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Jonas Gardell is complaining about Heartstopper being bad because it's written by a "heterosexual woman", when Alice Oseman is in fact Aro/Ace!

Please, check your facts before you write your articles. A simple googling will tell you that she's not straight...or do you think Aro/Ace-people are actually heterosexual?!

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Bill Skarsgårds besked om Clark: ”Mer att berätta”

Förra året gjorde Bill Skarsgård fyra filmer i rad. Det kommer han aldrig att göra om. – Mellan ”Dead man's wire” och ”The death of Robin Ho

Last year, Bill Skarsgård made four movies in a row. He will never do that again.

– Between "Dead Man's Wire" and "The Death of Robin Hood" I had a break of more or less two days, he tells TT from a hotel room in New York.

The pace of work is not something the Swedish actor would recommend. Now he has decided to take the entire summer off.

The call from New York is based on the aforementioned “The Death of Robin Hood.” There, Skarsgård plays the role of Little John, companion to Hugh Jackman’s Robin Hood. Here, he is not a noble hero.

– He is a selfish villain and bandit who only murdered and stole his way through England in the 13th century, says Bill Skarsgård .

In a battle, Robin Hood is badly injured. He ends up in a monastery where he is given the opportunity to look back on his life and regret some of the atrocities he has committed. From the realistic and bloody opening scenes, the film transitions into an almost meditative study in guilt and regret – and reveals secrets that threaten to further cloud Robin Hood's final days.

Dark and violent

The film is dark and violent, shot in the Irish wilderness. Bill Skarsgård says that “it might be a Robin Hood for our time.”

– It is dark in tone, it is dark in violence. It is perhaps something that represents the general state of affairs today. It is a dark tale but it is also beautiful in this. It is about someone who must find some kind of reconciliation before he dies.

Bill Skarsgård got his own introduction to the myth of Robin Hood through the Disney animated version.

– I was just asked if I had seen it. It's hard to avoid that if you're Swedish.

“Stolen and murdered”

He says the team thought about a so-called backstory, that you could imagine Robin Hood being some kind of cult leader. Now only Little John remains in his company.

– You understand that they have stolen and murdered all over the country. A lot of people are after them, it's blood feud.

After last year's four film shoots, it's now time for a vacation with the family in Sweden.

– I have nothing going on right now. I'm looking forward to being off all summer.

The other year there was talk of a possible continuation of the Clark Olofsson TV series. Has that project been shelved?

– No, it depends a bit on me and Jonas Åkerlund if we can do it. Clark has passed away, and there is quite a lot more to tell about him. His life was not finished where the series ended. But we'll see. It's a character I've had fun with. •

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Princess Madeleine substitutes for the King

On Friday, the King travels to Brazil on a private trip. Then Princess Madeleine gets to step in as a temporary substitute.

- As Princess Madeleine is still at home in Sweden, the task of temporary Head of State falls to her, says Margareta Thorgren, Director of the Information Department at the Royal Court.

Photo: Clément Morin/Kungl. Hovstaterna

On Friday, King Carl Gustaf and Queen Silvia go on a private trip to Brazil. The Crown Princess Couple, Victoria and Daniel, as well as the Prince Couple, Carl Philip and Sofia, with children, are also going on the trip.

- It is autumn break and a trip that has been planned for a long time to give the Queen an opportunity to show Brazil to, in this case, children and grandchildren, says Margareta Thorgren, Director of the Information Department at the Royal Court.

- The Queen will simultaneously carry out activities with Childhood and the King will carry out activities with the scouting movement, the World Scout Foundation, she continues.

Madeleine substitutes

The King is away for two weeks, between October 25 and November 8. In the meantime, Princess Madeleine is stepping into his place, as the news agency Siren was the first to report.

- As Princess Madeleine is still at home in Sweden, the task of temporary Head of State falls to her, says Margareta Thorgren.

Madeleine substitutes at the post for one week.

- The trip is carefully planned, which means that there are no tasks that the Head of State has that will be carried out during this time, says Thorgren.

Can travel home at short notice

Should something happen, however, the King can be called home at short notice, she emphasizes.

- The Royal Court is in constant contact with the King and should any event occur for which it is judged that the Head of State needs to be in Sweden, there is planning for that.

The following week, Crown Princess Victoria travels home and then replaces the King [as temporary Head of State] until he is back in Sweden again.

Translation and editing for clarity by me of an article by Albin Lindström for Expressen, published on Oct. 22, 2024, at 17:25 and updated on Oct. 23 at 05:34.

[at-the-end-of-days]

America allegedly backing out of future military exercises in Europe.

Wonder why, orange in chief.

US to stop participating in future military exercises in Europe, Swedish media reports

The United States has notified its allies that it does not plan to participate in military exercises held in Europe beyond those already sch

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https://www.expressen.se/noje/kandisarnas-storslagna-nyar-sa-ska-de-fira/

Edvin is "skilled at the stove" 😁 Method acting?😂

"- Just this year, I'm going to take it easy and just have a little dinner with friends. I'm in charge of the food and I'm thinking a bit about whether I should make some kind of appetizer with scallops. Scoop on the delicacies of the sea.

Do you like to cook?

- Absolutely, I would still say that I am quite skilled at the stove."

I meannnnnnn.... can we say "yes chef"?

And let me still be a bit delulu about Nord! 😭

Thank you and @vanemelman <3

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Expressen: Olena Zelenska: "He is my best friend"

Published 20 Aug 2023 at 23:56, updated 21 Aug at 06:14

Arne Lapidus

Olena Zelenska, wife of the President of Ukraine, talks in an emotional interview about how the family lives during the war - and how close she is to her husband Volodymyr.

- "He's my best friend, he has a fire inside him, and I believe in him 200 per cent," she says on TV4's 'Malou möter'.

Olena Zelenska and her husband, President Volodymyr Zelenskyj, work around the clock to defend and strengthen Ukraine in the war against the aggressor Russia.

During their short visit to Sweden, they experienced the Swedish summer idyll that stands in stark contrast to the suffering in their troubled homeland.

"Can't relax"

- When I sit here on the lawn, it feels peaceful, but unfortunately, it is only for a moment. Even if I get to experience nice moments, I don't allow myself to relax and feel happiness as long as there is a war in our country," Olena Zelenska tells interviewer Malou von Sivers on TV4's "Malou möter" on Sunday evening.

She talks about her commitment to children and women in Ukraine. About a four-year-old who has been raped, about women in a whole village who have been raped by Russian soldiers.

- More than 20,000 Ukrainian children have been kidnapped by Russia. The most terrible thing is that we do not know where they have been taken. We have no answers, we are fighting for the return of every single child," said Ms Zelenska.

- "I hope that we can continue to develop a platform at the international level to create the conditions to bring our children home," she says.

"We are together"

She explains that her own children, a daughter aged 19 and a son aged 10, are going through the same difficulties as their peers. And she is happy that the family lives together, that they have not moved abroad despite the fact that she and her husband were targeted by the Russian attack.

- "Our daughter has finished her first year at university, our son is looking forward to meeting his friends when school starts. I am happy that we live as a family, even if they don't see their father all the time, we are together," says Olena Zelenska in "Malou möter".

She praises her husband for his efforts both as a family man and as a leader of the country.

Honouring her husband

- My husband is my best friend. He is stubborn and confident, and that gives me great hope in these times. He has a fire inside him to keep going even if he is physically tired," she says:

- "I believe in him 200 per cent. Not only because I am his wife but because we have been working together for so many years. He is the one who takes responsibility and acts when no one else dares. We can count ourselves lucky to have such a person as President.

Thanking Sweden

Ms Zelenska also expressed her gratitude for Sweden's political and military support for Ukraine.

- "We feel the support of the Swedish people since the first day of this terrible war of invasion. We hope your support will continue, we need it very much," she said on 'Malou möter on TV4'.

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Muppet Fact #105

The Swedish Chef's speaking mannerisms can be accredited to Jim Henson listening to a tape called "How to Speak Mock Swedish" while in the car. Brian Henson said "...He would drive to work trying to make a chicken sandwich in Mock Swedish or make a turkey casserole in Mock Swedish. It was the most ridiculous thing you had ever seen...But that was the roots of the character that would eventually become the Swedish Chef."

However, when interviewed by Expressen in 1985, Jim Henson claimed that the inspiration for the Swedish Chef's voice came from a suggestion from one of his writers, "One of my writers came up with the idea that the chef should sound like the Swedish actors in Ingmar Bergman films."

Sources:

"Muppet Central Guides - The Muppet Show: Connie Stevens." June 16, 2012. (Archived.)

"Mupparnas kock i Nöjesmassakern." Bonnier AB. Expressen. November 18, 1985.

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