High kicks and high heels: Poor Things star Willem Dafoe in pictures | Fashion

 Posted on April 23, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  260 words  |  Valentine Belue

High kicks and high heels: Poor Things star Willem Dafoe – in pictures Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email The prolific actor likes to tackle creative challenges head-on. So who better to take on spring’s bold colours, sequins and sharp silhouettes? Read the interview here Photographer Gavin Bond, Fashion editor Helen Seamons Main image: Three times a charm: Willem Dafoe shot for Observer magazine in London. [Read More]

Onstage nudity: let's grow up, not cover up | Stage

 Posted on April 23, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  502 words  |  Valentine Belue

Theatre blogStageOnstage nudity: let's grow up, not cover upIan McKellen is the latest star to strip off in a play. Why does the RSC need to warn us about it?Ian McKellen: not grinning, but baring it in King Lear. Photograph: John D McHugh/AFP When will audiences grow up and get over nudity on stage? Ian McKellen is playing the title role in the RSC's King Lear, now previewing in Stratford-upon-Avon, and the 67-year-old actor takes his clothes off during the storm scene. [Read More]

Punks new wave: Raymond Pettibons surf paintings in pictures | Art and design

 Posted on April 23, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  323 words  |  Aldo Pusey

Punk’s new wave: Raymond Pettibon’s surf paintings – in pictures Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Raymond Pettibon’s art was synonymous with the 80s Californian punk scene; his graphics a visual identity for club fliers and album artwork for bands, especially Black Flag and Sonic Youth. Though his work now fills museums rather than zine pages, one theme from his west coast childhood still captivates: surfing. [Read More]

Statement wallpapers in pictures | Life and style

 Posted on April 23, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  204 words  |  Chauncey Koziol

Statement wallpapers – in pictures Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Fed up of staring at the same four walls? Cover them in vivid colours and flamboyant patterns Main image: wallpaper by Nat Maks Photograph: Nat Maks Sat 10 Apr 2021 13.52 EDT First published on Fri 9 Apr 2021 04.00 EDT Blue Koi wallpaper by Julia Fonnereau, £35, Wallsauce. [Read More]

Whats it like to be 6ft 8in tall?

 Posted on April 23, 2024  |  13 minutes  |  2717 words  |  Kary Bruening

‘Much of our time is spent trying to shrink, to alleviate our extreme conspicuousness. And most of the time we fail’: Nicholas Kulish. Photograph: Caroll Taveras/The Observer‘Much of our time is spent trying to shrink, to alleviate our extreme conspicuousness. And most of the time we fail’: Nicholas Kulish. Photograph: Caroll Taveras/The ObserverThe ObserverLife and styleNicholas Kulish is dizzyingly tall. No, he doesn’t play basketball. Yes, the weather’s fine up here. [Read More]

Its unsustainable: can Hollywood survive without transformation?

 Posted on April 22, 2024  |  10 minutes  |  2083 words  |  Chauncey Koziol

Film industryDespite the success of Barbenheimer, the industry faces strikes, AI concerns and an untenable situation for those not at the top It was a pink mushroom cloud that even enveloped the White House. “Did you see Barbie or Oppenheimer this weekend?” a reporter asked the press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre. She replied: “I knew I was going to get that question. I did not. But heard that it did very well. [Read More]

Joaquin Luna: undocumented migrant whose lack of hope drove him to suicide | US immigration

 Posted on April 22, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  700 words  |  Kary Bruening

US immigration This article is more than 12 years oldJoaquin Luna: undocumented migrant whose lack of hope drove him to suicideThis article is more than 12 years oldFamily says teen feared harsh anti-immigration laws in Texas, and became especially distressed after Dream Act failed to passBefore he died, Joaquin Luna put on his best suit, white shirt and black skinny tie, the same outfit he wore every Sunday without fail to the Pan de Vida church in his home town of Mission, Texas. [Read More]

Jonathan Hill obituary | Architecture

 Posted on April 22, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  392 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

Other livesArchitectureObituaryJonathan Hill obituaryMy friend Jonathan Hill, who has died aged 65 from cancer, was a design tutor and architectural historian at the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London, from the late 1980s. There he helped to set up a new type of doctorate, an architectural design PhD, which he took himself, becoming its first graduate in 2000 and directing it for two decades. In that role he became internationally renowned as a pioneer of design research in architecture – a fusion of thinking, reading, designing, drawing and writing that he traced back five centuries to Leon Battista Alberti’s classic architectural treatise De Re Aedificatoria. [Read More]

Liz Truss to share lessons of her time in government in new book | Liz Truss

 Posted on April 22, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  898 words  |  Valentine Belue

Liz Truss This article is more than 4 months oldLiz Truss to ‘share lessons’ of her time in government in new bookThis article is more than 4 months oldThe former PM blames lack of support for Conservative ideas as part of her downfall during her 49-day premiership Liz Truss is writing a book about her 49 days as prime minister, which will argue the main cause of her downfall was a lack of “support for Conservative ideas” – and too much support for the “global left”. [Read More]

Putin welcomes Le Pen to Moscow with a nudge and a wink | Russia

 Posted on April 22, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  539 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

‘I don’t want to influence French elections’: Putin meets Le Pen GuardianRussia This article is more than 6 years oldAnalysisPutin welcomes Le Pen to Moscow with a nudge and a winkThis article is more than 6 years oldShaun Walker in MoscowMuch like with the Trump allegations, the Kremlin denies any meddling in the French election while simultaneously revelling in the suggestion The expression said it all. Even by Vladimir Putin’s standards, it was a knowing smirk of epic proportions as he shook hands with Marine Le Pen in the Kremlin on Friday. [Read More]