Month: September 2021

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes and her partner Billy Evans leaves the Robert F. Peckham U.S. Courthouse after the delivery of opening arguments in her trial, in San Jose, California, September 8, 2021. Peter DaSilva | Reuters SAN JOSE, CALIF – A former lab director at Theranos testified on Friday that he thought the blood-testing start-up
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Judas Priest guitarist Richie Faulkner has been hospitalized with “major hear condition issues,” forcing the legendary metal band to postpone the remaining dates on its current North American tour. After postponing their tour last year due to the pandemic, Judas Priest were back on the road celebrating “50 Years of Heavy Metal” with a fall
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Bleecker Street’s sci-fi romantic comedy I’m Your Man blasted off – relatively speaking in today’s specialty market – with a per screen average of $2,139 in 16 theaters in North America (12 U.S., four in Canada). Directed by Maria Schrader film with Maren Eggert and Dan Stevens, it was the rare specialty film of late
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Mathew Rosengart says allegations of Britney Spears’ conversations being secretly recorded warrants ‘serious investigation’ following the release of ‘Controlling Britney Spears.’ Following the success of Framing Britney Spears, Hulu and The New York Times have released a follow-up documentary, Controlling Britney Spears, with even more damning details about Britney Spears‘ conservatorship. Among other allegations, the
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Image: Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum has added a recently discovered piece of artwork to the catalogue of the artist. The piece depicts a man hunched over in apparent exhaustion.  The announcement of the new discovery came via a press conference held by the museum. Titled, “Study for Worn Out”, the piece is
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Shooting Star Children’s Hospices has appointed Paul Farthing as its chief executive.  Farthing, previously director of income generation and communications at The Children’s Trust, has today succeeded Nigel Harding, who retired earlier this month after three years in the role.  Before joining The Children’s Trust in 2018, Farthing held top fundraising roles at Age UK,
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Who else but hosts Wendy Stuart and Tym Moss could “spill the tea” on their weekly show “If These Walls Could Talk” live from Pangea Restaurant on the Lower Eastside of NYC, with their unique style of honest, and emotional interviews, sharing the fascinating backstory of celebrities, entertainers, recording artists, writers and artists and bringing their
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In this article LUV A passenger checks in her luggage at the Southwest Airlines terminal at LAX. Mel Melcon | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images Southwest Airlines customers suffered hundreds of cancelations, delays and other disruptions this summer as the carrier struggled with snowballing problems of bad weather and a lack of staff. Its
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Courtesy of the designers; Crutchley: Eamonn McCormack/BFC; Maximilian: Chris Yates Style Points is a weekly column about how fashion intersects with the wider world. By the looks of the recently concluded London Fashion Week, designers spent their lockdown downtime either delving deep into fashion history or craving the lights and EDM drops of clubland. While
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A growing cult of nomads are taking long road trips — sometimes for months — in tricked-out camper vans, often documenting their travel highlights on Instagram with the hashtag #vanlife. But for couples, especially inexperienced ones, this seemingly carefree lifestyle can come with unique problems. Sharing cramped quarters and isolated from their support networks, couples
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John Lennon laughing, admitting to being “prejudiced” because he likes his Beatles songs the best and musing about whether he’ll be bald in 1984. Three fascinating audio interviews, most of which have never been heard before, have people buzzing. “Just reading the transcripts before we actually heard them was fascinating in itself,” said Paul Fairweather
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While I love a good movie adaptation, I have been living for all of the YA books turned into TV series — you get all of the book-to-screen magic, but with multiple episodes, fully developed storyline storylines, and exciting new spins! Plus, TV shows are (in my humble opinion) a much better format for longer
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Image: Kering Four years after Gucci declared it would never use fur in its products again, parent company Kering has officially banned the material across all its labels. Kering’s ban on fur is not out of place as there has been a broader shift in the luxury sector as a whole, which has seen a
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The Charity Commission has opened a statutory inquiry into a Christian charity that provided unsecured loans totalling more than £900,000 to one person.  The regulator said its probe into Citygate Christian Outreach Centre, which runs a church in Beckenham, south London, would also examine the charity’s awarding of payments and other financial benefits to trustees
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Westend61 Panic selling often happens during stock market dips, and those who dump investments may later regret their decision.  The bigger issue, however, is getting back into the market after a “freak out,” according to research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. “Panic selling is predictable,” said co-author Chi Heem Wong, researcher at MIT, and there
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The late Willie Garson played four different characters within the Boy Meets World universe, spanning more than 20 years. The beloved actor grew up in the northeast and received a first-rate education from Wesleyan University before earning his master’s degree from the Yale Drama School. Garson got his start doing one-offs on popular sitcoms like Cheers and Family Ties, before landing reoccurring roles on Mr.
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Taking on this challenging role wasn’t a decision Coogan “took lightly.”  By Dana Liebelson September 26, 2021 Steve Coogan, the English actor, will portray Jimmy Savile, the late British entertainer accused of abusing hundreds of children, in the forthcoming BBC One mini-series The Reckoning, according to reports.  The Reckoning “will follow Savile through his early years in the dance halls of
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