Pharrell Williams received good news on Friday after a judge ruled that he did not lie under oath. The judgment in favor of the 47-year-old musician and songwriter appears to be the end of the years-long legal battle in which the estate of the late singer Marvin Gaye sued Williams and his collaborator Robin Thicke … Read more
Romi Savova is the chief executive of PensionBee, which was founded in 2014 Investors keen to ditch big oil and gas companies from their pension funds have the option to go fossil fuel free from as early as next year if they sign up their savings to a brand new tracker fund set for launch … Read more
Joe Biden was at a loss for words Wednesday night when he was asked how he felt about Donald Trump refusing to vow to leave office peacefully if he lost the election in November. ‘What country are we in?’ the former vice president queried to reporters. ‘I’m being facetious,’ he clarified. ‘I said, what country … Read more
Matt Hancock won’t commit to pay rise for ‘incredible’ NHS staff but claims they will be ‘rewarded’ for efforts during Covid-19 crisis ahead of tonight’s final Clap for Carers on health service’s 72nd anniversary The Health Secretary said we ‘want to reward NHS staff for what they have done’ But Matt Hancock refused to commit … Read more
Ministers refuse to commit to closing ‘blatant’ loophole that allowed a gambling firm to dodge £3.5million fine after addict’s suicide Chris Bruney lost a total of £119,000 in the five days before his death, but instead of shutting his account Winner.co.uk plied him with cash bonuses and free bets Playtech tried to avoid punishment by closing … Read more
She won an Oscar for her intense portrayal of the serial killer Aileen Wuornos in 2003’s chilling Monster. Yet Charlize Theron says her days of going all in with method acting are over in an interview with the Mirror published Saturday. The 44-year-old actress revealed that she doesn’t have the energy for such intensive performances when … Read more
The US will not be part of a new trial led by the World Health Organization examining which treatments work best against coronavirus. The so-called ‘SOLIDARITY trial’ will see researchers from several different countries compare the effects of different drugs on the highly-infectious disease. Included in the trial are remdesivir, originally conceived as a drug … Read more
Edgar Allan Poe was said to be drunk, unhappy and quarrelsome at the end of his life, but new research suggests he was not suicidal. A study analyzed Poe’s letters, poems and short stories and determined the psychological markers of depression were not consistent with suicide. Using a computerized language analysis, experts found linguistic markers … Read more