Antivirus: Zlatan Ibrahimovic to make big screen debut in Asterix film | Zlatan Ibrahimovic

 Posted on April 27, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  205 words  |  Brenda Moya

Zlatan Ibrahimovic This article is more than 2 years old‘Antivirus’: Zlatan Ibrahimovic to make big screen debut in Asterix filmThis article is more than 2 years oldSwedish striker will play a Roman called Caius AntivirusNew film also stars Marion Cotillard and Gilles LelloucheAC Milan and Sweden striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic is set to make his big screen debut in the next Asterix film. The 39-year-old posted the word “Antivirus”, the name of his character, on his Instagram account using the typeset and colours associated with the Goscinny/Uderzo heroes. [Read More]

Iga Swiatek back on top of world after WTA Finals demolition of Jessica Pegula | WTA Finals

 Posted on April 27, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  560 words  |  Brenda Moya

WTA Finals This article is more than 2 months oldIga Swiatek back on top of world after WTA Finals demolition of Jessica PegulaThis article is more than 2 months oldSwiatek claims first WTA Finals title with 6-1, 6-0 victoryDominant win also secures Pole year-end world No 1 spotIga Swiatek continued on the path to becoming one of the greatest players of her time as she demolished Jessica Pegula 6-1, 6-0 to win the WTA Finals for the first time in her young career. [Read More]

One to watch: Penelope Scott

 Posted on April 27, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  325 words  |  Brenda Moya

One to watchPop and rockHer nihilistic college homework songs were a TikTok hit. Now, the Californian’s new double EP contemplates the ‘fantastic horror of having a mind’ Penelope Scott is the kind of artist who brings the end of the world even into her love songs. “Planets hit planets, it doesn’t matter,” she notes blithely on Time of My Life, reeling off various doomsday scenarios over a syrupy clarinet hook. [Read More]

Succession actor demanded character took stand against super-rich family | Succession

 Posted on April 27, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1203 words  |  Christie Applegate

Succession This article is more than 2 years oldSuccession actor ‘demanded character took stand against super-rich family’This article is more than 2 years oldActivist James Cromwell, 81, who plays Ewan Roy, says his role was rewritten to reflect his politics Actor James Cromwell says he demanded his character on Succession take a moral stand against his unscrupulous, ultra-rich family – and hopes the hit show does not normalise the abuses of power and privilege as The Apprentice did for Donald Trump. [Read More]

Two Door Cinema Clubs Alex Trimble: I wasnt prepared to go back into hell | Two Door Cin

 Posted on April 27, 2024  |  10 minutes  |  2055 words  |  Barrett Giampaolo

Two Door Cinema Club, from left, Kevin Baird, Alex Trimble, Sam Halliday. Photograph: Mark Duggan/The GuardianTwo Door Cinema Club, from left, Kevin Baird, Alex Trimble, Sam Halliday. Photograph: Mark Duggan/The GuardianTwo Door Cinema ClubInterviewTwo Door Cinema Club’s Alex Trimble: ‘I wasn’t prepared to go back into hell’ Mark BeaumontAfter six years on the road, the Irish indie band couldn’t stand to be in the same room. But thanks to DIY and yoga, they’re back – and warming up for a tour disguised as their own tribute actAs cover bands go, Tudor Cinema Club are pretty convincing. [Read More]

What is the point of string vests? Who invented them? Are they fashionable? | Notes and Queries

 Posted on April 27, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  216 words  |  Barrett Giampaolo

NOOKS AND CRANNIESWhat is the point of string vests? Who invented them? Are they fashionable? String vests keep you warm because they trap a layer of air between your skin and your shirt. A bit like double glazing. Alan Moore, Hong Kong My father always wore string vests, and said they kept him warm in winter and cool in summer. They used to be known as Norwegian string vests so maybe a Norwegian invented them. [Read More]

'I hear the screams every night': Freddie Gray's death haunts man who shot video | Freddie Gray

 Posted on April 26, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  1041 words  |  Barrett Giampaolo

Kevin Moore, sitting by the spot where Freddie Gray was arrested. Photograph: Baynard WoodsKevin Moore, sitting by the spot where Freddie Gray was arrested. Photograph: Baynard WoodsFreddie GrayInterview'I hear the screams every night': Freddie Gray's death haunts man who shot videoBaynard Woods in BaltimoreKevin Moore captured last images of the Baltimore man. A year later and after the acquittals of police officers over his death, he says ‘I ain’t got no more tears left’ Kevin Moore sits on a low stone wall at the edge of the handicapped ramp where Freddie Gray was apprehended, thrown to the ground and hogtied with a knee on his neck in Baltimore in April 2015. [Read More]

From the Guardian archive + Chornobyl nuclear disaster | Theguardian

 Posted on April 26, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  52 words  |  Brenda Moya

Originally published in the Guardian on 30 April 1986: After three days of virtual news blackout, the Soviet authorities finally admitted last night what Scandinavia had already deduced from radioactive fallout – that the Chernobyl nuclear accident is a "disaster," that some people have been killed and many thousands more evacuated

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God spoke to me: Ryan Binkleys quixotic quest for the Republican nod

 Posted on April 26, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1249 words  |  Christie Applegate

Ryan Binkley has spent $8m of his own money on his presidential campaign. Photograph: Scott Morgan/ReutersRyan Binkley has spent $8m of his own money on his presidential campaign. Photograph: Scott Morgan/ReutersNew HampshireThe pastor from Texas is an extreme long shot in New Hampshire, but he’s forging ahead with his lonely bid In a movie, Ryan Binkley would be storming towards the presidency. Nikki Haley sharpens attacks on Trump – but are they sharp enough? [Read More]

Jim Parker obituary | Music

 Posted on April 26, 2024  |  8 minutes  |  1584 words  |  Brenda Moya

Jim Parker’s musical career began with the Barrow Poets, a performance collective he had joined in 1963. Photograph: Mark BourdillonJim Parker’s musical career began with the Barrow Poets, a performance collective he had joined in 1963. Photograph: Mark BourdillonMusicObituaryJim Parker obituaryProlific Bafta-winning composer of music for Midsomer Murders, the BBC’s House of Cards and Victoria Wood’s TV dramas“I committed a lapse of taste last month and I will not be surprised if I am dismissed from my honourable office,” wrote Sir John Betjeman in 1974. [Read More]