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Telegraph
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
Mariah Carey: I don't age
Mariah Carey has claimed that she doesn't age. The 56-year-old singer-songwriter said she 'doesn't acknowledge' the passing of time as she gets older. Carey claimed that ageing 'just doesn't happen' to her because of her mindset. Speaking to Harper's Bazaar magazine about feeling the impact of getting older, the All I Want for Christmas is You singer said: 'I don't allow it – it just doesn't happen. I don't know time. I don't know numbers. 'I do not acknowledge time – I have a new song that starts with that line.' The Queen of Christmas, who is set to release her 16th studio album in September, has maintained much of her youthful glow since her breakthrough in 1990. She has previously said she doesn't count years and celebrates anniversaries, but 'not birthdays'. There were rumours she only bathed in French mineral water to better preserve her skin. However, in 2018, she shut down that talk by revealing an even stranger skincare trick. 'I bathe in milk,' she said at the time. 'Yes, sometimes I use milk as a beauty treatment. I don't want to give away all my secrets... Cold milk.' Elsewhere, Carey – who embraces the label of 'diva' – spoke about looking back at her life while writing her 'challenging but therapeutic' memoir. 'I knew it was going to bring up bad memories I didn't want to relive,' she said. 'It was a tough situation to go to sleep listening to it, I'd wake up and be kind of freaked out. Because this is me and I went through that.' The singer also spoke about her mother's influence on her career, adding: 'We didn't always have the world's greatest relationship, but certain things she said or did resonated with me as a kid. 'She once told me, 'Don't say if I make it, say when I make it'. That just stuck with me, and I never gave up.' Since her career began in the late 1980s, Carey has had three UK number one singles and two UK number one albums.
BBC News
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Bristol neurodivergent group Neon Daisy publish new magazine
A new magazine has been created to help young people who are neurodivergent feel connected and Neon Daisy magazine, filled with poetry, artwork, selfcare tips and comic strips, has been put together by a team of girls who are autistic from Bristol and South of the money made from magazine sales will go back into community events, the organisation has facilitator Serafina Kiszko said they hope the project will help young people who are currently experiencing "disconnection and isolation because of their differences". "We wanted to create something that we could send to people, that people could buy, that might make them feel less alone and remind them that they do have a community," they said."The young people that we work with, and I'm sure a lot of other young people across the UK, are really experiencing feelings of disconnection and isolation because of their differences."Even though it is aimed at people who are neurodivergent, the team said the magazine is still for everyone to enjoy. Rosa from the Neon Daisy magazine team said she hoped it will help people realise they are "special"."I just really hope that the magazine and Neon Daisy as a whole will help people find out that they might just not be weird, and that they might just not be the odd one out, and that they're actually somebody really special," she said."That's what I found out even before Neon Daisy started. They want people to have the same realisation dawn on them that they are someone special."All paper copies can be bought from Whapping Wharf in Bristol or can be purchased online. The Neon Daisy team said they are hoping to get funding for their next issue.
Perth Now
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Ozzy Osbourne's final months filmed for a documentary
Ozzy Osbourne's final months were filmed for a documentary. The 76-year-old Black Sabbath rocker passed away earlier this week following a long battle with Parkinson's disease and Jack revealed his parents, Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne, had been filming a docuseries Home To Roost about their move back to Buckinghamshire in the UK after 20 years in the USA. Jack also told the Daily Mail's Weekend magazine that his father had finished an autobiography called Last Rites, which is due out later this year. Jack, 39, did the interview before his father passed away and during the chat, he spoke about his work as a co-producer on an upcoming biopic about Ozzy. He said: 'Right now it'll take place over the Sabbath era and early 1980s. We're definitely going for a more adult rating for the film. 'This is by no means going to be a fluff piece. Right now we're going through a rewrite with Craig Borten, who wrote [Matthew McConaughey-starring] Dallas Buyers Club.' News of Ozzy's death was confirmed by his family in a statement, which read: "It is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we have to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has passed away this morning. He was with his family and surrounded by love. "We ask everyone to respect our family privacy at this time. Sharon, Jack, Kelly, Aimee and Louis." It was later reported that Ozzy passed away at his home in Buckinghamshire and his family had flown in from Los Angeles to be with him. A source told MailOnline: '[His passing was] unexpected to be this soon." The insider added that daughters Aimee, 41, and Kelly, 40, had come from Los Angeles to be with their father and Jack had flown in from his home in Idaho to watch his father perform at his final Black Sabbath gig in Birmingham on July 5. The source said: 'Ozzy was always meant to come back to Britain to live in Buckinghamshire, it was where Sharon had spent so long preparing their family home for him. 'There was much hope that he would be around for a lot longer than this but at one point there were fears they would not get him back from Los Angeles for the concert earlier this month. 'Kelly has been at the house a lot in the last week or so, so has Aimee. It is terribly sad for all of them, they really hoped he would be able to carry on for a bit longer. "But it's so lovely that he had his children around him during his last days."
Daily Mail
20-07-2025
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE The bizarre Tatler-esque glossy magazine run by serial fraudster that had 'Babe of the Month' aristocrat baby killer Constance Marten as cover girl
As a young debutante, Constance Marten cheerfully described her carefree life of society parties and summer holidays when she featured in an edition of Tatler magazine. Then aged 21 and going by her nickname Toots, the aristocrat confidently posed in a 1920's-style flapper dress after being crowned 'Babe of the Month' by the high society publication. Now Marten has been elevated to cover girl after her smiling image was emblazoned across the front page of an altogether less aspirational magazine called ' The View '. For readers not in the know, the publication heralds itself as 'a grass-roots social enterprise and campaigning platform that gives voice to women in the justice system' with the support of 'leading barristers, jurists and human rights advocates'. In reality, MailOnline can reveal, the bizarre, glossy magazine is a mouthpiece for its founder Farah Damji, one of Britain's most notorious con artists who is also a serial stalker and a fellow inmate of Marten. Damji - who is the daughter of a multi-millionaire property tycoon and has left behind a trail of countless shattered lives in a criminal career spanning 30 years - once insisted that no woman should ever go to prison. And it appears Marten is the latest recruit to her campaign. The View, which was launched in 2020, describes itself as a radical publication for 'women with conviction', could now face contempt of court proceedings over the article, which could have derailed a prosecution which has cost taxpayers around £2.8million over two trials across the last two years. Published quarterly in digital and print formats, it now boasts of having more than 15,000 paid subscribers including judges and officials working in government departments and think tanks. It claims to produce up to four digital magazines each year and one 'bumper' annual print edition which can be purchased for £20 for subscribers. Individual digital editions can also be purchased for £5. The magazine claims to have 25,000 readers with printed copies available in 130 stockists as well as all 12 women's prisons in England and Wales with 2,000 copies distributed in libraries at a cover cost of £5. There have been 79 episodes of its Rebel Justice podcast since the first episode was released in November 2021. Among its champions is former Labour peer Baroness Uddin who described The View as 'an incredible magazine' during a debate on women in the criminal justice system in the House of Lords in 2019. In an exclusive interview with the magazine, Marten, 38, paints a very different picture of her life from that of the upbeat trust-fund heiress of her Tatler days in 2009. It appears the publication - along with an accompanying podcast in which her 'unflinching testimony' is read by an actor - has given her the platform as a champion for the rights of vulnerable women who are 'survivors of trauma and state-endorsed violence'. Shedding light on the 'ongoing injustices women face in the legal system', Marten outlines her 'harrowing experience' as she stood trial at the Old Bailey alongside her rapist partner Mark Gordon, 51, after they were accused of killing their newborn baby. In a self-pitying rant about her 'inhumane conditions', Marten complained of the exhaustive process of having to sit through the hearing day after day while enduring the commute backwards and forwards from Bronzefield Prison in Ashford, Surrey where she was being detained. Marten - who spent a number of days absent from the court - complained the regime left her falling asleep in the dock while she was forced to endure 'freezing' conditions as the Old Bailey heating system was not working and had to eat 'disgusting' court food. In the article Marten, heiress worth £2.4million, took aim at Serco, the private firm which manages transport from prison to court while criticising the 'dehumanising' justice process. She said: 'This entire system will continue preventing us from having a right to a fair trial as long as we allow this to continue. 'I feel as if I need to sue Serco for adversely affecting my trial, preventing me from accessing my lawyers, and for my mental health, which is in pieces.' Prisoner A9624X also compared slammed prosecutors, claiming she was spoken to like a child. She also compared the lawyers to Dementors from Harry Potter, creatures referred to as 'soul sucking fiends.' She said of her CPS prosecutors: 'Tom Little and Joel Smith remind me of Dementors from Harry Potter. There's no empathy. I felt like I was being grilled as a serial killer. 'They all use this disgusting tone, like they're reprimanding a small child. I've heard them laugh and joke with others but with me, it's always condescending.' There is no mention of the freezing and inhumane conditions in which her newborn daughter Victoria died whose body was found in a Lidl carrier bag after Marten and Gordon went on the run from the authorities in December 2022. Published quarterly in digital and print formats, The View boasts of having more than 15,000 paid subscribers including judges and officials working in government departments and think tanks The couple - who had already had four children taken into care - took cars and taxis around the country to try to avoid detection, before setting up home in a flimsy tent on the South Downs in the middle of winter. When police finally caught up with the pair in February the following year, baby Victoria, whose grandfather was a page of honour to Queen Elizabeth II, was found dumped in a disused shed in a Lidl shopping bag. On top of her body was an empty beer can and the discarded packaging of an egg sandwich. Prosecutors believe she died from hypothermia or smothering but by then the corpse was too badly decomposed to be certain. Neither defendant was prepared to shed any light on the child's death and Gordon claimed Victoria would be alive today had police not pursued them. Astonishingly, the article was published half way through the couple's lengthy and chaotic second trial at the Old Bailey which the judge accused the couple of trying to 'sabotage' and 'derail'. They are now facing lengthy prison sentences after being found guilty of Victoria's manslaughter by gross negligence. The article is now being looked at as a potential contempt of court as it featured an image of one of the couple's children - which is banned by a court order. It appeared in the magazine alongside a piece focusing on another 'disturbing case' highlighting how women are being 'failed' by the criminal justice system - that of the paper's editor Damji, 58. Ugandan-born Damj first came to public prominence after she admitted having an affair with Guardian columnist William Dalrymple who she was later accused of stalking. Damji - once dubbed 'London's most dangerous woman' - is also said to have had a high profile affair with a senior executive on the paper. Just days before Marten's conviction, Damji was jailed for six years after she set out to destroy the life of her latest victim, former British diplomat Dr Nigel Gould-Davies. Dr Gould-Davies, a former British Ambassador to Belarus, was stalked, harassed and defrauded during an horrific campaign of 'lies and abuse'. The pair met through the dating site Bumble in July 2023 - days after Damji had been released from prison for a previous offence. The mother-of-two was using the fake name Noor Higham as they struck up a relationship, enjoying meals out, theatre trips, and spending time at his apartment. Dr Gould-Davies supported Damji through a cancer diagnosis and also helped out with her magazine and podcast. The forums would later be used to launch an attack on Dr Gould-Davies during Damji's trial. One podcast released in April this year was entitled 'Nigel Davies: A forensic analysis of a serial predator.' It featured evidence which trial judge Joanna Greenberg KC had ruled to be inadmissible during the ongoing case. Meanwhile, in court, the jury was told that within weeks of the start of their relationship, Damji had began sending 'hateful' emails and messages to Dr Gould-Davies' employers at the International Institute of Strategic Studies as well as work colleagues and his brother. Defamatory false allegations were also sent to others associated with his professional life including his local MP Emily Thornberry, solicitors, a foreign ambassador and news organisations. The jury at Wood Green Crown Court was told the messages were sent under false names including that of Clare Simms. The messages, which the court heard were designed to undermine Dr Gould-Davies' character and professional credibility, made bogus allegations that he was involved in money laundering, committed violence against women and breaches of the Official Secrets Act. Clare Simms is listed along with Noor Higham as directors of The View which was set up as a community interest company in 2020. On its website Simms is described as the magazine's editor at large. The court heard hateful messages were also sent by Holly Bright who is said to be The View's publishing director. She is also a former director of the firm which has twice fought off compulsory strike-off actions and whose latest accounts published this week show it has no capital, assets or creditors and liabilities and is listed as dormant. Damji has accused Dr Gould-Davies of mounting a campaign against the magazine and making a complaint about its officers to companies house. During her campaign of abuse, Damji stole a sensitive document relating to Russia and threatened to hand it over to the Russians leading to Dr Gould-Davies fearing he was in danger. She also stole his passport and bank card which she used on a spending spree making purchases at fashion outlet Paul Smith in a £13,621 fraud. Dr Gould-Davies was so alarmed he quit London to work in Berlin in a bid to get away from his mystery stalker, and separately ended his relationship with Damji in February 2024 - still unaware that she was his tormentor. It appears the publication gave Marten (above) the platform as a champion for the rights of vulnerable women who are 'survivors of trauma and state-endorsed violence' Marten (above) complained she was forced to endure 'freezing' conditions - yet there was no mention of the freezing and inhumane conditions in which her newborn daughter Victoria died after she and Gordon went on the run from the authorities While in Berlin, he investigated a website filled with slurs against his character which led him to discover Damji's true identity and prompting him to contact police. Meanwhile Damji had mounted an operation to track Dr Gould-Davies down, attending his London flat with associates, visiting areas around his mother's home in Spain, and contacting his brother in the USA. She identified his hotel through clues from a TV interview he conducted with CNN from his room and in March 2024 she sent him an email pretending to come from his ex-girlfriend, saying she knew where he was staying. The following day Damji was arrested at Heathrow Airport as she made a bid to fly to Berlin and has been in custody since. The court heard Damji's criminal convictions - which include fraud, theft, perverting the course of justice and three separate stalking charges - date back to 1993 when she ran an art gallery in New York. In 1995 she was sentenced to six months in Rikers Island prison plus five years' probation following a fraud over an apartment she was renting and crimes related to the gallery. During her time on probation, she allegedly committed further offences but she fled the country after a warrant was issued for her arrest. Damji ended up in South Africa where she more crimes were reported before she was deported. In the UK, Damji received cautions for theft and obtaining property by deception before she was jailed for three-and-a-half years for 17 offences including thefts and obtaining property by deception as well as perverting justice. While awaiting trial for offences including stealing credit cards from a nanny and an assistant and going on spending sprees, she posed as an official from the Crown Prosecution Service to contact a witness saying she did not need to attend court in a bid to sabotage the case. Weeks after being released from jail she began committing further deceptions and in 2010 was jailed for 15 months for a £17,500 housing benefit fraud. In 2016, Damji was jailed for five years in 2016 for stalking a church warden after they met on an online dating site. She attended the school of the victim's son and spoke with the deputy headmaster to 'make false allegations about the warden abusing vulnerable women'. Damji then continued to stalk the man and sent emails to the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Deputy Metropolitan Police Commissioner and an MP following her arrest. In 2020 she was sentenced to 27 months in jail for two counts of breaching a restraining order in April 2018 and June 2018. She was convicted in her absence after fleeing to Ireland during her trial. During her time in Ireland she lived under the identity of an Icelandic woman before she was finally re-arrested in County Galway in August 2022 and returned to Britain to serve her sentence. Jailing Damji over her latest offences, Judge Greenberg said: 'One can only speculate as to the reasons for your behaviour, but what you did to Dr Gould-Davies was callously and deliberately to set about destroying his life and reputation for no better reason than you were able to do so by employing methods with which, from your history, you are experienced. 'Given your history of committing criminal offences of harassment and dishonesty, one conclusion about your behaviour is that it may be explained by nothing more nor less than wickedness and greed.' Before Damji was jailed, it was Judge Greenberg who her magazine would set their sights on raising 'serious concerns' about her handling of cases. The View has mounted an ongoing campaign against the 'dangerous' judge. It has launched a petition calling for her to be removed from the bench as she poses 'a clear and present risk to the rights of women and girls who appear before her'. Asked why potentially prejudicial material was allowed to be published from inside prison walls by defendants during ongoing trials the Ministry of Justice declined to comment. The prison service denied the magazine was available in jails and insisted that all prisoners were subject to strict rules. A spokesperson said: 'This publication is produced independently, is not written or distributed within the prison estate, and HMPPS does not support its production.
New York Times
20-07-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
A Dream for the Dead
In the In Times Past column, David W. Dunlap explores New York Times history through artifacts housed in the Museum at The Times. The Oscar-winning director David Frankel knows a lot about movies and television. ('The Devil Wears Prada,' 'Marley and Me,' 'Sex and the City' and 'Entourage' are among his credits.) Magazines? Maybe not so much. In the mid-90s, Mr. Frankel dreamed up Obit, a People-style magazine about the dead, covering worthy figures whose passing had gone unrecorded or insufficiently noted in the newspapers. His father thought it was a nifty idea. His father was Max Frankel (1930-2025), then the executive editor of The New York Times, who often turned first to the obituary pages when he picked up his morning paper. 'Dad encouraged me to share Obit with a few publishers I knew, and they thought it was the dumbest idea they'd ever heard,' David recounted at his father's memorial service on June 18. 'Because magazines depend on advertising, and who would want their product advertised in the pages of Obit?' Max urged David to make one last pitch to Jack Rosenthal (1935-2017), then the editor of The Times Magazine. As there was traditionally little advertising in the first issue after Christmas, Mr. Rosenthal offered to publish a version of Obit then. 'Only he wouldn't call it Obit — sigh — he'd call it Lives Well Lived,' David said. A copy of the first issue, Jan. 1, 1995, is in the Museum at The Times. In an introduction, the editors explained they had chosen 'well-known people about whom there is nonetheless more to say,' 'half-forgotten people about whom there is much to say,' and 'people for whom we found a special witness.' Forty lives were chronicled in Lives Well Lived. Among them were Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis; Kurt Cobain; Ralph Ellison; Richard Nixon; the Olympic medalist Wilma Rudolph; and the inventors or creators of 'Meet the Press,' decorative shower curtains, Teflon and Levittown. The experiment was such a success that it was made a permanent year-end feature in 1995, under the name The Lives They Lived. It has long been overseen by Ilena Silverman, the deputy editor of The Magazine, who said the section may be more popular today than ever. 'With news flying at us day and night, it's a respite to immerse yourself in a piece of writing that's not about this very moment but about a full, complex life,' Ms. Silverman wrote in an email last week. 'And writers love it too, delighting in the challenge of trying to create compelling character studies in miniature.' And yes, she said in response to my question, the editors do hope to publish something about David's father in the next issue.
