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Jason Kelce Is 'Anxious' About 'Sweet and Kind' Mom Donna Kelce's Joining 'The Traitors' Season 4
Jason Kelce recently opened up to Entertainment Tonight about his reaction to his mom, Donna Kelce, joining the cast of The Traitors for season 4 The former NFL player gushed that Donna is "so sweet" and admitted he worries about her joining the intense competition show The Peacock hit follows celebrities as they play a murder mystery game for a chance to win $250,000Jason Kelce is Donna Kelce's biggest fan! Last month, it was revealed that the Kelce family matriarch will be joining the season 4 cast of the popular competition show, The Traitors. Speaking with Entertainment Tonight at the American Century celebrity golf tournament over the weekend, Jason, 37, shared how he feels about his mom's new gig. 'She's so sweet and so kind,' he said of the 72-year-old. 'I feel like in that show, you have to be manipulative and cunning, and you've gotta be cutthroat. So I don't know, we'll see. I'm anxious to see how she did.' The Kelce brothers had just shared a clip on X of them debating if either of them would ever go on the Peacock series on their New Heights podcast. In the caption of the post, they joked that they were resurfacing an old conversation about The Traitors "for no reason whatsoever," with a smirk emoji, seemingly hinting at the announcement. On the June 19 episode of her Not Gonna Lie podcast, Jason's wife, Kylie Kelce, confirmed that she would be tuning in to watch Donna. 'I guess I'm gonna have to watch the next season of Traitors!' she gushed. 'That's right, Donna Kelce, my mother-in-law, is on this coming season of Traitors. Have I watched Traitors? Not a whole season. Am I excited to watch Donna? 1000% Imma cheer her on until the end of time.' 'I'm not gonna lie, though, her innocence and honesty is working against her … or for her,' Kylie noted, agreeing with her husband's concern. 'Oh, if she's a faithful, maybe it works for her. Oh! We're all on the edge of our seat. I'm excited. Come on, Donna, win it!' Donna's ex-husband, Ed Kelce, also joked, '[I] Haven't got a f------ clue' how she will do on the show during a previous conversation with Jason and Travis. Executive produced and hosted by actor Alan Cummings, The Traitors follows a group of celebrities split into 'Faithfuls' and 'Traitors' as they go head-to-head in a game of lies, deception and murder for a cash prize of up to $250,000. Many of the all-star contenders have a reality competition show past, including Natalie Anderson from Amazing Race, Rob Cesternino and Yamil "Yam Yam" Arocho from Survivor, Mark Ballas from Dancing with the Stars, Monét X Change from RuPaul's Drag Race and Kristen Kish from Top Chef. Others have less experience in that world, with a handful of Real Housewives stars entering the game: Candiace Dillard Bassett (Potomac), Lisa Rinna (Beverly Hills), Caroline Stanbury (Dubai) and Porsha Williams (Atlanta). Plus, The Real Housewives of New York City's Dorinda Medley, who competed in season 3 of The Traitors and was first to be eliminated, is set to make a return. Additional cast members include comedian Ron Funches, Laguna Beach and One Tree Hill alum Stephen Colletti, Olympic figure skaters Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir, singer Eric Nam, actor Michael Rapaport, Big Brother alums Ian Terry and Tiffany Mitchell, Love Island and Love Island USA's Maura Higgins and Rob Rausch, and the season 23 Bachelor Colton Underwood. Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. The first three seasons of The Traitors are available to stream on Peacock. Read the original article on People
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2 days ago
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The Boys in the Back Thursday 20250717
Culture Agenda: The best things to do, hear, see or watch in Europe this week A murder mystery miniseries starring Eric Bana and Sam Neill, Ari Aster's 'Eddington', and rare behind the scenes images of one of pop arts greatest figures - here's what to look out for this on euronews
Daily Mail
3 days ago
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- Daily Mail
Murder mystery series leaves viewers 'devastated and traumatised' - as they sob 'I've never cried so much at a TV show' after 'gut-wrenching' ending
A new murder mystery series has left viewers 'traumatised' and sobbing after its 'gut-wrenching' ending. Streaming fans have been binge watching the new show, despite it having a modest 60% Rotten Tomatoes score with critics. Called We Were Liars, the show is set in the fictional idyllic Beechwood Island and centres around 17-year-old Cadence Sinclair. A year previously the teenager was involved in a mysterious accident that left her with amnesia. However, after being left for dead, nobody will speak about the accident as Cadence is left without answers. We Were Liars is based on a series of novels by American writer E. Lockhart, with the first book released in 2014. In a disturbing trailer for the Prime Video series, which landed on the platform last month, Cadence sets the tone with a gripping voiceover. Played by actress Emily Alyn Lind, she says: 'Once upon a time, there was a mythical land where it was always summer. We were happy, we wanted for nothing.' It continues: 'Something terrible happened last summer and no one will tell me what. 'When you're left for dead, you want answers.' While MailOnline has chosen not to spoil the shock ending, Cadence is left bewildered when she eventually learns the truth. The eight-episode drama left viewers 'traumatised' as they sobbed at their screens before flooding social media with comments. One upset fan said: 'I started #WeWereLiars think it was like a Nancy Drew mystery sort of show. But no. 'Do not watch this show. It is not worth the psychological trauma. I am broken. I've never cried so much to a TV show.' In a disturbing trailer for the Prime Video series, which landed on the platform last month, Cadence sets the tone with a gripping voiceover Another chimed in: 'No one told me #wewereliars was the most devastating f***ing plot I've ever seen and heard in my life.' 'We Were Liars is the saddest thing I've ever laid my eyes on I literally can't recover,' said a third viewer. While a fourth penned: 'WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT???? I was not expecting a fun little summer show about teenagers to be so devastating???' We Were Liars also stars Shubham Maheshwari, Candice King, David Morse, Rahul Kohli and Wendy Crewson. Meanwhile, a critically acclaimed drama starring two Hollywood legends has finally landed on Netflix this month following rave reviews. The hit show made its debut in 2022 and has bagged itself an impressive 94% Rotten Tomatoes score thanks to its stellar cast and script. 1923 stars Helen Mirren and Harrison Ford lead the series, which is a prequel to smash-hit drama Yellowstone. Helen, 79, plays Cara Dutton, the matriarch of the Dutton family, with Harrison, 82, playing her husband and Patriarch of the clan. While it originally streamed on Paramount+, 1923 has now landed on Netflix, with the first series available to binge-watch.
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5 days ago
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Four Canadian books you need to read this summer
Whether you're headed to the beach, the cottage or the backyard, it's always a good idea to take along a mixed bag of Canadian-made reading material. A Most Puzzling Murder Bianca Marais MIRA Famed enigmatologist Destiny Whip is faced with a life-and-death dilemma in this interactive novel, billed as 'a quirky, humorous locked-room murder mystery with riddles and puzzles for the reader to solve.' A reclusive orphan, Destiny is lured to a peculiar island castle with a promise that her family's deepest secrets will finally be revealed to her. Accepting a challenge to solve a series of mysteries surrounding the castle's enigmatic owners, the Scruffmore clan, she explores secret passages, decodes cryptic messages and discovers that one of the Scruffmores is in grave danger. A murder is afoot, and the intended victim's life is in Destiny's hands. The Paper Birds Jeanette Lynes HarperCollins Speaking of enigmas, did you know Canada had a Bletchley Park-like code-breaking operation during the Second World War? Canadian women who worked at the top-secret Ontario location were a remarkably tight-lipped bunch. When the war ended, they were told to never speak of their roles at Canada's first 'cryptographic bureau,' and many took the secret to the grave. When the bureau's existence was publicly acknowledged a few years back, author Jeanette Lynes (The Apothecary's Garden), was inspired to create fictional codebreaker Gemma Sullivan, a recent high-school graduate who lands a job at a bureau in Mimico, Ont., in 1943. Raised by her elderly, puzzle-loving Aunt Wren, Gemma's home life is complicated by the need for secrecy. Before long, her work life is complicated by a different secret — a budding relationship with a handsome German-Canadian prisoner of war held in a nearby PoW camp. Lowfield Mark Sampson Now or Never Publishing Divorced, insomniac New Brunswick cop Riley Fuller is haunted by a traumatic past event when he arrives in the village of Lowfield, on Prince Edward Island. Riley needs a quiet space to rest and heal. Little does he know there's likely to be more trauma in his future after he decides to restore a dilapidated old mansion that's been in his family for generations. Since the village was abandoned decades ago, and the house has sat empty for 60 years, there may be a good reason why nobody lives there. Well, maybe not a good reason — more likely a sinister one. Crash Test Amy James Avon Formula One race-car driver Travis Keeping's love life hits the skids when a multi-car crash leaves his boyfriend clinging to life in a French hospital. Travis and Formula 2 driver Jacob Nichols have kept their romance a secret for the past year, and it's beyond awkward when Travis meets the parents at Jacob's bedside. It's even more awkward when Jacob wakes up from a coma and realizes he has to make a heartbreaking choice — disappoint his homophobic family or put the brakes on his relationship. Either way, recovery is going to be the pits.
The Review Geek
5 days ago
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Under a Dark Sun Season 1 Review – A twisty French thriller that can't outrun its flaws
Season 1 Episode Guide Episode 1 -| Review Score – 3.5/5 Episode 2 -| Review Score – 3/5 Episode 3 -| Review Score – 3/5 Episode 4 -| Review Score – 3/5 Episode 5 -| Review Score – 3/5 Episode 6 -| Review Score – 3/5 Under a Dark Sun is a fast-moving thriller that hooks you early but struggles to stick the landing. Despite an intriguing mystery and some tense moments, the story gets bogged down by contrivances and dated tropes that hold it back from greatness. As far as murder mysteries go though, Under a Dark Sun has a decent premise but it's also quite rough around the edges, in desperate need of some rewrites to sharpen how long-lasting its compelling central mystery cuts. The setting is certainly intriguing though and takes place in the idyllic flower fields of Provence. Alba Mazier is our protagonist, a young single mother with a criminal record. When she takes a job on a rural farm run by the wealthy Lasserre family, trouble ensues. When the patriarch, Arnaud Lasserre, is found murdered, Alba becomes the prime suspect. To make matters worse, it's then revealed that Arnaud secretly changed his will to include her. But why? As the investigation unfolds, shocking truths come to light as it becomes clear that the Lasserre family are anything but saints themselves. With this familial feud boiling over and a whodunit veil hanging over everything, the main bulk of the show centers on Alba investigating a series of clues while we learn more about the main Lasserre family members. The wild matriarch, Beatrice, has her own fair share of problems and she becomes entangled with her lawyer, Jacques. There's also the seemingly timid Lucie, the black cat of the family who wants out, while son Mathieu is next in line to inherit the estate but he's not exactly a capable leader. He clashes with one of the workers, Valentin, whose motives are also unclear until late in the game. On top of all this, there's also a strange assailant that seems to be stalking Alba, dramatic sequences that involve a character buried alive, car chases, escapes from police and stealthy hacking work, to name but a few. All the hallmarks of this genre are stuffed into these 6 episodes, and this French drama certainly can't be faulted for throwing everything and the kitchen sink at the wall. When the show clicks, it really clicks and there are some genuinely thrilling moments and great twist thrown in. For every hit, there's a miss. The show's enthusiasm for twists eventually becomes its downfall, introducing increasingly implausible turns that stretch believability and lead to frustrating plot holes. At one point, a character is rescued by someone who appears out of nowhere, offers a vague explanation and moves said player from point A to point B, and is never mentioned again. Who are they? What do they want? It's a jarring deus ex machina that underscores the show's tendency to bend logic for drama. The police, for example, are only as competent as the writers make them. At one point, they search the same house several times across 3 episodes, and each time they miss key pieces of evidence until the script tells them to look again when they miraculously find what they're looking for. These sort of moments, intermingled with the classic misunderstandings and 'withholding key information' tropes make this feel quite a dated mystery, even with its quirks. Where its writing falters though, the characters in Under a Dark Sun do make up for that somewhat. Alba is a decent protagonist and easy to root for, complete with a dark past that's slowly unveiled over time. Similarly, the Lasserre family members are interesting and their dynamics have enough spice to make for some heated exchanges and fiery encounters. Each episode zips along at a decent pace too so you never really dwell on one plot point for too long. The acting is solid across the board, which certainly helps, and the musical score is excellent. As far as technical aspects go, this one has a lot going for it. However, the amount of mileage you get out of Under a Dark Sun will rest solely on how much forgiveness you can give to its plot. There are undeniable contrivances and annoying plot holes ere that are hard to shake off, even when the characters try to hide those shortcomings or another twist is thrown into the fold. Despite its messy execution, Under a Dark Sun is an easy binge with strong performances, a compelling lead, and just enough intrigue to carry you through. If you can overlook its plot holes, there's fun to be had—just don't expect a flawless mystery here.
