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”
Month: May 2019
‘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”
Judge’s copy of Lady Chatterley’s Lover temporarily barred from leaving UK
A copy of Lady Chatterley’s Lover used by a judge at the book’s landmark 1960 obscenity trial, with all the rude bits carefully and dutifully “Judge’s copy of Lady Chatterley’s Lover temporarily barred from leaving UK”
Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard: ‘Denying climate change is evil’
In his bridge-club cords and grandpa shoes, 80-year-old Yvon Chouinard doesn’t look the rock-star entrepreneur. And, when he speaks, he doesn’t sound much like one “Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard: ‘Denying climate change is evil’”