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Matthew Lillard ‘felt like he’d died’ after response to Quentin Tarantino criticism

Matthew Lillard ‘felt like he’d died’ after response to Quentin Tarantino criticism

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Matthew Lillard has admitted that he felt like he was observing his own wake after he was flooded with messages of support following Quentin Tarantino’s criticism of him. The US actor, 56, was the target of director Tarantino’s vitriol in a now-infamous podcast episode, in which he made disparaging comments about Lillard and fellow actors Paul Dano and Owen Wilson. In a new interview, Lillard joked that the outpouring of love he received in response felt as though he was witnessing his own funeral. “It felt like I had died and was in heaven watching everyone send out their RIP tweets,” he told People. “I mean, it was really nice being a part of your own wake, sort of sitting there living through all the nice things people say after you die. “Everyone, from the people at the mall this weekend …

Matthew McConaughey issues stark warning to actors about AI

Matthew McConaughey issues stark warning to actors about AI

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Matthew McConaughey has issued a stark warning about the future of the entertainment industry, with concerns that artificial intelligence will eventually take over. During A CNN & Variety Town Hall Event, the 56-year-old actor spoke to Timothée Chalamet about AI’s place in the film and TV business. McConaughey voiced his fears about the technology’s potential to “replace” actors one day and how that could affect awards season, especially as the 2026 Oscars draw near. “It’s damn sure going to infiltrate our category. Does it become another category? Will we be, in five years, having ‘the best AI film’? ‘The best AI actor?’” he said during the event, which included an audience of college students. “Maybe. I think that might be the thing; it becomes another category. It’s gonna be in front of us in ways that we don’t even see. It’s …

Professor Matthew Cobb awarded 2026 Darwin Day Lecture Medal – Humanists UK

Professor Matthew Cobb awarded 2026 Darwin Day Lecture Medal – Humanists UK

Published by Sam Flores

On 12 February, Humanists UK hosted the 2026 Darwin Day Lecture, titled ‘The Genetic Age: Who Shapes Evolution Now?’, delivered by zoologist and author Professor Matthew Cobb. The lecture, chaired by Humanists UK President Janet Ellis MBE, explored the ways humans have shaped evolution – both historically and in the age of modern genetics. Matthew began by placing humanity in a long evolutionary story. From early hunting and gathering to the domestication of plants and animals, humans have always shaped the world around them. But in the 1970s, with the advent of genetic engineering, our influence took a dramatic leap: for the first time, humans could directly manipulate genomes, accelerating change to species in ways never before possible. Evolution is ‘cleverer than we are’ Quoting biochemist Leslie Orgel’s Second Rule – ‘evolution is cleverer than we are’, Matthew turned to the ecological impacts of genetic engineering. Any organism we engineer, from crops to microbes, responds to selection in unpredictable ways. Resistant insects, herbicide-tolerant weeds, and evolving viruses all remind us that nature adapts faster and …

Inside Christina Aguilera and fiancé Matthew Rutler’s private love life as they celebrate 12th engagement anniversary on Valentine’s Day

Inside Christina Aguilera and fiancé Matthew Rutler’s private love life as they celebrate 12th engagement anniversary on Valentine’s Day

Published by Daniella Wilson

Christina Aguilera and fiancé Matthew Rutler have been engaged since 2014, and this Valentine’s Day, they celebrated their 12th engagement anniversary.  The “Dirty” singer took to social media to share a carousel of the duo’s memorable moments over the years. Her main picture featured the pair romantically enjoying a boat ride, while taking in the sun’s rays. © InstagramChristina shared a sweet carousel online Other shots included them posing by the Eiffel tower on a night out in Paris, comically going on a carousel ride together, and the entertainer gushing over a sweet bouquet from her partner. Christina captioned the set: “Happy valentine’s day to the world’s best sailing buddy.” Fans loved the wholesome carousel and flocked to the comments. One person wrote: “Best couple. Happy Valentine’s Day my Love,” while another fan wrote: “MOM AND DAD.” A third follower continued: “Imagine your wife is Christina Aguilera. Good job mate.” © InstagramShe has been engaged since 2014 The duo first met in 2009 during the film Burlesque, in which Christina starred in and Matthew was a production …

Matthew Kelly: ‘Something extinct I’d bring back to life? Wokeness – a good thing that’s been hijacked’ | Life and style

Matthew Kelly: ‘Something extinct I’d bring back to life? Wokeness – a good thing that’s been hijacked’ | Life and style

Published by Sam Flores

Born in Lancashire, Matthew Kelly, 75, studied drama at Manchester Polytechnic and acted at the Liverpool Everyman. He moved into TV, presenting Game for a Laugh in the 80s, You Bet! in the 90s and Stars in their Eyes from 1993 to 2004. Having returned to the stage, he received an Olivier award in 2004 for his role in Of Mice and Men in London’s West End. He stars in Waiting for Godot at Glasgow’s Citizens theatre from 20 February to 14 March, then takes the play to Liverpool and Bolton. He has two children and lives in London. What is your greatest fear?Not being able to work. What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?Intolerance. What is the trait you most deplore in others?Intolerance. Aside from property, what’s the most expensive thing you’ve bought?Insurance – it’s such a scam. What is your most treasured possession?My freedom pass. Describe yourself in three wordsFriendly, opinionated, hilarious. What makes you unhappy?Very little. I’m always, “Hello birds, hello trees, aren’t we having a lovely time?” What do you most dislike …

Book review: George Saunders’s Vigil and Matthew Kressel’s The Rainseekers are sci-fi treats

Book review: George Saunders’s Vigil and Matthew Kressel’s The Rainseekers are sci-fi treats

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In Vigil, a dying oil magnate is visited by ghosts liebre/Getty Images VigilGeorge Saunders, Bloomsbury In general, I am not a fan of novellas (or short novels). Just as I am sinking into them, they finish. However, while interesting people keep writing interesting-sounding works like these, I feel obliged to keep reading them, and this week I will be featuring not one, but two of these relatively slender tomes. First, there is Vigil by Booker prize-winning author George Saunders, whose novel Lincoln in the Bardo was a global hit. In Vigil, the ghost of a woman called Jill “Doll” Blaine comes plummeting down to Earth to oversee the final hours of an oil tycoon named K.J. Boone. Jill’s job, as she sees it, is to comfort. She likes to help a soul find peace with what they have done. But it turns out that Boone needs no comfort. He is quite happy with the decisions he has made, even though his life as an oil magnate, inevitably, involved so many lies and so much environmental …

Call the Midwife’s Trixie makes painful admission about Matthew

Call the Midwife’s Trixie makes painful admission about Matthew

Published by Daniella Wilson

As far as Call the Midwife fans were concerned, Trixie and Matthew’s marriage, despite being long-distance, was ticking along quite nicely. Matthew departed London for New York in the season 13 finale to rebuild his business prospects after accumulating debt well in excess of £250,000, as well as losing his seat on the board of the company he inherited from his late father. And after initially deciding not to join him, Trixie changed her mind and relocated to America for a period before ultimately splitting her life between her work in Poplar and the States. But as of late, she has remained firmly in the English capital – where she’s been needed amid growing uncertainty over Nonnatus House’s future – and clearly, it’s starting to take its toll. After Nurse Crane noticed that Trixie didn’t join her friends and colleagues one evening for hot drinks and biscuits, she took a tray up to her room, where the midwife’s demeanour was noticeably downbeat. “I can’t seem to settle, Phyllis,” she admitted, with Nurse Crane suggesting that …

Matthew Macfadyen’s comedy with Hunger Games star gets release date

Matthew Macfadyen’s comedy with Hunger Games star gets release date

Published by Daniella Wilson

The release date has been confirmed for Succession star Matthew Macfadyen’s new comedy-drama, in which he stars alongside The Hunger Games’s Elizabeth Banks. All 10 episodes of The Miniature Wife will be available to watch on Sky and NOW in the UK from Thursday 9th April – meaning there’s just a couple of months left to wait. The release date news was announced alongside a first-look trailer being unveiled, which sets up the premise. As seen in the footage, a married couple face some really rather extreme troubles when the husband accidentally shrinks his wife in a technological mishap. The synopsis for the series says: “Domestic life takes a turn for the perfectly mismatched pair, as their day-to-day turns into a razor-sharp battle for power.” You can watch the trailer, which sets up the literal life-or-death stakes, right here. Want to see this content? We’re not able to show you this content from YouTube. Please sign out of Contentpass to view this content. Sign out of ContentPass Banks and Macfadyen are joined in the cast …

Matthew Bogdanos, of Antiquities Trafficking Unit, Wins Art Prize

Matthew Bogdanos, of Antiquities Trafficking Unit, Wins Art Prize

Published by José Betancourt

The Vilcek Foundation, a nonprofit that raises awareness of the contributions of immigrant to American history and culture, announced the recipients of its 20th annual prizes for excellence in the arts and sciences. Among this year’s honorees was Matthew Bogdanos, a former classics scholar, US Marine colonel, and current assistant district attorney in New York. Bogdanos is a familiar figure in the art world. In 2017, he launched the Antiquities Trafficking Unit, a division of the New York District Attorney’s office dedicated to recovering and repatriating looted antiquities. Since its inception, the unit has seized more than 5,000 objects from museums, auction houses, and private collectors, with a combined estimated value exceeding $300 million. Related Articles ARTnews followed one of Bogdanos’s most high-profile investigations, into New York hedge-fund pioneer and art collector Michael Steinhardt, for its 2022 Top 200 Collectors issue. This year, the foundation awarded Bogdanos the Marica Vilcek Prize in Art History, which carries a $100,000 purse, in recognition of his “lifelong dedication to recovering looted antiquities and his work to safeguard cultural …

Matthew Lillard says ‘beautiful’ reaction to Tarantino’s diss about him was ‘like living through your own wake’

Matthew Lillard says ‘beautiful’ reaction to Tarantino’s diss about him was ‘like living through your own wake’

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Matthew Lillard couldn’t be more grateful for the overwhelming support he received from fans and peers defending him against Quentin Tarantino’s harsh criticism of his acting. Last month, the Oscar-winning director made headlines for saying he “didn’t care for” the Scream star, Paul Dano or Owen Wilson. All three instantly received an outpouring of love from within Hollywood. Lillard, 56, was defended by his The Life of Chuck director, Mike Flanigan, who labeled him “the goddamn greatest.” He was also recruited by Ryan Reynolds for a Mint Mobile commercial, in which the latter declared in a voiceover: “There are only two things that are universally loved: saving money and beloved actor Matthew Lillard.” “It was like living through your own wake,” Lillard told Entertainment Weekly of the tributes and support. “All those R.I.P. emails or tweets and Instagram posts and TikToks, …