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LONDON — Meghan Markle's father appealed to Britain's Queen Elizabeth on Monday to intercede to end his estrangement from his daughter, the wife of Prince Harry.The former US actress, now the Duchess of Sussex, married Harry, the queen's grandson and sixth in line to the British throne, in a glittering ceremony at Windsor Castle in May. But the immediate build-up to the wedding was overshadowed by her father, Thomas, a former lighting director for US TV soaps and sitcoms, who pulled out days beforehand after undergoing heart surgery.Thomas Markle said he had not had contact with his daughter for months and that repeated text messages to her had gone unanswered.When asked what message he had for Queen Elizabeth, 92, Thomas Markle said: "I would appreciate anything she can...
December 17, 2018
Please reach out to me, father urges Meghan Markle
December 17, 2018
Latest Spider-Man spin-off scales box office heights
LONDON — Artist and designer Philip Colbert, whose surrealist clothes have been worn by Lady Gaga and Rita Ora, brings pop art back to British painting with a new show that comments on consumerist culture, climate change and our appetite for social media.Scottish born Colbert, who has worked across music, fashion and design, says his large-scale oil paintings interweave art history references with Internet and social media images, such as emojis and like buttons, in bright cartoon-like collages featuring his lobster alter-ego."People are consuming art a lot through phones and the computer so I like the idea that those elements are reflected in my paintings," he said at his at his studio in London, where his latest show is running at the Saatchi Gallery.His preoccupation with...
December 17, 2018
Philip Colbert updates pop art for the digital age in new show
December 17, 2018
Tattoos still give Japan the needle as Olympics loom
December 17, 2018
Aibo, the robot dog
By Jocelyne ZablitLos Angeles — Nearly a century after the idea was first floated, a museum dedicated to the magic of cinema is finally set to open in Los Angeles, with the first temporary exhibition devoted to Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki.The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, slated to open by the end of 2019, will be devoted to the past, present and future of film, offering visitors a look behind the screen and into how movies are made."Los Angeles was at one time and still is to some degree one of the major capitals for the production of film... so it seems the natural place to have a major museum to ensure that the legacy of film lives on," said Kerry Brougher, director of the museum, which is the brainchild of the Academy of Picture Arts and Sciences, the institution...
December 16, 2018
Museum devoted to magic of cinema to open in LA
December 16, 2018
'Blurred Lines' legal saga ends in $5mn ruling favoring Marvin Gaye family
December 16, 2018
Actress Sondra Locke dead at 74
HAVANA — Once a month for the last decade, Pepe Casanas, a 78-year-old Cuban farmer, has hunted down a scorpion to sting himself with, vowing that the venom wards off his rheumatism pains.His natural remedy is no longer seen as very unusual here.Researchers in Cuba have found that the venom of the blue scorpion, whose scientific name is Rhopalurus junceus, endemic to the Caribbean island, appears to have anti-inflammatory and pain relief properties, and may be able to delay tumor growth in some cancer patients.While some oncologists abroad say more research is needed to be able to properly back up such a claim, Cuban pharmaceutical firm Labiofam has been using scorpion venom since 2011 to manufacture the homeopathic medicine Vidatox.The remedy has proven popular.In Cuba, where tens of...
December 16, 2018
Worth the sting: Cuba's scorpion pain remedy
December 15, 2018
Spain's prosecutor accuses singer Shakira of tax fraud
