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Scotsman
26-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
Tina Turner: remembering the legacy of the music titan two years after her death in photos
Today (May 24 2025) marks the second anniversary of the passing of one of music's most enduring and endearing performers – the late Tina Turner. From her early years performing as part of the Ike Turner Revue, performing alongside her soon-to-be husband, there was always something special and unique about the singer. She would go on to have a 50-year career in music, becoming a household name in the 1980s with memorable tracks such as The Best and Private Dancer becoming mainstays of both radio and music television. She would also become one of the revered performers to sing a Bond Theme, offering her services to the first Pierce Brosnan 007 film, Goldeneye, in 1995 – a theme that, in this writer's opinion, holds its own against classics sung by Dame Shirley Bassey. Turner officially retired from music in 2009, celebrating her 50 years of performing with a world tour simply titled Tina!: 50th Anniversary Tour. Join us in celebrating the life of Tina Turner with our photo gallery of the singer through the years, from candid moments off stage to memorable occasions she shared the limelight with the likes of Mick Jagger, Elton John, and the late, great David Bowie. 1 . NEW YORK - 1969: Tina Turner performs during a concert at Central Park in 1969 in Manhattan, New York. Walter Iooss Jr./Getty Images Photo Sales 2 . NEW YORK - 1969: Tina Turner performs during a concert at Madison Square Garden on November 28, 1969 in New York City, New York. Walter Iooss Jr./Getty Images Photo Sales 3 . NEW YORK - 1969: Tina Turner performs during a concert at Central Park in 1969 in Manhattan, New York. Walter Iooss Jr./Getty Images Photo Sales 4 . American singer Tina Turner on stage at Wembley Arena, London, March 1985. Graham Wiltshire/Photo Sales
Scotsman
24-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
Tina Turner: remembering the legacy of the music titan two years after her death in photos
Today (May 24 2025) marks the second anniversary of the passing of one of music's most enduring and endearing performers – the late Tina Turner. From her early years performing as part of the Ike Turner Revue, performing alongside her soon-to-be husband, there was always something special and unique about the singer. She would go on to have a 50-year career in music, becoming a household name in the 1980s with memorable tracks such as The Best and Private Dancer becoming mainstays of both radio and music television. She would also become one of the revered performers to sing a Bond Theme, offering her services to the first Pierce Brosnan 007 film, Goldeneye, in 1995 – a theme that, in this writer's opinion, holds its own against classics sung by Dame Shirley Bassey. Turner officially retired from music in 2009, celebrating her 50 years of performing with a world tour simply titled Tina!: 50th Anniversary Tour. Join us in celebrating the life of Tina Turner with our photo gallery of the singer through the years, from candid moments off stage to memorable occasions she shared the limelight with the likes of Mick Jagger, Elton John, and the late, great David Bowie. 1 . NEW YORK - 1969: Tina Turner performs during a concert at Central Park in 1969 in Manhattan, New York. Walter Iooss Jr./Getty Images Photo Sales 2 . NEW YORK - 1969: Tina Turner performs during a concert at Madison Square Garden on November 28, 1969 in New York City, New York. Walter Iooss Jr./Getty Images Photo Sales 3 . NEW YORK - 1969: Tina Turner performs during a concert at Central Park in 1969 in Manhattan, New York. Walter Iooss Jr./Getty Images Photo Sales 4 . American singer Tina Turner on stage at Wembley Arena, London, March 1985. Graham Wiltshire/Photo Sales
Times
23-05-2025
- Business
- Times
The six best wines to buy at Morrisons this summer — for under £13
The Morrisons range is a little more miss than hit but one strength is its The Best range, which unearths classic wines and offers them at excellent prices. France and South Africa are well represented and there is always a good showing of port and sherry. The Best Crémant de Limoux France (12.5%) £12.25This blend of mostly chardonnay from the Languedoc leans towards the appley end of the spectrum. Crisp and dry, it has a creamy texture. 2023 The Best Chianti Superiore Italy (13%) £9.50A decent chianti, made for Morrisons by Piccini, with plenty of red cherry, an intriguing herbaceous kick and a bright, juicy mouthfeel. 2024 Torres Viña Sol Rosado Spain (11%) £7.50This light rosé has notes of raspberry and an
Winnipeg Free Press
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Winnipeg Free Press
Spotlights shine on local productions at Asian-Canadian film festival
Faustina Dalmacio spends her workday behind the counter, but the Transcona pharmacist has always dreamed of getting behind the camera — to fill the frame instead of filling prescriptions. Two years ago, she bundled up in the January cold to shoot her debut short film, a comedic odyssey of two sisters (Riley Gregorio and Quinn Paredes) lost in Winnipeg's West End after the final bell rings in the halls of the fictional Victor Wolfe Elementary. To make After School, Dalmacio relied on a $10,000 Cinematoba grant from the National Screen Institute and the Winnipeg Foundation, an award accompanied by ongoing mentorship from producer Rebecca Gibson of Eagle Vision. SUPPLIED Director Ian Bawa (left) speaks with Mandeep Sodhi, star of The Best, during filming. 'It was inspired by an experience I had as a child,' says Dalmacio, 30, who moved to Manitoba from Bulacan, Philippines, in 2006. After a cousin's basketball game, she got separated from her sisters and temporarily stranded before one of the team parents drove her home. Her new home was harsh in climate, but welcoming and generous in spirit. That diasporic experience drives Dalmacio's short, one of 13 Manitoba-made pictures set to screen at this weekend's FascinAsian Film Festival, a multi-city event celebrating Asian-Canadian contributions to the film and media landscape. After screenings in Calgary and Edmonton earlier this month, the national festival wraps up in Winnipeg as Asian Heritage Month nears its end. Throughout filmmaker Ian Bawa's career, the festival has been a constant source of support for his projects, including his latest short, The Best, an 'accidental sequel' to his upcoming feature-length film Strong Son, itself an adaptation of an earlier short that's currently in post-production. SUPPLIED Filmmaker Faustina Dalmacio. Bawa will be interviewed by CBC's Faith Fundal during a Behind the Movies conversation and retrospective on Saturday (11:15 a.m.) at the WAG's Ilipvik Learning Steps. Bawa, whose films have screened at festivals such as the Toronto International Film Festival and Slamdance, says FascinAsian continues to help Asian filmmakers feel empowered to tell their own stories in their own voices. 'Sometimes I feel alone, telling stories about a turban-wearing guy, but then I watch 10 other films with characters like that,' says Bawa, whose short will screen Sunday alongside Dalmacio's in the Family Matters showcase at the WAG. (1 p.m.). 'People want these stories now, and it wasn't like this 15 years ago when I started. Now I know I'm not alone in this.' Also screening Sunday afternoon is a profile of local drag artist Ruby Chopstix. Becoming Ruby tells the story of the Vietnamese-Canadian queen, who in 2023 became the country's first drag artist-in-residence, working out of the Winnipeg non-profit Sunshine House. SUPPLIED After School is a comedic odyssey about two sisters. It's the latest short by documentarian Quan Luong, whose works includes Tailor-Made, about Ellice Avenue stitchmaster Tam Nguyen. 'For me as a filmmaker, I try to only make films that otherwise wouldn't be made, so stories like these really pull my attention. Luckily, Ruby and their family opened up to me,' says Luong, a 27-year-old Manitoba filmmaker who was born in Ho Chi Minh City. While the film will be having its local première this weekend — both in Sunday's program and at a special Saturday screening (11 a.m.) at the Park Theatre, with both Luong and Chopstix in attendance — Becoming Ruby recently screened at Toronto's Hot Docs International Film Festival and at both Edmonton and Calgary's FascinAsian showcases. Themes of travel, American dreaming and queer identity come to the fore in filmmaker Razid Season's Elijah, which was inspired by the director's volunteer work with the South Asian trans community through New York City non-profits. Weekly A weekly look at what's happening in Winnipeg's arts and entertainment scene. Set in the Big Apple, Elijah follows Bengali Muslim cab driver Haider (Ajaz Alam), who deals with the plummeting value of his taxi medallion as his daughter Shoshi (Mithila Gazi) embraces her trans identity. SUPPLIED Becoming Ruby focuses on Vietnamese-Canadian drag artist Ruby Chopstix. 'Stories like these are often invisible. It's fiction, but it's inspired by real people,' says Season, 38, a Bengali director who was raised in the United Arab Emirates before studying film at City College in New York. Other festival offerings include Fateema Al-Hamaydeh Miller's Mawtini, about Nawal, a young Palestinian woman, and Tanya, an Indigenous senior, who battle their building managers to plant a garden on their apartment block's lawn (Saturday, 1:45 p.m.). On Saturday at 4 p.m., after the screening of Paper Flowers at WAG-Qaumajuq, stars Olivia Liang (Kung Fu, Legacies) and Kapil Talwalkar (Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist) will join audiences for a virtual Q&A moderated by radio programmer Iris Yudai. SUPPLIED Filmmaker Razid Season. SUPPLIED Elijah is set in New York City. SUPPLIED Mandeep Sodhi in Ian Bawa's film The Best. Ben WaldmanReporter Ben Waldman is a National Newspaper Award-nominated reporter on the Arts & Life desk at the Free Press. Born and raised in Winnipeg, Ben completed three internships with the Free Press while earning his degree at Ryerson University's (now Toronto Metropolitan University's) School of Journalism before joining the newsroom full-time in 2019. 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Daily Record
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Record
Why Rangers play Simply the Best and the reason Celtic fans hijacked Tina Turner hit
The anthem has been a fixture at Ibrox for more than 30 years – so why have Celtic fans taken such a shine to it in recent weeks? If you've been to a Rangers home game in the last three decades, chances are you've heard it blaring over the tannoy. Tina Turner's 1989 hit 'The Best', a cover of a Bonnie Tyler song which better known by its chantable Simply the Best chorus, has been an anthem at Ibrox for the last 30 years. It was first adopted in the early days of their Nine in a Row dominance but over the years it's become synonymous with the club, and doesn't even need to be playing for Rangers fans to belt it out from their chest. It speaks to the pride the Ibrox faithful hold in their historic record that at one stage did have them standing out in front as the proven most successful team in the world, But this season has seen Celtic match them both for league titles (55) and overtake them on the overall trophy front. And that was what was on the mind of taunting Hoops fans when they gleefully sung the Ibrox terrace anthem from the away end during last month's 1-1 draw. A Priest in a Paisley parish even referenced the hilarious moment in a confirmation speech in the days after the game. But where did start in the first place, and how did Rangers come to be blaring an unlikely pop tune over the tannoy at every home game? Why do Rangers play Simply the Best? The prevailing theory for why Rangers played the tune to the point they became synonymous with it is simple. The story goes that, during the early 90s, when they were beginning to gather some steam on their way to Nine in a Row, the hit was played over a BBC TV montage of Walter Smith 's team running riot. It struck a chord with fans and the club then adopted it into their repertoire – and it's stuck there ever since. That's only one theory, however. Others more ambitiously suggest that it's down to the fact Turner herself had a fondness for the club who adopted the hit as an homage to her in her pomp. We'll never know for sure, unless any Rangers historians pipe up!
