I Am A Swede

To be honest I don't really care if he goes down with a bang, a whimper or a marching band. As long as he goes down. He's a menace, and as long as he's in the White House the whole world is in peril. It may sound dramatic, but he's so volatile and unpredictable it genuinely scares me.

Kate Winslet regrets working with some unnamed film-makers. http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-42857038

Congratulations to Emmerdale for winning Best serial drama at the 2018 NTA Awards. http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-42776760

GS win number 20 for Roger Federer! When is he going to retire? I wish someone else other than him or Nadal (or Djokovic) can win the rest this year. It's really starting to get boring.

That sounds simply awful. I don't know why these shows have become so full of nastiness and mean-spirited people. Is it supposed to be hip or trendy or something? Self-centered individuals without morals are being treated as heroes while qualities like kindness, honesty and decency are sneered upon and characters who have those qualities are being treated as losers.

Absolutely wonderful. Just like early Emmerdale Farm it depicts real people and presents realistic situations. I don't know what Coronation Street is like nowadays, but I suspect it mirrors what Emmerdale has become. A show that has strayed far away from its roots and is now filled with sensationalism and over-the-top storylines. It's very sad.

Caroline Wozniacki becomes the first Danish player to win a GS singles title, beating Simona Halep 7-6 3-6 6-4 to win the 2018 Australian Open. http://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/42844093

I hated this! When each presenter talked directly to the nominees.... it made me cringe.

Is it even possible to be worse than Sharapova? She doesn't grunt, she screams!

Lovely! Even though it's only one episode I can easily see why this show was such a success. Such a diverse and strong cast of characters, and a setting which probably was something rare on tv at the time. Personally I found it amusing to see an old acquaintance from my favourite tv-show ever, "Upstairs, Downstairs". John Quayle, who played Captain Platt in this episode played Bunny Newbury on that show.

The spoiler is part of it, but I don't think my disdain for everything Dingle-related is a secret. Debbie is everything I hate about the Dingles, and she is at the very top of my list of characters I would dump immediately if I got the chance. Her parents are up there too, but Charity at least has some wit and humour.

Why can't someone please rid the show, and us, of the black hole otherwise known as Debbie Dingle! Of all the Dingles I think she is the one I loathe the most. She's such a miserable, hypocritical bitch!

You also have Lesley Manville, nominated for Best Supporting Actress, who had a regular role on "Emmerdale Farm" 1975-76.

How disappointing that Ross is working with Cain against Joseph. I had hoped that he had gotten Debbie out of his system, but I guess not.... There goes my dream that he could have ended up with Victoria.

She's actually part of my very first, very hazy memory of Emmerdale Farm. I had this vague recollection of a girl named Rosemary, no more than that. It wasn't until much later I got it confirmed that there had actually been a Rosemary on the show. Her very first episode could be found on Youtube for a brief while, but it was taken down. But there are other episodes uploaded there now with her in them. Here's one for instance Trivia: Her co-star, George Fenton, has gone on to become a famous composer, writing music for many acclaimed wildlife series produced by David Attenborough ("Planet Earth", "Blue Planet" etc), and also for many movies by Ken Loach. His breakthrough came when he collaborated with Ravi Shankar to write the score to the multi-Oscar winning "Gandhi" (1982)

^^ Old news! I posted that on the previous page.

Wohoo, a woman is nominated in the Best Director category for only the 5th time in history. And for the first time ever (!) a woman is among the nominees for Cinematography!

Congratulations to Emmerdale Farm alumni Lesley Manville on her Academy Award nomination! Lesley played Rosemary Kendall from February 18th 1975 to April 13th 1976, and appeared in 77 episodes.

Nadal is out! He's injured, again..... Semi-final between Marin Cilic and Kyle Edmund.

Talk about delusions of grandeur!

Here they are, the long-awaited Razzie Award nominations! WORST PICTURE Baywatch The Emoji Movie Fifty Shades Darker The Mummy Transformers XVII: The Last Knight WORST ACTRESS Katherine Heigl / Unforgettable Dakota Johnson / Fifty Shades Darker Jennifer Lawrence / Mother! Tyler Perry / BOO! 2: A Medea Halloween Emma Watson / The Circle WORST ACTOR Tom Cruise / The Mummy Johnny Depp / Pirates of The Caribbean XIII: Dead Men Tell No Tales Jamie Dornan / Fifty Shades Darker Zac Efron / Baywatch Mark Wahlberg / Daddy’s Home 2 & Transformers XVII: The Last Knight WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR Javier Bardem / Mother! & Pirates of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales Russell Crowe / The Mummy Josh Duhamel / Transformers XVII: Last Knight Mel Gibson / Daddy’s Home 2 Anthony Hopkins / Collide & Transformers XVII: Last Knight WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Kim Basinger / Fifty Shades Darker Sofia Boutella / The Mummy Laura Haddock / Transformers XVII: Last Knight Goldie Hawn / Snatched Susan Sarandon / A Bad Moms Christmas WORST SCREEN COMBO Any Combination of Two Characters, Two Sex Toys or Two Sexual Positions / Fifty Shades Darker Any Combination of Two Humans, Two Robots or Two Explosions / Transformers XVII: Last Knight Any Two Obnoxious Emojis / The Emoji Movie Johnny Depp & His Worn Out Drunk Routine / Pirates of the Caribbean XIII: Dead Careers Tell No Tales Tyler Perry & Either The Ratty Old Dress or Worn Out Wig / BOO! 2: A Madea Halloween WORST REMAKE, RIP-OFF or SEQUEL Baywatch BOO 2: A Medea Halloween Fifty Shades Darker The Mummy Transformers XVII: Last Knight WORST DIRECTOR Darren Aronofsky / Mother! Michael Bay / Transformers XVII: Last Knight James Foley / Fifty Shades Darker Alex Kurtzman / The Mummy Anthony (Tony) Leonidis / The Emoji Movie WORST SCREENPLAY Baywatch The Emoji Movie Fifty Shades Darker The Mummy Transformers XVII: The Last Knight

There are no words.... http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42766159 The White House has changed its answering machine message to blame Donald Trump's political opponents for its failure to answer calls. The US is in the middle of a government shutdown, leaving many federal services without staff. But callers to the White House comment line at the weekend were informed that Democrats were to blame. The recorded message says calls cannot be answered because Democrats are holding government funding "hostage". The recorded message was set up on the White House comment phone line, which accepts calls from members of the public. "Unfortunately, we cannot answer your call today because Congressional Democrats are holding government funding - including funding for our troops and other national security priorities - hostage to an unrelated immigration debate," the recording says. "Due to this obstruction, the government is shut down."