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‘Well,’ he says, smiling. ‘When I got the first draft of the pilot, I happened to be having lunch with my friend Michael Lewis. Michael wrote The Blind Side, and Moneyball, and The Big Short. He asked what was happening with A Gentleman in Moscow, and I said, “Oh, they actually just sent me the first draft of the pilot, and asked for my thoughts and my input. But, you know, I think they’re just being polite.” Michael pauses, and then just says, “They’re definitely just being polite. Not only do they not want to know your feedback. They wish you were dead.”’ Source link

‘Often it’s over nothing,’ he says, when I ask about what he and St Giles see as common causes of knife attacks. ‘Impulse control, money, prestige. The stimulus can be minimal and the action is horrendous. Occasionally, something more significant, some sort of long, deep-seated issue. But more often than not, it’s trivial — he said this, she said that. A lot of this stuff seems to be an insanely cheap tariff for a life.’ Source link

Top Academy actors that got the memo on March 10 included Matthew McConaughey, who wore Garrett Leight’s Torrey Sun style (€325, garrettleight.eu) as well as The Holdovers’ breakout star Dominic Sessa, who wore Tom Ford’s Turner aviators (£345, luisaviaroma.com) to the Vanity Fair after party. London fashion designer Harris Reed, famous for his gender fluid designs, wore the same pair to Chioma Nnadi’s British Vogue launch party on March 14, while Lewis Hamilton opted for a string of different, sunset tinted options during the F1 Grand Prix in Saudi Arabia this month. All this is to say — a great breadth of boys can pull these off, no one should be intimidated. Source link

Once coated in Lisa Eldridge Velvet Ribbon, my mouth not only took centerstage, drawing attention away from the signs of that cold, but I noticed my shoulders dropped and my back straightened, my body starting to learn that bright lipstick is more than just lipstick: it engenders a feeling, directs mood. You don’t so much wear it as deploy it. Source link

Instead, the Queen has had to step up, along with the Princess Royal, who remains at the top of the table in terms of the number of engagements she carries out every year. Though even Anne has been forced to admit that the current regime is struggling, saying in a documentary last year: “I think ‘slimmed down’ was said in a day when there were a few more people around. It doesn’t sound like a good idea from where I’m standing, I would say. I’m not quite sure what else we can do.” It's likely we can expect to see other members of the Firm fill the gaps, including the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh and the Duchess of Gloucester, who has been supporting the Queen at public events while the King focuses on his health. “The royal family may take this unprecedented time to reflect on what a slimm...

Daydreamers, nature lovers, couples, friends, or families — this place really does cater to all. With direct beachfront access, endless activities, welcoming staff, and fresh home-cooked seafood, Hemingways Watamu is the ideal tropical holiday destination or the perfect location for a post-safari wind-down. Source link

Lucy King says many friends avoided her after her cancer news in 2020 for fear of saying the wrong thing. Here, the campaigner offers five tips for speaking to someone with the disease (spoiler: saying something is always better than nothing) Source link

While most people may see it as somewhere to breeze through on the way to the desert, Muscat has plenty to offer the curious traveller. Don’t miss the bustling souqs, coral islands and food fit for royalty, says Vicky Jessop Source link

Any corner pub, that’s where I want to be when I’m in London. Oh actually, I went to a really good one — The Marquis. The place that plays the records! Yeah, they play vinyl and they have that tiny little corner room, it’s like a pizza, you can just cram in there. Source link

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