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The new Netflix series Territory is earning rave reviews from critics while fans on social media have compared it to hit shows Yellowstone and Succession.

The Australian series arrived on the streaming service last week.

An official synopsis says: “When the world’s largest cattle station is left without a clear successor, generational clashes threaten to tear the Lawson family apart.

“Sensing this once great dynasty is in decline, the outback’s most powerful factions – rival cattle barons, desert gangsters, Indigenous elders and billionaire miners – move in for the kill.”

On reviews aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes the series is rated 80% fresh, with Hollywood Reporter critic Daniel Fienberg declaring: “The cattle in Territory may not have a lot of genetic diversity — it’s a plot point! — and the hats may look a bit worn around the edges. But whatever you’re looking for, this series has a lot of it.”

On social media, viewers pointed out the similarities to Yellowstone with one writing: “I’m just 1,5 episodes in, but if #Netflix cancels this Aussie Yellowstone gem of a show, they are damn fools and we all should cancel subscription and renew it for a month when a particular show comes out, because COME ON! #Territory”

Another viewer added: “the new Netflix show ‘Territory’ is a mixture of Yellowstone and Succession. 9/10”

Others were less complimentary about the parallels, with one writing on X: “Territory is just Yellowstone with accents.”

Another said: “Netflix just dropped a new series called Territory that’s basically Yellowstone (hate to admit, it’s an admittedly great show)…”

In a B- review for AV Club, critic Todd Lazarski said he found the show both “bloody” and “soapy.”

“With such a shotgun-and-pickup-truck swagger, and a plot in conversation with season two of Fargo, Netflix seeks to get in on the wide-open-spaces itch of fans of Yellowstone, or Tulsa King, or whatever else Taylor Sheridan is cooking up under the expansive stars of his ranch,” wrote Lazarski.

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“But it’s not long before the tough-guy-and-girl schtick runs a bit toward pulpy, ending frequently in the realm of soapy. And for stretches, it can read as downright sudsy, with a love story sparked around an awkward request to take iPhone vids of some sweet horseback-riding moves. A Road House-esque brawl is precipitated by the kind of bar entrance where you hop on your buddy’s back and jostle his hat down over his eyes and then start a for-fun quarrel with bottles smashed over heads.”

Territory is on Netflix now.

MARRIED At First Sight UK viewers have insisted that one bride is ‘enjoying causing issues’ with another couple.

On tonight’s edition of the hit Channel 4 social experiment, tensions rose at the latest dinner party.

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Before they sat down for the main meal, the girls and the lads all exchanged stories about the partner swap twist.

The Married At First Sight couples were all separated at Amy was put with Adam and Lacey spent time with Luke.

The girls exchanged stories and couldn’t help but compare their partners behaviour when they were with someone else.

Lacey admitted that when she spent time with Luke, he did things for her that he would never do with Amy.

She admitted that he went to the gym, but he left her a note saying he would be back to make her breakfast.

He also made her a coffee, all the things that Amy wished that Luke would do for her in their marriage.

Amy then said that Adam “treated me like a princess,” unlike her own husband as she later brought up his comments at the dinner party.

She thinks he said to Lacey: “I’m envious my wife isn’t like you.”

At the commitment ceremony, Luke complained that Amy is not “classy” like Lacey, and suggested that she needed to be more fun and carefree.

However, fans think that Lacey was deliberately trying to cause issues between Amy and Luke,

They took to X, formerly known as Twitter, accusing her of trying to sabotage the reality couple.

One user wrote: “Lacey really enjoyed telling Amy what Luke said. Still not over that classy comment.”

“Lacey is enjoying causing issues between Amy and Luke,” stated a second fan.

As a third noted: “Lacey, Polly and Sasha are trying to break Amy and Luke. Just st*u.”

“Lacey is a Snake. She could not wait to run tell Amy. Luke said he wished he had that sort of intimacy with Amy,” posted someone else.

As a fifth viewer added: “Lacey is such a s*** stirrer and has ironically proven that she has zero class.”

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Married At First Sight UK is available to watch on E4 and stream online on Channel 4.

MARRIED At First Sight star Lacey‘s mum makes another appearance in the upcoming homestays following fan backlash.

But things don’t go to plan as she begins to flirt with her son-in-law Nathan and jokes that she’d “snap him up”.

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Lacey heads home to visit her mum and sister Paige as the process nears the end.

In a preview clip for Thursday’s episode, Nathan is seen doing some DIY as he picks up a paint brush.

But Lacey’s mum uses it as an opportunity to enjoy some flirty banter with the young lad, 24.

She cheekily rubs his shoulders, prompting Lacey to warn her: “Mum, stop flirting with my man.”

The smitten mother-in-law then tells the camera: “If only he was 20 years older, I’d snap him up.”

Earlier this month, viewers watched as Lacey’s mum and sister Paige divided fans during “meet the in-laws” week.

However, fans hit out at “the mother in law from hell” after a disastrous visit.

First, her mother cornered Nathan in the kitchen and intensely quizzed him about whether he actually fancied Lacey – or sister Paige.

The barrage of questions continued over dinner, before the mother in law burst into tears when Nathan made a joke about her cooking.

Vegetarian Nathan ‘bantered’ that the chicken fajitas she had whipped up for them ‘looked like they were from the bottom of the bin’.

Fans were aghast at how the visit went and felt sorry for Nathan, who suffers from ADHD.

Writing on X, formerly known as Twitter, one fan blasted: “Lacey’s mum = mother in law from hell.”

Another added: “Laceys mum is MONSTER IN LAW.”

A third chimed in: “Oh Lacey’s mum is awful the mother in law from hell I would be so embarrassed I feel so sorry for him.”

But Lacey jumped to her mum’s defence.

Posting on Instagram, she wrote: “Hey everyone, wanted to clear a few things up, my mum did NOT know Nathan was vegetarian also she had no say in what we was eating, she just was told ur making fajitas!” she posted on her Instagram Story.

She added: “You need to remember it is edited for entertainment and to take it with a pinch of salt!”

This isn’t the first time Lacey’s mum has come under fire by fans.

She found herself in the spotlight during her daughter and Nathan’s wedding episode earlier in the series.

As he made his big entrance for the first time, she shouted across the wedding venue about his appearance.

“Wow, wow, oh my god. Can we swap?!” she yelled.

“Oh wow!” she added, before gasping and holding placing her hands on her face in shock.

Sitting in the front row, Lacey’s mum then continued towards Nathan: “Mummy’s got the approval, she likes!

“Very handsome man, very very handsome man.”

Fans were very quick to brand her “inappropriate”, with one adding: “Genuinely think I would die if my mum acted that way around my husband.”

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Stephen Colbert has reacted to Donald Trump’s recent outlandish remarks he made at a rally in Georgia.

On Monday (October 28) evening, the former US president defended himself against accusations that he is a fascist while speaking to rallygoers in Atlanta. “I’m not a Nazi. I’m the opposite of a Nazi,” Trump told the crowd. “Y’know, years ago, my father – I had a great father, he’s a tough guy – he used to always say, ‘Never use the word Nazi.’ And he’d say, ‘Never use the word Hitler, don’t use that word.’”

During the latest episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the late-night host responded to Trump’s unconventional family rule, saying: “Well, that’s just weird. You can’t say Hitler? What does that mean? It’s not a swear word.”

Mimicking Trump’s voice, Colbert joked: “My dad used to say, ‘You can’t say Hitler, OK? Don’t you dare take his name in vain.’ And he would make me put a quarter – anytime I would – he would make me put a quarter in the ‘Hitler jar’ and when it got filled, he would send it to my uncles in Argentina.”

Trump, 78, has continuously denied claims made by former officials of his first term administration that he’s a fascist. In an interview with the New York Times published last week, former chief of staff John Kelly said that Trump “fits the definition of fascism.”

“Looking at the definition of fascism: It’s a far-right authoritarian, ultranationalist political ideology and movement characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural social hierarchy,” he said. “In my experience, those are the kinds of things that he thinks would work better in terms of running America.”

Shortly after, 13 former members of Trump’s administration wrote a letter in support of Kelly’s comments, saying: “There are moments in history where it becomes necessary to put country over party. This is one of those moments. Everyone should heed General Kelly’s warning.”

Kelly previously claimed that Trump privately praised Hitler and expressed envy at his control over the military.

The Trump reelection campaign has vehemently denied Kelly’s claims, telling The Independent: “This is absolutely false, President Trump never said this.”

ONE of the hunks from Coronation Street is now working a very normal job after his soap exit.

It’s been five years after his dramatic ITV soap departure in 2019 and he’s seemingly opted for a career change.

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Paddy Wallace, 44, first made his Coronation Street debut in 2016 as Jude Appleton.

He stayed on the long-running serial drama for three years as a firm fan favourite.

On the show, he tracked down his long-lost mother Mary (Patti Clare) who was living on the infamous Salford street.

According to Instagram, the actor now works as Head of Sales at The Furniture Show.

His LinkedIn suggests that his role is based at the Clarion Events company in Manchester.

It is sure to be a busy time for the star who now has a high level role at the ‘UK’s largest trade show’.

The company’s Instagram profile says the event will return to the NEC in Birmingham in January 2025.

However, he is still in touch with his on-screen mother as he was pictured with her on social media.

Posting a beaming snap with his children and Patti on his Instagram grid page, he wrote: “A lovely morning catching up with my wonderful pal and other Mum! Inimitable @patti.clark5 x.”

On the soap, his character was abandoned as a baby and left on the steps of a hospital before he was adopted and raised by a loving family.

Mary previously tried to look for her son and Jude later uprooted his family to Weatherfield after his baby son George was born.

He later admitted that he lied to his wife Angie (Victoria Ekanoye), who soon threw him out of the house.

Jude was spotted in Blackpool in 2019 as Mary stood by her son, only to then be left £800 out of pocket after he conned her.

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Corrie has said goodbye to several cast members this year. Let’s break down who’s left the famous soap:

Eliza Woodrow (Savannah Kunyo) has said farewell to Corrie to start a new life in Germany.

The youngster moved to live with her dad Dom Everett, who went back on the £10,000 bribe Eliza’s grandfather Stu had offered to keep him out of her life.

Paul Foreman (Peter Ash) will bow out of the soap this summer when he loses his fight with motor neurone disease (MND) in tragic scenes.

After being diagnosed last year, the fan favourite was devastated to learn he only had months left to live.

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Summer Spellman (Harriet Bibby) departed the cobbles after being offered the opportunity of a lifetime to study in America.

Though she struggled to decide with her stepdad Paul’s impending death from MND, she was convinced she had to live her life to the full.

Simon Barlow (Alex Bain) has struggled with the sudden departure of his father Peter from the cobbles.

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The Weatherfield legend left his family and loved ones behind on Boxing Day, 2023, when his wife Carla Connor encouraged him to travel around the world with a friend.

Simon’s been on a downward spiral ever since and his exit could end in tragedy.

Alya Nazir is set to leave the cobbles as actress Sair Khan prepares to go on maternity leave ahead of the birth of her first child.

It looks likely she’ll be heading to Dublin after securing a lucrative new job, leaving her colleague and fling Adam Barlow behind.

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Show stalwart Sue Cleaver, who plays Eileen Grimshaw, is taking a break to star in the Sister Act The Musical UK tour. She will be back filming in May once her dates on the tour come to an end.

Her character left the Street after her son Jason broke his back after falling off a moped in Asia.

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Season 33 of Dancing with the Stars has shimmied its way onto screens, welcoming a new cast of celebrity contestants ready to put their skills to the test for a chance to win the coveted Mirrorball trophy.

The popular dance competition series – the American version of the UK’s Strictly Come Dancing – has welcomed back Julianne Hough and Alfonso Ribiero as co-hosts.

Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli, and Hough’s older brother, Derek Hough, have returned to judge the competition.

Among the star-studded lineup competing this season are former NBA player Dwight Howard, Bachelor franchise stars Joey Graziadei and Jenn Tran, Olympians Ilona Maher and Stephen Nedoroscik, and Family Matters and Die Hard actor Reggie VelJohnson.

Find out below which celebrity’s dance moves didn’t make the cut. This article will be updated weekly.

DWTS airs Tuesdays on ABC at 8pm, with episodes available to stream on Hulu the next day.

Week Two: Oscars Night, Double Elimination

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Anna Delvey

Controversial addition convicted fraudster Anna Delvey was one of two eliminations on the show’s first round of cuts.

For her final performance, she and her professional partner Ezra Sousa danced the Quickstep to “Suddenly I See” from the 2006 comedy Devil Wears Prada.

Following her elimination, Delvey was asked by host Hough what she would be taking away from her time on the show.

“Nothing,” the Russian-born con artist bluntly replied.

Tori Spelling

Beverly Hills, 90210 star Tori Spelling was also eliminated. She and her dance partner Pasha Pashov performed the Rumba to “This Is Me” from The Greatest Showman for their final routine.

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Reacting to her elimination, Spelling told ExtraTV that she was “sad.”

“I feel like I just started my journey, and I was changing so much and really finding myself through this,” the actor said. “I have an amazing [dancing] partner and now friend in life. I’ll be sad. We all got close, really fast. And you hear that happens, but you’re all thrown into this very unique situation in a short amount of time. So I’ll miss my dance family, and I’ll miss dancing with my partner every day.”

Week Four: Hair Metal Night, Double Elimination

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Eric Roberts

After four weeks of receiving some of the lowest scores this season, actor Eric Roberts was given the boot in the second round of double eliminations. Partnered with Britt Stewart, the actor and older brother of Hollywood star Julia Roberts danced the Paso Doble to Warrant’s “Cherry Pie” for his final performance.

Speaking to TV Insider post-elimination, Roberts shared that he’s going to miss Stewart, the crew and the show. “There’s a crew of over 200 people here, and they make you feel like family,” he said. “You fall in love with the show, your partner, everyone here is so kind and so aware.”

Reginald VelJohnson

The oldest cast member this season, Reginald VelJohnson, was also eliminated alongside Roberts.

During his final dance, the Family Matters alum gave a stiff performance of the Cha Cha to “I Wanna Rock” by the Twisted Sisters with his partner Emma Slater.

Week Five: Dedication Night, Single Elimination

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The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model was eliminated during the halfway point of the season with her partner, Gleb Savchenko.

During her final dance, she was with her three younger sisters to whom she dedicated her salsa to. “It’s been amazing and we had so much fun,” she told the show’s co-hosts, Ribeiro and Hough, following her elimination. Savchenko gushed over the model and his time with her as he said: “I want to thank you for an amazing season, it was so unexpected. I had a blast working with you. You are super talented and I love you.”

Week 6: Disney Night, Single Elimination

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Phaedra Parks

For her final solo dance, reality star Phaedra Parks and her partner Val Chmerkovskiy danced the Jazz to “Cruella de Vil” from 101 Dalmations.

Following their solo routine, they teamed up with half of the cast to compete on Team Roar, where they danced to “I Just Can’t Wait to Be King” from The Lion King.

By the end of the episode, the Real Housewives of Atlanta star’s combined solo and team score put her at the bottom of the leader board, and she was ultimately eliminated.

Speaking to co-hosts Ribeiro and Hough after her elimination, she said: “Val’s been the best coach ever. I wanted to thank him for being patient and for allowing me to explore dance.”

Week 7: Halloween Nightmares, Single Elimination

Jenn Tran

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Despite her consistent improvement over the weeks, Jenn Tran was shut out of the competition on week seven.

The Bachelorette alum’s elimination left DWTS fans outraged, as many felt NBA veteran Dwight Howard should have been sent home instead.

For her final performance, Jenn performed a Contemporary to “Vampire” by Olivia Rodrigo with partner Sasha Farber. The pair also competed in a Cha-Cha dance-off, beating fellow contestant Olympic gymnast Stephen Nedoroscik and his partner Rylee Arnold.

Yet, even with the dance-off win putting her final score at 31, she was ultimately sent home.

“We ended out on a bang, and I’m so proud of everything that I’ve learned to do, conquered my fear of stage fright of moving my hips all at once,” Jenn told Acess Hollywood.