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Elizabeth Sombart’s Singing the Nocturnes might be a misleading title for some. The classical pianist’s album is an instrumental affair featuring only her piano and not a trace of the human voice is heard. However, Frederic Chopin’s sophisticated yet beguiling melodies are laden throughout the album’s twenty-one tracks and gives the release a distinct vocal quality that
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Harvey Parker. (Met Police) Police searching for Harvey Parker, who was last seen outside London’s Heaven nightclub on 17 December, have discovered a body in the River Thames. While the body has not formally been identified as the 20-year-old student, their family have issued a statement addressing the discovery. They said: “We are so very
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Chip and Joanna Gaines truly nailed it in this casting tape!  On Wednesday, Jan. 5, the handy Texan couple released a never-before-seen Fixer-Upper casting video from 2012, in honor of the launch of their new network, Magnolia Network. In the video, a baby-faced Chip and Joanna introduce themselves, their company and what they’re all about: buying and flipping
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Kate Winslet played Mary Anning in Ammonite. (Natural History Museum Picture Library and YouTube/ BFI) Fossil hunter Mary Anning, portrayed by Kate Winslet in the film Ammonite, will finally be honoured with a statue in her hometown of Lyme Regis. Until recently, Anning, born in 1799, was almost forgotten by history despite being a pioneering
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Vicki Gunvalson isn’t exactly saying “woohoo” to ex Steve Lodge‘s new engagement.  Earlier this week, Steve announced his plans to marry schoolteacher Janis Carlson next year and told E! News, “Janis and I are very happy and will be getting married in April of 2022. We are completely head over heels in love and look forward to our life together.”  Vicki
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Person waving a trans Pride flag at Dublin’s Pride parade in 2019. (Szymon Barylski/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Ireland’s only gender clinic “does not have capacity” to see the 300 trans people who are being referred to it each year, according to its lead clinician. Writing for the Irish Times – and breaking a four-month trans-led
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Tristan Thompson has apologized to ex Khloe Kardashian amid an ongoing paternity lawsuit. “Today, paternity test results reveal that I fathered a child with Maralee Nichols,” wrote the NBA star on his Instagram Story on Monday, Jan. 3.  Nichols filed a lawsuit against Thompson in California, saying he is the father of her newborn son. In court docs,
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Four…Three….Two…One…The sparkling Waterford Crystal Times Square New Year’s Eve Ball gracefully made its way down amidst a wondrous crowd of anticipated onlookers, streams of golden confetti, Gods graffiti of fireworks and a chance to celebrate things that have never been…. Just moments before 2022 was ushered in world-renowned grand master composer, film soundtrack guru and
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A protester holds a trans pride flag and a placard that reads “Protect Trans Kids” placard during the trans rights demonstration. (Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty) An Arizona lawmaker is ringing in the new year by introducing two new bills targeting trans youth in the state. Republican senator Wendy Rogers proposed Senate Bill 1045 (SB
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Patton Oswalt has apologised for any “hurt” he caused fans after he performed alongside Dave Chappelle. (Getty/Albert L Ortega/Kevin Mazur/Getty for The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ) Patton Oswalt has apologised for any “hurt” he caused fans after sharing that he had performed alongside embattled comedian Dave Chappelle. Oswalt shared in a post
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What would you do if you were starving (and possibly possessed) in the woods?  While we’re still seeking answers to all the mysteries behind Showtime‘s Yellowjackets, we’re still left grappling with feeling simultaneous pity, horror and empathy toward our favorite 1996 high school soccer team turned plane crash survivors. Sure, teenagers do messed up stuff all the time, like
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