‘The height of toxicity for women’: revisiting the era of the It Girl
A new documentary looks back on the New York social scene of the late 2000s when glamorous high society women dominated the headlines for better and worse
Lose weight. Have money. Give away money. Hire a publicist, even if it bankrupts your daddy. The no-bake recipe for becoming an icon of the 2000s is laid out in the opening salvo of Queenmaker: The Making of an It Girl, Zackary Drucker’s fizzy documentary about the founding daughters of a social revolution.
It girls, armed with appurtenances both flashy and furry, have swarmed the earth since the creation of capital. But privacy used to be a cornerstone of privilege, and the gilded-age dictum held that the names of respectable ladies were only to appear in the newspaper when they were born, married or died. Taylor’s film chronicles the precise moment when a multitude of women of means dared to court the public’s attention. Which isn’t to say it was an entirely empowering development.
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Racism on the soccer field took a toll on Black players in England
Black players were only just beginning to integrate into some of England's biggest soccer teams in the 1980s when racism was rife and hooliganism was on the rise
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Phillip Schofield – latest: Jeremy Clarkson defends ex-This Morning host as protestors hit Soap Awards
Former ITV presenter has opened up about struggling with mental health in weeks since admitting to affair with younger colleague
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Racist abuse of Vinícius Júnior highlights entrenched problem in soccer
The vicious, relentless and high-profile racist insults directed at Brazilian soccer player Vinícius Júnior underscore an entrenched and decades-old issue that refuses to go away in the world's most popular sport
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Liverpool news: Jamie Carragher makes transfer plea as Mason Mount laughs off links
Liverpool have put their full focus into the transfer window as Jurgen Klopp bids to overhaul a squad which badly underperformed in the campaign just gone, missing out on the Champions League
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Man City show Manchester United exactly what they are looking for in one key position
Manchester United were beaten 2-1 in the FA Cup final by Pep Guardiola's side - as Ilkay Gundogan scored both goals
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Australian mother imprisoned 20 years pardoned and freed because of doubt she killed her 4 children
An Australian woman who spent 20 years in prison was pardoned and released based on new scientific evidence that her four children died by natural causes as she had insisted
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UK weather: Temperature to hit 27C as sizzling 'Iberian plume' predicted
The highest temperature in the UK so far this year was 25.1C in Porthmadog last Tuesday and forecasters believe there is a possibility that the mercury could climb higher than that mark
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Manchester United already know how much it will cost them to solve obvious problem position
Man United manager Erik ten Hag needs to show a ruthlessness in his decision-making this summer when it comes to the club's goalkeeping department.
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Trump donor's family killed in plane crash after F-16 scrambled over DC
Florida businessman John Rumpel's daughter and two-year-old granddaughter were on board the private jet, alongside the toddler's nanny and pilot
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Arsenal news: Moises Caicedo 'agrees terms' as Newcastle eye Kieran Tierney transfer
Arsenal enjoyed an impressive season under Mikel Arteta and are hoping to add more depth and quality to their squad, having sealed a return to the Champions League after a six-year absence
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Erik ten Hag still has one unanswered question after first season at Manchester United
Man United brought the curtain down on the 2022/23 campaign with a heartbreaking FA Cup final defeat on Saturday, but the progress they have made this season cannot be ignored.
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NRA director pays heartbreaking tribute to daughter and granddaughter killed in Cessna crash
Barbara Rumpel, a businesswoman and member of the NRA Leadership Form, posted Sunday, confirming that her daughter and granddaughter died in the crash.
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Award-winning Hong Kong journalist wins appeal in rare court ruling upholding media freedom
An award-winning Hong Kong journalist has won her appeal in a rare court ruling upholding media freedom in the territory
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Miami Heat’s fourth-quarter rally upsets Denver Nuggets in NBA finals Game 2
Underdogs Heat level series despite Nikola Jokic’s 41 pointsAs it happened: Miami Heat 111-108 Denver NuggetsGabe Vincent scored 23 points, Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo each had 21 and the Miami Heat evened up the NBA finals by overcoming a monster effort from Nikola Jokic to beat the Denver Nuggets 111-108 in Game 2 on Sunday night.Max Strus scored 14 and Duncan Robinson had 10 for the Heat, who had a big early lead, then were down by as many as 15 before reclaiming the lead in the fourth. Miami outscored Denver 36-25 in the final period, erasing an eight-point deficit going into the final frame. Continue reading...
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Woman, 20, thought she had flu - then doctors said it was blood cancer
Olivia Jennings, 20, from Melbourne, was initially diagnosed with a UTI before a CT scan showed she had Stage 3B Hodgkin's Lymphoma - a blood cancer - and started chemotherapy sessions a week later
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CBI faces crunch D-Day vote on its future today
Members of the business organisation will vote on whether to accept recommendations put forward to reshape it
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Series tied: Heat roar back in the 4th quarter, beat Nuggets 111-108 in Game 2 of NBA Finals
Gabe Vincent scored 23 points, Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo each scored 21 and the Miami Heat evened up the NBA Finals by overcoming a monster effort from Nikola Jokic to beat the Denver Nuggets 111-108 in Game 2 on Sunday night
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Russia-Ukraine war live: Moscow claims to have repelled ‘major’ attack in Donetsk; Belgorod energy facility on fire
Moscow claims to have beaten back attack comprising mechanical and tank units in Donetsk; Belgorod governor blames drone for attack on energy facilityAt a glance: what we know on day 466 of the invasionThe Institute for the Study of War (ISW) noted Ukraine’s continuing preparations for its counteroffensive in its assessment on Saturday, including the interview with Volodymyr Zelenskiy published by the Wall Street Journal in which he says the country is ready, though it may take time and come at a heavy cost.However, it said little more detail is likely to come out when it does begin. Ukrainian deputy defence minister Hanna Malyar said on Saturday that “military plans love silence”. Continue reading...
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Kanye West plays with son Psalm, 4... while 'wife' Bianca is hidden beneath a bizarre black dress
The canceled rapper-designer will next celebrate his 46th birthday this Thursday
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Jacinda Ardern made a dame in New Zealand honours list
Former prime minister Jacinda Ardern said she was in two minds whether to accept the award as part of the King's Birthday Honours. Her successor said she was being recognised for her service during ‘some of the greatest challenges our country has faced in modern times'
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Mum says daughter 'discriminated against' over prom ban
Angela Downes says her daughter's attendance and behaviour issues - cited by the school as a reason to ban her from the end-of-year bash - are a by-product of serious mental health issues
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Woman pardoned after 20 years in prison accused of killing her four kids
Kathleen Folbigg, 55, was convicted of murdering her children Patrick, Sarah and Laura, as well as manslaughter of her first child Caleb, who all died between 1989 and 1999
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Barbie film required so much pink paint it contributed to worldwide shortage
The film’s production designer Sarah Greenwood says ‘the world ran out of pink’ during construction of Barbieland and lifesize versions of the doll’s DreamhouseGreta Gerwig’s upcoming Barbie film required so much pink paint during construction that it wiped out an entire company’s global supply.Speaking to Architectural Digest, Gerwig and the film’s production designer Sarah Greenwood, spoke about the construction of Barbieland, which is almost entirely fluorescent pink, from the lifesize versions of the doll’s famous “Dreamhouse” to the roads and lamp-posts. Continue reading...
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Our critics’ guide to a summer of music, movies and culture - podcast
Guardian culture writers Alex Needham, Ellen E Jones and Michael Cragg make their picks of the best of this summer in arts and cultureWith festival season about to begin, blockbusters scheduled for the big screen and newspapers filling up with lists of summer reading, the Guardian culture writers Alex Needham, Ellen E Jones and Michael Cragg take Nosheen Iqbal on a guided tour of the summer. Continue reading...
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Man Utd news: Mount responds to transfer interest, Garnacho broken after FA Cup final
Manchester United suffered a 2-1 defeat against Manchester City in the FA Cup final on Saturday as the Red Devils' season came to an end at Wembley Stadium
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CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: Whale I never... Robot spy fish reveal an underwater wonderland
CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: One of the many fascinating insights revealed by Spy In The Ocean (BBC1) is that animals aren't affected by the 'uncanny valley'.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger gets candid about moment he told Maria Shriver of his affair and love child
Arnold Schwarzenegger has gotten candid and opened up about the crushing moment he admitted to Maria Shriver of his 1996 affair and fathering a love child in Netflix documentary.
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CBI faces crunch D-Day vote on its future
Members of the business organisation will vote whether to accept recommendations put forward to reshape it.
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Love Island returns with new batch of contestants for 10th season
A semi-professional footballer who is deaf in one ear and a model who has appeared in a Burna Boy music video are among the new cast.
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Holly Willoughby set to return to This Morning duties following Schofield exit
The TV presenter has been pictured on holiday in Portugal with her family while taking a break from the ITV show.
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Deposit return deadline looms as recycling scheme faces uncertainty
The scheme is due to be brought in next March, but faces being scrapped if glass is not included.
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NHS admits to using taxpayers' money to SPY on dead father-of-five's widow
Louise Slorance (pictured) is leading a campaign to find answers regarding a catalogue of deaths at Glasgow's Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, including that of her late husband Andrew.
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Man to face court after Derby race protest at Epsom
Police charged Ben Newman, 32, from Hackney, east London, with causing public nuisance.
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Kathleen Folbigg pardoned after 20 years in jail over deaths of her four children
Release comes after inquiry heard that Folbigg and her two daughters had rare genetic variation and her son may have died from an underlying neurogenetic disorderFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastKathleen Folbigg has been pardoned and will be released “without delay” following a decision of the New South Wales attorney general Michael Daley.Folbigg, who has always maintained her innocence, has spent 20 years of a 25-year sentence in prison since she was convicted in 2003 of murdering three of her children, and the manslaughter of one child. Continue reading...
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Brazil police charge alleged mastermind behind murders of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira
Alleged leader of ‘transnational criminal organisation’ and a supposed subordinate have been charged over the 2022 murders of journalist and Indigenous expertBrazilian police have charged the alleged leader of a “transnational criminal organization” with being the mastermind of the murders of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira in the Amazon one year ago.The British journalist and the Brazilian Indigenous expert were shot dead while returning from a reporting trip to the remote Javari valley region on 5 June 2022. Continue reading...
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Nearly 80 primary schoolgirls believed poisoned in Afghanistan
Two schools in northern province targeted, says education official, who suggested the attacker was motivated by a personal grudge Nearly 80 girls were poisoned and hospitalised in two separate attacks at their primary schools in northern Afghanistan, a local education official said on Sunday.He said the person who orchestrated the poisoning had a personal grudge but did not elaborate. The attacks took place in Sar-e-Pul province over Saturday and Sunday. Continue reading...
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Second homes crackdown 'responsible for disgusting tourists with no manners'
The recent increase in council tax on holiday homes in an area of North Wales means more temporary visitors are flooding the area, and the behaviour of some is causing locals to complain about 'horrible people'.
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Old multi-storey car parks cannot cope with heavy electric vehicles, warn engineers
The urgent guidance follows the collapse of a multi-storey car park in New York City in April, in which one person died and five were taken to hospital
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Great Barrier Reef: How AI, wildlife experts and everyday Aussies are banding together to save site
The Great Barrier Census, is a large scale reconnaissance project that allows members of the public to analyse photos to identify what sections of the reef are damaged.
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