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Jumping on a call with The Hollywood Reporter, Ted Evans is beaming with pride. The British writer-director has good reason to — his first feature film, Retreat, just had its world premiere at TIFF, but it also represents something much bigger than that: landmark progress for cinema’s deaf community. Retreat is billed as “the world’s first deaf thriller.” It is written and directed by Evans, also deaf, and features an all-deaf cast, set atop the rolling hills of the English countryside in a quaint stately home. The movie centers around Matt (James Boyle), who was raised in a secluded deaf community…

Boxing’s biggest superfight in nearly a decade invades Las Vegas on Saturday as Netflix, Dana White and powerful Saudi Arabian adviser Turki Alalshikh team up to present a Canelo Alvarez-Terence Crawford clash for the undisputed super middleweight championship. The fight will mark the first combat sports event to take place at Allegiant Stadium and will double as the inaugural boxing venture for UFC-owned TKO Group and its new Zuffa Boxing promotion, which is spearheaded by White, the UFC’s longtime CEO/president, and WWE president Nick Khan. This matchup between two first-ballot Hall of Famers also presents the opportunity for boxing history as the…

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J.J. McCarthy runs for a touchdown against the Chicago Bears during the fourth quarter. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)Getty Images The kid quarterback came through when it mattered most. The Minnesota Vikings were on the short end of the score for three quarters as Caleb Williams was running and escaping from the pass rush and the Chicago Bears appeared to be on their way to a season-opening victory against the division rivals. But J.J. McCarthy was not about to accept defeat. After looking like an overmatched rookie in his NFL regular-season debut and throwing a pick-six before a raucous crowd…

Hyundai is out with a new concept car that previews a smaller EV that could slot below the Ioniq 5. And while the design is pretty bold, and full of what seems to be veiled references to Star Wars, the idea of a smaller (and hopefully less expensive) electric hatchback is surely one of the more grounded ways to approach a design exercise of this kind.The Concept Three certainly hints at a possible Ioniq 3 somewhere down the line. And spec sheet certainly supports that inference, with dimensions — 168.8-inch length, 76.4-inch width, and 56.2-inch — that puts it squarely…

School absences “significantly contribute” to children’s mental ill health, according to research backed by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) that shows the risks increase the longer a child is absent.“Our research shows that the more times a child is absent from school, the greater the probability that they will experience mental ill health,” the authors, from Loughborough University and the ONS, concluded.The study, involving more than 1 million school-age children in England, found the relationship between absence and mental health was “a two-way street”, with lengthy absences increasing the likelihood of later hospital treatment. It also found children with…

The Brooklyn Horror Film Festival has announced the full line-up for its 10th edition, which will run from Oct. 16 to Oct. 25 at Nitehawk Cinema Williamsburg. The festivities will kick-off with the hometown-set “Queens of the Dead,” a zombie apocalypse horror comedy from director Tina Romero about a group of drag queens and club kids surviving the night in Brooklyn. The cast includes Jaquel Spivey, Katy O’Brian, Margaret Cho, Jack Haven and Cheyenne Jackson. This year’s BHFF will also host two world premieres, with Adam MacDonald’s queer apocalypse feature “This Is Not a Test,” adapted from Courtney Summers’ novel…

Mark Wood is set to miss the entire home summer, with England deciding to take an ultra-cautious route with the fast bowler they deem central to their Ashes hopes this winter.Wood, 35, underwent knee surgery in March and was initially targeting a return for the fifth Test against India in late July. Despite bowling in the intervals during that series, this target was then pushed back to a possible late season outing for Durham in the County Championship.But barring a late change of heart, Wood will now miss Durham’s remaining two fixtures against Worcestershire and Yorkshire and make his comeback…

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