se Lenny Henry's daughter posed as comedian and sent 'manipulative' false messages in attempt to win back boyfriend By www.independent.co.uk Published On :: 2020-05-07T09:07:00Z Billie Henry was given a five-year restraining order Full Article
se Stranger Things: Full list of films watched by writers reveals 'DNA of season 4' By www.independent.co.uk Published On :: 2020-05-07T09:30:00Z All the clues you need in one picture Full Article
se Courteney Cox 'loved playing overweight Monica' in Friends because she 'felt free' By www.independent.co.uk Published On :: 2020-05-07T12:15:20Z Actor also revealed her favourite episodes of the sitcom Full Article
se Netflix secret codes: How to access hidden films and TV shows on streaming service By www.independent.co.uk Published On :: 2020-04-21T10:25:00Z There are loads of titles you didn't know were on the streaming service Full Article
se SNL at Home: Saturday Night Live announces season finale with third remote episode By www.independent.co.uk Published On :: 2020-05-07T16:26:01Z Brad Pitt and Tom Hanks have contributed to the programme remotely Full Article
se National Treasure series from Jerry Bruckheimer coming to Disney+ By www.independent.co.uk Published On :: 2020-05-08T06:51:01Z A third film is also in the works Full Article
se Frances Quinn: Great British Bake Off winner 'banned from Waitrose' after being accused of shoplifting By www.independent.co.uk Published On :: 2020-05-08T06:43:00Z Show's 2013 winner was approached by store detectives after she appeared to not pay for her shopping Full Article
se Pete Davidson fan delivered drugs to comedian's mother's house during lockdown By www.independent.co.uk Published On :: 2020-05-08T07:49:57Z Davidson is currently quarantining in his mother's basement Full Article
se Into the Night: New mystery Netflix series draws comparisons to Lost and Speed By www.independent.co.uk Published On :: 2020-05-07T13:35:00Z High-concept drama is just waiting to be binged Full Article
se Elon Musk says he's selling all his possessions so people can't attack him for being a billionaire By www.independent.co.uk Published On :: 2020-05-07T18:00:00Z Tesla CEO is back on Joe Rogan's podcast Full Article
se 'Love in the Time of Corona': Coronavirus romance series filmed entirely remotely to air this summer By www.independent.co.uk Published On :: 2020-05-08T12:11:00Z Show promises a 'funny and hopeful look at the search for love, sex and connection during this time of social distancing' Full Article
se Car Seat Headrest: Making a Door Less Open review – Will Toledo in yet another guise By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-03T12:00:51Z (Matador)The indie maverick is a purveyor of all styles on his studiously eclectic 12th albumThere’s a strange psychological cross-pollination going on behind the mask that Will Toledo, the artist mostly known as Car Seat Headrest, sports on the cover of his 12th album. Indulging an alter ego called Trait, Making a Door Less Open seeks out deliberately eclectic hybrids of his wry, lo-fi indie rock style (heir to the likes of Beck, Lou Barlow and Eels) and the satirical EDM he and his drummer Andrew Katz make as 1 Trait Danger. The result is much better than anyone who’s heard the latter, who often veer perilously close to a Bloodhound Gang remix project, might expect: Can’t Cool Me Down has a sultry 80s electropop feel, while the roil of self-deprecation and naked emotion on There Must Be More Than Blood underlines Toledo’s debt to LCD Soundsystem.The new styles don’t all gel. The sleazy, fuzzy synth-rocker Hollywood is pleasingly punchy, but brought down by facile lyrics (apparently Tinsel Town isn’t the dreamland it’s cracked up to be – who knew?). Two sister songs – the lumpen alt-rock Deadlines (Hostile) and the Hot Chip-with-extra-dour Deadlines (Thoughtful) – fail to charm, while What’s With You Lately is a wan, mopey strum that seems to have wandered in from an entirely different, very bad record. But on the likes of the pulsing, uplifting Famous and Life Worth Missing, Toledo finds new energy. Continue reading... Full Article Pop and rock Indie Culture Music
se Florian Schneider: the enigma whose codes broke open pop music By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-06T17:47:22Z The Kraftwerk co-founder remained a mystery even after death, but there is no doubting the impact he made with his group’s sublime, visionary musicNews: Florian Schneider, Kraftwerk co-founder, dies aged 73Florian Schneider’s death came shrouded in a degree of secrecy. Gossip among fans about his health was first provoked at the end of April, when his fellow former Kraftwerk member Wolfgang Flür posted a sweet photo on social media of him and Schneider together in a bar, without explanation.It had apparently been taken in 2016 – a decade and a half after Schneider and fellow founder member Ralf Hütter had served Flür with a lawsuit provoked by his autobiography I Was a Robot – and was subsequently deleted from Flür’s Facebook page. Then, a week later, another electronic musician based in Germany, the Manchester-born Mark Reeder, posted a brief eulogy; one commenter claimed that Schneider had died “several days ago”. Continue reading... Full Article Kraftwerk Music Electronic music Pop and rock Culture
se Car Seat Headrest: Making a Door Less Open review – cult indie star in middle of the road | Alexis Petridis' album of the week By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-04-30T11:00:19Z (Matador)Will Toledo’s alt-rockers have emerged out of lo-fi fuzz, but seem unsure of where to turn as they drift toward the mainstreamAnyone wondering how things have changed in the world of lauded US alt-rockers Car Seat Headrest might consider the four years that separate Making a Door Less Open from their last album of new material. Ordinarily there would be nothing unusual about that gap – but in the first four years of Car Seat Headrest’s existence, its mastermind, Will Toledo, released seven albums (one of them a two-hour double), four EPs (one of them as long as an album) and two compilations of outtakes. That’s more than 150 songs and 12 hours of music: a lo-fi spewing forth of ideas that won Toledo a cult following, which then grew exponentially, both in size and rabidity, when he recruited a band and signed to the august US indie label Matador. Continue reading... Full Article Indie Music Culture Pop and rock
se Car Seat Headrest: from indie recluse to gas mask-wearing party starter? By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-01T12:00:53Z US indie rock maverick Will Toledo is back with an experimental album that finds him collaborating with his own electronic side projectYou cannot accuse Car Seat Headrest, AKA Will Toledo, of taking the easy route. Four years on from the release of breakthrough record Teens of Denial, Toledo is back with new album Making a Door Less Open, only now he is going under the name Trait and is wearing a gas mask in photos. Toledo’s restless and impassioned indie rock is looking a little different, too. The new album blends his classic songwriting chops with a bold exploration of electronic textures. This is the result of essentially making the album twice: once as Car Seat Headrest, and again alongside producer Andrew Katz as their jokey EDM side project 1 Trait Danger, before landing on a middle ground. Related: The Guide: Staying In – sign up for our home entertainment tips Continue reading... Full Article Music Culture Pop and rock
se 50 Cent on love, cash and bankruptcy: ‘When there are setbacks, there will be get-backs’ By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-04T05:00:12Z Curtis Jackson was shot nine times before becoming one of the world’s biggest rappers. He discusses growing up, getting rich and the art of the hustleCurtis Jackson has downsized. The rapper/actor/businessman, better known as 50 Cent, used to live in a palace of a house formerly owned by Mike Tyson. Not any more. He has been in self-isolation for six weeks and is more than happy to make do with a three-bed apartment (on four floors, mind) in New York. He can’t remember when he was last in one place for so long, he says, and is learning about himself. “I’ve become a bit more comfortable with being in my own space. I don’t think being at home is a punishment.”He bought the Tyson house after his triumphant first album; Get Rich Or Die Tryin’ shifted 12m copies in 2003, making it the bestselling album of the year. It was explosive – growling rap packed with threats, boasts and great songs such as In Da Club and Many Men. Continue reading... Full Article 50 Cent Music Culture Rap Hip-hop
se Kelly Lee Owens: ‘I still have to fight to not be seen as ‘just the singer’’ By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-05T08:00:32Z The Welsh nurse-turned-indie rocker is now one of electronic music’s best exponents. She talks proving herself, the NHS and climate-crisis bangers Kelly Lee Owens is showing me her crumpled bed, pixelated on the screen. It is five weeks into quarantine and this has quickly become the norm: an interview with an artist in their close quarters; ambivalent levels of grooming. Neither of us is wearing makeup, and neither of us care. “You know what I read?” begins the electronic musician, incredulously. “This is bullshit. There’s a [Daily Mail] headline saying that women’s breasts will be sagging because they’re not going to be wearing bras during this lockdown. So what?! Leave me to my saggy breasts.” Related: The Guide: Staying In – sign up for our home entertainment tips Continue reading... Full Article Electronic music Music Culture
se I Just Flew. It Was Worse Than I Thought It Would Be... By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2020-05-09T15:46:40Z I Just Flew. It Was Worse Than I Thought It Would Be... (Third column, 10th story, link) Drudge Report Feed needs your support! Become a Patron Full Article
se REPORT: Russia helping Venezuela search for members of failed incursion... By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2020-05-09T15:46:38Z REPORT: Russia helping Venezuela search for members of failed incursion... (Third column, 3rd story, link) Related stories:Maduro charges two Americans with 'terrorism, conspiracy'...Plans to bring USA to International Criminal Court... Full Article
se Malls across America resemble ghost towns as they reopen... By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2020-05-09T15:46:38Z Malls across America resemble ghost towns as they reopen... (Third column, 2nd story, link) Full Article
se San Fran DA Wants Convicted Murderer Released -- His Dad... By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2020-05-09T15:46:38Z San Fran DA Wants Convicted Murderer Released -- His Dad... (Second column, 20th story, link) Full Article
se ROYAL CARIBBEAN crew go on hunger strike until company proves sending them home... By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2020-05-09T15:46:38Z ROYAL CARIBBEAN crew go on hunger strike until company proves sending them home... (Second column, 17th story, link) Full Article
se Hispanic unemployment rate sets new record high: 18.9%... By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2020-05-09T15:46:38Z Hispanic unemployment rate sets new record high: 18.9%... (Second column, 14th story, link) Related stories:Why Is Stock Market Rallying When Economy Is So Bad?Tech firms emerge as big winners...Elon Musk, Cash-Poor Billionaire...GRUBHUB Collected Record Fees From Restaurants Struggling To Stay Alive... Full Article
se Mark Cuban Hires Secret Shoppers To Monitor Dallas Businesses Reopening... By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2020-05-09T15:46:38Z Mark Cuban Hires Secret Shoppers To Monitor Dallas Businesses Reopening... (Second column, 5th story, link) Related stories:96% Of Stores 'Non-Compliant' With Mandatory Protocols... Full Article
se Empty Vegas Strip counts losses as locals venture out... By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2020-05-09T15:46:38Z Empty Vegas Strip counts losses as locals venture out... (Second column, 2nd story, link) Related stories:DEAN MARTIN TO RETURN AS HOLOGRAM? Full Article
se San Antonio passes resolution declaring 'Chinese virus' hate speech... By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2020-05-09T15:46:38Z San Antonio passes resolution declaring 'Chinese virus' hate speech... (First column, 23rd story, link) Full Article
se California to use mail-in ballots for all 2020 voters... By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2020-05-09T15:46:38Z California to use mail-in ballots for all 2020 voters... (First column, 21st story, link) Related stories:DEMS MULL VIRTUAL CONVENTION...Tax Hikes No Matter Who Wins in November? Drudge Report Feed needs your support! Become a Patron Full Article
se Will he claim election fraud if he loses? By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2020-05-09T15:46:38Z Will he claim election fraud if he loses? (First column, 16th story, link) Related stories:Trump says he 'learned a lot from Richard Nixon'...Team Considers Drive-In Theater Campaign Rallies...The Southern Democrat with power to shut down convention... Full Article
se Secret Service has 11 current cases, as concerns about staff grow... By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2020-05-09T15:46:38Z Secret Service has 11 current cases, as concerns about staff grow... (First column, 11th story, link) Related stories:Pence press secretary tests positive...White House shaken...President flouts virus protocols...STUDY: US death toll halved had it acted 4 days sooner...Nine disasters we still aren't ready for...Why farmers dump food and crops while grocery stores run dry and Americans struggle... Full Article
se White House shaken... By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2020-05-09T15:46:38Z White House shaken... (First column, 9th story, link) Related stories:Pence press secretary tests positive...President flouts virus protocols...Secret Service has 11 current cases, as concerns about staff grow...STUDY: US death toll halved had it acted 4 days sooner...Nine disasters we still aren't ready for...Why farmers dump food and crops while grocery stores run dry and Americans struggle... Full Article
se Pence press secretary tests positive... By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2020-05-09T15:46:38Z Pence press secretary tests positive... (First column, 8th story, link) Related stories:White House shaken...President flouts virus protocols...Secret Service has 11 current cases, as concerns about staff grow...STUDY: US death toll halved had it acted 4 days sooner...Nine disasters we still aren't ready for...Why farmers dump food and crops while grocery stores run dry and Americans struggle... Full Article
se POLICE BUNGLED CASE By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2020-05-09T15:46:37Z POLICE BUNGLED CASE (Main headline, 3rd story, link) Related stories:FATHER, SON CHARGED WITH HUNTING BLACK MANDA BLOCKED ARRESTS FOR MONTHSMAN WHO MADE THE VIDEO Full Article
se Don Shula, coach who led Dolphins to NFL's only perfect season, dies aged 90 By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-04T15:02:00Z Head coach died ‘peacefully at home’ say DolphinsShula recorded only two losing seasons in long career in MiamiDon Shula, the head coach with the most wins in NFL history, has died at the age of 90.Shula is most famous for leading the 1972 Miami Dolphins to the only undefeated NFL season in history. The team said in a statement on Monday that Shula had “died peacefully” at home. Related: Favre says Packers 'burned a bridge' with Aaron Rodgers in NFL draft The Greatest.Thank you for everything, Coach Shula. pic.twitter.com/7eXY4ZOKn6 Continue reading... Full Article Miami Dolphins NFL Miami Florida US sports US news Sport
se Why is it always the white NFL players who get a second chance? By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-05T10:00:07Z In the NFL, weaponizing victimhood hurts black players while favoring white onesRare is the NFL draft that provokes second guessing about a kicker. But this year’s edition was no ordinary draft (see: 19, Covid.) And Justin Rohrwasser is no ordinary kicker.When the New England Patriots selected Rohrwasser in the fifth round to replace the legendary Stephen Gostkowski, it was a shock, especially as the 23-year-old hadn’t been considered an exceptional talent in college. ESPN host Trey Wingo was even forced to admit on live TV that the Worldwide Leader in Sports had no highlights of Rohrwasser’s career. Related: If athletes like Nick Bosa support Trump they should at least be honest Continue reading... Full Article NFL New England Patriots US sports Sport
se NFL 2020 schedule: Chiefs kick off title defense against Texans in season opener By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-07T23:58:08Z NFL releases 2020 schedule despite coronavirus concernsChiefs host Texans on 10 September in annual kickoff gameBrady to make Buccaneers debut on 13 September at SaintsThe Kansas City Chiefs will open defense of their Super Bowl championship by hosting Houston on 10 September in the NFL’s annual kickoff game – pending developments in the coronavirus pandemic, of course.The Texans won a regular-season game at Arrowhead Stadium in 2019, then blew a 24-0 lead in the divisional round of the playoffs. Related: Ravens' Earl Thomas held at gunpoint by wife over alleged affair, police say .@nflcommish on the release of the 2020 schedule pic.twitter.com/Mch0lgXkf8 Continue reading... Full Article NFL Sport US sports
se How Does Herd Immunity Keep a Country Safe From Diseases? By science.howstuffworks.com Published On :: 2020-04-21T12:00:04+00:00 Herd immunity means that after a certain percentage of a population is immune to a disease, the whole population is. This is usually achieved through vaccination but some are not convinced. Full Article
se NASA and SpaceX Set to Make History With Manned Space Launch By science.howstuffworks.com Published On :: 2020-05-04T19:43:21+00:00 For the first time since 2011, NASA will launch astronauts into space from U.S. soil. It will also be the first time ever a private company will get them there. Full Article
se 'I wanted something 100% pornographic and 100% high art': the joy of writing about sex By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-08T11:00:25Z As authors from Chaucer to Hollinghurst have shown, sex reveals our emotions, instincts and morals. The question is not why write about sex, claims author Garth Greenwell, it’s why write about anything else?There is a widely held belief, among English-language writers, that sex is impossible to write about well – or at least much harder to write about well than anything else. I once heard a wonderful writer, addressing students at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, say that her ideal of a sex scene would be the sentence: “They sat down on the sofa …” followed by white space. This is a prejudice I can’t understand. One of the glories of being a writer in English is that two of our earliest geniuses, Chaucer and Shakespeare, wrote of the sexual body so exuberantly, claiming it for literature and bringing its vocabulary – including all those wonderful four-letter words – into the texture of our literary language. This is a gift not all languages have received; a translator once complained to me that in her language there was only the diction of the doctor’s office or of pornography, neither of which felt native to poetry.More than this, surely it is absurd to claim that a central activity of human life, a territory of feeling and drama, is off-limits to art. Sex is a uniquely useful tool for a writer, a powerful means not just of revealing character or exploring relationships, but of asking the largest questions about human beings. Continue reading... Full Article Fiction Books Culture Sex Life and style Alan Hollinghurst John Updike
se Sausage surprise! 10 unexpected ways to cook with bangers and frankfurters By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-08T10:30:24Z Lockdown Britain has embraced the sausage, with sales up 33%. But there’s much more you can do with them than fry-ups, sandwiches and casserolesWhen you Google famous quotes about sausages (say you need an opener for an article), one of the first comes from Phoebe Waller-Bridge, who apparently once said: “Sausages are just funny. I don’t know why. I can’t explain it.”Waller-Bridge is not wrong. Sausages are inherently funny. But their comedic value is also what holds them back. In the kitchen, no one takes sausages seriously. You very rarely see anyone serving sausages on Come Dine With Me; it would be an act of self-sabotage. You cannot win with sausages. They’re a culinary joke, unrefined, a bit naff. Continue reading... Full Article Sausages Food Pork Life and style
se Judith Lucy vs Men: cheer yourself with a short fix of standup – video By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-04-29T02:02:24Z With comedy festivals cancelled around the world, Amazon Prime is releasing 10 original Australian standup specials to tide you over. Filmed at Melbourne's Malthouse theatre during the Before Times, the biweekly series has featured names like Celia Pacquola, Zoë Coombs Marr and Dilruk Jayasinha – with Tom Gleeson, Anne Edmonds and Tom Walker coming up soon. A few minutes of each is being published exclusively on Guardian Australia, and this week we have Judith Lucy, from her 2019 tour Judith Lucy vs Men• Two Amazon Original standup specials will be released each week from 10 April. Amazon Prime is offering a 30-day free trial here Continue reading... Full Article Comedy Comedy Culture
se Tom Walker's Very Very – cheer yourself with a short fix of standup – video By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-01T03:23:59Z With comedy festivals cancelled around the world, Amazon Prime is releasing 10 original Australian standup specials to tide you over. Filmed at Melbourne's Malthouse theatre during the Before Times, the biweekly series has featured names like Celia Pacquola, Zoë Coombs Marr and Dilruk Jayasinha – with Tom Gleeson and Anne Edmonds coming up soon. A few minutes of each is being published exclusively on Guardian Australia, and this week we have the exceptionally odd new show from Tom Walker, which was directed by Zoë Coombs Marr.• The full version of Tom Walker's Very Very is released today. Amazon Prime is offering a 30-day free trial here Continue reading... Full Article Comedy Culture Comedy
se Tom Gleeson's Joy – cheer yourself with a short fix of standup By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-08T03:41:32Z With comedy festivals cancelled around the world due to the coronavirus crisis, Amazon Prime is releasing 10 original Australian standup specials to tide you over. The biweekly series was filmed at Melbourne's Malthouse Theatre and has featured Celia Pacquola, Zoë Coombs Marr and Dilruk Jayasinha. A few minutes of each is being published exclusively by Guardian Australia and this week we have eventual Gold Logie winner Tom Gleeson's show Joy. Come to hear about the disgusting wonders of parenting; stay for the killer punchline • The full version of Tom Gleeson's Joy is out now. Amazon Prime is offering a 30-day free trial here Continue reading... Full Article Comedy Culture Comedy
se Rupert Murdoch gives up his bonus as News Corp loses US$1bn in three months By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-08T01:49:41Z Huge losses driven partly by fall in valuation of Australian pay TV service Foxtel and decline in news advertising revenue Rupert Murdoch’s global media empire, News Corp, lost US$1bn in the three months to the end of March and is expecting more financial pain as the economic fallout from the coronavirus crisis continues.The chief executive, Robert Thomson, said there was a fresh wave of cost-cutting ahead for the group, including a “strategic review of our Australian newspaper holdings” that could signal further job losses at the company’s smaller mastheads. Continue reading... Full Article News Corporation Media Foxtel Rupert Murdoch Media business Coronavirus outbreak Australia news Business Business World news
se Ben Roberts-Smith defamation case postponed over Covid-19 and national security concerns By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-08T11:32:55Z Victoria Cross recipient’s suit against Nine newspapers can’t be held until in-person hearings resume after coronavirus The highly anticipated defamation trial brought by Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith against the Age and the Sydney Morning Herald will not go ahead next month after the federal court ruled a remote hearing under Covid-19 rules may breach national security.The delay in the case came as justice Anthony Besanko said he had to consider whether to delay the trial despite a submission that Roberts-Smith and his family are suffering from the ongoing publication of articles by the Nine newspapers. Continue reading... Full Article Australia news Law (Australia) Australian security and counter-terrorism Nine newspapers
se Early access to superannuation paused as police freeze $120,000 in allegedly stolen funds By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-08T01:57:44Z ‘Sophisticated’ identity theft attack leads to Australian Tax Office stopping early super withdrawals until MondaySign up for Guardian Australia’s daily coronavirus emailDownload the free Guardian app to get the most important news notificationsAllegations of identity theft involving 150 Australians have forced the government to pause the early release of superannuation, after police froze $120,000 believed to have been ripped off from retirement savings.On Friday the assistant treasurer, Michael Sukkar, announced the Australian Tax Office would pause requests for early access of superannuation until Monday “out of an abundance of caution” to consider further anti-fraud protection. Continue reading... Full Article Superannuation Coronavirus outbreak Australia news Crime - Australia Identity fraud Data and computer security
se NSW police watchdog says strip searches illegal but critics say findings ‘did not go far enough’ By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-08T10:16:31Z A 16-year-old Aboriginal boy was forced to remove his shorts and squat during a search, but disciplinary action has not been recommendedA New South Wales police watchdog investigation into seven strip searches including one in which a 16-year-old Aboriginal boy was physically forced to remove his shorts and squat has found that all of them were unlawful.But the watchdog has been criticised for “not going far enough” in its findings, with Sarah Crellin, a principal solicitor at the Aboriginal Legal Service, saying she was “deeply disappointed that there have been no recommendations for disciplinary action” against individual officers. Continue reading... Full Article Australian police and policing Indigenous Australians New South Wales Australia news
se Bridget McKenzie was told to seek Scott Morrison's 'authority' for sports grants program By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-08T08:17:24Z Australian National Audit Office evidence to Senate appears to contradict Morrison’s claim that he provided no authorisationThe prime minister’s office asked Bridget McKenzie to seek Scott Morrison’s “authority” for intended recipients of $100m of sports grants and coordinate the announcement with Coalition campaign headquarters, according to new evidence to the sports rorts inquiry.The evidence from the Australian National Audit Office to the Senate inquiry contradicts Morrison’s claims that McKenzie, the former sports minister, was the ultimate decision-maker for the grant program, and that changes were not made after parliament was dissolved. Continue reading... Full Article Bridget McKenzie Scott Morrison Australia news Australian politics National party Coalition
se David Sedaris: 'Alan Bennett's Talking Heads is pretty much the best thing ever' By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-08T09:00:23Z The comic essayist on crying over Olive Kitteridge, his love for Richard Yates and the books that make him laughThe book I am currently readingHidden Valley Road. It’s a nonfiction book about a family with 12 children, half of whom turn out to be schizophrenic. In the opening pages the mother sews a live bird’s eyes shut. And she’s one of the few who isn’t mentally ill!The book that changed my lifeKurt Vonnegut’s Breakfast of Champions. A friend read it out aloud to me when we were hitchhiking across America in 1976, and it made me think: “That’s right – books!” After high school I had forgotten about them. As soon as I got a stable address, I secured a library card, and started making up for lost time. Continue reading... Full Article Books Culture Fiction David Sedaris
se Terrible name, terrific sitcom: how Schitt's Creek became a surprise hit By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-09T09:00:52Z Word of mouth turned the riches-to-rags show into a sleeper hit. Its creator and stars explain why it is going out at its peakSchitt’s Creek was always going to be a hard sell. There is that title for a start; an off-putting pun that instantly sets the comedy bar below ground level. Couple that with a hackneyed fish-out-of-water premise involving a rich family forced to slum it in a backwater town and you’ve got a one-season sitcom at best. Co-created by and starring Dan Levy, best known as a presenter on MTV Canada, and his dad Eugene, most famous for playing Jim’s embarrassing dad in the American Pie films, it was rejected by HBO and Showtime, eventually finding a home on the little-known US pay-to-view channel Pop. Even its main draw, the great Catherine O’Hara, was initially unenthused by the project, turning down the role of the Rose family’s self-obsessed matriarch Moira, citing her own laziness. Related: The Guide: Staying In – sign up for our home entertainment tips Continue reading... Full Article TV comedy Culture Television Television & radio
se Sharri Markson's coronavirus 'bombshell' impresses Fox's Tucker Carlson | Weekly Beast By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-08T03:12:18Z Those less convinced in Australia cast doubt on source of Wuhan lab ‘intelligence’. Plus: Trump and Jennifer HawkinsThe origin of the coronavirus has opened up a new battlefield between the Murdoch press and just about everyone else – and given the Daily Telegraph’s Sharri Markson an international platform on Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News.Following in the footsteps of her colleague Miranda Devine, who also made it onto Fox News, Markson told Tucker Carlson Tonight the “bombshell dossier” she had uncovered showed some of the world’s foremost intelligence agencies were investigating whether the virus was linked to a lab in Wuhan. Continue reading... Full Article News Corporation Australian media Australian Broadcasting Corporation Coronavirus outbreak Fox News