Kirstie Alley obituary | US television

Posted on April 29, 2024 | 6 minutes | 1218 words | Merlyn Hunt

US televisionObituaryKirstie Alley obituaryAmerican actor known for her roles in the hit TV sitcom Cheers and many popular films including the Look Who’s Talking seriesFive years into the hit sitcom Cheers, set in a homely neighbourhood bar in Boston, its female lead Shelley Long, who played the prim waitress Diane, quit the series. This left Sam (Ted Danson), the self-obsessed bar-owner, no one to spar with, and risked depriving the show of its screwball-style sexual tension. [Read More]

Music producer Mark Bell of LFO has died, label confirms | Electronic music

Posted on April 29, 2024 | 2 minutes | 340 words | Delta Gatti

Electronic music This article is more than 9 years oldMusic producer Mark Bell of LFO has died, label confirmsThis article is more than 9 years oldWarp Records confirms the death of the electronic music pioneer known for his work with Björk and Depeche Mode Pioneering music producer Mark Bell, half of the British electronic duo LFO and regular collaborator with Björk and Depeche Mode, has died, his record label has confirmed. [Read More]

Nuts for coco de mer: islanders rally to save worlds biggest seed

Posted on April 29, 2024 | 7 minutes | 1429 words | Merlyn Hunt

An oiled coco de mer shell is sold as a souvenir. The seeds are prized by tourists to the Seychelles for their suggestive shape. Photograph: Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via GettyAn oiled coco de mer shell is sold as a souvenir. The seeds are prized by tourists to the Seychelles for their suggestive shape. Photograph: Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via GettyThe age of extinctionSeychellesThe rare palm that bears this botanical icon grows wild on just two islands in Seychelles. [Read More]

Inside big beefs climate messaging machine: confuse, defend and downplay | Beef

Posted on April 28, 2024 | 19 minutes | 4014 words | Christie Applegate

The industry is trying to convince everyone … that dietary change has no role in climate strategy. Illustration: Lola Beltran/The GuardianA Masters of Beef Advocacy program teaches ‘scientific sounding’ arguments on cattle’s sustainability in an all-out public relations war by Joe FasslerThe US beef industry is creating an army of influencers and citizen activists to help amplify a message that will be key to its future success: that you shouldn’t be too worried about the growing attention around the environmental impacts of its production. [Read More]

It's a sign of a broken system when only credit card firms can force Pornhub to change | John Naught

Posted on April 28, 2024 | 5 minutes | 980 words | Merlyn Hunt

The ObserverRape and sexual assault This article is more than 3 years oldIt's a sign of a broken system when only credit card firms can force Pornhub to changeThis article is more than 3 years oldJohn NaughtonA New York Times blogpost put pressure on the porn site over videos of rape and child abuse, but only when money was at risk did it take action On 4 December, the New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof published a column entitled The Children of Pornhub. [Read More]

Kenneth Haigh obituary | Theatre

Posted on April 28, 2024 | 5 minutes | 970 words | Delta Gatti

TheatreObituaryKenneth Haigh obituaryActor who took the role of Jimmy Porter in Look Back in Anger, the groundbreaking 1956 play by John OsborneThe actor Kenneth Haigh, who has died aged 86, was the original Jimmy Porter in John Osborne’s Look Back in Anger at the Royal Court in May 1956, the game-changing new play that gave voice to a new generation, disaffected, provincial, working class, alienated by the Sunday newspapers, disgusted by the dreariness and hypocrisy of public life and private behaviour. [Read More]

La Liga table | Football

Posted on April 28, 2024 | 4 minutes | 661 words | Delta Gatti

Football tables

La Liga

P	Team	GP	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Form
1	Girona	20	15	4	1	46	24	22	49	Won 4-2 against Barcelona Won 3-0 against Alaves Drew 1-1 with Real Betis Won 4-3 against Atlético Drew 0-0 with Almeria
2	Real Madrid	19	15	3	1	40	11	29	48	Won 2-0 against Granada Drew 1-1 with Real Betis Won 4-1 against Villarreal Won 1-0 against Alaves Won 1-0 against Mallorca
3	A Bilbao	20	12	5	3	38	20	18	41	Drew 1-1 with Granada Won 2-0 against Atlético Won 1-0 against Las Palmas Won 2-0 against Sevilla Won 2-1 against Real Sociedad
4	Barcelona	19	12	5	2	36	22	14	41	Won 1-0 against Atlético Lost 2-4 to Girona Drew 1-1 with Valencia Won 3-2 against Almeria Won 2-1 against Las Palmas
5	Atlético	19	12	2	5	39	23	16	38	Won 2-1 against Almeria Lost 0-2 to A Bilbao Drew 3-3 with Getafe Won 1-0 against Sevilla Lost 3-4 to Girona
6	Real Sociedad	20	8	8	4	31	21	10	32	Won 3-0 against Villarreal Drew 0-0 with Real Betis Drew 0-0 with Cadiz Drew 1-1 with Alaves Lost 1-2 to A Bilbao
7	Real Betis	20	7	10	3	22	20	2	31	Drew 1-1 with Real Madrid Drew 0-0 with Real Sociedad Drew 1-1 with Girona Lost 1-2 to Celta Vigo Won 1-0 against Granada
8	Valencia	20	8	5	7	26	24	2	29	Lost 0-1 to Getafe Drew 1-1 with Barcelona Won 1-0 against Rayo Vallecano Won 3-1 against Villarreal Won 4-1 against Cadiz
9	Las Palmas	20	8	4	8	19	17	2	28	Won 1-0 against Alaves Drew 1-1 with Cadiz Lost 0-1 to A Bilbao Lost 1-2 to Barcelona Won 3-0 against Villarreal
10	Getafe	19	6	8	5	24	25	-1	26	Lost 0-2 to Las Palmas Won 1-0 against Valencia Won 3-0 against Sevilla Drew 3-3 with Atlético Lost 0-2 to Rayo Vallecano
11	Rayo Vallecano	19	5	8	6	18	24	-6	23	Lost 0-4 to A Bilbao Drew 0-0 with Celta Vigo Lost 0-1 to Osasuna Lost 0-1 to Valencia Won 2-0 against Getafe
12	Osasuna	19	6	4	9	22	29	-7	22	Drew 1-1 with Real Sociedad Drew 1-1 with Cadiz Won 1-0 against Rayo Vallecano Lost 2-3 to Mallorca Won 1-0 against Almeria
13	Alaves	20	5	5	10	18	27	-9	20	Lost 0-1 to Las Palmas Lost 0-3 to Girona Lost 0-1 to Real Madrid Drew 1-1 with Real Sociedad Won 3-2 against Sevilla
14	Mallorca	20	3	10	7	18	24	-6	19	Won 1-0 against Sevilla Drew 0-0 with Almeria Won 3-2 against Osasuna Lost 0-1 to Real Madrid Drew 1-1 with Celta Vigo
15	Villarreal	20	5	4	11	27	41	-14	19	Lost 0-3 to Real Sociedad Lost 1-4 to Real Madrid Won 3-2 against Celta Vigo Lost 1-3 to Valencia Lost 0-3 to Las Palmas
16	Celta Vigo	20	3	8	9	21	30	-9	17	Drew 0-0 with Rayo Vallecano Won 1-0 against Granada Lost 2-3 to Villarreal Won 2-1 against Real Betis Drew 1-1 with Mallorca
17	Sevilla	20	3	7	10	25	30	-5	16	Lost 0-3 to Getafe Won 3-0 against Granada Lost 0-1 to Atlético Lost 0-2 to A Bilbao Lost 2-3 to Alaves
18	Cadiz	20	2	9	9	15	30	-15	15	Drew 1-1 with Osasuna Drew 1-1 with Las Palmas Drew 0-0 with Real Sociedad Lost 0-2 to Granada Lost 1-4 to Valencia
19	Granada	20	2	5	13	22	41	-19	11	Drew 1-1 with A Bilbao Lost 0-1 to Celta Vigo Lost 0-3 to Sevilla Won 2-0 against Cadiz Lost 0-1 to Real Betis
20	Almeria	20	0	6	14	19	43	-24	6	Lost 1-2 to Atlético Drew 0-0 with Mallorca Lost 2-3 to Barcelona Lost 0-1 to Osasuna Drew 0-0 with Girona

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More wet weather forecast for Sydney as northern Australia braces for monsoonal rain and strong wind

Posted on April 28, 2024 | 4 minutes | 688 words | Barrett Giampaolo

Australia weatherMore wet weather forecast for Sydney as northern Australia braces for monsoonal rain and strong windsSurf ironman and ironwoman competitors save 25 swimmers from a rip at Maroubra as severe weather warning issued for the Top End Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Wet weather sweeping across Sydney and monsoonal rains swamping Darwin and north Queensland are creating the conditions for another sodden summer week for much of the country. [Read More]

The big picture: George Harrison and Pattie Boyd's honeymoon, Barbados, 1966

Posted on April 28, 2024 | 3 minutes | 482 words | Delta Gatti

The big pictureGeorge HarrisonThis image of Beatle George Harrison and his first wife stands at odds with the final photograph of his bandmate John LennonPhotographs can arrest waves before they crash on the shore: they have the power to extract moments from the flow of time. Hence the attraction of happy snaps such as this one, which presents a honeymoon as the prolongation of playful childhood, not the start of adult life. [Read More]

Animal magnetism

Posted on April 27, 2024 | 5 minutes | 864 words | Barrett Giampaolo

BooksReviewThe Minotaur lives! Colin Greenland applauds his reappearance in The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break by Steven Sherrill The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break by Steven Sherrill 312pp, Canongate, £12.99 If you have horns it's hard to pass unnoticed, Steven Sherrill remarks towards the end of his wry, melancholy, beautiful first novel. The Minotaur seems to manage pretty well, none the less. Five thousand years ago, after a secret deal, he sneaked out of the Cretan labyrinth by the back way, leaving Theseus to claim the kill. [Read More]