Coco Khan | The Guardian

 Posted on May 14, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  41 words  |  Chauncey Koziol

She’s endured death threats, hate mail and unfair arrests, but now Stormy Daniels wants to help gay men find love. She talks about her new dating show, writing jokes – and why she won’t back down

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FBI raids home of New York mayors top campaign fundraiser | New York

 Posted on May 14, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  419 words  |  Valentine Belue

New York This article is more than 2 months oldFBI raids home of New York mayor’s top campaign fundraiserThis article is more than 2 months oldBrianna Suggs questioned by corruption squad as Eric Adams cancels several Washington DC meetings The home of a consultant with ties to the New York city mayor, Eric Adams, was raided by the FBI on Thursday. Brianna Suggs, Adams’s top campaign fundraiser, was questioned by the FBI’s public corruption squad as they searched her house in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, the New York Times reported. [Read More]

Illegal food: step away from the cheese, ma'am

 Posted on May 14, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  600 words  |  Aldo Pusey

Word of Mouth blogFoodThe US has banned mimolette, a cheese from Lille made with mites. So what other foods are forbidden?While French cheese may still be the Holy Grail for many food lovers, getting hold of it everywhere in the world can be tricky, thanks to global food regulations. Last week, the United States put a blockade on mimolette, the brightly colored orange cheese that traditionally hails from Lille. To refine the flavour of the cheese, mites are deliberately introduced, a practice that up until now has not caused a problem. [Read More]

Jason Wood obituary | Comedy

 Posted on May 14, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  615 words  |  Chauncey Koziol

ComedyObituaryJason Wood obituaryComedian with a knack for impersonationJason Wood, who has died suddenly in his sleep aged 38, was a comedian, singer and entertainer who delighted audiences all over the world during his varied career. Known for his remarkable voice and uncannily accurate impersonations of singers from Alison Moyet and Morrissey to Sarah Brightman and Luciano Pavarotti, Jason also carved out a niche for himself with a modern take on the old-school flamboyant variety star, with his huge smile, bright suits and larger-than-life personality. [Read More]

Kate Moss wasnt just naturally slender, she wasnt fed | Kate Moss

 Posted on May 14, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  318 words  |  Chauncey Koziol

Kate MossLettersKate Moss wasn’t just naturally slender, she wasn’t fed Natasha Loke draws attention to healthy BMIs and wider problems in the modelling industry The controversies and criticisms surrounding Kate Moss have often been unfair and highly contradictory (Take off your bra! Put on some weight! After decades of being talked down to, Kate Moss speaks out, 25 July). However, Zoe Williams’ assertion that Moss’s famously slender figure was “just the way she looks” is both inaccurate and unhelpful. [Read More]

Serotonin by Michel Houellebecq review a vision of degraded masculinity

 Posted on May 14, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1216 words  |  Chauncey Koziol

Book of the dayFictionReviewThe French satirist is uniquely placed to anatomise the impotence and rage of an embittered bureaucrat “My desire to displease masks an insane desire to please,” Michel Houellebecq wrote in Public Enemies, his epistolary exchange with the philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy. “But I want people to like me ‘for myself’, without trying to seduce, without hiding whatever is shameful about me.” To some extent one reads Houellebecq precisely for his willingness to risk being loathed. [Read More]

Tintins world adventure: comic strip hero joins the Smurfs on new Belgian passport | Belgium

 Posted on May 14, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  751 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

The ObserverBelgium This article is more than 1 year oldTintin’s world adventure: comic strip hero joins the Smurfs on new Belgian passportThis article is more than 1 year oldDesigns for official documents celebrate the country’s heritage – and are hard to forge Trees, eagles, bears, turrets and towers: passport designs used to follow certain conventions. Not any more. From Monday, all new Belgian passports will feature Tintin, the Smurfs and other heroes of Belgian comic-strip art. [Read More]

We have Anglophile and Francophile, but what do we call someone who is a lover of the Americas - par

 Posted on May 14, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  450 words  |  Kary Bruening

SEMANTIC ENIGMASWe have Anglophile and Francophile, but what do we call someone who is a lover of the Americas - particularly North America? John Ellis, Northwich, England A capitalist. Matthew Taylor, Oxford Head of Programming at Channel 4. James, Sydney, Australia In truth, Anglophiles do not necessarily like the English, nor Francophiles the French, it is the culture and traditions they go for. American (US) culture (yes it does exist) and tradition has been a melting pot of what they liked best from other nations and what their new citizens from across the globe brought with them. [Read More]

Yotam Ottolenghis summer salad recipes

 Posted on May 14, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1142 words  |  Aldo Pusey

Yotam Ottolenghi’s courgette and cantaloupe salad with manchego and preserved lemon dressing. Photograph: Louise Hagger/The Guardian. Food styling: Valerie Berry. Prop styling: Jennifer Kay. Food styling assistant: Hanna MillerYotam Ottolenghi’s courgette and cantaloupe salad with manchego and preserved lemon dressing. Photograph: Louise Hagger/The Guardian. Food styling: Valerie Berry. Prop styling: Jennifer Kay. Food styling assistant: Hanna MillerYotam Ottolenghi recipesFoodA sprightly courgette and melon salad, an oregano-spiked roast aubergine and tomato number with feta cream, and a leafy salad with zesty breadcrumbs and a sharp, apple dressing [Read More]

A beloved mother, a devoted father, an aspiring streamer: Jacksonville shooting victims identified |

 Posted on May 13, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  892 words  |  Kary Bruening

Jacksonville This article is more than 4 months oldA beloved mother, a devoted father, an aspiring streamer: Jacksonville shooting victims identifiedThis article is more than 4 months oldAngela Michelle Carr, Jerrald Gallion and AJ Laguerre Jr were shot fatally when a gunman opened fire in a Dollar General store AJ Laguerre Jr worked at a Dollar General store after finishing high school to help support the grandmother who raised him. Angela Michelle Carr was an Uber driver beloved by her children. [Read More]