Bobby Riggs
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Roger Federer topples Serena Williams in first ever meeting
- Other Sports
- January 1, 2019, 15:55
Roger Federer emerged triumphant from a historic first meeting with Serena Williams in the Hopman Cup on Tuesday, but tennis was the true winner as tw(...)

Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekend
- Film
- December 1, 2017
Wonder ★★★★ Directed by Stephen Chbosky. Starring Julia Roberts, Owen Wilson, Jacob Tremblay, Mandy Patinkin, Daveed Diggs, Izabela Vidovic, Sonia Bra(...)

Battle of the Sexes review: Game, set, match to Billy Jean
- Film
- November 24, 2017, 05:00
There are dark themes of misogyny, gender inequality, homophobia, and discrimination underpinning the new film from the directors of Little Miss Sunsh(...)

Donald Clarke: Are we living in a time of Trump-era cinema?
- Culture
- November 17, 2017, 05:00
It is just over a year since Donald Trump blathered his way to an unlikely electoral triumph. It is, thus, surely too soon to assess the cinema of the(...)

Crumlin’s Pied Piper has coaxed them to Las Vegas, the town where selling a licence to perform almost anything is irresistible. Here we are. Conor Mc(...)

Steve Carell: Some people sprint to the top. For me it happened over years. I didn’t notice
- Film
- June 30, 2017, 06:30
Eight years ago the actor Steve Carell went into a recording booth to adopt a cod eastern European accent for the first time. The role was Gru, the he(...)

Maureen Dowd: Trump less macho than Clinton in some ways
- US
- May 1, 2016, 18:53
It seems odd, in this era of gender fluidity, that we are headed toward the most stark X versus Y battle since Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs. Donal(...)

Maureen Dowd: It’s not sexist to call Sarah Palin shrill
- US
- January 24, 2016, 18:21
It’s a tough call to figure out which place is more benighted: Hollywood or Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia was pulling ahead with all its beheadings and i(...)