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The Guardian
7 hours ago
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Such Brave Girls: TV so hilariously savage it will make you yowl with pleasure
I love watching real-life siblings on-screen. They bring a knotted history to every interaction, the way they look at one another, or don't. They may love each other; they're definitely stuck with each other. Daisy May and Charlie Cooper were the last to bottle such contradiction; I'm delighted we now have Such Brave Girls (BBC One, Wednesday 2 July, 11.40pm), returning for a second series, in which creator Kat Sadler stars alongside her sister Lizzie Davidson. Cattier than Longleat, it features some of the most savage writing on TV, and makes me yowl with pleasure. It's about traumatised women making terrible choices. Bear with. The ever-excellent Louise Brealey plays Deb, whose husband abandoned his family 10 years ago after popping to the shop for teabags. In financial trouble, she spends her time trying to lock down relations with drippy, slippery widower Dev, played by Paul Bazely, explicitly for his big house. Single-mindedness has made her grim, grasping and less maternal than a stressed hamster. Bad news for daughters Josie and Billie, who give off the stench of joint captivity, and have split into twin coping strategies: one depressed and passive, the other overconfident, bullish and equally lost. There are many jokes about sex, all three women wildly pursuing or running away from ludicrous men. But its most adult theme is desperation, which every character is thinly masking. One of the funniest running jokes is the way Deb and Billie dismiss the 'haunting presence' of Josie. Deb has no time for her depressed daughter's big feelings, interest in art or grapples with lesbianism. Life is about finding a man and moving in with him. She urges her to 'Remember the family crest! Ignore, repress, forget.' Scowling harder than Kanye West, Davidson gets to spit the most deliciously vicious lines. 'She only shaves one leg,' she hisses of an unmarried aunt, 'so when she sleeps on her side she can pretend a man is spooning her.' She's no fan of Josie's rare smile, either. 'Your mouth's doing the right thing, but your eyes are calling Samaritans.' Having turned her obsessive attention away from drug-dealing Nicky, she's now chasing a much older, married man. (They meet in the mornings, as he's too tired to get an erection at night.) 'There's nothing wrong with having an affair, right?' she asks, a shade of self-awareness crossing her face. 'I honestly think it might be the most feminist thing you can do,' responds Josie. The first series announced Sadler as a brilliant voice. Her writing pitilessly skewers the discourse around pop-feminism, queerness, sexuality and mental health. Pitiless does not mean unempathetic – the show was born of personal experience. During lockdown, Sadler revealed to Davidson that she'd spent time on a psych ward after twice trying to kill herself, and her sister admitted she was £20,000 in debt. They found themselves laughing. If you're in a raw place, the fun they have with self-harm, workplace shooting, dissociation and the self-delusion required to live a lie until you die, may be too much. For most of us, it's the medicine. Directed by Simon Bird of The Inbetweeners, and co-produced by A24, there's big underwriting, too. The first series saw a few mannered performances from the supporting cast, but these have settled in now. Its female trinity remain a scream, as the story tacks farcical in ways I won't spoil here. Let's just say they're riding that family crest like a surfboard into disaster. Dark comedy is a phrase overused, and perhaps meaningless. Granted, you have to be the kind of person who finds a mother warning her daughter, 'Try not to poison this family with your personality' funny to get Such Brave Girls. I'd argue that is the central brain-stem of the British psyche. There are strains of Peep Show, Julia Davies, Sharon Horgan and Fleabag. Like them, the show has no message other than that life is absurd, pain inevitable and people ridiculous. That makes it more clear-sighted and honest than any show telling us what to think. And you get sisters tearing strips off each other. Truly, there is eloquence in blood.
New York Times
9 hours ago
- Sport
- New York Times
Women's Euro 2025 group guides: The best matches, the players to watch and more
The Women's Euros get under way on Wednesday, with holders England hoping to defend their title and Spain attempting to complete a treble of major tournament wins. The world champions are the favourites, having followed up their World Cup win in 2023 with Nations League success in 2024. The competition is taking place in Switzerland and runs from July 2 until July 27. All the squads are in and the pre-tournament friendlies are almost complete, so how is everyone shaping up? We have analysed the four groups — you can read them below. We have also published team guides for all 16 competing nations, which you can find here. (Top photos: Getty Images; design: Eamonn Dalton)
The Verge
14 hours ago
- Entertainment
- The Verge
YouTube is raising the minimum age for live streaming.
YouTube is raising the minimum age for live streaming. As of July 22nd, teens will have to be at least 16 years old to live stream on the platform, according to a support post. If a teen 13-15 years old wants to appear in a live stream, they'll have to have to be 'visibly accompanied' by an adult.
New York Times
a day ago
- Sport
- New York Times
Carli Lloyd, Julie Ertz, Alexi Lalas headline Fox Sports' inaugural Women's Euros broadcast
Fox Sports is going all in for its first broadcast of the UEFA Women's European Championship, assembling a high-profile mix of big-time stars and fresh voices to cover the monthlong tournament that kicks off July 2 in Switzerland. The network is rolling out a mix of seasoned veterans and recent U.S. women's national team retirees to handle coverage both in-studio and in the field. Advertisement Studio coverage for the tournament will be anchored by two-time World Cup winner and National Soccer Hall of Famer Carli Lloyd, fellow USWNT legend Julie Ertz and Ariane Hingst, who won two World Cups with Germany. This will be Ertz's first time working with Fox. Before this assignment, she appeared as a guest analyst during TNT's studio coverage of the 2024 SheBelieves Cup semifinals. For Lloyd, it will be her third summer and fourth major international tournament with the network after she debuted as a studio analyst at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. 'I always enjoyed the tactical part of the game,' she told The Athletic. 'I honestly never planned what I would do or how I would feel after retirement, but this feels like such a natural transition. I love being able to watch incredible soccer and talk about the game with legends. 'They have such incredible knowledge of the game. I'm excited to come together with them to talk everything women's soccer. Every player sees the game slightly different, and it's fun for players from different teams and eras to come together, break down the game and share their unique perspectives and love for the game.' In addition to the World Cup winners, longtime Fox analyst and National Soccer Hall of Famer Alexi Lalas will join the broadcast team for the tournament, as will former USMNT midfielder Stu Holden. British broadcaster Jules Breach, who hosted Fox's UEFA Men's Euro 2024 coverage last summer, will join the team as the network's lead for the tournament. Fox's play-by-play booth includes British broadcaster Jacqui Oatley, who made history in 2022 as the first woman to call a men's World Cup match for a U.S. network, as well as seasoned soccer broadcasters John Strong and JP Dellacamera. Former players-turned-analysts Lori Lindsey (USWNT), Lianne Sanderson (England) and Jen Beattie (Scotland), who hung up her boots earlier this year after an 18-year playing career, will join them in the booth. Beattie will also contribute to the studio show. Lindsey and Oatley are reuniting at this tournament after calling matches at the FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand in 2023. Advertisement 'Looking back at the 2023 World Cup, the coverage was unprecedented,' Lindsey told The Athletic. 'Now this summer, the Euros will be even more accessible.' Fox Sports will broadcast all 31 matches of the tournament live, with 19 airing on the main Fox channel, 11 on FS1 and one on FS2. 'What stands out with this Fox crew is their shared love for the game. It's a mix of recently retired players and longtime broadcasters,' Lindsey said. 'Take Julie Ertz, for example. She's a U.S. legend just starting her TV career, but more importantly, she brings firsthand insight into what it's like to play in high-stakes tournaments. That kind of perspective, what pressure feels like on the field, what these moments mean to players, is what makes the coverage more real and helps push the game forward.' The Euros are the latest addition to Fox Sports' growing list of major soccer tournaments, which includes the FIFA men's World Cup in 2026, Copa América and the Concacaf Gold Cup. Fox holds the record for the most-watched soccer match in U.S. history, with 25.4 million viewers tuning in for the 2015 Women's World Cup final, according to the network. The Women's European Championship coverage will kick off with a doubleheader on Fox featuring Iceland vs. Finland at noon and host Switzerland vs. Norway at 3 p.m. ET on July 2, with Lindsey and Oatley leading the coverage. (Top photo, from left, of Stu Holden, Ariane Hingst and Alexi Lalas: Fox Sports)
ABC News
a day ago
- ABC News
Judge gives Erin Patterson jurors directions before deliberation
The judge in Erin Patterson's murder trial has given jurors instructions on how to consider alleged lies by the accused in their deliberations. Ms Patterson is facing three charges of murder and one of attempted murder over a lunch she hosted at her home in July 2023, after which her guests fell ill.
