From Sean Connery to Harrison Ford: actors who secretly played roles gay
Posted on May 19, 2024
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| Aldo Pusey
Sean Connery and Rob Brown in Finding Forrester: ‘I suppose there could be undercurrents that my character is closeted,’ Connery has said. Photograph: Allstar/Columbia/Sportsphoto LtdSean Connery and Rob Brown in Finding Forrester: ‘I suppose there could be undercurrents that my character is closeted,’ Connery has said. Photograph: Allstar/Columbia/Sportsphoto LtdFilmThe sexual orientation of film characters isn’t always what it first seems – some leading men have reinterpreted their parts as they move from page to screen
[Read More]Gut punch US north-eastern storm leaves at least six people dead | US weather
Posted on May 19, 2024
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| Kary Bruening
US weather This article is more than 1 month old‘Gut punch’ US north-eastern storm leaves at least six people dead This article is more than 1 month oldDeadly winter storm leaves hundreds of thousands without power and deposits flooding and freezing temperatures in its wake
At least six people were killed and hundreds of thousands were left without power as a deadly winter storm swept across the north-eastern US on Monday, depositing flooding and freezing temperatures in its wake.
[Read More]Is My Dark Vanessa the most controversial novel of the year? Author Kate Elizabeth Russell speaks ou
Posted on May 19, 2024
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| Jenniffer Sheldon
FictionInterviewIs My Dark Vanessa the most controversial novel of the year? Author Kate Elizabeth Russell speaks outFiona SturgesExploring issues of abuse and consent, Russell’s novel My Dark Vanessa could not be more timely. She talks about the pressure to write a ‘likeable’ victim and the line between fiction and memoir
When, in 2018, Kate Elizabeth Russell’s agent presented publishers with her first novel, My Dark Vanessa, about a sexual relationship between a 15-year-old girl and her English teacher, the #MeToo movement was in full flight.
[Read More]Readers recommend: songs about secrets and secrecy - results | Music
Posted on May 19, 2024
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| Jenniffer Sheldon
Readers recommendMusicReaders recommend: songs about secrets and secrecy - resultsFrom the hidden passions of Ray Charles to a weakness revealed in Joan Armatrading, RR regular attwilightlarks uncovers strongly emotional list from last week’s topic
Secrets suggest complexity and tumult. James Joyce’s view of them was radical: “Secrets, silent, stony sit in the dark palaces of ... our hearts ... tyrants willing to be dethroned.” Secrets compromise our humanity, and even sanity, and require early exorcism!
[Read More]We get 28 days for Black history in the US but every month is White History Month | Steve Philli
Posted on May 19, 2024
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| Jenniffer Sheldon
OpinionBlack History Month This article is more than 10 months oldWe get 28 days for Black history in the US – but every month is White History MonthThis article is more than 10 months oldSteve PhillipsConservatives are blocking a more inclusive version of history – even as our Capitol contains statues of white supremacists
Welcome to White History Month! While February – the shortest of months – is typically associated with a 28-day acknowledgement of the historical contributions of African Americans, the truth of the matter is that this month, and every month, is actually a celebration of white history.
[Read More]Emma Watson nude photos hoax: why not all publicity is good publicity | Science and scepticism
Posted on May 18, 2024
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| Jenniffer Sheldon
It’s unlikely that the publicity generated by the hoax claim of explicit pictures of Emma Watson was in any way enjoyable for her. Photograph: Miguel Rojo/AFP/Getty ImagesIt’s unlikely that the publicity generated by the hoax claim of explicit pictures of Emma Watson was in any way enjoyable for her. Photograph: Miguel Rojo/AFP/Getty ImagesBrain flappingScience and scepticismEmma Watson nude photos hoax: why not all publicity is good publicityThe hoax threat made to Emma Watson is the most high-profile of countless recent examples undermining the claim that there’s no such thing as bad publicity.
[Read More]EPA approved fuel ingredient with sky-high lifetime cancer risk, document reveals | Pollution
Posted on May 18, 2024
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| Kary Bruening
Pollution This article is more than 5 months oldEPA approved fuel ingredient with sky-high lifetime cancer risk, document revealsThis article is more than 5 months oldChevron component approved even though it could cause cancer in virtually every person exposed over a lifetime
This article is co-published with ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power The Environmental Protection Agency approved a component of boat fuel made from discarded plastic that the agency’s own risk formula determined was so hazardous, everyone exposed to the substance continually over a lifetime would be expected to develop cancer.
[Read More]Italian woman wins court case to evict her two sons, aged 40 and 42 | Italy
Posted on May 18, 2024
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| Chauncey Koziol
Italy This article is more than 2 months oldItalian woman wins court case to evict her two sons, aged 40 and 42This article is more than 2 months oldThe bamboccioni (big babies) refused to fly nest and ‘did not contribute’ – in country where most under-35s still live with parents
The proportion of Italian adults still living with their parents has long been high but one mother was forced to take drastic action after her two sons – both in their 40s – refused to abandon the comforts of the family home.
[Read More]Liverpool injury crisis intensifies after Alexander-Arnold ruled out for weeks | Liverpool
Posted on May 18, 2024
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| Chauncey Koziol
LiverpoolLiverpool injury crisis intensifies after Alexander-Arnold ruled out for ‘weeks’Vice-captain out with knee injury sustained in FA Cup victoryVirgil van Dijk back in squad for Carabao tie against FulhamLiverpool’s lengthy absentee list got a little longer on Tuesday after assistant manager Pepijn Lijnders confirmed that Trent Alexander-Arnold will be sidelined for “a few weeks” with a knee injury.
The club’s vice-captain sustained the setback during Sunday’s 2-0 victory at Arsenal FA Cup, leaving manager Jürgen Klopp with another selection headache before his team’s two-legged Carabao Cup semi-final against Fulham, which gets under way at Anfield on Wednesday night.
[Read More]Once upon a life: Abraham Verghese
Posted on May 18, 2024
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| Valentine Belue
Once upon a lifeLife and styleHe was a young medical student in Ethiopia when Haile Selassie was toppled, in a coup that plunged the country into two decades of bloodshed. Here, Abraham Verghese describes the lead-up to the day in 1973 when his world turned upside-downWhenever I hear the phrase "geography is destiny" I think of my parents, George and Mariam, schoolteachers from India, arriving in the misty mountain empire of Ethiopia in 1951 within two weeks of each other and not knowing a soul.
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