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...I was going through a complicated period, working very hard for my first show at L’Olympia in Paris, and I wasn’t really in contact with my friends. I felt very alone....
...“We went to see what was called ‘the Sistine Chapel of Impressionism’,” says Riley of the Musée de l'Orangerie....
...He was also, he admits, heavily intrigued: “The whole story just felt so odd,” he says....
...Coker’s 53-year-old son Peter Coker Jr, who lives in Hong Kong, also faces charges and is still at large. The FT has the full story....
...Franklin’s childhood was dominated by her father C L Franklin, a Baptist minister and celebrity preacher, who took her on the road with him on his “gospel caravan” tours when she was 12....
...He recalls one British family business owner who felt confident enough to surround himself with clever people because he knew he was unsackable....
...As Martin Luther King Jr said: “A riot is the language of the unheard.”...
...I felt the first prickle of emotion during “It Takes Two”, from Into the Woods....
...At which point, I yelled three letters at the television: L, B and J, as in Lyndon Baines Johnson....
...Narrative remains a challenge for Millepied: Freeland Jr appeared to look at his Eurydice almost by mistake near the end, robbing her second death of impact....
...The Del’s founders, Elisha Babcock Jr and Hampton L Story, saw the potential in what is still one of California’s finest beaches....
...Part of me felt like: where were you? Where were you with Tamir Rice?”...
...His original can top four hours; here, it’s been reduced to two-and-a-half by Suzan-Lori Parks and Diedre L Murray, and retitled The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess....
...Heineman, Jr on Harvard Law’s blog on Monday....
...Since my fellow committee members are chef Michel Roux Jr of Michelin-starred Le Gavroche and the heads of super-smart wine merchants with royal warrants Berry Bros, Corney & Barrow and Justerini & Brooks...
...“Mark Twain is all of our grandfather,” concurred William Faulkner, with an awkward but sincerely felt turn of phrase....
...Instead, Mr Briatore felt the full force of the FIA’s sanctions. He was given a life ban and barred from attending a grand prix ever again....
...Iron Man, starring Robert Downey Jr, took more than $300m in the US, with a sequel due this summer....
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