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Elle Fanning revives the ‘60s beehive
1 week, 4 days ago

Elle Fanning revives the ‘60s beehive

CNN  

CNN — Editor’s Note: Featuring the good, the bad and the ugly, ‘Look of the Week’ is a regular series dedicated to unpacking the most talked about outfit of the last seven days. The actor — who plays Bob Dylan’s girlfriend Sylvie Russo in James Mangold’s upcoming film — arrived onto the red carpet in a custom white Gucci silk …

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The Fight That Nearly Destroyed the Letterboxd Community
2 months, 2 weeks ago

The Fight That Nearly Destroyed the Letterboxd Community

Wired  

Things like this don't happen on Letterboxd. Usually, the list changes only when a new movie gets rated highly enough to remove another from the top 250, but Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion had gone from No. In a comment on the list, curator Dave Vis called the removal “an effort to align our eligibility rules,” made after …

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It’s October, it’s autumn – and that only means one thing
2 months, 3 weeks ago

It’s October, it’s autumn – and that only means one thing

The Independent  

It’s cold but crispy; the sun a watery yellow against your skin, the sky a startling, duck-egg blue. Still, this pretty, halcyon image means one thing, and one thing only: it’s Gilmore Girls season. Yes, it’s autumn – fall, if you’re in the US – time for pumpkins and fairy-lights and hot soup and cold fingers in cut-off gloves clasping …

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Are our smartphones safe after pagers are turned into bombs?
3 months ago

Are our smartphones safe after pagers are turned into bombs?

Daily Mail  

The coordinated explosion of thousands of pagers and radios used by members of Hezbollah across Lebanon and Syria earlier this week marked a new dawn of clandestine warfare. Experts have speculated that Israeli agents were able to booby- trap Hezbollah's pagers and radios by inserting a small quantity of high explosives into their internal workings. The details of the feat …

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What Dominique Pelicot who drugged his wife to be raped by 50 men was really like - from his claim that HE was a rape victim to why he married his wife twice
3 months, 1 week ago

What Dominique Pelicot who drugged his wife to be raped by 50 men was really like - from his claim that HE was a rape victim to why he married his wife twice

Daily Mail  

He was a bit of a loudmouth with a tendency to make up stories, and his fondness for gambling and living beyond his means plunged his family into a financial mess. Caroline, 45, told the Avignon court on Friday how she believed her father had drugged her too, after police showed her photos of her lying unconscious on a bed …

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The Golden Age of Sports Betting Is Over
4 months, 2 weeks ago

The Golden Age of Sports Betting Is Over

Slate  

These past few years have been a great time to bet on sports. Now the sportsbooks have decided they’d like to actually make some money, and they have pared back their promotional offerings to spend less on “customer acquisition.” The little carrots designed to make betting a friendly financial proposition are dulling or just going away, and they’ll only come …

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Vocabulary Made Easy series: Aim for the best by honing your word skills
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Vocabulary Made Easy series: Aim for the best by honing your word skills

Hindustan Times  

Students who aim to score better in competitive exams cannot take the risk of not thoroughly preparing for the exam. The vocabulary section in some competitive exams like CAT is important if candidates aim to score the best. Check out the words for the day and a small quiz to push yourself to improve your word power and language skills. …

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Witt and Royals agree on an 11-year deal worth more than $288.7M guaranteed, AP sources say
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Witt and Royals agree on an 11-year deal worth more than $288.7M guaranteed, AP sources say

Associated Press  

— The Kansas City Royals agreed with shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. on an 11-year deal worth more than $288.7 million guaranteed, two people familiar with the contract told The Associated Press on Monday, locking up one of baseball’s young stars as the club tries to turn around its fortunes and persuade a weary fanbase to invest in a new stadium. …

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Andy Warhol works never seen in UK go on show at major new exhibition
11 months ago

Andy Warhol works never seen in UK go on show at major new exhibition

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Warhol explored the intersection between …

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The Holdovers reunites Paul Giamatti with director Alexander Payne in movie about misfits at Christmas
11 months, 1 week ago

The Holdovers reunites Paul Giamatti with director Alexander Payne in movie about misfits at Christmas

ABC  

In the era of franchise IP, mid-budget Hollywood "movies for adults" — which often used to come in the shape of the fabled studio indie — have become a dying breed. Back around the turn of the century, these auteur-driven movies were in a boom, thanks to filmmakers like Paul Thomas Anderson, David O. Russell and Alexander Payne, who drew …

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Royapettah High Road furniture market | A market that has stood on sturdier legs
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Royapettah High Road furniture market | A market that has stood on sturdier legs

The Hindu  

The furniture market at Royapettah High Road has stood on sturdier legs. Accounting for a kilometre of Royapettah High Road, the furniture market is now around 50-shops strong, a striking drop in the figure that marked its halcyon days. Moreover, items that sell more online are usually those that cost less than ₹ 10,000…” JFA set up shop on Royapettah …

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Phillies fans turn Citizens Bank Park into ‘4 hours of hell’ during Red October
1 year, 2 months ago

Phillies fans turn Citizens Bank Park into ‘4 hours of hell’ during Red October

Associated Press  

PHILADELPHIA — The wolfman mask is retired. Phillies manager Rob Thomson said a rival coach told him last season that a playoff game in Philly was “four hours of hell.” Backed by packed houses at Citizens Bank Park, the Phillies have sent teams on a figurative highway to one with six wins at home this postseason. Everybody is talking about …

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There is no better TV sport than snooker... and none so hard to play
1 year, 7 months ago

There is no better TV sport than snooker... and none so hard to play

The Independent  

Most professional athletes make their chosen sport look easy, if not effortless. And given my own record on the green baize, his first frame will almost certainly end in victory On the few occasions I’ve had a go, the results have been nightmarish. It still feels faintly absurd that 18 million people tuned in to watch Davis’s World Championship final …

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Prime Video sets Hunters final season for January 13 release
1 year, 11 months ago

Prime Video sets Hunters final season for January 13 release

Firstpost  

Streaming service Prime Video on Tuesday announced that the second and final season of its popular series Hunters will premiere on January 13. Starring Al Pacino and Logan Lerman in the lead, the follows a diverse band of Nazi hunters living in 1977 New York City, the streamer said in a press release. “Meanwhile, a look to the past reveals …

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When East Germany met West and caused one of the greatest World Cup shocks
2 years, 1 month ago

When East Germany met West and caused one of the greatest World Cup shocks

The Independent  

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Given West Germany didn’t even recognise the DDR as a proper country …

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Review: The Middle - A Story of Love, Life and Laughter by Nayana Goradia
2 years, 3 months ago

Review: The Middle - A Story of Love, Life and Laughter by Nayana Goradia

Hindustan Times  

An evocative collection of reflections first published as “middles” – those once ubiquitous “light” pieces nestled at the centre of the editorial page to provide relief from the political opinions -- in the newspapers of 1960s India, Nayana Goradia’s The Middle - A Story of Love, Life and Laughter sketches a far more genteel era than the present. The author’s …

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Tips to build emotional resilience in children
2 years, 3 months ago

Tips to build emotional resilience in children

Hindustan Times  

When we talk about resilience, we're referring to a child's ability to cope with ups and downs as well as bounce back from the issues they encounter during childhood, such as moving houses, changing schools, studying for an exam, or dealing with the death of a loved one. Building resilience helps children to deal with day-to-day obstacles and also develop …

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How an anonymous crypto confession box is revealing investors’ tales of loss and despair
2 years, 4 months ago

How an anonymous crypto confession box is revealing investors’ tales of loss and despair

The Independent  

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Europa League preview: Barcelona takes on Eintracht ; West Ham hosts Lyon
2 years, 8 months ago

Europa League preview: Barcelona takes on Eintracht ; West Ham hosts Lyon

The Hindu  

West Ham United hosts Lyon in the first leg of its Europa League quarter-final on Thursday with the Hammers' run in continental competition bringing back memories of the club's halcyon days. It has not seen a European quarter-final in the east end of London since 1981, when second-division West Ham lost to eventual winners Dinamo Tbilisi in the last eight …

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Why the Blue Jays won’t take radio play-by-play voice Ben Wagner on the road this season
2 years, 8 months ago

Why the Blue Jays won’t take radio play-by-play voice Ben Wagner on the road this season

New York Times  

Listening to a baseball game on the radio is like sitting down with a good book, said Nelson Millman, the retired Toronto sports radio executive: “You’re creating imagery in your mind, through the stories they tell and the way they describe the set-up on the field.” In his early days at what is now known as Sportsnet 590 The Fan, …

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The Strangest Time for Nostalgia Is Now
3 years, 3 months ago

The Strangest Time for Nostalgia Is Now

Wired  

The Monitor is a weekly column devoted to everything happening in the WIRED world of culture, from movies to memes, TV to Twitter. National Geographic/Hulu is airing 9/11: One Day in America; MSNBC/Peacock has Memory Box: Echoes of 9/11; HBO has Spike Lee’s somewhat controversial NYC Epicenters. Movies with terrorism plots reportedly got shelved; the increased costs of travel held …

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Inside Sam Armytage's 'honeymoon with husband Richard Lavender'
3 years, 11 months ago

Inside Sam Armytage's 'honeymoon with husband Richard Lavender'

Daily Mail  

Sunrise host Sam Armytage and businessman Richard Lavender tied the knot in an intimate ceremony on New Year's Eve. Take a look inside Sam Armytage's favourite Tweed Coast resort, after she married Richard Lavender on New Year's Eve. Possible destination: One resort the lovebirds could potentially be staying at is Halcyon House in Cabarita Beach in Tweed Heads, on the …

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LVMH have bought Tiffany, how they can justify $16bn now I don’t know
4 years, 1 month ago

LVMH have bought Tiffany, how they can justify $16bn now I don’t know

The Independent  

Board meetings of Tiffany, the US jeweller, are extremely private affairs, which is a pity because this week I would have loved to have seen the smiles on the directors’ faces as they agreed to accept the revised offer from LVMH, the French luxury goods group, of $15.8bn for their company. This, after Arnault had seemingly pulled out completely in …

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‘Like a sledgehammer’: Killer whales perplex scientists by ramming sailing boats on Spanish coast
4 years, 3 months ago

‘Like a sledgehammer’: Killer whales perplex scientists by ramming sailing boats on Spanish coast

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Killer whales have been “attacking” sailing boats off the coasts of Spain and Portugal, in …

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