Begging

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeAs the 2024 Oscars ceremony concluded, viewers were adamant that they knew who should host the next Academy Awards.The 96th annual Academy Awards took place at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday (10 March) and was presented by comedian and late night host Jimmy Kimmel, marking his fourth consecutive stint as host.The presenter had a number of awkward moments, including…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeRyan Gosling will perform “I’m Just Ken” live at the Oscars.The actor, 43, had previously been coy about rumours that he might sing at the ceremony, but Variety now reports that he will indeed take the stage for the Oscar-nominated song.“I’m Just Ken”, which was composed by producers Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt, is one of five nominees for the Best Original Song Oscar.It will compete…

Death is coming for the old-school gas furnace—and its killer is the humble heat pump. They’re already outselling gas furnaces in the US, and now a coalition of states has signed an agreement to supercharge the gas-to-electric transition by making it as cheap and easy as possible for their residents to switch.Nine states have signed a memorandum of understanding that says that heat pumps should make up at least 65 percent of residential heating, air conditioning, and water-heating shipments by 2030. (“Shipments” here…

ADVERTISEMENT Most parents try to do their best when raising children, but certain behaviors—often likely stemming from the way they were raised themselves—can have a serious negative effect on their little ones, even if that was never the intention. Canada-based trauma therapist Morgan Pommells recently addressed moms and dads out there, asking them to put an end to some of the behaviors they tend to engage in in front of their children. Describing some rather toxic behavior, a series of Pommells’s posts went viral…

The Motional Pad is great, the terrible name aside. It seems like a bit of a gimmick at first — a large X/Y touchpad, not unlike the Korg Kaoss Pad, dedicated to modulation. But once you get past the initial strangeness (and Roland’s factory patches that lean hard into its gimmicky side), it’s hard not to see the value. It’s used to control the waveshaping and phase modulation of oscillator one, but you can also assign almost any parameter you want to the X and Y axis and change them by simply dragging…

Few can imagine a relationship without arguments. Ultimately, people can’t agree on everything, and disagreements between couples are completely normal and healthy. Bickering may even be more likely to occur during engagements due to the increased pressure that comes with a wedding.Unfortunately, for redditor FlowerSedative, disputes with her fiancée about her ‘high’ body count resulted in calling the whole thing off. Afterward, he came back, apologizing, but the damage was already done. Unsure if she could forgive him,…

Bad news for people who like to mix their zombies with romantic comedies: There are currently no plans for a Shaun of the Dead sequel. In a recent interview, Star Simon Pegg fervently discounted a follow-up to the surprise hit of 2004. Speaking with The Guardian while promoting the upcoming Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part 1, Pegg said that although he and writer/director Edgar Wright are definitely planning a fourth team-up following Shaun, Hot Fuzz (2007), and The World’s End (2013), it certainly won’t be…

Why speak up when you’ve won the game? McGough admits that her “hard up” working class background might make her more likely to feel that she now has “enough.” She left school for her first job at 16 and set up her first company with her ex-husband with “two laptops and a list of contacts.” Luck and timing played a role—her RF compliance company ended up being part of a growth industry, and the ability to hire workers from the European Union contributed to her success.The Patriotic Millionaires are eager to stress the…

via Lucasfilm There are few franchises that manage to repair their own history as well as Star Wars. The more than 40-year-old series has had multiple blockbusters fail to win fan approval after their premiers, only to garner love and adoration from the same fan base years later. After five years, Solo: A Star Wars Story has joined The Phantom Menace in the Star Wars Hall of Redemption. Released in 2018 — just six months after the largely reviled Star Wars: The Last Jedi hit theatres — Solo was largely passed…

Ari Aster Begged ‘Joker’ Joaquin Phoenix To Star In ‘Beau Is Afraid'(Photo Credit –IANS) Filmmaker Ari Aster, who sent shivers down the spine with his atmospheric horror film ‘Hereditary’, spent six months begging Joaquin Phoenix to star in ‘Beau Is Afraid’. The 36-year-old filmmaker has helmed the surrealist horror film ‘Beau Is Afraid’, and was desperate to cast the Oscar-winning actor in his movie, reports Female First UK. Discussing his first meeting with Phoenix, Ari told Variety at the movie’s Los Angeles…