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The Herald Scotland
a day ago
- Entertainment
- The Herald Scotland
Matt Damon arrives in Scotland ahead of The Odyssey filming
The Odyssey - an adaptation of Homer's epic Greek poem - boasts an all-star ensemble cast, with Tom Holland, Zendaya, Robert Pattinson, Anne Hathaway and Charlize Theron starring alongside Matt Damon. Slated for a July 2026 release, Universal Pictures describe it as "a mythic action epic shot across the world using brand new IMAX film technology", while Jim Orr, the studio's distribution chief, said it will be 'a visionary, once-in-a-generation cinematic masterpiece that Homer himself would quite likely be proud of.' Principal photography began at Aït Benhaddou in Morocco in February before filming moved to Pelopennese in Greece and the island of Favignana off the coast of Sicily - believed by some scholars to be one of the locations described in Homer's epic poem. Earlier this month, it was revealed that scenes for the film will be shot at Findlater Castle overlooking the Moray Firth in Aberdeenshire. It came after Variety named Scotland among the list of 'announced locations' for the film, while actor Jesse Garcia confirmed in an interview that The Odyssey would be filmed in Scotland - and Ireland. Speaking about the film, Garcia said: "The locations are beautiful. It's been fun to work with all the actors that we're working with, and everyone is putting everything into it. We're literally emptying the tank every day. "It's epic. There's going to be some groundbreaking stuff on screen that's really never been done before. [Nolan] keeps upping the game with everything that he does, and the way it's going to look on screen is just going to be incredible." Back in February, Universal unveiled a first look at Matt Damon as Odysseus in The Odyssey. The side-angle shot showed Damon, who worked with Christopher Nolan in Oppenheimer, clad in military armour. Nolan is no stranger to Scotland, having filmed parts of The Dark Knight Rises in the country. The opening scene, where supervillain Bane hijacks a plane, was filmed over the Mar Lodge Estate in the Cairngorms National Park. News of Matt Damon's arrival in Scotland for filming comes after Deadline confirmed that Joel Coen's next film, Jack of Spades, will shoot in Scotland this summer. The movie will star British actor Josh O'Connor - primarily known for his portrayal of Prince Charles in The Crown - in the lead role. Coen is best known of course for his collaborations with his younger brother, Ethan. Among their most acclaimed works are Fargo, True Grit, The Big Lebowski, O Brother, Where Art Thou? and No Country for Old Men. The film will follow Coen's previous solo release, 2021's The Tragedy Of Macbeth, starring Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand. Plot details for Jack of Spades remain under wraps, but there are reportedly offers out to two British actresses to star alongside O'Connor. The Herald understands that Coen is already in Glasgow ahead of filming starting. In an interview with The Herald in 2009, Coen, who has visited Skye repeatedly on holiday, hinted of a possible future shoot in Scotland. He said: 'I love Scotland, I visit there a lot for the countryside, the landscape of it. I go up to the Isle of Skye. "Who knows, maybe some day we will do a movie set in Scotland. It will probably have an American character in it though.' In other film news, Deadline also reports that Russell Crowe has joined Henry Cavill's Highlander reboot. The Oscar-winning actor is set to play Cavill's mentor in a variation on the part played by Sean Connery in the 1986 original. Earlier this month, director Chad Stahelski confirmed that filming is due to commence by mid-September in London, before production heads to Scotland. READ MORE:
Time Out
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Time Out
The Kingdom of Pylos: Warrior-Princes of Ancient Greece
The Getty Villa reopens to the public five and a half months after its Palisades Fire closure with this international loan exhibition dedicated to the Greek Mycenaean civilization and the kingdom of Pylos, which Homer immortalized in the Iliad and Odyssey. It's the first major museum show in North America devoted to the Late Bronze Age Mycenaeans. See treasures excavators unearthed from Messenia, the Palace of Nestor and burial sites including the tomb of the Griffin Warrior (1450 BCE)—think clay tablets, gold cups, ornate weapons and tiny signets and sealstones adorned with awe-inspiring amounts of detail.
Scottish Sun
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
The Simpsons kill off Marge in season 36 finale as outraged fans slam ‘stupid decision'
The iconic blue-haired mom of the Springfield family has been with the show since the start MARGE RAGE The Simpsons kill off Marge in season 36 finale as outraged fans slam 'stupid decision' Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) THE SIMPSONS has killed off Marge in the season 36 finale - causing widespread fan outrage. The beloved wife of beer-belching Homer has been a mainstay on the hit animated show since 1989. Sign up for the Entertainment newsletter Sign up 3 Homer Simpson surrounded by family and friends at Marge's funeral Credit: Fox 3 Homer and Marge have been together since the very start of the Simpsons Credit: Alamy 3 Marge looks down from heaven as she watches her children interact Credit: Fox Viewers have watched her and the Springfield natives grow up together over the years. But in the finale of the latest instalment, she appears to have died. The episode - called Estranger Things - focuses on the sibling bond between Bart and Lisa. It shows them growing apart after they stop watching their favorite program 'The Itchy & Scratchy Show'. READ MORE ON THE SIMPSONS UNSUNG HERO The Simpsons icon dies aged 84 after battling rare illness as tributes flood in Marge is fearful that her kids will become estranged, which turns out to be a reality 35 years later after Marge has died. The death of the family matriarch appears to be a flash-forward scene, instead of an instant passing away. In the future, Lisa is now the commissioner of the NBA. She is paying for her widowed father Homer to live in a retirement home. Bart is running it unlicensed, in his latest money-making scene. There is a brief scene of Marge's funeral where Homer is standing in tears over his wife's grave. Jesus and Virgin Mary statues left looking like Simpsons characters after botched restoration of 200-year-old shrine He is surrounded by family and friends. After Homer is taken out of the retirement home by Senior Protective Services, and send him to Florida. Lisa then finds an old video tape from Marge, who tells Bart and Lisa to always depend on each other. The siblings then make up to rescue their dad, and take him back home. FREE STREAMING! Apps offer no-cost TV Here are some of the most popular apps that offer at least some free streaming content... Tubi Amazon Freevee Plex TV The Roku Channel Sling Freestream (via Sling TV) FilmRise NewsON Fawesome TV Pluto TV Local Now Haystack News Red Bull TV Free Movies Plus PBS Kids Video PBS Xumo Play A scene then flashes to heaven, where Marge is looking down on the family. "I'm so happy my kids are close again," she says. Ringo Starr then bizarrely appears and tells Marge, 'Love, we'll be late for the Heaven Buffett. There's a shrimp tower.' 'Okay Ringo," she replies. "I'm just so glad that we're allowed to marry different people in Heaven,' She then shares a kiss with the Beatles legend. It is not known how exactly she passes away. Fans reacted in shock at the news of Marge's death, but are hopeful it is not for a long time yet. "What a stupid decision," said one. Another added: "I haven't even watched The Simpsons in 10+ years but they really killed MARGE?!" A third said: "What's this I'm hearing they killed Marge Simpson off????" And a fourth commented: "Marge Simpson is dead?"
The Irish Sun
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
The Simpsons kill off Marge in season 36 finale as outraged fans slam ‘stupid decision'
THE SIMPSONS has killed off Marge in the season 36 finale - causing widespread fan outrage. The beloved wife of beer-belching Homer has been a mainstay on the hit animated show since 1989. Advertisement 3 Homer Simpson surrounded by family and friends at Marge's funeral Credit: Fox 3 Homer and Marge have been together since the very start of the Simpsons Credit: Alamy 3 Marge looks down from heaven as she watches her children interact Credit: Fox Viewers have watched her and the Springfield natives grow up together over the years. But in the finale of the latest instalment, she appears to have died. The episode - called Estranger Things - focuses on the sibling bond between Bart and Lisa. It shows them growing apart after they stop watching their favorite program 'The Itchy & Scratchy Show'. Advertisement Marge is fearful that her kids will become estranged, which turns out to be a reality 35 years later after Marge has died. The death of the family matriarch appears to be a flash-forward scene, instead of an instant passing away. In the future, Lisa is now the commissioner of the NBA. She is paying for her widowed father Homer to live in a retirement home. Advertisement Most read in TV Old Bart is running it unlicensed, in his latest money-making scene. There is a brief scene of Marge's funeral where Homer is standing in tears over his wife's grave. Jesus and Virgin Mary statues left looking like Simpsons characters after botched restoration of 200-year-old shrine He is surrounded by family and friends. After Homer is taken out of the retirement home by Senior Protective Services, and send him to Florida. Advertisement Lisa then finds an old video tape from Marge, who tells Bart and Lisa to always depend on each other. The siblings then make up to rescue their dad, and take him back home. FREE STREAMING! Apps offer no-cost TV Here are some of the most popular apps that offer at least some free streaming content... Tubi Amazon Freevee Plex TV The Roku Channel Sling Freestream (via Sling TV) FilmRise NewsON Fawesome TV Pluto TV Local Now Haystack News Red Bull TV Free Movies Plus PBS Kids Video PBS Xumo Play A scene then flashes to heaven, where Marge is looking down on the family. "I'm so happy my kids are close again," she says. Advertisement Ringo Starr then bizarrely appears and tells Marge, 'Love, we'll be late for the Heaven Buffett. There's a shrimp tower.' 'Okay Ringo," she replies. "I'm just so glad that we're allowed to marry different people in Heaven,' She then shares a kiss with the Beatles legend. Advertisement It is not known how exactly she passes away. Fans reacted in shock at the news of Marge's death, but are hopeful it is not for a long time yet. "What a stupid decision," said one. Another added: "I haven't even watched The Simpsons in 10+ years but they really killed MARGE?!" Advertisement Read more on the Irish Sun A third said: "What's this I'm hearing they killed Marge Simpson off????" And a fourth commented: "Marge Simpson is dead?"
The Irish Sun
5 days ago
- The Irish Sun
Sick killer boyfriend Damian Homer made me listen as he plunged a knife into my hero mum's chest… then asked for a kiss
ON a quiet spring evening, a sleepy suburban close in Worcester suddenly became swamped with blue lights and sirens. Police rushed to the house, and 15 Wendy Francis died from her stab wounds after being attacked by her daughter's partner Credit: SWNS 15 Stacey Hill called her mum after her partner left her fearing for her life Credit: Facebook 15 Damian Homer was sent to prison in November last year Credit: Facebook Inside, two women - his girlfriend, Stacey Hill, and her brave mother, Wendy Francis - lay on the floor in total agony, both stabbed but alive. Chillingly, Hero mum Wendy had rushed to the property to save her daughter, who realised her life was in danger after spotting the knife in Homer's pocket in a reflection from their wardrobe mirror. As officers forced the brute against the wall and arrested him for attempted murder, he shouted out in desperation. Read More Features 'Stacey went to stab me, then Wendy came in and they both tried to stab me,' he pleaded. 'I had to protect myself… it's a good job I did otherwise I'd be the one dead.' Inside, medics treated Stacey, surrounded by a pool of blood, as she pleaded with them to check on her mum and kids. Police located the two young children and took them outside. Most read in The Sun 'Keep our eyes tight, tight, tight,' they were told as they were carried past the injured bodies of their mum and grandma. Stacey, 38, was whisked off to hospital. But her mother, 61-year-old Wendy, went into cardiac arrest. CPR was unsuccessful - and at 21:18pm on March 2, 2024, she was declared dead. Murder 24/7: Trailer for the BBC Two series following a team of detectives in murder investigations Now Homer was under arrest for murder. But with Stacey under critical care, both children terrified, and the only other witness dead, police faced an uphill battle to unravel the truth, as revealed in new BBC Two docuseries Murder 24/7. Desperate plea The morning after his arrest, police questioned Homer properly for the first time, and he gave his side of the story. 'I absolutely love that woman', he said, breathing heavily and breaking down as he asked if his partner Stacey is okay. 'We started having a drink - I was watching the football, she was in the front room,' he added. 'Then we was arguing in the kitchen, she was saying 'Get out the house' - there were some Homer then claimed he snatched it off her and put it in his back pocket, before his mother-in-law Wendy burst through the front door and dived on top of him. 15 When questioned by police, Homer insisted he'd acted in self defence Credit: BBC 15 He told detectives that his partner had come at him with a knife Credit: BBC 15 Forensic sweeps of their house cast doubts on his claim Credit: SWNS 'I've got the knife in my back pocket, and I've pulled it out because I thought it was going to go into my leg,' he continued. 'We fell over and the knife went into her. Stacey was shouting, and she went to grab another knife…and came towards me. 'I launched at her. And she just froze on the spot.' Damien didn't realise it at the time, but his shameless story gave the police some crucial information. He claimed Stacey had a But with Stacey still in hospital unable to speak, the investigators were forced to turn elsewhere for clues. Their social worker reported that they'd been playing with dolls, pretending they were their family. Daddy was in the kitchen, Mummy was lying down on the kitchen floor, and Nanny's blood was dripping 'That's daddy,' one said. 'He's bad.' Speaking further, the older one told what he saw. 'One of them got blood on Daddy's T-shirt, and they were screaming. Daddy was in the kitchen, Mummy was lying down on the kitchen floor, and Nanny's blood was dripping," he said. 'Dad was throwing the knife he'd got in his hand, and it hit both of them.' Soon, further details about Homer's past emerged. Violent outbursts His former boss, Clair, revealed that Homer - a lorry driver and former mobile DJ, and well liked in the community - once had an explosive outburst after he was called into a disciplinary meeting for driving without a seat belt while working for the company. 'How f***ing dare they,' he had screamed at her, adding: "Someone's got it in for me in that f***ing place…if I find out it's you I'm going to f***ing hurt you.' It also emerged that he'd received a suspended sentence for assaulting his girlfriend in 2020. 15 Homer received a suspended sentence for assaulting Stacey in 2020 Credit: Facebook 15 Mobile phones seized at the property revealed crucial info about the moments leading up to the bloodbath Credit: SWNS 15 Investigators faced an uphill battle to establish who was telling the truth Credit: BBC Police had also seized their mobile phones, and began scraping them for data and messages to build up a picture of exactly what had happened in the lead up to the bloodbath. The messages revealed that Homer and Stacey were in the midst of a heated argument, and then, texting her mum, she said: 'I've had to come upstairs…believe me when I say I'm done.' From upstairs, Stacey texted her partner. 'Find somewhere else to live…you're lucking I ain't called the police on you' she angrily messaged. 'Lol. Only if you buy me out,' came the reply. Stacey called her aunt - and her aunt then called the police. She's just told me her chap's got a knife in his get there quick Stacey's aunt 'Please can you send officers to my niece's address,' she can be heard saying on the 'She's just told me her chap's got a knife in his pocket. Please get there quick.' Challenged with this new information, Homer admitted that he and Stacey didn't always have the best relationship. Still, he stuck with his story of self-defence. But then police made a breakthrough. Stacey - still suffering from her wounds - was finally able to speak. And when she recounted the horror she experienced that night, police were more certain than ever that Homer's story didn't add up. Killer kiss 'The day started off like any other day - but in 24 hours everything fell apart,' she remembered. After spending the day at a garden centre, she recalled how they came home and he started drinking, getting more and more aggressive. 15 Stacey was finally able to tell police what happened after she recovered in hospital Credit: Facebook 15 She saw her partner approach her with a knife in the bedroom mirror Credit: Facebook 15 Stacey's mum rushed round to save her daughter Credit: Facebook Eventually, Stacey decided to head to bed. But she spotted something that sent chills down her spine. 'Damo came upstairs, walking towards me,' she said. 'We have glass wardrobe doors - and I could see that he had a knife in his pocket.' 'I say to my auntie [on the phone], call the police he's got a knife. 'I decided to call my mum, and I said, 'Mum, Damo's got a knife and I think he's going to kill me.' Stacey tried to get out the house, but Homer pulled her back and threw her on the floor and she had a terrifying realisation. 'I just knew then, that if somebody didn't come quick, I was going to die,' she said. All I could hear was the noise the knife made in my came down to me and asked for a kiss Stacey 'As he was swinging me round the kitchen and punching me in the head, I heard my mum come through the door. 'She said, 'Get your hands off my f*cking babbi.' 'I just breathed a sign of relief, because it was like my hero had come to save me - like she'd done so many times before.' But unlike previous fights, Homer didn't let go when Wendy came over. What happened next is a moment Stacey will never forget. 'We both ended up curled up on the pulled out the knife out of his back pocket, and stabbed my mum in the left side of her chest, for ages," she said. 'All I could hear was the noise the knife made in my mum. 'I tried to get on my mum to stop any more stab wounds being inflicted, and he started panicking - and as he did that he came down to me and asking me for a kiss.' By now, Stacey's mind was spinning so much she hadn't even noticed she herself had been stabbed in the chest and had a collapsed lung. 15 Stacey was left devastated by the loss of her mum - but will never forget how she saved her life Credit: Facebook 15 Stacey recalled the terrifying moment she heard hear mum being stabbed Credit: BBC 15 Homer is now in prison for a minimum of 20 years Credit: West Mercia Police Hero mum Instead, her world was a blur of pain as she heard the sound of screams and police dogs barking. Immediately, her mind went to her mum, Wendy. 'It seemed like it was only a matter of seconds before I was being wheeling into the hospital. 'I kept asking about my mum - but I could tell by the look on their face that it was bad news.' By now, the police had enough evidence to charge Homer with murder. His tale of self-defence was discredited - by Stacey's account, and by that of their children's. There was no second knife, and though he claimed to have only stabbed each of them once, the post mortem found Wendy had suffered four stab wounds, while Stacey herself had five. The first time he hit me, he said there was no point in ever being happy, because I knew it wouldn't last Stacey Ring doorbell footage also captured the moment that Wendy had rushed round to her daughter's house - and in the background she could be heard screaming at Homer to get off her. Together, it was proof enough that Stacey - not Homer - was telling the truth. He was charged with murder, and attempted murder. Pleading guilty, 'Everybody loved Damo,' said Stacey as she looked back on what happened. 'But when you were living with him 24/7 the mask started to come away. 'The first time he hit me, he said sorry. But there was no point in ever being happy, because I knew it wouldn't last." She added: 'The biggest thing for me was losing my mum. But every time I think about giving up, I look at what my mum did for me. 'She saved my life - and I know now what I have to do for my kids. I have to be the mum to them, that she was to me.' Murder 24/7 airs tonight at 9pm on BBC Two
