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Why are Americans using ayahuasca to cure mental health issues?

Ayahuasca practices are growing in popularity in the US. Many feel the psychedelic has mental health healing properties not found in conventional medicine.

03/02/2023

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What is VEXAS? What to know about the newly-discovered syndrome

The disease, whose discovery was overshadowed by the COVID pandemic, is more frequent in men over the age of 50, though women can also be affected.

02/02/2023

Culture news

Here's how you can spend a night with Seth Rogen in a luxury LA home

Seth Rogen is inviting overnight bookings at a luxury Los Angeles home filled with ceramics he has made himself - and will join paying guests for part of the evening, to offer pottery pointers.

01/02/2023

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Priscilla Presley is contesting daughter Lisa Marie Presley's will

Elvis' only daughter, Lisa Marie, died aged 54 this year. Now her mother is questioning the validity of documents regarding her estate.

31/01/2023

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Who won big at the Sundance Film Fesitival?

The Sundance Film Festival took its bow this weekend in Park City, Utah, after its first in-person edition since 2020. Here are the winners of this year's festival.

30/01/2023

USA

'Unfinished business': Donald Trump kicks off 2024 US presidential run

Early polls suggest the 76-year-old former president is already leading the pack for the Republican Party nomination.

29/01/2023

USA

Video of police brutally beating Tyre Nichols sparks US-wide protests

Nichols, 29, was repeatedly struck by fists, boots and batons by five police officers after being stopped at a Memphis intersection on 7 January. He died of his injuries three days later.

28/01/2023

USA

Memphis braces for release of video showing Tyre Nichols' arrest

The video shows the arrest that led to the death of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols. While details have so far been limited, the video is hoped to provide a clear picture.

27/01/2023

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Justin Bieber sells music catalogue for $200 million

A new trend has started where stars sell their entire back catalogue to music investment firms. But just how much are these firms willing to pay for the rights to Bieber, Bowie and Bruce?

26/01/2023

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'Rick and Morty' drops co-creator and voice actor Justin Roiland

Adult Swim has stated that “Rick and Morty will continue” despite dropping its main voice actor and co-creator

25/01/2023

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In defence of the leading man: Timothée Chalamet's Apple ad proves it

Everyone's talking about the new Apple TV advert with Timothée Chalamet. But the one thing they're missing is it proves he truly is the last of the great Hollywood leading men.

25/01/2023

Culture news

Reed Hastings steps down: The Rise and Fall of Netflix’s CEO

We track the meteoric rise of Netflix, and as Hastings steps down, the ways the streaming service has stopped delivering.

20/01/2023

Culture news

Sundance Film Festival 2023: The movies that need to be on your radar

Kicking off today is the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, which gives us a first glimpse at what we can expect from the year in cinema.

19/01/2023

Culture news

Is Channing Tatum remaking 90s romance classic 'Ghost'?

Get your pottery wheels out of the attic. Dust off your best hunk of clay. Because the film that made pottery and ghosts sexy is coming back. And this time, Channing Tatum is involved.

18/01/2023

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Author Bret Easton Ellis returns with his first novel in 13 years

One of the most controversial figures in modern culture returns with 'The Shards', Bret Easton Ellis' first novel in 13 years

17/01/2023

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Designer Thom Browne defeats Adidas over stripe trademark

The New York designer was victorious in the latest humiliating defeat for Adidas over its design.

13/01/2023

Culture news

Rick And Morty's Justin Roiland facing domestic assault charges

The voice of the cartoon comedy's titular characters has been charged with “one felony count of domestic battery with corporal injury and one felony count of false imprisonment by menace, violence, fraud and/or deceit.”

13/01/2023

USA

At least six dead after tornado rips through Alabama

The storm damaged homes and left tens of thousands without power in parts of the US South.

13/01/2023

Travel News

COVID restrictions ramp up as international travel from China resumes

US officials cited the "lack of transparent data" coming from Beijing as the reason for the new COVID-19 measures.

12/01/2023

Culture news

US rapper Young Thug to go on trial in gang and racketeering case

Rapper Young Thug is set to go on trial Monday, accused of co-founding a criminal street gang and promoting it through his music and social media.

09/01/2023