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Irish Independent
2 days ago
- Health
- Irish Independent
CNN's John King on living with MS, his Irish roots and US politics: ‘I am not anti-Trump. I am fascinated by Donald Trump. He is a political phenomenon'
The US news network's silver-haired chief national correspondent on growing up as an Irish-American in blue-collar Boston, covering the scandal-filled years of the Clintons, his daily challenges living with MS – and what he really thinks of the US President John King gives a nod to his Galway roots as he relaxes in his office in CNN in Washington. Photo: Benjamin Lowy Diagnosed in 2008, he publicly revealed he had the disease on his show, Inside Politics , in 2021. 'MS is a very cruel disease to many people who get it,' King says now. 'They go from walking to wheelchairs in a matter of months. They lose the ability to do things, whether they are craftsmen or dancers, that they love. That challenges me every day. I still get to do the things that I love. Join the Irish Independent WhatsApp channel Stay up to date with all the latest news Life Magazine Barry Egan Hillary Clinton Bill Clinton Donald Trump Barack Obama
India.com
21-06-2025
- Entertainment
- India.com
Dilip Kumar's sister-in-law, did India's first BOLD shoot, moved to Pakistan after..., name was..., Sonam Kapoor was her...
Dilip Kumar's sister-in-law, did India's first BOLD shoot, moved to Pakistan after..., name was..., Sonam Kapoor was her... Today, we will highlight the journey of this actress who became Bollywood's original sex symbol. In 1950s, she became a popular name due to her bold scenes and sizzling photoshoots, hence, breaking the norms and shifting the mindset of conservative Indians. She is none other Begum Para, the actress who started her career at 17, and was a huge name after acting in films like Neel Kamal, Jharna, and Kar Bhala. Begum Para Became one of the Highest-Paid Actresses in 1950s Born in Zubaida ul Haq, Jhelum, Pakistan, Begum Para moved to Bombay after her brother's marriage with Bengali actress Protima Dasgupta. Fascinated by the city's allure, she often used to accompany her sister-in-law on shoots. Soon, she started receiving film offers. Her grand debut in Bollywood happened at the mere age of 17 with the film Chand. Her debut was a superhit, and shot her to overnight stardom. Initially, her salary was Rs 1500 per month, and soon became one of the highest-paid actresses of her time. For the unversed, In 2008, she portrayed Sonam Kapoor's grandmother in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Saawariya. Begum Para did India's First-ever Bold Photoshoot In 1951, Begum Para created a stir in Bollywood with her bold photoshoot for Life Magazine, shot by then photographer James Burke. She became the first actress to do so and garnered massive attention with her surprising yet bold style. After establishing herself as a prominent name in the industry, Begum Para tied the knot with Nasir Khan, the younger brother of actor Dilip Kumar. The couple were blessed with three children, out of whom Ayub Khan entered films and became a well-known actor. Begum Para quit acting after her marriage but was still remembered for her impressive style and path-breaking choices. Following her husband's demise in 1974, Begum Para resided in Pakistan with her family for two years but moved back to India, where she spent the rest of her life. She passed away at the age of 82 in 2008.
New York Times
18-06-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
Vicki Goldberg Dies at 88; Saw Photography Through a Literary Lens
Vicki Goldberg, an influential photography critic and the author of a lauded 1986 biography of Margaret Bourke-White, the pioneering and colorful Life magazine photographer, died on May 29 in Manhattan. She was 88. Her death, at an assisted living facility, was caused by brain cancer, her son Eric Goldberg said. Though she was trained as an art historian, Ms. Goldberg began writing about photography in the 1970s, when the medium was having a renaissance after a postwar lull. At the time, said Mary Panzer, a historian of photography and an independent curator, 'much of the criticism was written by men and appeared in the photography press, such as Popular Photography and Modern Photography, and was directed at professionals, hobbyists and the eccentrics who considered photography something more than a collectible.' 'Goldberg,' she added, 'brought a broad education, insatiable curiosity and relentless ambition to her work. She showed us that photography was part of our social and cultural landscape.' Ms. Goldberg had a windfall in the case of Bourke-White. In 1973, two years after the photojournalist's death, 8,000 of her photographs and other artifacts were discovered under a stairway in her house in Darien, Conn. Bourke-White had burned most of her diaries, Ms. Goldberg told The New York Times in 1986, but had 'saved everything but the Kleenex,' including menus, receipts and Time Inc. memo pads. On one pad she'd written, 'Should I marry Erskine Caldwell?' (She and the novelist had a brief and stormy marriage.) Ms. Goldberg pored over the trove for an article in New York Magazine, and soon embarked on her Bourke-White biography. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
Chicago Tribune
24-05-2025
- General
- Chicago Tribune
Letters: Father's diary provides a window in World War II
My dad was 30 years old and in the Army Air Corps when his troop transport sailed from New York Harbor in August 1942 to join a convoy headed for the Mediterranean Theater — first to North Africa, then later to Italy. He was the main breadwinner of the family, which included his mother, his pregnant wife (my mom) and his six younger siblings. I'm sure many men had similar family experiences to deal with. After arriving in Italy, Dad was put in charge of a group, mostly mechanics, at a hangar in an airfield and kept track of the parts and supplies needed to repair the planes that landed there. The airfield was generally a few miles behind the front, so as the front moved, the men had to disassemble, then reassemble the hangar. Needless to say it was a grim place with all of the crash landings on and off the field. Dad was struck by how young the pilots were, in their early 20s, but full of vim, vigor and guts. The things they saw, no one should see. In the fall of 1944, Dad contracted hepatitis and was hospitalized for several months in Rome when he got the terrible news that his only brother, 19-year-old Phil, was shot in the Battle of the Bulge near Nancy, France, and lived for 10 days before dying. My grandmother got the news on Christmas Eve. I can't imagine how she, our family, and I'm sure other families who lost loved ones, dealt with that. Dad came back stateside on a hospital ship, which he referred as the ship of horrors, with hundreds of wounded men. The medical staff was very overworked, and he tried his best to help some of the men eat, write a letter or just talk with them. Unfortunately, by the time the ship landed in New York Harbor in the winter of 1945, Dad had had a relapse. He was sent to a hospital in Spokane. He recuperated for 10 more months before he was finally reunited with his family in Chicago. We are so grateful he kept a daily diary from the time he left the States till the day he returned. Besides celebrating Memorial Day soon, this September, my Uncle Phil would have turned 100, and some of our family will visit his gravesite to honor him and all the other young men, and would-be dads, who gave their lives for our you for the touching account of the Azizi family's journey to West Ridge (''I think it's here,'' May 18). Zareen Syed's detailed yet understated narrative, accompanied by John J. Kim's superb photos, bring to mind the classic Life Magazine era of journalism. I am reminded of my grandmother's journey to Chicago just over a century ago after a harrowing encounter with antisemitic soldiers in Pinsk, Belarus, not yet 18 and with no English under her belt. By the time the rest of her family could leave, quotas under the Johnson-Reed Act of 1924 forced them to look elsewhere, so they ended up in Argentina, and my grandmother saw her mother and siblings only one more time. That the entire Azizi family was able to come to Chicago to support one another is wonderful. The sinister flip side, of course, is that many such families, just as lovely and deserving, may not be able to make it to safety in Chicago or anywhere else due to the irrational and mean-spirited cancellation of refugee programs and the Special Immigrant Visa program in particular. Again, going back to the last century, one can't help contemplating the fate of those stranded in Eastern Europe due to U.S. resistance to relaxing immigration quotas in the face of impending doom. Families like the Azizis are extraordinarily brave, resourceful and decent, and there is room for many, many more of them in this vast usually astute and insightful architecture critic, Edward Keegan, badly misfired in my view in his May 18 article 'Pope Leo XIV's childhood home an example of the ordinary architecture Chicago does well.' I attribute this to a severe case of Pope Leo XIV mania. Many have understandably succumbed to it. But, please, it's time to sober up. I think it's absurd to compare this very, very modest Dolton house to a building such as H.H. Richardson's Marshall Field Wholesale Store. Even worse is to link it to the work of Mies van der Rohe. To describe Mies' work as 'ordinary' is grotesque. Here are some of the best words to describe his work: simple, clean, clear, pure and, above all, elegant. Mies' work is the opposite of 'ordinary.'On Monday evening, I had the pleasure of attending a high school commencement in the northern suburbs. I left two hours later very impressed with not only the dignity of the evening, but also the maturity of the student commencement speakers. They articulated wonderful thoughts and concerns for the future and also a retrospective of the past. They were talking to the entire gymnasium and not just to their peers. They sincerely offered credit for their success to their parents and educators. If these two kids are indicative of even a small percentage of all high school graduates, then there is hope that our country will be successful.
Extra.ie
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Extra.ie
Vogue Williams lifts the lid on doubts ahead of Brian McFadden marriage
Vogue Williams has opened up on her marriage to Brian McFadden, admitting 'deep down I knew I had made a mistake' on the morning of the wedding. The podcaster and presenter married the singer in 2012 with their divorce finalised in 2017. Vogue is now married to reality star Spencer Matthews while Brian is set to tie the knot for a third time to English teacher Danielle Parkinson. Vogue Williams has opened up on her marriage to Brian McFadden, admitting 'deep down I knew I had made a mistake' on the morning of the wedding. Pic: Dave J Hogan/DaveWriting about her first marriage in her memoir, Big Mouth, Vogue detailed feeling 'very stressed' on the morning of the wedding but 'tried to make things work.' She clarified: 'The relationship wasn't all terrible, we did have some great times too, and for the most part he was good fun to be around. But he was not husband material.' The now mother-of-three revealed it was her who ultimately called time on the relationship, writing that 'there are things that went on that will never be forgiven.' Vogue is now married to reality star Spencer Matthews while Brian is set to tie the knot for a third time to English teacher Danielle Parkinson. Pic: Instagram. The excerpts from Vogue's memoir were released over the weekend in Life Magazine, with the book set for release on Thursday. Vogue is now married to former Made in Chelsea star Spencer Matthews, with the pair saying 'I do' in June 2018 at Spencer's 10,000-acre family estate in Scotland. The pair met on the fourth and final series of Channel 4 reality TV competition, The Jump, which saw celebrities trying their hand at a number of winter sports such as skiing and bobsleigh. The excerpts from Vogue's memoir were released over the weekend in Life Magazine, with the book set for release on Thursday. Pic: Karwai Tang/WireImage Vogue withdrew from the show due to injury while Spencer went on to win. The pair befriended each other during training, with Spencer reaching out to Vogue following the show. Speaking to Evoke previously, Vogue recalled Spencer 'kept ringing' her after the show had wrapped up. Vogue is now married to former Made in Chelsea star Spencer Matthews, with the pair saying 'I do' in June 2018 at Spencer's 10,000-acre family estate in Scotland. Pic: Vogue Williams/Instagram Vogue added that the pair were in Austria 'having a few drinks, and that's the way it goes.' The couple share three children — Theodore, Gigi and Otto — and co-presented their own podcast, Spencer & Vogue until Spencer took a step back earlier in the year. Spencer's retirement from the podcast led to much speculation that his marriage was on the rocks, with Vogue issuing a statement in March saying: 'It's disappointing to see this narrative being pushed almost daily when it's absolutely not true and much more importantly I don't want my children hearing these lies in the playground. 'We're very happily married and in love and I hope posting the truth on my own platform night make it stop.'
