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Graffiti is pictured on the gates to Strawberry Field in Liverpool, northwest England on Wednesday. Beatles fans can now take a trip through the childhood sanctuary of John Lennon that inspired seminal song
Let me take you down: Strawberry Field opens to public
LIVERPOOL — Beatles fans can now take a trip through the childhood sanctuary of John Lennon that inspired seminal song "Strawberry Fields Forever", with the former children's home opening its doors to the public.Lennon used to climb over the fence from his aunt's house, where he grew up, and play with other children at the Strawberry Field orphanage.Its importance in shaping Lennon's personality was laid bare in the classic 1967 psychedelic hit.Around 60,000 fans flock each year to the site to have their photographs taken outside the famous red gates, but until now have never been allowed beyond."The gates are open for good," Maj. Allister Versfeld, mission development officer of the Salvation Army charity, told AFP."This is a unique opportunity for...
September 18, 2019

Let me take you down: Strawberry Field opens to public

In this photograph taken on August 30, 2019, players of Puneri Paltan hold onto India's Siddharth Desai (C), raider of the Telugu Titans, during the match between Telugu Titans and Puneri Paltan in the Pro Kabaddi League at Thyagaraj Sports Complex in New Delhi. -AFP
New cars, tattoos: the lifestyles of India's kabbadi millionaires
NEW DELHI - Siddharth Desai grew up in humble surroundings but now he's living the life of a millionaire sportsman, driving a souped-up jeep and taking selfies with fans -- and it's all thanks to kabaddi.The ancient game has undergone a glitzy makeover through the Pro Kabaddi League (PKL), creating a new group of sports stars in a country traditionally obsessed with cricket.Kabaddi -- which roughly translates to "holding hands" -- is a tag-meets-rugby contact sport widely believed to have originated in the South Asian nation thousands of years ago.Siddharth and his elder brother Suraj Desai went from playing kabaddi in the dust in their village in the state of Maharashtra, to wrestling on indoor mats in front of a TV audience of millions."Even if you work for 50...
September 17, 2019

New cars, tattoos: the lifestyles of India's kabbadi millionaires

File photo of an Air India passenger plane taking off. — Reuters
Buzz off! Angry bees delay Air India flight
NEW DELHI — An Air India flight was delayed by several hours after a swarm of bees landed on the cockpit window, attacking ground staff when they tried to remove them, officials said.The insects landed on the window just before the plane was due to leave the eastern city of Kolkata on Sunday with 136 passengers, including Bangladesh's information minister.Ground staff tried to shoo the insects off, angering them, and when attempts to use the windscreen wipers failed officials switched to 'plan b' and blasted them off with water."Fire tenders were deployed to spray water to dislodge the honey bees and they could be driven away after nearly an hour-long operation," airport official Kaushik Bhattcharya said.The flight to Agartala in north-eastern India eventually took...
September 16, 2019

Buzz off! Angry bees delay Air India flight

Felicity Huffman
Actress Felicity Huffman heads to court for US college scandal sentencing
BOSTON, Massachusetts — Actress Felicity Huffman, the first parent to be sentenced in a wide-ranging college admissions scandal, faces prison time on Friday for admittedly paying to rig her daughter's entrance exam.Prosecutors recommended US District Judge Indira Talwani sentence Huffman to one month behind bars after she pleaded guilty in May to conspiracy related to her payment of $15,000 to have someone secretly correct her daughter's answers on the SAT test, according to court documents.The one-time star of the television series "Desperate Housewives" is among 50 people accused in a scheme that involved cheating or bribery in which wealthy parents used fraud to secure their children spots at prominent US universities including Yale, Georgetown and the University of...
September 13, 2019

Actress Felicity Huffman heads to court for US college scandal sentencing

Bruce Springsteen arrives for the world premiere of
Springsteen's 'Western Stars' scores standing ovation at Toronto Film Festival
TORONTO, Canada — Bruce Springsteen's concert movie "Western Stars" received a standing ovation at its premiere at the Toronto Film Festival on Thursday, with the rock star describing it as a "continuation of the stories" he has told throughout his career.In Western Stars, Springsteen performs songs from his latest album of the same title, but the film also features clips from his earlier years, and wide, sweeping shots of the landscape of the American West which served as inspiration.Popularly known as "The Boss", Springsteen also narrates in parts."It's just a continuation of the stories I've been writing my whole career," he told journalists on the red carpet before the screening. "And I hope that it's something, that...
September 13, 2019

Springsteen's 'Western Stars' scores standing ovation at Toronto Film Festival

Turkish musician Deniz Tekin, left and rap singer Samet Gonullu, right, whose stage name is Sokrat St, attend an interview in Istanbul, Turkey, in this Sept. 10, 2019 file photo. — AFP
'I cannot stay silent': Turkish rappers get political
ISTANBUL, Turkey — A 15-minute rap song has taken Turkey by storm, touching a nerve in the polarized society at a time when artists are finding a voice after years of stifled dissent.A week after its release on Sept. 6, "Susamam" ("I cannot stay silent") had hit more than 20 million views on YouTube, reaching an audience far beyond the usual hip-hop fan base.Twenty rappers and musicians take turns tackling issues ranging from pollution to domestic violence, cruelty against animals to inequality in education.Perhaps the most striking section tackles free speech and the rule of law, with Saniser (real name Sarp Palaur), the mastermind of the project, rapping: "I'm too scared to send a tweet, I've come to fear my own country's police."The song...
September 13, 2019

'I cannot stay silent': Turkish rappers get political

Models present creations during the Bora Aksu catwalk show during London Fashion Week in London, Britain, on Friday. — Reuters
Style icons slam throwaway fashion culture
LONDON — British style icons including designer Vivienne Westwood and model Lily Cole condemned throwaway fashion culture as London Fashion Week got under way on Friday.They have joined the Oxfam charity's Second Hand September campaign to encourage people to re-use, re-wear and recycle clothes."We can't ignore the fashion industry's enormous impact on the environment so it's heartening to see that the London fashion world is getting behind Oxfam's drive to encourage people to buy second-hand," said Oxfam GB director Danny Sriskandarajah.Several stars have donated items to the resale clothing site Vestiaire Collective, with the proceeds going to Oxfam. The initiative has more than eight million members in 50 countries.Westwood donated a handbag, while...
September 13, 2019

Style icons slam throwaway fashion culture

US-Israeli actress Natalie Portman arrives for the premiere of 'Lucy in the Sky' during the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival Day 7, in Toronto, Canada, in this Sept. 11, 2019 file photo. — AFP
Natalie Portman joins Hollywood space race with 'Lucy in the Sky'
TORONTO, Canada — NASA may have grounded its space shuttles, but more Hollywood A-listers than ever are exploring the final frontier, with Natalie Portman launching one of two astronaut movie premieres at Toronto's film festival."Lucy in the Sky" opens with Portman drifting through space in her astronaut suit, begging her bosses for a few more moments to gaze at the cosmos before returning to the humdrum reality of life on Earth.Eva Green's character in French movie "Proxima" also portrays the immense challenge of life as an astronaut — an elite club, still more so for women — but focuses on the grueling build-up to lift-off.The actresses follow a string of marquee stars donning spacesuits in recent years including George Clooney and Sandra Bullock...
September 13, 2019

Natalie Portman joins Hollywood space race with 'Lucy in the Sky'

Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift signs up for 'race that stops a nation'
MELBOURNE — Taylor Swift is heading to Australia to perform at the "race that stops a nation", with the pop superstar strutting her stuff before the Melbourne Cup, organizers announced on Thursday.The Grammy Award-winner will sing two songs from her latest hit album "Lover" before witnessing the famous horse race that has been run on the first Tuesday of November since 1876.The Victoria Racing Club made the announcement on social media, saying it was "super excited" about Swift's one-off public appearance in Australia following the new album release. "Sorry Taylor, we'll try to calm down," it added.VRC chief executive Neil Wilson told national broadcaster ABC it was a strategic choice to target a younger demographic."We're...
September 12, 2019

Taylor Swift signs up for 'race that stops a nation'

Spaniard actor Javier Bardem poses for AFP during the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival Day 7,  in Toronto, Ontario, on Wednesday. — AFP
'Little Mermaid' can help save oceans, says Bardem
TORONTO, Canada — Javier Bardem is deep in talks to play King Triton in "The Little Mermaid" — but the Spanish actor has already gone under the sea for his new ocean documentary premiering at the Toronto film festival.In "Sanctuary," cameras follow Javier and his brother Carlos to Antarctica as they learn about — and drum up support for — Greenpeace's campaign to save the southern ocean from human activity.At one point a visibly alarmed Bardem clambers into a tiny two-man submarine to scoop samples of specimens damaged by climate change and fishing trawlers from the sea bed."Thank God I'm not claustrophobic ... it's like a Kinder Egg!" he said in Toronto. "But I was in safe hands."The Oscar-winning actor says he was raised by his...
September 12, 2019

'Little Mermaid' can help save oceans, says Bardem

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