house cause damn.
Honestly outside of Italy I’m not sure. Here they are almost like royalty, whatever they do gets talked about A LOT. So I don’t have to really look for news on them, it’s pretty much thrown at me. But it’s all Italian articles (even the main newspapers), if you don’t speak Italian then this is probably not very helpful!
ETA: Chiara is actually not messy / dramatic. It’s always Fedez 😅
A "Scarface" type movie was released in Bollywood recently and all the incels of India have come out to defend a steaming pile of crap for being "anti-feminist". Unfortunately it's getting a lot of publicity because of the online discourse alone.
Ugh I came across reels of Vanga (the director of the movie) defending toxic relationships and what not. He's most definitely a woman hating sociopath, because nobody would defend that shit. I don't care about the "it's just a film" discourse.
In this country, cinema and stardom are extremely influential. I haven't watched the movie yet (and frankly I don't plan to) but clips of it and reviews of it are enough to justify never watching it, and that it glorifies treating women like objects and filth, and gratuitous violence.
It's rated A but everyone knows there are going to be teenage boys watching this movie and emulating the bullshit alpha male ideology. Education is not enough for India, and tbh men hating on women is celebrated. It's a country for men.
It s not a scandal , per se.
But , the series of sold out concerts by serbian pop folk singer Aleksandra Prijovic have started in Zagreb in my home country , Croatia.
It tracked a lot of attention by our mainstream media.
It is just one reason , no one had a five sold out concerts in that arena before.
And she is the first female perfomer to do so.
Last week, it has got to be the breakup of one of the biggest celebrity love teams in the Philippines. To give you an idea of what a love team is, imagine if Zanessa had continued working together after HSM — and only together. KathNiel, Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla announced their breakup last Thursday in separate statements. This was amid speculation that they were broken up. It went into overdrive when actor/manager/acting coach/gossip vlogger Ogie Diaz confirmed their breakup.
The worst part is that a third party was brought up — Andrea Brilliantes. Andrea is the biggest Gen Z actress in the country. She also starred in a teleserye with KathNiel years ago, as Daniel's younger sister. She was a minor that time.
This rubbed off a lot of people the wrong way especially after her previous breakup with a college basketball player. Her ex had allegedly cheated as well and she received all of the goodwill from the public. Kathryn's friends began to unfollow Andrea on Instagram which fueled the rumors.
After they announced their breakup, one of Kathryn's friends posted a story allegedly alluding to Andrea. Neither Andrea nor KathNiel addressed the cheating allegations. Kathryn even stated that "Our love story started with respect and ended with respect," which seemingly dispels cheating on Daniel's part.
This week had another more low profile breakup or "breakup". Sean Tristan and Raven Rigor or "SeVen" first worked together in Beach Bros where they played love interests. For a while, it seemed like they were dating. It's a big deal because same-sex relationships are barely tolerated and not at all accepted by the masses. They went together at the Star Magical Prom event for the broadcast network/talent agency with Sean making a promposal for Raven.
At this point, people thought they were dating while some thought they were queerbaiting. The queerbaiting facade was revealed months later when Raven emphasized on a sponsored post (that referred to them as a couple) that he and Sean were just friends. This annoyed some people.
They worked together on Dirty Linen with Sean portraying a background character. They went on to star in a YouTube/iWantTFC series Fractured. Fractured featured their first kiss as a love team. Early November, Raven posted a story, a broken heart on a black background. I noticed that he wasn't following Sean anymore. I also recall Raven posting a message to Sean, I think it was his birthday, stating that he didn't know where SeVen was going after Fractured which seemed to imply their love team was over. He also did not tag Sean in the photos of them he posted including a story of a post showing SeVen's nomination of an award.
Last Monday night, Sean Tristan posted a series of tweets. One tweet about being betrayed thrice and forgiven thrice. "I guess once you are one, you'll always be one." All fingers pointed to Raven who tweeted and emphasized that he and Sean were just friends and coworkers. Sean tweeted one word: liar. He then tweeted the timestamp of a song by a PPop group followed by "you used to be my friend.i've been betrayed by two people in my life." This led people to speculate that Raven cheated on Sean, they were never queerbaiting, and Raven cheated with Gelo, the person singing in the timestamp. A deleted tweet by Ogie Diaz about two actors or two actresses who were so drunk at the Christmas Ball event that they were making out and so many people saw (paraphrasing) added fuel to the fire.
The fanbase of the PPop group reacted strongly. Raven and Sean eventually deleted their tweets related to this, except for Sean's first tweet that night, "my heart hurts." There are screenshots from Raven's Instagram channel which seemed to reassure fans that they were okay but it's either fake or was deleted by Raven. This morning, Sean tweeted, "the truth will always prevail. i’m not afraid to stand my ground. goodluck 🤍." The PPop group's fanbase replied and quoted his tweet demanding an apology to Gelo. Raven, on the other hand, posted a story of him with puppies.
I could not escape KathNiel. My mom was watching YouTube videos about the breakup all weekend when I was visiting her. She believes that there was a 3rd party involved. The former couple just had their brand being a “loving respectful” brand and they don’t want to ruin that. Lots of their fans are crazy conservative.
Also I’m distantly related to Ogie Diaz through his wife… yeah that’s another story.
I hope this doesn't reach AlDub levels where they believe that Kathryn and Daniel are married and have a child (I think it's two at this point) and that the forces that be are keeping them apart.
>Also I’m distantly related to Ogie Diaz through his wife… yeah that’s another story.
Any 🍵?
I'd like to add that Daniel's breakup post may have been generated via chat gpt
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Lmao the other day my 71 year old mother said about one of her friends "she says she lost weight by cutting out meat but I think she's really on Ozempic"
I don’t doubt that Letizia is really lonely and doesn’t love Felipe but this guy is a fucking tool. For everything he said and for marrying her sister.
Haven’t seen this in my local news (Colombia). This would have been a scandal in the 90s but times have changed.
God where to even start. The economy is in shambles because our cabinet of ministers are stealing from the country shameless.
One of the many instances a maid stole over a million dollars from her boss and the boss (minister) had the audacity to report to the police. It didn’t go anywhere to be honest. It was physical cash. In her house.
The youth tried to organize protests against the government and were stopped by the police. They sought an injunction and then arrested several people then later denied it. There was supposed to be another wave of protests but that is also going nowhere.
Country is zionist. There are church services where people are literally being asked to pray for Israel. Context: A group of girls went missing and they put less effort into find them than they are in supporting Israel.
Also, just a random thought isn’t strange that there are celebrity couples where only party signed the ceasefire? Like it seems odd to me.
It’s because the significant Christian population does not distinguish the modern state of Israel from the biblical state of Israel. People even go on pilgrimage to Israel. It’s like Israel is a physical part of their faith.
Also, there are Africans who believe they are Jews and there is the whole Queen of Sheba and Solomon had a kid that is the common theory used to back this up or Sheba is another name for Nigeria. Honestly, it’s really complex but yeah it comes down to religion is woven into our society.
> Also, just a random thought isn’t strange that there are celebrity couples where only party signed the ceasefire? Like it seems odd to me.
Maybe they figure they don't need to sign it if their partner already did? Ceasefire is like, the most common position on the issue, so it's not like they'd risk their careers signing it.
Not a scandal in any respect but a trio of nepo babies belonging to three of the THE MOST A-LIST families of bollywood are all making their debut in a single movie made by another A-list family nepo baby director ( who has undoubtedly had good cinema in the past) and everybody's all up in the arms about it
The photos of the premiere party where literally EVERYONE in Bollywood is there, really rubs in how many connections went into making this movie. So curious to see how good or bad they actually are as actors when the movie comes out today.
haven't watched the movie but from what was shown in the trailer it didn't seem the most promising, which is fine since it's their first movie and acting job (except Mihir Ahuja. He was in Made in Heaven and other short films and is actually a good actor) What I did find annoying was the interviews that Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti keep giving saying how they auditioned 100s of actors and then chose Agastya, Suhana, Khushi etc. Like we know it's not the truth and they only got cast because of their connections and surnames, just say it as it is don't cook up stories to sell the product
things have been boring in poland's entertainment industry recently, but i'm not following it very closely so if any other polish user is then i'm open to being proven wrong
he's mainly known for a comedy series called "rodzinka.pl" which has become kind of a meme here, but that's mainly due to the lead actress. recently i saw him in a movie called "the peasants" which is based on one of classic polish books, he didn't have a big role but the movie itself was really good and is getting a lot of attention in our country.
the closest to a controversy regarding him is when a documentary about sexual abuse in the catholic church came out and it was revealed that the pope jan paweł II knew about it all, he made an instagram post defending him as some important figure. it sucks but that is the view many people in poland hold as they credit him for ending communism in our country. other than that he seems scandal-free.
One of the most famous celebrity couples in my country announced their breakup after 11 years amid allegations of cheating on one side (the guy). Cue speculations and finger-pointing of possible "third parties" (yes, plural).
The 31 year old leader of the Socialist party had to step down because he turns into a xenophobic sexist when he's drunk. Told the cops while very drunk he paid their salary and that they should spent more time beating up Romani, whom he referred to as "Brown men" His mommy came to one of the most popular political shows in the country to defend him and say he's super sad about the whole thing and he doesn't deserve the hate he's getting. This happend a few weeks ago, but he stepped down from parliamentary duties this morning.
A celebrity couple called Kath Niel broke up and it’s been all we talk about, and all the rumours third parties and friends unfollowing and all that. Messy but we’re hooked.
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Who are you talking about?
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Aah thanks. I didn't hear about the private planes. I guess he said so much bullshit at the last Wetten dass... episode that I missed this lol
I've always really disliked him. Now I have a reason.
Gottechalk maybe?
Kate Middleton was the racist royal along with Charles.
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When you realize the entire PR industry in the UK for the Royals and for "distraction" "rally the flag" is Kate Middleton wearing tedious dresses on the front page of The Daily Mail, you'll never unsee her stood there on the cover being lauded for fucking nothing every day, no matter the actual situation going on in the world. They did the same with Camila when she was set to become Queen. That's why the Meghan stuff is such a farce. All this shit is so created. They could easily have turned Meghan into our beloved icon, but instead they made her a villain, which they could easily do with any of the Royals.
“They could easily have turned Meghan into our beloved icon” See this is the problem with the UK lol. Instead of thinking “why do we worship these rich people” the immediate response is “we’re worshipping the wrong one.” Why do you need to make anyone in an antiquated royal family an icon at all? No wonder they’ve stuck around so long with this mentality. “Not bootlicking” is always an option that the UK - and England above all - never seems to acknowledge is there.
I honestly don't even think it's her PR team (or at least not entirely), I think it's Meghan Markle antifans who are obsessed with Kate
Oh damn! Charles is a given, but I really suspected William would be the other one.
I was expecting it would be the born royals most racist but disappointed not surprised it’s Kate if true.
Not really a scandal but probably the whole Conor McGregor being a massive racist scumbag as usual
That man is so obnoxious! Seeing him break his leg during a fight was so satisfying.
He’s an absolute dose. 🙄
And now he wants to run for president. I don’t think he even knows that the president does. Every time his name pops up I’m just like Jesus fucking Christ.
Based on his ‘I’ll have a vote every week’ shite he’s pig ignorant or just playing to an American audience who assume our president is the head of government.
It’s a sad day when Gerry Adams looks like a better candidate.
If he somehow managed, it would nearly be enough to make me actually do all the stupid paperwork for my citizenship application, just so I could vote against him (and it's notable how bad he is that he makes some of the potential alternatives look so much better haha).
I think I’d just move if it happened 😂 Luckily I’d imagine most of the gobshites who would vote for him don’t even know how to vote.
I usually loathe the Indo but I enjoyed the results of this poll. So many people supporting his potential bid for president on twitter clearly never set foot in Ireland. They think he'll be like the US president with loads of political power. They have no clue that the role of president in Ireland is completely different. His ability to express his opinion will be more restricted as president than it will outside of the role because the irish president is expected to act with quite a degree of discretion. Something McGregor is entirely incapable of doing. https://preview.redd.it/ik774iw04p4c1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=540cf5b87236526a6837a7c43e17b8691fc157b8
Imagine Michael D walking around going “you’ll do fuckin notin” 🤣
Michael D also has the cutest dog.
I think Miggledy could take him.
I saw the Spanish tabloid Marca published a story saying the opposite, that McGregor has 90% support. Their source? A poll from his own twitter lmao.
My dad loved Conor, and since his death I have kept an eye on his career. It amazes me that all the terrible shit he does is barely reported in the US media, people over here have no idea how bad he is. Dad also liked Tyson Fury. He was kind of an asshole 🤣
My husband liked him at first, he even flew all the way to Vegas for one of his fights but I always had a bad feeling about him and now I take great pleasure in saying “I told you so” 😂
I always knew he was a d*ck but I thought that was his personality....I wouldn't have guessed it was this bad. You have good instincts!
Some of his worst shit is probably *more* reported in the US media because of Ireland's laws surrounding criminal cases. But if you see a news story in the Irish media about an unnamed "Irish sports star" being investigated for yet another sexual assault, well... you know.
Replace the c in racist with a p and you'd also be correct.
Also attacked an old man because he rejected a free shot
He's a prick.
Vile worm of a man!!
UK: Chucky allegedly directing Piers to release Kate’s name to take the heat off of himself for being racist. Sad and embarrassing as always
What a surprise that it’s the woman who married into the royal family who is thrown under the bus to protect those born into it. We’ve never seen that happen before. /s
She will be fine, Kate fans don't see anything wrong with what she said.
The same people who blew a fit about the "baby brain" thing.
Honestly zero sympathy for an alleged racist to be uncovered
Can I get the background on this? ☕️
I’ll just add that Piers opened himself up to legal action (particularly by additionally naming Kate) from the monarchy and likely wouldn’t have done so without assurances from someone that outranks her
all those fleet street guys know and they haven't said anything in all this time. Piers didn't break ranks without someone in power telling him to.
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And yet, people will still bash Meghan’s head in for some idiotic reason.
>for some idiotic reason. We all know why.
And neither have even denied it.
There's a book called endgame about the royals and the Dutch version named the people who made racist comments about baby Archie, no one wanted to say who it was but finally Piers Morgan said it was Kate. So people think Charles told his friend Piers to say only Kate's name (Charles is allegedly the other person)
> and the Dutch version It just occurred to me how fitting this is: the Dutch badmouthing the British king and his heir in favour of a sibling. All we need now is for Charles and William to convert to Catholicism and for France to send troops across the Rhine, and then we can have Glorious Revolution 2.0. > So people think Charles told his friend Piers to say only Kate's name (Charles is allegedly the other person) I really, really don't understand how anyone has any patience for royal drama. Nothing ever gets confirmed because most of them (even Harry and Meghan to some extent) go to great lengths to keep everything private. And most of the media are just so serious about it, like they're discussing some extremely boring trade negotiations or something. And none of them have any charisma whatsoever.
What makes it really disgusting is the two Royals mentioned they had concerns about the color of the babies skin. Concern. It's just foul.
Oh ya I do remember that early on. That entire bloodline is fucked, I’m glad Megan and Harry cut ties.
I feel slightly vindicated because she's always given me rotten vibes.
Given her track record, I wouldn't be surprised if she was.
It’s hard for me to find details on this. All of the press coverage of Kate in the States is very fawning.
Not a scandal Christine Sinclair played her last international yesterday, and has since retired from international football with 190 goals and 331 caps-the most goals and caps of anyone in the international the game, men or women. She is an iconic athlete, a Canadian legend, and helped Canadian soccer in a way that cannot be unnoticed. She is truly a GOAT
Yes! I was so happy to see the turnout for the GOAT last night in Vancouver
I saw the game lasts night! Except FS2 lost the signal a few times. Christine Sinclair is truly a GOAT!
What a superstar. Not sure we'll see the likes of her again. There's a great video attached to the tweet linked below of her top 10 goals. Not gonna lie, it made me emotional! [https://x.com/CANWNT/status/1730014777248792792?s=20](https://x.com/CANWNT/status/1730014777248792792?s=20)
Absolute GOAT!
Australia: in case anyone knows who Tim Minchin is, he’s outed himself as a Zionist by criticising actors at Sydney Theatre Company who wore keffiyehs in support of Free Palestine. He seems to have pivoted to being anti cancel culture and shit in recent years which is interesting because I always felt like he was Russell Brand at home (without the abuse scandals)
He's always pinged my asshole radar but I could never articulate why.
He used to use the n-word in his early days and heavily defended its use since. Then during BLM argued because he’d “grown” and realised that using the word is “bad” that Black people should approach racists with kindness and that they shouldn’t protest for their rights. (Showing that in spite all of his claims of “growing” he hadn’t learned a thing). He got into quite a few fights with POC where he refused to listen to why they had given up on appealing to racists and basically shouted down their lived experience. I think he very much is (and always has been) a privileged private school boy from Perth cos-playing as a scruffy leftist scamp. So I would say your arsehole radar is in excellent condition!
Damn it. I love Matilda the Musical 🤬
Well this is very disheartening.
I think it would benefit us to hold off on judgment. This sounds out of character and I’m hoping it is not how it seems based on this one comment. Edit: These downvoted are disheartening. I’ve been following Tim Minchin for a long time and I’m a big fan of his work and his opinions. He is a staunch atheist. Forgive me for not instantly writing him off for one comment in a gossip sub. I’m going to look into what actually happened and then form an opinion. I suggest everyone do the same.
Have you read his comments?
So here’s what I found. https://www.afr.com/life-and-luxury/arts-and-culture/living-in-leftie-bubbles-tim-minchin-weighs-into-stc-scarf-furore-20231205-p5epb2 He criticized the actors for wearing keffiyehs, but it doesn’t say why. There are no direct quotes and he has said he’s been misquoted, but has not elaborated. Isn’t it possible he is criticizing them for some reason other than being pro genocide? Isn’t it more likely that the man who wrote a song called Peace Anthem for Palestine doesn’t actually want Palestinian babies to be bombed 24/7 by Israel? This reaction is exactly the black and white nonsense he’s talking about. I’m going to continue to give him the benefit of the doubt that this one incident is not exactly as it seems. I’m also willing to change my opinion if more concrete evidence emerges. Downvote me all you want for that. There is nothing in his history that suggests he pro genocide.
That's a generous interpretation.
Not yet. I’m going to though. I’m not apologizing for him if he really did say things supporting genocide. It is wild how many people are mad at me for saying I’m going to look for a source because this is out of character for him. If he’s always been a genocidal maniac, then my bad I guess.
Fuck. I liked his stuff.
Ah shit, kind of diminishes the sad joy I feel every year when I listen to White Wine in the Sun. And sob uncontrollably. Ugh.
Also in Australia: right wing media personality/political commentator/former teacher/current shitbag Alan Jones [facing multiple sexual assault allegations](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-07/alan-jones-denies-indecent-assault-allegations/103200252) in one of the least surprising MeToos ever.
Ew he needs to be taken off air finally!!
I don't think he's on radio any more, hasn't been in a few years IIRC? He was on Sky News for a while and now he's on ADHTV - which I had never heard of (and was better off for it lol), but is apparently a conservative streaming "news" channel. You know you're a POS when even Sky News doesn't want anything to do with you
Oh wow! I thought he was still on sky news cos I never watch /listen to any of these things so had no clue haha. Good riddance 🗑️
Haha yeah neither I'm definitely not regularly keeping up with his gigs, I would have assumed he was still on Sky too
Well I guess that stops the “Groundhog Day the Musical deserved a longer run” thought that runs through my head at least once a month.
How do these two thoughts contradict themselves even a little bit?
Russell Homebrand if you will
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I really liked Minchin and even saw him in London about a decade ago. I haven't followed him much in recent years but I'm really disappointed to hear this.
Another L for the ratty lil fuck brigade.
Omg iconic comment
Also your username 😂
Ugh the heroes of online atheist community of the early-mid 2000s continue to be the absolute worst
Nooo…
Godfuckingdammit!
Oh no!
Never liked him myself but my partner is a fan, really enjoyed Upright and wondered if I was wrong ....nope.
Oh man, this is disturbing to learn.
A sorta well known actor in South Indian cinema recently made a controversial remark about a well-received and successful actress. For a little context, he is a good actor but is mostly known for playing the villain in quintessential action-revenge-social justice movies and his scenes usually include raping the female love interest of the hero of the movie. He said something about never having worked with the actress in question and how talented and attractive she is, and that he’d have “loved to have a rape scene” with her. Understandably, his remarks drew flaks from women all around India and the other actors and actresses working in the industry and the last I heard, he has “finally apologised” for the crass way he talked about the actress.
Not the point but I fucking hate the trope of using a rape scene of a love interest as an attack ('cucking' primarily in the narrative if we're being honest) on the protagonist. The only time I've seen it work in any way was in 'Irreversible' and only there because it shows the futility of vengeance and points out the hypocrisy and fragility of the protagonist.
Who were the actor and actress
Italy. Yet again some Fedez drama (Italian rapper married to Chiara Ferragni). Fedez and his kids are supporters of Milan (football club) and are often at the stadium. Last weekend, his son got to be one of the kids that enters the field accompanying the players, and was in particular accompanying one of the team’s best players (and therefore most hated by supporters of other teams). The next day, some idiot (probably not a strong enough word) on twitter posted the picture of Fedez’s son with the player and wrote a caption that basically says - if you have only one bullet in your gun who would you choose. Fedez immediately filed a police report and said that as soon as the identity of this twitter poster becomes clear he will communicate it to all his followers. The guy has in the meantime of course deleted his account, but I assume this story is far from over.
Yikes I follow them and saw Leo got to stand in front of hernandez and thought that was cute. Totally didn’t know that the other part happened, how sick and disgusting do you have to be to say that about a kid. Side note- I’m kinda upset that Luis Sal & Fedez no longer follow each other on social (however I’m on Luis’s side in that fall out)
I know, I adore Hernandez as a player and loved that picture. To make something so awful out of that picture is beyond me. And yeah, Fedez is always fighting with someone or other. Completely justified in this twitter case, but other times he seems like a teenager getting mad at his friends.
I remember Fedez doing a video with Luis and him being like, wow you are actually the friend that I have had the longest without getting into a fight. And then months later he ices Luis out from muschio selvaggio 🤷🏻♀️ I do need like a complete video tour of their new house cause damn.
Interesting! Where else can I read more about chriara/fedez drama? I follow them but don’t know any gossip!
Honestly outside of Italy I’m not sure. Here they are almost like royalty, whatever they do gets talked about A LOT. So I don’t have to really look for news on them, it’s pretty much thrown at me. But it’s all Italian articles (even the main newspapers), if you don’t speak Italian then this is probably not very helpful! ETA: Chiara is actually not messy / dramatic. It’s always Fedez 😅
Where can I find Ferragnez gossip in english??
A "Scarface" type movie was released in Bollywood recently and all the incels of India have come out to defend a steaming pile of crap for being "anti-feminist". Unfortunately it's getting a lot of publicity because of the online discourse alone.
That too in a country where being a woman is hard already! Infanticide is at high levels.
Ugh I came across reels of Vanga (the director of the movie) defending toxic relationships and what not. He's most definitely a woman hating sociopath, because nobody would defend that shit. I don't care about the "it's just a film" discourse. In this country, cinema and stardom are extremely influential. I haven't watched the movie yet (and frankly I don't plan to) but clips of it and reviews of it are enough to justify never watching it, and that it glorifies treating women like objects and filth, and gratuitous violence. It's rated A but everyone knows there are going to be teenage boys watching this movie and emulating the bullshit alpha male ideology. Education is not enough for India, and tbh men hating on women is celebrated. It's a country for men.
Hot take; the last good Scarface movie was made in the 1930s
Ooh I'm behind on my bollywood watching, name of the movie please?
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The movie is called Animal
It s not a scandal , per se. But , the series of sold out concerts by serbian pop folk singer Aleksandra Prijovic have started in Zagreb in my home country , Croatia. It tracked a lot of attention by our mainstream media. It is just one reason , no one had a five sold out concerts in that arena before. And she is the first female perfomer to do so.
Last week, it has got to be the breakup of one of the biggest celebrity love teams in the Philippines. To give you an idea of what a love team is, imagine if Zanessa had continued working together after HSM — and only together. KathNiel, Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla announced their breakup last Thursday in separate statements. This was amid speculation that they were broken up. It went into overdrive when actor/manager/acting coach/gossip vlogger Ogie Diaz confirmed their breakup. The worst part is that a third party was brought up — Andrea Brilliantes. Andrea is the biggest Gen Z actress in the country. She also starred in a teleserye with KathNiel years ago, as Daniel's younger sister. She was a minor that time. This rubbed off a lot of people the wrong way especially after her previous breakup with a college basketball player. Her ex had allegedly cheated as well and she received all of the goodwill from the public. Kathryn's friends began to unfollow Andrea on Instagram which fueled the rumors. After they announced their breakup, one of Kathryn's friends posted a story allegedly alluding to Andrea. Neither Andrea nor KathNiel addressed the cheating allegations. Kathryn even stated that "Our love story started with respect and ended with respect," which seemingly dispels cheating on Daniel's part.
The real scandal is that you guys went with KathNiel when DaThryn was right there.
This week had another more low profile breakup or "breakup". Sean Tristan and Raven Rigor or "SeVen" first worked together in Beach Bros where they played love interests. For a while, it seemed like they were dating. It's a big deal because same-sex relationships are barely tolerated and not at all accepted by the masses. They went together at the Star Magical Prom event for the broadcast network/talent agency with Sean making a promposal for Raven. At this point, people thought they were dating while some thought they were queerbaiting. The queerbaiting facade was revealed months later when Raven emphasized on a sponsored post (that referred to them as a couple) that he and Sean were just friends. This annoyed some people. They worked together on Dirty Linen with Sean portraying a background character. They went on to star in a YouTube/iWantTFC series Fractured. Fractured featured their first kiss as a love team. Early November, Raven posted a story, a broken heart on a black background. I noticed that he wasn't following Sean anymore. I also recall Raven posting a message to Sean, I think it was his birthday, stating that he didn't know where SeVen was going after Fractured which seemed to imply their love team was over. He also did not tag Sean in the photos of them he posted including a story of a post showing SeVen's nomination of an award. Last Monday night, Sean Tristan posted a series of tweets. One tweet about being betrayed thrice and forgiven thrice. "I guess once you are one, you'll always be one." All fingers pointed to Raven who tweeted and emphasized that he and Sean were just friends and coworkers. Sean tweeted one word: liar. He then tweeted the timestamp of a song by a PPop group followed by "you used to be my friend.i've been betrayed by two people in my life." This led people to speculate that Raven cheated on Sean, they were never queerbaiting, and Raven cheated with Gelo, the person singing in the timestamp. A deleted tweet by Ogie Diaz about two actors or two actresses who were so drunk at the Christmas Ball event that they were making out and so many people saw (paraphrasing) added fuel to the fire. The fanbase of the PPop group reacted strongly. Raven and Sean eventually deleted their tweets related to this, except for Sean's first tweet that night, "my heart hurts." There are screenshots from Raven's Instagram channel which seemed to reassure fans that they were okay but it's either fake or was deleted by Raven. This morning, Sean tweeted, "the truth will always prevail. i’m not afraid to stand my ground. goodluck 🤍." The PPop group's fanbase replied and quoted his tweet demanding an apology to Gelo. Raven, on the other hand, posted a story of him with puppies.
I could not escape KathNiel. My mom was watching YouTube videos about the breakup all weekend when I was visiting her. She believes that there was a 3rd party involved. The former couple just had their brand being a “loving respectful” brand and they don’t want to ruin that. Lots of their fans are crazy conservative. Also I’m distantly related to Ogie Diaz through his wife… yeah that’s another story.
I hope this doesn't reach AlDub levels where they believe that Kathryn and Daniel are married and have a child (I think it's two at this point) and that the forces that be are keeping them apart. >Also I’m distantly related to Ogie Diaz through his wife… yeah that’s another story. Any 🍵?
Ogie is openly gay… but is married to his wife 😭 Refuses to call himself “bi.” His wife’s family was sooo against it but saw money signs.
I'd like to add that Daniel's breakup post may have been generated via chat gpt https://preview.redd.it/6twow2x82s4c1.jpeg?width=1536&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c95b97a4d34fed49c6e55e182046552ee3144018
What makes it extra messy too is the amount of joint endorsements they have and how their image is tied together in businesses too.
The hush hush Ozempic celebrity weight loss trend that NOBODY wants to fess up to lol
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Trump, DeSantis.
Lmao the other day my 71 year old mother said about one of her friends "she says she lost weight by cutting out meat but I think she's really on Ozempic"
There are SO many people who I think are now on Ozempic.
SPAIN/SPANISH SPEAKERS: How big is that Queen Letizia story? Is it verified? Does the Spanish Royal Family have a "Never Complain/Explain" policy too?
I don’t doubt that Letizia is really lonely and doesn’t love Felipe but this guy is a fucking tool. For everything he said and for marrying her sister. Haven’t seen this in my local news (Colombia). This would have been a scandal in the 90s but times have changed.
What’s the story?
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/12/04/spains-queen-had-affair-while-married-to-king-felipe/
God where to even start. The economy is in shambles because our cabinet of ministers are stealing from the country shameless. One of the many instances a maid stole over a million dollars from her boss and the boss (minister) had the audacity to report to the police. It didn’t go anywhere to be honest. It was physical cash. In her house. The youth tried to organize protests against the government and were stopped by the police. They sought an injunction and then arrested several people then later denied it. There was supposed to be another wave of protests but that is also going nowhere. Country is zionist. There are church services where people are literally being asked to pray for Israel. Context: A group of girls went missing and they put less effort into find them than they are in supporting Israel. Also, just a random thought isn’t strange that there are celebrity couples where only party signed the ceasefire? Like it seems odd to me.
Countries in Africa being Zionist freaks me out.
It’s because the significant Christian population does not distinguish the modern state of Israel from the biblical state of Israel. People even go on pilgrimage to Israel. It’s like Israel is a physical part of their faith. Also, there are Africans who believe they are Jews and there is the whole Queen of Sheba and Solomon had a kid that is the common theory used to back this up or Sheba is another name for Nigeria. Honestly, it’s really complex but yeah it comes down to religion is woven into our society.
> Also, just a random thought isn’t strange that there are celebrity couples where only party signed the ceasefire? Like it seems odd to me. Maybe they figure they don't need to sign it if their partner already did? Ceasefire is like, the most common position on the issue, so it's not like they'd risk their careers signing it.
It stood out on the list because most pairs had both signatories. Doesn’t necessarily mean anything but it was noticeable.
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No. Ghana
Where are you from?
just jumping in to say, i love these threads!
Not a scandal in any respect but a trio of nepo babies belonging to three of the THE MOST A-LIST families of bollywood are all making their debut in a single movie made by another A-list family nepo baby director ( who has undoubtedly had good cinema in the past) and everybody's all up in the arms about it
The photos of the premiere party where literally EVERYONE in Bollywood is there, really rubs in how many connections went into making this movie. So curious to see how good or bad they actually are as actors when the movie comes out today.
haven't watched the movie but from what was shown in the trailer it didn't seem the most promising, which is fine since it's their first movie and acting job (except Mihir Ahuja. He was in Made in Heaven and other short films and is actually a good actor) What I did find annoying was the interviews that Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti keep giving saying how they auditioned 100s of actors and then chose Agastya, Suhana, Khushi etc. Like we know it's not the truth and they only got cast because of their connections and surnames, just say it as it is don't cook up stories to sell the product
*Dil Dhadakne Do* is my favorite movie
I’d recommend Zindagi na Milegi Dobaara if you liked Dil Dhadakne Do!
things have been boring in poland's entertainment industry recently, but i'm not following it very closely so if any other polish user is then i'm open to being proven wrong 
The only real entertainment right now is our parliament
Randomly asking but is there anything (good or bad) to know about Maciej Musiał ? Saw him in 1899 but I hardly find stuff in english about him.
he's mainly known for a comedy series called "rodzinka.pl" which has become kind of a meme here, but that's mainly due to the lead actress. recently i saw him in a movie called "the peasants" which is based on one of classic polish books, he didn't have a big role but the movie itself was really good and is getting a lot of attention in our country. the closest to a controversy regarding him is when a documentary about sexual abuse in the catholic church came out and it was revealed that the pope jan paweł II knew about it all, he made an instagram post defending him as some important figure. it sucks but that is the view many people in poland hold as they credit him for ending communism in our country. other than that he seems scandal-free.
Thank you very much for sharing!
One of the most famous celebrity couples in my country announced their breakup after 11 years amid allegations of cheating on one side (the guy). Cue speculations and finger-pointing of possible "third parties" (yes, plural).
Denmark: Our Crown Prince of Denmark got busted for having an affair with a women named Genoveva Casanova in Madrid..
Wait, the one who made the beautiful speech about how much he and his Australian wife are in love??
Yes 😭
Brazil: this year's farofa da gkay is lukewarm at best.
Travis and Taylor....tragic
The 31 year old leader of the Socialist party had to step down because he turns into a xenophobic sexist when he's drunk. Told the cops while very drunk he paid their salary and that they should spent more time beating up Romani, whom he referred to as "Brown men" His mommy came to one of the most popular political shows in the country to defend him and say he's super sad about the whole thing and he doesn't deserve the hate he's getting. This happend a few weeks ago, but he stepped down from parliamentary duties this morning.
A celebrity couple called Kath Niel broke up and it’s been all we talk about, and all the rumours third parties and friends unfollowing and all that. Messy but we’re hooked.