On a hot Saturday afternoon at Glastonbury, while many are nursing halfway-point hangovers, the Dublin garage punk quartet Sprints whip up a jubilant mosh pit with their charged tune Descartes, Irish tricolour flags bobbing above them. As summer…
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An open letter on changes to voting, from Martin Green CBE – Eurovision.tv
- An open letter on changes to voting, from Martin Green CBE Eurovision.tv
- Eurovision host Austria hopes for compromise on Israel participation Arab News
- Eurovision 2026: New Rules Planned to be Introduced for 70th Edition Eurovoix
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Voting overhaul announced for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 – Eurovision.tv
- Voting overhaul announced for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 Eurovision.tv
- Eurovision host Austria hopes for compromise on Israel participation Arab News
- Eurovision 2026: New Rules Planned to be Introduced for 70th Edition Eurovoix
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$54.7M sale of Frida Kahlo self-portrait breaks auction record for female artists
A haunting 1940 self-portrait by famed Mexican artist Frida Kahlo sold Thursday for $54.7 million and became the top-selling work by any female artist at an auction.
The painting of Kahlo asleep in a bed — titled “El sueño (La cama)” or in…
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‘Rental Family’ spotlights real-life Japanese businesses that offer fill-in relatives, friends
TOKYO — Ryuichi Ichinokawa’s life could be right out of the movie “Rental Family” as the founder nearly two decades ago of the Heart Project business in Japan, which he bills as a surrogate attendance service complete with furnishing of…
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Strictly Come Dancing star reportedly arrested on suspicion of rape | UK news
A Strictly Come Dancing star has reportedly been arrested on suspicion of rape.
The Sun reported that a man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was arrested in October over an alleged incident last year. The alleged victim was not a contestant…
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Friday briefing: The end of the affair – why we’ve fallen out of love with the cinema | Film
Good morning. Last week, on my way to see Michael Gira’s noiseniks Swans play in Brixton, south-east London, I passed through Leicester Square. It was brightly lit up in pink and green, and nestling among the Christmas market and seasonal ice…
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Miss Mexico is crowned Miss Universe at a pageant where she stood up to a host’s bullying
BANGKOK — Fátima Bosch Fernández of Mexico was crowned Miss Universe 2025 on Friday, a dramatic victory for a 25-year-old at the center of the turbulent 74th staging of the popular beauty pageant in Bangkok who stood up to public bullying from…
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Miss Mexico, who stood up to a host’s bullying, is crowned Miss Universe
BANGKOK — Fátima Bosch Fernández of Mexico was crowned Miss Universe 2025 on Friday, a dramatic victory for a 25-year-old at the center of the turbulent 74th staging of the popular beauty pageant in Bangkok who stood up to public bullying…
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Falls, feuds and fury: Miss Universe crowned after chaotic – and controversial – pageant | Thailand
As contestants prepared to walk the runway for the 74th Miss Universe competition on Friday, the pageant’s organisers were in damage control.
“In light of recent public statements and social media posts, the Miss Universe Organization…
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