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11 Roles You’d Forgotten Josh O’Connor Played Before Challengers

11 Roles You’d Forgotten Josh O’Connor Played Before Challengers

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If you can’t stop thinking about Josh O’Connor after Challengers, you’re definitely not alone. The British actor delivered an unforgettable performance opposite Zendaya and Mike Faist in Luca Guadagnino’s thrilling new movie about a love triangle among three skilled tennis players. Josh was already very much on the rise after his Emmy-winning performance as a young King Charles in The Crown – along with memorable roles in films like Emma, starring Anya Taylor-Joy, and the romantic drama God’s Own Country. However, while Challengers is sending Josh’s popularity to new heights, he has actually been on the scene for longer than you might realise. Here are just some of his past roles that you’d probably forgotten seeing him in… Doctor Who (2013) Josh O’Connor in Doctor Who in the early years of his career Doctor Who fans might remember that Josh made an appearance in the much-loved sci-fi show during Matt Smith’s tenure as the Time Lord. Josh would’ve been around 23 in the season seven episode Cold War, in which he plays a soldier called …

6 Reasons for Roles in Dysfunctional Families

6 Reasons for Roles in Dysfunctional Families

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Source: Alisa Dyson / Pixabay Dysfunctional family roles often emerge organically within the family system as a response to underlying dysfunction within the family unit. In dysfunctional families, communication may be strained, emotions may be suppressed, and conflicts may go unresolved. In such environments, family members naturally adapt to their surroundings in an effort to navigate the complexities of their relationships and experiences. These adaptations often take the form of dysfunctional roles, which serve to maintain a fragile equilibrium within the family system. Because dysfunctional roles arise out of necessity rather than choice, they are often perpetuated unconsciously. For example, a child growing up in a household with a narcissistic parent may instinctively adopt the role of the scapegoat as a means of coping with constant criticism and blame. Similarly, a parent struggling with addiction may inadvertently thrust their child into the role of the caretaker, relying on them for emotional support and stability. Family Roles Can Change and Merge Over Time Dysfunctional family roles serve several purposes within the family dynamic despite their negative …

Royal Family finally conclude patronages review as King and Queen’s new roles unveiled | Royal | News

Royal Family finally conclude patronages review as King and Queen’s new roles unveiled | Royal | News

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Hundreds of charities once affiliated with the late Queen Elizabeth will finally learn who their new royal patron is, as a major review of more than 1,000 patronages and charity presidencies has finally concluded. The King and Queen will take on the bulk of the late monarch’s patronages, with Charles taking on more than 300 new patronages.  They will also continue to serve as patron to many of the charities and institutions they were affiliated to as the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall respectively. Other members of the Royal Family will also take on the patronage of a number of organisations previously supported by the late Queen, to add to their existing portfolios. The outcome of the review, announced today to coincide with the one year anniversary of the Coronation, will be shared with relevant organisations in the coming week.  It comes 18 months after the King’s accession in September 2022, with each of the late Queen’s royal patronages being sent a letter explaining there would be a review shortly after her death.  …

Ryan Gosling Avoids Darker Roles So He Can Be a Better Papi

Ryan Gosling Avoids Darker Roles So He Can Be a Better Papi

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In his review for Ryan Gosling’s new film The Fall Guy, Vanity Fair’s Richard Lawson notes that the actor’s first post-Barbie role shows Gosling “still leading with his light side.” And thank goodness for that. “This is the better form of Gosling,” writes Lawson, “mesmerizing as some of his grim, laconic performances have been.” According to Gosling, it’s also an intentional move, as he recently told the Wall Street Journal. At present, said Gosling, “I don’t really take roles that are going to put me in some kind of dark place.” Instead, he chooses roles by “trying to read the room at home and feel like what is going to be best for all of us. The decisions I make, I make them with Eva, and we make them with our family in mind first.” Eva, of course, is Eva Mendes, Gosling’s costar in the 2012 drama The Place Beyond the Pines. They share two daughters, 9-year-old Esmeralda and 8-year-old Amada, who call him “Papi,” he confirmed: “It kills me every time. There’s just nothing, …

Ryan Gosling Gets Candid About How Being A Dad Has Affected Which Roles He Says Yes To

Ryan Gosling Gets Candid About How Being A Dad Has Affected Which Roles He Says Yes To

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Ryan Gosling has claimed that he always has his family in mind when selecting roles these days. The three-time Oscar nominee is a dad to two daughters, nine-year-old Esmeralda Amada and eight-year-old Amanda Lee, who he shares with his long-term partner Eva Mendes. While Ryan has plenty of hard-hitting roles in his back catalogue, including the neo-Nazi drama The Believer and the violent action drama Drive, he’s said that more recently, he’s leaning towards lighter projects, so he can be more present with his family after a day’s shooting is over. “I don’t really take roles that are going to put me in some kind of dark place,” he told WSJ magazine. “This moment is what I feel like trying to read the room at home and feel like what is going to be best for all of us. The decisions I make, I make them with Eva and we make them with our family in mind first.” Ryan claimed this shift began with the musical La La Land, with subsequent projects including the Neil …

Ryan Gosling says he’s stopped taking roles that put him in a ‘dark place’

Ryan Gosling says he’s stopped taking roles that put him in a ‘dark place’

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Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Ryan Gosling has revealed that he now purposefully avoids acting in films that are psychologically troubling, saying: “I don’t really take roles that are going to put me in some kind of dark place.” The actor, 43, had a major box office hit playing Ken in last year’s Barbie, and can currently be seen in the action-adventureThe Fall Guy. Gosling began his career as a child as part of Disney Channel’s The Mickey Mouse Club, but distanced himself from that persona as an adult by playing a Jewish neo-Nazi in The Believer, a drug-addicted teacher in Half Nelson and a man in a relationship with a sex doll in Lars and the Real Girl. In a new interview with The Wall Street Journal Magazine, Gosling said that he now thinks about his family before accepting a role. He has two daughters below the age of 10 with fellow actor Eva …

Ryan Gosling on Why He Doesn’t Take on ‘Dark’ Movie Roles Anymore

Ryan Gosling on Why He Doesn’t Take on ‘Dark’ Movie Roles Anymore

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Ryan Gosling takes a lot into consideration before choosing his next movie role. The Oscar-nominated actor recently opened up to The Wall Street Journal about his decision to avoid taking on darker projects so that he can be present with his family. “I don’t really take roles that are going to put me in some kind of dark place,” he said. “This moment is what I feel like trying to read the room at home and feel like what is going to be best for all of us. The decisions I make, I make them with [wife] Eva [Mendes], and we make them with our family in mind first.” Gosling and Mendes, who met prior to starring together in 2012’s The Place Beyond the Pines, share two daughters, Esmeralda Amada and Amada Lee. The Barbie star added that 2016’s La La Land — which he starred in alongside Emma Stone — was the first film he signed onto with a different perspective in mind since having children. “It was just sort of like, ‘Oh, this will …

NASA orders studies from private space companies on Mars mission support roles

NASA orders studies from private space companies on Mars mission support roles

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Mars exploration has been always been the exclusive purview of national space agencies, but NASA is trying to change that, awarding a dozen research tasks to private companies as a prelude to commercial support for future missions to the Red Planet. It’s the second time in a month that the agency has shown its desire for commercial support in Mars missions, having more or less scrapped the original Mars Sample Return mission in favor of a to-be-determined alternative likely by private space companies. A total of nine companies were selected to perform twelve “concept studies” on how they could provide Mars-related services, from payload delivery to planetary imaging to communications relays. While each award is relatively small — between $200,000 and $300,000 — these studies are an important first step for NASA to better understand the costs, risks, and feasibility of commercial technologies. The companies selected are: Lockheed Martin, Impulse Space, and Firefly Aerospace for small payload delivery and hosting services; United Launch Alliance, Blue Origin, and Astrobotic for large payload delivery and hosting services; …

Obstacles remain as women seek more leadership roles in America’s Black Church

Obstacles remain as women seek more leadership roles in America’s Black Church

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(AP) – No woman had ever preached the keynote sermon at the Joint National Baptist Convention, a gathering of four historically Black Baptist denominations representing millions of people. That changed in January when the Rev. Gina Stewart took the convention stage in Memphis, Tennessee, — the Southern city home to Christ Missionary Baptist Church where she serves as senior pastor — and delivered a rousing message, asserting that Jesus not only included women in his ministry, but identified with their suffering. But what happened next put a spotlight on the obstacles women in Christian ministry continue to face as they carve out leadership space within the patriarchal culture of the Black Church in America. Several women pastors told The Associated Press that it should serve as the breaking point. “This is an example of no matter how high you rise as a woman, you’re going to meet patriarchy at the top of the hill,” said Martha Simmons, founder of Women of Color in Ministry, which helps women navigate the process of getting ordained. “The next …

12 Roles You’d Probably Forgotten Jessica Gunning Played Before Baby Reindeer

12 Roles You’d Probably Forgotten Jessica Gunning Played Before Baby Reindeer

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Jessica Gunning’s unsettling (though layered) performance in Baby Reindeer is undoubtedly one of the hit Netflix show’s strongest assets. The British actor’s portrayal of Martha in the gripping drama has already been singled out for plenty of praise, and helped introduce Jessica to a whole a new audience on both sides of the Atlantic. And while we can’t wait to see what she goes onto do next – what you might not realise is how much work you’ve probably already seen Jessica in. Here’s a selection of Jessica Gunning’s past work before her big breakthrough in Baby Reindeer… Doctor Who (2008) Impressively, one of Jessica’s first ever on-screen appearances was in Doctor Who – and arguably at the peak of the show’s popularity. She appeared in the 2008 episode Partners In Crime, which fell during David Tennant’s first tenure as the Time Lord. As well as Catherine Tate as companion Donna Noble, the episode included an impressive that past that included Billie Piper, reprising her role as Rose Tyler, as well as Sarah Lancashire and …