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Yahoo
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Novel celebration for Jane Austen's 250th anniversary
Jane Austen is perhaps one of the most famous writers of all time. She was born 250 years ago, but today her legacy lives on as novels like Pride and Prejudice are adapted by by the world of entertainment, and fans flock to her home in the UK countryside. The small and picturesque village of Chawton in the south of England is the home to an international literary sensation. (AP Video by Jez Fielder) Solve the daily Crossword
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Canadiens Have Four Of The 23 Top Under-23 Players In The League
The NHL continued its celebration of young stars by polling nine of its writers to work out who the top under-23 players in the league were. Each writer had to make a list of their top 25 players under 23 years old in the league. First-place votes were worth 25 points, and the value decreased by one point for each subsequent rank. The league compiled the votes and issued its list of the 23 best players under 23 years old.
USA Today
3 days ago
- Sport
- USA Today
UFC 318 predictions: Can Max Holloway spoil Dustin Poirier's retirement party?
The UFC is back in the bayou for the first time in 10 years, and one of Louisiana's own will hang up the gloves after the headliner. UFC 318 (pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+) takes place Saturday at Smoothie King Center in New Orleans. Get pick results from our 11 editors, writers, radio hosts and videographers, as well as additional analysis, below. Michael Johnson vs. Daniel Zellhuber Patricio Freire vs. Dan Ige Kevin Holland vs. Daniel Rodriguez Paulo Costa vs. Roman Kopylov Max Holloway vs. Dustin Poirier Individual staff member picks, main card Readers 96–59: Poirier (53%), Kopylov (60%), Holland (83%), Ige (59%), Zellhuber (68%) Preliminary card picks Although they don't count toward the standings, MMA Junkie staff members still pick the fights on the prelims. Here are the results:
Irish Times
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Irish Times
Notes to John by Joan Didion: The posthumous publication of the writer's psychiatry sessions feels exploitative
Notes to John Author : Joan Didion ISBN-13 : 9780008767259 Publisher : 4th Estate Guideline Price : £20 Joan Didion once famously declared that 'writers are always selling someone out' – but what about publishers? Notes to John, a posthumous publication from Didion's archive, is a collection of typewritten journal entries discovered in her study shortly after her death in 2021. The entries, which begin in December 1999, are meticulous transcriptions of sessions with her psychiatrist, 'an old-fashioned Freudian' who Didion conveys here with such detail I wondered if she'd brought a dictaphone to therapy. The book is loosely addressed to her husband, John Gregory Dunne, and feels more like Didion's own private notes to self, an attempt to clarify the bewildering circumstances they describe. The preface contains a pre-emptive caveat that because Dunne himself was present for one of the sessions, Didion must have intended a further audience. I'm not sure I'm convinced. The entries cover Didion's troubled relationship with her adopted daughter, Quintana, focusing almost entirely on how Quintana's struggle with alcoholism caused paralysing rifts between them. It's undeniably affecting, and Didion's swerves between fear and frustration will be acutely familiar to anyone who's lived with a loved one's addiction. READ MORE [ Didion and Babitz by Lili Anolik: It's almost unfair for a biography to be such fun Opens in new window ] Several harrowing revelations ensue – an anecdote about a violent lover in her youth is casually recalled as 'an example of romantic degradation'. Later, with the startling disclosure that she secretly received treatment for breast cancer, she writes 'I was telling no one. I even did the radiation on 168th Street so I wouldn't run into people I knew.' Details such as this make me uneasy to call this publication a book. Didion's diary remained in a filing cabinet for 20 years before she died – if she had wanted it published she probably would have done so herself. It's hard not to read it now as the result of the same kind of opportunism Didion lambasted the publishing industry for while she was alive. After the posthumous appearance of an unfinished Hemingway book, she once wrote, 'This is a man to whom words mattered ... His wish to be survived by only the words he determined fit for publication would have seemed clear enough.' Notes to John is full of the kind of clear-eyed detail that made Joan Didion her name. Obviously this is a woman to whom words mattered – I'm just not sure we should be reading these ones.
The Hindu
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Hindu
‘Tanvi The Great' movie review: Anupam Kher delivers a hefty dose of hope
About an autistic girl struggling to find her way in a judgmental world, with a spring in her gingerly steps, Tanvi The Great carries the soul of Anupam Kher's popular play, Kuchh Bhi Ho Sakta Hai (Anything can happen). It cocks a snook at the cynics and naysayers who question the flight of the dreamers. Surrounded by a supportive mother Vidya (Pallavi Joshi), an autism expert, and a grumpy grandfather, Pratap Raina (Kher), who doesn't understand her condition, the socially awkward Tanvi Raina (debutante Shubhangi Dutt) finds the purpose of her life when she discovers that her soldier father, Samar (Karan Tacker), made the supreme sacrifice for the country. She steps out of the poetic space that her grandfather envisaged for her under the shadow of his friend Raja Sahab (Boman Irani) and resolves to fulfil her father's wish by joining the armed forces. But the rules don't allow an autistic person to enter the troops. Baffled by her guts, the grandfather, who also served in the army, tries to dissuade her but gradually finds that she is different but no less, and is fit to carry forward the family tradition when Major Srinivasan (Arvind Swamy makes a stock character functional) agrees to give shape to Tanvi's dream. Nursing a guilt, in Tanvi's dream, Srinivasan sees an opportunity to redeem himself. Like Kher, the film wears its heart on its sleeve, and the theme offers an interesting battle between one's will and worth. The story has several strands that reveal the warp and weft of the human spirit and its frailties, but the film stays sweet and safe. Kher and his co-writers treat the subject gently and sensitively, but the possibilities on paper don't consistently translate to the screen. Some moments feel genuine, but then some passages seem contrived or laboured. Tanvi's uniqueness either becomes a fodder to evoke humour or an opportunity to put a halo behind her head. Tanvi The Great (Hindi) Director: Anupam Kher Cast: Shubhangi Dutt, Anupam Kher, Arvind Swamy, Pallavi Joshi, Jackie Shroff, Boman Irani, Nassar Runtime: 160 minutes Storyline: An autistic girl sets out to fulfill her father's wish by joining the armed forces. The film, made in collaboration with the NFDC, finds the writers keen on crafting a series of creative responses to a list of FAQs on autism and the Indian armed forces, with a pen that bleeds. There are portions where the writing and form acquire the edifying tone of a public service advertisement. Before the conflict escalates or an obstacle becomes a problem, Kher devises a solution with the background score screaming 'heartfelt.' While MM Keeravani's music and Keiko Nakahara's cinematography are designed to provide a soothing contrast to the emotional outbursts, the quality of the special effects in the climax undermines the emotional swell. Shubhangi makes the stiff and exaggerated body language of Tanvi largely believable. As every autistic person is unique, writers have the liberty to set the contours of Tanvi's character and her journey, but her struggle with her grandfather when her mother leaves them for work feels sanitised. The mess seems dressed up, very much like Pallavi and Jackie Shroff's performance. It goes without saying that Kher is a better actor than director. Amidst all the superficiality, Kher shines as he digs deep to internalise the layers of his character. Much like Aamir Khan's character inSitaare Zameen Par, Kher's character undergoes a transformation in his perception of disability and shows us how to evoke tears without drawing attention to it. He is the reason that you remain invested in Tanvi The Great even when the screenplay turns into a tepid visual essay. Tanvi The Great is currently running in theatres.
