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It was about us’ Trump seizes on ‘Roseanne’ ratings LOS ANGELES - U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday latched onto the huge viewership for the revival of ABC’s hit 1990s working-class comedy “Roseanne” as evidence that his supporters want shows that speak to their concerns. “Look at her ratings,” Trump said during a speech near Cleveland, referring to the comedy’s star and his vocal supporter, Roseanne Barr. “They were unbelievable. ... and it was about us.” The show, in which Barr plays a blue-collar Trump voter, debuted on Tuesday and performed best in Tulsa, Oklahoma; Cincinnati, Ohio, and Kansas City, Missouri, respectively, all in states that Trump won in the 2016 presidential election. New York City and Los Angeles were not in the top 20 of rated areas, according to entertainment trade publication Deadline. Trump called Barr on Wednesday to congratulate her on the show’s debut that drew more than 18 million viewers. Barr said on ABC’s “Good
Morning America” on Thursday that she hoped the series, which wades into the divisiveness of U.S. politics, would help people “agree to disagree.” “I really hope that it opens up civil conversation instead of just mudslinging,” said Barr, who supports the Republican president. “He’s just happy for me,” Barr said of the former reality TV star. “I’ve known him for many years, and he’s done a lot of nice things for me ... it was just a friendly conversation about working and television and ratings.” Trump often talks or tweets about shows’ ratings, sometimes comparing them to when he was on “The Apprentice.” “Roseanne” originally aired from 1988 to 1997 and featured a blue-collar Midwestern family struggling to get by. In the revival, Roseanne is a Trump voter who faces off against her sister, played by Laurie Metcalf, who portrays a Trump opponent. (rtr)
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Tommy Wiseau, the original actor from “The Room,” and writer Greg Sestero (R) arrive for the gala presentation of “The Disaster Artist” at the AFI Film Festival in Los Angeles, California, U.S., November 12, 2017.
Tommy Wiseau bounces back with new movie ‘Best F(r)iends’
LOS ANGELES - When film producing partners Tommy Wiseau and Greg Sestero released “The Room” in 2003, the drama was laughed off as a dreadful comedy that several critics called one of the worst films ever made.
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Actress Roseanne Barr
But the partners had the last laugh as the film about two friends warring over the same girl turned them into cult icons and inspired last year’s affectionate and critically acclaimed tribute “The Disaster Artist.” Now, the pair is trying to catch lightning in a bottle again with “Best F(r)iends,” a comedy-thriller about a down-and-out drifter, played by Sestero, who befriends Wiseau as a mortician and together decide to make it rich. The movie will open in U.S. theaters on Friday. “We tried to pave new ground and make something with a totally different aesthetic and different
vibe,” Sestero said in an interview at the Hollywood premiere on Wednesday. “So I hope it’s a fun cinematic experience like ‘The Room’ but I also hope it surprises the audience and gives them something they’re not expecting.” Unlike “The Room,” which was directed, written and produced by Wiseau, “Best F(r)iends” was written and produced by Sestero, allowing Wiseau to focus on acting - a topic on which he is particularly sensitive. “People don’t realize I can do acting, number one,” Wiseau said. “Number two, as you know, there
was very negative blogging about Tommy Wiseau, about me, and they don’t understand that I’ve been acting for 20 years, so I feel very good about it.” Actor Paul Scheer, who also appeared in “The Disaster Artist,” said the new movie came from the heart. Wiseau and Sestero, he said, “have all the passion of a Paul Thomas Anderson or a Steven Spielberg. Their execution is definitely different but they love what they’re doing and they want to do exciting, interesting work and I think that that’s what I love about them.” (rtr)
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Pope Francis appears after delivering his Easter message in the Urbi et Orbi (to the city and the world) address from the balcony overlooking St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican April 1, 2018.
Pope, after Gaza violence, says ‘defenceless’ being killed in Holy Land
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis, in his Easter address on Sunday, called for peace in the Holy Land two days after 15 Palestinians were killed on the Israeli-Gaza border, saying the conflict there “does not spare the defenceless”. The pope made his appeal in his “Urbi et Orbi” (to the city and the world) message from the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica to tens of thousands of people in the flower-bedecked square below where he earlier celebrated a Mass. He also appealed for an end to the “carnage” in Syria, calling for humanitarian aid to be allowed to enter, and for peace in South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Francis appeared to refer directly to the Gaza violence last Friday, calling for “reconciliation for the Holy Land, also experiencing in these days the wounds of ongoing conflict that do not spare the defenceless.” Israel’s defence minister has rejected calls for an inquiry into the
killings by the military during a Palestinian demonstration that turned violent at the Gaza-Israel border. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Federica Mogherini, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, and other leaders have called for an independent investigation into the bloodshed. The Pope also begged for peace for “the entire world, beginning with the beloved and long-suffering land of Syria, whose people are worn down by an apparently endless war.”
“This Easter, may the light of the risen Christ illumine the consciences of all political and military leaders, so that a swift end may be brought to the carnage in course ... “ he said. He spoke a day after the Syrian army command said it had regained most of the towns and villages in eastern Ghouta. Tens of thousands of people have now evacuated once-bustling towns in the suburbs east of the capital, which had nearly 2 million people before the start of
the conflict and were major commercial and industrial hubs. Francis called for international assistance for Venezuela, so that more people would not have to abandon their homeland because of the economic and political crisis. He hoped the “fruits of dialogue” would advance peace and harmony on the Korean peninsula, where the two sides are set to hold their first summit in more than a decade on April 27, after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pledged his commitment to denuclearisation. Francis, celebrating his sixth Easter as Roman Catholic leader since his election in 2013, urged his listeners to work for an end to the “so many acts of injustice” in
the world. He prayed the power of Jesus’ message “bears fruits of hope and dignity where there are deprivation and exclusion, hunger and unemployment, where there are migrants and refugees - so often rejected by today’s culture of waste - and victims of the drug trade, human trafficking and contemporary forms of slavery”. (rtr) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http:// radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.