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Fans of the Lionesses wait at Heathrow in vain to see their heroes arrived back from Australia. The picture is in the public domain in my view.

Lionesses dash home to their dogs and avoid waiting fans at Heathrow

The woman’s England football team, called the Lionesses, are glad to be home and reunited with their companion animals which, in the case of Millie Bright, the captain, and the forwards Chloe Kelly and Rachel Daly means dog companions. They’ve posted pictures on their Instagram accounts showing themselves cuddling their pets. It seems to me …

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Diva-demands are becoming more eco-friendly as they become eco-conscious

Bafta’s sustainability arm called ‘Albert’ found that the average big-budget film produced 2,840 tons of carbon dioxide (2020). Their report is being cited by film stars who want to see a change in the demands made by divas as they contribute to global warming. I’m thinking about private jets and fleets of luxury cars on …

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Global warming illustration

Greta Thunberg pulls out of Edinburgh book festival over greenwashing sponsor

NEWS AND VIEWS – EDINBURGH, UK: If, like me, you believe in climate change (as we all should because the science unambiguously supports it), you will love Greta Thunberg because she walks the walk and doesn’t just talk about global warming and how to stop it. I love the way she applies strict principles to …

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Alain Delon and his Belgian Shepherd Loubo

Alain Delon’s children accuse his carer of mistreating his adored dog Loubo

NEWS AND VIEWS – CENTRAL FRANCE: Alain Delon is the world-famous heart-throb of iconic ’60s and ’70s films such as Borsalino. Delon is now 87. He invested his earnings wisely and is said to be worth £210 million ($270 million). He loves dogs and has lived with many. The Sunday Times reports that he has …

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The sitting room showing leopard-print furnishings

Leopard-print $26m home of Ivana Trump won’t sell. Thoughts on why.

The Times reports on the struggle to sell the house where Ivana Trump lived in New York city. It has been on sale for five months and it has failed to find a buyer. A visitor said that walking into the house is like stepping back into the 1980s. It is a grand palace inside …

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Joaquin Phoenix at the 2020 Oscars

‘Run to the rescue with love and peace will follow.’ – River Phoenix (1970-1993)

I believe it means that when people eagerly (with speed i.e. ‘run’) rescue and help others less fortunate which includes animals – other sentient beings – and vulnerable people, they will find peace and be loved (and love themselves). It is about giving and helping the less fortunate as an ethos which leads to a …

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Brad Pitt

Brad Pitt has prosopagnosia a neurological disorder causing face blindness and, by the way, he loves dogs and is vegan

NEWS AND OPONION: Brad Pitt has prosopagnosia, a neurological disorder. It’s not been officially diagnosed but he says that he has the condition. He also says that nobody believes him. So, what is prosopagnosia? I should say by the way that he loves dogs and the outdoors which qualifies him to be mentioned on this …

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Gervais and his cat

Ricky Gervais thinks we live far too long and he can’t wait for humanity to be wiped out

Watching Ricky Gervais talk on this chat show is quite uncomfortable. His comedy is uncomfortable. It is a mixture of seriousness and comedy. I find it hard to watch sometimes. I don’t find it particularly funny either. I think a lot of people would agree with me. He does it deliberately. He makes jokes about …

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Svalbard polar bear capital of the world which Tome Cruise wants to exploit

Tom Cruise denied access to Svalbard for filming with helicopters because of the polar bears

Svalbard, Norway, is an Arctic Archipelago. It is said to be the polar bear capital of the world with a polar bear population of 3000 and the human population of 2700. Tom Cruise is filming the eighth instalment of Mission Impossible. It is called Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Two. He wants to use …

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Gordon Ramsay selects a lamb for slaughter and takes the piss while he is doing it

Gordon Ramsay larks around selecting a lamb for slaughter and upsets viewers

This video on Gordon Ramsay’s TikTok page has courted controversy because he is seen larking around at a farm selecting an innocent and charming lamb for the slaughter. And he rubs his hands in glee at the thought of eating a delicious lamb. He comments on how “yummy” the lamb will be when cooked and …

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Japanese man spends £12,480 to look like a border collie

This is an unusual story of a Japanese man who spent about ¥2 million (£12,480) on a border collie costume which is incredibly realistic as he wanted to look like his favourite breed of dog. Toko hired a Japanese company called Zeppet to make the costume. They are known for creating sculptures and models for …

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Rowan Atkinson's firework display terrorised cats and dogs and horses

Rowan Atkinson’s thunderous firework display heavily criticised as it terrified animals far and wide

NEWS AND COMMENT: The Times has an article today May 23, 2022, which makes my blood boil. Rowan Atkinson is famous for his character Mr Bean, a bumbling catastrophe-making individual who was extremely successful and highly amusing. But this story is not highly amusing and neither was the firework display successful. He decided to have …

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Jennifer Hudson and her two cats

Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Hudson and Hugh Grant discuss cats (and dogs)-comment

This is a Graham Norton Show video on YouTube in which three well-known celebrities, Matthew McConaughey, Hugh Grant and Jennifer Hudson talk about cats (and dogs). I’ve put the dogs in brackets because I’m less interested in them ?. After Jennifer Hudson did the ‘Cats’ film, she adopted a couple of cats featured in the …

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