Terry Richardson: the go-to guy for half-naked photographs of Miley Cyrus
Posted on April 8, 2024
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Pass notesTerry RichardsonHe's made a career of putting the sleaze into fashion photographyName: Terry Richardson
Age: 48.
Appearance: One of those creepy guys with glasses and a moustache who hangs around young women in order to snap photographs of them without their clothes on.
Careful. Isn't that libellous? Nope. It's exactly what he does. You see, he's a fashion photographer noted for his thumbs-up poses and his, let's say, "racy" style.
[Read More]The curse of Masakado: why a malevolent ghost haunts Tokyo
Posted on April 8, 2024
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Guardian Tokyo weekCitiesThe tale of the ‘first samurai’ whose severed head still terrorises Tokyoites today is the story of the city itself
A Tokyo bank once opened an account in the name of a man who had been dead for 1,000 years.
The bank was a branch of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (now part of MUFG, the largest bank in Japan), which looked out over a neighbouring lot that contained the grave where the man was buried.
[Read More]Trust me, I'm a doctor: the case of the rogue spinal surgeon
Posted on April 8, 2024
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DoctorsHe told his patients he was a spine surgery specialist. What he didn’t tell them was that he’d been found guilty of manslaughter. We go in search of the real Richard Kaul
It didn’t take long for Richard Kaul’s spine surgery practice in the middle-class New Jersey suburb of Pompton Lakes to turn a profit. The Indian-born, British-raised doctor had been performing procedures in small surgeries for a number of years before he opened his own place in 2011.
[Read More]A fish called Allah | UK news
Posted on April 7, 2024
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UK newsA fish called AllahAs supposed miracles go, Oscar the fish is the best that the town of Waterfoot, near Bury, has ever seen.
Locals flocked to the village's pet shop, Water Aquatic, this week after it was noticed that the markings on the scales of the two-year-old albino Oscar fish mimicked the Arabic script for Allah.
That the other side of the fish appeared to be inscribed with the word Muhammad only served to compound the spectacle.
[Read More]A silent and sullen Trump goes before judge in Miami amid din outside
Posted on April 7, 2024
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Donald TrumpEx-president sat quietly during the 45-minute hearing, folding his arms and clenching his fingers, and occasionally grimacing
Even by Florida’s already unorthodox standards, the arraignment of Donald J Trump, the ultimate carnival barker, in Miami on Tuesday afternoon was something of a circus.
The concept of a former leader of the free world appearing before a federal judge to deny he stole and retained some of the nation’s most sensitive secrets – keeping some in a bathroom – was surreal enough.
[Read More]Age is no barrier: meet the world's oldest top athletes
Posted on April 7, 2024
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The ObserverFitnessRichard Godwin catches up with five pensioners, aged up to 108, who thrive on extreme exercise
Edwina Brocklesby: triathlete, 76, Kingston-upon-ThamesI didn’t do any exercise at all until I was 50. I remember trying out for the long-jump team at university for a laugh and I couldn’t move for two weeks afterwards. So that was the end of my athletics career. And then I had three children and I was busy with my job.
[Read More]El Jefe: is Karina Milei the power behind Argentinas presidential throne?
Posted on April 7, 2024
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Karina Milei looks on as Javier Milei waves to supporters after his swearing-in ceremony in Buenos Aires on 10 December 2023. Photograph: Agustín Marcarian/ReutersKarina Milei looks on as Javier Milei waves to supporters after his swearing-in ceremony in Buenos Aires on 10 December 2023. Photograph: Agustín Marcarian/ReutersJavier MileiJavier Milei swept aside an anti-nepotism law to appoint his sister to a high-ranking position – but who is she?
When Javier Milei first walked into Argentina’s presidential palace earlier this month, the radical libertarian leader was not accompanied by his vice-president, Victoria Villarruel, nor his partner, the actor Fátima Flórez.
[Read More]Ive been dead so many times: the life and times of New Orleanss blues king
Posted on April 7, 2024
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Little Freddie King. ‘I’m just praying to the good Lord again, to clear up the sickness and bring everything back soon.’ Photograph: Akasha Rabut/The GuardianLittle Freddie King. ‘I’m just praying to the good Lord again, to clear up the sickness and bring everything back soon.’ Photograph: Akasha Rabut/The GuardianLife and styleLittle Freddie King has survived three shootings, stabbings, a near fatal bike accident, a stomach ulcer, an accidental electrocution, Hurricane Katrina, and now a pandemic
[Read More]My first day was a sex scene: the disturbing history of teen actors and nudity
Posted on April 7, 2024
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Full of nudity and sex … Christopher Atkins and Brooke Shields, aged 18 and 14 respectively, in The Blue Lagoon. Photograph: Moviestore/Rex/ShutterstockFull of nudity and sex … Christopher Atkins and Brooke Shields, aged 18 and 14 respectively, in The Blue Lagoon. Photograph: Moviestore/Rex/ShutterstockFilmFrom Jodie Foster in Taxi Driver to Brooke Shields in The Blue Lagoon, are films that used teen actors for sexual roles heading for a reckoning? As Paramount is sued over Romeo and Juliet, we look at the scenes cinema and TV might want to forget
[Read More]Standing My Ground review: Capitol cop Harry Dunn on January 6 and the Trumpist threat
Posted on April 7, 2024
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BooksReviewOfficer who fought the insurrectionists and dealt with PTSD issues a cri de coeur for himself and for the US
If you think you’ve read everything you need to know about the violent attempt to overthrow the US government on 6 January 2021, this insider’s book by a 6ft 7in African American Capitol police officer will change your mind.
How a ‘Trump train’ attack on a Biden bus foreshadowed January 6 – and echoed bloody historyRead moreHarry Dunn has written a 237-page cri de coeur for himself and for the US.
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