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The spectacle of Lindsay Duncan being not nice – selfish or truculent or evil to her core – will never get old. She just looks so angelic, and takes such a palpable delight in playing a character who isn’t, it’s like watching someone break out of prison.I speak to her by Zoom. She is at home in London. She has a new ring light, which makes her look extremely radiant (I believe that’s the point), and she is really pleased with it, having just seen herself in the forthcoming comedy drama Truelove: “Let’s be frank,” she…

The future of the Dune movies are shrouded in a lot of secrecy, especially given the high anticipation for the now long-delayed Part Two. But at least one person at the heart of them is a little confused as to why, when you can get a pretty good gist of what’s to come by reading material that’s been out there for 70 years.Spoilers of the Week April 24-29Speaking to MTV recently about his time on Wonka as well as the new arrivals in the cast of Dune: Part Two, Chalamet inadvertently confirmed at least one major return—not…

Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, SAG-AFTRA’s national executive director and chief negotiator, dismissed a studio rebuttal of what the guild says are the primary disagreements that led to a strike. “It’s just not true,” he told TheWrap after taking part in a panel on AI at San Diego Comic-Con on Saturday. And specifically, regarding a claim by the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) that it had in fact made robust offers to address the guild’s concerns about the use of AI in entertainment,…

Sophie Duncan did not call her book Looking for Juliet, possibly because that was the name of a Pirelli calendar featuring film stars posed as exquisite, death-obsessed goths. This is just one of the artefacts Duncan, a fellow at Magdalen College, Oxford, analyses in her invigorating cultural investigation of Shakespeare’s heroine, reaching back to his source texts, forward to Taylor Swift’s song Love Story, and beyond.Juliet enacts a “stunning rebellion against a society that deems her the property of her parents” when…

Photo by Amador Loureiro on UnsplashIn the English language, more than 38% of words are polysemous, a term referring to a single word which may have multiple definitions, or “senses” (Edmonds, 2006). The word “set” for instance — which can be used as a noun, verb, and adjective — has dozens of unique definitions, making it one of the most polysemous words recorded in the English dictionary. Thus, if we were to ask someone to “please set the set of cutlery on the table”, how would we instinctively know the difference…

Duncan Laurence has released the romantic ode to true love ‘I Want It All’, which is available via Capitol Records to stream and download. Laurence wrote the track with his fiancé, songwriter Jordan Garfield, and producers Leroy Clampitt (Dua Lipa, Justin Bieber) and Paul Phamous (Frank Ocean, Nick Jonas). “In finding love, I’ve always wanted someone who would stick around after the honeymoon phase. Someone who would love me for the good and bad, the highs and lows,” explains Duncan Laurence. “I’d grown tired of…

Image: Disney+ With this week’s “One Way Out,” Andor takes its place as masterful modern myth-making, every frame a powerful statement. We have missed, you good Star Wars, and it’s great to have you back! Star Wars: Shatterpoint Announcement Trailer02:27The First Things To Do In VR, Part 3Today 9:39AMDirected by Toby Haynes and written by Beau Willimon, this episode—the conclusion of the Narkina 5 prison arc—solidifies Andor as not only the best of recent Star Wars, but the best of recent television.When Cassian Andor…

To many people, Duncan Laurence will be best known for bringing Eurovision victory to the Netherlands back in 2019 with his song ‘Arcade’ (which has since found viral success on TikTok). Since then, he’s toured across Europe, released his debut studio album ‘Small Town Boy’ and been a coach on The Voice Kids Belgium. Now, as he prepares to release new music, he’s been out on the road including a headline show at Lafayette in London last night. Dressed in a loose double-breasted black suit and backed by his…

Blue have been together for 22 years and after working together on a few projects the past decade, the band – Lee Ryan, Duncan James, Simon Webbe and Antony Costa – is back together with a renewed energy and their best music in ages. ‘Heart & Soul’, the group’s new album released on Friday 28th October, sees the four-piece reunite with former label head Hugh Goldsmith and the end result is their best album in some time. You can read our review to find out what we thought. Ahead of the release, I spoke to…

Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE: An IBM study of 550 global organizations finds the average cost of a data breach is $4.35M, up ~13% over the last two years, and 83% had more than one breach — A new report from IBM Security today reveals that data breaches are costlier and more impactful than ever before. Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE: An IBM study of 550 global organizations finds the average cost of a data breach is $4.35M, up ~13% over the last two years, and 83% had more than one breach …