Matilda actress spun by pigtails has wildly different career nearly 30 years on

Jacqueline Steiger played Amanda Thripp in Danny DeVito's 1996 Matilda, famous for the pigtail scene - and nearly 30 years ...

This ‘Matilda’ adaptation features some familiar faces: a cast made up of Brookline residents

The movie, a project from the Brookline Interactive Group, sold out its screening at the Coolidge Corner Theatre.
Yahoo

Danny DeVito Explains How Young Actress Was Swung By Her Pigtails in Infamous “Matilda” Scene

Steiger played Matilda's classmate, Amanda Thripp, who gets thrown by Miss Trunchbull in what's called the "pigtail hammer throw" The 1996 film's moment was discussed just over a year later, when ...

Don't let Matilda's death fuel anger, say family of Bondi victim, 10, at funeral

The family of the Bondi shooting's youngest victim, Matilda, urged the community not to let her death fuel anger, as they ...

A swim for unity at Bondi beach, the scene of Sydney’s darkest day. But on land tensions fray

Jewish voices say an attack of this kind was entirely predictable given the surge in antisemitic attacks in Australia since 2023 ...

Sydney Gunmen Were Motivated by ISIS, Australia’s Leader Says

The police found two homemade Islamic State flags in the car of the suspects, a 50-year-old man and his 24-year-old son.

Thousands of mourners gather at Bondi Beach to honor victims of antisemitic attack

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, whose government earlier this year recongized a Palestinian state, was booed by the crowd.

Bondi Beach shooting suspect charged with 15 counts of murder after waking from a coma

The suspected gunman in Sydney’s Bondi Beach massacre has been charged with 59 offenses, including 15 charges of murder, ...