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- Supreme court to hear arguments in case that could reverse Roe v Wade – live
- 1,500 unhoused LA residents died on the streets during pandemic, report reveals
- Trump tested positive for Covid few days before Biden debate, chief of staff says in new book
- Ilhan Omar airs death threat and presses Republicans on ‘anti-Muslim hatred’
- Alec Baldwin shooting: investigators track source of live ammunition on Rust set
- Saudis used ‘incentives and threats’ to shut down UN investigation in Yemen
- Alice Sebold’s publisher pulls memoir after overturned rape conviction
- Co-founder of Christian TV network that railed against vaccines dies of Covid-19
- Tel Aviv overtakes Hong Kong, Paris and Zurich as most expensive city to live in
- ‘Utter torment’: Japan’s party season loses lustre as workers dread drinking with the boss
- Data storage, mining and wind: oceans seen as new frontier but at what cost?
- Elon Musk jokes about whistleblowing in Tesla merchandise tweet
- Edie Falco: ‘Alcohol was the answer to all my problems - and the cause of them’
- A moment that changed me: when my beloved teacher taught us about mortal sin
- ‘She’s more than just a murder victim’: the life and death of film-maker Adrienne Shelly
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- Unmasked: the Penguin saves world from Covid in Danny DeVito’s Batman story
- Republicans boost benefits for workers who quit over vaccine mandates
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- EU must consider mandatory Covid jabs, says Von der Leyen
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| Supreme court to hear arguments in case that could reverse Roe v Wade – live Posted: 01 Dec 2021 06:31 AM PST
With the landmark Roe v Wade ruling being directly challenged today by Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization in the Supreme Court, endangering this country's access to safe abortions, here are some stats from the Guardian's Jessica Glenza: Continue reading... |
| 1,500 unhoused LA residents died on the streets during pandemic, report reveals Posted: 01 Dec 2021 03:00 AM PST UCLA researchers and unhoused advocates raise the alarms about the catastrophe of 'preventable' deaths outside Nearly 1,500 unhoused people are estimated to have died on the streets of Los Angeles during the pandemic, according to a new report that raises alarms about authorities' handling of a worsening humanitarian crisis. Authored by researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and a coalition of unhoused residents, the report analyzed the LA county coroner's records to identify 1,493 cases of people who died between March 2020 and July 2021 on the streets and were probably unhoused. The most common cause of death was accidental overdose. Over 35% of the 1,493 deaths occurred on sidewalks. The next most common sites were parking lots (13%), alleys (5.7%), tents (5.6%) and embankments (3.6%). The average age of unhoused residents who died was 47 years old. Black residents made up 25% of all unhoused deaths, while constituting only 8% of the region's population. 48% of deaths were classified as accidental, 19% natural, 13% as homicides and 9% were suicides. The rates of accidental deaths and homicides were higher among unhoused people than among the general population in that time period. Nearly 40% of the accidental deaths were attributed to drug and alcohol overdoses, mirroring the sharp increase in overdoses in the broader population. Continue reading... |
| Trump tested positive for Covid few days before Biden debate, chief of staff says in new book Posted: 30 Nov 2021 10:00 PM PST Mark Meadows makes stunning admission in new memoir obtained by Guardian, saying a second test returned negative Donald Trump tested positive for Covid-19 three days before his first debate against Joe Biden, the former president's fourth and last chief of staff has revealed in a new book. Mark Meadows also writes that though he knew each candidate was required "to test negative for the virus within seventy two hours of the start time … Nothing was going to stop [Trump] from going out there." Continue reading... |
| Ilhan Omar airs death threat and presses Republicans on ‘anti-Muslim hatred’ Posted: 01 Dec 2021 03:04 AM PST Democrat urges House Republican leaders to act after Lauren Boebert 'jihad squad' controversy The US politician Ilhan Omar played a harrowing death threat left recently on her voicemail, as she implored House Republican leaders to do more to tamp down "anti-Muslim hatred" in their ranks and "hold those who perpetuate it accountable". The Democratic Minnesota representative, one of only a handful of Muslim members of Congress, has been the subject of repeated attacks by conservative pundits and some Republicans in Congress, which she says have led to an increase in the number of death threats she receives. Continue reading... |
| Alec Baldwin shooting: investigators track source of live ammunition on Rust set Posted: 01 Dec 2021 04:52 AM PST Police search Albuquerque firearms supplier after owner claimed he 'may know' where live rounds came from Authorities are pursuing new leads on possible sources of live ammunition involved in actor Alec Baldwin's fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the New Mexico set of a western, as they searched the premises of an Albuquerque-based firearms and ammunition supplier. The search took place after a provider of firearms and ammunition to the ill-fated movie production Rust told investigators that he "may know" where live rounds came from, describing ammunition he received from a friend in the past that had been "reloaded" by assembly from parts. Continue reading... |
| Saudis used ‘incentives and threats’ to shut down UN investigation in Yemen Posted: 30 Nov 2021 10:00 PM PST Exclusive: Political officials and diplomatic and activist sources describe stealth campaign Saudi Arabia used "incentives and threats" as part of a lobbying campaign to shut down a UN investigation of human right violations committed by all sides in the Yemen conflict, according to sources with close knowledge of the matter. The Saudi effort ultimately succeeded when the UN human rights council (HRC) voted in October against extending the independent war crimes investigation. The vote marked the first defeat of a resolution in the Geneva body's 15-year history. Continue reading... |
| Alice Sebold’s publisher pulls memoir after overturned rape conviction Posted: 01 Dec 2021 02:52 AM PST Scribner has responded to the news that Anthony Broadwater has been cleared of the crime at the centre of Lucky by ceasing to distribute the book Alice Sebold's publisher Scribner is pulling her 1999 memoir Lucky from shelves after a man was cleared of the rape at the heart of it. Anthony Broadwater was convicted of raping Sebold in 1982, and spent 16 years in prison. He was exonerated last week after a re-examination of the case found serious flaws in his arrest and trial. Continue reading... |
| Co-founder of Christian TV network that railed against vaccines dies of Covid-19 Posted: 01 Dec 2021 06:04 AM PST Marcus Lamb, 64, whose Daystar network reaches an estimated 2bn viewers worldwide, had pushed alternative therapies Marcus Lamb, the co-founder of the leading Christian TV network Daystar who railed against Covid-19 vaccines, has died of Covid-19. He was 64 years old. Lamb, who was the chief executive of the conservative network that reaches an estimated 2 billion viewers worldwide, died on Tuesday, weeks after contracting the coronavirus. Continue reading... |
| Tel Aviv overtakes Hong Kong, Paris and Zurich as most expensive city to live in Posted: 30 Nov 2021 07:27 PM PST Surge up the table partly due to the strength of the national currency against the dollar, as well as increases in prices for transport and groceries Tel Aviv has been ranked the world's most expensive city to live in thanks to the rapid rise in inflation that has pushed up the cost of a whole range of goods and services across the world in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The Israeli city climbed five spots in the past 12 months to take the unwanted title away from last year's joint winners of Paris, Hong Kong and Zurich, according to the authoritative ranking system compiled by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). Continue reading... |
| ‘Utter torment’: Japan’s party season loses lustre as workers dread drinking with the boss Posted: 30 Nov 2021 05:24 PM PST Bonenkai - or end of year - party season kicks off in December with some reluctant to join the workplace tradition Not everyone in Japan is looking forward to observing the time-honoured tradition of drinking, eating, and drinking some more with groups of colleagues, even as the country begins to rediscover its gregarious side after 18 months of the coronavirus pandemic. December usually marks the start of the bonenkai (forget-the-year) party season, when men and women who spend hours together in the workplace get together for an evening of nomunication, a portmanteau of the Japanese verb to drink [nomu] and communication. Continue reading... |
| Data storage, mining and wind: oceans seen as new frontier but at what cost? Posted: 01 Dec 2021 05:00 AM PST Industries gazing out to sea for more space, more cold, clean water and more wind offer a glimpse of the future and its risks In September 2017, a giant, floating fish farm capable of raising 1.5 million salmon was installed in central Norway. Besides its vast size – the circular structure is roughly the equivalent of two baseball fields – what set SalMar's Ocean Farm 1 apart was its location three miles off the coast. It was hailed as the world's first offshore salmon farm. Four years later, there have been two production cycles with better growth and survival of salmon compared with inshore farms, according to the company, hence less food waste and a lower carbon footprint. Energy demand was also reduced compared with traditional inshore farms because seawater naturally flows through the nets, oxygenating salmon with no need for the pumps used on traditional inshore farms. Continue reading... |
| Elon Musk jokes about whistleblowing in Tesla merchandise tweet Posted: 01 Dec 2021 04:33 AM PST Chief executive posts 'Blow the whistle on Tesla!' amid lawsuits brought against carmaker Tesla's chief executive, Elon Musk, has appeared to joke about whistleblowers on Twitter in the wake of high-profile lawsuits against the electric carmaker brought by current and former staff. The billionaire urged his 65 million Twitter followers to "Blow the whistle on Tesla!" and included a link to a branded "Cyberwhistle" for sale in the company's online shop. Continue reading... |
| Edie Falco: ‘Alcohol was the answer to all my problems - and the cause of them’ Posted: 30 Nov 2021 10:00 PM PST One of TV's most admired actors, she is now playing Hillary Clinton on screen. She discusses overcoming addiction, her adoration for Sopranos co-star James Gandolfini and the pure joy of adopting two children Edie Falco has never been the type of actor to demand entourages and encores. Fanfares and fuss are just not her bag, and she has little time for pretentious thespiness. When other actors talk about their "Process," as she puts it – with a capital P – she thinks, "What are you talking about?!" With her open, thoughtful face and wide smile, she looks as if she could be your friend from the local coffee shop, as opposed to one of the most accoladed American actors of this century, having accumulated two Golden Globes, four Emmys and five Screen Actors Guild awards, plus a jaw-dropping 47 nominations. This impression of straightforwardness and – oh dreaded word – relatability has made her subtle performances of self-deceiving characters even more powerful. As the mob wife, Carmela, in The Sopranos, she could tell Tony (James Gandolfini) what she thought of him staying out all night with his "goomahs", or mistresses, but she couldn't admit to herself that he does much worse to fund the life she loves. Similarly, as Nurse Jackie, in the eponymous TV series, her scrubbed clean face and sensible short hair belied her character's drug addiction. So it feels extremely right that, when we connect by video chat, Falco, 58, is sitting – not in a fancy hotel room, or a Hollywood mansion, but in the endearingly messy basement of her New York house, where she lives with her son, 16, and daughter, 13. Power tools hang off the wall behind her, and she is leaning on a table strewn with what she describes as "God knows, some stuff". Continue reading... |
| A moment that changed me: when my beloved teacher taught us about mortal sin Posted: 30 Nov 2021 11:00 PM PST I had impressed Mr Priamo with my passion for winning. In questioning his certainty I learned the eternal value of doubt and ambiguity Even before I entered his class, I knew Mr Priamo, the sixth-grade teacher at my Catholic elementary school, as the small, powerfully built man who strutted the hallways, and especially the gymnasium, with the ease of an athletic star. In golf shirts and trousers that pulled too tight at the rear, he appeared to be in perpetual motion – an illusion enhanced by his booming voice and jangling keys, the storm of gum-chewing and cologne that encircled him. It was my first encounter with a kind of masculine drag, an adult embodying a role so fully and so well it was impossible to tell where that bit ended and the real person began. Having crafted my own persona as a low-key academic prodigy, I watched him as a cub might regard the leader of a rival clan. The prospect of submitting to the instruction of someone as brash and sports-metaphor prone as Mr Priamo intrigued me. He was my first male teacher – a relief, following a year in which two female co-teachers (eager to prove a point, it seemed to me, about wanting something too badly) had denied me the top scholastic prize, breaking a three-year streak. Though useless on the track and the basketball court, I impressed Mr Priamo due to the stealthy resolve with which I secured and guarded my standing in his class. Among the first things I learned under his tutelage was that to share a passion for winning is to share a lot. Continue reading... |
| ‘She’s more than just a murder victim’: the life and death of film-maker Adrienne Shelly Posted: 30 Nov 2021 10:39 PM PST The HBO documentary Adrienne, directed by the late artist's husband, explores the life, murder, and legacy of the writer and director of Waitress Adrienne Shelly was an actor, writer, director; a doting mother, loyal wife, vibrant friend; a committed artist who grew from performance to playwriting to film, finally coming into creative bloom when her life was tragically, brutally cut short at age 40. She died mere weeks before the indie film she wrote and directed, Waitress, got accepted to the Sundance film festival; the romantic dramedy starring Keri Russell went on to become a sleeper hit and spawned the hit Broadway musical of the same name, the first with an all-female principal creative team. Shelly never got to see it; on the afternoon of 1 November 2006, she was strangled to death by a 19-year-old construction worker named Diego Pillco, after she walked in during his attempted robbery of the West Village apartment she used as her office. Pillco staged her body like a suicide, and she was found hours later by her husband, Andy Ostroy. If it weren't for Ostroy's doggedness in disputing the initial suicide ruling, and the identification of Pillco's shoeprint in the dust of Shelly's bathroom, the killing would have probably gone unknown and unsolved. Continue reading... |
| Bikers, rappers and rude boys: the photographer who got to the heart of subcultures Posted: 30 Nov 2021 10:00 PM PST Janette Beckman has spent four decades documenting underground movements from London's punks and the birth of hip-hop to LA gangs and illegal girls' fight clubs. How does she win her subjects' trust? It was the tension between Janette Beckman's shyness and her curiosity about people that helped spark a career photographing subcultures. "I realised that having a camera gave you licence to go up to strangers and say, 'Hi, I'd like to take a picture of you,'" she says. This epiphany jump-started a 45-year adventure in street photography, documenting the punk and two-tone youths of 70s Britain, the birth of hip-hop in New York, Latino gang members in Los Angeles, bikers in Harlem, rodeos, rockabilly conventions and demonstrations from Occupy Wall Street to Black Lives Matter. As we talk on a video call, 62-year-old Beckman gives me a tour of her home studio in New York, just off the Bowery where the famous punk venue CBGB used to be. There's a Salt-N-Pepa snowboard, a Keith Haring painting and gold discs from hip-hop stars Dana Dane and EPMD. On one strip of wall hang a selection of images from Occupy Wall Street in 2011, "for a book," she says. And on another are pinned a vast selection of her images, for her monograph Rebels: From Punk to Dior. Continue reading... |
| Prickly present: dancing cactus toy that raps in Polish about cocaine goes viral Posted: 30 Nov 2021 10:00 PM PST Walmart removes listing by third-party seller after Ontario woman discovers one of toy's songs is about cocaine and hopelessness A word of warning before you go toy shopping this Christmas: beware the rapping cactus. The toy, marketed as educational, may teach your children more than you want them to know, as a woman in Brampton, Ontario, discovered the hard way. The miniature, bright-green dancing cactus Ania Tanner bought sings in English, Spanish and Polish while squirming to the beat. After buying it for her granddaughter, Tanner discovered that one of the songs in its repertoire was an explicit tune about cocaine and hopelessness. Continue reading... |
| Unmasked: the Penguin saves world from Covid in Danny DeVito’s Batman story Posted: 01 Dec 2021 02:46 AM PST The actor, who played him in Batman Returns, has written a storyline for an 80th anniversary edition of the DC comic which sees him vaccinate the planet Batman's least intimidating foe the Penguin, usually seen plotting the heist of Gotham City's priciest jewels, has a somewhat less dastardly plan up his sleeve in his latest outing: he's out to vaccinate the world. The feathered supervillain's latest storyline was dreamed up by the actor Danny DeVito, who played the character in the 1992 film Batman Returns. Working with artist Dan Mora, DeVito has written the story Bird Cat Love for an anthology celebrating Batman's enemies, Gotham City Villains, published on Tuesday by DC Comics to celebrate the 80th anniversary year of the character's creation. Continue reading... |
| Republicans boost benefits for workers who quit over vaccine mandates Posted: 01 Dec 2021 02:00 AM PST Critics say decision from legislatures in four states in effect pays people for not getting vaccinated Some Republican states are expanding unemployment benefits for employees who have been fired or quit over vaccine mandates, a move critics say in effect pays people for not getting vaccinated. Four states – Iowa, Tennessee, Florida, and Kansas – have changed their rules on unemployment to include people who have been terminated or who have chosen to leave their jobs because of their employers' vaccine policies. Continue reading... |
| Severe Covid infection doubles chances of dying in following year, study finds Posted: 01 Dec 2021 01:25 AM PST Research suggests serious bouts of illness with coronavirus may significantly damage long-term health Patients who survive severe Covid are more than twice as likely to die over the following year than those who remain uninfected or experience milder virus symptoms, a study says. The research, published in Frontiers in Medicine, suggests that serious coronavirus infections may significantly damage long-term health, showing the importance of vaccination. Continue reading... |
| EU must consider mandatory Covid jabs, says Von der Leyen Posted: 01 Dec 2021 06:23 AM PST European Commission president says EU states need to discuss idea in response to spread of Omicron variant The EU must consider mandatory vaccination in response to the spread of the "highly contagious" Omicron Covid variant across Europe, the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, has said. In a call to action, Von der Leyen said the EU's 27 member states should rapidly deploy booster doses and a commission communique backed countries that opted to temporarily enforce pre-travel PCR tests even within the bloc's borders. Continue reading... |
| We can prevail over Omicron. We just need to use the tools we have | Eric Topol Posted: 01 Dec 2021 03:19 AM PST Masks, vaccines, boosters, rapid tests and anti-Covid pills will all be essential in the months ahead Last week, we learned from virus sequencing and rapid reporting by South African scientists that there is a new variant with 50 mutations compared with the original Wuhan strain. It quickly was named Omicron and categorized as a variant of concern by the World Health Organization, a designation that hasbeen used for only four previous variants (Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta) among thousands of variants noted in the evolution of the Sars-CoV-2 virus. We do know a few things about Omicron, namely its sequence and the site of its abundant mutations, far more than previous variants of concern, and some at spots in the virus RNA that may substantially affect transmission or impair our immune system (or vaccine-induced immunity) to respond. That is all theoretical, since there have been other mutation-laden variants in the past that were picked up but turned out to be void of any clinical consequence. Eric Topol is the founder and director of the Scripps Research Translational Institute, professor of molecular medicine, and executive vice-president of Scripps Research Continue reading... |
| The guns are gone, but misogyny still stalks Northern Ireland | Susan McKay Posted: 01 Dec 2021 12:00 AM PST For unionist politicians, paedophile and domestic abuser David Tweed was just 'larger than life' – not a danger to women When David Tweed died in a crash in County Antrim at the end of October, Ian Paisley Jr, Tweed's MP, spoke of his sadness: "David was a well-known Ulsterman." He had been a "leading Ulster and Ireland rugby star", a "political activist" and an "elected official". He sent prayers to Tweed's family at what he said must be "an unimaginably heartbreaking time". Tweed was a former Democratic Unionist party councillor. Local DUP politician Mervyn Storey said he had known "Davy" and his family for most of his life and could not begin to imagine the sorrow they must have been plunged into. "Just on Sunday past he sat in front of me in church," he reminisced. "He was a larger than life character and not just only in his physical presence." Susan McKay is an Irish writer and journalist whose books include Northern Protestants – On Shifting Ground Continue reading... |
| The rise of Éric Zemmour shows how far France has shifted to the right | Didier Fassin Posted: 01 Dec 2021 04:35 AM PST The far-right media pundit is now a presidential candidate – and his toxic ideas have ever more mainstream support On 17 November, the far-right journalist and polemicist Éric Zemmour went on trial in Paris on charges of incitement to racial hatred. In September 2020, he had said on the French news broadcaster CNews that unaccompanied foreign minors were "thieves, they're murderers, they're rapists, that's all they are. We must send them back". He did not appear at the trial and was represented by his lawyers, who said the charges were unfounded. The verdict is expected to be delivered next year. Zemmour has previously been convicted of incitement to racial hatred and religious hatred and been tried and acquitted in several other cases. But the stakes are different this time: the defendant is now a candidate for president of the French republic. In early November, polls indicated that up to 17% of the electorate would choose him for next president. This placed him behind only Emmanuel Macron, suggesting that the second round of the election could be between the two men. On 30 November, he officially announced his candidacy. Didier Fassin is a professor at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, and director of studies at the École des Hautes Études, Paris Continue reading... |
| Renewable energy has ‘another record year of growth’ says IEA Posted: 30 Nov 2021 10:00 PM PST Renewables will account for about 95% of growth in global power-generation capacity up to the end of 2026, finds energy agency It has been another record year for renewable energy, despite the Covid-19 pandemic and rising costs for raw materials around the world, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). About 290GW of new renewable energy generation capacity, mostly in the form of wind turbines and solar panels, has been installed around the world this year, beating the previous record last year. On current trends, renewable energy generating capacity will exceed that of fossil fuels and nuclear energy combined by 2026. Continue reading... |
| Magnus Carlsen v Ian Nepomniachtchi: World Chess Championship Game 5 – live! Posted: 01 Dec 2021 06:31 AM PST
Carlsen plays 15. ... Bd6 and Nepomniachtchi spends nearly six minutes before responding with 16. Qc2. The Russian challenger's longest think of the game so far by some distance after blitzing out his opening moves. Carlsen then spends eight minutes before the prophylactic 16. ... h6. Nepomniachtchi, who appears to still be in his prep, immediately answers with 17. Nf1. Carlsen continues to take a lot more time with somewhat uneasy body language. Carlsen plays 13. ... d5, which appears to be the first new move of the game. Nepomniachtchi responds quickly with 14. Nbd2 followed by an exchange of e-pawns (14. ... dxe4 15. dxe4). The challenger, who's yet to spend more than a half-minute on any of his moves, is already more than 20 minutes ahead on the clock. |
| How Pearl Harbor stopped the birth of the LA Browns and changed baseball history Posted: 01 Dec 2021 02:00 AM PST It took a long time for the West Coast to host a Major League Baseball team. And the wait was increased by the events of the second world war Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor 80 years ago not only ensured the United States' entry into the second world war. It inadvertently but categorically changed baseball history. One day after the attack, Major League Baseball's owners were expected to approve the move of the American League's St Louis Browns to Los Angeles for 1942 – 16 years before Walter O'Malley's former Brooklyn Dodgers played their first season on the West Coast. The Browns felt so confident that they even scheduled a press conference in Los Angeles to announce the move on the afternoon of Monday 8 December 1941. Continue reading... |
| Ten signings Premier League clubs should target in January | Ben McAleer Posted: 01 Dec 2021 05:12 AM PST Aston Villa, Tottenham, Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal may be dipping into the market in the new year By Ben McAleer for WhoScored Another game, another goal for Dusan Vlahovic. The Serb scored his 12th of the season in Fiorentina's 3-1 win over Sampdoria on Tuesday night to open up a two-goal lead between himself and Ciro Immobile in the race for the Capocannoniere. Whether Vlahovic will still be in Italy when the award is given out is another matter. He is a wanted man in England and for good reason. Arsenal and Tottenham are apparently interested in the 21-year-old, with Spurs reportedly making him their top January target as the long-term successor for Harry Kane. Vlahovic will not come cheap but, with just 18 months to run on his contract and a reluctance to put pen to paper on a new deal, Fiorentina's stance on their prized asset may soften in the new year, particularly if they can sign a replacement early in the window. Continue reading... |
| ‘I got to live my dreams’: Johanna Konta retires from tennis aged 30 Posted: 01 Dec 2021 03:10 AM PST
Former British No 1 Johanna Konta has announced her immediate retirement from professional tennis. Konta, 30, is the most successful British women's player of the past two decades, having reached a career high ranking of No 4 in 2017, three grand slam semi-finals and she won the prestigious Miami Open in 2017. Earlier this year, she won her fourth career WTA title in Nottingham. Continue reading... |
| Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go For It review – vampish and sharp as a stiletto Posted: 01 Dec 2021 02:00 AM PST The Puerto Rican-born star of the first West Side Story movie reflects on her life, career and traumas in this warm documentary salute This televisual but still touching documentary tribute to actor Rita Moreno, who turns 90 this month, is released in the UK as a warm-up act to Steven Spielberg's new film version of West Side Story coming out next month. Moreno is probably most famous for playing Anita in the 1961 film version of the musical, in a zesty, broad performance in which she whips the voluminous folds of her lilac party dress while singing America. It was a turn that earned her the best supporting actress Oscar, and she will be in Spielberg's new version, too, but Rita-as-Anita in the lilac dress will probably remain the image that most often comes to mind when her name is mentioned. Director Mariem Pérez Riera celebrates a career that had a number of interesting twists and turns even if she never rose very high in the film firmament after her big moment. Instead, Moreno broadened out and performed on stage and on television: she appeared in the 70s opposite Morgan Freeman in the kids' show The Electric Company and, from the late 90s to early 00s, played a nun in the prison drama Oz. Most recently, she found acclaim in the 2017 reboot featuring a Cuban-American family of the 70s sitcom One Day at a Time. Continue reading... |
| Top 10 novels about novelists | Louise Dean Posted: 01 Dec 2021 04:00 AM PST From Louisa May Alcott to Philip Roth and Michael Chabon, writers of fiction have long been fascinated by the dramas of their own trade Writers writing about writers: the fact that there's a lot of it about should perhaps come as no surprise. From the likes of Jack Torrance in The Shining to Paul Morris in Sabine Durrant's Lie With Me, writers in fiction are often skewered: preening, blocked, dejected creatures who'll receive their comeuppance – or salvation – one way or another. At the Novelry, we hothouse writers from the twinkling of an idea through to a publishing-ready novel with our online writing courses. We are blessed with saintly writers, but we do love an author horror story. In the books below you'll find accounts of literary theft and false authorship, washed-up novelists fading to nothing on college campuses, and a fine array of supersize egos. But, you'll also find hope: people discovering their place in the world through writing and that happiest of endings – a sparkling book deal. Continue reading... |
| Silent Night review – jolly hockey sticks, it’s the end of the world with Keira Knightley Posted: 01 Dec 2021 06:00 AM PST Knightley and Matthew Goode host a posh Christmas party in this arrestingly strange apocalyptic comedy drama Apocalyptic tragi-satire might be cinema's new growth area. Adam McKay's Don't Look Up is almost upon us and now here is this arrestingly strange and forthright black comic nightmare from cinematograher turned director Camille Griffin, produced by Trudie Styler and featuring Griffin's son Roman Griffin Davis (the child star of Jojo Rabbit). A cross-section of upper-middle-class professionals who have known each other since school descend on a handsome country house for a lavish Christmas house party, hosted by Nell (Keira Knightley) and Simon (Matthew Goode), who have three boys, including Art (Griffin Davis). Instantly, these people start speaking in Richard Curtis/Emma Freud romcom dialogue to each other. There is Nell's sister Sandra (Annabelle Wallis) who is married to dopey-dependable Tony (Rufus Jones). Hospital consultant James (Sope Dirisu) has come with his partner Sophie (Lily-Rose Depp), and sarky Bella (Lucy Punch) with her partner Alex (Kirby Howell-Baptiste). Generally in a comedy drama of this kind, there will be an elephant-in-the-living-room trauma or sadness that everyone is collectively in denial about, but which gets resolved with laughter and tears before the closing credits. Not this movie: because the world is about to end. No weddings, one big funeral. A giant toxic cloud caused by environmental abuse is forecast to sweep in on Boxing Day killing everyone, so this is their last hurrah. The entire group have their government-issued suicide pills, which it turns out have been withheld from homeless people and illegal immigrants. You might find yourself thinking about the Covid vaccines hoarded away from the developing world. Continue reading... |
| R&B star Trey Songz investigated over sexual assault allegation Posted: 01 Dec 2021 05:55 AM PST Las Vegas police confirm that star is cooperating following complaint, and has not been arrested R&B star Trey Songz is being investigated by Las Vegas police, following allegations of sexual assault being made against him. The singer, real name Tremaine Neverson, has not been arrested and is cooperating with the investigation. Neverson was in Las Vegas for his 37th birthday celebrations, and the alleged incident was reported to have taken place at a hotel in the city on Sunday night. Continue reading... |
| Hank Willis Thomas: ‘The slave era is not something that is in the past’ Posted: 30 Nov 2021 10:49 PM PST The artist discusses his new exhibition which mixes American flags with prison uniforms to examine whether the land of the free is really free for all "We the People." "Liberty." "Justice." Words spelled out in quilted Daedalus-like mazes, in the new exhibition Another Justice: Divided We Stand, at the Kayne Griffin gallery in Los Angeles. All are associated with the ideals of the United States, revered like the stars and stripes of its flag. But stamped within the Liberty quilt is the word "inmate". Capital, a green and white quilt, mirrors the stamp. Composed from prison uniforms and repurposed American flags, the quilts display the discordant harmony sewn together by capitalism and racism. The new exhibition by Hank Willis Thomas, Another Justice confronts a great American hypocrisy: freedom in "the land of the free" is predicated on the incarceration and enslavement of populations deemed less valuable by America's hegemony. Through massive labyrinthine quilts and human-like sculptures, the exhibition interrogates the gossamer presented by American ideals against the grimy reality many Americans live day to day. Continue reading... |
| Kenny G: ‘Criticism didn’t affect me then, and it doesn’t affect me now’ Posted: 30 Nov 2021 11:04 PM PST In the HBO documentary Listening to Kenny G, the unusual appeal of the much-maligned 'smooth jazz' musician is put under the spotlight Penny Lane, who has directed a new music documentary centered on Kenny G, has no interest in music documentaries and would never voluntarily listen to a Kenny G record. "Biographical documentaries on musicians never appealed to me," she said to the Guardian. "And I tend to like music that's challenging or dark or conflicted. Kenny G's music is none of those things." Music critics overwhelmingly agree. So while Kenny G's music may have made tens of millions of fans swoon over the last four decades, making him the bestselling instrumental artist of all time, critical reactions have toggled between a yawn and a sneer. That disparity intrigued Lane, who is known for creating highly unconventional documentaries like Nuts!, which retold the true story a doctor who tried to cure impotence with a goat testicle implant, and Hail Satan?, which dared challenge conventional views of devil-worshippers. Lane's reputation for taking a creative approach to her subjects brought her to the attention of producer Bill Simmons as he was creating a new series of music documentaries for HBO. Simmons asked Lane to brainstorm one of her own and so, as she said, "I tried to think of a subject that would allow me to deal with this conflict in taste between the intelligentsia and the masses. From there, it was easy to get to Kenny G." Continue reading... |
| Scorsese producer to make first Hollywood movie funded by NFTs Posted: 30 Nov 2021 10:01 PM PST Niels Juul hopes to raise up to $10m and says he wants to 'democratise' antiquated funding system The executive producer behind blockbusters including Martin Scorsese's The Irishman is to make Hollywood's first feature film funded entirely by non-fungible tokens (NFTs), with a promise that those who invest will get a share of any profits and meet the stars of the production. Niels Juul, who has set up the production company NFT Studios to fund a series of films, hopes to raise between $8m and $10m (£6m and £7.5m) through the sale of 10,000 NFTs to the public and institutional investors. Continue reading... |
| The urinary leash: how the death of public toilets traps and trammels us all Posted: 01 Dec 2021 04:00 AM PST Britain has lost an estimated 50% of its public toilets in the past 10 years. This is a problem for everyone, and for some it is so acute that they are either dehydrating before going out or not leaving home at all For about an hour and a half before she finishes work and gets the bus home, Jacqui won't eat or drink anything. Once, while waiting at the bus stop, and suddenly needing the loo, she had to head to the other end of town; the public toilets nearby had closed. She didn't make it in time. Jacqui, who has multiple sclerosis, which can affect bladder and bowel function, says: "I go everywhere with a spare pair of knickers and a packet of wipes, but it's not something you want to do if you can help it." Jacqui was diagnosed with MS five years ago, and in that time she has noticed a decline in the number of public toilets. Of the ones that are left, one only takes 20p coins, "and in this increasingly cashless society, you have to make sure you always go out with a 20p". The other block of loos are "up two flights of stairs or the lift, so it's not the most suitable access". If she is out for the day, she will research where the loos are, and it has meant missing out on trips with friends, such as to an outdoor festival, where the loos just weren't accessible enough. The MS Society has given her a card, which she shows in cafes requesting access to their loos when she's not a customer, and every person she has flashed it to "has been wonderful". But, she adds: "You use it as a last resort because you don't really want to burst into a cafe in front of people and say: 'Excuse me, I need to wee.'" Continue reading... |
| How to make the perfect Basque cheesecake – recipe | Felicity Cloake's How to make the perfect … Posted: 01 Dec 2021 04:00 AM PST If you're still looking for a high-impact sweet centrepiece for the Christmas table, this simple baked dessert is ideal At first glance, the Basque cheesecake has the look of a terrible mistake. The first time I made it, in the somewhat unlikely setting of a south London shelter for those experiencing homelessness over Christmas, diners were rightly suspicious of its singed (some might even say burnt) appearance. We'd had a large donation of cream cheese nearing its use-by date, and the chef in charge had recently visited San Sebastián, which explains why he thought this was the obvious solution, because back in 2017 I'd never heard of such a thing. Now, however, this simple baked cheesecake, created in 1990 by Santiago Rivera of the Basque town's La Viña restaurant, seems to be, if not everywhere, then ubiquitous enough for the Times to declare it the "pudding that broke the internet", helped in part by the recipe in Nigella's latest offering, Cook Eat Repeat. Indeed, food writer Ed Smith confesses that he was uncertain about including a version of this "food media darling" in his latest latest book Crave, yet, as he reasons, even after it stops being "A Thing", the Basque cheesecake will still be "deliciously satisfying in its cream-cheesy, bronze-top-yet-wibbling-middle way". Plus, as Ravneet Gill observes, it's "so low fuss, it's unbelievable". What's not to love, especially if you're still looking for a high-impact sweet centrepiece for the Christmas table? Continue reading... |
| Black Ivy: A Style Revolution – in pictures Posted: 01 Dec 2021 01:00 AM PST Black Ivy looks back at a period in American history when Black men across the country adopted clothing seen by many as the preserve of a privileged elite and made it subversive, edgy and cool. From Miles Davis to Sidney Poitier, it was an era when a generation of people struggled for racial quality and civil rights Black Ivy: A Revolt in Style is published by Reel Art Press Continue reading... |
| Pivotal Mississippi abortion case begins at supreme court | First Thing Posted: 01 Dec 2021 02:54 AM PST Oral arguments will be heard today in the most important abortion rights case in decades, plus how Pearl Harbour changed baseball history Good morning. The most important abortion rights case in decades, which will decide the future of abortion access across the country, begins today. Who is the case named for? It's named for Dr Thomas Dobbs, the head of Mississippi's health department, and Jackson Women's Health Organization, the last abortion clinic in Mississippi. When will a decision be made? The court is not expected to issue a decision on the case until June 2022, but oral arguments may offer clues to the justices' thinking ahead of the ruling. Why is the Mississippi abortion rights case so important? It could lead to weakening or overturning of Roe v Wade. If that were to happen, tens of millions people of reproductive age across the country would be affected. When did Trump admit he had Covid? Not until 2 October. The White House said he announced that result within an hour of receiving it. He went to hospital later that day. When will the memoir be out? Meadows' memoir, The Chief's Chief, will be published next week by All Seasons Press, a conservative outlet. Meanwhile, Meadows has agreed to testify before the House select committee investigating the Capitol attack. Continue reading... |
| Three injured in Munich after second world war bomb explodes Posted: 01 Dec 2021 05:30 AM PST Blast near busy German train station happened during drilling work on construction site, say police Three people have been injured in an explosion caused by second world war bomb near a busy train station in the German city of Munich, police have said. One of the three was seriously injured, the Munich fire brigade said. Continue reading... |
| Honduras to get first female president after ruling party concedes defeat Posted: 30 Nov 2021 10:34 PM PST Leftist winner Xiomara Castro says she will 'not fail' the people after National party rules out contesting election result Honduras's ruling party has conceded defeat in presidential elections, giving victory to the leftist opposition candidate Xiomara Castro and easing fears of another contested vote and violent protests. Tegucigalpa mayor Nasry Asfura, the presidential candidate of the National party, said in a statement on Tuesday that he had personally congratulated Castro, despite only about half the voting tallies being counted from Sunday's election. Continue reading... |
| Last-minute bid to stop Shell’s oil exploration in whale breeding grounds in South Africa Posted: 30 Nov 2021 10:00 PM PST Campaigners have filed legal challenge against seismic survey along Eastern Cape province An 11th hour bid has been launched to try to halt plans by Royal Dutch Shell to explore for oil in vital whale breeding grounds along the Wild Coast of eastern South Africa. Campaigners filed an urgent legal challenge against the seismic survey, which was scheduled to begin on Wednesday, in a last-ditch bid to prevent it harming whales, dolphins and seals in the relatively untouched marine environment. Continue reading... |
| Uproar in Pakistan over claim of meddling in Nawaz Sharif case Posted: 01 Dec 2021 04:44 AM PST Former chief justice allegedly heard on tape admitting pressure was brought to bear in case against ex-PM The independence of Pakistan's judiciary has been called into question after the emergence of an audio recording in which a former chief justice is allegedly heard admitting that pressure was brought to bear in a case against the former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter to aid the rise of the current office holder, Imran Khan. The recording, which has not been independently verified by the Guardian, has triggered an uproar in Pakistan and once again drawn scrutiny towards the country's courts, which have long been tainted by accusations of meddling by the military. Continue reading... |
| New Zealand to enshrine protections for pill testing in ‘world first’ Posted: 30 Nov 2021 08:45 PM PST Advocates say the law, which will come into force next week, is the first to take drug checking out of a legal grey zone and protect the practice New Zealand has enshrined protections for drug checking in law, in what advocates say is a world first. The country's new law to protect pill testing – where organisations chemically test illicit drugs to monitor for dangerous contaminants – has been voted in by the government, and is expected to pass into law next week. Continue reading... |
| Solomon Islands unrest: New Zealand to send dozens of peacekeepers Posted: 30 Nov 2021 10:56 PM PST New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern says she is 'deeply concerned by the recent civil unrest and rioting in Honiara' New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern has ordered police and troops to join an international peacekeeping mission in the crisis-hit Solomon Islands following deadly anti-government riots. Ardern said on Wednesday the deployment of 65 peacekeepers followed a request from the Solomons government, which was almost toppled during the unrest that claimed at least three lives and reduced much of downtown Honiara – the country's capital – to smouldering rubble. Continue reading... |
| Average of two girls aged 10 to 14 give birth daily in Paraguay, Amnesty finds Posted: 30 Nov 2021 09:30 PM PST Longstanding plague of child abuse and extreme abortion laws fuel crisis, report says An average of two girls between 10 and 14 give birth every day in Paraguay, thanks to a toxic combination of widespread child abuse and draconian abortion laws, according to a new Amnesty International report. Paraguay has one of the highest rates of child and teen pregnancy in Latin America, a region that, as a whole, has the second-highest rates in the world. Continue reading... |
| ‘I was given training to de-gay my voice’: what it’s really like to work in TV if you’re LGBTQ+ Posted: 01 Dec 2021 04:55 AM PST Continuing our series of exposés about the TV industry, insiders talk about being misgendered, treated like sexual predators and having to work with 'outwardly homophobic and transphobic' talent • 'He fell on my body then bit me': what it's really like to work in TV as a woman Despite an increase in on-screen representation and hits such as It's a Sin and RuPaul's Drag Race UK, being LGBTQ+ and working in television can still be difficult. It has been described as a "cloak-and-dagger" industry where most people work freelance and therefore are often afraid to speak up about incidents of homophobia or transphobia. The discrimination and harassment that LGBTQ+ people experience is often horribly insidious; dressed up as "banter" or dismissed as ignorance. Here, seven anonymous LGBTQ+ people who work in television, in front of and behind the camera, share their experiences. Continue reading... |
| Terrawatch: what the world can learn from China’s sinking city Posted: 30 Nov 2021 10:00 PM PST A feat of engineering is tackling subsidence in Shanxi province, but water conservation and tree planting can also help Fissures and sinkholes are the norm in China's Shanxi province. Intensive agriculture combined with major coal production has put huge pressure on water resources and sucked the earth dry, leaving the city of Taiyuan, with a population of 5 million, and the surrounding area suffering some of the highest subsidence rates in the world. Pipelines, roads, bridges and railways need constant repairs, and gaping cracks in buildings have resulted in entire communities having to be rehoused. Since 2003, the Chinese government has been trying to solve this problem by diverting surplus water from the Yellow River. Now satellite measurements, published in Remote Sensing of Environment, reveal that this mammoth feat of engineering – taking 1.2bn cubic metres of water every year – has partially solved the problem, with diverted water rehydrating underground pores and reversing the sinking trend. Continue reading... |
| ‘Long reigns often leave long shadows’: Europeans on Angela Merkel Posted: 01 Dec 2021 05:40 AM PST People across Europe share their views on German chancellor and role she has played in the EU After 16 years in office, Angela Merkel is stepping down on Thursday as chancellor of Germany. The former UK prime minister Tony Blair said she had "often defined modern Germany" and Romano Prodi, Italian prime minister between 2006 and 2008, said a new European strategy and the next-generation EU would be part of the "great legacy" she leaves. People across Europe share their views on her leadership in Germany and the role she has played in the European Union. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 30 Nov 2021 05:30 PM PST After the deadly mission to bring down Point Blanc, Alex Rider is eager to put the past behind him and rebuild his life. But when a horrific attack on a friend's family draws him back into the world of spies, Alex must unravel a sinister plan with global ramifications. The second season of Alex Rider premieres Dec. 3 exclusively on IMDb TV in the U.S. and UK. Continue reading... |
| Foggy fishing and a Fijian welcome: Wednesday’s best photos Posted: 01 Dec 2021 05:58 AM PST The Guardian's picture editors select photo highlights from around the world Continue reading... |
| Posted: 30 Nov 2021 11:00 PM PST Guardian photographer David Levene visited northern France after twenty-seven people drowned in the Channel last week as they attempted to make the perilous crossing from France to Britain across busy shipping lanes in a dinghy that deflated in the open sea. The number of people crossing the Channel has increased to 25,776 in 2021, up from 8,461 in 2020, according to Home Office figures. Those who want to cross gather at camps that have sprung up between Calais and Dunkirk. The police routinely destroy the makeshift camps and their occupants are dispersed to holding centres across the country, though many soon return to the coast in northern France. After a previous camp was destroyed by French authorities last week, a new one sprang up on disused railway tracks near to Grand-Synthe, a suburb of Dunkirk. Continue reading... |
| 2021 Wildlife Photographer of the Year – People’s Choice Award Posted: 30 Nov 2021 11:00 PM PST The Natural History Museum's Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition is inviting fans of wildlife photography from around the world to vote for the winner of the People's Choice Award. This year's 25 unforgettable scenes were shortlisted by the Natural History Museum from more than 50,000 image entries from 95 countries
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