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UPI
3 hours ago
- Entertainment
- UPI
Items left on British buses include bales of hay, a frozen turkey
June 20 (UPI) -- British transport company Megabus is sharing some of the most unusual pieces of lost property left behind on its buses, including hay bales, a frozen turkey, a cooking wok and false teeth. The bus operator said items found left behind on buses in May included a Winnie the Pooh stuffed toy, a jar of honey, a guitar, a Radiohead vinyl record, insulin, an electric razor, a Neil Diamond CD, a single shoe and a collection of historic coins and stamps. The company said some of the more unusual items left on buses in years past included three bales of hay, family tree documents, a frozen turkey, false teeth, a cooking wok and multiple lone shoes and socks. Megabus said about 95% of lost and found items are eventually returned to their owners, and those that go unclaimed after 28 days are usually donated to charity. Anyone who loses an item on a Megabus vehicle is encouraged to report their lost property on the company's website.
New York Times
11 hours ago
- Entertainment
- New York Times
Barbra Streisand on the Duets That Define Her: ‘I Like Drama'
To Barbra Streisand, a duet isn't just a song. 'It's a dramatic process,' she said. 'It's wondering who is this guy in the song? Who is this girl? What's happening with them?' Figuring that out plays straight into Streisand's core identity as an artist. 'I'm an actress first,' she added. 'I like drama.' Small wonder she has performed character-driven duets so often, so creatively and with such commercial success. In October 1963, following the release of Streisand's debut album, Judy Garland invited her to appear in an episode of her TV show; their joint performance all but anointed the younger as her vocal heir. In the decades since, many of her highest-charting songs have been duets, starting in 1978 with Neil Diamond on their death-of-a-love ballad, 'You Don't Bring Me Flowers,' followed the next year by her diva-off with Donna Summer on 'No More Tears (Enough Is Enough).' Both shot straight to No. 1. In the early 1980s, she scored two Top 10 Billboard hits with Barry Gibb, chased by a dalliance with Bryan Adams In 2014, Streisand issued an entire album of double billings titled 'Partners,' which teamed her with stars from the quick (John Mayer on 'Come Rain or Come Shine') to the dead (Elvis Presley via a vocal sample from the singer's 1956 recording of 'Love Me Tender'). Both that album, and its follow-up, 'Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway,' scaled Billboard's peak. Next week, Streisand, 83, will release a sequel, 'The Secret of Life: Partners, Volume Two,' featuring contemporaries of different musical sensibilities, like Paul McCartney and Bob Dylan, as well as younger voices including Hozier and Sam Smith. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
STV News
a day ago
- Entertainment
- STV News
Hay bales, frozen turkey and false teeth among 'surprising' items lost on coaches
Hay bales, a frozen turkey and false teeth are among the 'surprising' lost property items found on Megabus coaches. The coach operator revealed some of the items left on its vehicles over the years after the lost property office in Glasgow was contacted about 469 lost items. The items found in May included a guitar, Lego sets, a Winnie the Pooh, a jar of honey, insulin, an electric shaver, a historic coins and stamps collection, a Radiohead vinyl, a Neil Diamond CD and a lone trainer. However, the bus operator said those aren't the most 'surprising' items left on their coaches over the years. The lost property team have dealt with many 'weird and wonderful' items with one of the strangest being three bales of hay. Other highlights have included a cooking wok, false teeth, family tree documents, lone shoes and socks, and even a whole frozen turkey. Megabus said 95% of the items reported were reunited with their owners, and those not claimed are kept for 28 days and often donated to charity. Megabus receptionist Angela said: 'Over many years of dealing with an eclectic mix of lost property items, our lost property team have almost become immune to weird and wonderful finds, but we still get something handed in that surprises us every now and again. She added: 'The most important thing, of course, is to try and make sure we can reunite as many of the items as possible with their owners, and we work hard to do that as we know how frustrating and upsetting it can be to lose something while travelling.' Get all the latest news from around the country Follow STV News Scan the QR code on your mobile device for all the latest news from around the country
Perth Now
09-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Hugh Jackman wanted to run out of 'humiliating' audition
Hugh Jackman wanted to run out of his audition for Les Miserables because he felt so "humiliated". The actor has revealed he read for the part of Jean Valjean in the 2012 film and then sang the track Stars for a panel of movie bosses, but his voice cracked on the final note and he was overcome with feelings of shame. During a performance of An Evening With Hugh Jackman at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on Saturday night (07.06.25), he told the audience: "I read first and I could tell it was going well. "Then I sang and I cracked on the final note so spectacularly. Like it was the worst crack you could have ever imagined. Whatever excitement was on the panel, it just deflated immediately. I was about to run out, just humiliated." According to Variety, Jackman went on to add: "But then the guy goes: 'Whoa, hold on a second. Why did you sing that song?' I said, 'It's the only thing I had music for. I'm sorry.' "And he said: 'Well, you can throw that away. You'll never sing that again.' I think what he meant to say was: 'Why don't you put that to the side for like 30 years when you might sing it at the Hollywood Bowl?'" Jackman won the role and he went on to receive an Oscar nomination for Best Actor. The film scored three wins at the Academy Awards picking up Best Supporting Actress for Anne Hathaway as well as Best Sound Mixing and Best Make-up and Hairstyling. The actor is set to show off his singing skills on screen again soon playing a Neil Diamond impersonator in new movie 'Song Sung Blue'. Jackman stars opposite Kate Hudson - who released her debut album Glorious last year - as real life couple Mike and Claire Sardina, who were Neil Diamond and Patsy Cline impersonators who formed a successful tribute act named Lightning and Thunder. The film is based on the 2008 documentary Song Sung Blue which told the couple's story. Kate recently shared a picture of the actors singing together on screen on Instagram and wrote: "Loved every second making this beautiful film, working with the most lovely work husband you could ask for @thehughjackman, singing the iconic songs of Neil Diamond ... "More love notes for everyone involved to come … but right now I am just so excited to share with you that we have a release date. Song Sung Blue - only in theaters this Christmas."
CBC
04-06-2025
- Politics
- CBC
Behind the Surrealists' obsession with Indigenous masks
Watch the documentary So Surreal: Behind the Masks on CBC Gem and YouTube Indigenous masks from B.C. and Alaska influenced the work and world view of some of the most well-known modern artists and writers. In the 1930s and '40s, European Surrealists were obsessed with masks from the northwest coast of North America, many of which had been stolen, seized by the government or sold by people who didn't have the right to sell them. In So Surreal: Behind the Masks, Cree filmmaker Neil Diamond investigates how the pieces ended up in the hands of some of history's greatest artists, influencing the work of Max Ernst, André Breton, Joan Miró and others. Diamond begins his quest in New York, where a century-old Yup'ik mask is selling at a high-end art fair alongside works of modern art. Always fascinated by the intersection of Indigenous and mainstream cultures, Diamond attends the fair and learns the mask was once in the hands of the Surrealist Enrico Donati — and that Donati wasn't the only Surrealist who collected Indigenous masks. Intrigued, Diamond sets off to find out how the pieces ended up in Surrealist collections to begin with. Image | SoSurreal-2 Caption: A collage of photos from So Surreal: Behind the Masks shows Surrealist artists and anthropologist (and part of the Surrealist entourage in New York) Claude Lévi-Strauss, bottom right, with their collections of Indigenous masks and other items. (Rezolution Pictures) Open Image in New Tab Diamond's journey takes him to Yup'ik territory in Alaska and down the coast to the lands of the Kwakwa̱ka̱'wakw on B.C.'s southwest coast. These were hot spots for collectors, who came to trade and purchase ceremonial masks at the turn of the 20th century under the guise of salvaging artifacts of "the Vanishing Indian." But some of the masks had been stolen. As Diamond traces the movements of the masks in the early 1900s, he learns of a missing ceremonial raven transformation mask, which was taken from the Kwakwa̱ka̱'wakw on Canada's West Coast more than a hundred years ago. Image | SoSurreal-4 Caption: The Kwakwa̱ka̱'wakw raven transformation mask, top centre — surrendered under duress in Alert Bay, B.C., in 1922 — is currently in the hands of the Duthuit family. (Royal BC Museum) Open Image in New Tab Juanita Johnston of U'mista Cultural Centre and art dealer Donald Ellis have been trying to recover it. Although currently held by the family of French art critic Georges Duthuit, the mask's exact whereabouts are unknown. (The family has not responded to the community's requests for its return.) In search of the Surrealist collections, and with an eye out for the missing mask, Diamond goes back to New York, where the Surrealists and their entourage had stumbled upon the masks during their exile in the Second World War. Then he follows the trail of the masks across the Atlantic Ocean to Paris, where the Surrealists returned after the war, with their acquisitions in hand. Image | SoSurreal-3 Caption: Ceremonial masks were bought, traded and stolen by museum collectors. In some cases, the items were purchased from people who didn't have the right to sell them. Many remain in museums and private collections today. (Rezolution Pictures) Open Image in New Tab In Paris, Diamond meets with Yup'ik storyteller and dancer Chuna McIntyre, who's in Paris to reconnect with the Yup'ik masks that were formerly in Surrealist collections and now hang in museums like the Louvre. Along the way, Diamond meets art scholars and contemporary Indigenous artists who explain the profound impact of these masks on the art and world view of the Surrealists. And throughout his journey, he continues to look for clues about the missing mask. Will the community finally bring it home? So Surreal: Behind the Masks is a detective story, which delves into the complex world of repatriation and access while exploring the meaning and importance of the masks and how they came to influence an iconic art movement.
