Frankie KnucklesObituaryFrankie Knuckles obituaryTrailblazing American record producer and club DJ hailed as the Godfather of House"Disco's revenge," was the way Frankie Knuckles, who has died aged 59 after a long period of ill health, mischievously described house, the style of music that was born in his club, the Warehouse in Chicago. The raw, machine-driven, four-to-the-floor kickdrum sound that Knuckles helped conceive went on to become one of the dominant forces in popular music over the next 30 years, upping the energy in dance clubs and earning him the tag Godfather of House.
Jimmy Fallon Jimmy Fallon makes mashup of speeches by Trump and Legally Blonde star – video On Wednesday’s The Tonight Show, Jimmy Fallon creates a mashup of Donald Trump’s speech on Saturday at Liberty University and a speech by Elle Woods (played by Reese Witherspoon), from the 2001 film Legally Blonde. The speeches by Trump and Woods appear to use very similar lines
Watch the full segment on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon’s YouTube
Fox News This article is more than 5 years oldMeet Suzanne Scott: the new Fox News CEO who enforced 'miniskirt rule'This article is more than 5 years oldScott is the rightwing news organisation’s first female leader, but many question whether she is a break with the past
Fox News announced on Thursday that their new CEO will be Suzanne Scott, currently the president of programming. The company has effectively been without an official CEO since Roger Ailes was ousted in 2016 amid sexual harassment allegations, although Rupert Murdoch had stepped in to run the channel during the interim.
Ohio This article is more than 6 years oldOhio police officer who shot and killed black 22-year-old says he faced 'imminent threat'This article is more than 6 years oldBeavercreek officer Sean Williams killed John Crawford in Walmart in 2014Crawford’s relatives’ lawsuit alleges negligence by police department and storeA white Ohio police officer who fatally shot a black man in a Walmart store says he believed he faced an “imminent threat”, although he acknowledges he never saw the man point what turned out to be an air rifle or threaten anyone.
FictionReviewThis delicious debut hovers between domestic horror and supernatural unease
The gothic is a seductive but slippery genre, as much emotion as form: you’d be hard pressed to find two academics agreeing wholly on its definition. Often, novels are claimed for the gothic because of a creaking stair or an imperilled maiden; yet true gothic lies not merely in tropes – though these are to be prized – but in an expression of transgression, madness or desire that makes the unnerved reader complicit in the tale.
Unforgotten: episode recapsTelevisionSunny’s eureka moment reveals the truth about the gang of four once and for all, as ITV’s cold case drama comes to a thrilling conclusion
She didn’t make it. The late DCI Cassie Stuart touched many people’s lives, but it’s Sunny I feel for the most. While there’s no league table of grief, there is something particularly heartbreaking about DC Khan losing his colleague, mentor, friend and hero. Martin loses a daughter, Adam and Rob a mother, and her team a one-of-a-kind gaffer who had their backs at every turn.
TennisUnited Cup: Zverev earns redemption as Germany beat Australia to reach finalDe Minaur had beaten Zverev before decisive mixed doublesJordan Thompson’s Brisbane run ended by Grigor DimitrovThere was redemption for Alexander Zverev as Germany ended Australia’s United Cup campaign at Sydney’s Ken Rosewall Arena, with the world No 6 recovering after a singles defeat to Alex de Minaur to team up with Laura Siegemund and secure a 2-1 victory in the tie’s deciding rubber.
Arts funding This article is more than 11 months oldWallace and Gromit maker warns UK animators may have to move abroadThis article is more than 11 months oldExclusive: head of Aardman studio blames Brexit as UK falls behind on skills and tax relief The head of Aardman, the Oscar-winning British studio behind Wallace and Gromit and Shaun the Sheep, has warned that the nation’s animation productions for children’s television will have to be made overseas because acute challenges are taking their toll on the UK sector.
A Brooklyn couple hopes to do their part to support a 2016 presidential campaign.Hillary ClintonA Brooklyn company is bidding to create a Hillary Clinton action figure that makes the politician a ‘symbol of intelligence, strength, power and tenacity’
Wearing a light blue pantsuit, pearls and sensible mules, a miniature Hillary Clinton has hinged arms and a smiling face atop a swivel-ready neck. The “ready-for-action figure” is “not a doll”, according to its creators Jason Feinberg and Alyssa Zeller Feinberg, the husband and wife behind product design studio FCTRY.
OpinionAbortion This article is more than 11 years oldAbortion: thank God Justin Bieber fans won't be listening to his motherThis article is more than 11 years oldRhiannon Lucy CosslettPattie Mallette's film Crescendo seeks to set back reproductive rights. But tweenagers don't pay attention to such stuffWhat better way to welcome the 40th anniversary of Roe v Wade than the news that Justin Bieber's mother is producing an anti-abortion film? I honestly cannot think of a superior way to celebrate how American women finally succeeded in winning reproductive rights.