25 h. ago Let women be horny – but Sabrina Carpenter’s album cover isn’t helping | Arwa Mahdawi

The Man’s Best Friend image has reopened a debate: sex-positive feminism or soft porn for the male gaze?Please join me for a quick game of “is this sex-positive feminism or just a lazy repackaging of the patriarchy”? Today’s protagonist is Sabrina Carpenter, a pop star whose music videos have got a Brooklyn priest demoted and might have played a small role in getting the mayor of New York, Eric Adams, indicted.Arwa Mahdawi is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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28 h. ago ‘The rain brings out a cinematic quality’: Eric Van Nynatten’s best phone picture

A neon sign reflected in a puddle in New York City’s Theater District inspired this enigmatic shotIt had been raining all day in New York City. After meeting a friend in a coffee shop near Manhattan’s Theater District, professional photographer Eric Van Nynatten decided on a spontaneous street photography session.“The rain had been nonstop, which most people would find messy and chaotic, but I feel it brings out a cinematic quality in the city,” he says. “The wet streets become shiny and reflective, and at night it looks a lot like a painting. I ended up walking down Broadway as evening fell. It’s an area that’s already a visual spectacle – there are all these amazing retro marquees, billboards and neon signs. I spotted this sign reflected in a puddle just off the sidewalk and set up my composition.” Continue reading...

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43 h. ago Sabrina Carpenter fans are 'missing point' of controversial new album cover

Fans of singer and actress Sabrina Carpenter have been left divided after she shared the cover art for her upcoming album, Man's Best Friend, which will be released in August

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45 h. ago Kanye West briefly shows up at Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ sex trafficking trial

Ye, as he is now known, was asked if he was at the courthouse to support Combs, to which he responded ‘yes’Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, briefly came to the New York sex-trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs on Friday to support the hip-hop mogul, a longtime friend.Ye, dressed in white, arrived at Manhattan federal court before noon while the trial was on a break. Continue reading...

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52 h. ago If you think Sabrina Carpenter’s album cover is ‘disturbing’, you need to get a grip

The new princess of pop has sent shockwaves across the internet with her artwork for ‘Man’s Best Friend’. But anyone who thinks it’s ‘off-brand’ has clearly missed the point of the singer’s provocative persona, argues Helen Coffey

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53 h. ago Sabrina Carpenter is accused of 'reducing women to pets' by domestic violence charity as she poses on all fours with faceless man pulling her hair on new album cover

The popstar, 26, announced the 12-song record titled 'Man's Best Friend' on Wednesday accompanied with a picture of a faceless man pulling her hair as she posed on all fours.

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55 h. ago Sabrina Carpenter faces furious backlash as fans say raunchy album cover is 'too far'

Sabrina Carpenter has angered fans after she released her new album cover art for her upcoming album Man's Best Friend, as many are left shocked by her new submissive image

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62 h. ago UK seaside warning as venomous creature buries itself under Britain's beaches

Posters are popping up on UK beaches, warning Brits not to walk on the sands barefoot during the summer months as small but venomous creatures have been found back on Britain's coast

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2 d. ago I dieted for years to be the 'thin friend'. Now my friends are all on Mounjaro and I hate not being the skinniest so much that I'm thinking of taking it too: ELIZABETH LINEHAN

For too many years, I was the 'fat friend'. From the age of 14 when puberty hit, there was simply too much of me.

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3 d. ago Jay Slater's friend Lucy Law reveals their final conversations before he went missing in Tenerife

A former detective revealed Jay had sent a friend a video of himself with knives the night before he disappeared

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3 d. ago Local Women's Aid charity criticises Sabrina Carpenter over 'regressive' album cover

The reveal of Sabrina Carpenter’s new album cover has set the internet ablaze, with Glasgow Women’s Aid branding it ‘regressive’

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3 d. ago Sabrina Carpenter fans upset over new album cover: ‘I’m not feeling it’

Pop singer has raised eyebrows with the cover of her new album, ‘Man’s Best Friend’

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3 d. ago Sabrina Carpenter's album cover has split the girlies in two — but is it really anti

The reveal of Sabrina Carpenter’s new album cover has set the internet ablaze, with some branding it ‘degrading’ and anti-feminist

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4 d. ago My toy cockapoo grew into a giant beast: What owners must know before buying designer dogs that are meant to be just 10

UK owners who splurged hefty sums to purchase a miniature Cockapoo - the designer dog crossbred from the Cocker Spaniel and the Poodle - have ended up with a canine looking much different.

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6 d. ago ‘I watched Bob Dylan play tennis with three of the Beatles’: how we made the Isle of Wight festival

‘It’s a myth that Jimi Hendrix played while the stage was on fire. It was a firework’In 1968, when I was 22, my older brother Ronnie got a job as a fundraiser for a swimming pool on the island. I’d done a concert for CND [the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament], so we started talking about doing some sort of festival to raise the money. My younger brother Bill suggested it had to be pop. An agency in London gave Ronnie a list of acts including the Pretty Things, the Move, Fairport Convention, Tyrannosaurus Rex and an American act, Jefferson Airplane. We only had a £750 investment from the Isle of Wight Indoor Swimming Pool Association, but after a friend lent us his £1,000 army pay-off, we managed to book all those bands, sell 10,000 tickets and break even. In the interim, the pool association pulled out because it didn’t like the publicity about hippies, drugs and sex, but they allowed us to use their investment and we were able to pay them back. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago 'Entitled friend blocked me online after I didn't help her move home'

Moving home can be an incredibly stressful experience but, if you're lucky, friends and family are on hand to help. One man had a "brilliant" response to an old friend's "entitled" moving request

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8 d. ago Dakota Johnson confirms she sent a GALLON of gorilla poop to a friend's ex amid her own split from Chris Martin

Dakota Johnson revealed the savage revenge she took on the man who had 'broken her friend's heart' amid her own split from Coldplay frontman Chris Martin.

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8 d. ago Dakota Johnson reveals savage revenge on friend's ex amid her own split from Chris Martin

Dakota Johnson revealed the savage revenge she took on the man who had 'broken her friend's heart' amid her own split from Coldplay frontman Chris Martin.

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1 week ago Woman captures moment brazen 'thief' tries to break into car while filming TikTok video

Madison Bush, 19, was cleaning her room and recording a video for a friend when she noticed a man and woman standing outside her home in what appeared to be a heated argument.

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1 week ago Hidden cost of designer dogs the breeders won't tell you about: Pet owners say trendy breeds like cockapoos are costing them thousands in vet bills

Speaking to MailOnline, Brits have shared how they've spent thousands on the 'expensive' pets, only to be floored by extortionate vet bills as a result of recurring health issues.

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