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Kate Middleton Shares Moving Portraits She Took Of Holocaust Survivors

Kate Middleton on Sunday shared two moving photographs she took of Holocaust survivors and their grandchildren, in remembrance of the 75th anniversary of the Holocaust.  One portrait features Steven Frank alongside his granddaughters, Maggie and Trixie, according to Kensington Palace’s Instagram account. The second portrait is of Yvonne Bernstein and her granddaughter, Chloe.  The Duchess […]

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Jo Brand: Ofcom to take no further action over battery acid joke

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Stand-up comic Brand is a regular guest on TV and radio panel shows Ofcom is to take no further action over Jo Brand’s controversial joke on BBC Radio 4 about throwing battery acid. The media regulator said the comic’s remarks on satirical show Heresy “had clear potential to offend

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Kobe Bryant Texted Shaquille O’Neal’s Son Shareef Just Before Crash

Kobe Bryant sent a sweet text to Shaquille O’Neal’s son Shareef Sunday shortly before the Los Angeles Lakers legend embarked on his fatal helicopter flight.  By the time Shareef O’Neal answered, the aircraft had already crashed in the mountains of Calabasas, California, killing Bryant, his daughter Gianna and seven others. “You good fam?” the NBA

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Sir Philip Pullman calls for 50p boycott over Oxford comma

Image copyright AFP Image caption The commemorative coin will come in to circulation later this week Author Sir Philip Pullman has declared war on the new Brexit 50p – but it’s nothing to do with politics. Sir Philip has taken umbrage because the Oxford comma is missing from the coin’s wording: “Peace, prosperity and friendship

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Michelle Obama Wins Grammy Award For Audio Recording Of ‘Becoming’ Memoir

Michelle Obama is now a Grammy winner. The former first lady took home the trophy in the Spoken Word Album category for the audio recording of her bestselling 2018 memoir “Becoming.” The Grammys’ Best Spoken Word Album award honors achievements in poetry readings, audiobooks and storytelling. In addition to Obama, nominees included members of the Beastie Boys,

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‘Essential’ music venues to get a big financial boost

Image copyright Getty Images Next month Bombay Bicycle Club will play two shows to more than 10,000 people at London’s Alexandra Palace. Twelve years ago they were playing “really, really, raucous shows” at Camden’s Barfly. “There were stage invasions with people stamping on all our stuff and breaking it,” smirks frontman Jack Steadman. “We think

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Kobe Bryant’s Helicopter Flew In Fog That Grounded Other Choppers

CALABASAS, Calif. (AP) — The helicopter carrying Kobe Bryant and eight others that crashed into a rugged hillside outside Los Angeles was flying in foggy conditions considered dangerous enough that local police agencies grounded their choppers. The helicopter plunged into a steep hillside at about 9:45 a.m. Sunday with an impact that scattered debris over

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