Sian Welby has opened up about the 'scary thing' that comes with taking on a big job like hosting This Morning. The radio and TV presenter last week made her debut as co-host of the ITV daytime show alongside Dermot O'Leary.
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Turns out, it’s a longer, stranger trip. While LSD is often associated with 1960s hippies and Timothy Leary, that’s not the whole story. “The first era of global experimentation with consciousness-expanding substances took place much earlier than commonly thought, in the 1920s through the 1950s, rather than the 1960s and 1970s,” Benjamin Breen writes in his new book, “Tripping on Utopia: Margaret Mead, The Cold War, and the Troubled Birth of Psychedelic Science” (out Tuesday). “Put another way: Timothy Leary and the Baby Boomers did not usher in the first psychedelic era. They ended it.” In this excerpt, Breen, an associate professor of history at the University of California, Santa Cruz, writes of actor Cary Grant — who reportedly tripped on LSD 100 times — and Connecticut Congresswoman Clare Booth Luce experimenting with psychedelics well before hippies got trippy. Throughout 1959, psychedelic therapy captured the public’s attention in a way it would not again until the 2020s.
In April of that year, the newspaper columnist Joe Hyams published the first in a series of articles which revealed that Cary Grant, one of the world’s most bankable movie stars, was an enthusiastic user of LSD. This was no mere recreational drug for the Hollywood icon. Cary Grant credited psychedelic therapy with a personal and professional breakthrough.
“All the sadness and vanities were torn away,” he told Hyams. “I was pleased with the hard core of the strength I found inside of me. I think I’ve always been a pretty fair actor.
Sian Welby has opened up about the 'scary thing' that comes with taking on a big job like hosting This Morning. The radio and TV presenter last week made her debut as co-host of the ITV daytime show alongside Dermot O'Leary.
EastEnders' legend Diane Parish is best known for her role as Denise Fox, but actually had a challenging part on the soap before her debut as Denise. The actress first appeared as Denise in 2006 and has since become a fan favourite with numerous dramatic storylines. Before Denise, Diane played another character on EastEnders, Lola Christie, in 1998, who was introduced as the girlfriend of Walford resident Mick McFarlane, played by Sylvester Williams.
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R.E.M., Steely Dan, Timbaland, and songwriters Dean Pitchford (“Footloose”) and Hillary Lindsey (“Jesus Take The Wheel”) are this year’s inductees into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, the organization announced today.
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Kate Garraway broke down in tears saying their children had ' 'effectively lost their father' Derek Draper almost three years before he died following complications from Covid-19. The Good Morning Britain presenter announced today that her husband had passed away at the age of 56 after a long fight against Covid. Derek needed round-the-clock care after he was placed in a medically induced coma and stayed in hospital for 13 months after catching the virus in 2020.
Jaden Thompson The Golden Globe Foundation has announced the recipients of $5 million in grant awards for 2023-24, supporting 96 organizations that help underserved communities, universities and colleges. The Foundation also assists film restoration projects and offers aid to journalists around the world.
Cradle Of Filth members Marek “Ashok” Šmerda (guitar) and Zoë M. Federoff (keyboard/vocals) have announced that they will be getting married.The announcement comes after Federoff joined the line-up for the symphonic black metal act back in 2022, following the departure of Anabelle Iratni.
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network imposed a ban on drinking alcohol last year.Cooper, host of “Anderson Cooper 360°,” and “Watch What Happens Live” host Cohen, made sure to be on their best behavior when they both downed shots of tequila while on air.The topic surrounding CNN’s alcohol restriction was brought up within minutes after going live from Times Square at 8 p.m., when Cohen, 55, asked Cooper, “Does daddy get his juice?”“Speaking of traditions, it’s the top of the hour. We’ve been here for seven years doing this, and for most of those years, well, at the top of the hour we typically have a toast,” Cohen goes.