‘The Offer’ Tells the ‘Godfather’ Story, With Clichéd Gangsters in Tow: TV Review

Rina Sawayama has released ‘This Hell’, the first single from her new album ‘Hold The Girl’, which she announced earlier this week. She has also announced UK and Ireland tour dates for the autumn.“I had so much fun writing ‘This Hell”, she says of the Paul Epworth produced track.

Loose Women viewers have been left unimpressed after a comment one of the panellists made about Wayne Rooney. Janet Street-Porter was discussing the ex-footballer's recent court appearance as part of the ongoing 'Wagatha Christie' libel trial during Wednesday's show, when she said: "It’s become the battle of the blokes.

Did you realise your dentist knows a lot more about you than whether you really floss as often as you claim? In fact, they can detect all kinds of potentially serious health issues just by looking in your mouth. Your mouth gives 10 telltale signs that you may have a serious health issue, according to the experts at expressdentist.com. Mick Armstrong, chair of the British Dental Association’s health and science committee, says: “Through doing routine check-ups, dentists can often pick up on a patient’s existing health conditions beyond the state of their teeth and gums.

dog attack victim has shared her gruesome wounds from the same lane where a boy, three, was mauled to death.The woman follows Kia Walker, 19, in claiming she too was bitten by a dog close to the scene of Daniel John Twigg's tragic death on Sunday (May 15), Manchester Evening News reports.Daniel died in hospital on Sunday afternoon from injuries sustained when outside with "a number of dogs" on Carr Lane in Milnrow, Rochdale.The animals were seized and a Cane Corso was humanely destroyed but two women claim to have been attacked by another dog close by. Kia Walker, 19, claimed earlier this week that following her mauling in April 2021, police officers told her the investigation 'couldn’t go any further' as 'there wasn’t enough evidence'. Police said Kia chose to take no further action.

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marriage proposals are different – whether it's the location, how you pop the question or the speech you give.But one thing usually stays the same – you buy a ring.However, one man decided to opt against the traditional way of getting down on one knee, instead choosing to chop off his own tresses as a token of his love. Reddit users were left bewildered by the unorthodox decision to propose to his fiancé with a lock of his own hair.

Madonna made sure all eyes were on her when she posed up a storm in a plunging corset and skimpy shorts.The Queen of Pop took to Instagram with a slew of sexy snaps after her reported split from toyboy Ahlamalik Williams after three years of dating.The 63-year-old superstar showed her ex-flame what he was missing if that were the case as she unleashed her killer curves in the daring get up before heading out for the evening.However, the Material Girl singer risked a serious wardrobe malfunction in one snap which showed her needing help from a member of her team.The mum-of-six loves dazzling the internet with her outrageous outfits, and Tuesday (May 17) was certainly no different.Her latest look saw the ageless beauty sizzle in a busty black corset top and bright yellow shorts which she matched with fishnet tights.Madonna looked confident as ever as she playfully poked out her tongue and raised her arms for the camera, which were decorated with an array of chunky bracelets.The singer loves to accessorise in a big way, so this time she wore a selection of bold chrome necklaces, including her signature cross piece.But she nearly flashed her 18 million Instagram followers at one point after her neon shorts spilled open.The singer was pictured leaning back in a cream armchair whilst a peer gave her a helping hand in pulling off her long leather boots.The pop icon penned a cheeky caption reading: "If the shoe fits, lick it," next to a tongue emoji.Madonna has been working on a remix project and a long-awaited biopic in recent months.Last month, she released a version of her classic hit Frozen, but this time it featured US rapper 070 SHAKE.Madonna reportedly split from her boyfriend Ahlamalik, 28, last month after three years

police chase.And it was only after an unnamed employee of a local KFC brand found a note from the woman he had kidnapped that police became aware of the situation.A note was left behind among the KFC wrappers from an eaten meal telling someone that she needed help.The quick-thinking employee then reported the note and a possible kidnapping, as well as the a description of the pair to local police.A spokesman said on Facebook: “Officers were advised that a female had written a note begging for help.“The female that wrote the note was still on the business lot accompanied by a male.“As officers approached the couple, the man ran on foot. “After a brief foot chase, he was apprehended and identified as Diego Glay.” The woman had allegedly gone to meet Mr Glay who she claimed was her boyfriend.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticThe true-crime tale has lately dominated scripted TV, with miniseries-length dissections of infamous incidents coming thick on the ground. Many of these shows have played as flat reenactments that don’t earn the running time they demand, serials that seem to be more interested in checking items off a list to get us to an opinion about “what really happened” than in finding something transformative in a familiar story.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticThe partial meltdown at the nuclear power plant at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania in 1979 was a perfect coalescing of factors in two senses. First, a series of cascading mechanical and human errors brought the plant close to a catastrophe that would have potentially made much of the East Coast uninhabitable, we’re told in the new documentary “Meltdown: Three Mile Island.” Second, coming as it did both within memory of the height of Cold War paranoia and days after the release of the film “The China Syndrome,” the disaster was perfectly primed to set off anxieties about the danger of atomic energy.“Meltdown: Three Mile Island,” a new four-part documentary on Netflix, does an elegant job of braiding those two truths — that Three Mile Island was a narrowly averted nightmare scenario and that it lives on in the public imagination as an argument against nuclear energy.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. A new star-studded TV series about the making of “The Godfather” arrives on Paramount Plus this week.Set in the early 1970s, “The Offer” follows the notoriously rocky production process that Paramount Pictures went through while adapting Mario Puzo’s best-selling novel for the screen.

.  Created by Michael Tolkin and led by showrunner Nikki Toscano, the star-studded, 10-part drama chronicles the unlikely journey of adapting from a nationwide best-seller into a hit for the screen and stars Miles Teller as producer Albert S.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorFrom the day Nicole Clemens took the reins of Paramount Television Studios in 2018, she fielded calls about whether “The Godfather” was available for development as a TV series.The answer was always no. “The Godfather” — Francis Ford Coppola’s 1972 masterpiece that begat 1974’s “The Godfather: Part II” and 1990’s “The Godfather: Part III” — is among the most valuable assets in the Paramount Pictures vault.Clemens couldn’t help thinking about all of those inquiries a year later when she took a general meeting with nonagenarian producer Albert S.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticThe world of home-shopping networks is one that seems ripe for comedy; the scenes in “Hacks,” for instance, in which Deborah Vance goes on television to hawk garments and jewelry are some of that show’s most cleverly observed. The challenge, as with all things in fiction, is getting the details right.That’s the first place that “I Love That for You,” Showtime’s new comedy set at a fictional TV channel, falls short. Starring and co-created by “Saturday Night Live” standout Vanessa Bayer, “I Love That for You” weaponizes its central presence’s askew vision of life as a series of petty humiliations, most easily borne by making oneself the butt of the joke.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticThere’s a moment late in the run of Apple TV+s’ new limited series “Shining Girls” in which one character puts forward an urgent question, and gets a mind-bending answer. “Is he going to kill me?” one woman asks. “He already has,” the other responds.

The new Paramount+ series The Offer is premiering this week and Miles Teller celebrated at an NYC screening!

Carson Burton Honoring one of the greatest films ever made presents a monumentally tall task to any actor. The stars of the new Paramount+ series reflected on what “The Godfather” means to them in light of their new roles in “The Offer.”“I think, more than anything else, it’s a nice reminder for us actors and creative types that even on one of the greatest movies ever made, it almost fell apart,” Colin Hanks told Variety at the Los Angeles premiere on Wednesday night. “It could’ve fallen apart at any moment.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticThe first problem for Starz’s new series “Gaslit” may be in its title.Sure, to “gaslight,” as a verb, has its origins in the 1944 film (and its earlier stage source material), all about a woman whose husband, insistent on his falsehoods, leads her to question her sanity. But its contemporary usage, as a slang term with a meaning that has drifted closer to simply “lying,” might not be how a woman in the 1970s would understand a case of marital dishonesty.Which is not to say that Martha Mitchell, the character Julia Roberts plays here, doesn’t have a keen understanding of just what she’s up against.

A pregnant Adriana Lima revealed that she and Andre Lemmers are expecting a baby boy two days ago, via Instagram.And now the longtime Brazilian supermodel and her partner were among the celebrities to hit the red carpet for the premiere of the new miniseries, The Offer, in Los Angeles.The biographical drama focuses on the development and production of Francis Ford Coppola's iconic gangster film, The Godfather, for Paramount Pictures. Proud mama: Adriana Lima, 40, proudly cradles her growing baby bump when she attended Wednesday's premiere for the upcoming miniseries The Offer in Los AngelesHaving gone public with her pregnancy in mid-February, Lima proudly cradling her growing baby bump decked out in a black, full-length sequin dress that had a long slit on the left, allowing her to flaunt her leg at a moment's notice.It also had a plunging design that was secured along the neckline with a simple button.

Miles Teller and Matthew Goode reunite on the red carpet at the premiere of their new series, The Offer, held at Paramount Studios on Wednesday night (April 20) in Los Angeles.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV Critic“I needed to hear the roar of the crowd one more time — and I heard it.”That’s how Magic Johnson describes his 1991 appearance on Arsenio Hall’s talk show in the new documentary “They Call Me Magic.” It was a key moment in Johnson’s public life, coming just after the basketball star’s announcement that he had contracted HIV. And it’s slightly telling that what Johnson recalls is not any particular thing he said but the applause of the audience for whom he was putting on a show.Johnson, throughout both his athletic and business careers, is as close to an entertainer as an athlete gets.