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While her name is an awful mouthful, Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon remains something of a Zelig figure. Pick up almost any book about Victorian literary circles and she’ll be in it somewhere. You see her here, you see her there, this much-admired artist and co-founder of Girton College, Cambridge, this cousin of Florence Nightingale and friend of George Eliot. In as much as she sticks in the mind when your attention is really supposed to be elsewhere, she is a pleasing, bustling kind of figure: independent, cheery, rather…

It’s been over half a year since Barbie opened in theaters, and there’s still a lot of talk surrounding what CinemaBlend ranked as one of the best movies of 2023. Among the many things this movie has going for it is its all-star cast, which included looping in Michael Cera as Allan, although his manager nearly cost him the role. But ahead of the public finding out how Barbie will do among the other 96th Academy Award nominees, Cera has revealed that Ben Affleck was supposed to cameo in the movie, and I’m genuinely…

While preparing for his Super Bowl halftime performance, Usher achieved another goal: He finished recording his ninth album. Coming Home was released on Friday, two days before he celebrates his 30-year career at the big game. “Life couldn’t be in a better situation for me right now,” he tells The Hollywood Reporter. “It’s going pretty great.” The album is a 20-track R&B adventure and features collaborations with Latto, Burna Boy, The-Dream and Pheelz, who appears on the current single…

February 9, 20242 min readMichael Mann secured a win in his legal battle against conservative bloggers who said the climatologist “molested and tortured data” and compared him to a convicted child abuserBy Pamela King & E&E News CLIMATEWIRE | Climate scientist Michael Mann on Thursday secured a win in his long-running legal battle against conservative bloggers who once compared him to a convicted child abuser.After a four-week trial, a D.C. Superior Court jury awarded the climatologist $1 million after finding…

Michael Palin, the Python turned TV documentarian, has long delighted in sharing tales of his family, whether through his diaries – he has published three volumes so far – or through his film American Friends, a fictionalised account of the courtship of his great-grandfather, an Oxford don, and his American wife. In Great-Uncle Harry, he turns his attention to Henry William Bourne Palin – known as Harry – who died in the Battle of the Somme in 1916 at 32. Palin was alerted to his great-uncle’s existence by a cousin who…

Hollywood stars Dolph Lundgren and Michael B Jordan paid heartfelt tribute to the `Rocky` actor Carl Weathers. `Rocky IV` actor Dolph Lundgren shared a statement about co-starring with Weathers in the 1985 film. "I was saddened to hear the news this morning," said the actor, who played boxer Captain Ivan Drago. "Along with the world, I will miss Carl. He was a great actor, a terrific athlete and a good friend. I cherish many special memories of Carl, both professionally and personally. Like Apollo Creed, he had that…

Ninety years before the Lady Chatterley trial, the Old Bailey was tying itself in knots trying to decide whether The Fruits of Philosophy was the sort of thing that would corrupt wives and servants. Written in simple, unshowy language by an American physician, Fruits set out the basics of contraception, principally by means of “the female” self-administering a spermicidal douche post-coitus. The tone was sensible and brisk, and about as far from a turn-on as could be imagined.Still, as far as the British authorities were…

Tim Burton's Beetlejuice is making its long-awaited return to the big screen with a sequel—aptly named Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. Familiar faces like Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder are set to reprise their roles, joined by new talents like Jenna Ortega and Justin Theroux, stepping into Burton's eerie and fantastical universe. A still from Beetlejuice(IMDb) (Also Read: Arnold Schwarzenegger reveals feeding his grandchildren same oatmeal treat as his pet pig ) Catch the complete coverage of Budget 2024 only on HT.…

T HE MAN STOOD in the shadow of the trees facing the small tan house. He was tall and had the close-cropped military haircut of the Marine he’d been until deserting his post a few weeks earlier. A black mask covered his face, he wore a one-piece camouflage suit, and carried a .300-caliber blackout rifle and a .22-caliber handgun. The surrounding Blue Ridge Mountains of Hardy, Virginia, flower with dogwoods in the spring; in the summer, the hills bloom so lushly they look covered in neon velvet. It was Nov.…

Where & Where To Watch Beetlejuice Beetlejuice?(Photo Credit –Instagram/IMDb) Tim Burton is returning to his director duties with Beetlejuice 2. The release date of the American fantasy horror comedy film titled ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ has been announced with a new poster. Scroll below for all the details on the Warner Bros film led by Michael Keaton. Back in 2022, the sequel was confirmed, but Tim Burton stated he was not involved in the project. His remark left fans of the original installment upset.…