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...strikes. Management has apologized for such breaches of trust as falsifying the results of a public vote to name a cat on the children's show Blue Peter (producers rejected the winning entry "Cookie" in favor of "Socks") and showing a trailer for the documentary A Year with the Queen with scenes shown out of sequence to suggest (deceptively) that the monarch had stormed out of a photo session. That scandal claimed a number of scalps, including the boss of BBC1, Peter Fincham, who resigned on Oct. 5. Two weeks later, the BBC's director general Mark Thompson announced plans...
...exhibition of over 100 works opens with portraits from Goya's age - including one by him of a voluptuous Marquesa de Santa Cruz, and another of him, by contemporary Vicente López, depicting the artist in dyspeptic old age. Francisco Pradilla's tempestuous 1877 painting of a grieving Queen Juana la Loca is perhaps the most striking of the exhibition's vast historical works. Their general heaviness is relieved in the last two galleries by the delightful impressionistic works of Mariano Fortuny and Joaquín Sorolla, including the latter's sun-dappled Young Boys on the Beach...
...ascend to the top of the establishment. Since her retirement six years ago, Chan's stature has barely diminished. With a patrician demeanor that can convey both hauteur and charisma, she is the paragon of the city's haute bourgeoisie. The city's working people treat her like a queen. And although she served in Hong Kong's first postcolonial administration until 2001, she adroitly kept a distance from its unpopular head, Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa. This, plus her advocacy of speedier democratic reforms in defiance of Beijing, has made her "the conscience of Hong Kong" in many eyes...
...evokes earlier hits like “Learn to Fly” and “Monkey Wrench.” It starts slowly but soon picks up, going on to boldly propose: “Let’s say we take this town / No king or queen of any state / Get up to shut it down / Open the streets and raise the gates.” The song marks a return to what the Foo Fighters are best at: producing songs with smooth chord progressions and catchy choruses...
...Elizabeth: The Golden Age” has matured in all ways since its prequel, 1998’s “Elizabeth.” Motivated by the many intricate layers of the personality of Queen Elizabeth I, whom Cate Blanchett portrays in both films, it never rests in one place for too long and stays impressively true to historical accounts of her reign. Despite the seven Oscars for which “Elizabeth” was nominated, “The Golden Age” breaks with the common convention of sequels falling short of their predecessors. Rather...