Shirley MacLaineInterviewShirley MacLaine: the new dame in DowntonEmma BrockesShirley MacLaine is about to join the hit series Downton Abbey. She tells Emma Brockes about money, men and why the cast were too afraid to ask her for Hollywood gossipShirley MacLaine comes to the door in slippers and a tracksuit, clutching a fistful of hair and looking, at 78, like an only slightly older version of those famous 1960s roles of hers: gleeful, sharp-eyed, almost confrontationally scatty. Read More...
ChinaSwingers sent to jail in China for orgies and wifeswapping partiesUniversity professor Ma Xiaohai, 53, jailed for three and a half years for organising a wife-swapping club and orgiesThey sought not only thrills but an escape from the pressures of ordinary life, they said. But today 19 Chinese swingers began prison sentences following their conviction on group sex charges.
A court in Nanjing, eastern China, confirmed that a university professor, Ma Xiaohai, 53, had been jailed for three and a half years for organising a wife-swapping club and orgies. Read More...
Artificial intelligence (AI)BetterBlends promised to invest in the city’s beleaguered downtown but closed its doors in under two months
In September, a “bespoke AI nutrition” store opened in beleaguered downtown San Francisco to much fanfare, promising smoothie concoctions generated by AI and a much-needed boost to the area. Less than two months later, it has seemingly closed without explanation.
BetterBlends advertised “Your Smoothie, powered by AI” and received positive press upon its opening, ginning up excitement for a new business and a novel use of artificial intelligence. Read More...
