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Anya Taylor-Joy is known for giving full-bodied performances in the likes of “The Witch,” “The Queen’s Gambit,” “Furiosa” and more, but she’s never gone full Method on a set before nor does she have plans to in the future. The way Taylor-Joy sees it, women do not have the opportunity like men do when it comes to being a Method actor. “If you’ll notice, women don’t method act because we have things to take care of, so we can’t completely lose our minds,” Taylor-Joy recently said in a viral interview with Complex News. “I see acting as a controlled psychosis…

Effiong Okon, chief executive officer, Seplat Energy Plc, has called for more collaboration, increased investment and faster gas development to help Nigeria emerge as a reliable global energy supplier amid shifting geopolitical and energy market dynamics. Mr Okon made the call while delivering the keynote address at the 49th Nigerian Annual International Conference and Exhibition (NAICE 2026) of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Nigeria Council on Monday in Lagos. He said Nigeria should leverage global energy supply uncertainties by improving production reliability, expanding gas infrastructure and strengthening investor confidence. Speaking on the conference theme, “Thriving in the Evolving Global…

New Victorian premier launches major portfolio shake-upBenita KolovosI’m at government house where the new Victoria premier Ben Carroll’s cabinet is being sworn in. Unlike his predecessor Jacinta Allan’s reshuffle in April, this appears to be a major shake-up of portfolios.Gabrielle Williams, the deputy premier, takes on Carroll’s portfolio of education, amid a long-running pay dispute with the state’s public school teachers.Colin Brooks has been given the treasury portfolio, ending Jaclyn Symes’s time in the job. Symes was the state’s first female treasurer.Anthony Carbines, one of Carroll’s most loyal supporters, has lost his police portfolio but keeps racing and picks up…

Troops of the 34 Artillery Brigade have uncovered and exhumed the remains of a body suspected to be that of late Ibe Anyadu of Aggah Community in Imo State. The troops operating under Operation UDO KA and through ongoing Operation EASTERN SANITY II, uncovered and exhumed the body on Sunday. This is contained in a statement by Olabisi Ayeni, a lieutenant-colonel and acting deputy director, Army Public Relations, 82 Division, Nigerian Army, in Enugu, on Monday. Mr Anyadu, a community leader, was allegedly murdered by suspected members of a criminal gang recently apprehended in connection with violent crimes in South-east.…

……As  Shettima demands a responsive social protection policy to end poverty The National Economic Council (NEC) on Monday approved the refinancing of the US$3.3 billion Project Gazelle Pre-Export Finance Facility through a new US$4.5 billion facility named “Project Gazelle 2”. Stanley Nkwocha, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications, office of the Vice President, in a statement on Monday, said the approval allows NNPC Limited to refinance the outstanding balance of approximately $1.5 billion under the original 2023 facility, while unlocking an additional $3 billion in liquidity to strengthen the country’s external reserves, support ongoing fiscal and infrastructure…

You have to imagine that the team at Game Freak is bursting with ideas. The studio puts out new mainline Pokémon adventures with a machinelike precision. But every so often it launches a curious experiment, whether it’s an action title about a militarized elephant or turning horse races into a card game, showing that it’s capable of more than the latest generation of pocket monsters. That’s part of what makes the idea of Beast of Reincarnation so enticing. Here is an established studio breaking free of the franchise it has become known for to make its take on a blockbuster…

A national social care service for Wales will not be achieved in this Senedd term, according to the deputy Welsh government minister in charge.Plaid Cymru’s 2026 Senedd election manifesto said the party believed “social care, like healthcare, should be provided free at the point of use to all those who need it”.Speaking at the National Eisteddfod, Delyth Jewell said a national service was “not something we’ll be able to achieve in its entirety in this term”.Her comments follow a speech by the new UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham last week, announcing a national conversation on the future of adult social…

Athletes from Nigeria arrive at the opening ceremony of the 23rd Commonwealth Games at the OVO Arena in Glasgow, Scotland, on July 23, 2026. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP) Team Nigeria delivered a respectable performance at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, finishing seventh on the medals table with 24 medals. The contingent secured 10 gold, seven silver, and seven bronze medals in a Games that featured fewer sports than previous editions. Nigeria’s total was 10 medals fewer than the haul recorded at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. However, the lower count was largely influenced by the…

Even the staunchest Drake hater can probably name at least one song that does it for them. For better or worse, Aubrey Graham has spent nearly two decades giving voice to the millennial subconscious more skillfully than any mainstream musician not named Taylor Swift, soundtracking the fears, insecurities, and romantic delusions of a generation raised on reality-TV melodrama and the first wave of social media’s main-character ethos. It should come as no surprise, then, that Earl Sweatshirt, underground rap’s poet laureate, has singled out the deep Iceman cut “Don’t Worry,” singing the song karaoke-style to close out his recent live…

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