Lightness

Cillian Murphy, renowned for his immersive performances in intense and often somber roles, revealed a crucial rule he abides by while on set—a need for a sense of lightness. In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, the actor highlighted the significance of a relaxed atmosphere, especially given the weight of the characters he typically portrays. “I can’t work unless there’s a lightness around the set,” Murphy emphasized, acknowledging the demanding nature of the serious roles he undertakes. “A lot…

Milan Kundera, the Czech novelist who combined sexual and real-life politics in his writings and rose to global fame with The Unbearable Lightness of Being, died Tuesday in Paris. He was 94. His death, following a prolonged illness, was announced by French publisher Gallimard on Wednesday. Kundera’s literary career and personal life were closely tied to the Prague Spring, the brief flowering of political liberalization and cultural expression in Czechoslovakia that promised “socialism with a…

Czech writer Milan Kundera, who explored being and betrayal over half a century in poems, plays, essays and novels including The Unbearable Lightness of Being, has died aged 94 after a prolonged illness, Anna Mrazova, spokeswoman for the Milan Kundera Library has confirmed.Famously leaving his homeland for France in 1975 after being expelled from the Czechoslovakian Communist party for “anti-communist activities”, Kundera spent 40 years living in exile in Paris after his Czech citizenship was revoked in 1979. There he…

Cold air rises in the tropical free troposphere. Credit: Nature Geoscience (2022). DOI: 10.1038/s41561-022-01033-x Clouds are notoriously hard to pin down, especially in climate science. …