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Yahoo
2 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Carly Simon Defends Sabrina Carpenter Against Album Cover Backlash: 'She's Not Doing Anything Outrageous'
Carly Simon is defending Sabrina Carpenter amid the backlash against her album artwork for Man's Best Friend In an interview with Rolling Stone, the "You're So Vain" hitmaker said the LP cover seemed "tame" Man's Best Friend is due Aug. 29Carly Simon is standing by Sabrina Carpenter. In an interview with Rolling Stone published on Wednesday, June 18, the "You're So Vain" hitmaker came to the pop star's defense amid the backlash surrounding the cover for her forthcoming album Man's Best Friend. The album artwork features a photo of Carpenter, 26, on her hands and knees as someone who appears to be a man grabs her by the hair. In the image, she's donning a short, black dress and black heels. Simon herself released a similarly controversial cover with her 1975 album Playing Possum, which featured the "You Belong to Me" artist on her knees wearing black lingerie and black leather boots. "Everybody looked at it, and people definitely had a reaction to it,' Simon, 81, told the publication of the controversial album cover. 'But they wouldn't have told me what they really thought.' When the album was shipped to stores, she was met with bolder reactions. 'Suddenly, I'm getting calls from Time and Newsweek, saying, 'This is one of the sexiest covers that has ever known,'' Norman Seeff, the photographer who shot the cover for Playing Possum, told Rolling Stone. He continued: 'There's this whole controversy around what did it represent? It felt very much like that energy in a woman, but I just thought of it as a beautiful shot. None of that stuff they were talking about was the intention." Simon also addressed the criticism Carpenter has faced for her Man's Best Friend album artwork, which she didn't understand. "She's not doing anything outrageous,' she told the outlet. 'It seems tame." Added Simon: "There have been far flashier covers than hers. One of the most startling covers I've ever seen was [The Rolling Stones'] Sticky Fingers. That was out there in terms of sexual attitude. So I don't know why she's getting such flak." Carpenter announced the release of her seventh studio album and its cover art on Wednesday, June 11. The news came after she shared the album's lead single "Manchild" earlier this month. In the days after she shared the album cover, Carpenter responded to an X user who reshared the singer's Man's Best Friend album cover, saying, 'Does she have a personality outside of sex?' The 'Espresso" hitmaker then reshared the post and said: 'girl yes and it is goooooood.' Man's Best Friend follows Carpenter's chart-topping LP Short n' Sweet, which was released last August. Read the original article on People
Extra.ie
5 hours ago
- Business
- Extra.ie
Celebrations underway as Cork Centra react to selling €250million EuroMillions ticket
Celebrations are underway for the Cork Centra that sold the mind-boggling €250million EuroMillions ticket. The life-changing sum, the biggest jackpot in the history of the competition, was sold in Clifford's Centra on Shandon Street in Cork City Centre on the Tuesday draw (June 17). Celebrations kicked off at the store on Friday afternoon, with store owner Ted Clifford saying that they were surprised to sell a winning ticket just months after they sold a Millionaire's Raffle ticket, which was worth a massive €100,000. Celebrations are underway for the Cork Centra that sold the mind-boggling €250million EuroMillions ticket. Pic: Mac Innes Photography 'This is just fantastic news, it is hard to believe it,' Mr Clifford said. 'We are delighted to have sold this golden ticket to one of our customers. We already sold a winning Millionaire Raffle ticket on New Year's Eve just gone, worth €100,000, so that must have been the start of our winning streak. 'On behalf of our Centra team, it's an honour to be part of this historic moment. We are here on Shandon Street for 95 years and am so proud to be the 3rd generation owner of Clifford's. We send our warmest congratulations to the winner and their family.' Cian Murphy, CEO of the National Lottery, also celebrated the massive win, saying that this has been a historic moment for both the lotto and country Shane Kenny (right), National Lottery, alongside store manager Simon and the team at Clifford's Centra on Shandon Street in Cork city centre. Pic: Mac Innes Photography 'We are delighted to announce Clifford's Centra as the location to have sold the €250 Million EuroMillions winning ticket,' Mr Murphy said. 'This is a truly historic moment for the National Lottery and for the country. 'Not only does it mark the 18th EuroMillions jackpot win in Ireland, but also Ireland's biggest ever Jackpot win. We extend our heartfelt congratulations to the winner and our sincere thanks to Ted, Simon and all at Clifford's Centra for being part of this unforgettable milestone.' The winner of the life changing sum has contacted the National Lottery to make arrangements to collect their prize, but there's no word on who they are just yet.
Scottish Sun
8 hours ago
- General
- Scottish Sun
Map reveals unclaimed National Lottery and UK EuroMillions tickets – and there are five £1million winning prizes
Plus, how to improve your chances of winning big FEELING LUCKY? Map reveals unclaimed National Lottery and UK EuroMillions tickets – and there are five £1million winning prizes Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) A MAP has revealed where lie the UK's unclaimed National Lottery and UK EuroMillions tickets. Millions of pounds in lotto winnings go unclaimed every year with ticket holders often completely unaware they have won. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 2 Millions of winning lottery tickets go unclaimed every year Credit: Getty 2 There are currently five £1million prizes sitting unclaimed in the UK and others worth hundreds of thousands of pounds. But the time is ticking with deadlines for when prizes can be claimed quickly approaching. Winning lottery ticket holders have 180 days from the draw date to retrieve their prize. If no claim is made within the deadline the money goes towards funding National Lottery Projects in the UK. Winning tickets often end up lost in coat pockets or in a mound of unopened emails. But with several major prizes still waiting to be claimed, check our map to see if you might be the lucky winner. How can you claim your winnings? Prizes under £500 can be claimed from any local National Lottery retailer, such as a newsagents, supermarket or petrol station. For prizes up to £50,000, winners need to head online or call the National Lottery on 0333 234 50 50 to claim their money. Damaged tickets should be reported to the National Lottery and an appeal should be filed within 30 of the draw date. More details can be found on the National Lottery website. How to bag the top prize Playing as part of a group could be a good way of boosting your chances of winning, Simon Horne, from The National Lottery operator Allwyn UK, explains. "If you join a syndicate of 10 people, then there's 10 tickets and 10 chances of winning, so there's clearly a greater chance of winning compared to if you just bought your own ticket," he said. The syndicate manager will need to register the group and list themselves as the person in charge with The National Lottery. Make sure to write all the terms and conditions of the agreement down, and get each person to sign it, said Simon. Current unclaimed National Lottery prizes EuroMillions - £1m The draw took place on December 27, and the ticket holder has until June 25, 2025 to come forward. The ticket was bought in Wiltshire. The draw took place on December 27, and the ticket holder has until June 25, 2025 to come forward. The ticket was bought in Wiltshire. EuroMillions - £106,738.50 The draw took place on January 14 and the winner has until July 13 to claim their prize. The ticket was purchased in the London Borough of Barnet. The draw took place on January 14 and the winner has until July 13 to claim their prize. The ticket was purchased in the London Borough of Barnet. EuroMillions - £1m The draw took place on February 14, and the lucky winner has until August 13, 2025 to come forward. The ticket was bought in Liverpool. The draw took place on February 14, and the lucky winner has until August 13, 2025 to come forward. The ticket was bought in Liverpool. Thunderball - £500,000 The lucky holder's number came up during the April 8 draw and they have until October 5 to claim. The ticket was bought in Stratford-upon-Avon. The lucky holder's number came up during the April 8 draw and they have until October 5 to claim. The ticket was bought in Stratford-upon-Avon. Lotto - £1m From May 10 Lotto draw. They have until November 6 to claim. The ticket was bought in St Albans. From May 10 Lotto draw. They have until November 6 to claim. The ticket was bought in St Albans. EuroMillions - £1m From the May 23 draw. The winner has until November 19, 2025, to claim their prize. The ticket was purchased in Stevenage. From the May 23 draw. The winner has until November 19, 2025, to claim their prize. The ticket was purchased in Stevenage. Lotto - £1m From May 24 Lotto draw. The ticket holder has until November 20 to claim. It was bought in Birmingham. "If there's any confusion or complications down the line, then you can refer back to the agreement and then everyone knows where they stand," he said. The big downside to consider being part of a syndicate is that you'll need to equally split the pot between each person. So, if you were part of a syndicate of four people, splitting the £208million jackpot four ways would leave you with £52million - although that's still big winnings to walk away with. Otherwise, you could keep an eye on how often your lucky numbers are being drawn, and if they're not coming up as often as you would like, you can try a different tact. The National Lottery app stores all your tickets from draws you have entered. The app is free to download from either the App Store on iPhone, or the Google Play store on Android devices. That means you can go back in and check your most profitable numbers. You could make a spreadsheet of how often your lucky numbers are being drawn, and every three months, see whether it's worth keeping them, or ditching them for alternatives. According to the unluckiest Euromillions numbers are 22, which has been drawn 65 times, followed by 40 (73 times) and 18. Timing matters when it comes to buying your ticket, said Simon. If you leave it to the last minute, then there's a risk that you run out of time to buy your ticket. You need to buy your ticket before 7:30pm on Friday - otherwise you'll miss out. "My main advice is not to leave it too late - don't rush into the newsagents or load up your app at 7:25pm," he said. "You might not be able to upload money onto your online account, or buy your ticket, in time and you could miss the draw."
New York Post
10 hours ago
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Carly Simon defends Sabrina Carpenter's controversial album cover, says it's not ‘outrageous'
Carly Simon is coming to Sabrina Carpenter's defense. During a recent interview, Simon reacted to Carpenter's album cover that caused quite a stir. Carpenter's album artwork for 'Man's Best Friend' showed a photo of the singer on her hands and knees, as a man appeared to be grabbing her by the hair. The 'Busy Woman' singer wore a black mini dress and matching heels in the photo. Simon argued the current outrage surrounding Carpenter's album is relatively mild, compared to past examples of bold artistic expression in the music industry. 'She's not doing anything outrageous,' the 'You're So Vain' singer said in an interview with Rolling Stone. 'It seems tame.' 'There have been far flashier covers than hers,' Simon said. 'One of the most startling covers I've ever seen was [The Rolling Stones'] 'Sticky Fingers.' That was out there in terms of sexual attitude. So I don't know why she's getting such flak.' 6 Sabrina Carpenter on her album cover for 'Man's Best Friend.' Sabrina Carpenter Once Carpenter shared her latest album cover of 'Man's Best Friend,' fans were quick to comment. 'This cover makes me uncomfortable…' one person wrote. Another comment read, 'That's disgusting!!' Other fans enjoyed Carpenter's album and wrote, 'Sue her she wants to be iconic.' While Simon is no stranger to pushing the envelope herself, the singer reacted to the similar criticism she received for her famous 1975 'Playing Possum' album. 'Everybody looked at it, and people definitely had a reaction to it,' Simon told Rolling Stone of her own cover at the time. 'But they wouldn't have told me what they really thought.' 6 Carly Simon poses for a portrait in New York City in 1981. Getty Images 6 Carly Simon performs onstage at Radio City Music Hall on April 19, 2017. Getty Images for Tribeca Film Festival The 'You Belong To Me' singer famously posed in a lacy black dress with matching leather boots. Simon's face wasn't shown, but she was photographed on her knees for the album cover. That photo was shot by Norman Seeff, who still remembers the stir it caused. 'Suddenly, I'm getting calls from 'Time' and 'Newsweek,' saying, 'This is one of the sexiest covers that has ever [been] known,'' Seeff recalled. 'There's this whole controversy around what did it represent? It felt very much like that energy in a woman, but I just thought of it as a beautiful shot.' 6 Sabrina Carpenter shares a photo celebrating her number-one debut album. sabrinacarpenter/Instagram Meanwhile, the former Disney star has been known for her racy performances and turning heads. In March, Carpenter shocked fans with her explicit dance moves at her concert in Paris. During every show on her 'Short n' Sweet' world tour, the singer simulates a different sexual position while performing her hit 'Juno.' Carpenter shows off each move when she sings the lyrics, 'Wanna try out some freaky positions? / Have you ever tried this one?' 6 Sabrina Carpenter performs onstage during her Short and Sweet tour at Barclays Center on Sept. 30, AEG 6 Sabrina Carpenter performs at Madison Square Garden on Sept. 29, 2024. Rolling Stone via Getty Images At her Paris performance, Carpenter paid tribute to the City of Lights when she and two male backup dancers simulated a three-way sex act, known as the Eiffel Tower. In a photo from the performance that the account Buzzing Pop posted on X, Carpenter, who donned a sparkly green and silver halter top with a matching miniskirt, was seen bending over between the two dancers who leaned into her and held hands above her. The position is meant to emulate the structure of Paris' famed historical landmark. The post divided fans when it went viral on social media, with some fans slamming Carpenter's performance as too inappropriate for the younger members of her fan base, while others contended that she had the right to evolve as an artist after transitioning to adulthood.
The Irish Sun
12 hours ago
- Politics
- The Irish Sun
‘New energy' was a bust – our Government's headless-chickening mirrors a world on fire & their goose is already cooked
4 THE Duracell Bunny is about to keel over. His batteries are on the blink. Advertisement The 'New Energy' promised by former Taoiseach, the young pup 4 Now, I'm not blaming Simon and the rest of the Dail ditherers for all of the world's catastrophes Credit: � 2025 PA Media, All Rights Reserved Far from hitting the ground running, the new Away from our shores, Now, I'm not blaming Simon and the rest of the Dail ditherers for any of those catastrophes. Advertisement That would be a bit mad and I'm not quite Looney Tunes yet. Give it time. The impending end of civilisation should keep you awake at night. If you can somehow manage to sleep soundly despite all the horror, drop me a line and reveal your secret. I'd love to know how your nerves aren't frayed, how you're not one step from the ward for the very, very nervous. Advertisement I wish they'd all just exit stage left with their wars and their egos. Or self-combust. Didn't we endure enough suffering during three interminable years of the Simon Harris 'does not expect' poll on Irish unity in this decade So, we certainly don't need the added torment of a But it's what we have. So suck it up as best you can. Throwing your Advertisement You may also want to douse your mobile phone in a flammable liquid and set it ablaze (that thing you look at for hours from one end of the day to the other contains all the poison that has turned many of us into angry, intolerant idiots). Burn it, smash it, dump it in a toilet, whatever, get rid of it. RARE HAPPINESS Nowadays, happiness only exists in the warm embrace of those closest to you, perhaps, or in a few silent moments you steal for yourself, or in the joy of sport, the hum of nature at peace with itself. Hope though is a hard commodity to find. Like ste behind a rocking horse, as a dear old friend used to say in moments of supreme clarity. There's precious little hope to be found away from these shores, except maybe on a desert island. Advertisement Even there, the hand of Trump hovers like a dark shadow, a Hooded Claw. At home too, hope is like a dried-up well, or a rain-drenched MORE DOOM AND GLOOM Hope is a hole in your shoe, especially if you're young. Those poor sods must be tearing their hair out at the gomdaw antics of those handed the power to fix their broken lives. A failed generation under the omnipresent Advertisement And what do we get from the banjaxed Duracell Bunny Harris? Not hope, no, just more doom and gloom. It's all he has to offer. What has he and his Government done in the last six months apart from talk and talk and talk. They're 'engaging key stakeholders' now and have set up an 'accelerating infrastructure taskforce' to deliver deliverables. Plenty of blah, blah, blah and damn all do, do, do. Advertisement EMPEROR HAS NO CLOTHES They had another talking shop on Monday, the National 'There are dark clouds on the horizon,' said Harris, his ever-greying face mirroring the sombre mood that has descended. Talk about stating the bleedin' obvious, though. Sherlock and that thing we do twice a day (if we're lucky) come to mind. The lads and lassies in Leinster House know their goose is already cooked and they're barely seven months into their Government term. Success or failure depends entirely on Trump now. Advertisement If tariffs arrive, then the game is up and the Government knows it. The days of having our coffers stuffed with many billions in US multinational cash is about to abruptly end. IRISH EXPORTS SOARED In the first three months of this year, Most of that was pharma giants getting their product to the States before Trump's tariffs kick in. Clever sods. We may have bumper receipts now from US multinationals, but they will fall off a cliff when Trump's tariff axe swings. Advertisement If only successive governments HADN'T put all the eggs in the one multinational basket. But they did. The success of the The Emperor has no clothes, no wonder the Duracell Bunny has lost his lustre. PUTIN'S LIES ON WAR CRIMES RUSSIA repeatedly claims it isn't targeting civilians in Ukraine. It's a nauseating lie, of course, but Putin and his army of psychopaths revel in deception and double-speak. Since Ukraine wiped out much of Russia's fleet of bombers in a daring attack last month, Putin has unleashed record-breaking volleys of missiles and drones at Ukrainian cities, indiscriminately bombing apartment blocks, shopping centres and schools. One such blatant attack by an Iranian drone was captured live on Ukrainian TV as it slammed into the side of a high-rise block of flats. It was a shuddering sight. Anyone inside would have died on impact. Putin doesn't care. His goal is to drag the war out as long as he can and exhaust the civilian population with nightly terror raids, like the one pictured here. Trump, who has said he 'likes' Putin, obviously hasn't the balls to stand up to the Russian tyrant, so he keeps on killing with abandon. LISTEN TO MACRON, FELLAS HE may have married his teacher, a woman 22 years his senior, but when French President As US President Donald Trump prepared to join Advertisement 4 Emmanuel Macron denounced the idea of using force in regime change in Tehran Credit: AFP He immediately denounced the idea of using force to achieve regime change in Tehran, reminding Trump and Israel's 'Does anyone think that what was done in For those with short memories, the invasion of It also fuelled the rise of Isis across the Advertisement The toppling of Muammar Gaddafi in Libya also led to a brutal civil war in the north African country, one that divided the country in two and still bubbles along to this day. While conceding the Israeli point that it has a right to defend itself and that Iran, a state sponsor of terrorism around the world – Hezbollah and He said: 'I think the biggest mistake today is to use military means to bring about regime change in Iran because that would mean chaos.' Trump and Netanyahu aren't listening though. Netanyahu bluntly said that killing Ayatollah Khamenei, Iran's Supreme leader, 'is not going to escalate the conflict, it's going to end the conflict'. Trump added: 'We know exactly where he is. We are not going to take him out (kill!), at least for now.' Advertisement Khamenei appeared on TV from his bunker, vowing no surrender. Long weeks lie ahead of us. KIRBY A REAL JOY DUNNO if you're into cycling – the sport, not the dangerous exercise of getting from A to B on Irish roads – but I was delighted to hear the chuckling tones of cycling commentating legend Carlton Kirby on TNT Sports this week as he took viewers on a linguistic waltz during the Tour of Switzerland. Carlton is a fellow Sheffield Wednesday sufferer, so he's a kindred spirit. I could listen to him for days on end. Cadence, wit and repartee are his middle names. Among the gems he revealed about Switzerland is the fact each town, village or hamlet employs a caretaker whose job is to keep the public realm in tip-top shape. Grass verges are never overgrown, graffiti never up for long and fag butts as alien as ketchup on a fondue. FARCICAL CLUB CUP CLUB World Cup anyone? Nah, you're alright. 4 Bayern Munich beat a bunch of amateurs from Auckland 10-0 Credit: Getty Images - Getty Advertisement An online platform called DAZN is the only place you can watch it, if you are bothered to jump through hoops backwards trying to sign up to their free stream. DAZN reportedly paid $1BILLION for the privilege of being the exclusive broadcasters. The competition, which kicked off last weekend, soon descended into farce after Who wants to watch that? Not even the most die-hard sports fans, and I count myself among their number, would get excited by a Club World Cup. Advertisement Reports from The Club World Cup will limp to a conclusion over the next few weeks out of the spotlight. Feck all people will tune in. And Fifa will quietly drop it when they realise it's a dead duck. HIQA REPORTS ALLEGATIONS OF ABUSE HIQA must have read my column last week, because this week they confirmed they have passed reports on alleged abuses at two Emeis Ireland-run nursing homes in Dublin and Portlaoise to Gardai. Nothing less will do. Hiqa also reported some 198 allegations of abuse at one of them, yet they went on to say that it 'didn't necessarily mean a failure at compliance'. Talk about utter hogwash. Hiqa is as useful as a monkey without a tail.
