Charlie Sheen allegedly attacked at home by a neighbour, US media report | Charlie Sheen
Posted on June 4, 2024
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| Aldo Pusey
Charlie SheenCharlie Sheen allegedly attacked at home by a neighbour, US media reportElectra Schrock arrested after alleged incident in Malibu, involving the actor, best known for sitcom Two and a Half Men
Actor Charlie Sheen has been allegedly attacked in his home by a neighbour who was later arrested by police, US media have reported.
Sheen, star of numerous movies and the hit television sitcom Two and a Half Men, was not seriously injured in the assault, allegedly carried out by 47-year-old Electra Schrock who had attacked him after knocking on the door of his home in the upmarket beachside neighbourhood of Malibu in California.
[Read More]Extreme cold and snow blanket Iowa ahead of Mondays Republican caucuses | Iowa
Posted on June 4, 2024
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| Jenniffer Sheldon
IowaExtreme cold and snow blanket Iowa ahead of Monday’s Republican caucusesCandidates were forced to cancel campaign events as snow closed rural highways and temperatures are expected to plummet
Wild and dangerous winter storm weather continued to wreak havoc on Saturday in Iowa just two days before the Republican caucuses kick off the official nominating process for the 2024 presidential election.
Iowa caucuses are ‘important because they’re first’ – but are they democratic?
[Read More]From mod to emo: why pop tribes are still making a scene
Posted on June 4, 2024
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| Kary Bruening
Pop and rockLike-minded music fans have been herding together for half a century – but are die-hard pop tribes now a thing of the past? Do today's youth cults still have that gang mentality?There was a time when our perceptions of pop were defined not just by the records we listened to, but by the many and varied tribes of young people who followed each of the particular kinds of music, by their clothes, their behaviour – or at least how their behaviour was reported in the press or portrayed on film.
[Read More]MK Ultra review Rosie Kay, Adam Curtis and the Illuminati
Posted on June 4, 2024
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| Aldo Pusey
Shelley Eva Haden, centre, in MK Ultra by Rosie Kay Dance Company: ‘a postmodern Fantasia’. Photograph: Tristram Kenton/The ObserverShelley Eva Haden, centre, in MK Ultra by Rosie Kay Dance Company: ‘a postmodern Fantasia’. Photograph: Tristram Kenton/The ObserverThe ObserverDanceReviewLaban theatre, London; and touring
The choreographer and the film-maker delve into the supposed New World Order in a wildly ambitious new work
For decades, the CIA and the Walt Disney corporation have been brainwashing child stars such as Lindsay Lohan, Britney Spears and Justin Bieber, programming them to spread subliminal messages in support of a shadowy New World Order.
[Read More]New translation of the Iliad by Caroline Alexander extract | Homer
Posted on June 4, 2024
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| Chauncey Koziol
A red-figure terracotta cup, 5th century, showing slave girl Briseis pouring libation for Achilles’ tutor Phoenix, in a scene from the Iliad. Photograph: AlamyA red-figure terracotta cup, 5th century, showing slave girl Briseis pouring libation for Achilles’ tutor Phoenix, in a scene from the Iliad. Photograph: AlamyHomerNew translation of the Iliad by Caroline Alexander – extractRead a short section from the latest edition of Homer’s great epic of the Trojan wars – the first English translation by a woman
[Read More]Race is on to revive much-loved London gay pub the Joiners Arms | LGBTQ+ rights
Posted on June 4, 2024
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| Chauncey Koziol
The ObserverLGBTQ+ rights This article is more than 1 year oldRace is on to revive much-loved London gay pub the Joiners ArmsThis article is more than 1 year oldStars including Stephen Fry and Joe Lycett join forces to help campaigners fundraise for UK’s first community-run queer venue
Comedians Stephen Fry and Joe Lycett and actor Mawaan Rizwan have joined in a race to raise tens of thousands of pounds to open the UK’s first community-run LGBTQ+ venue.
[Read More]Spanish far-right partys anti-LGBT tweet makes star of tiny gay ghost | Spain
Posted on June 4, 2024
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| Jenniffer Sheldon
Spain This article is more than 4 years oldSpanish far-right party’s anti-LGBT tweet makes star of tiny gay ghostThis article is more than 4 years oldVox’s tweet shows Lord of the Rings’ Aragorn as party tackling LGBT symbol
Aragorn, son of Arathorn, pal of hobbits, scourge of orcs and wielder of a legendary sword, appears to have met his match in a tiny gay ghost.
A few hours after the polls opened in Spain’s general election last Sunday, the far-right Vox party attempted to recruit author JRR Tolkien’s fighter to its cause, tweeting an image of the character Aragorn in Peter Jackson’s 2003 film The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King with the caption, “Let the battle begin!
[Read More]Tour de Suisse riders pay tribute to Gino Mder after his death video | Sport
Posted on June 4, 2024
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| Jenniffer Sheldon
Cycling Tour de Suisse riders pay tribute to Gino Mäder after his death – video Tour de Suisse riders have payed tribute to the Swiss cyclist Gino Mäder after the cyclist died from injuries sustained in a high-speed crash on the descent of the Albula Pass on Thursday. Mäder went off the road and fell into a ravine on the day’s final descent into La Punt in south-eastern Switzerland.
[Read More]Who is the real Dice Man? The elusive writer behind the disturbing cult novel | Fiction
Posted on June 4, 2024
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| Aldo Pusey
Illustration: Charles Hopkinson/Camera Press/Guardian Design/Christophe GowansA search for the mysterious author of a counterculture classic led to someone else entirely. Or did it? by Emmanuel CarrèreToward the end of the 1960s, Luke Rhinehart worked as a psychoanalyst in New York and was bored stiff. He lived in a pretty apartment with a nice view. He practised yoga, read books on Zen, dreamed vaguely of joining a commune but did not dare.
[Read More]Culture + News | Culture
Posted on June 3, 2024
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| Chauncey Koziol
The continuing war between Israel and Hamas, the Iowa caucus, the aftermath of a volcanic eruption in Iceland and newborn western lowland gorilla: the last seven days, as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists
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