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Enlarge / In Spettacolo, literally this town’s whole world is a stage. (credit: Jeff Malmberg, Chris Shellen) The early moments of Spettacolo, the latest documentary from the team behind the acclaimed 2010 work Marwencol, may cause travel lust. As the film gets underway, old brick buildings serve as a backdrop for European architecture and vistas, […]
Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday told The New York Times that he thinks the “blue slip” practice should be scrapped for circuit court nominations, a move that would eliminate Democrats’ only leverage against President Donald Trump’s picks to the nation’s second-highest courts. “My personal view is that the blue slip, with regard […]
Guy Prandstatter is surprisingly affable for a person who’s managed to piss off so many people. But he’s also unapologetic about why they’re angry. For too long, he believes, anyone wishing to set up as a tattoo artist has had to endure a grueling, unpaid and, he claims, sometimes abusive stint as a shop apprentice. […]
When the South African film The Wound screened at Sundance, Variety critic Guy Lodge noted its “sensitiv[ity] to the hard taboo that homosexuality remains in black South African culture,” saying that its “sexually frank depiction of [it] marks it as something of a milestone in the country’s cinema,” and the Hollywood Reporter review by Sheri Linden called it “a troubling portrait of the […]
All Nations Hope recently offered a nine-week retreat for 12 HIV positive women in Regina. CBC | Health News
Charles O’Bannon and his brother Ed, stars of the University of California, Los Angeles’ last national championship team, in 1995, will be cheering for Charles’ son at his college games next season. But will Charles Sr. wear the cardinal and gold colors of his son’s team? “Doubtful,” he says, laughing. Charles’ sartorial reluctance is because […]
The Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of Ramadan, has come and gone without a celebration at the White House, ending a presidential tradition going back at least 20 years. President Donald Trump and the First Lady did issue a statement Saturday marking the end of Ramadan, but did not host an event […]
ALAMY Bullfight at the Plaza de Toros No-one can argue that matador Ivan Fandino wasn’t aware of the risks. Barely four years ago he ended up in hospital with serious injuries after a bruising encounter with an enraged bull, but eventually recovered and returned to the ring. At the weekend, however, the luck of the […]
By now you’ve heard the chant. Down 0-2 in the series, the Nashville Predators needed a serious boost — and they got it from their fans. After Nashville went up 2-1 in Game 3 at home, the Predators’ faithful struck up a now infamous taunt directed at Pittsburgh Penguins’ goalie Matt Murray. And with the chant came […]
Published time: 29 Apr, 2017 20:19 Internet denizens are splitting their sides at the thought of US President Donald Trump proclaiming May 1 “Loyalty Day.” However, the seemingly wacky nationalist day has little to do with the divisive Republican and was officially cooked up in the 1950s. In a statement released by the White House, […]
