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...
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