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Dolly Parton’s Thoughts on Plastic Surgery”I don’t really think about it too much,” Dolly told The Guardian in 2011. “If something is sagging, bagging, or dragging, I’ll tuck it, suck it or pluck it.” She told Oprah Winfrey in 2020 that she thinks she was “about 40” when she started having plastic surgery. “I’m a firm believer, whatever it takes to make you feel better about yourself,” she explained on The Oprah Conversation. “If you’ve got the nerve, and you’ve got the money, and you’ve got the need for it…If you feel good about you, you can make people feel…

Many – myself included – were thrown through a bit of a loop when Brit golden boy Ben Wheatley presented his 2013 fourth feature, A Field in England, to an unsuspecting and sober public. Film critics tend to favour cosy narratives when it comes to generalising about the careers of the artists that they love, and following a trio of copper-bottomed bangers in Down Terrace (2009), Kill List (2011) and Sightseers (2012), Field upset the apple cart and then some. Yet with a longer view, it’s a film that anticipates an important side to Wheatley as an artist and creator, a desire to wantonly reject conformity and the rules of…

Witness the AOR charts: Where Bon Jovi, Dokken and Aerosmith seamlessly rubbed shoulders with Stevie Nicks, Mike + the Mechanics, and various members of The Who. I join Tim Durling from Tim’s Vinyl Confessions and we explore this chart from forty years ago. RADIO & RECORDS TOP 30 AOR CHART JAN 17/86. What was wild about this show was how different the AOR list was from the Top 40 charts. Some items falling down the AOR list were one of the top songs in the Top 40 which shows that the AOR radio stations got the best songs faster. A…

The latest clash between President Trump, Federal Reserve Chair Powell, and the Department of Justice has been widely portrayed as a constitutional crisis for central bank independence. The DOJ is investigating whether Powell made false or misleading statements to Congress regarding the scope and cost of the Federal Reserve’s m ulti-billion-dollar headquarters renovation. Powell denies wrongdoing and casts the inquiry as political pressure on monetary policy. Trump denies direct involvement, but has renewed his longstanding attacks on Powell’s performance as Fed chair. The affair has metastasized into a broader fight over law, accountability, and the nature of modern central banking.…

Source: Economist

As the road to the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 begins in earnest, Afghanistan and the West Indies face off in a high-stakes three-match T20I series in the UAE. With the global tournament just weeks away, this opening encounter at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium serves as a vital dress rehearsal for two of the most explosive sides in the shortest format.Both teams arrive in the UAE with a point to prove. Afghanistan, led by the indomitable Rashid Khan, have named a full-strength squad that mirrors their World Cup roster. The return of Naveen-ul-Haq and Gulbadin Naib bolsters an…

Barcelona ran our of luck against Real Sociedad

The Vegas Golden Knights have acquired defenseman Rasmus Andersson from the Calgary Flames for defenseman Zach Whitecloud, a 2027 first-round pick, a conditional 2027 second-round pick, and defensive prospect Abram Wiebe. The condition on the pick is that it becomes a first-round pick if the Golden Knights win the Stanley Cup. The Flames are retaining 50 percent of Andersson’s $4.55 million cap hit. The 29-year-old right-handed defenseman is in the final year of his six-year, $27.3 million contract. The Golden Knights save $475,000 off their cap. There is no contact extension as part of the trade. Elliotte Friedman noted on…

China’s economy grew by 5% last year, as record exports helped Beijing meet its annual growth target, according to Chinese government figures.But the data also showed economic growth slowed to a rate of 4.5% in the final three months of 2025 compared to a year earlier.Beijing had set a goal of “around 5%” economic growth in 2025, despite struggles to boost domestic spending and a prolonged property crisis.China reported the world’s largest-ever trade surplus last week – the value of goods and services sold overseas compared to its imports – of $1.19tn (£890bn), driven by a rise in exports to…

The bitcoin price plunged nearly $4,000 in a sharp evening sell-off after President Donald Trump announced plans to impose sweeping new tariffs on Europe on Saturday. Around 6 p.m. EST, massive amounts of selling hit the crypto market triggering a wave of forced liquidations across the bitcoin price and altcoins. The world’s largest cryptocurrency fell from around $95,500 to an intraday low of $91,935 in a span of roughly two hours, according to Bitcoin Magazine Pro data. The sudden drop wiped out more than $500 million in leveraged long positions in just 60 minutes, with total crypto long liquidations topping…