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Thor: Love and Thunder gets new UK release date following full-length trailer release

Delightful cross-dimensional shenangians beckon for the God of Thunder

Evening Standard

"Our Flag Means Death's" pirate accuracy

HBO Max's comedy chronicles the life of a gentleman pirate who runs into Blackbeard, played by Taika Waititi

Salon

Archibald prize 2022: Blak Douglas wins $100,000 for portrait of Lismore artist Karla Dickens

The unanimous decision was announced on Friday at the Art Gallery of NSW, where all finalists will be exhibited from 14 May

The Guardian - AU

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Sydney News: Rail unions and state government in gridlock over new train rollout timeline

MORNING BRIEFING: Talks aimed to stop industrial action have hit a snag after five weeks of enterprise agreement negotiations between rail unions and the State Government.

ABC News

'Thor: Love and Thunder' interview reveals a disappointing Jane Foster detail

Taika Waititi might be introducing The Mighty Thor, but we may not get as much of her story as we think.

Inverse

Super bad: who is the greatest ever Marvel supervillain?

Director Taika Waititi reckons it’s Christian Bale as Gorr the God Butcher in the forthcoming Thor: Love and Thunder. But what about Thanos? Or Loki? And who else is in the running?

The Guardian - UK

The Archibald 2022 finalists: sitters speaking up to power; artists speaking back to the canon

For those seeking refuge from the election, the 101st Archibald Prize is almost a politician-free zone. Unless you count Joanna Braithwaite’s amusingly titled McManusstan, a portrait of bird lover Sally McManus. Former Labor minister Peter Garrett painted by Anh Do is in the line up – but more accurately described…

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Movies Love a Comeback Story. This Summer, it’s Their Turn.

This summer at the movies, Tom Cruise is back in the cockpit behind those iconic aviators. Doctors Grant, Sattler and Ian Malcolm are returning for another round with the dinosaurs. Natalie Portman is picking up Thor’s hammer. And Jordan Peele is poised to terrify us with the unknown. Again. Hollywood…

Asharq Al-Awsat

This Archibald Portrait Of Ultimate Daddy Taika Waititi Just Won A Prize & BRB Gonna Heist It

Ocean's Nine, let's go.

Pedestrian.tv

Thor: Love and Thunder director Taika Waititi makes huge claim about Christian Bale’s villain

Waititi didn’t hold back when talking about the actor’s performance

The Independent UK

Taika Waititi portrait wins packing room prize at 2022 Archibalds

New Zealand-born artist Claus Stangl wins prize decided by gallery staff with painting of Academy Award-winning director

The Guardian - AU

Archibald packers pick Waititi portrait

Sydney-based artist Claus Stangl has won the Archibald Packing Room Prize for his portrait of Academy Award-winning director Taika Waititi.

AAP

Archibald Packing Room Prize goes to portrait of Taika Waititi by emerging artist Claus Stangl

Claus Stangl's portrait is one of 52 finalists in one of Australia's longest-running and richest awards, with a prize pool of $100,000, unveiled Thursday morning.

ABC News

Movies love a comeback story. This summer, it's their turn.

Hollywood is bringing out some of its biggest and most reliable players for the 2022 summer movie season, which unofficially kicks off this weekend with the help of Marvel and Disney’s “Doctor Strange and the Multitverse of Madness” and runs through the end of August

The Independent UK

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Gentleman pirates, shipwrecks and Stede Bonnet: what Our Flag Means Death gets right about the Golden Age of Piracy

HBO’s new show Our Flag Means Death has brought the Golden Age of Piracy to life on TV, chronicling the life of the bumbling gentleman pirate, Stede Bonnet.

The Guardian - UK

Will Natalie Portman’s Thor mean the end of Chris Hemsworth’s take? Not necessarily

A new trailer for Thor: Love and Thunder hints at the dilemma for director Taika Waititi’s next edition of the superhero franchise

The Guardian - UK

Norse code: are white supremacists reading too much into The Northman?

Robert Eggers’ Viking blockbuster has already been hailed by white nationalists keen to exploit European mythology. Can Hollywood tell historical tales without unwittingly appealing to toxic ideologies?

Daily Mirror

Rita Ora wears black bikini and covers body with mud as she enjoys beach day in Hawaii

The Voice coach Rita Ora looked out of this world as she shared a few bikini snaps from her day out on the beach in Hawaii

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Manchester Evening News

What happens in the Thor: Love and Thunder teaser trailer and when is it out in cinemas?

Alongside Chris Hemsworth's return to Thor, fans got their first look at Natalie Portman as Lady Thor

Evening Standard

Fans get first glimpse of Natalie Portman as Jane in new picture from Thor: Love and Thunder

Girl power is here to slay in the latest instalment of the Thor films

Pedestrian.tv

The First Love And Thunder Teaser Is Here & It’s Sparked A Hot Debate About Thor’s Sexuality

Thort so!

Los Angeles Times

Sleeper hit 'Our Flag Means Death' left us hanging. Season 2 would 'reorient' things

The little pirate show that could, "Our Flag Means Death," has turned out to be anything but little — in terms of both ambition and viewer appeal. Part romantic comedy, part period piece, the series is surprisingly large in scope, and it's swiftly emerged as a sleeper hit: Since its…

Chicago Tribune

‘Our Flag Means Death’ review: Pirates in love, but don’t ask about the captain’s plantation

What if two real-life 18th-century pirate captains didn’t just cross paths, but fell in love? That’s the slow-burning premise of “Our Flag Means Death,” the HBO Max comedy series that premiered last month starring Rhys Darby as the blundering gentleman pirate Stede Bonnet and Taika Waititi as the fearsome Blackbeard,…

Wales Online

Picture shows moment shocked Hollywood stars watched Will Smith hit Chris Rock

Taika Waititi's face says it all as table with GI Joe and People v OJ stars react to incident

Los Angeles Times

Review: Pirates are no stranger to pop culture. Taika Waititi's new show adds 'polite menace'

In the fine, funny, oddly sweet and surprisingly fact-based period comedy "Our Flag Means Death," beginning Thursday on HBO Max, Rhys Darby plays Stede Bonnet, a wealthy landowner who, in 1717, bored with his life, leaves his wife and children to become a pirate captain. It's a job for which…

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