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Del Toro wanted to make a film which “celebrates disobedience,” and he explained why at an event prior to the film’s world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival in October, which Newsweek attended. Why Guillermo del Toro Wants ‘Pinocchio’ to ‘Celebrate Disobedience’ In del Toro’s reimagining of the fairytale, Pinocchio has to contend with not only the forces around him but also the dangers that comes from living under the thumb of Benito Mussolini’s fascist regime in World War II....

The recent Census numbers reflect what we already know: there is extraordinary turmoil and dysfunction in families today. What has caused this? Time pressure is one reason. With the “in touch” world we live in, the outside world intrudes on every waking hour. Time formerly spent in family activities is now spent on the computer, in front of the television, on the phone, in the car and at the mall....

According to Dragon Quest game designer Yuji Horii, Dragon Quest 12 will feature dark, mature content, and force players to make various decisions to determine their way of life. This sounds like a dramatic shift from the typical lighthearted good-versus-evil fantasy tone of Dragon Quest, and mirrors a trend in gaming over the past couple console generations to aim for darker themes. This seems like a fairly common trend, and there are several good reasons why....

India has a good chance of winning Test series in Australia if their batsmen put up a better show than they did in England. And considering that India need someone with the experience and class like Rohit Sharma in the middle order. Following are the main reasons why Rohit Sharma is must for Test series in Australia. Failures of Rahane and Pujara overseas test matches: During the overseas tours in 2013-2014, Ajinkya Rahane played a vital role in middle order for India scoring crucial runs whenever the team was in trouble....

Indian cricket misses him more than Tendulkar or Sehwag since their respective retirements. Currently, the Indian team has a lot of stroke-makers like Dhawan, K L Rahul, and others. They have one of the best batsman of the modern game in Virat Kohli but they don’t have a Dravid fashioned player who stays strong when the chips are down. He was a treat to watch when batting at his usual position of #3....

In spite of all these failures, the confidence of the team management in the same batting line-up is baffling, to say the least. Not even once the team management has acknowledged the need for overhauling this consistently failing batting line-up nor did they mention the need to question the technique and temperament of some of the batsmen in the team. Confidence is a two-edged sword, it works fine in moderate quantity, but, too much confidence can often make people overlook some of the areas which need immediate work....

Interestingly, CNN’s streaming service will be nixed after an exact month of its release. As per Variety, WB Discovery is set to shut the service down on April 30. It was launched on March 29. Meanwhile, the publication further reported that current Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav was unhappy with Jason Kilar’s (the former Time Warner CEO) decision to launch the CNN streaming platform just weeks away from completing the mergers....

News broke ahead of their matchup with the Timberwolves on Friday that the Lakers were planning to bring Russell Westbrook off the bench and feature him in a reserve role “for the foreseeable future.” A nine-time All-Star and one-time MVP, Westbrook has started every game he’s appeared in since his rookie season. The Lakers brought him off the bench for one preseason game, but he started in their first three games of the regular season....

No trip to Boston would be complete without catching a Celtics game and Prince William and Catherine, the Prince and Princess of Wales, checked in to catch some hoops as part of their royal visit to the Boston area this week. Prince William and Catherine have made their first trip to the US since 2014, beginning their visit with a meeting with Boston Mayor Michelle Wu ahead of the second Earthshot Prize ceremony at MGM Music Hall on Friday....

The top of the 18-inch silver gilt prize, lifted by superstars from Bjorn Borg to Novak Djokovic, is topped with a shiny pineapple. The champions receive a three-quarter size replica of the trophy bearing the names of all the previous winners, complete with the fruit on top. What do we know about the origins of this feature? How has it changed over the centuries? It’s time to make the tropical topical....

Hussein’s son-in-law, Hussein Kamal, about Iraq’s biological weapons. But Iraq has become increasingly expert at dispersing and hiding these facilities, which are often small enough to fit into a bathroom or a van. And in a country the size of France, finding those few dozen bathrooms and vans is going to be impossible. From 1994 onward, with the exception of finds related to Hussein Kamal’s tips, the inspectors looked at more than 700 sites and got nothing....

Andy Dalton will get the nod as New Orleans’ top QB in the prime-time clash. It will mark the veteran’s fourth consecutive start, and he will be tasked with helping the Saints avoid a 2-5 start. That said, NFL fans tuning into the game will notice that the Saints’ normal starting quarterback Jameis Winston is available for this contest. He just isn’t making the start. Indeed, Winston is set to be one of three quarterbacks active for the Saints on Thursday....

James McCarthy is a player who epitomises everything that Everton as a football club stand for. Despite still being just 23, the Irishman will never shy away from a battle, he will fight for every single ball and he will run himself into the ground for the people that believe in him. Yet, when he signed for the Toffees in the summer some fans were unconvinced that he was a player who would better the side....

The singer’s contract with the nine-member girl group will end on Sunday, July 31, Pledis said in a statement. From Our Memento Box—the group’s fifth EP, released in late June—will be the final one to feature Jang. The EP broke fromis_9’s previous record for first-week sales, with 138,170 copies. Their previous mini-album Midnight Guest, released in January, had first-week sales of 104,438. Why Is Jang Gyu-ri Leaving Fromis_9? According to the Pledis statement posted on the group’s social media accounts in Korean, English, Japanese and Chinese, Jang’s departure stems from contractual and corporate changes in their management....

Baseball has a cordial grace any thoughtful person ought to find appealing. The sport also offers something else: its action is easy to understand, especially for highbrow types unlikely themselves to have played sports at a competitive level. ““There exists a common misconception that baseball is full of byzantine strategies that only the most sophisticated observer can grasp,’’ says Jeff Klein, sports editor of The Village Voice. ““That just isn’t true....

Orca have been known to prey on whale species larger than themselves and they are the only known predators of great white sharks. Their diet also consists of seals, fish and sea birds. These apex predators, which can can reach sizes of more than 30 feet in length and weigh up to 11 tons, would make light work of any human in the water, if they were so inclined....

He’s yet to receive a singles push having made his comeback into the main roster, though when he is granted one, it has the potential to be a significant one in his career. This all dates back to 2009, when Drew made his debut at the company on SmackDown. Vince McMahon introduced him as “The Chosen One”, as well as a future world champion. Capturing the Intercontinental championship, he most notably formed a group alongside Heath Slater and Jinder Mahal as 3MB....

Episodes in the highly anticipated new series drop every Wednesday on Hulu, with a two-episode premiere taking place on September 14. Most of the main cast have returned including Elisabeth Moss as June Osborne, Samira Wiley as Moira Strand, and Yvonne Strahovski as Serena Joy. However, fans will have noticed the absence of Gilead rebel Emily/Ofglen, played by Alexis Bledel, 40. Newsweek has everything you need to know about Bledel’s exit and what happened to her character, Emily....

The British socialite is accused of grooming minors for her former lover to abuse. She has pleaded not guilty. Among government witnesses, one alleged victim, Annie Farmer, said Maxwell groped her during a massage when she was 16 years old. The prosecution is now over and the defense case due to begin. However, Maxwell herself is unlikely to take the stand. A family spokesperson told The Daily Telegraph: “Ghislaine Maxwell is unlikely to testify at her own trial over serious worries she is too fragile and will not be able to acquit herself properly....

In June 2022, Maxwell was jailed for trafficking girls for Jeffrey Epstein to abuse, and has now given an interview seven months on by telephone to Talk TV from prison. A clip released by the Rupert Murdoch-owned channel showed the British socialite saying: “It’s a fake. I don’t believe it’s real for a second, in fact I’m sure it’s not. Well, there’s never been an original and further there’s no photograph and I’ve only ever seen a photocopy of it....