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Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Netflix Nabs Robert Langdon Series From Carlton Cuse, Author Dan Brown
Netflix is entering the world of Robert Langdon. After a bidding war, the streamer has landed a series based on The Secret of Secrets, the latest Langdon novel from author Dan Brown. Carlton Cuse (Netflix's Pulse, Lost) is set as showrunner and will executive produce with Brown; the two will also be writers on the series. Emma Forman of Genre-Arts also exec produces. More from The Hollywood Reporter Titan Submersible Implosion Examined in Trailer for Netflix Doc 'The OceanGate Disaster' Topher Grace (Yes, Topher Grace) Is an Opium Kingpin in Netflix's 'The Waterfront' Trailer Thomas Haden Church Is Here to Help the Shop - and Will's Erections - in 'Tires' Season 2 Trailer (Exclusive) The Secret of Secrets is Brown's sixth novel in the Langdon series, which began with mega-bestseller The Da Vinci Code, is set to hit shelves in September. In the novel, Langdon 'races against ancient forces and time to rescue a missing scientist and her groundbreaking manuscript whose discoveries have the power to forever change humanity's understanding of the mind,' per a logline. The currently untitled series 'will blend futuristic science with mystical lore.' The Netflix series is the latest screen adaptation of Brown's novels featuring Langdon, a Harvard symbologist frequently drawn into international intrigue and shadowy conspiracies. Tom Hanks starred as Langdon in three movies — 2006's The Da Vinci Code, 2009's Angels & Demons and 2016's Inferno — directed by Ron Howard that made a combined $1.47 billion in worldwide box office. A series based on The Lost Symbol and starring Ashley Zukerman as Langdon streamed on Peacock in 2021 (after initially being developed for NBC); it was canceled after a single season. Cuse is coming off Netflix's medical drama Pulse, where he served as co-showrunner with series creator Zoe Robyn. Along with Lost, his credits include Netflix's Locke and Key, Prime Video's Jack Ryan, and A&E's Bates Motel. Best of The Hollywood Reporter 'The Studio': 30 Famous Faces Who Play (a Version of) Themselves in the Hollywood-Based Series 22 of the Most Shocking Character Deaths in Television History A 'Star Wars' Timeline: All the Movies and TV Shows in the Franchise
Calgary Herald
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Calgary Herald
Review: Vertigo solves complex mystery of Da Vinci Code with technical wizardry
Article content It's all the technical wizardry Vertigo Theatre brings to its production of The Da Vinci Code that makes it such a compelling experience. Article content The adaptation of Dan Brown's 2003 bestselling novel is decidedly cinematic. The action jumps from the Louvre in Paris to several churches, an estate and even an airplane, but more importantly, the audience must see such Leonardo Da Vinci masterpieces as the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper. Just hearing that these famous works contain symbols to prove Christ and Mary Magdalene had at least one child is not enough. We have to see these hidden symbols, and enlarged, if possible. Article content Article content That's what Andy Moro's projections do for us. They also help move us from one location to another, working so seamlessly with Anton DeGroot's ingenious set design. Director Simon Mallett makes certain there is true theatricality in the movement from one location to another. In keeping with the religious themes of the story, he has his actors dressed in monks' habits, but it also disguises who they are. It's so well thought out, as is everything about Mallett's staging. Article content Article content The play opens with the murder of Jacques Sauniere, the curator of the Louvre. Before he dies, he manages to write, in his own blood, a message for his granddaughter Sophie Neveu and famous American symbologist Robert Langdon. It's this message and the staging of his body that sets them, and the audience, on a quest for the Holy Grail. Article content They are not the only ones. Two religious groups are also in pursuit. There is the Priority of Sion, who have been protecting the bloodline of Christ, and Opus Dei, who have vowed to destroy any evidence of Christ's humanity. There is also Inspector Fache, who is convinced it was Langdon who murdered Sauniere and is tracking him and Sophie. Article content Article content Article content The whole setup is convoluted and complicated, much better suited for a novel or a film, but Mallett, his designers, and actors do their best to create a fun house, theme park ride for the audience. Article content As Langdon, Graham Percy is the ideal tour guide. His confusion is ours, and Percy makes Langdon the quintessential everyman. There are a couple of great running jokes, including Langdon's claustrophobia and the fact that he seems to have given a lecture on everything they encounter along the way. Like his suit, Percy's Langdon has seen better days. Article content Isabelle Pedersen gives Sophie an edge that saves her from ever being the damsel in distress. Unfortunately, for the first 20 minutes of the play, Pedersen shouts rather than speaks her lines. When she eases into the role, Pedersen takes control of the action as she is intended to. It's not her fault that the end of the play and the great revelations are dismissed so easily and quickly. The playwrights didn't give her much to work with.
Hamilton Spectator
17-05-2025
- General
- Hamilton Spectator
Country's highest rate of child hunger felt in Newfoundland and Labrador classrooms
ST. JOHN'S - Summer is approaching and teachers in Newfoundland and Labrador are worried many of their students will spend their holiday months hungry without school lunch programs to offer a meal, says Trent Langdon. The province was tied with New Brunswick for the highest rate of children living in food-insecure households among the provinces in 2024, and Langdon, the president of the Newfoundland and Labrador Teachers' Association, says his members are witnessing this first hand. 'If you have a young person who is coming to school when they're hungry, it reduces morale, it reduces overall energy, it reduces the likelihood of them getting out of bed,' Langdon said in an interview Friday. 'It weighs very heavily.' Langdon said he's hearing of more teachers who are bringing extra sandwiches to slip to the students that need them. Nearly 40 per cent of children under 18 in Newfoundland and Labrador and New Brunswick lived in food-insecure households in 2024, according to a report this month from Proof, a research group based at the University of Toronto. The figures come from Statistics Canada data and they include all Canadian provinces, but not the territories. More than a quarter of Canadians lived in food-insecure households in 2024, which is a record high, the report said. Newfoundland and Labrador had the third-highest rate of overall food insecurity among the provinces, behind Alberta and Saskatchewan. More than half of all single-parent families in the province – 56.8 per cent – were food insecure last year, according to the Statistics Canada data used by Proof. The group defines food insecurity as 'the inadequate or insecure access to food due to financial constraints.' 'It is a serious public health problem, a marker of pervasive material deprivation, and a matter of public policy,' the Proof website says. The group's report prompted anti-poverty non-profit Food First Newfoundland and Labrador to call on the provincial government to re-examine its poverty-reduction strategies. 'These statistics are not surprising, but they are also not inevitable,' said Josh Smee, the group's chief executive, in a news release earlier this week. 'People in this province are under tremendous pressure right now to afford the food they need, and there are many ways that pressure could be relieved.' Danielle Seward agrees that something needs to be done. The executive director of the Single Parent Association of Newfoundland and Labrador said many of the people using her organization's food bank are seeking help for the first time. Many are skilled professionals with good jobs whose rents and electricity bills have gone up, leaving them far less money to pay for groceries. 'I think a lot of folks would be shocked to see the vast diversity amongst our clients, and to see how many of them are in very successful working positions,' Seward said in an interview. 'The cost of everything has increased exponentially, whereas the incomes for these professional occupations haven't.' Increasing income support rates would help some of her clients, but not all of them, she added. The provincial government needs to take food insecurity seriously and assemble a team to find solutions, Seward said. And they could start, she suggested, by looking at ways to reduce the cost of groceries, perhaps by offering money to offset the high cost of shipping to the island of Newfoundland, and to the more remote communities of Labrador. Seward is also worried about the summer months, when parents don't have a breakfast or lunch program to rely on. It's one of the busiest times of year at the association's food bank. 'For single-parent families, the summer is the most critical time of the year for food insecurity,' she said. This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 17, 2025.
Yahoo
17-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Pistons' Trajan Langdon challenges Cade Cunningham with goal for next season
If the Detroit Pistons are to live up to their potential, the climb to playoff success may have to start with All-Star point guard Cade Cunningham growing closer to his elite ceiling. He broke out this season for the Pistons, setting career highs in points per game (26.1), assists per game (9.1), field goal percentage (46.9%) and games played (70) in his fourth season in Detroit. Advertisement And now that he has arrived as the focal point of a playoff team, Pistons president of basketball operations Trajan Langdon believes Cunningham's next step is to prepare for the rigors of playoff basketball. "The biggest thing for him is, we've talked to him about it, is just getting in elite shape," Langdon said May 7. "Now he has a little bit of late-season experience and playoff experience, he knows how that feels. So understanding what you're training for in the summer, once you've experienced it, you can train for it because you felt it." It would be inaccurate to say Cunningham played poorly in the playoffs, but he didn't play up to the averages he enjoyed in the regular season, averaging 25 points and 8.7 assists against 5.3 turnovers per game in six playoff games against the New York Knicks, while shooting 5-for-28 from the 3-point line. Cunningham especially struggled in the Game 1 loss at Madison Square Garden in New York, scoring 21 points on 8-for-21 shooting from the field, but making up for it with a series-high 12 assists. He scored 33 points on 11-for-21 shooting in Game 2, one of the team's two wins against the Knicks in the series, and the only game where he breached the 30-point mark or shot 50%. Advertisement Meanwhile, his Knicks counterpart Jalen Brunson thoroughly outplayed Cunningham on the offensive side, scoring 30-plus points in all but one game and finishing off the Pistons in Game 6 with a 40-point performance and series-winning 3-point shot. Detroit Pistons guard Cade Cunningham (2) goes for the layup against New York Knicks center Karl-Anthony Towns (32) during the second half of Game 6 for the first round of NBA playoffs at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, May 1, 2025. Of course, Brunson has been here before with 50 games of playoff experience over five seasons. Langdon is hoping Cunningham's first six playoff games can prepare him for a deeper playoff run. "If you've never experienced playoff basketball, you can't understand the level you have to go to," Langdon said. "And now he understands that, he's felt it. So he should be training for the the first, second round of the playoffs and not for game 45 anymore." Advertisement ANALYSIS: Cunningham is a star but can't do it alone. What can Pistons do to help him? Cunningham seemed like he immediately knew what the challenge would be during his news conference following the Game 6 loss on May 1. "That feeling will stick with us throughout the summer, in our workouts and our conversations and everything. We'll be back and better," Cunningham said. You can reach Christian at cromo@ Submit a letter to the editor at and we may publish it online or in print. Follow the Pistons all year long with the best coverage at This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Pistons president reveals next goal for Cade Cunningham
Winnipeg Free Press
17-05-2025
- General
- Winnipeg Free Press
Country's highest rate of child hunger felt in Newfoundland and Labrador classrooms
ST. JOHN'S – Summer is approaching and teachers in Newfoundland and Labrador are worried many of their students will spend their holiday months hungry without school lunch programs to offer a meal, says Trent Langdon. The province was tied with New Brunswick for the highest rate of children living in food-insecure households among the provinces in 2024, and Langdon, the president of the Newfoundland and Labrador Teachers' Association, says his members are witnessing this first hand. 'If you have a young person who is coming to school when they're hungry, it reduces morale, it reduces overall energy, it reduces the likelihood of them getting out of bed,' Langdon said in an interview Friday. 'It weighs very heavily.' Langdon said he's hearing of more teachers who are bringing extra sandwiches to slip to the students that need them. Nearly 40 per cent of children under 18 in Newfoundland and Labrador and New Brunswick lived in food-insecure households in 2024, according to a report this month from Proof, a research group based at the University of Toronto. The figures come from Statistics Canada data and they include all Canadian provinces, but not the territories. More than a quarter of Canadians lived in food-insecure households in 2024, which is a record high, the report said. Newfoundland and Labrador had the third-highest rate of overall food insecurity among the provinces, behind Alberta and Saskatchewan. More than half of all single-parent families in the province – 56.8 per cent – were food insecure last year, according to the Statistics Canada data used by Proof. The group defines food insecurity as 'the inadequate or insecure access to food due to financial constraints.' 'It is a serious public health problem, a marker of pervasive material deprivation, and a matter of public policy,' the Proof website says. The group's report prompted anti-poverty non-profit Food First Newfoundland and Labrador to call on the provincial government to re-examine its poverty-reduction strategies. 'These statistics are not surprising, but they are also not inevitable,' said Josh Smee, the group's chief executive, in a news release earlier this week. 'People in this province are under tremendous pressure right now to afford the food they need, and there are many ways that pressure could be relieved.' Danielle Seward agrees that something needs to be done. The executive director of the Single Parent Association of Newfoundland and Labrador said many of the people using her organization's food bank are seeking help for the first time. Many are skilled professionals with good jobs whose rents and electricity bills have gone up, leaving them far less money to pay for groceries. 'I think a lot of folks would be shocked to see the vast diversity amongst our clients, and to see how many of them are in very successful working positions,' Seward said in an interview. 'The cost of everything has increased exponentially, whereas the incomes for these professional occupations haven't.' Winnipeg Jets Game Days On Winnipeg Jets game days, hockey writers Mike McIntyre and Ken Wiebe send news, notes and quotes from the morning skate, as well as injury updates and lineup decisions. Arrives a few hours prior to puck drop. Increasing income support rates would help some of her clients, but not all of them, she added. The provincial government needs to take food insecurity seriously and assemble a team to find solutions, Seward said. And they could start, she suggested, by looking at ways to reduce the cost of groceries, perhaps by offering money to offset the high cost of shipping to the island of Newfoundland, and to the more remote communities of Labrador. Seward is also worried about the summer months, when parents don't have a breakfast or lunch program to rely on. It's one of the busiest times of year at the association's food bank. 'For single-parent families, the summer is the most critical time of the year for food insecurity,' she said. This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 17, 2025.
