Shetland’s Series 7 return is a bittersweet one for fans of the Scottish BBC crime drama. The six-episode run will be actor Douglas Henshall’s last in the lead role of Di Jimmy Perez. Henshall’s departure though, doesn’t mean the end for Shetland, which has been renewed for an eighth series due to arrive in 2023. A new, as-yet-unannounced, lead actor will be joining the returning cast for that run.
Series 7, which starts on BBC One on Wednesday the 10th of August at 9pm, promises to tie up Perez’s loose ends and follow up on last series’ will-they-won’t-they frisson with Irish carer Meg. Before Perez says his final goodbye to the evidence board though, there’s a missing person case to solve, and a host of new characters to interrogate. Here’s who he’ll be meeting…
Shauna Macdonald as Rachel Cairns
Rachel Cairns is the mother of Connor and Abbey,...
Series 7, which starts on BBC One on Wednesday the 10th of August at 9pm, promises to tie up Perez’s loose ends and follow up on last series’ will-they-won’t-they frisson with Irish carer Meg. Before Perez says his final goodbye to the evidence board though, there’s a missing person case to solve, and a host of new characters to interrogate. Here’s who he’ll be meeting…
Shauna Macdonald as Rachel Cairns
Rachel Cairns is the mother of Connor and Abbey,...
- 8/10/2022
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Donald Trump is going out like he came in: corrupt as hell.
The departing president left the White House for Mar-a-Lago at 8 a.m. Wednesday morning, slinking out after a disastrous and deadly four years. One of his last acts on the job was granting a flurry of pardons and commutations (nearly 150 in all), many of them to his white-collar cronies. The last-minute pardon spree had long been expected, and wasn’t at all out of character for a president who routinely abused his ability to unilaterally absolve allies of federal crimes.
The departing president left the White House for Mar-a-Lago at 8 a.m. Wednesday morning, slinking out after a disastrous and deadly four years. One of his last acts on the job was granting a flurry of pardons and commutations (nearly 150 in all), many of them to his white-collar cronies. The last-minute pardon spree had long been expected, and wasn’t at all out of character for a president who routinely abused his ability to unilaterally absolve allies of federal crimes.
- 1/20/2021
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
The day after damaging testimony from a former top U.S. diplomat undermined President Trump’s claim that there was no quid pro quo in the administration’s decision to withhold military aid from Ukraine while demanding an investigation into Trump’s political opponents, a mob of House Republicans stormed a secure congressional chamber where a new impeachment deposition was to take place on Wednesday.
Ostensibly there to protest a lack of transparency and due process for the president, the crowd of more than 40 Gop Congress members recklessly upended House protocol,...
Ostensibly there to protest a lack of transparency and due process for the president, the crowd of more than 40 Gop Congress members recklessly upended House protocol,...
- 10/23/2019
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
On Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, the titular host started the show by talking about the forthcoming Democratic debates and poking fun at Steve Bullock for releasing a YouTube video in retaliation — a video that barely got any views. He also took some jabs at California congressman Duncan Hunter’s scandal of allegedly using $250,000 in campaign money for personal expenses and blaming his wife. But the majority of the Sunday night was focused impeachment. In particular, the impeachment of Donald Trump.
Oliver said that people are “dying” to see Trump impeached and that it has become a major talking point among House Democrats, with 63 supporting impeachment. He then referred — and took a little joy — in the popular video of Rep. Rashida Tlaib saying “We’re gonna go in there and impeach the motherf*****!”
However, Oliver points out that not everyone in the Democratic party is enthusiastic about impeachment. In particular,...
Oliver said that people are “dying” to see Trump impeached and that it has become a major talking point among House Democrats, with 63 supporting impeachment. He then referred — and took a little joy — in the popular video of Rep. Rashida Tlaib saying “We’re gonna go in there and impeach the motherf*****!”
However, Oliver points out that not everyone in the Democratic party is enthusiastic about impeachment. In particular,...
- 6/17/2019
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Margaret Hunter — the wife of indicted congressman Rep. Duncan D. Hunter (R-ca) — pleaded guilty Thursday to “knowingly and willfully” raiding her husband’s campaign account to pay nearly $250,000 in often-extravagant personal expenses, including trips to Las Vegas and Italy — as well as “airline travel charges for the family’s pet rabbit, Eggburt.”
Margaret Hunter’s guilty plea directly implicates her husband as a co-conspirator in the criminal effort to “disguise” the personal spending “as campaign-related.” As part of her agreement with prosecutors she has promised to “provide substantial assistance to...
Margaret Hunter’s guilty plea directly implicates her husband as a co-conspirator in the criminal effort to “disguise” the personal spending “as campaign-related.” As part of her agreement with prosecutors she has promised to “provide substantial assistance to...
- 6/14/2019
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-ca) posted a video on Facebook and Twitter Thursday that he claimed showed him crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. But there’s one catch: the border was actually almost 100 feet away from where Hunter was, Customs and Border Patrol said.
“So here is the grand border wall in Yuma, Arizona,” Hunter said in the video, pointing to a waist-high barrier he could easily step over. “This is what we expect to stop people, transnational terrorists, families, all illegal aliens from coming across the border. This is it.
“So here is the grand border wall in Yuma, Arizona,” Hunter said in the video, pointing to a waist-high barrier he could easily step over. “This is what we expect to stop people, transnational terrorists, families, all illegal aliens from coming across the border. This is it.
- 4/20/2019
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Andrew Janz delivers a stump speech like a closing argument. Blame his day job. The trim, pokerfaced 34-year-old is deputy district attorney in Fresno, California. And at a meet-and-greet, in the living room of a retired schoolteacher on the north end of this sprawling city, he sounds less like he’s trying to win votes than to convict his political opponent.
Republican Devin Nunes, Janz insists, should be using his clout as chair of the House Intelligence Committee to deliver for his district. “But what does he spend that political capital on?...
Republican Devin Nunes, Janz insists, should be using his clout as chair of the House Intelligence Committee to deliver for his district. “But what does he spend that political capital on?...
- 9/21/2018
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
When “Serial” Season 2 entered the last week of its 11-episode run, one of its central closing questions was, “Can we prove that anyone died in the search for Bowe Bergdahl?” In trying to determine the answer, host Sarah Koenig spoke to a high-ranking military official about the circumstances surrounding the rescue mission to recover the Army Private kidnapped by the Taliban in 2009 and returned home after five years in captivity.
This high-ranking military official, contrary to the record of any official military investigation, states unequivocally that the effort to bring back Bergdahl cost the lives of American soldiers. He gets combative when Koenig presses him on details. She asks him about the decision to continue the search for Bergdahl in Afghanistan when a number of signs pointed to him being held in Pakistan. He takes a legitimate question about the burden of proof in military intelligence and uses it as...
This high-ranking military official, contrary to the record of any official military investigation, states unequivocally that the effort to bring back Bergdahl cost the lives of American soldiers. He gets combative when Koenig presses him on details. She asks him about the decision to continue the search for Bergdahl in Afghanistan when a number of signs pointed to him being held in Pakistan. He takes a legitimate question about the burden of proof in military intelligence and uses it as...
- 9/18/2018
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Seth Meyers unpacked a lot of baggage on Tuesday night when it came to Donald Trump’s nominee Brett Kavanaugh for the vacant Supreme Court seat.
“Let’s just step back for a moment and consider the fact that Trump is trying to appoint someone to a lifetime seat on the Supreme Court while simultaneously being implicated in a truly staggering number of criminal cases and corruption scandals,” Meyers pointed out.
He added, “That’s like Bonnie getting arrested and saying, ‘You know who would make a great judge?….Clyde.'”
Meyers proceeded to pull out receipts of all those recent indictments, guilty verdicts and pleas that have been hovering over Trump as a result of the Robert Mueller investigation including Paul Manafort, Michael Cohen, Michael Flynn, George Papadopoulos, Chris Collins, and Duncan Hunter.
The late-night host also pointed out that Trump openly admitted on Twitter that he wanted the...
“Let’s just step back for a moment and consider the fact that Trump is trying to appoint someone to a lifetime seat on the Supreme Court while simultaneously being implicated in a truly staggering number of criminal cases and corruption scandals,” Meyers pointed out.
He added, “That’s like Bonnie getting arrested and saying, ‘You know who would make a great judge?….Clyde.'”
Meyers proceeded to pull out receipts of all those recent indictments, guilty verdicts and pleas that have been hovering over Trump as a result of the Robert Mueller investigation including Paul Manafort, Michael Cohen, Michael Flynn, George Papadopoulos, Chris Collins, and Duncan Hunter.
The late-night host also pointed out that Trump openly admitted on Twitter that he wanted the...
- 9/5/2018
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
There’s a reason why Rudy Giuliani and the rest of Donald Trump’s legal team have steadfastly refused to allow Special Counsel Robert Mueller to question the president about obstruction of justice. A dossier could be compiled just on the Trump’s repeated attempts to hinder the investigation into his campaign’s relationship with Russia. He’s done it behind closed doors. He’s done it on national television. He’s done it with his Twitter account, so much so Mueller is reportedly considering Trump’s tweets as part of the probe.
- 9/4/2018
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
California Rep. Duncan Hunter and his wife were indicted on various charges Tuesday after allegedly using campaign funds to pay for personal expenses. Authorities say the couple stole $250,000 and then filed false campaign finance records. Among those expenses are more than $1,500 for video games on Steam.
The 47-page indictment, which you can read in full on CNN, states the Hunters spent campaign funds on Steam games 82 times throughout 2015 for a total of $1,528.68. When questioned, Duncan Hunter reportedly said his teenage son used his credit card for one game, and more unauthorized charges appeared after Duncan tried to close the website.
“The Hunters concealed and disguised the personal nature of their family’s purchases of video games using campaign funds by falsely claiming to a financial institution that the payments were fraudulent charges and then reporting the purchases to the Fec and the public as fraudulent charges,” the indictment said.
The...
The 47-page indictment, which you can read in full on CNN, states the Hunters spent campaign funds on Steam games 82 times throughout 2015 for a total of $1,528.68. When questioned, Duncan Hunter reportedly said his teenage son used his credit card for one game, and more unauthorized charges appeared after Duncan tried to close the website.
“The Hunters concealed and disguised the personal nature of their family’s purchases of video games using campaign funds by falsely claiming to a financial institution that the payments were fraudulent charges and then reporting the purchases to the Fec and the public as fraudulent charges,” the indictment said.
The...
- 8/22/2018
- by Stefanie Fogel
- Variety Film + TV
Though most of Tuesday’s news-making criminal activity was confined to the 250-mile radius between the New York and Virginia courtrooms where Michael Cohen and Paul Manafort officially became felons, an indictment was unsealed nearly 3,000 miles away that could mean the end of Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter’s political career. The 41-year-old congressman and his wife Margaret were charged with wire fraud, falsifying records, campaign finance violations and conspiracy, the result of a Justice Department investigation that began over a year ago. According to the filing, the couple allegedly “knowingly...
- 8/22/2018
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Washington — Within minutes on Tuesday, Paul Manafort, Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, was found guilty, and Michael Cohen, Trump’s longtime attorney and trusted adviser, pleaded guilty and implicated the president in violations of campaign finance laws.
On a day that would have crippled any other politician, Trump eagerly took the stage at an arena in Charleston, W. Va., a state he won by 42 percentage points in 2016. He spoke for an hour and 16 minutes, never mentioning Manafort or Cohen. Instead, he talked about about everything else: Special Counsel Robert Mueller, “fake news,” “clean, beautiful West Virginia coal,” his mother’s turkey-cooking skills, and “winning.”
The sign-waving crowd cheered and chanted on cue: “USA, USA, USA” and “Trump, Trump, Trump.” The cultural disconnect evident in the scenes of the rally and the furrowed brows of analysts on CNN and MSNBC parsing the implications of today’s legal action couldn’t...
On a day that would have crippled any other politician, Trump eagerly took the stage at an arena in Charleston, W. Va., a state he won by 42 percentage points in 2016. He spoke for an hour and 16 minutes, never mentioning Manafort or Cohen. Instead, he talked about about everything else: Special Counsel Robert Mueller, “fake news,” “clean, beautiful West Virginia coal,” his mother’s turkey-cooking skills, and “winning.”
The sign-waving crowd cheered and chanted on cue: “USA, USA, USA” and “Trump, Trump, Trump.” The cultural disconnect evident in the scenes of the rally and the furrowed brows of analysts on CNN and MSNBC parsing the implications of today’s legal action couldn’t...
- 8/22/2018
- by Ted Johnson
- Variety Film + TV
Real Time with Bill Maher features an interesting line-up tonight — with guests including Killer Mike, Robert Reich, and Ethan Hawke. Also on the show is Republican Congressman from California, Duncan Hunter, who kicks off proceedings as the top-of-show interview guest. Hunter is a legacy political player who is currently under investigation. A former marine, Hunter served three tours as an artillery officer in Afghanistan and Iraq and was later elected in 2008. His father served in the same position before he did. Hunter is in the legal crosshairs for allegedly using campaign funds for personal use. Author and Oscar-nominated […]
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- 5/11/2018
- by April Neale
- Monsters and Critics
Bill Maher: Triggered, the comic’s 11th HBO solo special since his first in 1989, will air Saturday, July 7, the network announced today. The live stand-up performance will air from Tulsa, Oklahoma.
“The paradox of my life is, the more horrifying the country under Trump becomes, the more fun we have at my stand-up shows,” Maher said. “I guess it’s a release, or whistling past the graveyard, or a primal scream.
“They want me to be mean,” he continued, “and I am. Half of this show is about Trump, but I am determined to make half of it about me – my way of saying, ‘Trump, you don’t get to win!’”
Bill Maher: Triggered is executive produced by Maher, Beth McCarthy-Miller, Marc Gurvitz and Neal Marshall, and will be directed by McCarthy-Miller.
Maher’s weekly HBO series Real Time with Bill Maher is in its 16th season, and has been renewed through 2020. This week’s guests include Republican Congressman Duncan Hunter, Ethan Hawke, author Robert Reich and activist rapper Michael Render (aka Killer Mike).
“The paradox of my life is, the more horrifying the country under Trump becomes, the more fun we have at my stand-up shows,” Maher said. “I guess it’s a release, or whistling past the graveyard, or a primal scream.
“They want me to be mean,” he continued, “and I am. Half of this show is about Trump, but I am determined to make half of it about me – my way of saying, ‘Trump, you don’t get to win!’”
Bill Maher: Triggered is executive produced by Maher, Beth McCarthy-Miller, Marc Gurvitz and Neal Marshall, and will be directed by McCarthy-Miller.
Maher’s weekly HBO series Real Time with Bill Maher is in its 16th season, and has been renewed through 2020. This week’s guests include Republican Congressman Duncan Hunter, Ethan Hawke, author Robert Reich and activist rapper Michael Render (aka Killer Mike).
- 5/10/2018
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
As House Republicans tried this week (and then backed down in the face of public outrage) to weaken the nonpartisan office in charge of investigating lawmaker and staff misconduct, People took a look back at some of the most eyebrow-raising ways public and campaign funds have been used by politicians.
When official spending takes a turn for the personal—and, sometimes, downright weird—it’s not always illegal. But, even it doesn’t lead to jail time, it can ruin careers.
1. Flights for a family rabbit.
When traveling on the campaign trail, sometimes you need to bring the whole family along with you.
When official spending takes a turn for the personal—and, sometimes, downright weird—it’s not always illegal. But, even it doesn’t lead to jail time, it can ruin careers.
1. Flights for a family rabbit.
When traveling on the campaign trail, sometimes you need to bring the whole family along with you.
- 1/5/2017
- by dianapearltimeinc
- PEOPLE.com
Rep. Duncan Hunter, Jr. (R-ca) appeared on C-span's Washington Journal Wednesday morning and expressed some stark generalizations about Middle Easterners in reference to the United States' negotiations with Iran over that country's nuclear development. People in that part of the world always want to "get the best deal possible no matter what it takes," he said, and "that includes lying."...
- 12/4/2013
- by Matt Wilstein
- Mediaite - TV
House hearings are not exactly known for their fiery outbreaks. But last week, boy did it sure get hot up in there. In a rare show of verbal intensity, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond Odierno smacked down Congressman Duncan Hunter (R-ca) when the politician attempted to walk out of the testimony after speaking his mind about an Army program he would like to cut.
- 4/30/2013
- by Andrew Kirell
- Mediaite - TV
I’m going to start with some good news: Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is now breathing on her own without the help of a ventilator.
More good news: Facebook cofounder Chris Hughes is engaged to marry his boyfriend of five years, Sean Eldridge. The two are hoping to help push through marriage equality in New York so they can wed there.
In still more good news, The Dilemma is having a very mediocre opening weekend, and is expected to finish around $18 million, compared to more typical $30-$40 million opening weekends for a Vince Vaughn movie. Which is one of the mysteries of the universe in the first place.
Professional curmudgeon Larry Kramer has an editorial on AIDS at CNN, and he’s as blunt and honest as ever about how horrible this epidemic has been and still is. I respect Larry for his consistent message, and he’s not wrong.
There...
More good news: Facebook cofounder Chris Hughes is engaged to marry his boyfriend of five years, Sean Eldridge. The two are hoping to help push through marriage equality in New York so they can wed there.
In still more good news, The Dilemma is having a very mediocre opening weekend, and is expected to finish around $18 million, compared to more typical $30-$40 million opening weekends for a Vince Vaughn movie. Which is one of the mysteries of the universe in the first place.
Professional curmudgeon Larry Kramer has an editorial on AIDS at CNN, and he’s as blunt and honest as ever about how horrible this epidemic has been and still is. I respect Larry for his consistent message, and he’s not wrong.
There...
- 1/16/2011
- by Ed Kennedy
- The Backlot
The scene: a Tea Party rally. Our anti-hero: a one Congressman Duncan Hunter (R-ca). The plot: Hunter agreed with a suggestion by some audience member that indeed he is in favor of deporting children born to illegal immigrants, even if those children were born in the United States. "We're just saying it takes more than walking across the border to become an American citizen," he said. The plot twist: according to the definition of a citizen, that is all it takes! The denouement: Cue defensive non-retraction from his spokesperson. “It was a short answer to a complex issue. His terms have been very specific on this topic and it wasn't reflected in the answer.”...
- 4/30/2010
- Vanity Fair
MANCHESTER, N.H. -- ABC News -- and its president, David Westin -- fended off a last-minute challenge from Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich, who tried to get a state judge to force the network to include him in Saturday night's debate.
Under the ground rules of ABC News/WMUR's dual debates ahead of Tuesday's New Hampshire primary, only candidates who either finished in the top four in Iowa or polled 5% or more support would be included. That gave an entrance pass to U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, and New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson but barred Kucinich and another marginal candidate, former Sen. Mike Gravel as well as
GOP candidate Duncan Hunter. The change would make for better conversation, the network said.
Kucinich didn't take the news lying down, threatening to bring the FCC into the fray and on Saturday evening persuaded a New Hampshire judge to hear his case against ABC News. He wasn't seeking to stop the debate but instead to force ABC News to allow him to participate.
Under the ground rules of ABC News/WMUR's dual debates ahead of Tuesday's New Hampshire primary, only candidates who either finished in the top four in Iowa or polled 5% or more support would be included. That gave an entrance pass to U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, and New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson but barred Kucinich and another marginal candidate, former Sen. Mike Gravel as well as
GOP candidate Duncan Hunter. The change would make for better conversation, the network said.
Kucinich didn't take the news lying down, threatening to bring the FCC into the fray and on Saturday evening persuaded a New Hampshire judge to hear his case against ABC News. He wasn't seeking to stop the debate but instead to force ABC News to allow him to participate.
NEW YORK -- Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is taking an early lead in political ad spending, with his GOP presidential campaign running more TV ads than any other candidate.
Romney's campaign was responsible for 4,549 TV and radio ads through June 10, according to Nielsen Monitor Plus. The vast majority were local TV ads, with 2,036 placed in the early caucus state of Iowa. Coming in a distant second is Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson with 2,232, all of which are local TV ads and all but 301 in Iowa. Democratic candidate and Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd placed 1,664 ads through June 10, all but four in either Iowa or New Hampshire. Romney's campaign also bought 297 national cable ads while Dodd bought four.
Only two other candidates were reported to have bought TV time: Democratic candidate John Edwards (68, all local TV) and Republican candidate Duncan Hunter (34, all local TV).
Romney's campaign was responsible for 4,549 TV and radio ads through June 10, according to Nielsen Monitor Plus. The vast majority were local TV ads, with 2,036 placed in the early caucus state of Iowa. Coming in a distant second is Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson with 2,232, all of which are local TV ads and all but 301 in Iowa. Democratic candidate and Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd placed 1,664 ads through June 10, all but four in either Iowa or New Hampshire. Romney's campaign also bought 297 national cable ads while Dodd bought four.
Only two other candidates were reported to have bought TV time: Democratic candidate John Edwards (68, all local TV) and Republican candidate Duncan Hunter (34, all local TV).
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