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Linkin Park’s comeback album shows Emily Armstrong is less ‘stray cat’ more roaring lion

Linkin Park’s comeback album shows Emily Armstrong is less ‘stray cat’ more roaring lion

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Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free Like a “stray cat” who “just kept showing up” is how Emily Armstrong describes the gradual way she joined Linkin Park, seven years after the death of founding co-frontman Chester Bennington. On From Zero, her first album with the band, she roses and snarls more like a look than a backyard moggy. The 38-year-old Dead Sara singer joins Mike Shinoda at the mic one minute into lead single “The Emptiness Machine” and a minute later they’re both taking turns bawling: “I only wanted to be part of something!” It’s a line that’s guaranteed to get fan fists pumping the air when the world’s most successful nu-metal band embark on a massive global tour next year. Choosing a woman for the role, LP are able to make a clear statement that they’re not trying to “replace” Bennington without tinkering with the …

Leeches are making a medical comeback – here’s why we should celebrate it

Leeches are making a medical comeback – here’s why we should celebrate it

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As we tidy away the Dracula capes and glow-in-the-dark plastic fangs for another winter, one notorious blood sucker has had a particularly good year. For the first time the medicinal leech Hirudo medicinalis has been bred in captivity at London zoo, part of a longer-term project to help this fascinating if unloved creature. Once widespread in the UK, the medicinal leech is now rare due mainly to habitat loss and historic collecting for medical use. In Ireland, the leech was driven to extinction in the 19th century. Their vulnerability is recognised in international conventions and biodiversity audits. You may have heard about leeches being used indiscriminately to treat all kinds of illnesses, from cancer to mental illness in the 19th century. The discrediting of general “bleeding” as a treatment for everything from hysteria to syphilis in the 19th century largely put an end to this history. However, in 1884 leech saliva was identified as an anticoagulant, called hirodine. Surgeons still use leeches to improve the success rates of surgery, such as when reattaching severed fingers …

Autonomous delivery startup Nuro is gearing up for a comeback

Autonomous delivery startup Nuro is gearing up for a comeback

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The California Department of Motor Vehicles this week granted Nuro approval to test its third-generation R3 autonomous delivery vehicle in four Bay Area cities, giving the AV startup a positive boost after facing some setbacks and financial struggles. The approval gives Nuro the ability to test its driverless delivery vehicle in Mountain View, Palo Alto, Los Altos and Menlo Park. Nuro’s vehicles, which don’t have seats, windows, steering wheels or pedals, aren’t designed to carry passengers, only goods. Despite the fact that they operate on public roads, they look more like large sidewalk delivery robots, complete with temperature-controlled storage units to hold food.  The upgraded geographic area will represent the third largest — if not the second largest — deployment of fully driverless vehicles in the United States, after Waymo, co-founder Dave Ferguson told TechCrunch, noting Cruise might have had a larger deployment span before it grounded its fleet late last year.  Nuro also has a 10-year commercial deal with Uber Eats that it’s been testing with third-party vehicles.  Nuro has been teasing its R3 …

Former president Hollande makes surprise comeback in French election

Former president Hollande makes surprise comeback in French election

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Former French Socialist president Francois Hollande on Saturday said he will run for parliament again, the latest political twist after his successor Emmanuel Macron unexpectedly called snap legislative elections. Issued on: 15/06/2024 – 18:35Modified: 15/06/2024 – 22:41 3 min Macron’s dissolving of parliament after the French far right’s victory in European parliamentary elections has swiftly redrawn the lines of French politics. A new left-wing alliance has emerged and the main right-wing party’s leader has announced he is prepared to back an alliance with the far right, sparking in-fighting within his party. On Saturday, police estimated that a quarter of a million people protested across France against the prospect of the far right coming to power. But it is far from sure that the fortunes of the far right will diminish in the legislative elections. Hollande, France’s president from 2012-2017, left office with record levels of unpopularity. He is hated by parts of the radical left and even the Socialist leadership regards him with suspicion. He said he would stand as an MP for the southwestern …

Real Madrid head to Champions League final after spectacular comeback against Bayern

Real Madrid head to Champions League final after spectacular comeback against Bayern

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Real Madrid produced a spectacular comeback with “heart” against Bayern Munich to reach the Champions League final on Wednesday with Joselu striking twice in the dying minutes, earning them a 2-1 win to progress 4-3 on aggregate. Issued on: 09/05/2024 – 00:01Modified: 09/05/2024 – 08:45 3 min Alphonso Davies smashed the visiting German giants ahead in the second half but record 14-time winners Madrid produced a sensational comeback with Joselu netting in the 88th and 91st minutes. Spanish champions Real Madrid face another German side, Borussia Dortmund, in the Wembley final on June 1, after they stunned the team they call their “black beast”. “It’s something magical, there’s no explanation,” said Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti, revelling in another electric night in the Spanish capital. Journeyman striker and back-up option Joselu, on as a late substitute, wrote his name in Madrid’s history books with his last-gasp brace, giving Europe’s comeback kings another night to remember. “(The comeback) was with feeling and with heart, as the coach told us — you have to win games with …

Demi Moore Makes an Unforgettable 2024 Met Gala Comeback

Demi Moore Makes an Unforgettable 2024 Met Gala Comeback

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Demi Moore‘s return to the Met Gala was unforgettable. The actress walked the 2024 Met Gala steps in an unexpected structural gown by Harris Reed, marking the first time she has attended the event in five years. Demi Moore at the 2024 Met Gala. – GETTY Moore, 61, turned heads on Monday wearing a diamond Cartier necklace and matching earrings. Her floor-length black column gown was made from archival vintage wallpaper.  Staying on the “Garden of Time” dress code, her getup featured a pink-and-white floral design and a protruding heart-shaped structural element with spiked arrows. Her sleek black hair and soft makeup allowed for her dramatic outfit to take center stage. Demi Moore at the 2024 Met Gala. – GETTY Despite its commanding presence, Moore said her elegant dress was “not heavy at all.” The inspiration for the dress started with Moore’s Cartier accessories. “It all started with this incredible Cartier necklace that Demi is wearing,” Reed told Ashley Graham on the Vogue red carpet. “It was inspired by the floral feeling it gave me. …

Willow Smith sports black bikini in second Met Gala look after carpet comeback with brother Jaden Smith

Willow Smith sports black bikini in second Met Gala look after carpet comeback with brother Jaden Smith

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Willow Smith and her brother Jaden Smith returned to the famed Met Gala on Monday, May 6, the second time they’ve attended the annual biggest night in fashion. The sibling duo last made an appearance at the 2016 Met Gala, when the theme was “Manus x Machina: Fashion In An Age Of Technology,” and wore custom Thom Browne looks for 2024’s Gala, themed “Garden of Time.” However, it looked like 23-year-old Willow had more than one style up her sleeve, emerging from The Mark Hotel, the famed hotspot for celebs to get ready for the Gala, in another head-turning ensemble. Met Gala 2024: Best Moments The “Wait a Minute!” singer shared a peek of her new look, a skimpy black bikini covered up with a gold revealing Chained by Sedona dress, with threads of gold chains hanging off her body and showcasing her physique and legs. She confidently showed some skin and had her hair styled slicked back, finishing off the look with black strappy high heels, a nude lip, and a dramatic winged liner. …

Céline Dion skips Met Gala despite highly-anticipated comeback five years after last appearance

Céline Dion skips Met Gala despite highly-anticipated comeback five years after last appearance

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We’re not sure our hearts will go on without an appearance from Céline Dion during fashion’s biggest night. Though the “I’m Alive” singer was rumored to be returning to the Met Gala this first Monday of May for the first time in five years – and bringing back the fashion A game fans had grown to love prior to her retreat from the spotlight due to her battle with Stiff Person Syndrome – unfortunately it wasn’t the case. Other stars who have long been favorites at the Met Gala who also didn’t show up were Blake Lively, Rihanna (who reportedly came down with the flu), Katy Perry, Anne Hathaway, and Hailey Bieber. You may also likeWATCH: Céline Dion gets emotional presenting at the Grammys Stars that did show up however included Lauren Sánchez with fiancé Jeff Bezos, Jessica Biel, Rosalía, Ariana Grande, Sydney Sweeney, Amanda Seyfried, Jude Law, Kaia Gerber, Gigi Hadid, plus co-chairs Bad Bunny, Jennifer Lopez, Chris Hemsworth, and Zendaya, among others. The last time Céline attended the Met Gala was in 2019, when the theme of the night was “Camp: Notes …

Lee Anderson drops huge hint about Nigel Farage’s eagerly awaited political comeback | Politics | News

Lee Anderson drops huge hint about Nigel Farage’s eagerly awaited political comeback | Politics | News

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With a general election just months away, Lee Anderson, Reform UK’s only MP, has offered a coy response when asked whether Brexit architect Nigel Farage is planning a return to the political area – while admitting such a move would be a “massive boost” for his party. And the member for Ashfield – who quit the Tories in February in the wake of the row over controversial remarks about London Mayor Sadiq Khan – claimed both the Tories and Labour would be anxious at the prospect of a Farage comeback. Mr Anderson was complimentary about Mr Farage even before defecting, favourably comparing him to Richard Tice, Reform’s current leader, whom he at the time branded a “pound shop” version of the ex-UKP and Brexit Party leader. Speaking today as the scale of Tory losses in yesterday’s council elections became clear, he told GB News: “I keep getting asked the question Is he coming back? I don’t know. It’s up to Nigel. “We have spoken to him about it, but he is keeping his cards close …