Stock market today: Wall Street slips at the end of a bumpy weekTánaiste Micheál Martin said it was obvious from the early General Election 2024 indications that there was "a very clear route back to Government" for Fianna Fáil. However, Mr Martin warned that it was far too early to predict precisely what Coalition partners might be involved as he paid tribute to the Green Party, who are facing serious electoral losses, for their contribution to the three-party Coalition in the 33rd Dáil. The Tánaiste refused to comment on whether the Social Democrats, who are set to make major Dáil gains, will be the obvious Coalition partners for Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael. Mr Martin was speaking as he arrived at the Nemo Rangers GAA complex in Cork where the South Central and North Central counts are being handled. The former Taoiseach will be elected on the first count after securing a whopping 14,000-plus first preference votes. He secured almost one-in-four first preference votes in Cork South Central. "There is a very clear route back to Government, although it is not fully determined," he said. "Because a lot will depend on those final seats I have spoken about." "We know very little at the moment - just tallies. In the majority of cases these will be reasonably accurate but then you have to work out geography, work out eliminations, work out distribution of surpluses. "It will be many, many counts before we really are in a position to look at the destination of the final two seats in five seaters and, in cases, the final two seats in four seaters. "Geography will be particularly important on the transfer area. What I am basically saying is that it is too early to call the exact type of Government that will be formed, the composition of the next Government. "But I think there will be a sufficiency of seats that aligns with the core principles that I outlined at the beginning of the campaign around the pro-enterprise economy, around positively pro-European Union position and a Government that will strongly push for home ownership - around parties that are transparently democratic in their affairs." Mr Martin has repeatedly ruled out Sinn Féin as a Coalition partner because of their economic policies. He said the incoming Government will have challenges most especially in tackling Ireland's housing issue. "Also I acknowledge that there are many people out there who are suffering, who are under pressure notwithstanding the optics of the economy in terms of statistics (that it is) doing quite well. "Many people are feeling the pressure because of the cost of living issues - we still have unfinished business with housing, to be frank, we have a lot more houses to build. "That was a challenge in this election." Mr Martin warned against "racing too far ahead" in terms of speculating about the formation of the next Government before even a substantial number of TDs have even been returned. "I genuinely would have to caution that the final seats cannot be determined. I remember in 2020, late on the evening of the count we looked to be in a very good position for closing the deal on eight seats - but we didn't close any of them by the following day." Mr Martin admitted he was "very pleased" with Fianna Fáil's overall general election campaign - and repeated that he believed the party had fielded arguably its greatest selection of candidates ever. "You will understand my wariness of the final predictions as to the final destination of the seats." The Tánaiste said he had no idea how long it would take after the final counts to hammer out a Coalition deal. "It remains to be seen (formation of Government). There will have to be negotiating teams and I would like to think that the Dáil can do it (a Government agreement) than it did the last time." "This is not easy - whatever parties engage in the discussions...very detailed work will have to be done in terms of a Programme for Government." Mr Martin said opinion polls consistently underestimated Fianna Fail support. "There is an issue. I could’ve had a better evening last night if the polls had been a bit more accurate. The polls give Fianna Fáil heart attacks all the time. We should respect the process. "Believe me, there will be a lot of twists and turns before this is over. I’m going through the permutations myself at home in different constituencies. “I’m ringing a few candidates and you pick up the local knowledge. "Geography will play a part in this as well transfers. We will win new seats. New TDs will be elected. "And that is always positive for a political party, that there is new blood coming in as well and a fresh injection of young blood coming into the party. "And that is very positive. "With a few balances of the ball we could do quite well here, but I am very conscious here that a lot will depend on the transfers. "It is a very different environment now but it is has been a very strong effort on behalf of the volunteers across the length and breadth of the country. "I have been sustained by some great people around the country from 2011 onwards and there is a great belief in many of those whose families belong to the party historically, they didn’t give up and they believed in the founding fathers of the party, the values of the party. "Mary always says I’m at glass half full person but part of me feels we are only another 2% away from even better results. But it is very competitive." Mr Martin added that he wanted to specifically mention the Green Party. "I want to pay tribute to all those who served in the last Dail, and who may lose seats. "I think the Green Party made a very positive contribution to Government. I think some good constructive positive policies emerged from the last government. "I think the last government had to weather very significant external shocks from Covid. I think the long shadow of Covid is over this election too. "I will always remember Angela Merkel at the commencement of Covid saying she equated Covid to world war in terms of its long-term impact on politics and society and so on. "That probably hasn’t been analysed to the degree it should. But if you look at the cost-of-living crisis, it has its genesis within Covid. "If you look at healthcare where a lot of waiting lists dramatically because of the emergency that Covid was. And there were a lot of impacts on society from it. And we weathered it and we came through us and then we had the war in Ukraine. So the Greens to their credit, didn’t buckle over the 4.5 years. "Being in government can be difficult for any political party. It is to the credit of the Greens that they went into government. We had challenges, we had different priorities, but this government went full term and I think Ireland was for the better for it."roulette odds 。

With “Nosferatu,” director Robert Eggers reinvents the F.W. Murnau 1922 silent classic by emphasizing the folk tale mythology and leaning more into the supernatural. We find Ellen (Lily-Rose Depp ) demonically possessed by vampire Count Orlok (Bill Skarsgård) after inadvertently awakening him from the dead. It’s a twisted reversal of “Sleeping Beauty,” in which she becomes haunted and he becomes increasingly obsessed. Be careful what you wish for. For Linda Muir, the director’s go-to costume designer, it was essential to dig deeply into 1838 fashion for Ellen, who hails from a German village, and late 16th-century fashion for Orlok, the nobleman from Transylvania. This enabled Muir to convey the necessary authenticity, emotion, and social status of the characters, creating a costume story with its own arc. “For me, it was interesting to have all the taboos that are embedded in the period with a character like Ellen, who’s not adhering to what the norms are,” Muir told IndieWire. “Thomas [Nicholas Hoult], her husband, wants comfort and luxury, he’s trying to do what he thinks is best for her. But she comes from all that, and she doesn’t care about it. What she wants is him, she wants love.” Ellen valiantly fights Orlok’s power, but he’s obsessed with an all-consuming appetite for her and schemes to tear her apart from Thomas. “I thought it was fascinating to watch Bill and think that, under all of that prosthetic decay and decomposition, there was such a strong, visceral feeling of the guy, obviously wealthy, entitled, the beautiful young man that he might’ve been centuries before.” Ellen’s wardrobe, which is part of a pre-Victorian transitional period, reflects her confined status in the male-dominated society (she’s put in a self-tightening corset to help cure her), as well as an ethereal quality as a result of Orlok’s thrall. But as she gains confidence, Ellen’s wardrobe becomes less restrictive. “In the 1830s, women had a huge gigot sleeve, really extended puffy tops coming down into a tighter forearm,” Muir said. “Then, around 1836, that style starts to change. Women had taken all that excess fabric and didn’t want to cut it all out, it’s expensive. So they would fold it all in and then stitch it down and make it slightly smaller. So that would start to change the dimension of the sleeve.” Since Ellen’s costume choices are reduced and they repeat costumes, Muir learned that you could make a dress with removable sleeves. “So we actually shot a scene [which was cut] where she has short sleeves as well,” added Muir. “And the long sleeve is hanging over her dressing screen at the back.” Ellen’s most prominent evening dress is indigo with lilacs embroidered and beaded on the front and on the sleeves. This lavender hue subliminally underscores the connection between Ellen and Orlok, who remembers lilacs from when he was alive. “The period had some extraordinary patterns on the same piece of fabric: paisley, dots, ombre,” said Muir. “On the one hand, it’s very schitzy and overpowering, but I chose cotton as the fabric to make it calmer.” Meanwhile, Muir had fun digging into the 16th-century costuming for Orlok in a way that affected everything about him, from his speech to his manners to his castle. She went for an overall look of decadence and opulence, epitomized by the gold bar-like buttons on his large cloak (called a mantle), which was lined in fur and had a massive collar. It only slightly recalled the silhouette of Max Schrek’s Orlok from Murnau’s “Nosferatu.” The outer coat has very long arms, which got Muir researching how the men wore them. “You could put your arms through the coat and wear it, or you could wear it as more of a cape, like Dracula, without putting your arms through it,” Muir said. “And I thought that’s really fascinating because that’s like on the super-rich nobility level, and it’s also on the poorest of the peasants in the mountain by themselves, shepherds. So Orlok has that as his major piece. And he has the Hungarian fur hat and we played with the size of that so that it appears significant.” Muir wanted to convey the image of an ancient nobleman without overwhelming Skarsgård with a heavy outfit while obscuring enough of his decay to not arouse fear when he meets with Thomas in his castle. “And then he has underneath a beautiful dolman, which is like a tunic,” Muir said. “And that is layered and layered and layered. It has patterned silk, and I tried to choose textiles that have a lot of gold threads because I knew [cinematographer] Jarin [Blaschke] would be using firelight and candlelight and this beautiful moonlight. So things that could twinkle and reflect back to us to give the shape of an outline. “And then he has kind of Mick Jagger trousers,” she continued, “which are mustard-colored, kind of shiny gold thread, skin-tight trousers and a beautiful sash at his waist. And then he has the coolest footwear. He has leather. They’re like mules, so a slip-on. But for safety and comfort, they gave Bill another 4 inches or so in what is already a really beautiful, thin, tall outline.” And, for practical purposes, Skarsgård wore a hefty harness next to his body that came through the tunic and clamped inside of the cloak because of the tremendous weight, heat, and prosthetic makeup. “So we tried to make it so that we could release him as quickly as possible,” said Muir. “We cooled him off between takes, in between setups, and not tire him out from walking around with this. It also had to look effortless, like he wouldn’t fall off, like it’s mesmerized onto his shoulders, and magical, too.” Focus Features will release “Nosferatu” in theaters nationwide December 25.

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