Ariana Grande is “very much single,” according to her brother, Frankie Grande, who walked back his comments earlier this week indicating that his sister had embarked on a new relationship. Rumors that the pop star has bid “thank u, next” to the single life and moved on with Social House frontman Mikey Foster have swirled […]
Image copyright Getty Images Sir Philip Green’s Topshop retailing empire plunged to loss last year, blaming a “dramatically” changed retail landscape and increased competition. The business, which also includes Miss Selfridge and Dorothy Perkins, has since agreed a rescue deal with its creditors that triggered 48 store closures. The results for the year to 1
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Over the past five years, Albania has been discovered by travelers as that rare thing: a largely unexplored corner of Europe (one with some 265 miles of coastline). The small Balkan country sits just across the Adriatic and Ionian seas from Italy’s heel and a mere 45-minute ferry ride away from the Greek island of
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At Solax, she successfully made the transition to feature filmmaking, creating longer, more narratively complex titles that were well-received, though they also entailed higher production costs and longer preparations. Yet while Blaché navigated the shift to features creatively, she didn’t weather the seismic changes affecting the fast-growing movie world, including monopolistic distribution practices. By 1914,
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Rafael Nadal has been gaining on Roger Federer in the Grand Slam title standings and has a chance to add to his total at the U.S. Open. Nadal will try to move closer to a fourth championship at Flushing Meadows and 19th major overall when he meets No. 24 seed Matteo Berrettini of Italy in
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Hi. Welcome to On Politics, your guide to the day in national politics. I’m Lisa Lerer, your host. Representative Jim Sensenbrenner of Wisconsin determined it was “time to step back.” Representative Sean Duffy of Wisconsin attributed his own decision to leave Congress to his soon-to-arrive ninth child. And Representative Bill Flores of Texas, who is
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Image copyright TIFF Image caption Dev Patel has previously starred in Lion and Slumdog Millionaire A new adaptation of David Copperfield is the latest project to take a colour-blind approach to casting. Dev Patel plays the titular character in The Personal History of David Copperfield, which is directed by Armando Iannucci. Speaking to BBC News
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Image copyright PA Media House prices rose by a whisker during the summer as the UK housing market was subdued by cautious buyers and sellers, the UK’s biggest lender has said. The Halifax, part of Lloyds Banking Group, said that prices rose by 0.1% in June to August compared with the previous three months. Few
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After triggering tornadoes in South Carolina, Hurricane Dorian was closing in for a possible direct hit Friday on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, a string of low-lying islands, even as it weakened to a Category 1 storm. On Ocracoke Island, near the southern end of the 200-mile-long (320-kilometer) string of barrier islands and spits, about 500
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A look at what’s happening around the majors today: SO, WHERE WERE WE? Before their regularly scheduled matchup in Oakland, the Tigers and Athletics will resume a game that was suspended May 19 at Detroit with the A’s leading 5-3 in the bottom of the seventh inning. Back then, the A’s were in the middle
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