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‘Stranger Things’ Star Charlie Heaton Breaks Down His ‘Industry’ Character’s Downward Spiral
[Editor’s note: The following contains spoilers for Industry Season 4, Episode 4.]
Summary
In Season 4 of the HBO series Industry, Harper (Myha’la) and Yasmin (Marisa Abela) are at the top of their game when it comes to knowing the ins and outs of finance, but their competitive nature also quickly puts them at odds with each other. Harper wants to turn things around by striking out on her own while Yasmin tries to carve out a place for herself alongside her tech founder husband, Sir Henry Muck (Kit Harington), at Tender. But things are not what they seem when it comes to the fintech company’s enigmatic co-founder, Whitney Halberstram (Max Minghella), which sparks interest in financial journalist James Dycker (Charlie Heaton). Unfortunately, no one is immune to a downward spiral, and his promising exposé of Tender’s business practices gets turned on him, shifting the spotlight to Jim’s bad decisions instead.
During this one-on-one interview with Collider, Heaton discussed how watching Industry is similar to watching Shakespeare, not having much time to jump into Season 4 and find his footing, how welcomed the cast made him feel in joining Season 4, his club scene introduction with Kiernan Shipka (who plays Tender executive assistant Hayley Clay), and how exhausting his characters building spiral was to experience. He also talked about who his Stranger Things character Jonathan Byers might cast in his movie, The Consumer, that funny NYU Alumni Instagram post inviting his character for their Alumni and Families weekend in the fall, and how he’s excited to continue pushing himself in future projects.
Understanding the World of the HBO Series ‘Industry’ Feels a Bit Like Watching Shakespeare
“You understand the stakes and you understand the tension, but you don’t really understand what’s going on.”
Collider: I have to admit that Industry is a show that I totally do not even remotely understand. I don’t understand the finance world at all. But I’m obsessed with the show because of the characters and their relationships.
CHARLIE HEATON: Yeah, that was very much me going into this. I’d heard of the show when I first was in talks for the role. I was talking to a friend of mine about it who’d watched it, and she said the same thing. She was like, “I have no idea what they’re talking about, but you get it.” That’s part of it. It’s almost like watching Shakespeare, in a way, with the language. You understand the stakes and you understand the tension, but you don’t really understand what’s going on, as a viewer.
Because there’s so much heaviness with this show, to get a little silly first, have you seen the NYU Alumni Instagram page that posted about how they’re looking to get in touch with Jonathan Byers from the NYU class of 1991 for the 35th anniversary of his graduation. I just thought that was the funniest.
HEATON: No, I hadn’t seen that. Where do I go? That’s so funny. I’ll check it out.
They invited him to join the NYU Alumni and Families weekend this fall, and I just thought it was so funny. How weird is it to have a character that you’ve played take on a life of its own in that way?
HEATON: Yeah, it is. What a treat. We’ve been saying goodbye to these characters for over a year now. We’ve just come off this huge press tour where everyone was asking what it feels like to say goodbye. When we wrapped, it really did feel like you were saying goodbye to a friend. I kept using that analogy. You’re leaving them, and they’re going on with their own life. It felt like that. So, the fact that that’s how people feel about all these characters, that they’re real people who really exist in the world, that’s a testament to the show, to the writing, and we played these characters for so long and people have resonated with them for so long that they feel like real, full-fledged people. It’s amazing, really.
Who Would Jonathan Byers Cast in His ‘Stranger Things’ Movie, ‘The Consumer’?
“That’s a funny question.”
If Jonathan Byers’ movie, The Consumer, were a real movie, who do you think he would cast in it? If it had become more than a student film and he got to make it for the big screen, who would he want to see play the woman in it?
HEATON: Wow. I feel like, at the time, you’ve got to look at ‘80s [actors]. I feel like, at that time, Jonathan would have been a fan of Sigourney Weaver. It would be pretty meta to have Winona Ryder be in his movie. That’s a funny question. I know that Phoebe Cates has been mentioned. I feel like Dustin really likes Phoebe Cates. That’s funny.
The first person I thought of was Winona Ryder, and I was like, “How would that work?”
HEATON: Yeah!
When you come off a project that is big and successful and has the attention that Stranger Things has, it can be a bit scary to figure out what to do next and how to follow that up. Industry certainly is one way to do that. It’s considered to be one of the best shows on TV, and it seems like a show that is also both fun and terrifying to do. Was it both of those things?
HEATON: Yeah, it was. It’s such a specific world. I had come from being in such a specific world for 10 years. You’re joining an established show. I’ve been on a show and I’ve seen what it’s like for other people to come onto an established show. It was really terrifying. There wasn’t a lot of time either. It wasn’t like I had a lot of time to prep for it. It literally happened all in the space of a week, I think. That manic-ness and that pressure of being like, “Wow, I’ve got to learn this really quickly,” I do think helped with the intensity of it, just because it is such an intense, wild show. The challenge of it made it the perfect thing for me to go and see how I would do with that.
I was looking for something that was going to really challenge me, and this is so different to anything I’m used to. It’s a different style of work, different tone of work, different tone of material. Konrad [Kay] and Mickey [Down], the showrunners and writers, were so great and they were really encouraging, and they were really excited to see me do something different, so I had their support. They were really helpful. They helped me understand the world. They were bank traders. The story comes from their experience. They’re an encyclopedia of knowledge.
How you find a way into a character is always the job. I’ve done other films before, but being on the show, I discovered Jonathan a long time ago. I had to find my way into this new character of Jim, not knowing exactly how I was going to find my way into it. I don’t really feel like a financial journalist at all. I don’t know what that feels like. But you always somehow seem to find your own way in, and that was really encouraging. It gave me a lot of confidence, which was really nice to experience.
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You had the double whammy of having to try to understand the financial world, and then also figuring out what it’s like to be a financial journalist who’s reporting on it.
HEATON: It was funny because, at the time we were shooting, it was March or April of last year and there was that brief moment when the American stock market crashed for a couple days or a week and everyone was freaking out. I was reading these long-form articles about what was going on, and because of the show, I would not be able to understand it now, but I was like, “Oh, yeah, I know what they’re talking about. I kind of get it.” For three months, I was like, “Yeah, I know finance.” And then, it was completely gone.
The Club Scene in the First Episode of Season 4 of ‘Industry’ Had a Real DJ To Help Set the Vibe
“They create environments that really help the actors feel that it’s as tangible as possible.”
I love a good character introduction, and this season kicks off with us being thrown into things with you and Kiernan Shipka. What was it like to play all of that with her, starting with her really drawing you in and seducing you on the dance floor?
HEATON: My first day on set was that club scene. They brought in this DJ from Brazil that they really like, and it was really fun. Kiernan is wonderful. She’s been doing this for such a long time, she does it with such grace and ease. When you’ve got to do something like that, it could easily be very awkward, but it was really comfortable. DJ Tennis was the name of the DJ that they brought in. That was fun. The rehearsal wasn’t fun because they didn’t bring any of the background artists in. It was just me and Kiernan grinding on each other, and everyone around watching it was like, “Yeah, that’s okay. That’ll work.” It’s never that comfortable. But we had a lot of fun.
What Industry does really well is keep things as raw as possible. There’s one little frame in the very opening, when you open in Canary Wharf, and it’s these super long lens cameras that are capturing me and Kiernan before we get to the club. Even that was filmed guerrilla style in Canary Wharf. You had real people commuting and the camera was miles away, so you feel like you’re just in the city. They set those environments. When Jim is at those offices, they have the extras moving around. They create environments that really help the actors feel that it’s as tangible as possible.
“I think she has way more agency than meets the eye. I would almost venture to say she has full agency,” says Shipka of her ‘Industry’ character.
What do you think James Dycker thought of Hayley Clay when all of that was happening, especially as things just continue to spiral and he has no idea what’s going to happen to him beyond that moment?
HEATON: To understand the character, you’ve got to understand their moral ethics. In the beginning, I really don’t think he feels like he’s trying to get dragged into that situation. I personally don’t think it’s as dark as that. But then, as the night continues, the ethics get a bit more skewed. In the beginning, I think he just wants to have a conversation because he goes to the pub and I think he was maybe thinking about catching her at the pub, but the moment didn’t feel right. And then, the club happens and she offers him the drugs and he pockets the drugs, and then he ends up back in her house. So, I feel like he’s going down this path, even in that first five minutes, of knowing in his heart that he shouldn’t be there. That’s not the space he should be in. In the morning, he stays to try to get information, which is a bit skewed, but I do think there’s that slight bit of morality and guilt there.
That whole moment when he’s still there the next day and he tells her that he’s a reporter working on a story about her workplace seemed a bit ill-advised. What reaction do you think he thought he was going to get from that?
HEATON: I don’t know. I don’t know why he thought he’d get a sensible [reaction]. That’s crazy. It was super fun. Kiernan is also so good in that scene, when she picks up the knife and she chases him out. It was just really fun to play around in that.
It was funny to see the moments James Dycker would randomly be honest about something because you’re not sure if he’s doing it on purpose or if it’s something that just slips out. You also never know when Hayley Clay is being honest or if she’s manipulating everything.
HEATON: Totally, and I think that’s what they do really well with the show. You are constantly trying to understand. Everyone seems like they have two or three motives. That whole show is like a chessboard, and everyone is a piece on the board trying to outsmart and outmaneuver each other. They’re really clever.
Your character also crosses paths with Harper, who’s a character that I find completely frightening in her focus and determination with everything. What’s it like to share moments with Myha’la?
HEATON: A lot of those scenes are over the phone, but there was a scene in episode one that was a really long walk-and-talk scene that didn’t make it into the cut because of timing. I did get to have that scene with her and she’s just so cool. Obviously, her character is badass, but as a person, she’s lovely. She’s really down to earth and grounded. I think she’s somewhat of a homebody. It was really cool. When I got the show, I hadn’t seen it, so I wanted to digest it really quick. I started to watch the first two seasons, and then I made a conscious decision to stop watching because I didn’t want to be too enamored by these people when I got to set. You start to become a fan and then you’re like, “Well, I’ve got to go and work with these people, and I don’t want to fan out,” if that makes sense. But they’re lovely. Coming in and stepping into a cast who are established, I felt very welcomed, which was nice.
James Dycker Is a Ticking Time Bomb Waiting To Go Off in Season 4 of ‘Industry’
“He’s almost holding it together.”
Your character really spirals. He’s trying to expose this company, but they also essentially expose him. What was it like to find the levels of that, as he’s spiraling and becoming more of a mess? Did you have a very clear idea of how you wanted him to be when he was just totally fucked up?
HEATON: Yeah, it’s that build. I talked about this with both Konrad and Mickey. I do think that he is constantly carrying that energy. This is a guy who runs on prescription pills, cigarettes, and coffee. He likes to work on that wire. He’s also trying to claw back some credibility. When we find him at the beginning, it’s about what the text gives you. He’s got this shitty place in and he’s newly single and his career has been tarnished by bad journalism. He’s on the wire from the beginning, so it’s about, how does that spiral? He’s almost holding it together. He’s that type of person who feels like, “Okay, once I get here, once I prove this, then my life will be better and everything’s going to be better.” But he’s a ticking time bomb waiting to go off.
It’s sad because he’s intrepid and he’s really smart, but he just makes these wrong choices. It’s interesting to play. That was fun. It was difficult. Michelle [Savill] was our director for that block, and she was really good. She has a theater background and likes to do a lot of exercises. She did physical techniques with us that would help get your body into that state, which was really good. And then, you just run with that energy. Those last couple of weeks on set were exhausting.
You said that you’re looking for something different. You jumped into this, which clearly is very different from Stranger Things, but then where do you go from here? Do you know what you’re going to be shooting next?
HEATON: I did a couple of other projects. Last year was a really fortunate and busy year for me. There’s another Netflix limited series that’s coming out, that I can’t really talk about. And I got to do a film at the end of the year in Australia, which was a nice independent film where I’m playing an Australian and I’m also playing someone my own age again. I’m just trying on different hats and I’m trying to challenge myself. Next, I don’t know. We’ll see. It’s a new chapter. It’s exciting. I’m excited to push myself and play around a bit.
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Isabella Eklöf, Tinge Krishnan, Ed Lilly, Birgitte Stærmose, Zoé Wittock, Caleb Femi, Mary Nighy, Konrad Kay, Lena Dunham, Mickey Down
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Yasmin Kara-Hanani
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Harry Lawtey
Robert Spearing
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Lisa Rinna is on good terms with some of her former Real Housewives of Beverly Hills costars, but others … not so much.
Rinna, 62, reflected on her Bravo days in her You Better Believe I’m Gonna Talk About It memoir but made one thing very clear: A return to RHOBH is not on the horizon.
“That is out of the question. I’m done with that,” Rinna told Us Weekly exclusively while discussing the book, which hit shelves on Tuesday, February 24. “I moved on from that chapter in my life, but it did heal me.”
Rinna confirmed that she’s “never looked back” after leaving RHOBH following season 12 in 2022.
“I probably should have gone a little sooner. You can always look back and be like, ‘I probably should have gone a year later, a year earlier.’ But no, it happens the way it happens,” she explained. “Your path unfolds the way it’s supposed to. Everything happens for a reason, and I’m grateful for every experience that I’ve had, because doing Housewives made me who I am today.”
Former Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Lisa Rinna is revealing where she stands with Lisa Vanderpump. Rinna, 61, shared on the Thursday, March 27, episode of the “Therapuss” podcast that she and Vanderpump, 64, remain cold with one another after Vanderpump’s dramatic exit at the end of RHOBH season 9. (Rinna herself exited RHOBH […]
The actress told Us that she “made great friends” on the show.
“We trauma-bonded,” she quipped. “We had a blast a lot of the time, until we didn’t.”
Keep scrolling for a breakdown of where Rinna stands with her former RHOBH costars as told in her You Better Believe I’m Gonna Talk About It book:
Lisa Vanderpump
Rinna wrote that she has a “complicated” relationship with Vanderpump overall.
“I had a fake relationship with her then, and I have no relationship with her now,” Rinna told Us.
Dorit Kemsley
Rinna noted that she had “really gone through it” with Kemsley, but they have since reconciled.
“We came out the other side and we’ve been good ever since,” she wrote.
Erika Jayne
Rinna has kept a “very close” friendship with Jayne, who is still on RHOBH.
Kyle Richards
Things between Rinna and Kyle are “complicated,” she wrote.
“Kyle and I have had our ups and downs, but we always end up on our feet. I love Kyle. She’s smart. Very loyal. She has great empathy and cares for people. She’s a great mother. She’s really funny and witty,” Rinna explained. “Kyle is one of the most enjoyable people to spend time with.”
Lisa Vanderpump is never shy about throwing shade at her former costars. During a Tuesday, June 18, appearance on the “Not Skinny But Not Fat” podcast, Vanderpump, 63, was asked which of three Real Housewives of Beverly Hills stars she’d rather be stuck on a deserted island with. Her options were Brandi Glanville, Kyle Richards […]
Teddi Mellencamp
The actress is still “in touch” with Mellencamp.
“I am motivated to keep a relationship going with her for whatever reason,” Rinna explained in the book. “I don’t see her all the time, but I have a nice connection with her because I trust her.”
Denise Richards
Rinna wrote that she and Richards experienced the death of a “very close friend,” which briefly brought them together again.
“We actually got on a call together, and it was a hopeful moment. Then a couple of days later, we got into it again about something stupid,” Rinna wrote. “She took my olive branch and stuck it back in my eye. I haven’t communicated with her since. You’d have to ask her why she would do such a thing.”
Sutton Stracke
At one point in the book, Rinna noted that she doesn’t “care to” make amends with Stracke. “I don’t want to and I don’t need to,” she wrote.
Yolanda Hadid
Rinna noted that she “reached out and apologized” to Hadid, who accepted.
Eileen Davidson
Rinna wrote that she still considers Davidson “a friend” following their time on RHOBH. “[I] feel comfortable talking to her at any point,” Rinna added.
Kim Richards
According to Rinna, it’s “just not necessary” that she talk about Kim.
Kathy Hilton
While things were rocky with Hilton on the show, they “made up privately and healed” their friendship.
Brandi Glanville
Despite being “full-on enemies” previously, Rinna and Glanville are on good terms.
“We’ve reconnected over the years in a way that I would have never expected, and we’re friendly now,” she wrote, noting that Glanville “made a real effort” to form a friendship between them. “She reaches out to me quite a bit — I’m happy to talk to her.”
Garcelle Beauvais
Rinna wrote that Beauvais is “a huge disappointment.”
Diana Jenkins
Jenkins had a one-season stint on the show, but she and Rinna stayed close after filming.
“I’ve stayed connected to Diana Jenkins, who had a horrific time on the show,” Rinna wrote.
Tia Kemp has reacted alongside internet users as GloRilla‘s sister, Victoria Woods, showed off her new smile.
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GloRilla’s Sister Victoria Woods Shows Off Her New Smile
On Monday, February 23, Victoria Woods took to her Instagram to share a clip with her more than 146,000 followers. Furthermore, Woods explained that she previously underwent a “consolation” for veneers and now would be getting her temporary set installed.
“Give me about three—four hours — y’all gon’ see,” Woods told viewers in the initial NSFW clip.
Then, a few hours later, Woods’ Instagram account shared a joint post with the Instagram account of Atlanta-based specialist Dr. Dave. In the clip, Dr. Dave explained that he wouldn’t just be placing veneers inside Woods’ mouth. Instead, he also planned to address the root causes of her dental concerns.
“What yall think so far? Go to a dentist who’s going to fix the underlying issues as well. Not just slap some veneers. Phase 2 Done: cleaning, extractions and temporaries. Phase 3. Seat porcelain veneers,” the video was captioned.
Ultimately, the clip showed Woods after she hopped off the dental chair and showed off her new smile. Peep it below.
Subsequently, Woods even shared a selfie of her new smile.
This, along with a full body pic with her grills on display.
Tia Kemp Reacts Alongside Internet Users
Meanwhile, internet users reacted to Victoria Woods’ new smile in TSR Teens’ comment section.
Instagram user @honeey.shayy_ wrote, “That’s why she was doing all that complaining 🤣😭she wanted to upgrade herself”
While Instagram user @lifewithnaelll added, “She been on a spending spree ever since 😂”
Instagram user @michelle.aka.chelle wrote, “She got exactly what she came for! 👏👏”
While Instagram user @harmntot added, “Burtiful”
Instagram user @thereallarrydubb wrote, “All I gotta do is talk about my family and I get famous & a bag to come with it??? Follow me NOW im finna go up”
While Instagram user @spamgawdx added, “Only in the age of social media can you come up off being a hater😂”
Instagram user @alexandaaw wrote, “It’s so crazy how this be the FIRST thing folks do when they get some fame and money yo 😭”
While Instagram user @slaph0es0nthedaily added, “I should crash out on my family next I want new teeth!!”
Instagram user @xoxo.neett wrote, “she never cared about her relationship wit her sister she got exactly what she wanted out of if and that was clout and popularity and she got it !!!! y’all make the wrong people famous 🙄”
While Instagram user @thatgirl_aven added, “She got them teeth done. I aint even mad🙌”
Instagram user @still_black_asf wrote, “Ain’t mad at the outcome just the process”
While Instagram user @hey_meanass added, “That’s the first thing glo did too 👏”
Additionally, Tia Kemp even hopped up Victoria Woods’ new smile in her comment section.
“🔥🔥🔥😁😁”
Before GloRilla’s Sister, Victoria Woods, Showed Off Her New Smile, Tia Kemp Said THIS In Defense Of GloRilla
As The Shade Room previously reported, before GloRilla’s sister showed off her new smile, Victoria Woods turned heads by responding to Tia Kemp. At the time, Kemp had defended GloRilla from Woods’ claims that she abandoned her and their family. Specifically, Kemp said that Woods needed to get off of her “niece.”
“Alright? Okay? You leave her the f**k alone — I ain’t gon’ say it no more. Go get your $2,500 flat. Eat your spicy chicken sandwiches and them diddy dogs them n****s feeding your ass and leave her the f**k alone. Okay? Leave her alone now. You better leave her the f**k alone,” Kemp stated.
This ultimately led Woods to respond.
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For better or for worse, we are currently living through the age of superhero cinema, with movies like Avengers: Endgame and Superman (2025) dominating the box office. But would you believe that this entire genre owes its existence to a single comic? A comic that also managed to inspire some of the greatest TV shows the world has ever known?
That comic is Frank Miller’s Dark Knight Returns, the seminal Batman comic that recently celebrated its 40th anniversary. Miller’s comic is very nearly perfect, and it helped usher in a modern age of darker and grittier superhero stories. That much is well known, but today, I’d like to focus on a lesser-known fact: that the modern superhero genre of movies simply wouldn’t exist without The Dark Knight Returns.
You’ll Believe A Batman Can Fly
The success of the 1978 Superman movie proved that tights-and-flights films had the potential to be critical and commercial hits. Accordingly, that film got three sequels, but the franchise did not keep going “up, up, and away.” Eventually, Superman IV: The Quest For Peace proved to be such a critical and commercial disaster that we didn’t get another Superman movie for nearly two decades.
Following the success of the first Superman movie, a new Batman film went into development at Warner Bros. in 1980. After he wowed everyone with Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure (his first feature film), young Tim Burton was hired in 1985 to direct this new Batman film. He immediately wanted a darker, less campy script.
Conveniently enough, The Dark Knight Returns came out one year later, and the success of Frank Miller’s comic made the public hungry for a serious take on the Caped Crusader even as it made Warner Bros. keener on bringing this Darker Knight to the big screen.
Obviously, the 1989 Batman film went through many rewrites over the years, including several lighter-hearted drafts that included Robin, the Boy Wonder. But Burton really wanted his film to have the grim and gritty atmosphere of Miller’s comic, so he insisted on a story with the same basic beats as The Dark Knight Returns: Batman is obsessive, the Joker is deadly, and Gotham City is a cesspool. Burton’s film ended up being a smash hit, launching a Batman film franchise that continues to this day.
When Cartoons Got Dark
Tim Burton’s Batman made the character more popular than ever before, and Warner Bros. quickly began developing a new cartoon featuring the Caped Crusader. The result was Batman: The Animated Series, a show that modeled Gotham City after the one scene in the 1989 film. There were some different design flourishes (mostly, the abundant Art Deco style of the buildings), but Gotham retained the dark and broody atmosphere that electrified fans of the live-action film.
Batman: The Animated Series won multiple Emmy awards, so you may be shocked to hear that Warner Bros. executives were nervous about the new show. They feared that executive producer Bruce Timm was making everything way too violent for children.
Warners wanted to cancel the series before a single episode was animated, but the success of Burton’s movie kept that from happening. Eventually, Timm was able to create the pilot episode “On Leatherwings,” which was so impressive that it helped his controversial series (complete with music from and inspired by Danny Elfman, the composer of Burton’s Batman) get the green light.
Batman: The Animated Series quickly became one of the most popular cartoons ever made, and the release of various sequel series (including Superman: The Animated Series and Justice League) established the fan-favorite DC Animated Universe. The DCAU was the first truly viable superhero cinematic universe, one that helped pave the way for the MCU. Before that happened, though, The Dark Knight Returns helped inspire Earth’s mightiest mutants.
Rise Of The Mutants
Tim Burton’s Batman would not have existed (or at least, wouldn’t have been worth watching) without the influence of Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns. But after Burton left, the franchise was in the hands of Lost Boys director Joel Schumacher. He made the franchise over-the-top with Batman Forever and downright silly with Batman & Robin. After audiences rejected that campy crapfest and Blade proved to be a big hit, 20th Century Fox made a decision: they’d swoop in and take the comic book movie crown away from DC with an X-Men movie.
That film came out in 2000, eventually getting two sequels, four prequels, and three spin-offs featuring Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine. The success of Fox’s X-Men spurred Sony to create a Spider-Man movie in 2002, and Sam Raimi eventually delivered an entire trilogy of webslinging goodness.
Ironically, these characters were only available to the studios because Marvel had to sell the movie rights back in the late 90s to avoid bankruptcy. After seeing how successful Fox and Sony were, though, Marvel decided to create its own films and television projects, all of which would later be known as the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Obviously, the MCU proved to be a huge hit with audiences, spawning nearly 20 years of movies. Eventually, this inspired Warner Bros. to try its own hand at a superhero cinematic universe, and they created the DCEU as a direct competitor to the MCU. The second film in this new cinematic universe was Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice, and (for better or for worse), returning director Zack Snyder based his slightly older, much darker version of the Caped Crusader on Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns.
It’s All Connected
Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns has had an outsized impact on movies and television, serving as the foundation of modern geek culture. Without the success of this comic, we don’t get successful Batman movies; without the later failure of Batman & Robin (which veered away from Miller’s dark tone), we don’t get the X-Men movies. Without those films and Raimi’s Spider-Man trilogy, we wouldn’t have the MCU, and without that, we wouldn’t have the DCEU or (more recently) the DCU.
It’s all connected, and comic nerds everywhere owe it to themselves to re-read this comic. Considering that it may be years before we see Batman properly appear in the DCU, re-reading it is currently the best way to experience the most iconic and fully formed version of the Caped Crusader ever made. Just be careful when handling this old comic; after all, you’ve got a genuine piece of pop culture history in your hands!
Savannah Guthrie shared a new statement about her mother, Nancy Guthrie, as the search for the missing matriarch continues.
“Someone knows how to find our mom and bring her home,” Savannah, 54, captioned a new Instagram video posted on Tuesday, February 24. She also shared the phone number for the FBI’s tip line, noting that callers “can remain anonymous” or “find a way to reach out to me.”
Her caption also revealed that the family’s reward has been raised to $1 million, which will be paid “only for the recovery” of Nancy.
“Coming on to say it is day 24 since our mom was taken in the dark of night from her bed, and every hour and minute and second and every long night has been agony since then, of worrying about her and fearing for her, aching for her, and most of all, just missing her, missing her,” Savannah said in her video. “We know that millions of you have been praying. So many people have been praying of every faith and no faith at all, praying for her return, and we feel those prayers. Please keep praying without ceasing. We still believe. We still believe in a miracle.”
Savannah was holding back tears while telling followers that her sister, Annie Guthrie, says the family is “blowing on the embers of hope” amid Nancy’s disappearance.
“We also know that she may be lost. She may already be gone. She may have already gone home to the Lord that she loves and is dancing in heaven with her mom and her dad and with her beloved brother, Pierce, and with our daddy, the if this is what is to be, then we will accept it,” she added. “But we need to know where she is. We need her to come home.”
Savannah Guthrie Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Hollywood Reporter
Nancy, 84, was last seen at her Arizona home on January 31. Her family reported her missing the following day.
“On behalf of our family, I want to thank everyone for the thoughts, prayers and messages of support. Right now, our focus remains on the safe return of our dear mom,” the Guthrie family said in a statement at the time. “We thank law enforcement for their hard work on this case and encourage anyone with information to contact the Pima County Sheriff’s Department at 520-351-4900.”
Questions still remain after Today show host Savannah Guthrie‘s mother, Nancy Guthrie, was reported missing. The Pima County Sheriff’s Department confirmed the news on February 1, sharing a missing person report via X. Nancy was described as a “vulnerable adult” who was last seen “at her residence” within Arizona’s Catalina Foothills area on the evening […]
The day after Nancy was reported missing, Savannah shared a message of hope on social media.
“We believe in prayer. We believe in voices raised in unison, in love, in hope. We believe in goodness. We believe in humanity. Above all, we believe in Him,” she wrote via Instagram on February 2. “Thank you for lifting your prayers with ours for our beloved mom, our dearest Nancy, a woman of deep conviction, a good and faithful servant. Raise your prayers with us and believe with us that she will be lifted by them in this very moment.”
Savannah then pointed to a Bible verse, adding, “We need you. ‘He will keep in perfect peace those whose hearts are steadfast, trusting in the Lord.’ A verse of Isaiah for all time for all of us.”
She concluded, “Bring her home.”
Savannah’s siblings, Annie and Camron Guthrie, subsequently took part in a follow-up video with their sister.
Savannah Guthrie’s family faced an unimaginable situation when they learned that their matriarch, 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, was reported missing in Arizona in February 2026. As police have become involved in the investigation and the case has unraveled, many people are curious about the timeline of events that went down before and after Nancy disappeared. “On […]
“Mommy, if you are hearing this, you are a strong woman. You are God’s precious daughter, Nancy,” Savannah said in the February 4 Instagram post. “We believe and know that even in this valley, He is with you. Everyone is looking for you, Mommy, everywhere. We will not rest. Your children will not rest until we are together again. We speak to you every moment. And we pray without ceasing, and we rejoice in advance that the day that we hold you in our arms again. We love you, Mom.”
Three days later, the siblings addressed their mother’s kidnapper in another Instagram video.
“We beg you now to return our mother to us so that we can celebrate with her,” Savannah said on February 7. “This is the only way we will have peace. This is very valuable to us and we will pay.”
The following week, Savannah shared an emotional plea for Nancy’s return.
“It’s been two weeks since our mom was taken, and I just wanted to come on and say that we still have hope,” she said in a February 15 Instagram video. “We still believe, and I wanted to say to whoever has her, or knows where she is, that it’s never too late and you’re not lost or alone.”
The disappearance of Savannah Guthrie’s mom, Nancy Guthrie, continues to provide more questions than answers. Ever since Nancy was reported missing in Tucson, Arizona, on February 1, local law enforcement and the FBI have been working around the clock to bring the 84-year-old back to her family. “I spoke with Savannah Guthrie, and let her […]
She continued, “It is never too late to do the right thing and we are here. We believe. We believe in the essential goodness [of] every human being, and it’s never too late.”
Amid the ongoing search for Nancy, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos revealed on February 16 that Savannah’s family were no longer considered potential suspects in the case.
“To be clear … the Guthrie family — to include all siblings and spouses — have been cleared as possible suspects in this case. The family has been nothing but cooperative and gracious and are victims in this case,” Nanos said in a statement via X. “To suggest otherwise is not only wrong, it is cruel. The Guthrie family are victims plain and simple … please, I’m begging you the media to honor your profession and report with some sense of compassion and professionalism.”
The FBI previously released photos and video footage of a masked individual at Nancy’s home, but three weeks into the search, no suspects have been officially identified.
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BAFTA N-Word Controversy
BBC Caught Other Racial Slur Incident Before Air
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The BBC is under fire for failing to edit out the N-word from its broadcast of the BAFTAs … though the organization has reportedly told employees it did catch another slur.
Here’s the deal … Kate Phillips — the Chief Content Officer for the British Broadcasting Company — sent an email to staff members apologizing that the racial slur involuntarily thrown at Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo by Tourette’s activist John Davidson wasn’t edited out of the broadcast.
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However, Phillips also seemingly praised editors in the staff email because they “removed another racial slur from the broadcast.”
Phillips continued, “I’m so sorry that a racial slur was not edited out of our broadcast. We understand how distressing this was. Award attendees were pre-warned about the possibility of involuntary verbal tics associated with Tourette syndrome at the start of the show, and Alan Cumming addressed it during the broadcast. Of course, this doesn’t lessen the impact and upset.”
Davidson has already addressed the controversy in a public statement … in which he wrote, “I am, and always have been deeply mortified if anyone considers my involuntary tics to be intentional or to carry any meaning.”
Lindo told Vanity Fair no one from the BAFTAs checked in on him and Jordan personally after the incident … though he wished someone had. The BAFTAs issued a formal public apology Monday morning.
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By Robert Scucci
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Given the Mad Max franchise’s influence on the pop culture landscape since it kicked off in 1979, it’s easy to call any post-apocalyptic road thriller set in the Australian Outback a cheap imitation. The way I’ve made peace with that kind of assessment is by appreciating the fact that Mad Max created its own distinct genre, where there’s plenty of room for filmmakers to work out similar concepts while still offering their own take. 2014’s The Rover, written and directed by David Michôd, is a shining example of using the punishing Australian desert as a backdrop to tell his story about a society well into its ongoing collapse.
With Guy Pearce leading the charge with support from Robert Pattinson, The Rover is a violent journey across barren landscapes inhabited by people who’ve been forgotten by the rest of the world. It’s a lawless land, but there are still clear power structures at play. Watching those structures slowly fall apart makes for a satisfying watch because society collapsed recently enough for people to remember the before times, but not so recently that they aren’t aware of where things are heading.
A Rampage For A Stolen Car
Before The Rover’s conflict is properly established, we’re introduced to Archie (David Field), Caleb (Tawanda Manyimo), and Henry (Scoot McNairy). They’re fleeing a robbery, and with them is Rey (Robert Pattinson), Henry’s younger brother. Having been injured during the robbery, Rey is kicked out of the vehicle and left for dead. During the scuffle, their car crashes, prompting them to steal a new getaway vehicle.
Unfortunately for the gang, they stole a car belonging to a nomadic loner named Eric (Guy Pearce). Having lived through society’s initial collapse roughly 10 years earlier, which resulted in the loss of his family and his farm, Eric doesn’t take too kindly to the thieves and immediately sets out to hunt them down, obstacles be damned. Stumbling upon a gravely injured Rey, who he knows was at the very least indirectly responsible for his car getting stolen, Eric brings him to a doctor to nurse him back to health before grilling him on his brother’s whereabouts.
Along the way, Eric has violent encounters with a gun-dealing dwarf operating out of an opium den, traveling circus members, and what’s left of the Australian Army, who still try to exert power over the country’s citizens despite lacking the firepower they once had. Rey, dragged along and not fully himself due to his injuries, proves to be more burden than leverage, complicating matters for Eric, who just wants to retrieve his car and get back to being a miserable drunk wandering through the wasteland.
A Madmaxian Action Flick That Stands On Its Own
While the obvious Mad Max setup can be found in The Rover, it never once feels like a carbon copy of the franchise that inspired it. We’ve got the Australian desert, car chases, and showdowns packed with firepower, but given how wide-reaching the lore is in Mad Max, there’s plenty of room for films like The Rover to occupy similar thematic territory while traveling a completely different road. Using that template as a jumping-off point, The Rover tells a more personal story about loss and revenge that would work just as well in any other setting.
Michôd has gone on record about the similarities, stating, “You put cars in the desert in Australia and people are going to think of Mad Max, and with all due respect to that film, I think The Rover is going to be way more chillingly authentic and menacing.” He’s not wrong in that assessment because there are no nitro trucks and masked marauders here. There’s no sprawling folklore that feels almost biblical. Instead, we get a raw glimpse of humanity barely hanging on by a thread, and we witness the continued collapse of society while it’s still actively happening.
As of this writing, The Rover is streaming on Netflix.
Ari Fletcher and Moneybagg Yo have been unbothered and in love. From luxury car gifts to RIAA plaques, the couple hasn’t missed a moment to celebrate each other loudly and proudly on social media. And while they continue to flex their unbreakable bond, the internet has still found its way into the mix.
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Ari Pens A Sweet Message To Her Mannnnn Moneybagg Yo
On Monday, Feb. 23, Ari took to Instagram with a heartfelt message for her man, Moneybagg Yo. On her Story, she shared a photo of her hand showing off a tattoo of his legal first name, “Demario,” while a massive diamond sparkled on her ring finger.
With ‘My Truth’ by India Arie playing in the background, she wrote, “You show me LOVE, real love. Unconditional forever love. I’ll always follow your lead because you are a true leader and I know greatness comes with wherever you decide to go. I would choose life with you over and over again in any life.”
Moneybagg later reportedly responded via his Instagram Story, writing, “Foreva Us my Zawja 🤞🏾 #TheUnbreakables”
Social Media Reacts
Ari’s sweet message to Moneybagg Yo sparked mixed reactions in The Shade Room’s comments. While some fans thought the tattoo and tribute were cute, others brought up past drama in their relationship. Specifically, a few critics mentioned recent rumors linking Ari to Lil Baby, while others suggested the latest gestures were related to her ex, G Herbo, and his engagement to Taina Williams. However, Ari’s supporters quickly defended her, saying they love the bond she shares with Moneybagg and believe the couple is genuinely happy.
Instagram user @straightouttachat wrote, “She love that man down, baby! ❤️❤️”
Instagram user @deestackss added, “The D being a heart is soooo cute”
While Instagram user @pay.r0ll wrote, “I love them but I know somebody bout to have something negative to say about this too”
Instagram user @ell. plaga wrote, “After Jayda exposed her for f**** Baby now she loves him again😂😂😂”
Instagram user @m.armanij added. “Idk sista i love you but since taina got engaged sis you been showing bag off more than usual 👀😭”
While Instagram user @addictedtoleelee wrote, “Peep that big ass ring too thangyaaaa 👏🏾 👏🏾 “
Instagram user @mickipeezie wrote, “Lots of haters in the comments, to be young, rich and in love is 🔥 😍
Instagram user @azraa2.0 wrote. “I can’t wait to be this in love wrote 😍 🔥l
While Instagram user @its.dreanaaa wrote, “but why do we have to put people’s names on our bodies like they own us?? like there are so many other ways to show love”
Love And Going RIAA Gold
A few months ago, rapper Moneybagg Yo celebrated a major milestone after earning 25 new gold. Reflecting on the achievement, he wrote:
“So All My Support, Die Hards and Certified We Got #25 Mo Trophies In Today. We Like 75 Plaques In! This History Coming From Where I Came From! Now Watch How We Shake Sht Up With This New Work. #ForevaHoldYourPeace Album Soon!”
While the Memphis rapper was in a celebratory mood, Ari made sure to show love and support for her partner. Among the plaques was also the couple’s record, ‘Brain Dead,’ which earned a gold RIAA certification. The 2020 record, featured on ‘Code Red,’ the joint project with Blac Youngsta, captures the emotional ups and downs of a relationship and even includes a voicemail from Ari. Celebrating the plaque, Ari wrote: “Not I got my first plaque @moneybaggyo. I’m so proud of you and all of your success. Not just witnessing it but being apart of it.”
RELATED: Cupid’s Move! Ari Fletcher Flexes Lavish Valentine’s Day Gift From Moneybagg Yo & The TL Is In Their Feelings (PHOTOS)
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