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‘You and the Atom Bomb’: how George Orwell’s 1945 essay predicted the Cold War and nuclear proliferation

August 2025 marked the 80th anniversary of the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Just a month after the attacks, on 19 October 1945, George Orwell published an essay in the London Tribune, entitled “You and the Atom Bomb”. In it, he surmised what if “the great nations make…

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“Let me just put this record on and clear the room! Or play it to a girlfriend and then wonder why she threw herself out the window”: Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson on the cult prog rock mavericks who inspired him – but were too out-there to be successful

They played a gig at Bruce Dickinson’s school when he was 15 years old

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James Cameron calls Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer a ‘moral cop-out’

The Titanic director, who is planning an adaptation of nonfiction book Ghosts of Hiroshima, says Nolan’s film ‘dodged the subject’ of the atomic bomb’s devastating impact on that city

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has been called the ‘AI Oppenheimer’ – but he dismisses concerns: AI is just ‘processing data’

Jensen Huang believes questions of whether artificial intelligence could destroy humanity are fear-mongering – and get in the way of progress. The founder of Nvidia, which makes the computer chips enabling AI such as ChatGPT, he was rankled when a journalist wondered if he is “an AI Robert Oppenheimer”. He’s…

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‘Oppenheimer’ Star Emma Dumont Comes Out As A Trans Masculine Non-Binary Person, Reveals New Name

Emma Dumont, recognized for her role in 'Oppenheimer,' has come out as a trans masculine non-binary person who goes by a different name with loved ones. The post ‘Oppenheimer’ Star Emma Dumont Comes Out As A Trans Masculine Non-Binary Person, Reveals New Name first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Catherine McKinnon’s panoramic new novel presents a gritty view of war’s complexities

Catherine McKinnon graduated from Flinders University Drama Centre, South Australia, and was a founding member of the Red Shed Theatre Company, where she worked as writer and director.

The Conversation

Vienna Conference Urges Regulation Of AI Weapons

The world should establish a set of rules to regulate AI weapons while they're still in their infancy, a global conference said on Tuesday, calling the issue an "Oppenheimer moment" of the time.

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Politics and pass-overs: On the 96th Academy Awards

Politics ruffled the smooth surface and cautious decorum of the 96th Academy Awards

The Hindu

Country diary: A brilliant flash of luck as I was looking west

Holyhead, Anglesey: The ‘green flash’ phenomenon is rarely seen, and is as beautiful as you might expect, but also strangely discomfiting

The Guardian - UK

Julianne Moore, Jane Fonda and Emma Thompson among stars asking to ‘make nukes history’

Coalition of celebrities, also including J Robert Oppenheimer’s grandson, comes together for an open letter imploring global leaders to disarm

The Guardian - US

Oppenheimer wins big at Screen Actors Guild Awards, boosting Oscar hopes

Christopher Nolan’s historical epic picks up top honour for outstanding cast in advance of next month’s Oscars.

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Oscars nominations 2024: Oppenheimer eclipses Scorsese, Poor Things – and Barbie

Christopher Nolan’s atomic biopic takes 13 nominations followed by Yorgos Lanthimos’s feminist fantasy with 11. Meanwhile, Killers of the Flower Moon comes away with 10 nods – but Barbie winds up with eight

The Guardian - UK

All of our predictions for Oscars 2024 nominations – let's speculate!

From frontrunners to wildcards, here's who could triumph at the prestigious film awards

Evening Standard

Notes on a scandal: how accurate should biopics be?

Lisa Marie Presley was furious at Sofia Coppola’s film and the real inspirations of May December have few kind words for it. We look at the knotty problems film-makers face with ‘true’ stories

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From Oppenheimer to The Bear, here's where to stream the 81st Golden Globes' 4 biggest winners

The first big awards ceremony of 2024 was one to remember for this critically-acclaimed quartet.

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French film ‘Anatomy of a fall’ wins best screenplay, foreign film at Golden Globes

The French film ‘Anatomy of a fall’ won two Golden Globes at an awards ceremony dominated by the biopic 'Oppenheimer'.

WhatToWatch

Top 10 movie and TV costumes of 2023

We break down the top 10 memorable film and TV costumes from 2023, from Barbie to The Bear and more.

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Christopher Nolan Shares ‘The Crazy Thing’ About Oppenheimer’s Box Office Dominance And How He Feels About Movies Still Going To Theaters

Christopher Nolan talks about “the crazy thing” of Oppenheimer’s box office records and about movies still hitting theaters.

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Golden Globes nominations 2024: Barbie leads the pack with Oppenheimer hot on heels

Greta Gerwig’s neon comedy lands nine nominations, trailed by Christopher Nolan’s atomic biopic with eight, while Emma Stone-starring fantasy Poor Things and Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon both take seven

The Independent UK

New Jersey is the US state no one thinks to visit – here’s why you should

There’s more to this unsung destination than ‘The Sopranos’ and Bruce Springsteen. Ellie Seymour discovers a state of bite-sized distances and diverse cultural, natural and culinary surprises

Bored Panda

60 Hilarious Memes About Historical Moments To Teach You Something As You Cackle

See how many of these stories from history you knew already.

The Guardian - UK

British Museum ends terrible year as punchline in Christmas cracker joke

Elon Musk and Barbie film also feature in list of 10 most popular jokes in contest run by TV channel Gold

Cinemablend

Christopher Nolan Recalls Sneaking Into A Movie Theater On Oppenheimer’s Opening Night And Watching Fans’ Reactions

Following the smash summer success of Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer, the filmmaker shares what he noticed when he saw it on the big screen.

The Hindu

When Einstein had something to do with Barbie

You can imagine the scene. Robert Oppenheimer, friend of Einstein and father of the atomic bomb expresses his anguish as the test proves successful and the mushroom cloud rises into the air. While he quotes from the Gita, “I have become death, destroyer of worlds”, the audience at the Chattisgarh…

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Oppenheimer often used Sanskrit verses, and the Bhagavad Gita was special for him − but not in the way Christopher Nolan's film depicts it

A scene in the film “Oppenheimer,” in which the physicist is quoting a Bhagavad Gita verse while making love, has upset some Hindus. The information commissioner of the Indian government, Uday Mahurkar, said in an open letter the scene was a “direct assault on religious beliefs of a billion tolerant…

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