'The United States vs. Billie Holiday' lets Andra Day deliver its high notes
Almost 50 years after "Lady Sings the Blues," "The United States vs. Billie Holiday" revisits the singer's career, through the lens of the feds hounding her. The result is a disjointed, oddly structured movie, which derives its high notes from Andra Day's showstopping performance in the title role. Read more...
OnlyFans model, 53, now strips with daughter, 21, after she struggled to find a job amid pandemic
Single mother-of-two Jessie Jo Richardson, 53, from Nuneaton, has worked in the adult industry for 13 years and told Closer magazine she encouraged her daughter to do the same. Read more...
12 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. Read more...
HSBC to keep its Canary Wharf HQ as it plots to close half its offices
HSBC said it would reduce the office space it occupies by 40 per cent to cut costs and allow staff to work from home more often. It is feared the move could be highly damaging to many local economies. Read more...
California Wins Court Victory for Its Net Neutrality Law
A federal judges ruling can allow the state to go ahead with its law while a lawsuit works its way through the courts. Read more...
Translating a Book Caught Between Two Languages
An I-Novel, by the Japanese writer Minae Mizumura, posed unusual challenges for the English-language translator. Read more...
David Beckham encourages daughter Harper, nine, to model his latest eyewear collection
The nine-year old served as the perfect muse for the DB eyewear brand's spring/summer 2021 collection, which has been inspired by the Beckham family's connection with Miami. Read more...
Former president Bill Clinton leads tributes to Vernon Jordan after his death aged 85
Tributes from US leaders including Bill Clinton, Stacey Abrams and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, have poured in for civil rights activist Vernon Jordan after he passed away Monday aged 85. Read more...
Manchester United Red Devils look comfortable but Chelsea must starting scoring in top four race
Manchester City's Champions League place might be all but guaranteed, but for the rest of the Premier League's top 10 the race is well and truly on. Read more...
Book Review The Empathy Diaries, by Sherry Turkle
In her memoir, Sherry Turkle evokes her childhood in postwar Brooklyn, the intellectual atmosphere at Radcliffe and Harvard in the late 1960s and much more. Read more...
In Naming a New Chief Executive, the U.S.G.A. Looks to the Womens Game
With the L.P.G.A., Mike Whan grew womens golf. Now hell try to solve some of the sports most contentious debates outrageous distances off the tee and a return to more traditional sites. Read more...
Zara McDermott reflects on her 'turbulent' time on Made In Chelsea after quitting the show
Having revealed she has quit Made In Chelsea, Zara McDermott has shed light on the decision in a new interview. Read more...
David Beckham encourages daughter Harper, nine, to model his latest eyewear collection
The nine-year old served as the perfect muse for the DB eyewear brand's spring/summer 2021 collection, which has been inspired by the Beckham family's connection with Miami. Read more...
Rare painting sold by Angelina Jolie smashes auction record
A rare Winston Churchill painting that was gifted to US President Franklin D. Roosevelt during World War II and eventually made its way into actor Angelina Jolie's collection has become the most expensive painting by the late British prime minister to sell at auction, with a hammer price of nearly 8.3 million (.5 million) after fees. Read more...
Art collector buys 8,000 painting - and X-ray shows a 50,000 picture underneath
The art lover bought the original piece - a self-portrait by Robert Lenkiewicz depicting the artist in a nude pose with a female model - at auction for 8,500. Read more...
Banksy originals purchased for just set to fetch 0,000 at auction
An art fan who unwittingly bought two paintings by street artist Banksy in Central Park for just each is expected to receive a 0,000 windfall when the prints go up for auction. Read more...
A whole pile of trouble! How did TVs Ruth Watson stop this familys Cornish mansion from crumbling to pieces? With drastic action and some very tough love...
Georgina Le Grice is no stranger to horror stories, but she never expected to find herself in one when her family's picturesque 18th-century property was falling apart, and there was no money to save it. Read more...
The Season of the Snitch
Narc-narc, whos there? Read more...
Breastfeeding mothers with COVID-19 do NOT pass the virus to their babies, study finds
Researchersfrom the University of Rochester Medical Center in New York found nearly two-thirds of breast milk samples contained two antibodies specific to the coronavirus. Read more...
Late Night Recaps CPAC and the Golden Globes
The conference was billed as the largest and most influential gathering of conservatives in the world, Stephen Colbert said on Monday. Thats if you dont count their last gathering at the Capitol. Read more...
Daily Report Divergent Fortunes in Cloud Computing
The earnings reports released by Amazon and Microsoft reinforced that cloud computing is a booming, multibillion-dollar business. Read more...