Hynes

The narrator of James Hynes’s novel is an orphaned slave boy who does not know his age, his origins or even his name. He lives in the crumbling city of Carthago Nova (now Cartagena in Spain) during the last days of the Roman empire. His world is confined to his place of forced labour, which is “a cramped, smoky kitchen and a narrow garden ten paces across”.The kitchen is part of Helicon, a brothel and tavern. Here, the boy sleeps in a corner “among the cockroaches and mouse pellets”. He is fascinated by birds and so calls…

James Hynes is not well known in the UK – Sparrow is the 67-year-old American’s sixth novel but his first to be published internationally. It tells the story of a man who calls himself Jacob, writing in a library in Britain some time in the latter half of the fourth century AD. Jacob has been known by many names over the course of his life: Pusus (Little One), Mouse, Antinous. His secret name for himself is Sparrow. To many, he was known as cinaedus – the catamite. Jacob is, perhaps, the last Roman. He is “a weathered…

For the best part of the 21st century, Devonté Hynes has built bridges between alt-rock and R&B. After terrorising mid-00s indie with dance-punk trio Test Icicles, he pivoted from hip oddball to pop bellwether, writing hits with Sky Ferreira and Carly Rae Jepsen. Hynes, 37, is now best known as Blood Orange (previously Lightspeed Champion); his music melds guitar-grounded bedroom pop with forlorn R&B and interludes that interrogate Black heritage, in step with pop trailblazers like his sometime collaborator…

Image via Fox Television In the wake of some unsavory, to say the least, allegations against Xavier Thorpe star Percy Hynes White, Wednesday fans have started campaigning for Netflix to recast his character in the Addams Family reimagining for its second season. Needless to say, then, the odds are slim of Marvel Studios inviting him back into the fold to reprise his forgotten role in the Marvel multiverse. Nevertheless, one of his former co-stars would make a great addition to the ever-expanding MCU in Deadpool…

Images via Netflix/Marvel Studios We haven’t even officially met him yet, what with Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania not hitting theaters until next month, but forward-thinking Marvel fans are already theorizing who could defeat Jonathan Majors’ Kang the Conqueror come Avengers: Secret Wars. What’s more, Wednesday might be one of Netflix’s biggest hits of the past 12 months, but maybe we shouldn’t expect one of its stars to make a swift return to the MCU multiverse. Could Wednesday‘s Percy Hynes White reprise…

Image via Netflix It looks like Wednesday may not be the only show out there looking to replace a cast member. Amidst a slew of sexual assault allegations, Percy Hynes White’s future on the Netflix smash hit remains uncertain. Yet, sadly, another series may be in jeopardy as details surrounding the actor’s past continue to surface. Ever heard of the Canadian police comedy-drama Pretty Hard Cases? Neither had we. After a little research, we’re here to admit, this show seems pretty darn awesome. Following two…