Sky Ferreira attacked for 'racist' I Blame Myself video | Sky Ferreira
Sky Ferreira This article is more than 9 years oldSky Ferreira attacked for 'racist' I Blame Myself videoThis article is more than 9 years oldThe singer has written a statement responding to accusations that she used black dancers as props in her new videoSinger Sky Ferreira has been accused of racism following the release of her new video for the single I Blame Myself. Responding to the allegations with a lengthy Facebook post, Ferreira has said that she felt "
Chelsea agree to buy land next to Stamford Bridge for stadium rebuild | Chelsea
Chelsea This article is more than 6 months oldChelsea agree to buy land next to Stamford Bridge for stadium rebuildThis article is more than 6 months oldDeal, done in principle, would allow major expansion on siteChelsea also weighing up options including Earl’s Court moveChelsea have not made a final decision on their redevelopment plans for Stamford Bridge despite agreeing a deal in principle to buy a piece of land next to their stadium.
Christoph Waltz wins best supporting actor Oscar for Django Unchained | Movies
Movies This article is more than 10 years oldChristoph Waltz wins best supporting actor Oscar for Django UnchainedThis article is more than 10 years oldChristoph Waltz has scooped the best supporting actor gong for his role in Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained
Oscars 2013: best picture belongs to Argo, while Life of Pi helps upset Lincoln's ship
Oscars 2013: the full list of winnersChristoph Waltz picked up his second best supporting actor Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, winning the prize for his silken turn in Django Unchained.
F by Daniel Kehlmann review a comic novel about the death of God
FictionReviewThis is an exuberant look at love and life in an absurd and godless universeIt cannot be an easy thing to write a comic novel about the death of God. Still, the German novelist Daniel Kehlmann may just have pulled it off. “F” is the protagonist of a book within a book, the debut novel of Arthur Friedland, a rather disorganised buffoon who never had any success as a writer until an encounter with a hypnotist gave his life its chilly purpose: “This is an order, and you’re going to follow it because you want to follow it, and you want to because I’m ordering you, and I’m ordering you because you want me to give the order.
Ira Glass: 'I feel like Im actually sort of scared all the time'
Ira Glass: ‘It started as a joke and then become a reality.’ Photograph: Larry Busacca/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenIra Glass: ‘It started as a joke and then become a reality.’ Photograph: Larry Busacca/Getty ImagesRadioAfter two decades hosting influential radio show This American Life, Ira Glass reflects on what he’s learned about fear, marriage, politics and storytelling
Ira Glass is speaking to me ahead of the final four performances of Three Acts, Two Dancers, One Radio Host, the most bizarre live show a radio host has ever put together.
Mitski, the USs best young songwriter: Im a black hole where people dump their feelings
MitskiInterviewMitski, the US’s best young songwriter: ‘I’m a black hole where people dump their feelings’Ben Beaumont-ThomasWith songs about heartbreak and capitalism, the cult pop singer is on the brink of the mainstream – but the intensity of her fandom has her fearing for her safety
There is a jokey meme that captions a picture of Mitski with “Therapists HATE her”. Her songs can make you doubt what love, happiness and stability are even for.
The greatest scientific advances from the Muslim world
ShortcutsScienceFrom the elephant clock to the camera obscura, here are six amazing inventions from between the 9th and 15th centuriesThere is no such thing as Islamic science – for science is the most universal of human activities. But the means to facilitating scientific advances have always been dictated by culture, political will and economic wealth. What is only now becoming clear (to many in the west) is that during the dark ages of medieval Europe, incredible scientific advances were made in the Muslim world.
Actor Leslie Jordan dies at 67 in car accident | Culture
Culture This article is more than 1 year oldActor Leslie Jordan dies at 67 in car accidentThis article is more than 1 year oldReports suggest that the character actor appears to have suffered a medical emergency before crashing his car in Hollywood
Actor Leslie Jordan has died after a car accident in Los Angeles on Monday at the age of 67.
Law enforcement sources told TMZ and then the Los Angeles Times that they suspected the beloved actor suffered a medical emergency before crashing his BMW into the side of a building in Hollywood.
Fania All-Stars, New York City 1971: salsa swaggers into the mainstream
Fania All-Stars in 1973. Photograph: Salsero73Fania All-Stars in 1973. Photograph: Salsero7320 iconic festival setsPop and rockIn a tiny club, 2,000 peacocking punters witnessed a historic gathering of talent for this mini-festival, showcasing a music craze on the brink of a breakthrough
Read the rest of our 20 iconic festival sets series It’s the evening of 26 August 1971, and on the cramped stage of the Cheetah – a glitzy discotheque on Broadway and 53rd in Manhattan decorated in aluminium, black velvet and thousands of multicoloured lightbulbs – gather some of the finest Latin musicians of their era.
Lang Lang: 'I'd play the piano at 5am' | Family
FamilyInterviewLang Lang: 'I'd play the piano at 5am'Rosanna GreenstreetAged nine, Lang Lang, the virtuoso Chinese pianist, was told by his ambitious father to kill himself after his teacher 'fired' him for having no talent. He tells Rosanna Greenstreet about the extreme pressure put on him to succeedWhen Lang Lang was nine, his father told him to kill himself. Four years before, his father had decided that his only son should become the No 1 classical pianist in China.