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...Leith, whose 2022 opera Last Days was based on Gus Van Sant’s fictionalised account of the final days of Nirvana singer Kurt Cobain, has lately been working with some even chunkier crayons than usual....
...The podcast I’m listening to is Gus Casely-Hayford’s podcast Torn: he takes deep dives into items like fisherman’s sweaters and aviator sunglasses. I’m a fashion geek so it’s manna from heaven....
...“There have been times when I’m coaching CEOs of billion-dollar-plus companies in a parking lot in East Hampton village, because that’s where the cell service is strongest,” he says....
...The bittersweet Latin pop of “Sunset” (“I’m wearing black to mourn the sudden loss of innocence/But that’s all right because it hides the dirt and hides the wine”), features producer Sega Bodega and feels...
...“I’m not against using myth or history, and obviously I’m aware that both can have relevance to me and to now. But in reality, it hardly ever grabs me like that.”...
...I’m Elaine Moore, deputy editor of the FT’s Lex column. And in this season of the podcast, I’m asking: Have we reached peak social media? And if so, where do we go from here?...
...Its energy director Gus Watt told me the firm was examining 12 potential sites around Britain. “We think this is scalable to developments with 100 or 1,000 units,” he says....
...“It influenced me massively, because when I’m making music I often find that if I’m not dancing to it, it’s never going to come out....
...He recounts a story of stylist Benjamin Bruno saying to him during the pandemic: “I’m wearing a yellow T-shirt because it’s about colour therapy. It makes you feel better.”...
...But its roughly $10bn valuation dwarfs the market for automotive lidar, which Northland Securities analyst Gus Richard estimates will be worth $2.5bn in 2025. Luminar declined to comment....
...“I’m not going to be drawn on future fiscal policy,” he said two weeks ago....
...I said no, and I’m glad I stuck to my guns.” Davies built his career on groundbreaking television....
...They hand special powers to seven named Brookfield executives, with a back-up set of directors — including former British civil servant Gus O’Donnell — waiting in the wings if disagreements break out....
...“I’m concerned there is so much briefing going on, which is damaging to both sides....
...I’m not sure I want to know. A few months on, I’m embarrassed I got my husband to fight my battles for me. It would have been better if I’d done it myself....
...“I’m worried he is isolated, unwell and isn’t receiving good advice,” said one MP. Another said he looked “dire” and claimed there were fears in the parliamentary party that “he doesn’t have a grip”....
...I’m almost dumbstruck. What a truly weird film director Tom Hooper (Les Misérables) has made from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical. It’s quite worryingly erotic....
...But I’m not convinced their solutions are well worked-out enough.” For Cummings, shaking up the state is core to his political agenda....
...What we’re reading ‘I’m not the machine I play in the movies’ In the movies, Arnold Schwarzenegger has killed Vikings, vultures, clones and zombies....
...Three years after Wolfson senior had moved back to GUS, Simon was appointed CEO at the age of 33, becoming the youngest person to run a UK blue-chip company....
...At the moment, McKellen is busy with two projects: the movie of Cats in which he will sing the part of Gus, and an upcoming one-man show....
...I’m more interested in the bigger stones — that’s what the Chinese want. I buy from security guards at the Combine....
...“Hec never wanted to be running Glyndebourne,” says Gus. “He’s delighted I took it on, not him.” We discuss team selection....
...“I’m going to feel like this forever.” A year later, Aaron confided in his older sister via text: “I feel like I’m losing it Jenna, I need someone to help me....
...But I’m afraid this theatrical nonsense should never have darkened the stage. Given how much West End theatre is unendurable tosh, that is saying something....
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