New species of giant herbivorous dinosaur found in outback Australia | Dinosaurs

 Posted on March 24, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  857 words  |  Valentine Belue

How an Australian sheep farmer discovered a new species of giant dinosaur GuardianDinosaurs This article is more than 7 years oldNew species of giant herbivorous dinosaur found in outback AustraliaThis article is more than 7 years old95m-year-old Savannasaurus elliottorum leads researchers to propose new theory of how sauropods spread around the world A new species of giant herbivorous dinosaur has been found in outback Australia, helping to rewrite the textbooks on how the gentle giants spread around the globe. [Read More]

The famous Fiennes | Family

 Posted on March 24, 2024  |  7 minutes  |  1428 words  |  Kary Bruening

FamilyInterviewThe famous FiennesSusanna RustinFilm-maker Martha Fiennes's new work, Nativity, has a soundtrack composed by her brother Magnus. They talk about their bohemian upbringing as two of six siblings and the unusual creative bond they share'I actually think Magnus is a genius," says Martha Fiennes, of her younger brother. "I really do, I've said it to other people and they've said 'Yeah, I think he is'. I'm chucking stuff out barely finished, but Magnus is picking up on it; I think he tunes into a frequency. [Read More]

Australia v Pakistan: third Test, day three as it happened | Australia cricket team

 Posted on March 23, 2024  |  19 minutes  |  3979 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

5 Jan 202402.07 ESTGeoff LemonWe’ll be back on Day 4 with an early start that will in all likelihood be entirely unnecessary. That’s 10am local time, for the overs lost to rain yesterday. Pakistan 82 ahead and three wickets in hand to increase that lead. Jonathan Howcroft will have the first half of the day, and if required I’ll take the second. It could be done by lunch though, especially with that long first session. [Read More]

Chelsea fans voice opposition to sponsorship deal with online casino | Chelsea

 Posted on March 23, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  486 words  |  Kary Bruening

Chelsea This article is more than 7 months oldChelsea fans voice opposition to sponsorship deal with online casinoThis article is more than 7 months oldSurvey by supporters’ trust finds 77% oppose proposed dealSponsorship by streaming service blocked by Premier LeagueChelsea supporters have expressed overwhelming opposition to a proposed shirt sponsorship with an online casino that hails itself as a “worldwide leader in crypto gambling”. With its deal with the mobile phone company Three expiring, the club had hoped to sign a lucrative deal with the American streaming service Paramount+ but that has been blocked by the Premier League owing to concerns about upsetting TV rights holders. [Read More]

Cher at 70: seven iconic style moments | Fashion

 Posted on March 23, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  261 words  |  Chauncey Koziol

Cher at 70: seven iconic style moments Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email On the cusp of her 70th birthday, we look back on some of the showgirl’s most iconic looks Guardian fashion Main image: Cher in 1977. Photograph: Jane Bown Thu 19 May 2016 10.04 EDT Last modified on Mon 2 Jul 2018 09.57 EDT The 60s power couple of singing-and-TV-show fame, Sonny and Cher often went matchy-matchy, way before Justin and Britney’s double-denim gate. [Read More]

Chlo Sevigny: I now have total disdain for directors | Film

 Posted on March 23, 2024  |  14 minutes  |  2954 words  |  Valentine Belue

Photograph: Jody Rogac/The Guardian Photograph: Jody Rogac/The GuardianFilmInterviewChloë Sevigny: ‘I now have total disdain for directors’Xan BrooksIn the 90s she was dubbed ‘the coolest girl in the world’. Now happily reunited with Whit Stillman, she looks back at her rollercoaster career One warm April weekend, Chloë Sevigny arranges a boot sale in the heart of Manhattan’s East Village. She empties her wardrobe, batches up her belongings and operates the cash register on the corner of Avenue C. [Read More]

Former Lions and Chargers linebacker Jessie Lemonier dies at 25 | NFL

 Posted on March 23, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  276 words  |  Aldo Pusey

NFL This article is more than 11 months oldFormer Lions and Chargers linebacker Jessie Lemonier dies at 25This article is more than 11 months oldDetroit mourn ‘model teammate and wonderful young man’Linebacker was due to play for USFL’s Birmingham StallionsThe Detroit Lions have paid tribute to their former player Jessie Lemonier, whose death at the age of 25 was announced on Thursday. pic.twitter.com/FL7BP71YhB — Detroit Lions (@Lions) January 26, 2023 “We are shocked and saddened to learn of the passing of former Detroit Lion Jessie Lemonier,” the NFL team said in a statement. [Read More]

Graham Nash review the lyrics are iffy, but the melodies remain magic

 Posted on March 23, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  436 words  |  Valentine Belue

Crosby, Stills, Nash and YoungReviewTheatre Royal Drury Lane, London Aged 81, the Hollies and CSNY star’s songs still seem to pluck tunes from the air – though you often have to block out the very prosaic words There are few melodicists in rock as gifted as Graham Nash, who – and this is not a pejorative – was the missing link between light entertainment and the counterculture through the second half of the 1960s and the first part of the following decade. [Read More]

Graveyard living: inside the 'cemetery slums' of Manila | Cities

 Posted on March 23, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1235 words  |  Kary Bruening

Cemetery Slums: Navotas, Philippines Photograph: Lynzy BillingIn the poorly serviced capital of the Philippines, the poorest citizens have taken to living where no one else will – alongside the dead by Lynzy Billing in Manila“I have lived here for 51 years – and I have been trying to leave for 51 years,” says Elvira Miranda. “The government want us gone, and we also want to go. But we need somewhere to go. [Read More]

The 20 best films about doomed love ranked! | Film

 Posted on March 23, 2024  |  7 minutes  |  1459 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca (1942). Photograph: Ronald GrantAs Past Lives, a tale of lost love and roads not taken, hits cinemas, get out the tissues as we recall some of cinema’s most heart-wrenching, tortuous romances by Anne Billson20. Atonement (2007)A bungled billet-doux, unjust accusations and the second world war drive a wedge between Cecilia (Keira Knightley) and Robbie (James McAvoy). To be honest, it probably wouldn’t have worked out anyway, but Cecilia’s kid sister (Saoirse Ronan) tries to make amends for having naively destroyed their romance in this adaptation of Ian McEwan’s tricksy novel. [Read More]