University president says private text exchange during school event was unacceptable and deeply upsetting'Three Columbia University deans have been indefinitely removed from their positions after sending text messages that the university president said included antisemitic tropes.In a message sent on Monday, the Columbia president, Minouche Shafik, said that text messages revealed behavior and sentiments that were not only unprofessional, but also, disturbingly touched on ancient antisemitic tropes", the Columbia Spectator reported. Continue reading...
The new parliament better reflects a modern Britain that politicians have ignored for too longSeeing a Labour prime minister speak from the dispatch box in parliament sealed an electoral coup executed in the quiet of the country's polling booths last week. The proceedings in the House of Commons on Tuesday revealed the scale of the revolution that SirKeir Starmer led. Out of 650 parliamentarians elected, 335 have never been an MP before.Parliament now looks more like Britain. The Commons is the most diverse ever in terms of race and gender. Black, Asian and ethnic minority lawmakers will make up about 13% of the total, up from 10% in 2019. There are a record 242 female MPs, 22 more than after the last election. The Labour leader pointed out that the Commons now has the largest cohort" of LGBTQ+ MPs of any parliament in the world. It was heartening to see Sir Keir break with convention to praise the mother of the house, Diane Abbott, Britain's first black woman MP, who was almost blocked from standing as a Labour candidate. It may be a trick of the light, but the nation feels a better place. Continue reading...
Donation by former New York City mayor and alumnus will cover school fees for nearly all students from fall term 2024Medical school at Baltimore's Johns Hopkins University will soon be free to nearly all students after a $1bn donation from the alumnus, philanthropist and politician Michael Bloomberg.Beginning in the fall term of 2024, the former New York City mayor's foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies, will cover 100% of tuition for medical students whose families earn less than $300,000, the organization announced on Monday. And for those who earn less than $175,000, all living expenses and fees will also be covered. Continue reading...
Party instead opts to focus on power of states to regulate abortion in move that reflects Trump's positionFor the first time in 40 years, the Republican party has omitted a national abortion ban from its official party platform - opting instead to focus on the power of states to regulate abortion in a move that reflects Donald Trump's preferred position.Fourteen states have adopted near-total abortion bans since the supreme court overturned Roe v Wade in 2022. Roe had provided a federal constitutional right to obtain an abortion. Continue reading...
He thinks he can run again: the signs say the opposite. Biden's best hope for beating Trump may be to let someone else do itThe Joe Biden re-election campaign is now a situation where you want to put your hands over your eyes even when your hands are already over your eyes. Like mine, all your sets of hands may have been clamped tightly to your lids since Biden's franchise-killing performance in the first presidential debate 12 days ago, which his press secretary incredibly handwaved away by stating: He had a cold". A cold what? A cold sweat? A cold day in hell? A cold dead hand he'd like you to prise the nomination out of?In news that launched a million grimace emojis, the answer turns out to be: all of the above. Biden is on a fightback. Yesterday he railed against elites" in the Democratic party, proudly deploying that great Donald Trump innovation whereby the actual president is somehow not an elite. In a strongly worded letter you strongly know was worded by someone else, Biden ordered the Democrats to stop worrying and love the bomb (I lightly paraphrase). A neurologist repeatedly came to the White House last year to treat other people who work there, the White House insists, while Biden last week told a meeting of governors that he was fine, reportedly adding, It's just my brain". OK! Last Friday, he gave a sit-down interview in which he was asked how he'd feel if he clung on in the race then lost to Trump. As long as I gave it my all, and did as good of a job as I know I can do," Biden judged, that's what this is about."Marina Hyde is a Guardian columnistDo you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here. Continue reading...
A strong showing at Copa America would have built momentum for World Cup qualifying. But another early tournament exit exposed a team with no cohesionIf this isn't rock bottom for the Selecao, it's as near as makes no difference. Another early tournament exit. Another Brazil team making unwanted history. Their defeat to Uruguay on penalties in the quarter-finals of Copa America marks the eighth time they've been dumped from a tournament held outside Brazil before the semi-finals since 2000.It may not be 1950 or 7-1, but the latest defeat paints as grim a picture as those famous results. Continue reading...
Trump has disavowed the manifesto, but his goals for civil service cuts, deportation and more show a shared visionDonald Trump's attempt to distance himself from Project 2025 after extreme comments from one of its leaders falls flat given the extensive Trump ties and similarities between the project's policy ideas and the former president's platform.On Truth Social last week, Trump claimed to know nothing about Project 2025" and have no idea who is behind it". The disavowal from Trump came after Kevin Roberts, the president of Heritage, said: We are in the process of the second American revolution, which will remain bloodless, if the left allows it to be." Continue reading...
The bigger story is Donald Trump's appalling unfitness for office. He tried to overturn a legitimate election and is a felonIt's possible for two conflicting ideas to be true at once.And so it is with the mainstream media's unrelenting focus on Joe Biden's mental acuity, following his terrible debate performance earlier this month. Continue reading...
Lawyers for ex-president preparing to shut down possibility of high-profile officials testifying at evidentiary hearingsDonald Trump is expected to launch a new legal battle to suppress any damaging evidence from his 2020 election-subversion case from becoming public before the 2024 election, preparing to shut down the potency of any mini-trials" where high-profile officials could testify against him.The plans come after the US supreme court last week in its ruling that broadly conferred immunity on former presidents opened the door for the US district judge Tanya Chutkan to hold evidentiary hearings - potentially with witnesses - to determine what acts in the indictment can survive. Continue reading...
Having called Trump an idiot' and a potential American Hitler', the Republican senator now fawns over himThere's one thing Donald Trump knows how to do well: maximizing suspense in an elimination contest and treating contestants with exquisite cruelty. Competing for a spot on his presidential ticket is as close as politics can get to The Apprentice, the show that fooled millions of Americans into thinking that Trump was a successful businessman.A number of Republican candidates for running mate, from the endlessly self-humiliating Tim Scott to the nondescript Doug Burgum, are vying for what surely looks like a political suicide mission: they must know that Trump betrays everyone eventually, yet they seem to think that their fate as a faithful no 2 will be different. Not all aspirants are equally threatening to American democracy, though. The top prize not just for sycophancy, but for clear and present authoritarian danger must go to the man widely considered the veepstakes" frontrunner, JD Vance.Jan-Werner Muller is a professor of politics at Princeton University and a Guardian US columnist Continue reading...
The best college players often go from playing for free to finding themselves with vast wealth in their teens. It can be a mixed blessingAt the start of the year, Alexandre Sarr was playing in Australia's NBL, where the average salary is around $100,000. Reed Sheppard was playing in college where, NIL deals aside, he earned nothing. Now, after going No 2 and No 3 overall in June's draft, they are millionaires. Sarr is guaranteed $23m from his rookie contract with the Washington Wizards, while Sheppard will have to make do with $20m from his deal with the Houston Rockets (both contracts could end up paying the duo north of $45m each). It's not just the top picks who suddenly have access to wealth either. Nine players in the second-round of this year's draft - guys who may not ever have a meaningful career in the NBA - have signed multimillion dollar contracts with their teams.Those contracts often change lives for the better. But they can also become a burden as young men, often still in their teens, suddenly grapple with a fortune that arrived overnight. Continue reading...
Although some domestic staff in the subcontinent are treated well, for most it is a relentlessly harsh and thankless existenceHow the Hindujas, Britain's richest family, treated their domestic staff at their Swiss mansion made it to the courts and on to the front pages last month. But in India it failed to elicit even a flicker of attention.Plenty of Indians treat their cooks, maids, drivers and nannies very well. They offer a decent wage, time off, speak to them politely, and appreciate their hard work. They educate the staff's children in good schools and help to pay for family weddings. When staff grow too old to work, they are bid adieu with a lump sum and a monthly pension for the remainder of their lives as a token of gratitude. During sickness, they are taken to good doctors for treatment without having to pay. Continue reading...
Tropical Storm Beryl brought howling winds and torrential rain to southeast Texas, killing at least three people, flooding highways, closing oil ports, canceling more than 1,000 flights and knocking out power to more than 2.5 million homes and businesses. Beryl, the season's earliest Category 5 hurricane on record, weakened from a hurricane before pounding the coastal Texas town of Matagorda with dangerous storm surges, heavy rain and then moving across Houston.
The airline said there were no injuries and it was investigating the cause of the incident, after the flight landed safely at its destination in DenverA United Airlines jet lost a landing-gear wheel during take off from Los Angeles, but was able to land safely in Denver, its planned destination, with no injuries, the airline said.The wheel has been recovered in Los Angeles, and we are investigating what caused this event," United said in a statement on Monday. It was the second such incident for the airline this year. Continue reading...
Johnston, 54, faces up to five years in prison after pleading guilty to felony count of civil disorder from January 6 riotJay Johnston, an actor best known for his role on the animated comedy show Bob's Burgers, has pleaded guilty to charges related to his role in the storming of the US Capitol in January 2021.Johnston, 54, faces a maximum of five years in prison and pleaded guilty to a felony count of civil disorder. He was released on a $25,000 bond in June 2023 after an initial court appearance in California. Continue reading...
Ranking Democrat on armed services committee says debate was alarming' and urges president to stand asideJoe Biden's position among congressional Democrats eroded further on Monday when an influential House committee member lent his voice to calls for him to end his presidential campaign following last month's spectacular debate failure.Adam Smith, the ranking Democrat on the armed services committee in the House of Representatives, issued the plea just hours after the president emphatically rejected calls for him to step aside in a letter to the party's congressional contingent. Continue reading...
This live blog is now closed. For more on this story, you can see full coverage here.Joe Biden is not alone in believing that all the talk of him dropping out is hurting the re-election efforts of Democrats nationwide.Ritchie Torres, a Democratic congressman from New York, said much of the same earlier today: Continue reading...
Error messages displayed on Facebook and X pages for South Dakota governor plagued by dog-killing admissionKristi Noem, the Republican governor of South Dakota who has been dogged by controversy since recounting how she chose to shoot dead a puppy and a goat, attracted new questions when it was noted that some of her official social media accounts appeared to have been deleted.On Monday, a link from Noem's official website led to an error message on Facebook, which said: This content isn't available right now. When this happens, it's usually because the owner only shared it with a small group of people, changed who can see it or it's been deleted." Continue reading...
Defense lawyers say jury was deadlocked on manslaughter count before judge abruptly declared mistrialJurors in the trial of Karen Read unanimously concluded she was not guilty of murder or of leaving the scene of a deadly accident - and were deadlocked on only the remaining manslaughter charge before the judge abruptly declared a mistrial, her defense team said Monday.The disclosure was made in a defense motion Monday seeking the judge's permission to question all 12 jurors after they learned of three who described their conclusions. They hope to show that for reasons of double jeopardy, the state of Massachusetts cannot retry her for murder. Continue reading...
President lashes out at elites' in party, saying on MSNBC's Morning Joe: Challenge me at the convention!'Joe Biden came out swinging on Monday against critics of his calamitous June debate performance, telling Democrats in an open letter and Americans in a pugnacious live TV interview he is staying in the presidential race - rejecting growing calls to concede that at 81 he is too ineffective to beat Donald Trump and should drop out in favour of a younger candidate.The president lashed out at elites in the party" in a live telephone interview with the MSNBC show Morning Joe, saying they were behind calls for him to quit. Continue reading...
The US president is still in denial about his ability to take on Donald Trump, but his party is notJoe Biden says only the Lord almighty" could make him quit his re-election bid. I am not going anywhere," he insisted in a surprise call to a morning talkshow on Monday, having warned party colleagues off further discussion in a letter. Anyone wanting him to step aside, he said, should challenge me at the convention" in August. Perhaps he would better understand the problem if he had watched his disastrous debate appearance. But if the president is still in denial, farfewer lawmakers, donors and supporters believe that his candidacy is sustainable amid mounting concern about his capabilities.Resilience is a virtue. Mr Biden has shown it in spades, and it has served him and his country well. Hisgrit and application helped to save the United States from a second Trump term, and to recover from the first. But knowing when to quit matters too. In 2020, Mr Biden described himself as the bridge" to anew generation of leaders. Stepping aside now wouldbe a belated act of dignity and wisdom. Clingingon as the Democrats head towards Novemberin a doomspiral of division and recrimination, leading to Donald Trump's return to theWhite House, would for ever tarnish his name. Continue reading...
Prosecutor's claim that role made actor keenly aware' of safety responsibilities is denied by judge at pre-trial hearingA New Mexico judge decided on Monday that the actor Alec Baldwin's role as co-producer is not relevant to the involuntary manslaughter trial over a fatal shooting on the set of the western film Rust.
Michigan governor has been named as potential replacement for president but calls discussion a distraction'The Michigan governor, Gretchen Whitmer, said she would not run for the Democratic nomination for president this year even if Joe Biden cedes to growing pressure and steps aside.It's a distraction more than anything," Whitmer told the Associated Press, in an interview to promote her new memoir, True Gretch, which will be published on Tuesday. Continue reading...
Daniels says Trump supporters have inundated her with threats to rape and murder her daughter and other familyStormy Daniels' supporters have raised more than $1m meant to help her move to a safe house and repay legal fees after testifying in the criminal trial that led to Donald Trump's conviction on 34 felonies.The money comes from an online GoFundMe campaign started by a friend and former manager of the adult film actor, who recently appeared on MSNBC and described how supporters of Trump have bombarded her with social media harassment as he seeks a second presidency, including threats to rape and murder her daughter and other family. Continue reading...
Trump's claim to know nothing' about radical rightwing plan recognizes it could sink his campaign, ex-Pence adviser saysDonald Trump's preposterous" efforts to disavow Project 2025, a rightwing blueprint for a radical takeover of the US government if the former president is re-elected in November, have been derided by former Republican figures.The Project 2025 plan includes calls for replacing civil servants with Trump loyalists, eliminating the education department, putting the justice department under the president's thumb and banning the abortion pill. Continue reading...
As Boeing's safety crisis intensifies, relatives of victims of the 2018 and 2019 crashes are still fighting for accountabilityPaul Kiernan struggles to talk about what happened on 10 March 2019. He walked his partner, Joanna Toole, to a taxi, put her bag in the back and kissed her goodbye. He told her he loved her, and asked her to let him know when she landed safely. The message never came.Toole's flight, Ethiopian Airlines 302, crashed minutes after taking off from Addis Ababa killing all 157 people on board. Continue reading...
With the US and Mexico falling flat at Copa America, Les Rouges have soaked up the Concacaf spotlight with a blend of star-power and full-throttle footballThe same country that finished on top of the qualifying table in Concacaf for the 2022 World Cup is the same one with a spot in the semi-finals of the 2024 Copa America. They're the only nation from North and Central America whose flame is still burning at this point in the tournament. It's not the US. It's not Mexico, either.It's Canada.This is an extract from Soccer with Jonathan Wilson, a weekly look from the Guardian US at the game in Europe and beyond. With Jonathan out in Germany enjoying Euro 2024, he's entrusted a series of guest writers to guide you through Copa America. He will return on 15 July to look back at both tournaments. Continue reading...
France may rediscover a taste for moderate social democracy - and find out that compromise is not a dirty wordFrance has dodged a bullet. We have no idea how the country will be governed in the coming months with a hung parliament without any natural majority. But at least we know who won't be in government for now, and that is an immense relief for millions of voters.If the first round of this snap parliamentary election was a referendum against liberal centrist President Emmanuel Macron, the second round was a referendum against Marine Le Pen's National Rally (RN), just when power appeared within the grasp of the far-right party.Paul Taylor is a senior visiting fellow at the European Policy Centre Continue reading...
US justice department says proposed deal is for company to pay fine of nearly $250m and invest $455m in improving safetyBoeing has agreed to plead guilty to a US criminal fraud charge stemming from the crashes of two 737 Max jetliners, angering the families of the hundreds of passengers killed who had wanted the case to go to trial.Federal prosecutors had found that the American aircraft manufacturer was in violation of a 2021 agreement struck after the crashes, which had protected it from prosecution for more than three years. Continue reading...
Crowds rejoice in Paris as New Popular Front pushes Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally, who led the first round of voting, into third place. Plus, is rising at 5am really the secret to happiness?
Satanic Temple objects to governor's push for more religion in schools and says members could act as student chaplainsDark messengers of satanism could soon be walking the hallways of Florida's public schools, and it's a consequence of hard-right governor Ron DeSantis's push for more religion in education.Members of the Satanic Temple say they are poised to act as volunteer chaplains under a state law that took effect this week opening campuses to additional counseling and support to students" from outside organizations. Continue reading...
Appeals court decision allows millions of borrowers to cut loan payments in half - but does not yet erase debt outrightA key piece of Biden's student loan forgiveness plan can move forward, a federal appellate court has ruled.The move allows millions of borrowers to see their loan payments cut in half, but stops short of outright erasing debts for now. Continue reading...
Court's troubling rulings on presidential immunity and regulatory power make it clear that change is an ethical essentialOn 1 July 2024, the US supreme court, after an unconscionable half-year delay that it laughably described as expedited" treatment, handed down Trump v United States, the immunity ruling placing American presidents above the law by deeming the president a branch of government ... unlike anyone else." The court's delay guaranteed that Donald Trump would face the electorate in 2024 without first confronting a jury of his peers instructed to decide, and thus inform voters, whether he was guilty of trying to overthrow the 2020 election.Famously, the Irish immigrant Thomas Paine advocated that we revolt against the Crown to form an independent country and frame a constitution to prevent the rise of a dictator who, laying hold of popular disquietudes, may collect together the desperate and the discontented ... [and] sweep away the liberties of the continent like a deluge". To that end, Paine asked: Where ... is the King of America?" And he replied: In America THE LAW IS KING. For as in absolute governments the King is law, so in free countries the law ought to be King; and there ought to be no other."Laurence H Tribe is the Carl M Loeb University professor and professor of constitutional law at Harvard Law School Continue reading...
America's Sweethearts is a disturbing show on many levels, but the resilience of its women is impressiveI expected to watch America's Sweethearts, the Netflix documentary on the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (DCC" to initiates) with horrified fascination, but not admiration.There's plenty to horrify. For starters, the damage wreaked by routines, including jumping in the air then landing on the ground in the splits", as a recent veteran recovering from hip and foot operations explains. Some girls' backs and necks are messed up - a lot of girls get surgery," says another. And abysmal pay - even the multimillionaire team-owner, Charlotte Jones, accepts they're not paid a lot" - reportedly as little as $400 a game. Many cheerleaders work tough care and service jobs on top of a punishing schedule of kicks and smiles, while the average NFL player's annual salary is about $2.8m. Continue reading...
Dozens charged with conspiracy in South River Forest but court filing says state is obstructing attorney visitsThe state of Georgia has dragged its feet for months on allowing defense attorneys to visit the forest where a criminal conspiracy allegedly operated in opposition to the Cop City" police training center, according to a motion filed this week and the Guardian's reporting.In his motion filed in Fulton county superior court, attorney Xavier de Janon is seeking to dismiss all charges related to the South River Forest, located south-east of Atlanta - for his client and for dozens of others. The forest's importance to the case is underlined by the fact that the indictment mentions the word, forest", 310 times in its 109 pages, according to the motion. Continue reading...
Democrats will be impotent messengers on democracy as long as they remain beholden to the feudal culture this crisis has exposedIt was 17 years ago that Joe Biden - having just launched a second, hopeless bid for the presidency, his first having been toppled, 20 years earlier, by his habit of talking nonsense - infamously offered Barack Obama a compliment he thought magnanimous: You got the first mainstream African American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy," he told the New York Observer. I mean, that's a storybook, man." It was the political gaffe as art form - at once a casually, shockingly ugly assessment of Black leaders and candidates like Jesse Jackson and Shirley Chisholm and a condescending slight against the party's fastest rising star, who was more than merely articulate". His many failures aside, Obama won that primary, and the presidency, on his extraordinary gifts as a communicator.On Friday, Obama tried, rather wanly, to put those gifts to use on the behalf of his friend and former rival one more time. Bad debate nights happen," he posted on X after the debacle the night before. Trust me, I know. But this election is still a choice between someone who has fought for ordinary folks his entire life and someone who only cares about himself." It was more than a bad debate night", though, as all who tuned in saw for themselves. After months of speculation and argument about his condition and in what could be the final, gutting irony of his political career, Biden proved unprecedentedly and perhaps fatally inarticulate. Since he took office, Biden and his backers have labored mightily to convince the American people he's well enough not only to take on the duties of the presidency but to save American democracy. As it stands today, it's doubtful he can even save himself. Continue reading...
European leaders turn eyes to president as they meet next week and as concerns build for US, their unpredictable ally'As European leaders and top defense officials from 31 Nato countries descend on Washington next week, all eyes will be focused firmly on Joe Biden, whose faltering performance at last month's debate has added to concerns about the country that some Europeans already described as their unpredictable ally".The US president has hoped that his leadership at the summit will rescue his campaign against Donald Trump amid concerns about his age and mental acuity. In a primetime interview on US television this week, he said: And who's gonna be able to hold Nato together like me?... We're gonna have, I guess a good way to judge me, is you're gonna have now the Nato conference here in the United States next week. Come listen. See what they say." Continue reading...
The Indiana Fever guard has had an impressive first season as a professional. But her old college rival Angel Reese has been consistently excellentBelieve it or not, the WNBA's most hyped season is halfway finished. The league's 12 teams are around the midway mark of their 40-game schedules, and the W has storylines galore.The Las Vegas Aces are gunning for a third consecutive WNBA title behind two-time MVP and defensive player of the year A'ja Wilson, but they find themselves outranked in the standings by the likes of the New York Liberty and Connecticut Sun. Diana Taurasi, 20 years after entering the league in 2004, continues to be an engine in the Phoenix Mercury backcourt. And then, of course, there are the rookies. Continue reading...
Murdoch's Tubi is a sign we've reached peak streaming. Despite all the choice, I still can't find something to watchEvery month, some combination of the following probably shows up on your bank statement: Netflix, Disney+, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, Now, Hayu. Each of these streaming platforms offers viewers access to a particular library of films and TV shows, and keeping up with them feels impossible. If you want to watch the latest season of The Bear, for example, you'll need to introduce Disney+ (4.99 with ads, 7.99 standard, 10.99 premium) to your roster. That is, the roster that already includes Netflix (4.99/10.99/17.99), which you just reinstated in order to watch the new episodes of Bridgerton. In fact, if you invested in all of the streaming apps at once, in a few months' time you would probably find that you could have afforded a luxury minibreak for the same amount of money you had spent to sit inside and watch the telly.Managing these streaming services feels increasingly like a complicated juggling act, and it seems as if new streamers are constantly coming to the table. This month, Rupert Murdoch's Fox Corporation launched Tubi, a free and ad-supported streaming app. The marketing materials say it will feature, among other shows, the Twilight films (that is, the same Twilight films that used to be on Netflix until the licensing agreement ran out) and Happy Gilmore. The selling point is that Tubi is free, funded by ads for all, in a streaming landscape where you're paying at least a fiver a month for each service. But even though Tubi doesn't charge, I can't say I welcome its arrival.Lauren O'Neill is a culture writer Continue reading...
Some claim bringing Ukraine into Nato would deter Russia from ever invading the country again. That is wishful thinkingAt last year's Nato summit, the United States focused on improving Ukraine's self-defense capabilities rather than addressing the country's potential membership in Nato. At Nato's upcoming summit in July, some are pushing for Nato to bring Ukraine significantly closer toward membership, such as by defining an accession process for Kyiv or inviting the country to join that process. Any such step would be unwise.Nato's Article 5 is widely considered to bind members of the alliance - in practice the United States above all - to go to war to repel an attack against any member. If Ukraine were to join Nato after the current war, the US and its allies would be understood to be making a commitment to fight Russian forces over Ukraine, should Russia invade again. Reflecting a broad political consensus, Joe Biden has ruled out the direct use of US military force since the start of Russia's deplorable full-scale invasion two years ago. As the administration recognizes, the security and prosperity of the United States are not implicated in the current war to the degree that would warrant direct US military intervention. Indeed, both the US president and former president Donald Trump have warned that the conflict could escalate into World War III". For the same reason that the United States should not go to war against Russia over Ukraine today, it should not make a commitment to go to war against Russia over Ukraine in the future. Continue reading...
Interning for an A-lister's production company, I thought I had made it - but three years later I was back in cold, wet LondonWhen I was young, I dreamed of making it in Hollywood and working in the movies. Enthralled by the showbiz industry, I wanted to become a big-time producer and see my name in the credits on the silver screen. And I got there, kind of. I made the 5,500-mile journey from London to Los Angeles, attending UCLA, interning at the production company of a bona fide A-list celebrity and ultimately securing sponsorship for a work visa. I had been plucked out of obscurity and given my shot, and the timing couldn't have been better, I thought, landing shortly after Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction had a seismic impact on the popularity of auteur-led, independent films.But my dream was short-lived and, just three years later, I was back in cold, wet London. While I had anticipated the obligatory tea-making, endless script-reading and punishing hours that test an assistant's mettle for the job, even the promise of one day hobnobbing on the red carpet with movie stars was insufficiently compelling to justify the toxic culture that was so much a part of the industry at the time. Continue reading...
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President hits trail in Pennsylvania as virtual lawmaker meeting with Hakeem Jeffries shows growing party doubtJoe Biden insisted he was the person to reunite America in a second term in the White House and was up for the job" as he hit the trail in Pennsylvania on Sunday - but the number of high-profile Democrats doubting his position as the presumptive party nominee only grew amid a campaign in crisis.Pressure on the US president increased even further following his poor debate performance against Donald Trump last month and an underwhelming ABC interview last week, as a group of Democratic representatives met online with House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries on Sunday. Continue reading...
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