Gary Oldman’s mother never doubted that her son would win an Academy Award. ‘She’d say: “Oh, I think you could win an Oscar,” ’ Oldman recalls. ‘Or: “I’d love to see you win an Oscar!” ’ Her son did not share her confidence. ‘Really, for a long time in Hollywood […]
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Boris Johnson: The Prime Minister has cancelled Christmas in a grim end to 2020 The grim end to this pandemic year should not cast a pall over investment hopes for 2021. Financial experts are upbeat about prospects for the UK, though the recovery might not kick in until the late […]
England will be stuck in its relentless cycle of coronavirus lockdowns until at least the end of spring even if the vaccine roll-out goes to plan, scientists warned today. Health Secretary Matt Hancock said after the approval of the Oxford vaccine this week that he now has a ‘very high […]
It takes a lot to rattle Leena Ghani. As an artist turned activist helping to raise the voices of Pakistan’s women, she has often fielded abuse, threats and harassment. But when she learned, on a morning in late September, that police had charged her for criminal defamation, linked to Pakistan’s […]
Donald Trump’s Aberdeen golf course swings into the red after running up a £1m loss By Mark Shapland For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 31 December 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 31 December 2020 Donald Trump’s golf course in Scotland has run up a £1million loss, topping off a […]
Michelle Goldson, RN works inside the ICU at Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital on December 17, 2020 in Los Angeles. Francine Orr/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Doctors in Los Angeles County are bracing themselves for a likely rise in an already surging number of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. […]
The 15-year-old boy charged with smashing his bicycle on a BMW on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue on Tuesday afternoon has denied being involved in the bike gang attack, claiming he had been buying a birthday present for his mother at the time. Geovanni Valle, of Corona, Queens, was released from a […]
Like many Black and rural Americans, Denese Rankin, a 55-year-old retired bookkeeper and receptionist in Castleberry, Ala., did not want the Covid-19 vaccine. Ms. Rankin worried about side effects — she had seen stories on social media about people developing Bell’s palsy, for example, after they were vaccinated. She thought […]