#the newsreader mrs kim

[newsatsix1986]

“Girls just wanna have fu-u-n, oh girls just wanna have fun!”

There’s so much I am hoping for in The Newsreader’s Season Two, but I am begging that we get many moments of incredible girl power to come!

From Helen and Noelene’s careers hopefully skyrocketing, to Val’s continued presence for her son, to Jean and Cheryl supporting and uplifting everyone, to what is bound to be an epic story between Evelyn and newcomer Kay, I just want it all tomorrow! And more of Noelene’s sister and mum! More of Helen’s sister! More brand new female characters that we haven’t been shown a glimpse of yet! Come on, ABC! Give it to us!

The female side of the show is so important and I love all of these fictional ladies so much. Their stories deserve to be told and I hope I will see this fan community uplifting them and celebrating them just as much as I will be this season. 💖👸🏻🌟

And the right meme for the occasion! 😉

[fairweathermyth]

Hey!

Another year has gone by and I would once again love to hear about your favourite shows of the year (2023 I mean), as you always have impeccable taste!

Hope you're good 😊 X

Hiiiiii! lol I am glad that we are taste compatible??? Also thank you??? Okay, here's my favorites from last year, vaguely in order of when I watched them, NOT ranked:

Willow, first and only season rip (okay most of this season aired in 2022 but i only caught up in time for the last two episodes which aired in 2023 so it counts! i had so much fun with this show and disney fucked them over so bad that it can now only be watched by piracy. i love you show and hope you come back someday somehow.)

Poker Face, first season (what a fun conceit for a show, i just had a great time every week. dream natasha lyonne role.)

The Great, third and final season rip* (i thought this was a beautiful season of television. beautifully acted and written. i'm not actually mad about this cancellation personally. i think it ended in a really cool place. yes, they probably could have done really interesting things with a fourth season, but i didn't *need* it. love love love.)

Barry's, fourth and final season (genius. showstopping. insanity-inducing.)

Mrs. Davis, first and only season (weird lapsed catholic shit featuring intense AI/capitalism skepticism starring betty gilpin? made for me.)

Reservation Dogs, third and final season (went out on such a high note. a privilege to watch)

The Afterparty, second and final season rip (this show needed one more season, and it was set up so perfectly for it so i'm sad. i had a GREAT time though)

Revenant, first (and only?) season (kim tae-ri, our generation's best actor. quote me on it.)

The Newsreader, second season (i actually watched both seasons this year and i loooooooove it. @ followers who maybe came here for hacf, watch this because i feel like you'll love it :))

Fargo, fifth season (midwest niceTM family meets jaded centuries-old sineater? yes. noah hawley writes good. that covers it.)

[everything-offspring]

Offspring's Kat Stewart: How child's play led to a fabulous career

By Michael Lallo June 21 2017

Kat Stewart is one of our most versatile actors. Her early years explain why.

As a young girl, Kat Stewart would return from school and mimic her British classmates. Sometimes she was a Cockney lass, dropping her H's like Eliza Doolittle. Then she'd switch to an upper class accent, with its bias against vowels. (Notice how a posh Englishwoman blows her nose on a "hndkrchff".)

Stewart spent her first seven years in Bairnsdale, 300 kilometres east of Melbourne. Then her parents took the family on an adventure. Basing themselves in Britain, they explored Europe in a campervan. For a few months, she attended school in London. "Coming from a small country town, it opened my eyes up," says Stewart, who plays Billie Proudman in Ten's hit drama Offspring.

One year later, the family came home. But Stewart's fascination with language persisted. It all seemed like a bit of fun: observing the way others spoke, then imitating them in private. In fact, she was unwittingly training to be an actor. Since her days in the ensemble of Red Stitch, an independent St Kilda theatre, critics have praised her faultless accents. American newsreader, aristocratic Londoner, Aussie battler – she's perfected them all.

In 2008, her star rose with her portrayal of Roberta Williams in Nine's Underbelly. But Offspring made Stewart famous.

On a cold Tuesday in Melbourne, she rehearses her final scenes of the new season. We're in the Union Club Hotel, a 160-year-old pub with a main bar untouched since the early 1970s. To Offspring fans, it's simply "The Union", the location of several pivotal events. Kim (Alicia Gardiner) gave birth on the pool table. In the dining room, Billie married Mick (Eddie Perfect). Today, Nina (Asher Keddie) enjoys a sweet moment with daughter Zoe (Isabella Monaghan).

Stewart stands to side, clutching a flute of soda water with a splash of Coke. (It looks just like champagne on screen.) After a freighted conversation with another character, Billie has a moment of clarity. Her eyes mist over, but no tears are shed.

Describing this in detail would ruin the finale. It's safer to discuss the first episode, with Billie in Melbourne and Mick in London.

"It's tricky, because he's the love of Billie's life," Stewart says. "She's walked over broken glass to be with him. They're leading separate lives. That's a big thing for Billie to deal with."

The week prior, Stewart and I have lunch with two castmates: Keddie and Alexander England, who plays Nina's boyfriend Harry. I fish out Stewart's first Green Guide cover, published nine years ago. "You're just a baby in that photo!" Keddie says.

Afterwards, Stewart reflects on that time, when she co-starred with Shaun Micallef in the SBS satire, Newstopia.

Then Underbelly became a cultural phenomenon. In Victoria, the show was slapped with a suppression order, so as not to prejudice a related murder trial. "It was different for the actors living in Sydney," she recalls. "Up there, they felt the full force of [its success]. It took a while to happen here. In retrospect, it was a real turning point. But it didn't feel that way at the time."

Not least because Stewart isn't one to be swept up in hype. Compared to most of her characters, she is soft-spoken and low-key.

In 2013 she declined to reprise her role as Williams in Fat Tony & Co, which focused on the hunt for Tony Mokbel. Instead, Hollie Andrew took the part. "There wasn't much footage of Roberta at the time; maybe a couple of interviews. Six years later, we knew so much more – how she walked and talked; more of her story.

"I did an interpretation. To play her again, I'd need to include that new information. I felt it should be someone new."

Besides, Stewart had plenty on her plate. In addition to Offspring, she had starred in the Foxtel drama Tangle, then Ten's crime-comedy Mr & Mrs Murder. Guest appearances include Peter Helliar's film It's a Date, and an upcoming episode of True Story with Hamish and Andy. Somehow, she still finds the time for live theatre.

In grade two, her teacher ran a drama session for her class. A spark went off inside the seven-year-old. "It felt right in my bones. I was very shy, but not when I was acting. I never thought it was a career option, though."

Stewart studied arts and marketing at Monash University, then got a sensible job as a publicist for Penguin Books. (Perhaps it's no surprise her publicists say she's a pleasure to work with.) Yet her desire to act remained, and she enrolled in a night course at The National Theatre.

"I was hoping I'd grow out of it," she laughs. "I knew it wasn't a great bet in terms of financial security."

Her hunch proved correct – at least early on. After some decent gigs, she endured "tumbleweeds" for 18 months. "There weren't as many guest roles in those days. You'd do Blue Heelers and Stingers and Neighbours. That was it."

Joining Red Stitch changed everything. As an ensemble actor, she stretched herself in a variety of meaty productions. "I probably care more about what [the other performers] think than anyone else," she says, "because they know my work so well."

Early on she played an abused woman who haemorrhages to death. "That's when I learned that classic thing of not judging your character."

This served her well in Offspring. The series rarely offers up its characters as role models. Nor does it slot them into a "good" or "bad" column. Instead, it makes them interesting. Consider Billie, always throwing herself into a new self-improvement project. Often she makes a hash of things. "And I love that!" Stewart says. "But I also love that she just keeps pressing on. She's got a heart and she'll do anything for the people she loves."

In season two, Billie tried IVF and suffered a miscarriage. Stewart was 38 at the time, married to actor David Whiteley since 2008. "We'd always said, 'One day, we'll have kids'. But that storyline made me think, 'We can't just assume it will happen'." By the end of that season she was pregnant with their son, Archie. Last year she gave birth to Georgia. Not bad for a relationship that wasn't meant to happen.

Stewart had a "no actors" dating policy when the pair met in 2002; both part of Red Stitch's ensemble. It wasn't long before their characters became romantic. "Our first kiss was a pretend one, on stage," she says. "Then I was just a bit strange around him for a couple of years. We didn't get together until 2004."

Last year, Billie began looking after Brody (Shannon Berry), the teen daughter of an estranged friend. Now, Brody has a newborn son. "I love that Billie can explore having children and babies in her life, without actually having her own baby. You don't see that very often.

"Our characters screw up, they hurt each other ... but no one is reactionary or bigoted. Offspring is a really generous show. It celebrates family – not just in the traditional sense, but the family we choose."

WHAT: Offspring WHEN: Ten, Wednesday 8.30pm

Twitter: @Michael_Lallo

SOURCE: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/offsprings-kat-stewart-how-childs-play-led-to-a-fabulous-career-20170616-gwskov.html

[leanpick]

Donald Trump, North Korea: POTUS’ bizarre salute to North Korean military general

Donald Trump, North Korea: POTUS’ bizarre salute to North Korean military general

BIZARRE new footage shows Donald Trump making an extraordinary gesture to a North Korean military general.

In a 42-minute documentary that appeared on the state-run KCTV, Mr Trump can be seen returning a salute to a North Korean officer.

The propaganda video follows Mr Kim throughout his trip, and features dramatic patriotic music and enthusiastic newsreader Ri Chun-hee.

In one scene, Mr Trump…

[newsatsix1986]

Memories from the Kim family photo album, circa 1986-88!

Special thanks to Hany Lee for providing these wonderful behind the scenes snaps on her Instagram! 🥰

I can imagine that Soon-Hee and Byung-Ho would be proud as punch of their daughters. Jen and Noelene are both smart, independent and also have a lot of love and warmth to give. I really enjoyed the details we've been provided throughout the show about the family unit; like Noelene helping her dad deliver furniture during the school holidays, and Jen and their mum having community connections at the chemist, as well as the family's pride in being resourceful and hardworking, and especially in their Korean culture. They enjoy engaging in pop culture together, and no matter how hard a day at work is, there's always a meal and company waiting in the living room when they get home. And this same hospitality is now extended to Rob too, who is so respectful towards Mr and Mrs Kim and Jen, and looks to engage wholeheartedly and lovingly with them.

The actors of the girls' parents - Meewon Yang and Joe Cho - only have The Newsreader as their sole screen credit, but I've loved having them on my screens. My heart was warmed seeing this tweet from Michael Lucas in S2 that Joe Cho taught Stephen Peacocke how to bow correctly for the proposal scene. It was a beautiful detail to include, and a wonderful gesture of respect on Rob's behalf, as well as learning how to propose in Korean through Jen too.

On behalf of all Newsreader fans, I also want to extend a belated congratulations to Meewon Yang for her OAM award last year! Reverend Meewon Yang was awarded an OAM for her services to Baptist Churches of Australia, and to refugee support services. Reading about some of Rev. Yang's work, I'm wowed by how smart and compassionate she is, and how she looks to inspire and include people of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds so that they can find their own unique voice in the church and society. What an incredible lady! Newsreader actors inspiring others, as always! 💖🌟

https://www.northwestcitynews.com.au/meewon-makes-a-difference-to-the-lives-ofasylum-seekers-and-refugees/