Avengers showdown pits Samuel L Jackson against critic | Samuel L Jackson

Samuel L Jackson This article is more than 11 years oldAvengers showdown pits Samuel L Jackson against criticThis article is more than 11 years oldThe Avengers actor has caused fury on Twitter by calling for New York Times critic, AO Scott, to get a new job following his negative review of the filmA Twitter row has erupted after Samuel L Jackson lambasted the eminent New York Times film critic AO Scott over his review of new comic book movie Avengers Assemble.

David Sells obituary | BBC

Other livesBBCObituaryDavid Sells obituaryDavid Sells, who has died aged 91, was one of the most informed and erudite BBC foreign correspondents of his generation. His BBC career spanned 40 years, 26 of them for Newsnight, that “salon des refusés”, as another of its original stalwarts, John Tusa, described it. David was in it from the beginning, sending sparely written, incisive films from the Middle East and North Africa and across Europe.

Elf and safety: is a shrine to Dobby ruining a Welsh beauty spot and threatening local wildlife?

Pass notesHarry PotterHarry Potter fans have been asked to stop leaving tributes to the house-elf on a beach in Pembrokeshire Name: Dobby. Age: Uncertain. Dobby has a birthday: 28 June. But the year is unspecified so we don’t really know his age. Distinguishing features? Quite short; long, thin nose; bat-like ears; big, bulging green eyes; lacks confidence; refers to himself in the third person: “Dobby will have to punish himself most grievously for coming to see you, sir.

I stood up and fought back: how revenge porn survivor Georgia Harrison got her abuser jailed |

The G2 interviewWomenInterview‘I stood up and fought back’: how revenge porn survivor Georgia Harrison got her abuser jailedAnna MooreThe reality star’s life was almost destroyed when an ex secretly filmed them having sex and posted it online. He went to prison – and she waived her right to anonymity to help the many women similarly affected ‘What’s the worst that can happen?” That is what Georgia Harrison asked herself one Sunday morning in August 2020 when Stephen Bear, who lived opposite, invited her over for a cup of tea.

Lpe: Emmanuelle Seigner and Anton Newcombe on art, hedonism and #MeToo

Pop and rockShe’s a French film star. He’s rock’s mercurial madman. Together they’re l’Épée, as seductive as Serge Gainsbourg and as druggily alluring as the Velvet Underground It may be the hottest day on record in Paris, but no one appears to have told Emmanuelle Seigner. Striding through the lobby of the Royal Hotel on the Champs Elysées in black jeans, a David Bowie T-shirt and leather boots – a gift from her husband, the film director Roman Polanski – she is the personification of French cool.

New York to host India v Pakistan clash in 2024 T20 World Cup | Cricket

Cricket This article is more than 1 month oldNew York to host India v Pakistan clash in 2024 T20 World CupThis article is more than 1 month oldUSA co-staging tournament with West IndiesAmerica’s cricket-loving expats targetedIndia’s game against Pakistan in a pop-up stadium on the outskirts of New York will be the showpiece occasion of the first group stage of next year’s T20 World Cup, with the full schedule due to be signed off by the International Cricket Council and local organising committees today.

Suzi Quatro: It was only when we got the pictures back that I realised it was a sexy outfit

‘It says a lot that, at 69, I can still wear a jumpsuit on stage.’ Photograph: Pictorial Press Ltd/Alamy Stock Photo‘It says a lot that, at 69, I can still wear a jumpsuit on stage.’ Photograph: Pictorial Press Ltd/Alamy Stock PhotoThe look I loveFashionThe rock legend on the look that defined her in the 70s – and is still going strong todayThis is the look I wore when I was 23, when Can the Can [Quatro’s second solo single and her first to reach No 1 in the UK] was about to be released.

The 10 best jazz albums of 2022

Best music 2022MusicKokoroko sounded fresh on their debut record, we heard a classic bebop set from the late, great Joe Harriott, and Charles Lloyd completed his three-part trio masterpiece The best music of 2022 More of the best culture of 2022 10. Kokoroko – Could We Be MoreHot live bands don’t always make hot records, but south London eight-piece Kokoroko nailed that transition with Could We Be More – a canny 15-track tapestry of the hip jazz references, updated Afrobeat and highlife vivacity, and seductive vocal hooks with which they charmed audiences from jazzers to Fela Kuti fans.

Tottenham battered despite late rally after Estupin provides Brighton fizz | Premier League

Premier LeagueTottenham battered despite late rally after Estupiñán provides Brighton fizzThe strange thing was that Roberto De Zerbi, always such a livewire in his technical area, barely flinched. The Brighton manager had seen Pervis Estupiñán, on as a substitute, sculpt a masterpiece from long-range to put his team 3-0 up just after the hour. Perhaps, it was simply a reflection of De Zerbi’s comfort. Because at that point, it was easy to write that Brighton had been outstanding, Tottenham outclassed.

A Guest in the House by Emily Carroll review haunting gothic tale with a heady whiff of Daphne d

‘Always involving and often rather beautiful’: pages from A Guest in the House. Photograph: Emily Carroll‘Always involving and often rather beautiful’: pages from A Guest in the House. Photograph: Emily CarrollGraphic novel of the monthComics and graphic novelsReviewThe award-winning Canadian graphic novelist’s account of a young woman whose widower husband has a dark secret about his first wife is vividly drawn and masterfully plotted In Daphne du Maurier’s 1938 gothic novel Rebecca, a young woman marries a wealthy widower, Maxim de Winter, only to discover – too late!