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‘Tenzing’, el ‘biopic’ edulcorado del pastor de yaks que conquistó el Everest

En 1953, escalar el Everest era un asunto tan incierto como alcanzar la Luna. Nadie conocía las verdaderas dificultades de la empresa, pero esta se había convertido en un asunto de prestigio nacional. Los occidentales temían los efectos devastadores de la hipoxia y los locales temían la furia de los dioses. Ser los primeros en alcanzar la cima se convirtió en una prioridad para el entonces llamado Imperio británico, en pleno proceso de descolonización. También para un niño, pastor de yaks en la meseta tibetana, criado en un lugar tan inhóspito como privilegiado: creció admirando la cara norte del Everest. Dicen que es más fácil desear, incluso amar, aquello que contemplamos a diario. La montaña posee esta cualidad, por mucho que también cause indiferencia.

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Tom Hiddleston, como Edmund Hillary, y Genden Phuntsok, como Tenzing Norgay, en 'Tenzing'.
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Brett Goldstein, the comedian who ran a strip club in Marbella before finding fame with 'Ted Lasso'

“He’s here, he’s there, he’s every fucking where: Roy Kent, Roy Kent!” chants the loyal Richmond crowd in tribute to the captain of the struggling English football club at the heart of the TV series Ted Lasso. It seemed almost prophetic of what awaited Brett Goldstein, the 46-year-old actor who plays the gruff Kent. Since joining the hit Apple TV comedy’s main cast, having originally been hired only as a writer, he has gone from being virtually unknown outside the United Kingdom to starring in a romantic comedy with Jennifer Lopez, appearing alongside Harrison Ford in a television series, and becoming Marvel’s new Hercules.

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Brett Goldstein at the Los Angeles premiere of 'Office Romance,' May 26, 2026.
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Deliberately losing a Michelin star to try to win it back in 52 days: Apple TV’s culinary miracles

Jesse Burgess, host, filmmaker and co-founder of the award-winning food and travel channel Topjaw, says his role in the documentary series Knife Edge: Chasing Michelin Stars is a dream job. In reality, it’s an even more polished extension of his earlier social media work: he travels the world to introduce viewers to the intense realm of haute cuisine. He visits (and samples) the planet’s most acclaimed restaurants as they face the Michelin Guide’s annual season.

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Host Jesse Burgess with a uni bruschetta at Calusso in Fort Lauderdale in the second season of 'On the Edge: In Search of Michelin Stars'.
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