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An elderly Palestinian man walks through the Old City of the West Bank town of Hebron yesterday. — AFP The ‘Sharknado’ phenomenon: Making America bait again

ith its airborne sharks, over-the-top viewership of 3.9 million, the largest audi- “another piece of dreary detritus”, yet it still gore and endless cheesy cameos ence ever for SyFy, a unit of NBC Universal. By pulled in almost three million viewers, Bizarre News Wfrom fading stars it ought to have the time “Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens” buoyed by social media. Reid in particular, flopped-but the viral “Sharknado” franchise came around, the series had enough cultural with 380,000 Twitter followers and another shows no signs of losing its bite. A fifth film in cachet to attract fan favorites like David 192,000 on Instagram, has been a prize asset Chessington World of five years, “Sharknado 5: Global Swarming,” is Hasselhoff, Steve Guttenberg, Jackie Collins for the franchise. “Sharknado” prompted due for release on August 6, building on social and Lou Ferrigno. The series was also becom- 318,000 tweets during its debut airing-in an Adventures Resort media buzz that has turned the series into one ing known for some odd appearances-some- era when social media engagement is as welcomes twin skunks of the most popular ever made for television. times way too long to be described as important for TV executives as eyeballs Chessington World of Adventures Resort has An unabashed homage to the B-movies of cameos-by the likes of right wing political glued to the screen. “Sharknado 2” became welcomed twin skunks. The popular tourist Hollywood’s Golden Age, the franchise stars commentator Ann Coulter and “Game of the most social movie on TV ever, with site has seen the arrival of two five-month- “Beverly Hills 90210” alum Ian Ziering and Tara Thrones” author George R.R. Martin. 581,000 tweets around ten times as many as old animals named Flash and Storm at their Reid from the “American Pie” films as husband In the meantime the movies have for “America’s Got Talent,” that summer’s zoo. And zookeeper’s at the venue decided and wife Fin and April Shepard. spawned a cottage industry of merchandise, most popular TV series among Americans. Woman attempts to to mark the occasion with a similar photo- Wherever they go, the hapless couple from action figures, comics and video games In “Sharknado 5,” which has the tagline sneak dog into night club shoot to that of BeyoncÈ, who welcomed end up doing battle with giant, monstrous to the book “How to Survive a Sharknado “Make America Bait Again,” Reid and Ziering her twins Sir and Rumi into the world last are joined by Olivia Newton-John and the A woman tried to sneak her dog into a night- Italian model Fabio, who graced the covers club with her as she wanted the pair to spend of numerous romance novels in the 1980s. New Years Eve together. The clubber qued SyFy debuted a new trailer at Comic-Con with her furry pooch at the Spy Nightclub in showing Fin and April trying to save their Ireland) and hid her beloved pet under her son, who’s trapped in a sharknado churning jacket, but became unstuck when the bounc- up the world. The movie was a truly interna- ers noticed her intentions. Diarmuid McCleary, a photographer who captured the moment on his camera and later posted the shot on social media, told the Irish Mirror newspaper: “The girl tried to hide the dog in her jacket but was caught by security “She wanted to spend New Years Eve with the dog but her dreams were crushed! “I don’t know who the girl actually is I month and shared a photograph of her turned around and just seen her being cradling the new additions to her family in a stopped at the door [of Spy Nightclub]. multi-coloured robe on social media to break the news. Gemma Anscomb decided to dress up in a vibrant, printed gown as she held the five month old skunks in her arms. Flash and Storm are currently being trained with staff at Chessington World of Adventures Resort to get them used to the This file photo shows a Sharknado parade during Comic-Con International in San environment before they can be viewed by Diego, California. — AFP photos the public later in the year. great whites that have been sucked into the and Other Unnatural Disasters” by Andrew air in freak storms and deposited on unsus- Shaffer. No one was more surprised by the Bride rants about mother-in-law pecting populations. “Each movie we get to sudden popularity of the series than its stars. inviting herself to honeymoon do a different genre. The last movie was a “I remember it was first called ‘Dark Skies.’ To superhero movie. We got to do ‘White House have that on your resume, it sounds like a Elderly man told to A furious bride has taken to the internet to Down’ with sharks and a space movie in good movie,” Reid told fans at Comic-Con, rant about her mother-in-law who invited her- This file photo shows an Elvis impersonator remove mooning gnomes three,” Anthony C Ferrante, who has directed many decked out in “Sharknado” costumes self on the newly-weds’ honeymoon. The new- performing on stilts promoting the movie all five installments, told a panel at San and t-shirts. “Then they told me it was called A council has ordered an elderly man to ly-hitched woman posted on mumsnet.com Sharknado during Comic-Con International Diego Comic-Con at the weekend. ‘Sharknado’ and I was like, ‘You’ve got to be remove his mooning gnomes due to health under the name ‘WinterIsHereJon’ in which she 2016 in San Diego, California. “So this one was an international ‘Raiders kidding me. I’ll never work again.’” Zierling, and safety. Laurence Perry, 77, placed the two asked fellow users for their advice about her of the Lost Ark’ James Bond movie, and it meanwhile, said he ordered his agent to get tional production, shooting in the UK, garden ornaments outside his home in current situation. She wrote: “She’s posted on allowed us to do things we never thought him off the project and joked that he had Australia and Bulgaria. Wistaston near Nantwich, Cheshire, but Facebook that she’s booked a holiday to the we could accomplish.” The franchise got off even considered changing his name so the Playing themselves are British Olympic received a letter saying the miniature statues same chuffing resort she knew we were look- to a slow start, with “Sharknado” only man- movie wouldn’t appear on his Internet swimmer Tom Daley, “Fantastic Beasts” star with their trousers down can cause a “distrac- ing at. Worse than that, the dates overlap so aging 1.4 million viewers during its first run. Movie Database entry. The films have varied Dan Fogler and NBC News anchor Jeff tion” to motorists, the Mirror Online has report- she’d be there for the first few days of our hon- But repeats and all-important social media in their fortunes with the critics, the first Rossen. “The studios have two to two-and-a- ed. Speaking about the incident, Laurence said: eymoon. She’s making out like it was a pure buzz made it into a cult classic. attracting an approval rating of 82 percent half years to do a movie. “I feel very disappointed. My daughter bought accident but I really don’t feel that it is.” And on reviews collation website “Rotten We’ve done five of these in five years,” them for Father’s Day as a bit of fun as she the stressed woman, who is planning to visit Odd appearances Tomatoes.” said Ferrante. “We started shooting this knows I like a laugh. “I’ve worked with others the Caribbean with her husband next year for Its third airing pulled in 2.1 million view- movie in January and we literally delivered it for four years to turn a piece of land which had their getaway trip, added that her mother-in- ers, the most-watched repeat of an original Social media buzz last night. We went to five countries but we been left overgrown, covered in broken bottles law had always “expressed a dislike of long movie in the SyFy channel’s history. “Sharknado 4” managed just 17 percent also did in an impressive amount of time-the and bricks, into a more attractive area.” haul holidays and “would never go on one.” “Sharknado 2: The Second One” attracted a and was described by The Daily Beast as way only ‘Sharknado’ can.” — AFP