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Last year, Isabela Merced was living a double life. By day, she was running around the set of βThe Last of Usβ in Vancouver β dodging Infected, WLF soldiers and Seraphites alongside co-star Bella Ramsey. Then, after wrapping what was sometimes a 15-hour workday, sheβd be on a flight 4,500 miles away to Atlanta β…
Watchmaker Swatch has apologised and pulled ads featuring an Asian male model pulling the corners of his eyes backwards following accusations of racism. Images for the Swatch Essentials collection were criticised for the “slanted eye” pose, especially in China, with many commentators saying they appeared to mimic racist taunts. The Swiss company has apologised in…
Book Review Baldwin: A Love Story By Nicholas BoggsFarrar, Straus and Giroux: 720 pages, $36If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores In Nicholas Boggsβ lively and vigorously researched biography of James Baldwin, the great writerβs search for the source of his…
An AI-powered market research firm which has counted Unilever and Vodafone among its clients is on the brink of collapse. Sky News understands that Streetbees, which was founded in 2015, has filed a notice of intention to appoint the professional services firm FRP Advisory as administrator. Sources said that a buyer was being lined up…
Jackie Chan wielding panda bear plushies at the 89th Academy Awards. Brad Pitt serving duck face at the 92nd. Anya Taylor-Joyβs otherworldly hair flip just last year. These are some of the most iconic Glambot videos shot by director Cole Walliser, who has been operating E!βs high-speed red carpet camera, a staple of awards season,…
βYouβre gonna need a bigger boat.β Pause. βYouβre gonna need a bigger boat.β Ben Stillerβs phone is buzzing. Each time someone sends a text, it alerts him with the sound of Roy Scheiderβs police chief, Brody, telling Robert Shawβs Quint that his vessel, the Orca, is not of sufficient size to deal with the 25-foot…
πListen to Politics at Sam and Anne’s on your podcast appπβ―β―β―β―β―β―β― “Education, education, education” was how Tony Blair set out New Labour’s priorities in the early noughties. A quarter of a century on, what story is Sir Keir Starmer trying to tell about schools under his premiership? In this episode, Sam and Anne are joined…
If there’s one thing the past 24 hours has confirmed, it’s that it’s still Donald Trump’s world, and we’re all just living in it. In the aftermath of the Alaska meeting, the US president’s deal-making skills came under question when he seemingly walked away empty-handed. But it was clear he had retained his ability to…
Terence Stamp, the prolific English actor who played General Zod in the βSupermanβ films and earned an Oscar nomination for his portrayal of the title character in βBilly Budd,β has died. He was 87. Stamp died of undisclosed causes Sunday morning, his family confirmed to Reuters. βHe leaves behind an extraordinary body of work, both…
Her name was etched in the memory of millions thanks to her role as Gabrielle SolΓs in βDesperate Housewives,β a series that established Eva Longoria as one of the most influential Latina actresses in Hollywood. She went on to become a producer, director, entrepreneur, activist and, in recent years, an investor in the world of…
