Should have gone to Specsavers. You don’t need £2,435-worth of designer glasses to see how corrosive it is to the government when the media, traditional and social, is filled with snickering stories and scornful commentaries about who paid for the prime minist... More »
Iran: ‘In the Arms of the Tree’“In the Arms of the Tree” has been selected as Iran’s official submission for the best international feature film category of the 2025 Academy Awards. The decision was announced by the Farabi Cinema Foundation, which said ... More »
SAN SEBASTIAN — In bumper deals, premier French production-sales agency Playtime has secured a raft of sales across key territories for François Ozon’s “When Fall Is Coming,” which bows in San Sebastian’s main Competition. Distribution so far takes in major ... More »
The lyricist and composer wrote thousands of compositions — and one stern letter to The New York Times.Few songwriters and composers were as prolific as Irving Berlin, whose vast musical catalog includes well-known songs such as “Puttin’ on the Ritz,” “Cheek t... More »
The rendering is dramatic, a vast white stadium inspired by the design of a Maghrebi communal tent, known as a moussem.The language used to describe it is no less flowery: think of it as “almost like a Noah’s Ark, a place for all nature and animals to come tog... More »
“Madness.” Jules Koundé of Barcelona and France spoke for his profession. “If it keeps this way, there will be a moment where we have no other option.”Koundé backed Manchester City’s Rodri in raising complaints against the workload of elite professionals in Eu... More »
Ministers are coming under mounting pressure to extend free breakfast clubs in primary schools to cover pupils in special schools and alternative provision to ensure they do not miss out on Labour’s leading education policy.The government is planning to unve... More »
At the age of 25, casting around for what to do next, I was lucky enough to get a few weeks paid work at a newspaper. The work itself wasn’t exactly thrilling – I was placed next to a Bloomberg terminal and tasked with writing up rather dry market reports. But... More »
I was on hold to the doctor when I watched an Instagram video where a travel influencer with pink hair documented, “One of the greatest things we’ve ever done”, which turned out to be a “three-day comprehensive medical checkup” in Turkey. It was mesmerising, w... More »
Party of Five alum Matthew Fox was a natural fit to play Dr. Jack Shepard, the head of a proverbial household of plane crash survivors.But while his leading-man presence led to big-screen opportunities in the likes of We Are Marshall, Speed Racer, Alex Cross a... More »
Leading Spanish sales agent Filmax has picked up global rights to the local comedy “Hotel Bitcoin,” which will get its market premiere screening at the American Film Market in November. The “Hotel Bitcoin” synopsis reads: “‘Hotel Bitcoin’ is the story of four... More »
Corona Santiago's Rylee Blade crosses the finish line to win the girls' sweepstakes race at the Woodbridge Cross Country Classic on Saturday. (Steve Galluzzo / For The Times)The scary part about Rylee Blade shattering the meet record in the girls' sweepstakes ... More »