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Sydney-bound Qantas jet forced to divert after flames seen in the engine
A Qantas flight from Queenstown to Sydney was diverted to Christchurch on Saturday after flames were reportedly seen coming from one of the aircraft’s engines shortly after take-off. The incident highlights the safety protocols airlines follow when an in-flight engine issue is suspected, prompting the crew to reroute rather than continue to the original destination.…
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TV tonight: Gary Lineker makes Z-listers do silly things for his new show
Guardian TV critics offer their picks for Friday night viewing, led by Gary Lineker’s new game show The Box, which sees celebrities including Graeme Souness, Joey Essex and former Commons Speaker John Bercow compete in silly, mundane challenges with minor twists as they hunt for tokens in a disused car park. Other highlights include a…
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Bayeux Tapestry makes historic UK debut at British Museum as King Charles and Macron view medieval artefact
The Bayeux Tapestry has arrived at the British Museum for its first public display in the United Kingdom since its creation nearly 1,000 years ago. King Charles and French President Emmanuel Macron visited the exhibition
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“The Idiot(s)” Reimagines Dostoevsky as Chaos and Celebrates His Wife’s Essential Role
“The Idiot(s),” from directors Małgorzata Szumowska and Michał Englert, is a satirical film that reimagines the writing of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s masterpiece “The Idiot” as chaotic farce while foregrounding the overlooked contribution of his wife, Anna. Rather than a conventional reverent biopic, the film treats Dostoevsky’s genius as inseparable from those around him, using humour and…
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Andrew Scott Shines in ‘Elsinore,’ a Portrait of Actor Ian Charleson’s Defiant Final Year
Andrew Scott has delivered what critics at the Telluride Film Festival are calling a career-best performance in “Elsinore”, a drama chronicling the final year of Scottish actor Ian Charleson. Charleson, best remembered for “Chariots of Fire”, continued performing Hamlet at London’s National Theatre after being diagnosed with terminal AIDS, taking over the role only after…
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‘Elsinore’ Review: Andrew Scott Is Heartbreakingly Great As AIDS-Stricken Star Determined To Play ‘Hamlet’ – Telluride Film Festival
Andrew Scott delivers a career-defining performance as Ian Charleson in “Elsinore,” which premiered at the Telluride Film Festival, dramatising the true story of the Scottish actor who insisted on playing Hamlet at Britain’s National Theatre while dying of AIDS. Directed by Simon Stone from a Stephen Beresford screenplay, the film avoids conventional biopic territory to…
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Andrew Scott portrays Ian Charleson’s final Hamlet performances in Elsinore
Elsinore, directed by Simon Stone, dramatises the final year in the life of Scottish actor Ian Charleson, who died of AIDS-related causes in 1990 aged 40, focusing on his celebrated run as Hamlet at the National Theatre. Andrew Scott plays Charleson in a dual performance, also embodying Hamlet within the play-within-the-film, in what the Hollywood…
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Spain’s Impulse Cinema and Italy’s Fandango Forge Strategic Partnership to Boost Co-Production and Sales Opportunities (EXCLUSIVE)
Spain’s Impulse Cinema and Italy’s Fandango have agreed a strategic partnership to strengthen Spanish and Italian film production, covering co-production, financing, distribution and international sales. Announced at the Venice Production Bridge, the deal brings together two independent players from Europe’s film industry and aims to build a “lasting bridge” between the countries, giving producers stronger…
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Bayeux Tapestry goes on display as Reform UK councillor quits
Charles and Macron viewed the historic tapestry, a Reform councillor quit amid financial mismanagement claims, a British couple died in Spain, Diddy’s defamation case advances, a US murder trial ended in mistrial, and Jack Lowden is tipped for Bond.
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‘The Idiot(s)’ Review: Dostoevsky Is an Endearing Drunken Fool in This Rambunctious, Tonally Off-Kilter Two-Hander
Variety reviews “The Idiot(s),” a satirical biopic from Polish filmmaking duo Małgorzata Szumowska and Michał Englert that reimagines Fyodor Dostoevsky not as a revered literary sage but as a chaotic, drunken gambler propped up by his devoted wife Anna. Starring Johnny Flynn as Dostoevsky and Aimee Lou Wood as Anna, the film deliberately strips away…