Martin Scorsese’s mob epic, The Irishman, his most expensive movie so far, about the crossover between organized crime and American politics, is due out late September. It’s the 9th feature on which Scorsese and Robert De Niro have worked together – Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull Goodfellas, Cape Fear, Casino etc; and also … Read more
Dwayne Johnson, mega-successful Fast & Furious blockbusters actor and retired wrestler has married his long-time girl-friend Lauren. They’ve been together since 2007 and have two children, aged 3 and 1. He was born 2 May 1972 6.02pm San Leandro, California and she was born 8 September 1984 in Massachusetts. He has a partnership-oriented 7th house … Read more
The holier-than-thou Mike Pence who sold his soul for a seat near the centre of power has been selected again as Trump’s putative VP for 2020. Born 7 June 1959 he’s another slippery Gemini like Trump with his Moon in Gemini/Cancer (more probably Cancer given his family-oriented leanings and strong wife); a flashy Venus, Mars … Read more
Peter Fonda has died aged 79. He was scion of an acting dynasty he rebelled against, and an icon of the hippie culture of an America in social upheaval in the late 1960s. His drug-dealing biker-flick Easy Rider which he wrote, produced and acted alongside Dennis Hopper and Jack Nicholson, while high on LSD, … Read more
Offering to buy Greenland is clear sign that Trump has lost the plot altogether according to the Washington Post. Although evidently wikileaks indicated the USA is highly interested in investing in the resource base of Greenland and in tapping hydrocarbons off the Greenlandic coast. Greenland is the largest island in the world, an autonomous Danish … Read more
With Epstein gone, the focus has shifted onto Ghislaine Maxwell, his confidante and alleged facilitator. Stories are that she has deliberately disappeared or alternatively is splicing a deal with the feds in return for spilling the beans. (Though the Daily Mail has just announced she’s in a boyfriend’s multi-million dollar oceanfront house outside Boston. He … Read more
Placido Domingo, one of the most celebrated figures in opera, as a singer, conductor and director, still attracts sell-out concerts round the globe at 78 and has sung in than 4,000-plus performances, more than any opera singer in history. Now he’s attracted sexual harassment charges from eight singers and a dancer who said he … Read more
Damian Hurley renowned for being close to his mother model Liz Hurley has been giving a nod to her most famous Versace outfit with a fashion publicity pic of himself in a suit with huge safety pins. He followed it up by an Instagram outing of him in a provocative pose with his long flowing, … Read more
Mitch McConnell, the Senate Majority Leader, has been rattled by the nickname ‘Moscow Mitch’ and then ‘Massacre Mitch’ for his single-handed blocking of stronger election security measures after Russia’s interference in 2016; and his refusal to tighten gun laws. Then he broke his shoulder – not a great week. He was born 20 February … Read more
Queen Elizabeth 11 has seen prime ministers come and go in her 67 year reign – 14 in all including the present one. She sees them weekly for an entirely private meeting and little emerges of her personal likes and dislikes, apart from this time round Boris blowing off his mouth after their first meeting … Read more