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Star couple Natalie Portman and Benjamin Millepied are now officially divorced. The Oscar-winning actress filed for divorce from her director-choreographer husband of 11 years in July 2023, and the divorce was recently finalised in France, as reported by People. "It was initially really tough for her, but her friends rallied around her and helped get her through the worst of it. Natalie is coming out of a really tough and painful year but she`s come out the other side of it stronger and is finding joy in her family,…

Ian McShane discusses John Wick’s latest spinoff and its place in the timeline. X-Men ‘97 reveals its new and returning cast. La Brea sets the stage for the beginning of its end. Plus, another new look at Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender. To me, my spoilers!Netflix Passwords, ChatGPT Can’t Detect AI, and No More CoTweets | Editor PicksBallerina/John Wick 5During a recent interview with Comic Book, Ian McShane revealed the upcoming John Wick spinoff, Ballerina, is set between parts 3 and 4 so “you can still keep up the…

On the Shelf Tripping on Utopia: Margaret Mead, the Cold War, and the Troubled Birth of Psychedelic Science By Benjamin BreenGrand Central: 384 pages, $30If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. Benjamin Breen, a young historian at UC Santa Cruz, has written a gripping new book that tells a remarkable story. “Tripping on Utopia: Margaret Mead, the Cold War, and the Troubled Birth of Psychedelic Science” tracks the…

The Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett-led The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a decade and a half old. Wrap your head around that for a minute, fellow Millennials, as you digest just how much time has passed since the world was briefly obsessed with the award-winning release. It swept the nation during the holiday season of 2008, swept awards ceremonies in 2009, and remains a delightful and beloved staple of cinema. Its not quite as relevant as it once was, with the 15 years that now separate us from its initial release,…

Benjamin Parkin / Financial Times: Pro-government news outlets and influencers in Bangladesh are promoting AI-generated disinformation created with cheap tools ahead of elections in January 2024 — Ahead of South Asian nation going to the polls in January, AI-generated disinformation has become a growing problem Benjamin Parkin / Financial Times: Pro-government news outlets and influencers in Bangladesh are promoting AI-generated disinformation created with cheap tools ahead of elections in January…

Track marks the second offering from the pop artist's next album, set to arrive in 2024 Singer-songwriter Alec Benjamin weaves a wild self-help yarn on his new song, “I Sent My Therapist to Therapy.” The title is basically the conceit of the song, but Benjamin fills the verses with intricate storytelling, culminating in the chorus, “He said, I’ll tell you what I’m sorry but I thought I’d never see/A case as bad as yours/Don’t think I have a remedy/ Think he needs help now/Oh the irony/I’m so…

‘The first poet whose name I could remember’I have a memory, at age nine, of reading a poem in year four (around 2000 or 2001), called Funky Chicken. I must have loved the absurd humour and playful tone, because it stayed with me for many years. I remember Benjamin Zephaniah being a presence since then. He was probably the first poet whose name I could remember. I’ve since loved everything he does and says and believe him to be a pioneer in art, education and social change. What a force, a true artist, actor and…

Babies – the second cutest thing on the internet after dogs and cats. Their whimsical facial expressions, their cute outfits, their squishy round faces – what's not to love? They're tiny versions of people, but a hundred times cuter than any adult.Sometimes parents can capture their little ones making silly faces or looking weirder than usual. This list is about babies who sort of look more mature than they really are. Like they have more wisdom than they should have. Maybe a little wrinkly on the face, maybe a little…

“Poet, writer, lyricist, musician and naughty boy,” is how Benjamin Zephaniah, who died today aged 65, described himself on his website. He was the author of 30 books of poetry, stories for adults, teens and children, and nonfiction, as well as several plays. Then there was his work as a musician and sometime actor. But in his memoir The Life and Rhymes of Benjamin Zephaniah, published to celebrate his 60th birthday in 2018, he listed one of his greatest achievements as reaching 30 “without being shot”.Indeed, it is…

Despite the occasionally visceral and often rebellious nature of his poetry, Benjamin Zephaniah, who has died aged 65 of a brain tumour, had such wide appeal in the UK that he became something close to a national treasure, attracting devotion among all classes and types of people, young as well as old.With a down-to-earth mission to take poetry wherever he could – and especially to those who would not normally read it – his reach also extended to other parts of the world, where he was respected as a writer and performer…