Extraordinary

‘It wasn’t that much of a rivalry,” joked Emily Blunt, during a bit of onstage cross-talk with Ryan Gosling at the Oscars – and she wasn’t far wrong when it came to winning awards. Blunt, who appeared in Oppenheimer and was nominated for best supporting actress, and Gosling, the now legendary Ken in Barbie, traded a few gags at the microphone, but there was no getting away from the reality: as far as the Oscars were concerned, the A-bomb film had nuked the walking-talking-doll movie.A winner in seven categories including…

Andrew Scott delivered an "extraordinary" performance in All Of Us Strangers, his co-star Claire Foy said from the 2024 Baftas red carpet on Sunday (18 February).The Irish actor, 47, stars as screenwriter Adam, who develops a relationship with Harry, a neighbour played by Paul Mescal.Despite receiving praise for his performance, Scott missed out on a leading actor nomination."I think everybody knows how extraordinary is and what an incredible actor he is... I just plan on telling him that every day for the rest of his…

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Extraordinary, a British series filled with saucy humour and an ironic take on the superhero genre, is returning for a second season. This is a definite treat for anyone bored with the typical stories about guys in capes. In usual superhero productions, a superpower is a unique gift, and only a few are blessed with it. In Extraordinary, things are different. Superpowers are common among anybody above the age of 18. Everyone gets them… except for Jen, which makes her a pariah and ruins her career and relationships.…

I am a fan of culture and supernatural things and this collection of maps is a testament to that passion. In fact, a few years ago, I even created a map myself. While stuck at home during quarantine, I thought it would be fun to put miniature monsters on my door, like the ones from medieval times. As I worked on it, it turned into a medieval map with many symbols, hidden surprises, and many different references.The monsters on my door weren't just from Europe; they came from other places around the world too. So, it took…

Yiyun Li doesn’t miss a beat when writing anything – whether it is a novel, a memoir, a piece on friendship and books, or short stories. Wednesday’s Child, her third collection of stories, is perfect, precise, and depicts contemporary lives like no one else can. Wednesday’s Child; the sort of book that draws in the reader. (Picture for representational purposes only.) (M Zhazo/Hindustan Times) 241pp, ₹599; HarperCollins These stories are about angst, alienation, what it means to identify with a place…

It’s obviously difficult to find any positive reactions from movie critics about any film while it’s still in production, but one critic decided to point out something positive about Star Wars and added a hint that it would be a success. In fact, he refers to one important factor that he believed already made it “exceptional.” With the success of American Graffiti, George Lucas suddenly found himself with an opportunity to make Star Wars. Previously, motion picture companies such as United Artists and Universal were not…

You’d need a heart of stone not to be touched by this extraordinary true story of Nicholas Winton, the “British Schindler”, and by the simplicity and heartfelt directness with which it’s told by screenwriters Nick Drake and Lucinda Coxon and director James Hawes. It’s a story of wartime Europe and postwar memory, and also a noble and inspired moment in the history of British popular TV.Anthony Hopkins plays Winton, a stockbroker in prosperous retirement in the 1980s who, after some nagging from his wife Grete (Lena Olin),…

The City of Dundee in Scotland planned and paid for an EV charging hub on a former gas station site, and they pretty much thought of everything. A coastal city with a population of 148,000, Dundee takes its EV charging infrastructure rollout seriously: To date, it’s got 370 EV charging stations, 185 of which are owned by the city, and it’s nowhere near being done. (For size comparison, Savannah, Georgia, has a population of 148,000, and it has 275 EV charging stations.) Dundee opened a new EV…

Steve Messam is known for his ephemeral large-scale site-specific installations — often at historical or architectural relics — that prompt the viewer to reimagine the everyday. Spikes in different shades created with inflatable hand-stitched fabric protrude from his works. The artist was in India for the Madras Art Weekend, where he created an autorickshaw with long inflatable purple spikes shooting out from its interiors. Earlier this year, during the Mumbai Urban Art Festival organised to mark the 150th anniversary…