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Royce Lewis Sparks a Twins-Hitting Hot Streak in Fantasy Recap
sports18 days ago

Royce Lewis Sparks a Twins-Hitting Hot Streak in Fantasy Recap

Royce Lewis slugged his 13th homer and has been red-hot since the All-Star break, powering a fantasy-friendly stretch that includes 3 homers, 4 steals, and a .281/.356/.516/.872 line over 73 plates with big exit velocity metrics, as August continues to treat him well. The rest of the recap highlights a slew of notable performances: Kevin McGonigle and Dillon Dingler each went deep for Detroit; Nathaniel Lowe homered in his Cleveland debut after the trade; Zach Neto joined the 20-HR club with 3 RBIs; Marcus Semien and Andrés Giménez contributed multi-hit games with power and speed; Andrew Pinckney notched his first major-league homer in his debut; and Yohel Pozo delivered a homer for Baltimore after being claimed off waivers. Overall, Lewis leads a wave of productive hitters in this fantasy-heavy round-up as the season presses on.

via Pitcher List|
#fantasy-baseball#homer#minnesota-twins
Nolan’s Odyssey Revives Homer Fever Across U.S. Bookshelves
culture21 days ago

Nolan’s Odyssey Revives Homer Fever Across U.S. Bookshelves

Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey has sparked a nationwide revival of interest in Homer’s epic, driving a dramatic jump in US sales across editions, eye-catching displays in bookstores, and long waiting lists at libraries. Emily Wilson’s translation leads the pack, with Circe and other myth retellings gaining traction as readers—especially younger ones—engage with the classic after seeing the film. Experts expect the surge to last a couple of months before normalizing.

via theguardian.com|
#book-sales-surge#culture#emily-wilson-translation
Homer’s Odyssey and the New Testament: A Hidden Influence
culture23 days ago

Homer’s Odyssey and the New Testament: A Hidden Influence

Biblical scholar Dennis MacDonald argues that Homer’s Odyssey subtly influenced the New Testament through a technique called mimesis, portraying Jesus as a hero who rivals Greek figures; some scholars acknowledge Homeric echoes in passages about Jesus and events like shipwrecks or walking on water, but many contend the influence is limited, reflecting ongoing debates over how Greco-Roman culture shaped early Christianity and whether the Bible is primarily divinely inspired or a human-constructed text.

via CNN|
#culture#homer#jesus
Oates Defends Nolan Against Wilson’s Odyssey Critique
entertainment26 days ago

Oates Defends Nolan Against Wilson’s Odyssey Critique

Joyce Carol Oates publicly defended Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey against Emily Wilson’s London Review of Books critique, denouncing Wilson’s rhetoric as crude and defending Nolan’s take on Homer; Wilson had argued the film lacks depth and character development, while Nolan has said Wilson’s Iliad translation influenced him. The spat follows Wilson’s praise from Nolan and comes as the film has grossed about $683 million on a $250 million budget amid broad attention.

via The Guardian|
#emily-wilson#entertainment#homer
Musk touts Grok Imagine's plan for a Homeric Odyssey by year's end
technology1 month ago

Musk touts Grok Imagine's plan for a Homeric Odyssey by year's end

Elon Musk said on X that his Grok Imagine AI platform will produce a full-length, historically accurate film adaptation of The Odyssey by the end of the year, claiming it will stay true to Homer’s art. The remark came as Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey adaptation hits theaters, and amid Musk’s online exchanges about Nolan’s casting and even a tongue-in-cheek suggestion to use dialogue from the epic in Homeric Greek. Nolan’s version has drawn strong box-office numbers, highlighting the competitive landscape Musk referenced as he floated his own AI-driven project.

via CNN|
#ai#elon-musk#grok-imagine
Nolan Recasts Olympus as a Moral Authority in The Odyssey
movies1 month ago

Nolan Recasts Olympus as a Moral Authority in The Odyssey

Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey trims Homer’s pantheon, replacing the gods with a distant, morally singular force and making Odysseus a skeptic who must surrender control to the unknown. The piece argues this shift reframes divine justice into a modern ethic centered on hospitality, avoidance of war, and treating others as you’d like to be treated, linking the film to Nolan’s Oppenheimer and presenting the epic as a hopeful, if idealized, vision of how the world could be guided by mercy and responsibility.

via The Ringer|
#christopher-nolan#gods#homer
Nolan Reimagines The Odyssey: What the Epic Means for His Next Film
entertainment1 month ago

Nolan Reimagines The Odyssey: What the Epic Means for His Next Film

Christopher Nolan’s upcoming movie is inspired by Homer’s The Odyssey. The article lays out the epic’s basics—Odysseus’s 10-year journey home from Troy, encounters with gods and monsters, and Penelope’s suitors—while highlighting the film’s star-studded cast (Matt Damon as Odysseus, Tom Holland as Telemachus, Zendaya as Athena, and others) and Nolan’s aim to modernize the myth by exploring its timeless ethical dilemmas and storytelling knots for contemporary cinema.

via Yahoo|
#christopher-nolan#entertainment#homer
Nyong'o Challenges Homer on Women's Roles in Epics
entertainment1 month ago

Nyong'o Challenges Homer on Women's Roles in Epics

Lupita Nyong’o says she would grill Homer about the lack of female speaking roles in epics after watching Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, where she portrays Helen of Troy (and her sister Clytemnestra). The remarks come amid controversy over the film’s casting and creative choices, including Nolan’s casting of a Black actress as Helen and the use of modern English in promos, with efforts to defend the adaptation and its nods to oral tradition (e.g., casting Travis Scott as a Greek bard). This underscores a broader debate about female representation in classic epics and modern reimaginings.

via Fox News|
#casting-controversy#entertainment#helen-of-troy
Nolan's Odyssey: A Modern Imax Epic
entertainment1 month ago

Nolan's Odyssey: A Modern Imax Epic

Christopher Nolan explains his long-awaited, modern adaptation of Homer’s Odyssey, shot entirely in Imax with practical effects and a star-studded cast (Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, Tom Holland, Charlize Theron, Samantha Morton). The film blends contemporary dialogue with ancient themes, framing Odysseus’ return as a middle‑aged love story and war epic, produced around $250 million and shot over 91 days across six countries using innovative Keighley Imax cameras to balance intimate scenes with colossal scale.

via Los Angeles Times|
#christopher-nolan#entertainment#homer
Nolan Aims for the Most Extreme Odyssey Yet
entertainment3 months ago

Nolan Aims for the Most Extreme Odyssey Yet

Christopher Nolan says his adaptation of Homer’s Odyssey is the most extreme version he could make, aiming to immerse viewers in the epic by writing and directing from inside the story and even placing audiences on Odysseus’s ship and in the Trojan horse; he shot about 2 million feet of IMAX film and planned to do the entire production in IMAX, with a CBS News 60 Minutes interview highlighting the project’s ambition as The Odyssey hits theaters July 17.

via The Hollywood Reporter|
#60-minutes#christopher-nolan#entertainment