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Top Gear
3 hours ago
- Automotive
- Top Gear
From Bond's Aston to the Tumbler: these are your favourite movie cars ever
Question of the Week Other appearances include the most adorable Beetle and of course, Eleanor Skip 2 photos in the image carousel and continue reading Advertisement - Page continues below Probably more a question of whether Wiltshire can deal with the Tumbler. Abby's up next: 'If I take the time-travelling DeLorean from Back to the Future , I can just keep going back in time to pick up all the cars I want. Easy.' Want another smart answer? Here's what MJCGT500's father said: "In a world with rising sea levels, there's only one car for the job. Forward-thinking from 1977 means you can look suave in your Lotus Esprit, but a few buttons later you can find yourself in the comfort of your submarine cruising down Oxford Street." You might like AllTorqueV8 has, predictably, gone V8: 'Right off the bat, the Ford Falcon XB/GT from Mad Max . That car is pure filth. I don't care if the supercharger doesn't activate at the pull of a lever; I'd want it in there for show. And with everything going electric, it would feel even more true saying it's the last of the V8 Interceptors. A piece of history..." Siddarth G then commented: 'I'm surprised no one has picked Eleanor from the Nicolas Cage version. I know muscle car enthusiasts deride it, but I grew up on that movie, and it's a real childhood dream car.' Advertisement - Page continues below Know what else taps into those distant memories? Samarkand Tony's option: 'Herbie. A self-driving car that's not just a few driver aids and a load of marketing. That or Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.' This week's final entry comes from N328KF, who said: 'The Aston Martin DB10 from Spectre is my all-time favourite. The design foreshadows the current Vantage, but leans more toward elegance than anger. It's a shame a design that gorgeous didn't make production, but at least the Vantage has some of its DNA.' Thank you for subscribing to our newsletter. Look out for your regular round-up of news, reviews and offers in your inbox. Get all the latest news, reviews and exclusives, direct to your inbox.
The Guardian
20 hours ago
- General
- The Guardian
I lost weight and now people treat me better. How do I reconcile this?
I am a woman who has been fat since I was about eight; I am now in my early 50s. I have been on Ozempic for almost two years. I have lost almost 50 kilos and can now do a whole lot of things that I wasn't physically able to do before, which is great. But people treat me differently now. I had my work review and I am doing less but got feedback about how much more I am doing. I have been asked if I am looking to date, and even if I am thinking of having a child, both questions I never was asked when I was bigger. I didn't think people treated me badly before, and still don't, but now I am seeing that there is a difference. It is not comfortable for me. I am not at risk of putting the weight back on but how do I navigate the difference in how people are treating me? Eleanor says: A lot of people notice this after losing lots of weight. You get spoken to in a different key. People turn on a switch you didn't know they had. For some people this feels great. For others it's unnerving: to feel so newly visible and yet somehow so unseen. The trouble is, you know you've been the same you all along. So when people hand over their attraction or attention or approval now that you've lost weight, they simultaneously undermine its value. Oh great, I have more of your esteem – just because of how I look? It's easy to resent being treated better because of what you weigh. We don't want to feel like the deep things in life – being wanted, being respected – are tied to something so superficial. We want to be loved and respected for the deeper 'us'. One of the most moving pieces of radio I ever heard was Elna Baker, a producer at This American Life who also lost 50 kilos, asking her fiance whether he'd have dated her when she was fat. He says he's always thought the real Elna is the 'skinny' Elna. 'That's stupid,' she said. There is no 'fat Elna'. 'It was me,' she said. 'It just, was me.' In navigating this, one place to start might be to notice who has treated you the same all along. You'll know who they are. If the bitter part of this experience is learning how much people react to how you look, the sweeter part is learning who reacts to you for you – who's seen the deeper you all along. Another way to approach this might be to slightly shift what you expect, or hope for, from strangers or colleagues. You mentioned the way work thinks you're more industrious now. Other silly aesthetic signals can produce similar results. If you were a man, a hair transplant might get you seen as more confident, a crisper suit as more effective. At work or with strangers we're interpreted through layers of appearance; people read clues about our merits from our clothes, accent, posture, hair. Maybe 'weight' is part of the costuming we all wear in those spaces and through which we are interpreted. It can be frustrating or bemusing to learn how much these things affect people's judgments. But maybe workplaces and strangers are not where any of us get clear-eyed reactions to our merits unmuddied by appearances. Leaning into the parts of your life that aren't filtered through appearance might make it easier to tolerate the parts that are. Lastly, it might be fun to enjoy your new X-ray vision. Your experience lets you see through the myth that a person's weight is a good guide to their character. Are there other myths you can see through now, too? I think we all do this a bit. We assume old means slow, dishevelled means chaotic, beautiful means virtuous. But lots of people have their version of 'no fat Elna'. What would we see in other people if we looked the way we want to be looked at? It could be fun to experiment.
Newsweek
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- Newsweek
Millennial Woman Shares Clingiest Pet—No One Expecting What She Reveals
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. A woman has gone viral for showing of her "stage-5 clinger" pet—a duckling who has become incredibly attached to her. Alissa Gore, 32, lives in Alabama with her husband and four children on a farm they have started running together. And on that farm, there was a duck: named Eleanor, who has formed an extremely strong bond to Gore. "Ever since she was little, she would sit in the hood of my sweatshirt while I cooked dinner," Gore told Newsweek. "Once she got too big, I started putting her in a baby carrier sometimes. "All of our ducks enjoy a hug, but they don't like to stay in our hugs for very long. Eleanor wants to be held for long periods of time," she added. A video to Gore's TikTok account @alissagore on May 17, viewed close to 10 million times, proved just how clingy Eleanor can be, as Gore recorded herself trying to put the duckling down so she could run to the store. In the clip, Gore holds the duckling like a baby, with its neck and beak tucked over her shoulder. And the second she tries to put Eleanor down—while apologizing for having to do so—the duckling starts kicking, flailing and making upset noises. Alissa Gore shows how much her duckling, Eleanor, loves to be picked up and cuddled. Alissa Gore shows how much her duckling, Eleanor, loves to be picked up and cuddled. TikTok @alissacgore The battle of wills goes on, as, each time Eleanor gets upset, Gore puts her back into her nestling position. But once she tries to put her down again, Eleanor starts flailing and cheeping miserably, with Gore apologizing repeatedly. "I'm sorry," Gore tells Eleanor—and, by the end of the clip, the duckling remains in Gore's arms, the trip to the store being put off until later. She said: "She is a lovable, silly duck with such a big personality. We all love her so much and love learning about each of our animal's personalities. "Tidbit, our newest duck, has also gained some internet attention, because he likes to sit in my armpit," Gore said, adding that her husband has "started calling me the animal whisperer." TikTok users loved the video of Eleanor, as one user wrote that she was commenting on the video "so you get paid and can get DoorDash instead of putting down that duck." "Get her a baby carrier and take her to the grocery store," another posted, while one comment read: "Must not show this video to my wife. She wants ducks. She loves ducks. If she sees this and we get ducks I will blame you." And another viewer asked: "How do I get a snuggle duck?" From left: Each time Gore tries to put the duckling down, Eleanor flails and makes upset noises. From left: Each time Gore tries to put the duckling down, Eleanor flails and makes upset noises. TikTok @alissacgore Gore said she has been told by "many people" that it is unusual for a duck to behave like this toward a human. Ducklings, like other birds, can imprint on a human, perceiving them as their own species if they hatch without a mother duck present. However, it does not necessarily mean the ducklings will be particularly friendly to that human, according to the Wildlife Center of Virginia. "It has been a blessing for me to see how many lives Eleanor and I have touched through our videos," Gore said. "If I could leave any impact in this world besides raising my children, it would be to make people smile and laugh. We need more of that." Do you have funny and adorable videos or pictures of your pet you want to share? Send them to life@ with some details about your best friend, and they could appear in our Pet of the Week lineup.
The Guardian
13-06-2025
- General
- The Guardian
I'm estranged from my parents. How do I explain this to my child?
I am estranged from my parents. I was once close to them but after having my son I could no longer justify their poor and hurtful behaviour and I made the difficult decision to cut contract with them. They always said they had no interest in having grandchildren and they have made it clear they want no relationship with my son. I am mostly at peace with my decision, as sad as it is, as I feel that protecting my child from them is an act of love. What I struggle with is how I will explain this to my son as he gets older. He is five now, and doesn't question their absence, but I know this might change. How do I say 'my parents are cruel and self-centred people who have no interest in our lives' in a more palatable way and in a way that, most importantly, makes it clear that he is in no way to blame? Eleanor says: I'm so sorry you've had to make this decision. In telling him, I think you can be led by what he wants to know. It's amazing what we don't think to question when we don't know anything else. Kids grow up in all kinds of setups – three dads, two mums, raised by siblings, parents unknown – they don't always have the same sense as adults for what's noteworthy or what calls out for explanation. One strategy might be to level the explanations in an age-appropriate way as he gets older. 'Lots of families have lots of different relationships, and Grandma and Grandpa aren't in ours' could be a starting response that becomes incrementally more thorough as he seeks to know more. That way it doesn't feel as though there's one big day with one big reveal. When we handle facts gingerly we indicate that they're scary or that they might blow at any moment. If there's no sense of a big sombre reveal, we can make the opposite seem true: we can demonstrate that these are facts that don't have to be feared. People do this sometimes when telling kids they're adopted, for example. No big 'sit down we have to talk' moment, it's just always part of the wallpaper. A similar thing might be possible for you. He has loving, emotionally intelligent family near him already, there hasn't been a sudden change to his relationship with his grandparents – even once he learns more about the estrangement it might not occur to him to wonder about the details or think it could be his fault. Also, when you explain to him that they're not in your life, you don't have to add the moral adjudication of why not. I'm not sure how incomplete the explanation would be if you just said 'we aren't very friendly with each other so we've decided not to hang out'. The concept of 'bad people' and especially 'bad people in your family' can be tricky for kids, and making your parents figures of Bad or Evil might make them more fascinating than they'd otherwise be. The difficulty with giving full moral explanations of interpersonal conflicts – even if you're totally in the right – is that it makes them seem heated and therefore more curiosity-compelling, and it raises an imagined right of reply. If it's just 'we don't get on', there's not much more to say. If it's 'they're bad and we're better off without them', the curious listener might want to know more. They might even wonder how reliable the narrator is. You've had to make a difficult decision for yourself and your child. You don't need to submit all the inner workings of that decision to him for it to make sense. You can be led by age-appropriate honesty and his own questions. The letter has been edited for length.
Yahoo
12-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘Our Hero, Balthazar' Review: Asa Butterfield and Jaeden Martell in an Unnerving Dark Comedy About American Gun Culture
Social media identities, gun laws and the blue state/red state divide are but some of the issues touched on in Our Hero, Balthazar, the zeitgeist-tapping dark comedy receiving its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival. Alternately disturbing and brutally funny, and ending with the sort of capper that perfectly encapsulates its provocative ethos, this marks an auspicious directorial debut for Oscar Boyson. Not that it's particularly surprising, considering that the tyro director, who co-scripted with Ricky Camilleri, has previously produced such edgy films as Good Time and Uncut Gems. This effort, whose title is a sly riff on Robert Bresson's classic Au Hasard Balthazar, follows in the tradition of those Safdie brothers films that are designed to make you feel uncomfortable. More from The Hollywood Reporter 'State of Firsts' Review: Trans Congresswoman Sarah McBride Steps Into the Spotlight for a Doc That's More Than Your Average Political Puff Piece 'Andy Kaufman Is Me' Review: Solid but Unrevelatory Doc Uses Puppetry to Tackle the Iconic Comic 'Boy George & Culture Club' Review: An Affectionate Look at the '80s Band and Its Flamboyant Frontman That Entertains but Treads Too Carefully The title character, superbly played by Jaeden Martell (It, Knives Out), is the sort of rich Manhattan youngster with an indulgent mother (Jennifer Ehle), his own personal life coach (Noah Centineo), and a tony private school education. Social causes don't interest him, but a fellow classmate, Eleanor (Pippa Knowles), very much does. The two become friendly when they both play victims in a mass shooting simulation at their school, each covered in fake blood. Eleanor's pet cause is gun prevention, so to impress her, Balthazar, or Balthy for short, begins organizing protests and posting emotional videos on the subject online, his acting skills rising to the fore. But Eleanor quickly figures out that he's not really being sincere. 'Are you actually crying?' she asks him after watching one of his tearful videos. 'I think it's nice to be part of a community,' he says. Balthy's postings come to the attention of a young man in Texas, who taunts him and reveals his intention to commit a mass shooting at his school. In a daring stylistic move, the film then segues to introduce us to Balthy's online tormentor, Solomon, an aspiring 'supplement salesman' who doesn't even have any luck attempting to sell the guns his father gave him because they're lacking serial numbers. He's the sort of lost young man who angrily but unconvincingly denies that he's an incel. And he's brilliantly played by Asa Butterfield (Hugo, Sex Education), nearly unrecognizable with blond hair and goatee, in a revelatory performance. Convinced that Solomon will make good on his threat, Balthy impulsively travels to Texas and strikes up an IRL relationship with him, looking like a fish out of water. Despite their obvious differences, the two have a strange rapport, with Solomon teaching the urbanite how to shoot guns and telling him, 'You might be the first person I met who's weirder than me.' Balthy finds himself meeting Solomon's loving, invalid grandmother (the always good Becky Ann Baker) and abusive father (Chris Bauer). He also quickly figures out that Solomon is hardly the threat he claimed to be. 'I thought you were a school shooter!' he exclaims disgustedly. But things inevitably take a darker, violent turn that results in tragedy and a supremely ironic ending. Director Boyson expertly balances satirical social commentary with emotional truth and complex characterizations, infusing the proceedings with a Hal Ashby-style deadpan dark humor. Channeling the anxieties of a younger generation so infused by online culture that they have trouble separating fantasy and reality, Our Hero, Balthazar is very much a film of its moment. Best of The Hollywood Reporter 13 of Tom Cruise's Most Jaw-Dropping Stunts Hollywood Stars Who Are One Award Away From an EGOT 'The Goonies' Cast, Then and Now
