8 h. ago Sabrina goes down on her hands and knees to sell new album Man's Best Friend. Is it worth it? Music critic Adrian Thrills ponders the question

Some felt the image was demeaning to women, while others saw it as satire. But it achieved its primary aim in whipping up a media storm reminiscent of the ones created by Madonna in her heyday

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13 h. ago Mozart: Six String Quintets album review – deep understanding of these under

(Alpha)Spunicunifait (their name taken from a nonsense word used by Mozart) perform these six quintets with flexibility and easy athleticismFormed by string players from some of Europe’s leading orchestras and ensembles specifically to give historically informed performances of Mozart’s string quintets, Spunicunifait takes its name from a nonsense word used by Mozart in one of his letters, the meaning of which remains a mystery. “We wanted to make a recording that would approach the quintets with the same reverence that [Mozart’s] quartets receive,” they say, and that approach results in performances of the six works that have transparency, flexibility and easy athleticism. There are the five well-known mature quintets, as well as the early B flat work K174, for which Spuncunifait play two versions of its finale. All are composed for a quintet of strings with two violas (unlike Boccherini’s quintets and Schubert’s famous C major quintet, which employ two cellos).The players – Lorenz...

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16 h. ago David Byrne: Who Is the Sky? review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week

(Matador)His last album was criticised for being too upbeat during Trump 1.0 but became a phenomenal live show, and the Talking Heads frontman remains sunny – almost to a faultIt is seven years since David Byrne released his last solo album, American Utopia. So much has happened in the intervening period that it’s easy to forget that, initially, the record received a mixed response. There was praise for its expansive and experimental approach: songs built on rhythms by Brian Eno were handed over to a wide selection of producers to tinker with, then Byrne compiled the finished product. Part of a larger multimedia project called Reasons to Be Cheerful, it attempted to engender a spirit of positivity, but there were complaints that this amounted to a blithe abdication of responsibility amid the first Trump presidency. Respectful long-service-medal reviews coexisted with angry fulminating over the complete absence of female contributors.A mixed response was business as usual as far as B...

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20 h. ago Alex Warren’s hit song Ordinary named the UK’s Official Song of the Summer 2025

The 2025 Song Of the Summer chart also features hit songs by Ravyn Lenae, Sabrina Carpenter, and Chappell Roan.

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30 h. ago New cheating trend is corrupting married men... JANA HOCKING says all her friends are doing it!

I was recently catching up with a friend over a few too many cocktails when his phone buzzed. Suddenly, he shot up from his seat and bolted to the bathroom...

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37 h. ago Sabrina Carpenter addresses 'fascinating' reaction to mixed reviews of new album Man's Best Friend

American popstar Sabrina Carpenter has revealed the thought process behind her raunchy new album Man's Best Friend - in the hopes to make her X-rated lyrics relatable to her fans

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41 h. ago Sabrina Carpenter announced as new face of Iconic Scottish Whisky brand Johnnie Walker

Sabrina Carpenter has announced a global partnership with Johnnie Walker

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42 h. ago Sabrina Carpenter strips to sheer lingerie as she poses cheekily in bald cap

Sabrina Carpenter has been taking the world by storm her her new music dropping and her sensational style - but this time she'd posed for the camera in a bald cap. Bizarre, right?!

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44 h. ago From Bravo to Donnarumma: Manchester City’s goalkeeping evolution under Guardiola | John Brewin

Italian may lack skills Pep Guardiola has expected from goalkeepers but he is still a match winner in his own rightSigning a goalkeeper with a reputation as lofty as Gianluigi Donnarumma would usually register as a powerful statement of intent but Manchester City’s addition of Italy’s Euro 2020 hero, the keeper whose saves guided Paris Saint-Germain to a first Champions League last season, has been met with a rather mixed reaction.City’s troubled start to the season adds confusion, so too Pep Guardiola’s case history with goalkeepers. Ederson was beloved by City fans for being a maverick and played a key role in the team’s serial title wins. Just 32, relatively young for players in his position, a dalliance with a move to Saudi Arabia last year and the interest of Fenerbahce – the club he has joined – hastened his exit. Continue reading...

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61 h. ago Ben Shephard makes dig at his sex life with wife as This Morning co

Ben Shephard left This Morning co-stars red-faced after joking about his sex life with wife Annie, sparking a mixed reaction from ITV viewers who were shocked by it at home

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3 d. ago Sabrina Carpenter poised to top album chart with Man’s Best Friend

The record is a follow-up to 2024’s Short n’ Sweet

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3 d. ago Israeli fans draw mixed reaction at Coldplay concert in London

Israeli fans draw mixed reaction at Coldplay concert in London  Ynetnews

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3 d. ago The viral Stanley Quencher cups have 40% off in Labor Day sale

The cup counts Sabrina Carpenter and Olivia Rodrigo among its fans

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4 d. ago Sabrina Carpenter 'secretly recorded her latest album at Soho Farmhouse' as singer bags three tracks in the Top Ten just days after its release

The hitmaker, 26, released her seventh studio album Man's Best Friend dropping the new release on August 29.

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4 d. ago Sabrina Carpenter warns that her new album is not for ‘pearl clutchers’

The ‘Espresso’ singer’s latest album was released on Friday

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4 d. ago Women cope better when their partner dies. I’ll have to go before him, out of spite

Should your partner be your best friend? After David Mitchell mansplained relationships, I asked my husband and his answer surprised meDavid Mitchell is probably the only male on the planet who could get away with defending mansplaining, so that is what he has done. “I feel there’s an unfairness to the term, which is taken to be men explaining things in a boring way to women,” he told the Sunday Times. “Because they do it to each other, and they take turns, and that’s what men call a conversation.”In the same interview, Mitchell and his comedy partner Robert Webb are asked how each counselled and supported the other through various personal challenges. They are confused and slightly aghast at the idea that they might have discussed such matters. What do men talk to one another about, then? “Well, yes,” says Mitchell. “That’s a question [my wife] Victoria’s asked me many times. And I never really know.” Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Sabrina Carpenter haters 'you all need to get out more' over sexy album cover

Songstress Sabrina says the cover for seventh studio album Man’s Best Friend is 'perfect' as she kneels in a black dress and high heels

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5 d. ago ALBUM REVIEW: The London Suede dances with death on ‘Antidepressants’

ALBUM REVIEW: The London Suede dances with death on ‘Antidepressants’  RIFF Magazine

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6 d. ago Sabrina Carpenter fans erupt as hunky Oscar nominee dons DRAG for her raunchy music video

The 26-year-old singer-songwriter's new album Man's Best Friend came out on Friday, coinciding with the release of the second single Tears and its accompanying video.

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6 d. ago Sabrina Carpenter warns ‘pearl clutchers’ not to listen to new album

The ‘Espresso’ singer’s latest album was released on Friday

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