The Most Cursed TV Remakes

THE JUNKEE WEEKLY No Images? [Click here]( [Junk Mail from Junkee]( THE MOST CURSED TV REMAKES Welcome to Junk Mail, your chance to catch up on the week in pop culture, music, news and politics. This week we learnt from watching Sky News that former Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce has lost his position as special envoy to the drought. [And that's exactly how he found out, too](. Meanwhile on Q&A, academic Marcia Langton, a descendant of the Yiman and Bidjara nations, [took the government to task for the rise of racism in Parliament](. Hopefully Jason Wood, our new Minister for Multicultural Affairs, will be a bit more sensitive to this issue, [although given how often he posts about "African gangs" on Facebook](, I kind of doubt it. In entertainment news, a number of films and television shows have dropped trailers this week. Among the highlights were new promos for [Jessica Jones season three](, [Pulitzer Prize-adaptation]([The Goldfinch]( as well as [a new Rambo movie]( which, uh, sure, I guess that's still a thing too. THIS WEEK'S TOP STORIES [Billie Eilish’s ‘Bad Guy’ Cut With ‘The Simpsons’ Is The Meme We Didn’t Know We Needed]( [Billie Eilish’s ‘Bad Guy’ cut with]([The Simpsons]( is the meme we never knew we needed. [Egg Boy Just Donated Nearly $100,000 To The Victims Of The Christchurch Terror Attack]( [Egg Boy Just Donated Nearly $100,000 To The Christchurch Terror Attack Victims]( [The First Trailer For Netflix’s ‘Dark Crystal’ Series Is Staggeringly Beautiful]( [The First Trailer For Netflix’s ‘Dark Crystal’ Series Is Staggeringly Beautiful]( TV REMAKES [The 10 Most Cursed American Remakes Of Beloved TV Shows]( "As the ancient proverb goes: 'the enjoyment of any TV show made outside of America is soon eclipsed by the thought of an American remake'. With the news that Peep Show is headed stateside, Cameron Williams counts down [the ten most cursed American remakes of beloved television shows](. BIG BROTHER [Let Us Revisit The Empty, Rotting Carcass Of The Iconic ‘Big Brother’ House]( "It’s been five years since Channel 9’s not-so-successful Big Brother reboot went off the air, and it looks like the house has both metaphorically and literally been left to rot." After a video of the dilapidated property hit YouTube, Junkee's Jared Richards [picks over the carcass of the once iconic Big Brother house](. LONELY KEANU [Keanu Reeves Admitted He's Lonely And The Entire Internet Is Volunteering As Tribute]( When asked in an interview if he was seeing anyone special, Keanu Reeves replied "You mean romantic love? You know, I’m the lonely guy. I don’t have anyone in my life. But if it does occur, I would respect and love the other person." Needless to say, [the entire internet has been volunteering to take that bullet](. [Facebook]( [Twitter]( Junkee is a Junkee Media publication. You are recieving this because you subscribed to the Junkee newsletter on our website, entered one of our competitions, or attended a Junkee event. [Preferences]( | [Unsubscribe](