Author: Emily Davis
Ruby slippers from The Wizard of Oz up for auction 20 years after theft
A pair of ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz are on the auction block nearly two decades after a thief [more…]
‘I’m going to sue the living pants off them’: AI’s big legal showdown – and what it means for Dr Strange’s hair
The first piece of AI-generated video I ever made moved me to tears – tears of laughter. Given the chance to fool around with Runway [more…]
Cuba braces for Hurricane Rafael amid fallout from blackout and storm last month
Cuba is bracing for Hurricane Rafael, which is expected to make landfall on Wednesday and compound the misery wrought by a recent blackout and Hurricane [more…]
Is this really all about Rodri? Reasons behind Manchester City’s slump
Lack of pace With Kyle Walker’s knee injury meaning he was unable to apply his afterburners and torch any Sporting attack that broke Manchester City’s [more…]
Spanx, fizz and Travel Scrabble: 30 years of friendship with Maggie Smith
I first met Maggie through my husband, Robert Fox, the film and theatre producer. He’d first met her in 1974, when he was 22 and [more…]
US cancels $1.1bn of Somalia’s debt in ‘historic’ financial agreement
Somalia has announced that more than $1.1bn (£860m) of outstanding loans will be cancelled by the US, a sum representing about a quarter of the [more…]
Unbreakable: The Jelena Dokic Story review – electrifying film details violent abuse and remarkable resilience
This electrically intense film about the former world No 4 tennis champion Jelena Dokic made my heart pound and my eyes well up; there hasn’t [more…]
‘It’s shocking no-one’s done this before’: the 13-hour gig digging up the African roots of global pop
‘Can you own a rhythm?” asks British-Egyptian historian Dr Hannah Elsisi. She points out that pop charts around the world are infused with Africa-rooted music, [more…]
Holiday Twist review – could this be the worst Christmas movie ever?
It’s harder than you might think to find movies without any redeeming features, but occasionally they do come along. Terrible writing, horrible direction, an appalling [more…]
Tom Hanks describes film critics using an expletive
Tom Hanks has described film critics as “cocksuckers” in a jokey rant during an interview with Conan O’Brien. Hanks was appearing on O’Brien’s podcast Conan [more…]
