Graham Crowden obituary | Stage

 Posted on May 19, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  923 words  |  Delta Gatti

StageObituaryGraham Crowden obituaryActor with great stage presence who found his metier in comic and satirical rolesThere was something extra-terrestrial about the character actor Graham Crowden, who has died aged 87 – a mix of the ethereal eccentricity of Ralph Richardson and the Scottish lunacy and skewiff authoritarianism of Alastair Sim. He specialised in portraying doctors, lawyers or teachers in a satirical way. Crowden was a tall, red-haired, serious and sometimes professionally diffident man – he turned down the opportunity of succeeding Jon Pertwee as the fourth Doctor Who, remarking that working with a lot of Daleks did not sound like much fun. [Read More]

Masala bream, a beetroot and tahini dip, and coffee-marinated chops: Yotam Ottolenghis summer rec

 Posted on May 19, 2024  |  8 minutes  |  1693 words  |  Christie Applegate

Yotam Ottolenghi's marinated pork chops with white bean mash and kiwi salsa. Photograph: Issy Croker/The Guardian. Food and prop styling: Kitty Coles. Food assistant: Florence Blair.Yotam Ottolenghi's marinated pork chops with white bean mash and kiwi salsa. Photograph: Issy Croker/The Guardian. Food and prop styling: Kitty Coles. Food assistant: Florence Blair.Yotam Ottolenghi recipesFoodSea bream in an Indian-style marinade with a zingy ribbon salad, a spicy beetroot and tahini dip with salsa macha, and pork chops in a coffee marinade with a creamy white bean mash and kiwi salsa [Read More]

Raptor applause: the new red-carpet pose | Fashion

 Posted on May 19, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  425 words  |  Christie Applegate

Raptor arms in the Ralph Lauren Icons eyewear campaign. Photograph: Ralph LaurenRaptor arms in the Ralph Lauren Icons eyewear campaign. Photograph: Ralph LaurenRed carpet fashionFashionRaptor applause: the new red-carpet poseThe teapot pose is 10 years old. Even if you don’t know what that means, you’ve seen it. High time we had a new pose? Then meet the raptor arm The teapot arm is 10 years old, more or less. That’s ten years of turning one arm into a handle and one into a spout, and 10 years of looking great not stout. [Read More]

Wanda Young obituary | Pop and rock

 Posted on May 19, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  947 words  |  Delta Gatti

Pop and rockObituaryWanda Young obituaryLead singer with the Motown group the MarvelettesOn the day five teenage girls from a Detroit suburb recorded a song called Please Mr Postman in August 1961, 18-year-old Wanda Young was the only one old enough to have graduated from high school. Only after the session was over were they given a name: the Marvelettes. The man who named the group was Berry Gordy Jr, then in the process of establishing his Motown label and still short of hit records. [Read More]

Watch the trailer for The Florida Project video | Film

 Posted on May 19, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  69 words  |  Delta Gatti

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Watch the trailer for The Florida Project – video

The Florida Project is the latest film from director Sean Baker, written by Baker and Chris Bergoch, starring Willem Dafoe. Set in a motel in Kissimmee, Florida, the story follows the lives of deprived children living near Walt Disney World 

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     Posted on May 18, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  798 words  |  Christie Applegate

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     Posted on May 18, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  899 words  |  Barrett Giampaolo

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    Man who scammed California Jewish community out of $7m gets seven years | California

     Posted on May 18, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  453 words  |  Delta Gatti

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     Posted on May 18, 2024  |  7 minutes  |  1449 words  |  Merlyn Hunt

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    US university spreads climate lies and receives millions from rightwing donors | US news

     Posted on May 18, 2024  |  8 minutes  |  1533 words  |  Christie Applegate

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