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Scottish Sun
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- Scottish Sun
Playboy model from iconic Pulp album cover has chilling link to Putin
She is also known for being on the iconic cover of Pulp's 1998 album, This Is Hardcore DO YOU REMEMBER? Playboy model from iconic Pulp album cover has chilling link to Putin A PLAYBOY model who featured on an iconic album cover has a surprising link to Russian tyrant Vladimir Putin. Ksenia Sobchak, 41, posed for the lads' mag in 2006 and was on the iconic cover of Pulp's 1998 album, This Is Hardcore. Advertisement 4 The presenter and politician transformed her image Credit: East2West 4 She used to be known as a party mag in London Credit: East2West 4 She became known for being on the cover of Pulp's album Credit: Wikipedia But the glamorous socialite ditched her party-ways and remade herself into a journalist and liberal politician who has been accused of being a "Kremlin stooge" by opposition activists. She is Putin's goddaughter and the offspring of one of his first political mentors - the ex mayor of St. Petersburg, Anatoly A. Sobchak - who put him on the path to presidency. The unlikely pair have known each other since the 1990s when her dad launched Putin's political career. However, she has been vocal about being against the Ukraine war - and insists she helps residents of Russian border regions displaced by Ukrainian shelling. Advertisement READ MORE ON PLAYBOY 'HARASSMENT' Women's Euro 2025 star who turned down Playboy flooded with pics of naked men She and the President have reportedly have not spoken since the war began, nor seen each other. Sobchak now works as an influencer on YouTube, interviewing critics of the war. arrests of antiwar activists. In a conversation with her 9.5million Instagram fans about the conflict, she said: 'I believe that this is a horrific situation, but we're going to get through this time, we'll get through it together with our audience.' Sobchak ran unsuccessfully in opposition to Putin in the 2018 election - in place of banned candidate Alexei Navalny. Advertisement Navalny accused her of being a puppet opposition candidate to Putin - to give the illusion of democracy. She said at the time: "In a system created by Putin, it is only possible for Putin to win. Scheming Putin's tactics to help Iran attack the West REVEALED as Tehran vows revenge "I am realistic about who will become the president." Sobchak was hit by further controversy in her media career in 2022 when she was hunted by Russianpolice over claims of extortion and tax fraud. Advertisement At the time she claimed it was a "politically motivated move" when three of her former employees were accused of trying to extort money from the head of state-owned defense conglomerate Rostec. After fleeing cops in Moscow, she escaped to Lithuania via Belarus after police arrested her business partner. 4 Russian President Vladimir Putin Credit: Reuters However, after returning to Russia, Sobchak visited the Rostec office to reconcile with boss Sergey Chemezov for the "actions of colleagues" accused of extortion and said "their fate will be decided by the court". Advertisement When the three ex-employees were jailed for seven years, their former boss slammed the verdict as 'way more than injustice.' 'I've done everything we had agreed to get leniency [for Kirill Sukhanov, Arian Romanovsky and Tamerlan Bigayev],' she wrote in a statement. 'Why are you ruining people's lives? 'Why the disproportionality? Just as revenge?' Advertisement Her despair over the Ukraine war sparked a popular YouTube show in which she deals with stories that Russia's state media usually turn a blind eye to. Her interests include the arrests of antiwar activists, violence committed by soldiers returning from the front and human rights abuses in the southern region of Chechnya. Speaking of the Ukraine war, Sobchak said: "We are all locked in this situation now. There is no way out.' Ksenia - who was once named the 22nd most influential woman in Russia - was the Russian equivalent of Paris Hilton in the Noughties.
Metro
21-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Metro
'Mortified' Pulp fan blasts Jarvis Cocker after he mocked her as a teen
A Pulp fan has accused frontman Jarvis Cocker of mocking her onstage after claiming an embarrassing anecdote he told at a recent show was about her. Former self-confessed 'mega fan' Ruth Husko attended the band's reunion tour show at the Utilita Arena in Birmingham on Thursday night in support of Pulp's new album More, their first one in 24 years. She said she was 'absolutely mortified' to hear the singer reminisce about a former audience member's behaviour at another gig in the city in the late 1990s and realise that he was allegedly speaking about her. Sharing a photo from the gig to X, Ruth began her post by saying she had been enjoying the show 'immensely' until Cocker, 61, started talking about Pulp's 1998 gig at the NEC. She recalled that he had explained how balloons were supposed to fall from the ceiling during the gig, but he had struggled to release them properly from the net – resulting in just one single balloon falling out. Ruth wrote: 'He went on to describe how a woman at the front of the crowd had grabbed that sole balloon and then he did a little impression of the woman, really enthusiastically waving the balloon around like a moron for the rest of the show. 'He summed it up saying it was the most humiliating experience of his life and everyone laughed.' To her horror, this is when Ruth claims it dawned on her that the woman the Common People hitmaker was talking about was, in fact, her – aged 15. She continued: 'Ladies and gentlemen: that woman was 15 years old, and I know because it was me. 'I was a Pulp mega fan back then and would've done anything for Jarvis to acknowledge my existence. Now he's doing an impression of me looking like a f*****g dollop in front of an audience of thousands.' However, she then made a little dig back, adding: 'Was absolutely mortified, but at least I didn't dress up as Rolf Harris for Celebrity Stars in Their Eyes (2002).' In 2014, Harris was convicted on twelve counts of indecent assault against four female victims, aged between eight and 19. He served nearly three years of his five years and nine months sentence, before dying aged 93 in May 2023. He had always denied any wrongdoing. In a follow-up tweet, Ruth also shared that she found it funny Cocker had described her as a woman, despite being only a teenager at the time. 'In 1998 I was still a child. Having said that I was 5ft 9in, obese and used to wear a Caterpillar jacket. I looked like a divorced bricklayer from Stoke,' she added. Pulp scored their first number one album in 27 years this month with More, having last topped the charts with This Is Hardcore in 1998. There have also been rumours running rampant that Pulp is the true identity of secret act Patchwork, set to grace the stage at the 2025 Glastonbury Festival next weekend. Popular tip account SecretGlasto seemingly 'confirmed' the news that it would be Pulp taking to the Pyramid Stage in that primetime slot of 6:15pm on Saturday, June 28. SecretGlasto shared a video of a patchwork quilt and someone using a sewing machine before cutting to clips of Jarvis Cocker and Pulp. More Trending Cocker has recently spoken about doing patchwork while on tour, and he's already set to be at Glastonbury this year for a DJ set at the Stone Bridge bar. Formed in Sheffield in 1978, Pulp grew in popularity in the mid-90s, firstly with their 1994 album His 'n' Hers and then its follow-up Different Class. Their recent return with new music has proven bittersweet after the band lost bassist Steve Mackey in 2023. Metro has contacted a rep for Jarvis Cocker for comment. Got a story? If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@ calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we'd love to hear from you. MORE: All the clues and theories about who Glastonbury's mystery Patchwork band is
The Advertiser
14-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Advertiser
Pulp score first UK No.1 album in 27 years with More
British band Pulp has returned to the top of the UK album charts for the first time in 27 years as their new record More went to No.1. More was released last week just before the group, led by Jarvis Cocker, kicked off a UK and Ireland tour. It is Pulp's eighth studio album and their first since 2001's We Love Life. The band, from the British city of Sheffield, last topped the UK albums chart in 1998 with This Is Hardcore. The Official Charts Company said More also topped the Official Vinyl Albums Chart. "The day an album is released to the public is a very special day," Cocker said in a statement on the album's release. "The music changes from being something owned only by the band to something that can be owned by anyone - it can become part of people's lives. It's magic." Pulp found fame in the mid-1990s Britpop wave with hits such as Common People, Disco 2000 and Help the Aged. They split in 2002 before reforming twice in subsequent years. More was recorded over three weeks in late 2024 and the band has previously said it was dedicated to late bassist Steve Mackey, who died in 2023. Mackey is credited as a songwriter on two of the album's songs. Pulp released the first single from the album, Spike Island, in April followed by Got to Have Love in May. British band Pulp has returned to the top of the UK album charts for the first time in 27 years as their new record More went to No.1. More was released last week just before the group, led by Jarvis Cocker, kicked off a UK and Ireland tour. It is Pulp's eighth studio album and their first since 2001's We Love Life. The band, from the British city of Sheffield, last topped the UK albums chart in 1998 with This Is Hardcore. The Official Charts Company said More also topped the Official Vinyl Albums Chart. "The day an album is released to the public is a very special day," Cocker said in a statement on the album's release. "The music changes from being something owned only by the band to something that can be owned by anyone - it can become part of people's lives. It's magic." Pulp found fame in the mid-1990s Britpop wave with hits such as Common People, Disco 2000 and Help the Aged. They split in 2002 before reforming twice in subsequent years. More was recorded over three weeks in late 2024 and the band has previously said it was dedicated to late bassist Steve Mackey, who died in 2023. Mackey is credited as a songwriter on two of the album's songs. Pulp released the first single from the album, Spike Island, in April followed by Got to Have Love in May. British band Pulp has returned to the top of the UK album charts for the first time in 27 years as their new record More went to No.1. More was released last week just before the group, led by Jarvis Cocker, kicked off a UK and Ireland tour. It is Pulp's eighth studio album and their first since 2001's We Love Life. The band, from the British city of Sheffield, last topped the UK albums chart in 1998 with This Is Hardcore. The Official Charts Company said More also topped the Official Vinyl Albums Chart. "The day an album is released to the public is a very special day," Cocker said in a statement on the album's release. "The music changes from being something owned only by the band to something that can be owned by anyone - it can become part of people's lives. It's magic." Pulp found fame in the mid-1990s Britpop wave with hits such as Common People, Disco 2000 and Help the Aged. They split in 2002 before reforming twice in subsequent years. More was recorded over three weeks in late 2024 and the band has previously said it was dedicated to late bassist Steve Mackey, who died in 2023. Mackey is credited as a songwriter on two of the album's songs. Pulp released the first single from the album, Spike Island, in April followed by Got to Have Love in May. British band Pulp has returned to the top of the UK album charts for the first time in 27 years as their new record More went to No.1. More was released last week just before the group, led by Jarvis Cocker, kicked off a UK and Ireland tour. It is Pulp's eighth studio album and their first since 2001's We Love Life. The band, from the British city of Sheffield, last topped the UK albums chart in 1998 with This Is Hardcore. The Official Charts Company said More also topped the Official Vinyl Albums Chart. "The day an album is released to the public is a very special day," Cocker said in a statement on the album's release. "The music changes from being something owned only by the band to something that can be owned by anyone - it can become part of people's lives. It's magic." Pulp found fame in the mid-1990s Britpop wave with hits such as Common People, Disco 2000 and Help the Aged. They split in 2002 before reforming twice in subsequent years. More was recorded over three weeks in late 2024 and the band has previously said it was dedicated to late bassist Steve Mackey, who died in 2023. Mackey is credited as a songwriter on two of the album's songs. Pulp released the first single from the album, Spike Island, in April followed by Got to Have Love in May.
Yahoo
13-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Pulp score first UK no.1 album in 27 years with 'More'
LONDON (Reuters) -British band Pulp returned to the top of the UK album charts for the first time in 27 years on Friday as their new record "More" went to No. 1. "More" was released last week just before the group, led by Jarvis Cocker, kicked off a UK and Ireland tour. It is Pulp's eighth studio album and their first since 2001's "We Love Life". The band, from the British city of Sheffield, last topped the UK albums chart in 1998 with "This Is Hardcore". The Official Charts Company said "More" also topped the Official Vinyl Albums Chart. 'The day an album is released to the public is a very special day," Cocker said in a statement on the album's release. "The music changes from being something owned only by the band to something that can be owned by anyone – it can become part of people's lives. It's magic." Pulp found fame in the mid-1990s Britpop wave with hits such as "Common People", "Disco 2000" and "Help the Aged". They split in 2002 before reforming twice in subsequent years. "More" was recorded over three weeks in late 2024 and the band has previously said it was dedicated to late bassist Steve Mackey, who died in 2023. Mackey is credited as a songwriter on two of the album's songs. Pulp released the first single from the album, "Spike Island", in April followed by "Got to Have Love" in May.
South Wales Guardian
13-06-2025
- Entertainment
- South Wales Guardian
Pulp score first UK number one album in 27 years with More
The last time the Sheffield-based group topped the UK album charts was in 1998 with This Is Hardcore which followed on from their best-known studio album, Different Class, released three years prior and their only other chart-topping LP. More, which was released last Friday, is the band's first studio album since 2001's We Love Life. The album is also named the biggest record of the week on wax, topping the Official Vinyl Albums Chart. The band are playing a number of gigs throughout the summer, including sets at Montreux Jazz Festival in July and Incheon Pentaport Rock Festival in August. The veteran rockers have a gap in their schedule between June 21 and July 10, which has fuelled speculation that they could be among the secret acts currently listed as 'TBA' in the line-up for Glastonbury Festival, which is taking place later this month. Elsewhere in the albums chart the eponymous debut album of US pop star and TikTok sensation Addison Rae has landed at number two. The record contains the hit singles Diet Pepsi, Headphones On, and Fame Is A Gun, which have all made it into the top 40 of the singles chart. Another new entry is Lotus by British rapper Little Simz, which has landed at number three, a personal best for the London-born music star whose Mercury Prize-winning album Sometimes I Might Be Introvert peaked at number four back in 2021. Lotus also debuts at number one on the Official Record Store Chart, the most popular LP of the week in UK independent record shops. Rounding out the top five is Sabrina Carpenter's Short N' Sweet at number four and Ed Sheeran's Mathematics Tour Collection compilation album at five. Over in the singles chart, US popstar Carpenter has knocked Alex Warren from the top spot with her new single Manchild. The 26-year-old recently announced the release of a new studio album, Man's Best Friend, which will be released in August. The Official Charts Company said Carpenter has banked the most consecutive weeks in the albums chart top five out of any other female solo artist. The rest of the top five sees Warren at number two with Ordinary, Love Me Not by Ravyn Lenae at number three, Chappell Roan's Pink Pony Club at number four, and Sombr's Undressed at number five.
