Two months later, chairman Lord Triesman, who passed away earlier this year, was forced to quit after being recorded speculating about referees being bribed at the World Cup.
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Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
The first issue of Publick Occurrences contained a few items of local news and, notably, one salacious sentence speculating that King Louis XIV of France was sleeping with his son’s wife.
The Velvet Gang’s members are Black, and their heists involve the partnership of a white woman who serves as a decoy, by monopolizing salesclerks’ attention and leaving the threesome free to slip out with loads of merchandise.
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Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
22 May 2026
That last part may be the only real vulnerability that could keep the Spurs and Thunder from monopolizing Western Conference championships.
Throughout this dense and always engrossing survey of Lean’s career in film, Thompson threads the vicissitudes of the director’s personal life, spanning six wives and various other relationships and flings.
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David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
27 May 2026
The sad but realistic turns in their lives are engrossing, as is their slow convergence.
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