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Trailer shows Matt Damon as the Greek hero, with Anne Hathaway as Penelope and Tom Holland as Telemachus
The first trailer has been released online for Christopher Nolan’s epic adaptation of Homer’s Odyssey.
Starring Matt Damon as the classic Greek hero, the trailer offers a series of shots of a bearded Damon as he sets out to return from the fall of Troy as his gravelly voiceover announces: “After years of war … no one could stand between my men … and home … not even me.”
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© Photograph: Melinda Sue Gordon/PA

© Photograph: Melinda Sue Gordon/PA




Some US citizens, grappling with issues from LGBTQ+ rights to the economy, are looking to the countries their families once left behind
Daniel Kamalić was born and raised in New York City, where he spent his summers riding his bike around Brighton Beach before pedaling home to his “Brooklyn Jewish” mother and his “smooth talker” father. He went out for Cub Scouts and soccer before realizing, during his time studying at MIT, that he loved sailing most of all. Now 48, he is a professional tenor with the opera, performing in and around New York.
Kamalić never considered that he might want to be anything but American – why would he? His life was shaped by the freedoms and opportunities that his father, Ivan Kamalić, risked everything for.
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© Composite: Courtesy Hollis Rutledge; Courtesy Rose Freymuth Frazier

© Composite: Courtesy Hollis Rutledge; Courtesy Rose Freymuth Frazier

































Liam Gallagher, Paul Weller, David Beckham and former bandmates among the mourners at Manchester cathedral
The Stone Roses singer, Ian Brown, has remembered his bandmate Gary “Mani” Mounfield as a “true musical comrade” and “always a beautiful soul and spirit” as hundreds gathered for the charismatic bassist’s funeral.
Paul Weller, Liam Gallagher, Peter Hook, Tim Burgess, Bez, David Beckham and Gary Neville were among the mourners at the service at Manchester Cathedral on Monday morning. Outside, fans packed the street.
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Milan have option to buy German at end of season
West Ham interested in Wolves’s Jørgen Strand Larsen
Milan have agreed to sign West Ham’s Niclas Füllkrug on loan with an option to buy at the end of the season. The Germany striker has toiled since moving to the London Stadium from Borussia Dortmund for £27.5m in the summer of 2024 and it is hoped that his exit will free up funds for Nuno Espírito Santo to boost his side’s fight against relegation by bringing in a new forward during next month’s transfer window.
West Ham are interested in Wolves’s Jørgen Strand Larsen but are reluctant to meet his valuation. It is believed that Wolves, who are bottom of the Premier League, want £40m for the Norwegian. West Ham’s budget is limited and they feel that the package for Strand Larsen, who has scored once in the league this season, is too expensive.
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© Photograph: Justin Setterfield/Getty Images

© Photograph: Justin Setterfield/Getty Images