Celeste album review The hot prospect in pop... a mix between Billie Holiday and Whitney Houston
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Golden Globes 2021 What to Watch For
The Hollywood awards season starts in earnest with a socially distanced show that begins on Sunday at 8 p.m. Eastern. Streaming services are expected to dominate. Read more...
Renaud Capuon album review This is the best-ever recording of Elgar's Sonata
A number of French cellists have recorded Elgar's Cello Concerto, led by Andr Navarra. Read more...
Sweden advises Texas on restarting frozen wind turbines as power cut
A Swedish firm is offering Texas advice amid the state's wind turbines freezing due to a deep freeze. Skellefte Kraft says it coats blades with carbon fibers that heat automatically. Read more...
Former X Factor judge Dannii Minogue reveals she was pitted against Kylie at start of career
The former X Factor judge, who marks the big day next October, said birthdays remind her of older sister Kylie's cancer battle in 2005 and that the family never take ageing for granted. Read more...
Memoir by Amos Ozs Daughter Divides Family and Shocks Israel
He told me I was filth, Galia Oz writes in her book, Something Disguised as Love, among other accusations of physical and emotional abuse. Her mother and siblings have defended their late father. Read more...
Night Catches Us, Ida and More Offbeat Streaming Options
Still looking for things to watch? Go out on a limb with these titles. Read more...
The Best States for Retirement in 2021
And the ones you may want to avoid. Read more...
The 7 N.B.A. All-Stars Who Would Be King (or Just M.V.P.)
Near the halfway point, this seasons race for the Most Valuable Player Award has top-tier candidates from the usuals (LeBron James) to the newcomers (Joel Embiid). Read more...
Covid Stimulus Bill Heads to the Senate
The .9 trillion pandemic aid bill narrowly passed the House, but now must maneuver through a procedural and political thicket in the Senate. Read more...
Jewell Loyd Is in the Gym, Building Her Game and a Community
A trying year, on and off the court, helped Loyd finally embrace herself as an elite Black female athlete. Read more...
How an Artisanal Doughnut Maker Spends Her Sundays
Kimberly Camara, whose wildly popular pastries have Filipino flavors and themes, takes the day off to be with her family. Read more...
Julien Baker Explores the Art of Doubt on Little Oblivions
The Tennessee singer and songwriters third album upends assumptions and embraces new sonic elements. Read more...
New Noteworthy, From Isabel Allende to Robert Walser
A selection of recent titles of interest; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading. Read more...
Beijing cracks down on citizen journalists who blew whistle on Covid-19
A year after the first coronavirus lockdown enveloped Wuhan, China, Chinese officials have been cracking down on citizen journalists who risked their freedoms to reveal and preserve the truth about the initial outbreak. CNN's David Culver speaks with Chen Kun, who fled the country after his younger brother was arrested for preserving an important internet database of news archives. Read more...
A Bigger Risk Than GameStop? Beware the Ponzi Scheme Next Door
Experts have seen an increase in the frauds, many of which are preying on investors who feel they lost out on the market gains of the last few years. Read more...
Police in Malta Say Arrests Are Complete in Journalists 2017 Murder
The forces commissioner said everyone believed to be involved in the car bombing that killed Daphne Caruana Galizia was in custody. But a motive remains unclear. Read more...
A Blended Family Survival Guide
Blend is how you make smoothies. Put children in a family 'blender' and something quite different happens. Read more...