A new report from the World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) flags the growing trend of governments resorting to false charges of financial crimes to silence the press. The report, titled 'Misuse of economic charges to silence, threaten and attack the press: Review of case studies', documents eight different cases of media under attack for their independent journalism, including that …
On August 21, 1961, a mystery thief broke into London's National Gallery and made off with Francisco Goya's Portrait of the Duke of Wellington, a painting recently acquired by the British Government to the then-cool tune of 140,000 British pounds. The final feature from the late stage and screen director Roger Michell, it's one of those films the British always …
Holy DC Multiverse, Batman! From Jack Nicholson's rictus grin Joker to Heath Ledger's take 20 years on, from Danny DeVito's fish-munching Penguin to Jim Carrey's flame-haired Riddler, Batman's rivals have long injected the franchise with a jolt of lunatic energy, and often lurid colour too. Patterned after the likes of the Zodiac Killer and the 2003 "pizza bomber" case, they …
"I don't consider myself a particularly ethical person, but I'm fair," avers Lady Gaga as Patrizia Gucci, nee Reggiani, in Ridley Scott's sudsy, starry dramatisation of the Gucci dynasty's decline. Out for Oscar gold after her nomination for A Star Is Born, Gaga captivates as the glamorous femme fatale at the film's centre: the real-life Reggiani is infamous for ordering …
