6 essential collections to celebrate short story month
Good morning and welcome back to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter. I’m Jim Ruland, a fiction writer, punk historian and a longtime contributor to…
Billie Eilish’s senses are alive on ‘Hit Me Hard and Soft’
Billie Eilish has been singing about looking — and being looked at — for nearly half her life. Now 22, she broke out at 13…
Iain Armitage says goodbye to his role on ‘Young Sheldon’
If this story began with a narrator, it would go something like this: Seven years ago, just a few weeks from making his debut as…
‘Back to Black’ review: Amy Winehouse movie is shallow, reductive
It would be a challenging undertaking for any filmmaker or actor to represent in biopic form the outsize talent, unique style and utterly devastating downfall…
Dancer, 26, killed in ‘sex game gone wrong’ with boyfriend who took own life hours later, inquest told
A DANCER was killed in a sex game gone wrong with her boyfriend who took his own life hours later, an inquest heard. Georgia Brooke,…
Brit who swapped UK for life in Australia urges others not to follow her Down Under
Hannah, a Brit now living in Perth, has taken to her TikTok channel to warn others that there is a big difference between taking a…
‘Catching Fire’ review: Stones’ muse Pallenberg celebrated
The most epic era of influential rock girlfriends was surely the late ’60s. When viewed from a perspective that kicks off the sexist dust —…
Romesh Ranganathan's life off-screen – 'risotto' sex life, heartbreaking health battle and kids
As Romesh Ranganathan prepares to host this year's BAFTAs, the Mirror takes a look at his life behind the scenes, from his 'invisible' wife, to…
Guardians of the glaciers – life alongside Pakistan’s vanishing ice | Environment
Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan - As we make our way towards Pakistan's first organic village, an intense one-hour trek along the rugged, steep and unfenced mountainside…
Minnie Driver ‘owes her life to neighbour’s dog after it swam out’ & saved her during surfing accident
ACTRESS Minnie Driver says she owes her life to her neighbour’s dog — after it swam out to save her after a surfing accident. The…
‘Particle Ink’ in Las Vegas: Animation enters its live-theater era
Las Vegas — There are multiple dance duets in “Particle Ink: House of Shattered Prisms,” a mixed-media theatrical production that debuted last month on the Las…
I hated my name with all my heart my entire life – I didn’t change it until I was 40 but it’s the best thing I ever did
A DETERMINED woman changed the birth name she despised at age 40. She said she was relieved to be free from the name she'd hated…
How COVID-19 trauma is shaping the 2024 Biden-Trump election
Much of the country has moved on from the COVID-19 pandemic, but Ruth and Mohammed Nasrullah keep a vigil from their Houston home, posting thousands…
Jazz performers like Duke Ellington risked their lives to tour in the Jim Crow South
For traveling musicians, there are two versions of life on the road. Jazz greats Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Louis Armstrong gave their own sentimentalized…
Whoopi Goldberg on grieving her mom and brother’s deaths
On the Shelf Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me By Whoopi GoldbergBlackstone: 258 pages, $29 If you buy books linked on our…
Huge hunt for £10k-a-month National Lottery Set For Life winner after lucky player fails to come forward – check yours
Anonymous winner - £195,707,000 A UK ticket-holder scooped the record EuroMillions jackpot of £195 million on July 19 2022 – the biggest National Lottery win of all…
Larrakia-Erub filmmaker Aaliyah-Jade grew up in Sydney but her Torres Strait Islander culture remains her ‘life force’
I love the quiet that the sea brings. The lulls of its steady rhythm, the coos of the winds breaking against it. It's meditative —…
‘Wildcat’ review: Ethan and Maya Hawke do the O’Connor story
Flannery O’Connor’s thrillingly hard-edged tales about the unreconstructed South and its redemption-deficient malcontents will never lose their power to scratch us awake with their violence,…
Inside new Man Utd owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s ‘secret’ life in the UK – as he rows with ‘jealous’ neighbours over BEES
NEIGHBOURS of Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe have told of his secret life in an isolated corner of England - and lifted the lid…
Creditors approve Melbourne Rebels survival plan as embattled club fights for life
In short: Creditors have approved a financial rescue plan for the Melbourne Rebels in a boost to the embattled club's chances of survival.The Rebels went…