Catherine O’Hara managed to make difficult characters utterly delightful

One of the later and less beloved Christopher Guest comedies featuring his troupe of peerless, often SCTV-related improvisers is For Your Consideration, a medium-funny savaging of Hollywood’s feverish awards-season prestige campaigning.The film’s unquestionable highlight is Catherine O’Hara, playing an actor who gets a whisper of awards buzz for a schlocky, still-filming drama called Home for Purim, and slowly loses her mind with the knowledge that she could maybe, possibly be recognized by her peers. O’Hara, known for her distinctively brassy yet malleable trill of her voice and her frequently red hair, peels back her performer’s bravado to expose the frenzied need beneath it. She somehow plays the outsized beneath the regular-sized, as her Marilyn Hack goes from plugging-away workhorse to desperate striver. Unsurprisingly, O’Hara briefly generated awards buzz of her own for playing this part; even less surprisingly, an Oscar nomination was not forthcoming

Catherine O’Hara, actor known for Home Alone and Schitt’s Creek, dies aged 71

Catherine O’Hara, actor known for Schitt’s Creek, Home Alone and Best in Show, has died at the age of 71.Her manager confirmed the news to Variety. She died after a brief illness.O’Hara started her comedy career in the 1970s and helped to create the Canadian sketch show SCTV. She broke into film in the 1980s with her first big-screen credit in the romantic comedy Nothing Personal with Donald Sutherland, and in 1985 she had a role in Martin Scorsese’s black comedy After Hours

Colbert on Springsteen’s anti-ICE song: ‘Do you know how hard it is to rhyme with Minneapolis?’

Late-night hosts spoke about Bruce Springsteen’s anti-ICE song and Donald Trump’s repeated attacks on Ilhan Omar.On The Late Show, Stephen Colbert spoke about Trump’s “plunging popularity over his goons’ brutality”, which has reportedly left him unsettled and backed into a corner, according to reports.Colbert said that was the most dangerous place for him to be because “if you startle him when he’s cornered, he’ll inflate his neck pouch”.The “incredibly unpopular mass deportations” have also led Bruce Springsteen to write a fiery anti-ICE song called Streets of Minneapolis.The much-loved musician previously wrote a song about the Aids crisis called Streets of Philadelphia

Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù: ’If the west doesn’t say a film is good, that doesn’t mean it’s no good’

When Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù becomes animated during conversation, his speaking voice – ordinarily a sort of polished inner-city London dialect – dances into a smooth Nigerian accent. As it happens, his shoulders ease, his eyes smile, he is totally relaxed. If it is true that we become the most distilled versions of ourselves when we are at our most comfortable, then it is clear here that the very essence of Dìrísù’s personhood is a Nigerian man.The opportunity to nurture his Nigerian identity was a significant factor in Dìrísù’s decision to take on his latest film, the Bafta-nominated My Father’s Shadow. The entire project – on which he serves both as lead actor and executive producer – was shot on location in Lagos, the country’s former capital city, over an eight-week period in early 2024

‘Begging my boyfriend to get one’: Paul Mescal inspires yet another fashion craze with Hamnet earring

While Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet has been nominated for eight Academy Awards including best picture, for many it is a tiny silver hoop earring worn by Paul Mescal in his portrayal of William Shakespeare that steals the show. Worn in his left ear lobe, the barely there hoop has people fixated online.“Begging my boyfriend to get a tiny hoop earring too,” reads one post dedicated to the accessory. “I cried for over half of Hamnet, but Paul Mescal’s slutty little earring made me feel conflicted,” reads another.Mescal previously sent viewers of Normal People into a frenzy over Connell’s chain, a thin silver “Argos chic” necklace, and shortly after thrust short shorts into the mainstream

Seth Meyers on Minneapolis: ‘Trump is trying to distance himself from the chaos he created’

Late-night hosts discussed the ongoing Minneapolis chaos and how some Republicans are starting to turn against Donald Trump.On Late Night, Seth Meyers spoke about the “intense national backlash from both sides of the aisle” that Trump is facing for his ICE occupation in Minneapolis.The host said that when Trump and his inner circle got back into power, they thought they could do “whatever they wanted whenever they wanted”, but some found that what Stephen Miller wanted was “much different”.The homeland security adviser has been reportedly screaming in meetings, demanding a high quota of deportations and even asking officers to raid local businesses.“No one wants an ICE raid at a Home Depot,” Meyers said, adding that it was “already bad enough” in there