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Lila Raicek on Debut Novel The Plunge, Love, Loss, and Reinvention

Lila Raicek on Debut Novel The Plunge, Love, Loss, and Reinvention

Published by Daniella Wilson

Lila Raicek has been busy. Her play My Master Builder debuted last year at Wyndham’s Theater in London’s West End. It starred Kate Fleetwood, Elizabeth Debicki, and Ewan McGregor in his first play in over a decade. Meanwhile, Raicek has been adapting another play of hers (Vertebrae) into a TV series (Night Float) starring Nina Dobrev, while also developing a new play (Fire Season) for Broadway that Billy Crudup and Amanda Seyfried have been reading. But on a recent morning, the writer spoke to me from her home in New York about yet another project: her debut novel, The Plunge.  “When you’re writing a play, or a screenplay, you have the ability to dip into other characters’ perspectives, and you’re constantly flipping those perspectives, which keeps a story alive in a certain way,” Raicek said of why she chose to write The Plunge as a novel. With this story, “I really wanted to get under the skin of this character and into the psychological and emotional layers of her.” Writing a novel requires staying with …

Margot Robbie’s ‘reinvention’ with shortest hair yet decoded by psychologist

Margot Robbie’s ‘reinvention’ with shortest hair yet decoded by psychologist

Published by Daniella Wilson

Margot Robbie turned heads when she appeared at Paris Fashion Week with a brand new, dramatic haircut that included messy bangs, and her bold move may indicate she is ready for a new chapter.  The 35-year-old Wuthering Heights star sat front row at the Chanel autumn/winter 2026 show and debuted her long bob, complete with choppy bangs that hung low over her forehead.  Her hair has been a signature part of her look and previous roles as she adopted costumes and red carpet dresses reminiscent of her film’s characters during dramatic press tours.  Margot’s latest role, Cathy Earnshaw in Wuthering Heights, saw her use her long, blonde, soft locks as the main accessory to her period-style outfits. She wore her hair in loose waves that trailed down her back throughout various premieres alongside her co-star, Jacob Elordi.  Previously, the star used her luscious tresses as part of her Barbie promotional tour, embodying the famous blonde doll even more so due to her iconic long-haired appearance.  However, it seems change is afoot, with the introduction of …

The risky reinvention of Paul McCartney

The risky reinvention of Paul McCartney

Published by Sam Flores

With thrilling stories about ordinary blokes willing some of history’s most beloved music into being, the tapestry of The Beatles is rife with drama and wonder. In his new documentary “Man on the Run,” director Morgan Neville addresses one of Beatledom’s — or, more accurately, post-Beatledom’s — most remarkable, even inspirational tales. In April 1970, Paul McCartney announced The Beatles’ disbandment to a stunned world. But as Neville’s documentary makes abundantly clear: while music lovers across the globe certainly mourned The Beatles’ breakup, few suffered its heartbreaking aftershocks to McCartney’s extent. His saving grace proved to be his wife Linda, whom he married in March 1969. Linda had not merely been there to stave off the post-Beatles doldrums. She had helped him to conquer the significant depression that he experienced in the wake of the disbandment, a period in which he increasingly relied on alcohol to sate his aching soul. He also admitted in a 1974 Rolling Stone interview that he leaned more on Linda, saying, “I don’t think I have that many [friends]. No …

The gritty, chart-topping (and sexy) reinvention of Mumford & Sons

The gritty, chart-topping (and sexy) reinvention of Mumford & Sons

Published by Sam Flores

Away from music, the band are family men. Dwane lives with partner Milli Proust in Sussex, where they pursue their “twin passions of floristry and cider making”, according to a recent House & Garden profile. Lovett lives with clothing designer Molly Howard, while Mumford is, famously, married to actor Carey Mulligan. Children abound. The band shun the trappings of celebrity. “I try not to do too much that isn’t associated with my work or the charity stuff we do. You won’t see me falling out of a nightclub in London,” says Mumford. And what about the child-work juggle? I mention Benedict Cumberbatch’s “two-week rule” under which he tries to spend no longer than a fortnight away from his family. “He nicked that from me, the bastard! My rule,” says Mumford. “Yeah. We try not to normalise distance.” Source link

London Fashion Week: A season of reinvention

London Fashion Week: A season of reinvention

Published by Sam Flores

Joseph. JOSEPH Although it pales in comparison to Milan and Paris, London Fashion Week still managed to put on 41 shows between February 19 and 23. A multitude of collections entrusted emerging talent with injecting new energy. Among the promising proposals were the ethereal knitwear of French designer Pauline Dujancourt, the understated menswear uniforms of British designer Luke Derrick, the sexy dresses by Brazilian Karoline Vitto – designed for a range of body types beyond the smallest sizes – and a “tribute to immigration” by British-Nigerian Tolu Coker, who welcomed a distinguished guest in the front row: King Charles III himself. The more established brands faced a challenge of their own: Each had to reinvent itself to remain attractive over the long term. The house of Joseph, absent from the schedule since September 2017, made its return to the runway. “I very much remember what the brand stated for back in the 1990s: It was a cool trailblazer. I’ve tried to capture that energy and make it relevant for 2026,” said Mario Arena, the brand’s …

‘Fallout’ Gives the Western a Much-Needed Reinvention

‘Fallout’ Gives the Western a Much-Needed Reinvention

Published by Sam Flores

For more than seven months, Walton Goggins watched a Western every day. John Ford’s films, Sergio Leone’s Dollars trilogy, episodes of Gunsmoke—the actor saw them all as he shot Fallout, the postapocalyptic TV series in which he stars. Half the time, he binged for research; Goggins thought of his character, the fictional 1950s-style movie star Cooper Howard, as a peer of cowboy-playing performers such as Alan Ladd. “I didn’t look at them as Walton. I really looked at them as Cooper Howard,” he told me last spring on the set of Fallout’s second season. “It was like …” He slipped into character, making a dejected expression as if envious of Ladd’s career. “Okay, yeah, Alan got that role, and he was great in Shane,” Goggins, as Cooper, drawled. “I should have taken that, and I should have taken that television pilot.” He laughed. “I should have done Gunsmoke. Why didn’t I do that?!” But the other half of the time, Goggins explained, he just needed something to stay sane. He also plays “the Ghoul,” a …

Jenny on Holiday: Quicksand Heart review – Let’s Eat Grandma innovator’s knowing new-wave reinvention | Music

Jenny on Holiday: Quicksand Heart review – Let’s Eat Grandma innovator’s knowing new-wave reinvention | Music

Published by Sam Flores

Over the past decade, 27-year-old Jenny Hollingworth’s musical output has become steadily less strange. As half of Let’s Eat Grandma, the Norwich native started out making freaky synth-folk the arch syrupiness of which chimed with the then-nascent hyperpop scene: I, Gemini, the duo’s 2016 debut, was outsiderish juvenilia of the most thrilling variety. For its follow-up, I’m All Ears, Hollingworth and her bandmate, Rosa Walton, sharpened their songwriting skills while holding tight to their eccentricities; the result was an album of sensational futurist pop. By 2022’s Two Ribbons, they were slipping into slightly more subdued, conventional territory – albeit retaining enough idiosyncratic sonic detailing to maintain their place at the edge. The artwork for Quicksand Heart. So it takes a moment to adjust to the overt familiarity of Hollingworth’s first solo venture. Like Two Ribbons, it reflects on grief (she lost her partner in 2019) and the temporary disintegration of her lifelong friendship with Walton, except this time the introspection is set to knowingly nostalgic 1980s new wave. When the choruses don’t sparkle, Quicksand Heart …