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Groundbreaking research in superconductivity reveals new insights into high-critical-temperature copper-based superconductors. Collaborative efforts uncovered the strange metal behavior of these superconductors and identified a quantum critical point. Extensive X-ray experiments led to this discovery, which holds promise for future technologies and sustainable solutions. Credit: SciTechDaily.com Recent research has unlocked key aspects of high-critical-temperature superconductors, identifying their unique ‘strange metal’…

Meryl Streep's portrayal of Miranda Priestly, a bossy fashion magazine editor, remains iconic. In the latest Variety's Actor on Actor segment, her co-stars from David Frankel's The Devil Wears Prada (2006), Emily Blunt and Anne Hathaway, discussed her process on the sets of the workplace dramedy. Emily, who played the eponymous character in the movie, said Meryl's approach of method acting made her miserble on the sets. (Also Read: Meryl Streep and mother's guilt go hand in hand onscreen, from Kramver vs Kramer to Only…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeAngelina Jolie may be an Oscar winner, but the actor has admitted that she “wouldn’t be an actress” if she was starting her career in the industry today.Making her on-screen debut as a child in 1982, Jolie has gone on to become one of the most famous faces in Hollywood, taking on film projects from Girl, Interrupted to Disney’s Maleficent.But in a new interview with The Wall Street…

Not everyone is who they seem to be. Someone confident, cunning, and well-versed in psychology has a pretty good chance of successfully impersonating others. And some folks only notice the con only when it’s far too late. That’s where the massively popular ‘Act Like You Belong’ subreddit comes in.It’s an online community that documents some of the most egregious and hilarious times when people pretended to be someone else, whether to steal, cheat, sneak into a high-profile event, or... just for the heck of it. Scroll…

She nabbed a well-deserved Oscar nomination—just one of many for acclaimed Meryl Streep movies—for her turn as haughty fashion editrix Miranda Priestly, but the legendary actress reportedly vowed to never method act again after the famous role, her The Devil Wears Prada cast mates have revealed.The film's stars Anne Hathaway and Emily Blunt reunited for Variety's Actors on Actors series, with the former co-stars connecting over their latest projects (the psychological thriller Eileen and the blockbuster biopic…

Angelina Jolie has hinted that she wants to quit acting, as she reveals her plans to leave “unhealthy” Hollywood and “spend more time” in Cambodia once she’s resolved her divorce battles with Brad Pitt, which she claims has limited her ability “to travel freely.” These revelations from Jolie come in a new interview with the Wall Street Journal magazine, the Daily Mail reported. The 48-year-old actor, director and humanitarian lamented that so much of her life in recent years has been centered around Los Angeles. With her…

Nicolas Cage has said he plans to retire from acting in films and has “maybe three or four more movies” left to do before he switches his attention to TV.In an interview with Uproxx, Cage said: “I feel that I’ve, at this point – after 45 years of doing this; that in over 100 movies – I feel I’ve pretty much said what I’ve had to say with cinema. And I’d like to leave on a high note and say, ‘Adios’.”He added: “I think I have to do maybe three or four more movies before I can get there, and then hopefully switch formats…

From “hot” to “holy”: that’s the tale Edoardo Santini has chosen to live by, as he recently joined a priesthood following a successful modeling career.The 21-year-old, who was once voted the most handsome man in Italy, reportedly quit his modeling job to become a priest.Edoardo was voted Italy’s most beautiful man in 2019, when he was 17, in a pageant organized by ABE, a fashion group, Daily Mail reported.The young adult had been honored with the title after taking part in the 40th edition of the national beauty contest…

Navigating the maze of early adulthood is challenging on its own and, when you throw in the complexities of being a major Hollywood star, it becomes a whole new ball game. Tom Holland, the loveable actor behind the iteration of Spider-Man in the MCU's aptly-named Home trilogy, has a stroke of good fortune, because he's found a few trustworthy figures to turn to for advice and straight talk. According to him, Zendaya and Robert Downey Jr. deserve a special nod for their honesty. Still, he major praise for Benedict…

At the start of November, SAG-AFTRA managed to secure a tentative deal with studios to bring the actors strike to an end. As the union’s members are voting on the contract, SAG-AFTRA has released its draft for the general public to go through in its full, 128-page glory.Who’s This Thing Actually for? | PlayStation Portal Hands OnThe agreement was approved by the SAG-AFTRA board days after a deal was struck, but in the weeks since, it’s left members divided. Much of that split can be attributed to the contract’s AI…