[ad_1] The long shadow of the 80s has been cast over alt-pop music for the past 10 years, but Birdy (the nom de plume of 27-year-old Jasmine van den Bogaerde) has resisted its pull, opting instead for stripped-back piano and Laurel Canyon-inspired folk. Until now. On Portraits, she throws every available synth setting at her…
[ad_1] Disappointments over misogyny and diversity Jhooti has also been enjoying the lack of tribalism at this World Cup, with fans of opposing teams sitting next to each other in stadiums rather than being kept apart. “I understand the rivalries but I hope that doesn’t come into women’s football,” says Jhooti. “People think, if I…
[ad_1] For a slight discount in price, you can have all the excitement of going to a big pop show with the added bonus of a large pole in your way August 18, 2023 12:53 pm(Updated 1:49 pm) Abel ‘The Weeknd’ Tesfaye performs at the London Stadium (Photo: Samir Hussein/WireImage) “For many fans,” the Ticketmaster…
[ad_1] Prime’s latest teen mystery – an adaptation of Harlan Coben’s Shelter – is packed with sure bets and big swings. From its plucky hero Mickey, who attends a high school replete with mean jocks and nice outcasts, to the local crone – real or legendary? – and a mysterious love interest in need of…
[ad_1] Shelter, from today, Prime Video Ema Winslow, Jaden Michael and Adrian Greensmith (Photo: Prime Video) Twelve years after the author Harlan Coben released the first in his bestselling Mickey Bolitar series – a young adult spin-off of his original mystery novels – the suspenseful story comes to our screens courtesy of Prime Video. Shelter…
[ad_1] The phrase “superhero fatigue” comes to mind when thinking of the DC Universe’s newest entry. Used to describe the falling box office returns of superhero fare, alongside its diminishing critical success and often-samey plots, it begs the question: if there’s enough superhero fatigue, will other types of movies start to be made instead? Perhaps…
[ad_1] Michael Parkinson had an impeccable news sense and was always up for a laugh (Photo: Paul Popper/Popperfoto/Getty) We were born in the same year, on different sides of the Pennines, both from working class families and brought up to “pass the scholarship.” This, our parents believed, would move us up and away from the…
[ad_1] Michael Parkinson was lucky to be at the height of his interviewing powers in the 70s and early 80s – a time before the word “celebrity” became so debased that it now applies to anybody who has had five minutes of exposure on a reality dating show. Movie stars even seemed somehow bigger back…
[ad_1] “I don’t usually end up saying this kind of stuff,” Brian May tells me as we discuss the state of the world. But he’s clearly fed up: with the Government, with politicians, with the modern post-truth landscape. “I get very depressed by it,” he says. “And I get very depressed by the power that…
[ad_1] Rita Ora is an enigma. She is all over the tabloids all the time, but no one is entirely sure who it is that is actually interested in her. Her music is strangely impersonal, her acting roles forgettable and her dating history often salacious (for a long time, everyone thought Rita Ora was the…
