Trapped in luxury, Halston slid down the slippery slope from J.C. Penney to luggage, sunglasses, bedsheets, whatever until, finally, it was taken from him entirely, thanks to a combination of corporate takeovers, bad behavior and one major misunderstanding: his belief that the name and the designer could not be parted. […]
Daily Archives: May 17, 2021
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Making things official! Justin Hartley and girlfriend Sofia Pernas made their red carpet debut as a couple at the MTV Movie & TV Awards on Sunday, May 16. The This Is Us star, 44, who is set to present an award at the ceremony, wore blue pants, a white top […]
It had been a chance to jet-propel British women’s football into another stratosphere. It held out the prospect of a side from within these shore becoming the first to claim the women’s and men’s Champions League trophies in the same season. But Chelsea were dealt a brutal footballing lesson on […]
The UK today confirmed another 20 Covid deaths and 2,474 infections, as SAGE advisers U-turned on their grisly third wave estimates and slashed predictions for next year’s death toll by a factor of 10. Positive tests were up a quarter on last Tuesday (27 per cent) and the daily average […]
ALEX BRUMMER: By leaving private equity and overseas buyers the chance to do their worst behind closed doors, investors wash hands of responsibility The UK’s corporate landscape is littered with the victims of debt-fuelled private equity predators The objective is rarely honourable – it is to break-up the enterprises and […]
Jeffrey Epstein suggested Bill Gates should leave his wife Melinda during dozens of meetings at the convicted pedophile’s $77million Manhattan townhouse, according to a person who attended the ‘men’s club’-style get-togethers. Gates’ visits to Epstein’s ‘lair’ were an escape from his unhappy marriage, and the pair ‘were very close’, the […]
His words captured the unflinching determination of the Myanmar public in the face of military brutality: “They shoot in the head, but they don’t know revolution dwells in the heart.” The poet Khet Thi was taken from his home in Shwebo, in the Sagaing region, last Saturday. The next day, […]
Kyrie Irving opted not to speak to the media Sunday, but his play spoke volumes. The Nets star joined some historic company by becoming only the ninth man in the exclusive 50/40/90 club. With Kevin Durant and Steve Nash both among the first eight members, they gushed over their Nets […]