33 h. ago ‘All of his guns will do nothing for him’: lefty preppers are taking a different approach to doomsday

Liberals in the US make up about 15% of the prepping scene and their numbers are growing. Their fears differ from their better-known rightwing counterparts – as do their methodsOne afternoon in February, hoping to survive the apocalypse or at least avoid finding myself among its earliest victims, I logged on to an online course entitled Ruggedize Your Life: The Basics.Some of my classmates had activated their cameras. I scrolled through the little windows, noting the alarmed faces, downcast in cold laptop light. There were dozens of us on the call, including a geophysicist, an actor, a retired financial adviser and a civil engineer. We all looked worried, and rightly so. The issue formerly known as climate change was now a polycrisis called climate collapse. H1N1 was busily jumping from birds to cows to people. And with each passing day, as Donald Trump went about gleefully dismantling state capacity, the promise of a competent government response to the next hurricane, wildfire, fl...

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64 h. ago Cate Blanchett’s retiring from acting? I’ll believe it when I see it | Michael Sun

When even Daniel Day-Lewis is out of retirement, you have to start wondering whether actors just like messing with peopleCate Blanchett is an actor’s actor. Cate Blanchett is the type of actor whose characters – flinty, steely, sly, sophisticated – are hardly distinguishable from the person herself. She speaks with the jarringly refined accent of an alien trained only on stage melodramas. She does not laugh; she titters. She does not walk; she glides. She does not debase herself with the prosaic concerns of you or I.This is why it is very hard to believe that she is “giving up”. In an interview with the Radio Times on Monday, Blanchett suggested she was no longer an actor. “My family roll their eyes every time I say it, but I mean it. I am serious about giving up acting,” she said. “[There are] a lot of things I want to do with my life.” Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Cate Blanchett: why is the Oscar winner considering retirement?

The Australian actress says she is serious about leaving her profession behind

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3 d. ago Cobra Kai star announces her surprising retirement from acting at just 46

Just two months after her Netflix series Cobra Kai came to a close, a beloved actress is announcing her retirement at just 46 years of age.

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3 d. ago ‘I’m giving up’: Cate Blanchett says she is retiring from acting

The actor has a string of films on the way, but insists her plan to quit is ‘serious’ and she has other plans for her lifeCate Blanchett says that she is “giving up” acting to do other things “with [her] life”.In an interview with Radio Times, Blanchett suggested she was uncertain over calling herself an “actress”, saying: “It’s because I’m giving up.” Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Cate Blanchett, 55, announces plans to retire from acting as she insists she's 'serious about giving up'the profession

She has been treading the boards for over three decades, but Cate Blanchett has declared that she is to retire from acting.

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4 d. ago Cate Blanchett stuns fans by saying she’s ‘serious about giving up acting’

The star has spoken about stepping out of the limelight to focus on other passions

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4 d. ago Actress Cate Blanchett says she is ‘serious about giving up acting’

The Lord Of The Rings star also explained how she was still not fully comfortable with being a celebrity.

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1 week ago Cate Blanchett, Adrien Brody, Idris Elba and More Shine at London’s Olivier Awards 2025

Cate Blanchett, Adrien Brody, Idris Elba and More Shine at London’s Olivier Awards 2025  Yahoo

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1 week ago Stars so bright you gotta wear shades: backstage at the Olivier awards 2025 – in pictures

Guardian photographer David Levene was at the Royal Albert Hall to snap Cate Blanchett, John Lithgow, Lesley Manville, Naomi Campbell and many moreGiant, Benjamin Button and Fiddler on the Roof triumphFull list of winners‘To my wife for managing my vast collection of neuroses!’ – best quotes Continue reading...

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1 week ago Elizabeth Debicki stuns in a flowing white gown as she joins glam Cate Blanchett, and Best Actor nominee Adrien Brody and girlfriend Georgina Chapman at the glitzy Olivier Awards

Elizabeth Debicki flashed a hint of sideboob in a flowing white gown as she led the stars on the red carpet at the 2025 Olivier Awards on Sunday.

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1 week ago Adrien Brody and Cate Blanchett among stars attending Olivier Awards

The event is being co-hosted by British singer Beverley Knight and US star Billy Porter.

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1 week ago Prince William is joined by Hannah Waddingham, Cate Blanchett and a VERY excited David Beckham as he announces major 2025 event in Brazil

Prince William was joined by a host of celebrities to announce that he would take the annual awards ceremony for his multi-million pound environmental prize to Brazil this year.

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1 week ago Chris Hemsworth reveals the one US actress he was intimidated to work with

He's worked alongside the likes of Cate Blanchett, Natalie Portman, and Scarlett Johansson, but Chris Hemsworth admits he was 'very intimated' by this Hollywood actress.

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2 w. ago Cate Blanchett, Heston Blumenthal, FKA twigs: best original Observer photography

From Heston Blumenthal on the bipolar diagnosis that saved his life to FKA twigs and Charlotte Church on her retreat space in Wales: the best original photographs from the Observer commissioned in March 2025 Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Dressing Naomi Campbell, Cate Blanchett and a show inside a skirt: Martin Grant’s 40

From 1980s Melbourne to 2020s Paris, the Australian fashion designer reflects on some of the highlights of his career, featured in a major retrospective at the National Gallery of VictoriaMartin Grant exhibition is at the Ian Potter Centre, NGV in Melbourne from 25 March 2025 to 26 January 2026Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Gerard Depardieu announces he will RETIRE from acting as he denies sexual assault charges

The 76-year-old made the announcement from the dock on Tuesday as he was cross-examined on the second day of his criminal trial at the Paris Correctional Court.

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3 w. ago Despite my best efforts, my patient suffers. When we feel thwarted by nature all we can do is cling to hope | Ranjana Srivastava

My patient, a keen gardener, gave me a seedling. Neither of us could have imagined the plant’s journey would mirror that of her life‘You can’t get this wrong, they grow by themselves!’ she laughs.I love a lush garden and dream of being surrounded by the cacophony of flowers, bees and butterflies that were a staple of my Indian childhood. But I am reconciled that the decidedly meditative act of sowing, tending and reaping must wait until retirement. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago How a plant’s failure to thrive unexpectedly mirrored the life of my cancer patient | Ranjana Srivastava

Despite my best efforts, my patient suffers. When we feel thwarted by nature all we can do is cling to hope“You can’t get this wrong, they grow by themselves!” she laughs.I love a lush garden and dream of being surrounded by the cacophony of flowers, bees and butterflies that were a staple of my Indian childhood. But I am reconciled that the decidedly meditative act of sowing, tending and reaping must wait until retirement. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago 'The Thames is in trouble': Sir Steve Redgrave says river needs urgent action on pollution

Retired Olympic rowing champion demands action to end ‘pollution for profit’ by water companies

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