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BBCAdult magazines, films and telephone chat lines helped build Sullivan’s fortuneThe former West Ham joint chairman David Sullivan once described himself as a “collector of women, like some people collect stamps”.”I can have up to three a day but some days I don’t have any – it depends how I feel and what else is happening,” he told a newspaper interviewer in 1989. “I have a desire to make love to most women.”The billionaire businessman made a fortune from selling sex in the pre-internet world of adult magazines, films, telephone chat lines and newspapers filled with topless glamour models and…
ReutersSam Bankman-Fried was sentenced two years ago to 25 years in jail Sam Bankman-Fried, the one-time giant in cryptocurrencies currently in prison for fraud, has applied for a pardon from President Donald Trump.Bankman-Fried was given a 25-year sentence after he was convicted of multiple federal charges related to FTX, the cryptocurrency exchange that he founded and led, and its related company Alameda Research.Just two years into that sentence, the 34-year-old former billionaire has now filed an application for pardon after completion of sentence to the Department of Justice, according to online records.Should Bankman-Fried ultimately receive a pardon, his crimes would…
‘He said I could be one of his special friends’: Ex-model tells BBC about meeting with David SullivanWarning: this story includes descriptions of alleged sexual misconduct and explicit languageMultiple women have accused billionaire businessman and West Ham co-owner David Sullivan of abusing his power and preying on them for sex, in some cases when they were teenagers.The allegations from seven women have been uncovered in a joint investigation by BBC Panorama and the Times and span decades, starting in the 1980s. All come from women who were in their late teens or early twenties and were young models seeking work…
Getty ImagesSir Idris is best known for The Wire and Luther, and also appears in the new Masters of the Universe filmBritish actor Sir Idris Elba has said that James Bond shouldn’t become “woke” and that some audiences would not accept a black male playing 007.Sir Idris, who has previously said that he was “never in the race” to play the famous spy despite years of rumours, told GQ that he was nevertheless flattered by the suggestion.He said that Bond “was written how he was written for a reason”, but added he was “complimented” by being linked to the role.”In…
EPAPart of a missile is seen protruding from the ground in the Israel-occupied West Bank, following strikes from IranWhen Iran launched missiles and drones at Israel overnight in response to Israeli attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon, the immediate military significance of the attack appeared to be limited. The political significance, however, may be far greater.For years, Iran has generally justified direct attacks on Israel as retaliation for actions against Iranian territory, commanders or interests. This time was different. Tehran acted after an attack on one of its allies, following an Israeli strike on what it said was a Hezbollah-linked building…
ReutersUS President Donald Trump abruptly walked out of an interview with NBC after being repeatedly challenged on several claims by the show’s presenter Kristen Welker.During the interview, which aired on Sunday’s Meet The Press, the president claimed both the current primary elections in California and the 2020 presidential election were “rigged”.When pressed for evidence on California’s vote by Welker, he said: “All I have to do is look, and I listen.”After the presenter replied “that’s not evidence”, Trump accused the media of being “crooked”, before ending the interview: “Sorry, let’s call it quits because I’ve had enough.”The interview, set in…
Getty ImagesJohn Lithgow and Lesley Manville won awards for their roles in Giant and Oedipus respectivelyJohn Lithgow, Lesley Manville and Laurie Metcalf were among the big winners at Sunday’s Tony Awards, which celebrate the best US theatre of the past year. Aged 80, Lithgow became the oldest male actor ever to win a Tony, for his portrayal of author Roald Dahl in Giant.The actor’s latest Tony trophy comes more than five decades after his first, when he won for his role in a 1972 Broadway production of Changing Rooms. “Two Tony bookends with 53 years between them,” Lithgow noted in…
USA 94: The World Cup that ‘changed everything’The US was in a moment of cultural flux. Kurt Cobain had just died, Michael Jordan was playing minor league baseball – and then the ‘soccer’ World Cup arrived in the summer.
AFP via Getty ImagesA Jollibee restaurant crumbled during the powerful quakeAt least 32 people have died after a magnitude-7.8 earthquake struck off the coast of Mindanao island in the southern Philippines, officials say.The quake hit at 07:37 local time on Monday (Sunday 23:37 GMT), triggering tsunami alerts in the Philippines, Indonesia, Japan and Australia. Some of those were cancelled hours later.Videos and images showed buildings collapsing, including a clip of a Jollibee fast food restaurant reduced to rubble, and landslides have been recorded in some areas.More than 100 people have been injured across several provinces, almost two dozen are missing,…
Eriksen ‘in good spirits’ after collapseChristian Eriksen is “in good spirits” following his collapse against Ukraine and is expected to be discharged from hospital soon, says Denmark’s national team doctor Morten Boesen.2 hrs agoDenmark