All posts tagged: Stayed

Avenue Q review – A Gen-X time capsule that should have stayed buried

Avenue Q review – A Gen-X time capsule that should have stayed buried

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Think back to the turn of the century. Political correctness had “gone mad”, so it was said, and the cutting edge of comedy was a battleground for the busting of new taboos. Gen-Xers, weaned on the ironic, pop-culture-literature nectar of The Simpsons, were making their own stabs at transgression. It was an era that gave us Family Guy, South Park, and, on stage, Avenue Q, a musical that dared to ask the all-important question: what if the puppets in Sesame Street were all professionally listless, sexually active young adults? Audiences, cynical and pop-culturally savvy themselves, ate it up. Avenue Q beat fledgling box office behemoth Wicked to the big Tony Award win that year, a victory for the snarky contrarian. But that was then, and this is now. Twenty-three years have passed since Avenue Q premiered (in its initial incarnation, off-Broadway), …

Scott Mills ‘stayed in touch with alleged teenage victim for years’

Scott Mills ‘stayed in touch with alleged teenage victim for years’

Published by Sam Flores

Scott Mills allegedly stayed in touch with the teenage boy he was accused of committing “serious sexual offences” against for up to eight years. The former BBC Radio 2 DJ was sacked last month after it emerged he was investigated over the alleged “offences” against a boy under 16 between 1997 and 2000. Now, it has been alleged the 53-year-old remained in contact with the boy until around 2006. “A lot of Scott’s friends knew about this lad. Scott stayed in touch with him, and I first heard about him in 2001,” a source told The Sun. They claimed Mills was “friendly” with the boy, like he was with a lot of people”, and that they were “in contact until around 2006.” The Metropolitan Police launched an investigation into Mills in 2016. Mills faced an investigation over alleged serious sexual offences against a teenage boy (PA Wire) He was questioned in 2018 and the case was closed in 2019 after prosecutors decided there was insufficient evidence to bring charges. The Standard has contacted Mills’ representative …

People Who’ve Stayed Happily Married For Decades Often Notice These 3 Changes In Themselves | Colene Sawyer Schlaepfer

People Who’ve Stayed Happily Married For Decades Often Notice These 3 Changes In Themselves | Colene Sawyer Schlaepfer

Published by Jenni Sidey

“Honey, you are beautiful even when you have curlers in your hair,” my husband says. My brain wants to say, “No way,” but my whole body softens to this compliment, and I feel good all over. People who’ve stayed happily married for decades often notice how things like compliments can be in short supply. Yet, research has shown how compliments boost self-esteem and foster security in a marriage. This is one way the past can affect our relationships, like my husband, who was micro-managed by his mom and resented it. So, I make sure he decides where we go and what we do at least half the time. My relationship with the love of my life is a wonder in how we can change within ourselves. This allows us to heal the hurt or neglected parts of us from relationships earlier in our lives. People who’ve stayed happily married for decades often notice these 3 changes in themselves: 1. They notice that healthy love changes how they respond emotionally Discoveries about how the brain first …

How Costume Designe Oscar Nominees Stayed True to Their Film’s Period

How Costume Designe Oscar Nominees Stayed True to Their Film’s Period

Published by Daniella Wilson

From 16th-century Elizabethan England to Pandora, these artisans share how they brought their creations to life. February 24, 2026 11:31am Published on February 24, 2026 Hamnet, Frankenstein, Marty Supreme, Sinners, and Avatar: Fire and Ash Agata Grzybowska/Focus Features (2); John Wilson/Netflix; Frank Ockenfels/Netflix; Atsushi Nishijima/A24; Courtesy of Warner Bros.; Courtesy of 20th Century Studios This year’s Oscar nominees for costume design sweep us away on sartorial journeys to 16th century Elizabethan England in Hamnet, 19th century Europe and the Arctic in Frankenstein, the Mississippi Delta in 1931 in Sinners, 1950s New York City in Marty Supreme and a fictional 22nd century world on the moon Pandora in Avatar: Fire and Ash. In their own words, the costume designers behind each film share the stylistic choices that brought these time-specific stories to life, from a “no alterations” rule on set to testing every piece of clothing on VFX models. Malgosia Turzanska, ‘Hamnet’ Image Credit: Malgosia Turzanska/Focus Features (2); Agata Grzybowska/Focus Features (2) The first conversations director Chloé Zhao and I had were about focusing on the human, …

Perplexity vs Google AI Search: Why It Stayed a Niche Tool

Perplexity vs Google AI Search: Why It Stayed a Niche Tool

Published by skeptic

Mondo examines the rise and fall of Perplexity, an AI search platform launched in 2022 that aimed to provide citation-backed answers without ads or SEO interference. Initially praised for its clean interface and transparent sourcing, Perplexity struggled to maintain momentum as it relied heavily on external AI models and faced stiff competition from industry giants like Google and OpenAI. These constraints, combined with mounting operational costs, ultimately hindered its ability to scale effectively. This deep dive explores key challenges in Perplexity’s journey, including its difficulties with monetization, legal complications, and user trust. Mondo also reviews the platform’s missteps, such as the underwhelming performance of its AI-powered browser, Comet, and the broader implications of these decisions. By unpacking these elements, readers will gain insight into the complexities of sustaining a niche product in a competitive tech landscape. Perplexity’s Rise & Challenges TL;DR Key Takeaways : Perplexity aimed to transform search engines with an ad-free, user-centric model offering citation-backed answers, but struggled to compete with tech giants like Google and OpenAI. Despite early momentum and significant user …

São Paulo names new law after dog that stayed by owner’s grave for 10 years

São Paulo names new law after dog that stayed by owner’s grave for 10 years

Published by Sam Flores

A dog that remained beside his former owner’s grave for 10 years has now given his name to a new state law allowing pets to be buried alongside their loved ones in São Paulo. The new law – already being informally referred to as the Bob Coveiro (the Gravedigger) Law, in tribute to its inspiration – was signed this week by the governor of Brazil’s most populous state, the conservative Tarcísio de Freitas. The law “recognises the emotional bond between guardians and their pets”, according to the state government, and authorises dogs and cats to be buried in graves and family plots whose concessions belong to their owners’ families. Bob’s former owner died in 2011. After her burial, the brown long-haired mixed-breed dog reportedly refused to leave her side at a cemetery in Taboão da Serra, a city of 285,000 inhabitants about 12 miles from the state capital, São Paulo. Relatives are said to have tried several times to take the dog away, but he always returned and was eventually adopted by cemetery staff, who …

Love Stayed, Desire Didn’t. Now What?

Love Stayed, Desire Didn’t. Now What?

Published by Jenni Sidey

One of the most painful dilemmas couples face is this: One partner still wants sex, intimacy, and erotic connection—and the other doesn’t. Or can’t. Or no longer recognizes themselves in that realm. Sometimes the mismatch was always there. One partner was never particularly interested in sex, but it was manageable, ignorable, or deferred. Other times, something shifted: menopause, illness, trauma, aging, exhaustion, an existential change in life perspective. And sometimes, one person kept growing emotionally, erotically, or sensually, without making that growth contingent on their partner’s participation. Now they’ve arrived somewhere new, and the relationship hasn’t caught up. What makes this dilemma so excruciating is that it isn’t about bad intentions. No one is doing anything wrong. And yet something essential is no longer shared. Something you may have assumed would always be there. Desire is the willingness to engage your lover; it’s not the same as arousal. And it cannot be earned, demanded, or extracted by commitment. It responds to aliveness, safety, truth, and freedom. When those conditions change, desire often does too. That …

The place that stayed with me: I would not have become a writer were it not for Iceland | Iceland holidays

The place that stayed with me: I would not have become a writer were it not for Iceland | Iceland holidays

Published by Sam Flores

Lying in my bed, I listened to what sounded like a woman screaming outside in the dark. I picked up my pen. A month of living in this Icelandic village and I was still unaccustomed to the impenetrable January gloom and the ferocity of the wind; its propensity to sound sentient. I had started to feel like the island was trying to tell me something, had a story it wanted me to write. Sauðárkrókur, a fishing town in the northern fjord of Skagafjörður, was all mountain, sea and valley. There were no trees to slow the Arctic winds, and I had already been blown sideways into a snowbank while walking home from Fjölbrautaskóli Norðurlands vestra, my new high school whose name I could not yet pronounce. At night, my dreams were filled with a soundscape of weeping women. When I woke, their wailing continued in the gusts outside. That was when I wrote. I wrote to understand myself in this new place. I wrote to understand Iceland, its brutality and its beauty. Sauðárkrókur in Iceland’s …

Method dressing: nine actors who stayed wildly in character on the red carpet | Fashion

Method dressing: nine actors who stayed wildly in character on the red carpet | Fashion

Published by Sam Flores

‘Have you ever heard of a female actor that was method?” Kristen Stewart said last year, the implication being that method acting is the exclusive preserve of a particular type of man, unburdened by caring responsibilities or needing to be agreeable. But what is available to all actors (without getting their teeth pulled, taking magic mushrooms or demanding to be spoon-fed on set) is method dressing: that is, promoting a film in an outfit inspired by their character. Robbie in high gothic. Photograph: Joanne Davidson/Camera Press Everyone seems to be doing it, particularly in the past few months as Wicked: For Good and now Wuthering Heights have hit the red carpet. Why? It’s a low-stakes way to offer an extra endorsement for the film the actor is promoting (they liked it so much they’re willing to stay in character) and to drum up column inches and excitable TikTok commentary. It can also be a knowing wink – a gift, even – to fans. Some actors (or their stylists) include subtler sartorial semiotics and Easter egg …