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USA Today
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham seemingly reconcile in cryptic posts
Don't look now, but a long-ended relationship could be on the path to mending. Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham joined the wildly popular American-British band Fleetwood Mac in the 1970s, helping them reach the top of the Billboard Top 200 with Rumors in 1977. Fleetwood Mac's Rumors album went on to win the Grammy for Album of the Year in 1978, but Nicks and Buckingham -- who had been dating -- split up during the making of the album. It was an ugly breakup, with Buckingham even accusing Nicks of being the reason he was kicked out of Fleetwood Mac in 2018. The pair allegedly hadn't spoken since 2019. But Thursday, it seemed like a reconciliation might be on the horizon. Nicks and Buckingham took to their personal Instagram accounts, each posting one line from their 1975 song "Frozen Love" from the debut album of their duo, Buckingham Nicks. "And if you go forward..." Nicks posted in what looked like her own handwriting. "I'll meet you there," Buckingham responded. Both were posted within an hour of each other, and immediately fans started spiraling at the potential implications. Were they just rekindling a long lost friendship? Announcing a reunion tour? So do the posts hint at a future collaboration? It's currently unclear, but at the very least, it seems the former couple has mended some bridges.
Straits Times
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Straits Times
Harry Potter stars Emma Watson and Zoe Wanamaker banned from driving for speeding
Find out what's new on ST website and app. LONDON - Two stars of the Harry Potter films (2001 to 2011), including English actress Emma Watson, were each banned from driving for six months on July 16 after being caught speeding in separate incidents. Watson, 35, who played Hermione Granger, the friend of boy wizard Harry Potter in the hugely popular movie franchise, was banned for driving at 61km an hour in a 48km zone in southeastern Banbury in July 2024. American-British actress Zoe Wanamaker, who played Quidditch teacher Madame Hooch in Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone (2001), was banned for six months for her offence. The 76-year-old had been caught driving at 74km an hour in a 64km zone of the M4 motorway in southeastern Berkshire in August 2024. The cases were dealt with separately by a lower magistrates court in the town of High Wycombe. Neither of the stars attended the hearings, at which they were each fined £1,044 (S$1,790). Watson, who was stopped while driving her blue Audi, has been studying at Oxford University. Her lawyer told the court that although she was a student, 'she is in a position to pay the fine'. Top stories Swipe. Select. Stay informed. Singapore Fatal abuse of Myanmar maid in Bishan: Traffic Police officer sentenced to 10 years' jail Singapore HSA launches anti-vaping checks near 5 institutes of higher learning Singapore Kpod vapes, zombie kids: Why it's time to raise the alarm Singapore NEA monitoring E. coli at Sentosa beaches after elevated bacteria levels delay World Aquatics events Life First look at the new Singapore Oceanarium at Resorts World Sentosa Opinion The workplace needs to step up on mental health to match Singapore's efforts at the national level Singapore Singapore Zoo celebrates reptile baby boom, including hatchings of endangered species Business Market versus mission: What will Income Insurance choose? Meanwhile, filming has begun on a Harry Potter TV series that will debut in 2027, bringing the Hollywood hit to the small screen for the first time. While no exact release date has been confirmed, the show will be available on the HBO Max streaming platform. Harry Potter will be played by Scottish actor Dominic McLaughlin, with HBO releasing a photo on July 14 showing the 11-year-old in character for the first time. British actress Arabella Stanton, who played the role of Matilda Wormwood in the West End production of Matilda The Musical (2023 to 2024), will star as Hermione Granger. British actor Alastair Stout will take on the role of Ron Weasley. Established stars will appear alongside them, with American actor John Lithgow playing headmaster Albus Dumbledore, British actor Paapa Essiedu as Severus Snape and English actor Nick Frost as Rubeus Hagrid. AFP
Newsweek
08-06-2025
- Politics
- Newsweek
NATO Ally 'Can't Rely' Solely on US for Protection, Ex-Trump Adviser Warns
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. The U.S. can no longer be considered a reliable ally for Britain and the other NATO members, former Russia adviser to President Donald Trump Fiona Hill said in a recent interview with British newspaper The Guardian. "We're in pretty big trouble," the American-British national said during her interview about the U.K.'s vulnerable geopolitical situation. "We can't rely exclusively on anyone anymore," she said, casting doubt on Trump's determination to tackle Vladimir Putin's aggressive expansion ambitions in Europe. Why It Matters Hill's comments reflect widespread concerns in Europe that the U.S. is no longer the reliable ally it used to be for the continent, and European nations need to quickly get ready to fend for themselves, boosting military spending, forging new alliances or strengthening existing ones. Earlier this week, most NATO members voted to endorse Trump's demand for them to increase their defense spending to 5 percent of their GDP. But this goal might be hard to reach: already in 2023, NATO leaders agreed to spend at least 2 percent of their GDP on national defense budgets, but 22 of the 32 member states are still falling short. During #DefMin, NATO Defence Ministers agreed an ambitious new set of capability targets to build a stronger, fairer, more lethal Alliance, and ensure warfighting readiness for years to come Tap to learn more ↓ — NATO (@NATO) June 5, 2025 What To Know While Hill was born in England, she lived and worked in the U.S. for 30 years, ascending to the role of the White House's chief adviser on Russia during Trump's first administration. Her role was cut short in the summer of 2019, when she was fired by the president, who later accused her of being "terrible at her job." The dismissal followed Hill's testimony at Trump's impeachment trial, where she spoke of Russian meddling at the heart of the White House. Since then, Hill has spoken repeatedly of Trump's admitted admiration for Putin, criticizing his soft approach to the Russian strongman. Fiona Hill, former senior director for Europe and Russia at the National Security Council, on February 2, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. Fiona Hill, former senior director for Europe and Russia at the National Security Council, on February 2, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington said that Putin had "declared war on the West" through his invasion of Ukraine, which the Kremlin leader presented to his counterparts in China, North Korea and Iran as "part of a proxy war with the United States." But Trump, who has long admired the Russian president, appears unwilling to take a strong stance against him and instead "wants to have a separate relationship with Putin to do arms-control agreements and also business that will probably enrich their entourage further," Hill told The Guardian. While Trump has recently shown frustration with Putin, who has largely ignored or stalled on the U.S. president's calls for an end to the invasion of Ukraine, he has remained reluctant to impose further sanctions on Moscow—a type of punishment that European leaders have instead embraced. In a recent interview with The Telegraph, Hill said: "If you offer the Russians a carrot, they just eat it, or they take it and hit you over the head with it." What People Are Saying European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in March: "If Europe wants to avoid war, Europe must get ready for war. By 2030, Europe must have a strong European defense posture." Though she recently insisted that the U.S. was still "an ally," in April she said: "The West as we knew it no longer exists." France's President Emmanuel Macron, who has long advocated for the creation of an EU army and boosting military spending, said in January: "What will we do in Europe tomorrow if our American ally withdraws its warships from the Mediterranean? If they send their fighter jets from the Atlantic to the Pacific?" Earlier this week, President Donald Trump described a phone call with Putin as a "good conversation, but not a conversation that will lead to immediate peace." During the phone call, he said, Putin said "he will have to respond to the recent [Ukrainian] attack on the airfields," Trump wrote on social media, without adding whether he tried to sway the Russian leader from doing so. On June 1, Kyiv launched coordinated, long-range strikes on multiple Russian airbases thousands of miles from Ukraine which took out more than a third of Moscow's strategic cruise missile carriers. What Happens Next According to Hill, Putin sees the Russian invasion of Ukraine as a way toward establishing the country's dominance as a "military power in all of Europe." And the U.S., she warned, cannot be relied on at the moment to help Europe fight off this growing threat. When it comes to defense, she said, the U.K.—and the other NATO members—should not rely on the military umbrella of Washington as they did during the Cold War, "not in the way we did before." A recent survey by the European Council on Foreign Relations found that Europeans are increasingly losing confidence in the U.S. from a geopolitical perspective. A majority, according to the study released in February, considered the U.S. a "necessary partner" rather than "an ally."
Mint
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Mint
Julianne Moore's net worth: From luxury cars, properties, and endorsements - A look at the Siren star's earnings
Julianne Moore, the acclaimed American-British actress, is making headlines with her portrayal of Michaela Kell aka Kiki in the new Netflix show Sirens. Julianne has carved out a remarkable career in Hollywood, amassing a net worth of $55 million. She rose to fame in the early 1990s, recognised for her emotionally rich performances, particularly portraying women in distress. In 2020, she was ranked 11th in The New York Times' list of the 25 Greatest Actors of the 21st Century. Julianne Moore made a name for herself with a series of strong supporting roles during the '90s. Her breakthrough came with Robert Altman's Short Cuts in 1993, followed by impressive turns in Vanya on 42nd Street and Safe. By the mid-1990s, starring roles in blockbusters such as Nine Months and The Lost World: Jurassic Park made her a global name. Oscar nominations poured in for her performances in Boogie Nights, The End of the Affair, Far from Heaven, and The Hours. Other standout roles include appearances in The Big Lebowski, Magnolia, Hannibal, and Children of Men. In the 2010s, she continued to shine with The Kids Are Alright and her award-winning portrayal of Sarah Palin in Game Change. Her 2014 performance in Still Alice, where she played a linguistics professor diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's, earned her the Golden Globe, BAFTA, SAG Award, and ultimately, her first Academy Award. That same year, she starred in Maps to the Stars and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1. She followed this with more strong roles, including appearances in Wonderstruck, Suburbicon, and Kingsman: The Golden Circle in 2017. Moore's success in film translated into an impressive property portfolio. In 1999, she purchased a duplex loft in New York's West Village for $911,500, later selling it for $1.95 million in 2002. In 2003, she acquired a townhouse in the same area for $3.5 million, which she attempted to sell for up to $12.5 million. She still owns this property. She also owns a home in the Hamptons, purchased in 2007 for $1.05 million. Although she listed it for sale in 2015, she later removed it from the market. During the 2020 pandemic, she and her family stayed there frequently, though they eventually moved to a nearby 10-acre property with enhanced security after an unexpected and unsettling incident involving a drunken intruder. Julianne Moore's car collection reflects a mix of practicality and opulence. Her most modest vehicle is a Toyota Prius, priced at approximately $24,525. She also owns a luxurious Mercedes-Benz S-Class worth $112,150, and the pinnacle of her collection is the Lexus LS 600hL, valued at $113,150.
Sydney Morning Herald
06-05-2025
- Business
- Sydney Morning Herald
A Soviet-born businessman will decide the future of the NRL
DAZN, described as the Netflix of sports, is a mystery to Australians. It broadcasts in markets all over the world, with 20 million global subscribers, predominantly across Europe, where it is the largest digital broadcaster, Asia and the Americas. It is owned by American-British citizen businessman Len Blavatnik, said to be worth around $40 billion. He made his fortune in plastics and chemicals following the break-up of the Soviet Union, and also owns Warner Music, taking it over in similar circumstances to Foxtel, as it too was laden with debt. Since the handover, the spin has been that it will be steady as she goes for Foxtel, a comforting position for the NRL. It would be naive to fall for it. Since when has a powerful multibillionaire anywhere in the globe taken over a business and just let it roll along, especially when he had to wipe $2 billion of debt? Evidence of inevitable change occurred last week when 100 Foxtel staff across marketing and engineering were made redundant. The ownership change of Foxtel is of enormous significance for Peter V'landys and his NRL Commission. In News Corporation, it had a familiar ally, with vested interests in the health of the NRL. Despite the fact News secured a minority 6 per cent stake in DAZN and a board position, it will have little say, beyond guidance. In DAZN and Blavatnik, the NRL doesn't know exactly what they're dealing with. It does, though, have a significant bargaining chip. The game. Without NRL, Foxtel and its digital sports arm Kayo would lose subscribers hand-over-fist on the eastern seaboard. But the NRL doesn't just need DAZN to keep the rights, it needs it to pay big for them – way bigger than News Corporation ever did via Foxtel. V'landys has been smarting after accepting slightly in excess of $2 billion over five years (2023-27) from Nine and Foxtel in a post-COVID move in late 2021. The amount was light, and V'landys made a startling admission in this masthead at the time that part of the reason he did the deal was because ' if Fox coughs, all the codes catch a cold '. It came back to bite him. After he prevented Fox from coughing, the AFL swooped on the healthy company's good fortune just seven months later and drew $4.5 billion for seven years from Seven and Foxtel, dwarfing the NRL deal by about $200 million a year. It hurt. He's determined to make amends, flooding the media with stats for the past year which back the position that the NRL draws bigger audiences and richer engagement than the AFL. He hates losing to the Victorians, and his battle with them in the racing industry in his role as Racing NSW CEO is the genesis of a move by some powerful figures in that industry to oust him. V'landys has publicly talked up the possibility of a $3 billion bonanza for the five years from 2027-31. He has put a target on it, and anything short may be seen as a failure. That's where it gets tricky. DAZN is the key, and the NRL has to convince it to pay 50 per cent more than Foxtel did last time, or at the very least be such a keen bidder it forces someone else to. Loading Who is the someone else? Free-to-air broadcaster Nine, the publisher of this masthead, and its digital arm Stan could try and go it alone, as could Seven. You can rule Ten out, and then there's the fanciful notion Netflix, Amazon or another global streamer could come in. Splitting the rights up, as the NFL in the US does with different broadcasters on different days, should be dismissed. Fans would not cop multiple digital subscriptions to watch their beloved game in a cost-of-living crisis.
