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Hugh Grant ‘s career has entered what the actor himself coined the “freak show stage” of his career. From the oh-so-tiny Oompa Loompa in Wonka to the short-lived Edward Keplinger in The Regime , the seasoned British actor has departed from his romantic lead typecast. For his most recent leading role as Mr. Reed in Heretic , Grant traps two young Mormon missionaries in his basement game of faith and horror. Green-haired, dancing orange man aside, Mr. Reed is his most extreme role to date. Playing a man who traps women in cages is as large a departure as he can take, especially when his origins are largely rooted as charming leads in romantic comedies. And not just any romantic leads. Grant has starred in some of the most iconic romantic comedies: Edward Farris in Ang Lee’s Sense and Sensibility , William Thacker in Richard Curtis ‘ Notting Hill , Charles in Four Weddings and a Funeral (the first of his three films with the famed romance director), David the Prime Minister in Curtis’ Love Actually . Essential to each of these roles, Grant’s charming smile and self-effacing mumble made him a heartthrob of the ’90s and ’00s. But a heartthrob is not exempt from their red flags. Like a wolf in a beloved Englishman’s clothing, Grant’s characters have always been more villainous than they appear. The actor’s breakthrough role as Charles in Four Weddings and a Funeral marked him as good-looking and disarmingly likable. Charles flipped a leading man’s role on his head, appearing as non-threatening and passive, his true motives often taking a backseat to politeness. However, for the friend who forgets rings, arrives late, pursues a woman in a relationship, and abandons his fiancée at the altar, suave and shy are not necessarily the first words that come to mind. Perhaps his most cardinal sin of all was committed in Notting Hill . How did he allow Julia Roberts walk out the door to be ambushed by the paparazzi?! Without her pants?! On multiple occasions, when given the opportunity to profess his feelings to his own heartthrob Anna (played by the real-life movie star Roberts), William chose silence and inaction. He even rejected Anna’s own proposal to pursue the relationship legitimately after he had spent an entire year forlorn about what could have been. Never establishing a backbone to communicate properly with the women he truly loves has perhaps been a throughline of Grant’s romantic career. Even his casting as Edward Farris in the 1995 Sense and Sensibility fits the bill, the price of his inactions and omissions being paid by the woman who loved him most. His most meaningful encounter in the film, in my opinion, came far too late. In the final act, Elinor Dashwood ( Emma Thompson ) realized that Farris had been engaged to and then married a woman of higher society. This was the engagement that Farris had failed to mention during the entirety of their courtship. The man was shelling out his monogrammed kerchiefs left and right. Unforgivable! Lastly, Curtis’ 2003 holiday rom-com Love Actually follows the love stories of 10 different individuals and those in their lives. “Love” is used liberally as Grant is one of the many male characters engaging in inappropriate romantic relationships with his own employees. Grant plays David, the Prime Minister, who initially resists the urge to act on his attraction to a junior member of staff, Natalie ( Martine McCutcheon ). While he presents himself as a moral politician, looking down on the U.S. President ( Billy Bob Thornton ) for making his own advances on Natalie, David acts on his attraction in the end nonetheless. While the pair ends up in a public, seemingly unproblematic relationship (for now) by the end of the film, we can’t overlook their checkered origins. Looking back, Grant has actually always played the villain. We just weren’t looking hard enough. More Headlines:
Billionaire Gautam Adani is alleged to have personally met government officials in India on several occasions to advance the scheme. NEW DELHI - Stunning bribery charges in the United States against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, who is close to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, have ricocheted through India’s political circles and wiped billions from his firms’ market value. On Nov 20, the US authorities announced that they had charged Asia’s second-richest person and head of the Adani Group, an Indian conglomerate whose businesses extend from energy to airports, over an alleged multi-billion-dollar bribery and fraud scheme. Adani, his nephew Sagar Adani and six others were accused of promising more than US$250 million (S$336 million) in bribes to government officials in India to secure lucrative solar energy contracts. They had lied about the bribery scheme as they sought to raise US and international capital, said Mr Breon Peace, United States Attorney for New York’s eastern district. Adani, 62, is alleged to have personally met government officials in India on several occasions to advance the scheme. Arrest warrants have been issued in the US for Adani and his nephew Sagar, and prosecutors plan to hand those warrants to foreign law enforcement, Reuters reported, citing court records. US prosecutors charged Gautam Adani (centre) with participating in a scheme that involved bribing Indian government officials to secure solar energy contracts. PHOTO: AFP Describing the charges as “baseless”, the Adani Group said in a statement: “All possible legal recourse will be sought.” The bribery allegations have come as a shot in the arm for Indian opposition parties, which have long had the Adani Group in their crosshairs, alleging that Adani is bankrolling the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and accusing Mr Modi of favouring and protecting him in return, charges that the BJP has denied. Mr Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, a veteran Indian journalist who has reported extensively on the Adani Group’s alleged wrongdoing, said no industrialist “was ever as closely identified with the head of the (Indian) government as Mr Adani is today”, which is why the latest development “is bound to have an impact on India’s overall political economy”. “Politics, because the opposition will scream. And on the economy, because Adani’s stocks are very, very important in the market,” he told The Straits Times. The impact of the allegations in faraway US have already been felt in the Indian stock market. The combined market valuation of all 10 listed Adani Group firms fell sharply by 2.19 trillion rupees (S$34.8 billion) on Nov 21, according to a report from the Press Trust of India. On the same day, Adani Green Energy, which is building the “world’s largest renewable energy plant” in Gujarat in western India, cancelled plans to raise US$600 million in US dollar-denominated bonds. At a press conference on Nov 21, Mr Rahul Gandhi, Leader of the Opposition, said Adani should be arrested immediately and questioned, but acknowledged this was unlikely. “We want to show the country that Mr Adani will not be arrested, and he won’t be arrested because India’s Prime Minister is standing behind him,” he said. Mr Gandhi, a Congress party leader, also called for the sacking of Ms Madhabi Puri Buch, chairperson of the country’s securities regulatory body, the Securities and Exchange Board of India, accusing her of failing to investigate wrongdoings by the Adani Group. Congress has demanded that a joint parliamentary committee probe be conducted to look into the Adani Group’s alleged wrongdoings, with leaders from Aam Aadmi Party and All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) - both opposition parties - calling for an independent judicial probe. “This is deeply rotten... Biggest question is: how much is the involvement of Modi & BJP in this?” TMC spokesperson Saket Gokhale said in a post on X on Nov 21. At a press conference on the same day, BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra refused to get drawn into the specifics of the charges and said the Adani Group would defend itself. “The law will take its own course,” he added. Mr Patra noted that the four states, including Chhattisgarh and Tamil Nadu, mentioned in the US indictment against Adani and his associates had non-BJP governments during the period from July 2021 to February 2022 when the bribes were allegedly promised to the government officials. Mr Patra, however, did not mention Jammu and Kashmir, a region that also figures in the US criminal indictment. A former state, the region has since 2019 been governed directly by the BJP-led central government as a federally administered territory. Mr Gandhi has said he is open to an investigation in all states concerned, including those ruled by the Congress and other opposition parties. “If Ambani and Adani follow due process, we have no problem but if they are working with criminality, working for monopolisation, working through corrupt means, then we have a problem,” he said, referring to Mr Mukesh Ambani, Asia’s richest person, and chairman and managing director of Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries. The charges filed in New York are yet another blow to Adani, who had an estimated net worth of US$85.5 billion on Nov 20 and was the world’s 18th richest person, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. In January 2023, he was accused by the US short-seller Hindenburg Research of a “brazen stock manipulation and accounting fraud scheme”, following which the group’s fortunes plummeted by over US$80 billion. The Indian mogul regained much of his wealth in early 2024. The indictment in the US coincides with a Nov 19 ruling from the High Court in Bangladesh that directs the government to conduct a high-level inquiry into its electricity purchase deal with Adani Power Limited in 2017. The firm’s energy exports to Bangladesh have been controversial, with claims that it forces Dhaka to buy power at exorbitantly high prices. On Nov 20, Kenya announced the cancellation of a more than US$700 million deal its energy ministry had signed with a unit of the Adani Group to construct power transmission lines. Kenyan President William Ruto attributed the decision to “new information provided by investigative agencies and partner nations”. Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you. Read 3 articles and stand to win rewards Spin the wheel nowBlackRock’s Martin S. Small to Present at the 2024 Goldman Sachs US Financial Services Conference on December 10th
The Pope is dead. Now comes one of the world’s most secretive and ancient events, the papal conclave, in which the Catholic College of Cardinals gather to elect a new pope and begin a new era of the Church. Not much is known about what goes on behind the locked doors of the Sistine Chapel when the conclave is in session, but Edward Berger’s film Conclave imagines the tension, bureaucracy, twists and turns that come when the most powerful leaders of the Catholic Church gather to vie for leadership. “We had quite a few political and religious advisors who took us behind those doors and said: ‘This is what we know about the Conclave’. Obviously, no Cardinal was speaking to us,” reveals Berger, who also directed All Quiet On The Western Front. “They spoke to us about other things, but once the door closed, they can’t reveal what’s going on there, the conversations. So we make those up, and we create a reality that is believable for us, and hopefully for the audience.” Tasked with the sacred duty of overseeing the conclave is Cardinal Lawrence, played by Ralph Fiennes. Known for roles such as Lord Voldemort in the Harry Potter film series and M in James Bond films Skyfall, Spectre, and No Time To Die, Fiennes says he was drawn to the role of Lawrence because of his “internal conflict”. Lawrence struggles with his conscience and doubts his own purpose, and we see him grapple with his faith and the role he plays in the Church, particularly as shocking revelations come to light and the cardinals tussle over the direction they believe the Church should take in its new era. Despite his piety and reverence, Cardinal Lawrence is brimming with a humanity that Fiennes enjoyed delving into. “I like characters that have some internal conflict. I think that’s always interesting,” says the 61-year-old actor of his role in a film that had its Irish premiere at the recent Cork International Film Festival. “And he is a man we understand. He’s a man who’s in a relatively powerful position, he’s a dean of the Vatican, and suddenly he’s responsible for the running of the conclave. But also, we know that he says... ‘I had hoped to go to a monastery’. So I think he has that conflict about wishing for a simpler, more monastic life, and sometimes in the whirligig of the world, I understand the impulse to go and be sequestered away in a more meditative way of life... “I think I had a foothold into that kind of dilemma, that someone like that might go through.” As the conclave begins, several front-runners emerge. Cardinal Bellini, played by Stanley Tucci, Cardinal Tremblay, played by John Lithgow, Cardinal Tedesco, played by Sergio Castellitto, and Cardinal Adeyemi of Nigeria, played by Lucian Msamati, who could become the first African pope in history, are all contenders – and each has his own agenda, as well as his own compromising secrets. “We look at the cardinals and we might think they’re pious men, they’re holy, and they’re studious men... This is what they dedicated their life to, and it’s a big dedication,” says Berger. “But underneath it, I think everyone is the same. We’re all fallible, we all sin, we all make mistakes... We all feel our shortcomings and know our shortcomings. And these cardinals too. “These cardinals all have phones, they vape, they smoke. The Pope ends up in a plastic body bag in the back of an ambulance and gets sort of jumbled around, like, all of us will end up there, you know. I wanted to bring that world down to us and make it feel like we could be in it. They’re just like us, and they’re as fallible as we are.” While being a film about ancient traditions, many of the issues that Conclave grapples with are noticeably pertinent to modern life. Based on the 2016 novel by Robert Harris, Conclave drip-feeds us a progressive series of secrets, scandals, machinations and manipulations, showing that not only are these holy men not always behaving in the most righteous of ways, but that they – like all of us – are driven by their personal desires and judgements, their longing to take the Church forward with more liberal ideas, or to return it to what they see as its former glory. “It’s always a pertinent theme to explore, but it just happens to coincide with where we are now,” notes The Hunger Games’ Stanley Tucci, 64, who plays a cardinal vying for the papacy with liberal views. “I mean, (when) Robert Harris wrote this book... Those movements were already in place, that moving to the far right. But now we’re reaching, not a pinnacle, but it’s getting stronger and stronger, that movement. So I think for that reason, the film is very timely... “Any institution, particularly one that is as ancient as the Catholic Church, so much of which is founded on, let’s say, hearsay, and ideas of Christianity, I think that there are always going to be those extreme factions, and those who want to move, perhaps, farther left in order to make the religion more relevant to people today.” By the story’s very nature, Conclave’s cast is full of impressive male actors. However, Berger’s film does not underestimate the impact of women in the Catholic Church, and the character of Sister Agnes, played by esteemed Italian actress Isabella Rossellini, 72, challenges the tradition that a woman’s voice has no place and no influence. “I’ve seen it in my life, often, that women that don’t speak or are submissive actually can have a lot of authority,” says Rossellini. “Not only the nuns – and I went to a nun school – but even models, models are supposed to be beautiful, be beautiful and shut up... But still, they can be very powerful. There is a way of exuding authority, and even a moral authority, even if you don’t have words. “That’s what I thought was the most attractive (part) of this character.”
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United Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth. Profitability This table compares United Bancorp and Cathay General Bancorp’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets. Insider & Institutional Ownership Volatility & Risk United Bancorp has a beta of 0.41, indicating that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cathay General Bancorp has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Earnings & Valuation This table compares United Bancorp and Cathay General Bancorp”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation. Cathay General Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than United Bancorp. United Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cathay General Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. Analyst Recommendations This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for United Bancorp and Cathay General Bancorp, as provided by MarketBeat. Cathay General Bancorp has a consensus price target of $44.00, indicating a potential downside of 16.68%. Given Cathay General Bancorp’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Cathay General Bancorp is more favorable than United Bancorp. Summary Cathay General Bancorp beats United Bancorp on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks. About United Bancorp ( Get Free Report ) United Bancorp, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Unified Bank that provides commercial and retail banking services in Ohio. The company provides range of banking and financial services, which includes accepting demand, savings, and time deposits. It also offers commercial, real estate and consumer loans. United Bancorp, Inc. was founded in 1902 and is headquartered in Martins Ferry, Ohio. About Cathay General Bancorp ( Get Free Report ) Cathay General Bancorp operates as the holding company for Cathay Bank that offers various commercial banking products and services to individuals, professionals, and small to medium-sized businesses in the United States. The company offers various deposit products, including passbook accounts, checking accounts, money market deposit accounts, certificates of deposit, individual retirement accounts, and public funds deposits. It also provides loan products, such as commercial mortgage loans, commercial loans, small business administration loans, residential mortgage loans, real estate construction loans, and home equity lines of credit, as well as installment loans to individuals for household, and other consumer expenditures. In addition, the company offers trade financing, letter of credit, wire transfer, forward currency spot and forward contract, safe deposit, collection, automatic teller machine, Internet banking, investment, and other customary bank services, as well as securities and insurance products. Cathay General Bancorp was founded in 1962 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California. Receive News & Ratings for United Bancorp Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for United Bancorp and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .Perspective Therapeutics ( NYSE:CATX – Get Free Report ) had its target price lowered by investment analysts at Oppenheimer from $22.00 to $16.00 in a report issued on Friday, Benzinga reports. The firm presently has an “outperform” rating on the stock. Oppenheimer’s price objective indicates a potential upside of 361.10% from the company’s previous close. Several other research firms have also recently issued reports on CATX. Truist Financial started coverage on shares of Perspective Therapeutics in a report on Wednesday, September 25th. They set a “buy” rating and a $21.00 price target for the company. Bank of America began coverage on Perspective Therapeutics in a report on Thursday, July 25th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $24.00 price target for the company. UBS Group initiated coverage on Perspective Therapeutics in a report on Thursday, October 24th. They set a “buy” rating and a $20.00 price objective on the stock. Royal Bank of Canada dropped their target price on Perspective Therapeutics from $29.00 to $27.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, August 16th. Finally, Wedbush reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $11.00 price target (down from $20.00) on shares of Perspective Therapeutics in a research note on Thursday. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating, According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $19.43. View Our Latest Stock Report on Perspective Therapeutics Perspective Therapeutics Trading Up 15.7 % Perspective Therapeutics ( NYSE:CATX – Get Free Report ) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, November 12th. The company reported ($0.21) earnings per share for the quarter, hitting analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.21). The company had revenue of $0.37 million during the quarter. Perspective Therapeutics had a negative return on equity of 27.40% and a negative net margin of 4,096.66%. Equities analysts anticipate that Perspective Therapeutics will post -0.86 EPS for the current fiscal year. Institutional Investors Weigh In On Perspective Therapeutics Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Janus Henderson Group PLC purchased a new stake in shares of Perspective Therapeutics during the 1st quarter worth about $15,511,000. FMR LLC grew its stake in Perspective Therapeutics by 3,994.9% during the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 5,504,822 shares of the company’s stock worth $73,489,000 after buying an additional 5,370,392 shares during the period. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its position in shares of Perspective Therapeutics by 34.6% in the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 17,780,106 shares of the company’s stock worth $21,158,000 after acquiring an additional 4,566,356 shares in the last quarter. Nicholson Wealth Management Group LLC acquired a new position in shares of Perspective Therapeutics during the 3rd quarter valued at $21,390,000. Finally, State Street Corp boosted its position in Perspective Therapeutics by 119.6% during the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 2,190,239 shares of the company’s stock worth $29,240,000 after purchasing an additional 1,192,812 shares during the period. 54.66% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds. Perspective Therapeutics Company Profile ( Get Free Report ) Perspective Therapeutics, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, develops precision-targeted alpha therapies (TAT) for oncology that treats cancer patients across multiple tumor types comprising metastatic disease. The company discovers, designs, and develop its initial programs candidates consists of VMT-a-NET, that is currently in Phase 1/2a clinical trials for patients with unresectable or metastatic somatostatin receptor type 2 (SSTR2) expressing tumors that have not previously received peptide-targeted radiopharmaceutical therapy, such as Lutathera, a beta-emitting therapy; and VMT01, which is currently in Phase 1/2a clinical trials for second-line or later treatment of patients with progressive melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R) positive metastatic melanoma. See Also Receive News & Ratings for Perspective Therapeutics Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Perspective Therapeutics and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .
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