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Matt Damon’s sensitive and repentant Odysseus might come as a surprise to Homer, likewise some significant omissions concerning the poem’s female characters
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The Odyssey ★★★★(M) 172 minutes
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Doing full justice to the Homeric legend, Christopher Nolan amasses an epic cast to convey the true cost of war with film-making of thrilling ambition
Met police detain man in his 20s after post on X was reported to them by parliamentary authorities in May
Compilation entitled David Bowie: The Shel Talmy Recordings will be released in September, collating material from when he recorded as Davy Jones
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British trainer seals memorable term with three-timer thanks to Gratifide, Kyrus Treasure and Fashion Legend
British trainer seals memorable term with three-timer thanks to Gratifide, Kyrus Treasure and Fashion Legend
Sahrawi campaigners and filmmakers are calling for a boycott of The Odyssey by Christopher Nolan over his decision to shoot the film in Morocco-occupied Western Sahara.
Former Iranian foreign minister and current member of parliament Manouchehr Mottaki said that Iran should launch a ground war, infiltrate and seize a US military base in the Middle East, and take thousands of US military personnel hostage in Iran during an interview broadcast on Iranian state media on Wednesday.
Politicians are claiming that a hit Netflix animation is Russian propaganda aimed at the ‘militarisation of children’. But it’s far from a recent problem – even the CIA has funded kids’ entertainment
Authorities say ‘Stories with Thanh’, which recounts the Communist Party founder’s years abroad, ‘distorts history’
Authorities say ‘Stories with Thanh’, which recounts the Communist Party founder’s years abroad, ‘distorts history’
LONDON — One of Keir Starmer’s final acts before he announced his resignation as prime minister was to unveil a social media ban for under-16s.
We got our first feline hero in 1971 when Matthew Flinders’ heartfelt tribute to his pet Trim was discovered
The reality is Australia won’t be able to direct much of the activity of Anthropic, Microsoft, Google or OpenAI
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A man has been arrested over an alleged threat to shoot Reform UK leader Nigel Farage made in a social media post.
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The last film JJ Abrams directed was the 2019 franchise closer “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.” And now Abrams’ legion of fans will have to wait one more year for his next directorial project.
Daniel Mendelsohn has little time for the staged culture wars that have erupted over Christopher Nolan’s highly anticipated film adaptation of Homer’s Greek epic “The Odyssey” which comes out on Friday.
A-list entertainment types at Wimbledon were already anxious about getting tickets to the World Cup Final in NYC this weekend.
Committed to Bethlem hospital after killing his father in a psychotic episode, Dadd inspired Angela Carter and Queen. Now a new show is exploring his paintings with a more nuanced take on his mental illness
Chito Kosagawa and Kasumi Asakura were announced Wednesday as the latest recipients of Japan’s two most prestigious literary awards.
The then-Detroit Red Wings executive VP/general manager Steve Yzerman speaks to the media following their NHL hockey season, Friday, April 19, 2024, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)
Different Seasons, which incudes stories that inspired films such as Stand by Me and The Shawshank Redemption, judged to contain ‘objective sensitive material’
The family of British couple Craig and Lindsay Foreman, who are serving a 10-year prison sentence in Iran on espionage charges that they deny, said on Wednesday that a judge had extended Craig Foreman's sentence by two years for speaking to the media.
When England meet Argentina in their World Cup semi-final in Atlanta on Wednesday, the referee may be watched as closely as the players. Fifa's appointment of the American official Ismail Elfath, described by some media outlets as Lionel Messi's "favourite referee", has intensified favouritism claims and the 'VARgen…
When England meet Argentina in their World Cup semi-final in Atlanta on Wednesday, the referee may be watched as closely as the players. Fifa's appointment of the American official Ismail Elfath, described by some media outlets as Lionel Messi's "favourite referee", has intensified favouritism claims and the 'VARgen…
Promise Me, America to cover everything from economy to decision to drop bid for re-election
The Star Wars director has called AI technology ‘the future’ of film-making and advised ‘there’s nothing you can do about it’
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Bad Bunny appears at the 68th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Feb. 1, 2026, left, and Ella Langley appears at the 59th Annual Country Music Association Awards in Nashville, Tenn., on Nov. 19, 2025. (AP Photo)
The Abrahamic Family House on Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi has temporarily closed as regional tension continues to escalate.
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L’Équipe laments ‘mentally sunk’ players iin Dallas
Have a Nice Stay bookshop in Prince Edward and Greenfield Book Store in Mong Kok targeted by national security police
Have a Nice Stay bookshop in Prince Edward and Greenfield Book Store in Mong Kok targeted by national security police
Brett McGurk, the U.S. envoy for the global coalition against IS, speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Embassy Baghdad, Iraq, June 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)
Dubai's Museum of the Future will close to visitors in mid-September as it prepares to replace every major exhibition inside the building.
From mechanical mutts to android assassins, our cybernetic companions have been entertaining us, their organic overlords, for decades. Here are the 20 best automatons ever to grace the small screen
The Controlled Unclassified Information label has been criticised for allowing the Defence Department to block data from going public
The Controlled Unclassified Information label has been criticised for allowing the Defence Department to block data from going public
An individual with close ties to Hezbollah was accused of being a “high-level Israeli agent” and arrested in Beirut last week, a judicial source told Agence France-Presse and Arab media sites earlier this week.