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Peter Dinklage Is Optimistic ‘Toxic Avenger’ Reboot Will Get Released

Peter Dinklage Is Optimistic ‘Toxic Avenger’ Reboot Will Get Released

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Peter Dinklage is so proud of his The Toxic Avenger reboot that he just wants more people to finally get to see it. The Emmy-winning actor was recently asked if the film could get a wide release soon, given it was “a really big hit” after it opened the Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas, last year. “No, I’m not a producer on it. I don’t know,” Dinklage admitted to ComicBook.com. “I do want it to get out there into the world because it was a really big hit at Fantastic Fest in Austin, and Macon Blair, the writer/director who is also in The Thicket … He’s incredible. He’s one of my favorite people and favorite artists.” The Game of Thrones alum added, “So hopefully it will have its day in the toxic sun.” The Toxic Avenger, a reimagining of the original 1984 cult-favorite movie, follows Dinklage’s Winston Gooze, a janitor whose employer refuses to cover treatment for his terminal illness. But after robbing the company, Winston falls into toxic waste and aims to right society’s wrongs as the Toxic …

Starmer adviser Peter Hyman won’t join Downing Street team

Starmer adviser Peter Hyman won’t join Downing Street team

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School founder and former Blair speechwriter had played key role in drawing up PM’s core ‘missions’ School founder and former Blair speechwriter had played key role in drawing up PM’s core ‘missions’ More from this theme Recent articles Former school leader Peter Hyman will not join Sir Keir Starmer’s team in Downing Street, despite advising the prime minister during his time in opposition, Schools Week has learned. Hyman, who co-founded School 21 and set up its parent trust Big Education with Liz Robinson, is understood to have decided not to return to government, having previously worked as a speechwriter and adviser to Tony Blair. Starmer appointed Hyman to his innermost council of advisers in 2022. The former headteacher played a key role in drawing up Labour’s core “missions” and writing its manifesto. It is not clear what Hyman will do next, although he remains a trustee of Voice 21, a sister charity of the school he founded which promotes oracy. The charity recently announced that Baroness Estelle Morris, a former education secretary, will be its …

Protest, resistance and dissent: a retrospective of the art of Peter Kennard | Photography

Protest, resistance and dissent: a retrospective of the art of Peter Kennard | Photography

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Even as he hangs work for a retrospective at one of his childhood haunts, London’s Whitechapel Gallery, Peter Kennard seems beset by misgivings. Archive of Dissent is a celebration of 50 years of work by the UK’s foremost political artist, yet he admits to a “ sense of failure of making work like this”. He rallies despite himself, saying “but that is also the impetus to go on making it”. Kennard is responsible for some of the past half-century’s most potent images of protest, resistance and dissent. Radicalised as a student by the events of 1968 and the demonstrations against the war in Vietnam, he began making photomontages in the early 70s, going on to produce graphic, insurgent work for a range of left-wing causes and organisations, human rights groups, and environmental concerns, including CND, Amnesty International, the Stop the War coalition and the Anti-Apartheid Movement. Naomi Klein said his work “perfectly captures the brutal asymmetries of our age”. John Berger described him as a “master of the medium of photomontage” whose art cannot be …

Peter Schiff: Rate Hikes On The Horizon?

Peter Schiff: Rate Hikes On The Horizon?

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Via SchiffGold.com, Peter’s back to recap the last week in markets and economic news. This episode starts with April’s dismal stock performance and also discusses Jerome Powell’s most recent appearance. Peter wraps up the episode by recounting the Bitcoin debate he participated in on Friday. Peter notes that April’s losses in the stock market were in part created by doubt about the Fed’s future rate cuts: “The reason for that was heightened talk not just about the Fed not cutting rates, but for the first time, I heard people discussing the possibility that the Fed might have to raise rates, that the next move may in fact be a hike and not a cut. Now that‘s the first time that I’ve heard any mainstream discussion of that possibility. … I’ve been saying that that is the correct policy. If the Fed really is data-dependent, and if the Fed really wants to fight inflation, based on the data, they should resume their hikes.” Despite this possibility, markets are unduly optimistic. The Fed’s historical record is not very successful, even decades …

The Hunt for Gollum: Peter Jackson and Andy Serkis to work on new Lord of the Rings film | Film

The Hunt for Gollum: Peter Jackson and Andy Serkis to work on new Lord of the Rings film | Film

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Peter Jackson and Andy Serkis are working on a new Lord of the Rings film due to release in 2026, it has been announced. In a statement, Warner Bros said that the first of a new set of Lord of the Rings films, The Hunt for Gollum, will be directed by and star Serkis, and be produced by Jackson. David Zaslav, CEO of Warner Bros Discovery, had earlier told a conference call with investors that the film is “now in the early stages of script development” and that Jackson, along with writing partners Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens, “will be involved every step of the way”. The film, he said, would “explore storylines yet to be told”. Zaslav added: “Lord of the Rings is one of the most successful and revered franchises in history and presents a significant opportunity for theatrical business.” In the statement, Jackson, Walsh and Boyens said: “It is an honour and a privilege to travel back to Middle-earth with our good friend and collaborator, Andy Serkis, who has unfinished business with …

New Lord of the Rings Movies Coming from Peter Jackson in 2026

New Lord of the Rings Movies Coming from Peter Jackson in 2026

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Warner Bros. has made it official: It will be returning to Middle-earth. On Warner Bros. Discovery’s first-quarter earnings conference call on Thursday, CEO David Zaslav said that the company is “now in the early stages of script development” for new Lord of the Rings movies, which he says they “anticipate releasing in 2026” and will “explore storylines yet to be told.” The first film, from New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. Pictures, will be called Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum (working title), with Andy Serkis set to star and direct the feature, Zaslav says that director Peter Jackson and his longtime writing partners Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens “will be involved every step of the way.” Boyens and Walsh will write the screenplay. The deal covers two films in the franchise. “It is an honor and a privilege to travel back to Middle-earth with our good friend and collaborator, Andy Serkis, who has unfinished business with that stinker — Gollum!,” Jackson, Boyens and Walsh said in a statement. “As life long fans of …

Mandelson firm worked for campaign critics say would hinder Post Office-style lawsuits | Peter Mandelson

Mandelson firm worked for campaign critics say would hinder Post Office-style lawsuits | Peter Mandelson

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The advisory firm founded by Peter Mandelson has worked for a campaign that critics say would stifle mass lawsuits such as that taken recently by post office operators against the Post Office. The Labour peer, who has advised Keir Starmer, serves as president of Global Counsel, a strategic advisory company that he established and part owns. One of Global Counsel’s senior advisers, Seema Kennedy, a former Conservative MP, has twice written to Alex Chalk, the justice secretary, opposing reform to legislation on class action-style lawsuits. Ministers are legislating to safeguard people’s ability to raise external funding to pay for mass lawsuits against big businesses, such as the action being brought against the Post Office over the Horizon IT scandal. Chalk introduced the law in March after an appeal from Alan Bates, the former post office operator who led the campaign that exposed the scandal. The post office operators’ action was only possible because it had the backing of a third-party litigation funder. The legislation, which is going through parliament and applies to England and Wales, …

Peter Andre’s wife Emily shares intimate breastfeeding photo with baby Arabella

Peter Andre’s wife Emily shares intimate breastfeeding photo with baby Arabella

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Shortly after revealing her newborn baby’s name, Emily Andre took to Instagram to share an intimate picture from her hospital bed as she opened up about the birth for the first time.  To mark International Day of the Midwife on Sunday, the NHS doctor – who is married to Peter Andre – released a candid photo of her breastfeeding baby Arabella and explained how lucky she felt to have the help and support from her midwives.  © InstagramEmily Andre shared this empowering image of herself breastfeeding baby Arabella “I wanted to mark International Day of the Midwife by taking the opportunity to give a huge thanks to the amazing team of midwives who have looked after me so well during my pregnancies, births and postnatally,” she wrote.  “Today is a great opportunity to recognise and celebrate the wonderful work done by midwives across the country.”  The heartwarming image showed Emily, 34, doting on her newborn daughter while feeding her, no doubt moments after giving birth.  You may also likeWATCH: Peter Andre gushes over newborn baby …

Mariska Hargitay supported by husband Peter Hermann in major achievement

Mariska Hargitay supported by husband Peter Hermann in major achievement

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Mariska Hargitay was in good company as her husband Peter Hermann made a rare appearance to support her latest achievement. As the Law & Order SVU star attended Variety’s Power Of Women event at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, her former co-star attended alongside in support of her recognition. © Jamie McCarthyPeter was sure to capture the significant occasion The couple sat down, with Peter playing the important role of photographer to capture Mariska’s special moment. After an introduction from close friend and star actress Glenn Close, Mariska took to the stage to discuss something incredibly pertinent: listening to survivors. She started her speech by announcing “I want to talk today about reversing convictions”. © Jamie McCarthyPeter embraces Mariska “It’s impossible to reverse my conviction that survivors matter, that what happened to us matters, and that our society must respond to survivors more compassionately, more holistically, with a deeper, more nuanced understanding of what healing means”, she said. Mariska then called upon those in the industry to “use your power as a catalyst for …

After the local election results, how confident should Labour feel about the next election? Our panel responds | Rafael Behr, Katy Balls, Nadeine Asbali, John McDonnell, Dal Babu, Sarah Longlands, Peter Kellner and Archie MacKay

After the local election results, how confident should Labour feel about the next election? Our panel responds | Rafael Behr, Katy Balls, Nadeine Asbali, John McDonnell, Dal Babu, Sarah Longlands, Peter Kellner and Archie MacKay

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Rafael Behr: The Tories haven’t yet plummeted to inconceivable depths – but they’re not far off Looking for a national picture in local council and byelection results always calls to mind the old joke about two drunkards scouring the pavement under a streetlamp. “Are you sure this is where you dropped your keys?” says one. “No,” says the other, “but this is where the light is.” In the zone of partial illumination things look bad for the Tories. They have already shed scores of council seats. The loss of Blackpool South, with a 26-point swing to Labour (the third biggest ever), is consistent with a pattern of byelection batterings that has put Keir Starmer on a safe trajectory towards Downing Street. Since there was speculation that the Reform party could come second in Blackpool, the Tories might eke dismal consolation in having avoided third place, but only just – by 117 votes. Reform’s 17% vote share is its best byelection performance to date but not the upset it was hoping for in a seat that …