Vampire Weekend settle lawsuit with Contra cover star | Vampire Weekend

 Posted on June 22, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  324 words  |  Delta Gatti

Vampire Weekend This article is more than 12 years oldVampire Weekend settle lawsuit with Contra cover starThis article is more than 12 years oldAnn Kirsten Kennis, who denied giving the band permission to use her image on album sleeve, wins undisclosed settlementVampire Weekend have settled their legal dispute with Ann Kirsten Kennis, the model who discovered her photo on the cover of the band's album Contra. Kennis won an undisclosed settlement from the band and their label, XL Records, while her photographer remains locked in ongoing litigation. [Read More]

A Traveller at the Gates of Wisdom by John Boyne review an ambitious era-hopping epic

 Posted on June 21, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  933 words  |  Barrett Giampaolo

Book of the dayFictionReviewCharacters are reincarnated as a visionary craftsman explores his destiny in a story that roams from ancient Rome to Elizabethan London and beyond At the heart of this quirky, ambitious and ultimately disappointing book is a very simple story. A sensitive boy grows up in the shadow of a violent father and aspires to be a craftsman. As he grows older, he is more successful as an artist than a human being. [Read More]

Bubba Smith obituary | US news

 Posted on June 21, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  868 words  |  Barrett Giampaolo

US newsObituaryBubba Smith obituaryUS football star and actor known for his Police Academy roleSome fans of the popular Police Academy films might be surprised to discover that the actor playing the gentle florist turned recruit Moses Hightower was someone who inspired an entire college campus to wear T-shirts stating "Kill Bubba Kill", echoing the words chanted by thousands of supporters in Michigan State University's Spartan Stadium. Bubba Smith, who has been found dead aged 66, was one of American college football's most legendary defenders, a figure who inspired awe on the gridiron. [Read More]

Phyllis Calvert | Movies | The Guardian

 Posted on June 21, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  840 words  |  Delta Gatti

MoviesObituaryPhyllis CalvertBourgeois beauty of the British stage and screenPhyllis Calvert, who has died aged 87, made her way to the top of British cinema in the 1940s through niceness. As a well-bred, Kensington-accented cornerstone of Gainsborough costume epics, she vied with Margaret Lockwood at the box office. Regency romps, they were known as. Utter nonsense, with heart-throbs like Stewart Granger and James Mason served up with grace and charm, was quintessential to Calvert's artistic durability - but to keep it up, without growing dull, required a determined personality and an exceptional talent. [Read More]

Reading Germaine: three generations respond to On Rape

 Posted on June 21, 2024  |  14 minutes  |  2788 words  |  Barrett Giampaolo

The ObserverGermaine GreerFor nearly 50 years feminist icon and firebrand Germaine Greer has been inspiring and infuriating in equal measure – and her latest book, On Rape, has sparked fresh outrage. We asked three generations of women to read and respond to itYvonne Roberts, writer and journalistView image in fullscreenYvonne Roberts Photograph: Katherine Anne Rose/The ObserverThe iconic cover of the The Female Eunuch, an international bestseller first published in 1970 and still in print, shows the stylised trunk of a naked woman, a handle on each hip, fresh off the conveyor belt. [Read More]

The men-are-trash narrative is back. But what if women are also trash? | Zoe Williams

 Posted on June 21, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  838 words  |  Brenda Moya

OpinionMen This article is more than 9 months oldThe men-are-trash narrative is back. But what if women are also trash?This article is more than 9 months oldZoe WilliamsI thought we’d created something beautiful in the 90s, with the notion that perhaps nobody was any good at fidelity or washing up. If only we could revive that message My millennial friend was explaining the trajectory of the men-are-trash narrative. It fell out of fashion for a bit, but now it’s very much back. [Read More]

From Gangstas Paradise to reality TV, Coolio was a stone-faced rapper who softened hearts

 Posted on June 20, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  839 words  |  Brenda Moya

RapHis signature song owned the airwaves and proved that an emcee could be gangster and gregarious Coolio’s hairstyle was one of a kind: trademark twists sat atop his head like Medusa’s snakes. It was a look that defined 1990s hip-hop as much as Tupac’s nose piercing and Flavor Flav’s clock chain, even if no one ever imitated it (perhaps only Coolio had the dexterity to thread those thin braids through the holes of his baseball cap). [Read More]

How many times should one use a disposable razor before disposing of it? | Notes and Queries

 Posted on June 20, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  93 words  |  Christie Applegate

ETHICAL CONUNDRUMSHow many times should one use a disposable razor before disposing of it? Gabriel Myddelton, Bristol Until it hurts. Peter Edern, Bolton You know it's time to get rid of that shaver when you can never seem to get rid of the hair in your armpits. Gaele , Paris I agree with Gaele but am surprised she knows. Ian, London 3 TJ, Guildford Good one Ian! [Read More]

Thats me in the picture: Kevin Berthia on the Golden Gate bridge

 Posted on June 20, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  670 words  |  Delta Gatti

That's me in the picturePhotography‘I was convinced I was going to hurl myself off but his voice made me stop and grab the railings. That’s what you see’I had never been to the Golden Gate bridge before that day. I didn’t even know how to get there – I had to ask for directions. I had never dealt with any of the problems in my life, and that morning I was overwhelmed by it all. [Read More]

The Delirium Trilogy by Lauren Oliver - Review | Children's books

 Posted on June 20, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  649 words  |  Barrett Giampaolo

Children's booksChildren's booksThe Delirium Trilogy by Lauren Oliver - Review'The point of these books is seeing Lena grow from a timid teenage girl into one who could be a leader fighting for freedom'The Delirium Trilogy follows a teenage girl called Lena in her adventures and battles against a government that claims Love is a disease. In this society, once you reach 18 years old you are required to have an operation that " [Read More]