Emily Blunt This article is more than 8 years oldEmily Blunt apologises for poking fun at her American citizenshipThis article is more than 8 years oldActor criticised for joking she regretted becoming US citizen after watching Republican presidential candidacy debate
The actor Emily Blunt has apologised for saying that she regretted becoming an American citizen after watching a Republican party presidential candidacy debate.
The British-born Devil Wears Prada and Sicario star said the remark was a joke, after being attacked by rightwing commentators. Read More...
Tennis This article is more than 5 years oldNick Philippoussis child rape charges dropped after strokeThis article is more than 5 years oldFather of Australian tennis star Mark Philippoussis will no longer face trial in US because he is ‘completely incapacitated’
A California judge has dismissed child sexual assault charges against Nick Philippoussis because the Australian tennis coach “is completely incapacitated” and near death after suffering a massive stroke in jail. Read More...
The ObserverClassical musicFor years, this rock critic viewed classical music as pompous art of the past. Now, tired of pop, he explains why classical is the truly subversive form - and selects six favourite pieces to convert the unbeliever During the 1970s and 80s, I mostly listened to pop and rock music, when even the likes of Captain Beefheart, Henry Cow and Popul Vuh were filed under pop. However far out I went as a listener, though, classical music seemed connected to a dreary sense of uninspiring worthiness that was fixed inside an ideologically suspect status quo, lacking the exhilarating suggestion of new beginnings, a pulsating sense of an exciting, mind-expanding tomorrow. Read More...
