When Thierry Frémaux, artistic director of the Cannes film festival, held the traditional press conference in April to announce the lineup of the 72nd edition, “Cannes 2019 party kicks off as clouds of controversy gather”
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How The Big Bang Theory’s comic chemistry fizzled out
What’s the greatest sweeping gender generalisation you can think of? For men, that intelligence equates to social ineptitude? For women, that blond equals dumb? It’s “How The Big Bang Theory’s comic chemistry fizzled out”
Cannes 2019: the top 10 must-see films
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Dir Quentin TarantinoTarantino’s new black comedy-drama stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt as a fading TV star and his “Cannes 2019: the top 10 must-see films”
‘I quit my job. Drink gushed into the space I left for it’: confessions of an alcoholic
Late summer, 2005. A hot evening. All the windows are open and I’m watching a film in the living room with my fiancee. When the “‘I quit my job. Drink gushed into the space I left for it’: confessions of an alcoholic”
Ex-Autonomy CFO jailed for five years over Hewlett-Packard fraud
The former chief financial officer of Autonomy has been jailed for five years, after a US jury found him guilty of fraud over the $11.1bn “Ex-Autonomy CFO jailed for five years over Hewlett-Packard fraud”
Google has given $150,000 in free ads to deceptive anti-abortion group
Google has given tens of thousands of dollars in free advertising to an anti-abortion group that runs ads suggesting it provides abortion services at its “Google has given $150,000 in free ads to deceptive anti-abortion group”
Antibiotics after childbirth could avert dangerous infections
Thousands of women every year could be spared painful and occasionally life-threatening infections if doctors administered preventive antibiotics after every assisted childbirth, a major trial “Antibiotics after childbirth could avert dangerous infections”
John Oliver on climate change: ‘The current situation of carbon is critical’
John Oliver has turned his focus to climate change in an urgent new episode of Last Week Tonight, referring to the situation as “critical”. Oliver “John Oliver on climate change: ‘The current situation of carbon is critical’”
Goodbye Veep: the nastiest, sweariest, funniest show on TV is over
In politics, the saying goes that everyone worries Washington is as cutthroat as House of Cards, and wants to believe it’s as nobly run as “Goodbye Veep: the nastiest, sweariest, funniest show on TV is over”
Sri Lanka imposes curfew after mobs target mosques
Sri Lanka has imposed a country-wide curfew after successive days of mob attacks on mosques and Muslim-owned shops in three districts. Facebook and WhatsApp have “Sri Lanka imposes curfew after mobs target mosques”