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NEON This article contains spoilers for “Vox Lux,” “Trap,” “Smile 2,” and “The Substance.” The marriage of popular music and subversive cinema is hardly new. Whether it’s peppy musical numbers in “After the Thin Man,” the music of Miles Davis in “Elevator to the Gallows,” or the needle…
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And now, 20 Final Thoughts from a college football weekend filled with wild comebacks, big-time performances and one heck of a mess to clean up off the field in Austin. 1. All the gentlemen who made picks on ESPN’s “College GameDay” set Saturday morning said No. 1 Texas would beat No. 5 Georgia that night.…
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The president of Moldova has said the country faced an ‘unprecedented’ assault on its election and EU referendum after hundreds of thousands voted against the government’s plans to join the European Union. President Maia Sandu said that criminal groups backed by foreign forces had tried to buy up to 300,000 votes to undermine the historic polls.…
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We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Static Media It’s been well over a decade since “Indiana Jones” filmmaker Steven Spielberg and “The Lord of the Rings” director Peter Jackson teamed up to bring us “The Adventures of Tintin.” Based on the works of Hergé,…
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It could have come straight from the plot of a Shakespearean tragedy. A king is challenged to a battle by a young pretender, with victory earned only by the destruction of the other. The king emerges triumphant, but there is suspicion that he has acted nefariously in the tussle for the crown. Then a newcomer…
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By Sam Merriman Published: 20:13 EDT, 19 October 2024 | Updated: 20:13 EDT, 19 October 2024 A leading cancer specialist who treated Northern Ireland Secretary Mo Mowlam has warned her life could have been cut short by a decade under proposed changes to assisted dying laws. Professor Mark Glaser said that if assisted dying is legalised…
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Static Media/Getty Images Will Smith and Steven Spielberg were on a similar wavelength in the 2000s. After he finished licking his wounds from 1999’s “Wild Wild West,” Big Willie was hungry to prove his mettle as a dramatic actor. Adapting a bit of a one-for-them-one-for-me mentality, Smith earned…
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World No. 9 Danielle Collins has postponed her plan to retire from tennis at the end of the 2024 season, and will play on the WTA Tour in 2025. Collins, 30, has taken advice on her “personal fertility journey” since her last match, which was a defeat to Australian qualifier Olivia Gadecki at the Guadalajara…
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By Sam Merriman, Social Affairs Correspondent Published: 18:23 EDT, 18 October 2024 | Updated: 18:29 EDT, 18 October 2024 The widely-held view that many parents are trapped in loveless, unhappy marriages is a myth, according to research. Not a single married mother consistently reported being miserable during the 14 years that couples were surveyed. The…
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Warner Bros. Pictures It seems Denis Villeneuve is ready to get sand-traumatized again. With awards season bearing down upon us, there’s a strong chance the filmmaker will be spending the next several months gathering accolades left and right for “Dune: Part Two.” Despite releasing in the first quarter…