'6.2cm-tall man' offered priority Covid vaccine after NHS blunder | Liverpool

 Posted on April 9, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  865 words  |  Chauncey Koziol

Liverpool'6.2cm-tall man' offered priority Covid vaccine after NHS blunderLiam Thorp, whose real height is 6ft 2in, was recorded as having a BMI of 28,000 Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage A 32-year-old man with no underlying health conditions was offered a Covid vaccine early because of a blunder at his GP surgery which recorded him as being 6.2cm tall, giving him an astonishing body mass index (BMI) of 28,000. [Read More]

Antonio Banderas on The Spongebob Movie: 'I couldn't eat, because of the beard' video interview

 Posted on April 9, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  121 words  |  Kary Bruening

Film talk The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water Antonio Banderas on The Spongebob Movie: 'I couldn't eat, because of the beard' – video interview Antonio Banderas, who plays an evil pirate captain in The Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, tells Benjamin Lee why his costume left him hungry and what it was like acting for Terrence Malick after working with an animated sponge. The Spongebob Movie is released in the UK on Friday 27 March Benjamin Lee and Henry Barnes, theguardian. [Read More]

Locked Up review tremendously silly and fantastically taut

 Posted on April 9, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  909 words  |  Aldo Pusey

Zulema and Macarena in Locked Up. Photograph: GSN Press/Channel 4Zulema and Macarena in Locked Up. Photograph: GSN Press/Channel 4TV reviewDramaReviewThe second series of the Spanish prison drama has broken away from the cliches – but it’s hard to know if the element of camp is entirely intended. Plus: The Good Fight Setting a TV series within the walls of a prison all but guarantees sex, drugs, violence and some sort of showdown in the laundry room where bad things happen with hot things, but prison dramas can also be prone to boxing themselves in too quickly. [Read More]

Mexican presidents popularity soars even as country faces persistent turmoil | Andrs Manuel L

 Posted on April 9, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1211 words  |  Chauncey Koziol

Supporters of Mexico’s president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, in Mexico City on 6 April 2022. Photograph: Luis Barron/Eyepix Group/REX/ShutterstockSupporters of Mexico’s president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, in Mexico City on 6 April 2022. Photograph: Luis Barron/Eyepix Group/REX/ShutterstockAndrés Manuel López Obrador This article is more than 2 months oldMexican president’s popularity soars even as country faces persistent turmoilThis article is more than 2 months oldAmlo’s pension program helped boost his approval rating, but critics point to his various shortcomings as his term nears its end [Read More]

Mexico coach Miguel Herrera: the World Cup has another internet hero | Mexico

 Posted on April 9, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  466 words  |  Aldo Pusey

SportblogMexicoMexico coach Miguel Herrera: the World Cup has another internet heroLast week the world fell for Mexico goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa and it is now rather taken by the team's ebullient manager Herrera's philosophy: 'We attack with 11 and defend with 11' Goals from Rafael Márquez, Andrés Guardado amd Javier Hernández gave Mexico the victory they needed to knock Croatia out and progress to the last 16 of the World Cup. [Read More]

Revealed: how to pick the perfect Poohstick | Engineering

 Posted on April 9, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  469 words  |  Chauncey Koziol

Engineering This article is more than 8 years oldRevealed: how to pick the perfect PoohstickThis article is more than 8 years oldScientists say there is a formula for winning the stick-throwing bridge game made famous by Winnie the Pooh and friends Poohsticks, the timeless game made famous by Winnie the Pooh, Piglet and Christopher Robin, is not a game of chance, according to scientists – and there’s even a formula to win. [Read More]

Shia LaBeouf: I was raped during performance art project | Shia LaBeouf

 Posted on April 9, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  595 words  |  Kary Bruening

Shia LaBeouf This article is more than 9 years oldShia LaBeouf: I was raped during performance art projectThis article is more than 9 years oldIn an interview with Dazed, the actor says that a woman ‘whipped my legs for ten minutes and then stripped my clothing and proceeded to rape me’ during his silent performance art work #IAMSORRY Shia LaBeouf collaborators speak out about his alleged rape The actor Shia LaBeouf has claimed a woman raped him during the performance of his one-man art piece #IAMSORRY earlier this year. [Read More]

The witching hour | | The Guardian

 Posted on April 9, 2024  |  22 minutes  |  4551 words  |  Chauncey Koziol

The witching hourWitchcraft was outlawed in this country for the best part of a thousand years. But now, officially tolerated and with a new religion of their own, witches are flooding out of the broom closet. Call it magic, call it hocus-pocus, they say anyone can do it ... especially as Hallowe'en approaches. Melanie McGrath reportsAccording to Cassandra Latham, the rules of spell-casting are: don't dabble but do persist; do not start anything that you can't finish; be aware that anything you wish for in another person may come back to you; and be precise. [Read More]

You're so vain! The phenomenon of the self-loving actor-director

 Posted on April 9, 2024  |  7 minutes  |  1446 words  |  Chauncey Koziol

The MuleIn his latest film, The Mule, 88-year-old Clint Eastwood directs himself having threesomes with women in their 20s. But from Sylvester Stallone to Kevin Costner, he’s not the only actor-director guilty of self-worship The hero of The Mule is Earl Stone, a horticulturist who earns extra cash ferrying drugs across the US. He is a popular fellow, and there are no fewer than three scenes in the film in which he is applauded by large and admiring crowds. [Read More]

'The strange thing is we howled with laughter': Sarah Kane's enigmatic last play

 Posted on April 8, 2024  |  9 minutes  |  1886 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

Her writing refuses to be categorised … Sarah Kane in 1998. Photograph: Jane Bown/The ObserverHer writing refuses to be categorised … Sarah Kane in 1998. Photograph: Jane Bown/The ObserverSarah KaneFirst staged a year after she killed herself, 4.48 Psychosis was called Kane’s suicide note. As a new opera version opens, the team behind the play’s Royal Court premiere look back – and her brother gives a rare interview about a work that roars with life as it gazes at death [Read More]