What does Hollywood's reverence for child rapist Roman Polanski tell us?

 Posted on June 12, 2024  |  14 minutes  |  2794 words  |  Barrett Giampaolo

Roman PolanskiIt’s 40 years this week since the director and convicted sex offender went on the run. What does his continued success reveal about the film world’s true attitude towards sexual assault? Forty years ago this week, Roman Polanski went from being one of the most celebrated film-makers in the world to becoming the United States’ most notorious fugitive from justice. On 1 February 1978, after 42 days in jail, Polanski fled the US while awaiting final sentencing, having pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor. [Read More]

Why is it still legal to take creepshots of women in public places? | Jessica Valenti

 Posted on June 12, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  668 words  |  Christie Applegate

Jessica Valenti columnWomen This article is more than 8 years oldWhy is it still legal to take creepshots of women in public places?This article is more than 8 years oldJessica ValentiWhen Jase Dillan turned a camera on a man allegedly filming women’s clothed privates on a public street, he said he doesn’t need permission – and he’s right Jase Dillan was running some errands on Boston’s Newbury Street last week when she noticed something odd: a man was filming her even as he tried to conceal his camera. [Read More]

A danger to public health? Uproar as scientist urges us to eat more salt | Nutrition

 Posted on June 11, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1194 words  |  Merlyn Hunt

Nutrition This article is more than 6 years oldA danger to public health? Uproar as scientist urges us to eat more saltThis article is more than 6 years oldExclusive: In his new book, James DiNicolantonio claims salt could make us healthier. But experts have condemned the advice as potentially dangerous Public health experts in the UK have spoken out against a new book that claims many of us should be eating more salt, not less – claiming the advice could endanger people’s health. [Read More]

A view of fashion archive, 1968

 Posted on June 11, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  543 words  |  Christie Applegate

From the Guardian archiveFashion4 January 1968 ready-to-wear Jean Muir coat-dresses and bespoke couture The contemporary look The coat-dress proved to be an excellent town outfit in the transition time from summer into autumn. And all the signs and portents suggest that it is likely to supplant the suit for smart street-wear in early spring. It has a much more contemporary look than a suit, a much younger look, a more total, less cut-up look. [Read More]

Chuck Todd to leave NBCs Meet the Press after nearly 10 years | US news

 Posted on June 11, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  600 words  |  Brenda Moya

US news This article is more than 7 months oldChuck Todd to leave NBC’s Meet the Press after nearly 10 yearsThis article is more than 7 months oldKristen Welker, the network’s chief White House correspondent, will take over hosting duties for the political affairs show Chuck Todd has announced that he will be leaving NBC’s Meet the Press after nearly 10 years. On Sunday, Todd, who has hosted the political affairs show for more than nine years, told viewers: “It’s been an amazing nearly decade-long run. [Read More]

Gibson is Hollywood's most powerful celebrity | Movies

 Posted on June 11, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  223 words  |  Delta Gatti

Movies This article is more than 18 years oldGibson is Hollywood's most powerful celebrityThis article is more than 18 years oldMel Gibson has been dethroned from his perch as Forbes magazine's most powerful celebrity in the world, slipping two places to third in the latest list behind Oprah Winfrey and Tiger Woods. The Australian actor and film-maker remains the most influential star in Hollywood and one of the richest, following last year's hugely successful The Passion of the Christ. [Read More]

Id lost every bit of muscle: David Brooks on cancer and return to football | Bournemouth

 Posted on June 11, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  880 words  |  Brenda Moya

Bournemouth This article is more than 8 months old‘I’d lost every bit of muscle’: David Brooks on cancer and return to footballThis article is more than 8 months oldBournemouth and Wales winger opens up on fears and tearsCelebrating promotion last season left him out of breathDavid Brooks has opened up on his recovery from cancer, with the Bournemouth and Wales winger admitting that football paled into insignificance as he fought back from stage-two Hodgkin lymphoma. [Read More]

Swazi gold: grandmothers in Eswatini growing cannabis to make ends meet

 Posted on June 11, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1201 words  |  Christie Applegate

Global developmentIn the poverty-stricken kingdom, an older generation rely on growing marijuana to feed children orphaned by Aids epidemic In Nhlangano, in the south of Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), the illegal farming of the mountainous kingdom’s famous “Swazi gold” is a risk many grandmothers are ready to take. In what is known locally as the “gardens of Eden”, a generation of grandparents are growing cannabis, many of them sole carers for some of the many children orphaned by the HIV/Aids epidemic that gripped southern Africa. [Read More]

Celine Boutier wins the 2023 Evian Championship: final round as it happened | Golf

 Posted on June 10, 2024  |  14 minutes  |  2864 words  |  Barrett Giampaolo

30 Jul 202311.08 EDTSo in Celine Boutier, France can finally celebrate a winner of the Evian Championship! Boutier never looked like shipping the lead she immediately extended at the start of her final round, serenely progressing around the Evian Resort and ending the week with four sub-70 rounds, the only player to do so. A thorough and systematic dismantling of the rest of the field. Brooke Henderson will be proud of her title defence, while Gaby Lopez, Celine Borge and Gemma Dryburgh posted career-high major finishes. [Read More]

Martin Freeman: 'In London our prejudices are more subtle, less lethal' | Martin Freeman

 Posted on June 10, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  551 words  |  Christie Applegate

The ObserverMartin FreemanInterviewMartin Freeman: 'In London our prejudices are more subtle, less lethal'Euan FergusonMartin Freeman tells Euan Ferguson about the brilliance of Benedict Cumberbatch in Sherlock, multiculturalism in London and the BeatlesGervais is Gervais, too bright and too giggly; Mackenzie Crook the kind, laconic pragmatist; and now I've interviewed the third of my hat-trick from The Office, Martin Freeman, and I have to say: wowza! Searingly intelligent, angry, direct, caustic, lefty, sweary, as stunningly far from " [Read More]