Emily Ratajkowski alleges singer sexually assaulted her during filming of video for controversial hit song in 2013Emily Ratajkowski has accused the singer Robin Thicke of sexually assaulting her on a music video set for the controversial 2013 hit Blurr…
The unwritten rules of Black TV
For [Felicia D.] Henderson, working on Family Matters offered an introduction to a defining feature of her long career in Hollywood. Negotiated authenticity is the phrase she uses to describe what many Black screenwriters are tasked with producing—Blac…
The Guardian view on the Turner prize: too worthy for its own good? | Editorial
The competition was set up to be populist. In its current introspective mood, though, it risks pushing away the publicThe Turner prize this year is not about celebrating, or creating, big names in the British art scene. Instead, the shortlist exhibitio…
Víkingur Ólafsson review – manicured Mozart of pearly purity
Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonThe Icelandic pianist’s Mozart-centred recital revealed only slowly its sense of purpose and personality, but there were glimpses of intense, personal playing Admirers of Víkingur Ólafsson who were unable to get to his Lond…
The 7 Fingers: Passagers review – wondrous acrobatics from Cirque du Soleil spinoff
Brighton DomeDance fills the gaps between routines in this dreamy, sometimes highly charged reflection on train travelTurning the act of, for example, swinging someone by their ankles from a physical feat into a rich emotional experience is the challen…
Redemption of a Rogue review – dark Irish humour in a suicide denied
After killing his abusive father, a son is thwarted in his own death by Dad’s strange will and a biblical stormJimmy (Aaron Monaghan) wants to kill himself, but he keeps being interrupted. There are only so many grim jokes to be wrung from a noose, but…
Fontaines DC review – sparks fly for once-in-a-generation post-punk poets
University of LiverpoolThe Dubliners burst brilliantly back on stage with literary-hearted rock that’s up there with the Smiths or the PoguesThe pandemic meant Fontaines DC never got to tour 2020’s bleak masterpiece A Hero’s Death, which – following 20…
Turner prize 2021; Summer Exhibition 2021 review – there can be no winner
Herbert Art Gallery, Coventry; Royal Academy, LondonSocial activism not art is the benchmark of a collective-juggling Turner prize. And Yinka Shonibare begins to shake things up at art’s annual pro-am fixtureFirst! That is the exultant boast for this y…
D’oh! couture: Balenciaga puts The Simpsons on Paris catwalk
Fashion house’s cartoon poking fun at itself suggests industry realises it’s time to ditch the pompIt was the standout coup of Paris fashion week. Balenciaga secured a catwalk debut from Homer and Marge Simpson, accompanied by Bart, Lisa and Maggie. Ki…
コミカルなタワーディフェンス「Bloons TD 6」は、戦略的な奥深さとのギャップが魅力：ゲームレヴュー
リリースされて3年が経ったタワーディフェンスゲーム「Bloons TD 6」。サルが風船を割るというコミカルなヴィジュアルでありながら、実は戦略的に奥深いというギャップが魅力だ。しかも有料に値するクオリティの高いモバイルゲームでありながら、単調でありながらハマってしまうフリーミアムのゲームの面白さも兼ね備えている──。『WIRED』US版によるレヴュー。
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