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Never Mind Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey' — The Unexpected Design Destinations Found Hiding in Its Filming Locations Make for the Journey of a Lifetime

We've retraced the steps of the director and its crew so you don't have to, and uncovered six interior and lifestyle gems not to be missed along the way

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Lupita Nyong’o responds to backlash over The Odyssey role: ‘This is a mythological story’

Actor plays dual role as Helen of Troy and her sister Clytemnestra in Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of Homer’s epic

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I Know Homer's The Odyssey Quite Well, And I Love The Tweaks That Christopher Nolan Is Making

Let Nolan cook.

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Alec Baldwin hits back after Elon Musk attacks Lupita Nyong’o casting in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey

Alec Baldwin has publicly defended Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o after Elon Musk and commentator Matt Walsh criticised her role as Helen of Troy in Christopher Nolan’s hotly anticipated adaptation of The Odyssey.

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Physicists have measured ‘negative time’ in the lab

As Homer tells us, Odysseus made an epic journey, against the odds, from Troy to his home in Ithaca. He visited many lands, but mostly dwelt with the nymph Calypso on her island.

The Conversation

Yann Martel: ‘I hate the rich people of this world – of which I’m one, because of Life of Pi’

The Canadian author on good writing advice from Martin Amis, his love for digging and getting rid of billionaires

The Guardian - AU

Horse swept away in a fast-moving flood in Illinois rescued after eight hours

Crews from Morengo fire and rescue built a makeshift raft to get Troy, who was stuck in 15ft deep creek, safely to shore

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Will Heated Rivalry Season 2 Stay Faithful To The Books? The Show's Creator Weighed In

In Jacob Tierney we trust.

Cinemablend

Marty Supreme’s ping-pong thrills grip but the theatre plot really smashes it

In Josh Safdie’s film, the worlds of sport and the stage are aligned – with the stakes higher for Gwyneth Paltrow’s former screen star, now on Broadway, than for Timothée Chalamet’s table-tennis hotshot

The Guardian - UK

Animol review – gritty young offenders drama challenges conventional machismo

Institutional menace and an idealistic take on redemption sit side-by-side in Top Boy actor Ashley Walters’ empathic and occasionally over-earnest film

The Guardian - UK

The Epstein Files Are Becoming a Witch Hunt

"This type of broad reveal of criminal investigative files, released to a rabid media, will absolutely result in innocent people being hurt," warned Clay Higgins.

Reason

Why is Elon Musk taking aim at Christopher Nolan's casting decisions for 'The Odyssey'?

Elon Musk is mad at the thought that Helen of Troy could be played by a Black actress, saying that Oscar winning director Christopher Nolan “has lost his integrity” over the casting of the peerless Lupita Nyong’o.

Euronews

Emmerdale actor Joshua Richards wept over modern slavery plot

Richards, who has appeared in Hollywood films including Troy and King Arthur: Excalibur Rising, said the issue of modern slavery is ‘horrifying’.

Evening Standard

Unpacking The Odyssey Trailer With Vague but Confident High School Knowledge

To be fair, I'd watch Christopher Nolan direct the phone book.

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Inverse

6 Years Later, Christopher Nolan's Next Epic Is Repeating His Favorite Trick

'The Odyssey' is getting a prologue exclusively in theaters.

The Guardian - AU

Seven years after Toyah Cordingley’s murder, her killer’s sentencing brings Cairns a sense of ‘bittersweet relief’

Rajwinder Singh was set a non-parole period of 25 years for the ‘shocking, sickening and depraved’ crime

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Sir Christopher Nolan nearly helmed Brad Pitt’s Troy before directing The Odyssey

Long before helming The Odyssey, Sir Christopher Nolan had been attached to direct the 2004 Greek mythology blockbuster Troy.

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I'd Be Nervous To Audition For Denzel Washington, But One Actor Apparently Wasn't Fazed: ‘It’s Important Even For Him’

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Total Film

Christopher Nolan almost came close to directing an ancient epic before The Odyssey, but got Batman Begins instead

"It was a world that I was very interested to explore. So it’s been at the back of my mind for a very long time."

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It Turns Out Batman Begins Was A ‘Consolation Prize’ For Christopher Nolan Being Passed Over On Another Major Movie, And I’m Shook

I'm glad it turned out the way it did.

The Guardian - AU

Happiness review – Schitt’s Creek meets Glee in charming Kiwi musical comedy

Rebecca Gibney and Harry McNaughton lead an ensemble cast in a scrappy, joyful comedy about amateur musical theatre

AAP

Selwood steps away from AFL after heartbreaking year

Magpies assistant Scott Selwood says he will spend time travelling and exploring other opportunities in 2026 after losing two of his brothers this year.

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Young Woman Speaks Out About The Horror Of Dubai’s Infamous “Porta Potty Parties”

“They want somebody who is going to cry and scream and run,” said one victim, who spoke about the notorious “Porta Potty parties” in Dubai.

The Guardian - UK

Croft originals: the chefs reviving Isle of Mull’s food scene

Field-to-fork farmers on the Scottish island are restoring abandoned crofts and serving home-grown produce and freshly caught seafood in their homesteads

The Guardian - AU

Troy review – this fresh Australian take on Homer’s Iliad is a monumental triumph

Malthouse, MelbourneTom Wright’s production is the best thing Malthouse has produced in years: shocking, chilling, funny and often breathtakingly beautiful

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