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Shekhar Kapur reacts as Matt Damon admits regret for not doing The Four Feathers: ‘I’d give my right arm…’

Shekhar Kapur reacts as Matt Damon admits regret for not doing The Four Feathers: ‘I’d give my right arm…’

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Recently, during The Odyssey‘s press conference in Mumbai, Hollywood star Matt Damon expressed his desire to work with Indian filmmaker Shekhar Kapur. He revealed that he was disappointed about missing the opportunity to star in one of Shekhar’s films due to a scheduling conflict. Now, in an interview with NDTV, Shekhar has responded to the actor’s remarks. Shekhar Kapur says he would give his right arm to work with Matt Damon. Shekhar Kapur on collaborating with Matt Damon Reacting to Matt’s wish to work with him, Shekhar said, “I don’t think there is a filmmaker in the world who wouldn’t give their right arm to work with an actor who has as much emotional depth as Matt Damon. Who can ever forget his famous scene with Robin Williams, ‘It’s not your fault,’ in Good Will Hunting. I must have watched it over a thousand times and been moved to tears each time.” The filmmaker added, “Events move between the past, present and the future… while time is created in our imagination… so it’s time, Matt, …

The Thing With Feathers movie review: Even Benedict Cumberbatch can’t save this heavy-handed grief drama

The Thing With Feathers movie review: Even Benedict Cumberbatch can’t save this heavy-handed grief drama

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Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Richard Boxall, Henry Boxall, Eric Lampaert Director: Dylan Southern Rating: ★★ Grief has long fascinated filmmakers, especially when it spills beyond the emotional and takes on a physical shape. From domestic nightmares to fantastical intrusions, cinema has repeatedly tried to give sorrow a body. Dylan Southern’s feature debut — The Thing With Feathers — enters this crowded space with admirable seriousness and a clear desire to unsettle, but despite its ambition and a ferociously committed central performance, the film often confuses emotional weight with sheer force. A still of Benedict Cumberbatch from The Thing with Feathers Adapted from Max Porter’s acclaimed novella Grief Is the Thing With Feathers, the story follows an unnamed London father (Benedict Cumberbatch) who has just lost his wife and is left to raise their two young sons alone. Still numb from the funeral, he forces himself through the motions of daily life—school runs, meals, work deadlines—while internally unravelling. His fragile equilibrium collapses when a towering, grotesque crow begins appearing in the house, provoking violence and insisting that …

30,000-Year-Old Vulture Feathers Discovered, Uniquely Preserved in Volcanic Ash

30,000-Year-Old Vulture Feathers Discovered, Uniquely Preserved in Volcanic Ash

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Fossilised feathers of a 30,000-year-old griffon vulture have been found in a remarkable state of preservation, with details unlike any previously recorded. The discovery, made in the Colli Albani volcanic complex near Rome, Italy, has intrigued scientists for decades. The remains, which include traces of the bird’s wing feathers and eyelids, were first unearthed in 1889. Until now, the preservation process remained unexplained. New research suggests that the feathers were encased in volcanic ash, later transforming into silicon-rich zeolite crystals, which retained the structure of the vulture’s delicate tissues. This marks the first instance of such preservation occurring in volcanic material. Unprecedented Preservation Through Zeolite Crystals According to the study published in Geology, an analysis using electron microscopes and chemical testing revealed that the feathers were fossilised in three-dimensional form. This contrasts with the usual fossilization process, where feathers leave two-dimensional carbon imprints. Previously, three-dimensional feather fossils had only been identified in amber. The research team, led by Valentina Rossi, a paleobiologist at University College Cork in Ireland, found that zeolite minerals had played a …

BJP’s Ganesh Naik hold janata durbar in Thane, ruffles Sena feathers | Mumbai news

BJP’s Ganesh Naik hold janata durbar in Thane, ruffles Sena feathers | Mumbai news

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THANE: Despite opposition from the Shiv Sena, forest minister Ganesh Naik of the BJP on Monday held a janata darbar or people’s court in Thane, the home turf of Shiv Sena chief and deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde. Naik’s durbar is being viewed in political circles as the BJP’s plan to expand in Thane, a city where the Shiv Sena has a considerable presence. BJP’s Ganesh Naik hold janata durbar in Thane, ruffles Sena feathers Senior government officers stayed away from Naik’s meeting apparently to avoid antagonising Shinde, who is Thane’s guardian minister. The city’s police commissioner, the collector of the Thane municipal corporation, the CEO of the district council, the Thane superintendent of police, the regional transport officer and the chief conservator of forests all did not turn up for the janata darbar, a programme in which a minister listens to people’s grievances and tries to address them. Shinde, whose Shiv Sena won 56 seats in the assembly polls, is attempting to further strengthen the party. The BJP too is keen on expanding its …

Benedict Cumberbatch unexpectedly sideswiped by grief in ‘Thing With Feathers’ drama | Hollywood

Benedict Cumberbatch unexpectedly sideswiped by grief in ‘Thing With Feathers’ drama | Hollywood

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BERLIN, – Benedict Cumberbatch was overtaken by grief at unexpected moments while playing a widower in his new family drama “The Thing With Feathers,” the British actor said on Tuesday in Berlin. Benedict Cumberbatch unexpectedly sideswiped by grief in ‘Thing With Feathers’ drama “Odd moments would just sideswipe me,” Cumberbatch told journalists about the film, playing in the Berlin Film Festival’s non-competitive Special section. He recalled how one scene of his character folding his dead wife’s clothes and putting them in a box caught him off guard. “I’m 48. I’ve been through a bit. I’ve lived. I’ve experienced grief,” he said. “It just really struck a chord.” Cumberbatch stars as the father of two young sons whose wife has unexpectedly died, and he begins to receive visits from a large, otherworldly crow figure that eventually forces the family to confront their grief. Part of the role involved letting go and not trying to control what grief should look like, said Cumberbatch, who made a name for himself by playing Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Strange. “It …

Bird feathers, blood in both engines: New revelations in South Korea plane crash that killed 179 | World News

Bird feathers, blood in both engines: New revelations in South Korea plane crash that killed 179 | World News

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A deadly crash of South Korean airline Jeju Air’s jet last month, that killed 179 people, was believed to have been caused due to a bird strike. Now, bird feathers and blood have been found in both the engines of the crashed jet, reported news agency Reuters, citing an unnamed source. Rescue team members work at the site of a plane crash at Muan International Airport in South Korea.(AP File Photo) However, South Korea’s transport ministry has not commented on whether such contents were found in the engines of the crashed jet. A Jeju Air flight 7C2216, which was a Boeing 737-800 plane, coming from Thailand to South Korea’s Muan International Airport suffered a devastating crash, killing 179 people onboard. The incident happened on the morning of December 29. Only two crew members survived the crash. The plane burst into flames while attempting a belly-landing at the runway and crashing into a wall. Bird strike and ‘May Day’ Minutes before landing at the runway, a bird strike was reported by one of the pilots, who …

Kangana Ranaut: Was financially supporting my family, ruffling many feathers at

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Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut has joined the viral social media trend of “lets see you at 21”, in which she said that she was supporting her family, won a National Award and ruffled many feathers. Kangana took to her Instagram stories, where she shared a throwback picture of herself when she was 21. She wrote, “Catching up with the trend of let’s see you at 21.” The actress then shared a close up photograph of herself and wrote, “Baby fat face.” In the last picture, she mentioned about what all she did when she was 21, which includes winning an award for the drama ‘Fashion’ in 2008 and financially helping her family. “I am very proud of myself at 21, I was already financially supporting my family, National Award winner and ruffling many feathers.” On the work front, Kangana, who was last seen on screen in ‘Tejas,` is gearing up for the release of her upcoming film ‘Emergency,` where she will be seen in playing the former Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi. The film …

Can a nylon shuttle match one made of feathers? IIT researchers may have answer | Badminton News

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Every time Sanjay Mittal, 55, held a badminton shuttlecock made of feathers, all he thought of was the cruelty inflicted upon birds. This got the IIT Kanpur aerospace engineering professor thinking. Could a nylon alternative replicate the flight pattern of a duck or goose feather shuttle that is used at the sport’s highest levels? Last week, Physics of Fluids, a journal by the American Institute of Physics, published a research paper by Mittal and two other Indian scientists, Darshankumar Zala and Harish Dechiraju, that explored the aerodynamic performance of nylon shuttles at different flight speeds. Their article — ‘Computational analysis of the fluid–structure interactions of a synthetic badminton shuttlecock’ — studied how air flow and speed can deform the flared skirt of the shuttle. This opens up the possibility for improved designs that can make the nylon shuttle stiffer, helping it accurately mimic a feather shuttle’s aerodynamic performance. “This could be a game-changer,” Mittal says. Mittal, who has a keen interest in aerodynamic studies in sport, started playing badminton at clubs on the IIT Kanpur …

Feathers and fortunes at stake

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Paddy fields in several Andhra Pradesh villages are set to turn battlefields during the three-day Sankranthi festival as the tradition of cockfighting takes centre stage. As concerns for animal welfare intensify, authorities struggle to check the incidence of the blood sport which, despite legal prohibitions, continues to attract fervent participation, writes Rajulapudi Srinivas Source link

A Rice Dish Made with Burnt Chicken Feathers

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“On the other hand, Bumchimpa, a vegetarian variation of the chicken dish was innovated a decade earlier, to skip the laborious, time-consuming process of burning the fine inner layer of chicken feathers to a powder,” Rai added. In Bumchimpa, titheyphool, also known as Damlapa flower, is dried and powdered and used as a bitter flavouring in place of the chicken feather powder. “For koko, we don’t use the entire chicken feather. After removing the thick outer feathers, we burn the fine inner feathers of the bird over a fire, preferably a wood fire but a gas stove fire would also work. Then the black ash is collected and sieved to remove impurities,” she elaborates. “One of the indigenous communities living in the eastern Himalayan belt, Rais belong to the Kirati group predominant in Nepal, Sikkim, and northern parts of West Bengal. They believe in animism and worship mountains, local rivers, and forests,” says Khambu, who is also from the community. “‘Wa’ means chicken in our Kulung Rai language and ‘chipa’ refers to burnt fine chicken …