Charles Bradley is the ultimate soul survivor. The kid raised in a Brooklyn housing project, who endured years of hardship and who moonlighted as a James Brown impersonator, found fame as the so-called "Screaming Eagle of Soul" at...
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Saturday, 7 March 2015
Greg Dixon: Backstrom 'the most aggravating and repellent cop show'
Nobody likes a smart-arse. Nobody likes the smartest guy in the room if he's a smug bugger. Nobody likes a goddamn moaner. And nobody likes seeing a boss abuse his staff.So why the hell, I can't help thinking, would anyone like...
Color meets menswear and celebrities at Paris Fashion Week
PARIS (AP) " It was color-meets-menswear at Paris' celebrity-filled Fashion Week this Saturday, with Solange Knowles chatting to James Bond "Skyfall" star Naomie Harris at Vivienne Westwood before heading on a plane home.Meanwhile,...
Richard Thompson: Striking a chord
Richard Thompson starts on the back foot. The legendary British songwriter whose career dates back to the seminal folk-rock group Fairport Convention in the late 60s and whose admirers include the Finns, Bob Mould and latterly Jeff...
TV pick: In The Club
If you enjoyed warm British ensemble drama Cold Feet , then this new six-part BBC drama from Kay Mellor, writer of The Syndicate and Fat Friends , might be just the ticket.Fans of Mellor's work will be familiar with her ability...
Carrie no longer CIA officer in next season of 'Homeland'
LOS ANGELES (AP) " Time will fly between the fourth and fifth season of the Showtime spy drama "Homeland," the series' executive producer Alex Gansa said."We're going to take about a two-year forward jump," Gansa said Friday at...
Kanye and Lorde turn heads at Paris Fashion Week show
Kanye West and Lorde proved a head-turning duo when they arrived at a Paris Fashion Week show.The Grammy Award-winning duo were the toast of the red carpet at the Dior women's Autumn-Winter 2015-16 show yesterday.Lorde posted...
Cate Blanchett spotted with adopted baby girl
Actress Cate Blanchett has expanded her family by adopting a baby girl.She and husband, Andrew Upton, who have been married since 1997, already have sons Dashiell, 13, Roman, 10, and Ignatius, 7.The boys' new baby sister has been...
A city blossoms in explosive art
Today's potted highlights 10.30am-12.30pm: Family garden time-giant games and more at Aotea Square 12.30pm: Jazzamatazz-jazz music for kids up to 7 at Paradiso Spiegeltent, Aotea Square 5pm: Songs of Love and War - Monteverdi's...
Tracey Ullman: It's so good to be back
Friday, 6 March 2015
Six of the best new cars at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show
NBC brings back former news president
NEW YORK (AP) " NBC Universal announced its executive reshuffling of its troubled news department on Friday, bringing back its former news chief Andy Lack to supervise the division and MSNBC.Lack will take over for Pat Fili-Krushel,...
For virtual reality creators, a question of control
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) " At the Game Developers Conference, it's easy to imagine what virtual reality will look like when it eventually hits the marketplace. What it will feel like, however, is an entirely different matter.From wand-shaped...
Director Stephen Daldry on dogs, 'Wicked' and 'Billy Elliot'
NEW YORK (AP) " Director Stephen Daldry has two shows opening on Broadway this season and that means juggling two sets of casts " both human and doggie.One recent afternoon, he spent time with Mimi and Marco, a pair of Pembroke...
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