US-based global entertainment group Disney has announced the casting of two former Australian prime ministers for the leading roles in a new Muppets flick.
“As usual the new movie will be a mix of puppets and live actors and its storyline will focus on the two characters of Statler and Waldorf – the crusty old bastards who sit in their theatre box and bitch and complain about everyone and everything,” a Disney spokesperson said.
“We trawled through hundreds of actors around the world and finally settled on Paul Keating and Malcolm Turnbull for the lead roles. They’re perfect.” (main picture)
The spokesperson said the new film Muppets: Miserable Ghosts had started production and was due for release later this year.
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Staff of US President Joe Biden have refused to comment on several of his remarks overheard by reporters during an official visit to the UK prior to a NATO summit.
At a meeting with King Charles III at Windsor Castle, media microphones picked up Mr Biden telling the British sovereign that he respected his decision to transition to a man.
“You look like you’ve come through the surgery very well since we last met Your Majesty, and it seems to have made you taller too,” Mr Biden said.
After a meeting at 10 Downing Street the President was heard to tell staff on his departure that he was “thrilled to finally get to meet Sammy Davis Junior”.
“We had a good chat, although he was bit hazy on his Rat Pack days,” the President was heard saying.
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Governor of the US state of Florida, Ron DeSantis, says he is gradually building sufficient support to see him beat Donald Trump to become the Republican Party’s nominee for next year’s presidential election
Speaking after a campaign rally in Incestburg, Alabama, DeSantis said he was slowly eroding Trump’s lead in the polls.
“I can give you actual proof of that from today’s rally itself,” he told reporters travelling with him.
“There was a distinct group of Trump supporters close to the stage whose response to my speech proved they can’t get enough of me.
“They all kept yelling ‘More Ron! More Ron!’ and never let up. If that sort of reaction continues I’ll cinch the nomination,” DeSantis said.
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