From tropical disasters and doomed sci-fi epics to bribing Orson Welles and fending off a puma, we rate cinema’s most revealing glimpses behind the scenes Behind-the-scenes footage from Dawn of the Dead is the highlight of this aficionados-only affair, which follows the 1979 satirical zombie horror all the way through ...
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Peta claimed victory when fashion stopped using fur – so why are they back hijacking catwalks?Peta claimed victory when fashion stopped using fur – so why are they back hijacking catwalks?
The animal welfare group has revived their runway-storming tactics from the naughts, now targeting the use of wool Her walk was poised, her outfit – crop top, tailored trousers, high heels – so on point that when Josie Knowles strutted down a London Fashion Week catwalk last month she could ...
‘I will see you in the parking lot after this’: when book clubs get dramatic‘I will see you in the parking lot after this’: when book clubs get dramatic
Book clubs can be fun, fulfilling and interesting – but many members have seen a meeting or group go down in flames For four years, Laura has been in a book club with other young mothers from her church. You might be picturing a docile scene of women drinking sweet ...
From Robert Kraft to Netanyahu, Israel’s supporters keep helping its critics | Peter BeinartFrom Robert Kraft to Netanyahu, Israel’s supporters keep helping its critics | Peter Beinart
These men’s actions aren’t just morally loathsome; they’re politically stupid. Social science may explain the phenomenon Israel’s supporters keep proving its detractors right. Over the last couple of years, Americans from across the ideological spectrum – from Bernie Sanders to Tucker Carlson – have grown increasingly enraged by the way ...
Motive behind flydubai cockpit stabbing unknown as international investigation opensMotive behind flydubai cockpit stabbing unknown as international investigation opens
Benjamin Netanyahu says too early to tell who may have been behind plane incident as carrier halts all flights to Israel The motive, background and affiliation of the Omani co-pilot who stabbed his captain in an apparent attempt to crash an Israel-bound flight from Dubai remains unknown, as international teams ...
Forget ‘superintelligence’: error-prone AI nearly sparked world war three this month | Timnit Gebru and Emily M BenderForget ‘superintelligence’: error-prone AI nearly sparked world war three this month | Timnit Gebru and Emily M Bender
The risks of AI aren’t what we think they are, as a recent security incident between China and the United States reveals Amid a barrage of news stories warning about superintelligent machines rendering humanity extinct, a CNN story describing the opposite scenario – one in which the US military’s reliance ...
US soccer’s youth system is expensive, chaotic and overdue for reformUS soccer’s youth system is expensive, chaotic and overdue for reform
World Cup setbacks have renewed concern over America’s costly, fragmented youth system. The real test is whether the urgency survives the next news cycle A few years ago, the idea that the US soccer community at large was neglecting youth soccer was met with silence or ridicule. At a May ...
20 fascinating facts about hair: why baldness is super-masculine – and a pubic bush could be a ‘cheating detector’20 fascinating facts about hair: why baldness is super-masculine – and a pubic bush could be a ‘cheating detector’
Judy Wearing has spent much of her life studying our follicles. She explains how our armpits betray our emotions, why some gentlemen really do prefer blondes and the reason we evolved to have eyebrows As a PhD student at Oxford studying mating behaviour, Judy Wearing was suddenly struck by a ...
Mahmoud Khalil is ready to talk about ICE detention – Stateside With Kai and CarterMahmoud Khalil is ready to talk about ICE detention – Stateside With Kai and Carter
After more than a year of legal limbo, Mahmoud Khalil is preparing to ask the US supreme court to hear his deportation case – and if they take it up, the outcome could have sweeping ramifications for political speech in the US. When Khalil was detained by ICE for his ...
I went to America’s largest gathering of astrologers. It was a battle over how to read the starsI went to America’s largest gathering of astrologers. It was a battle over how to read the stars
Now a $15bn industry, astrology is more mainstream in the US than ever. But its practitioners are still debating: who gets to have authority on the celestial bodies? “The dwarf planets change everything,” said the woman with the smart haircut as she made a mind blown gesture with her fingertips, ...