2025.12.28

[lsanderson]

Brigitte Bardot, French screen legend, dies aged 91
Emmanuel Macron leads tributes to​ actor who became an international sex symbol ​and later embraced animal rights​ and far-right politics
Brigitte Bardot: a life in pictures
Andrew Pulver, and Angelique Chrisafis in Paris
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/dec/28/brigitte-bardot-french-screen-legend-and-animal-rights-activist-dies

Brigitte Bardot – a life in pictures
The French actor Brigitte Bardot has died – we look back at her life, relationships and films
Sarah Gilbert
https://www.theguardian.com/film/gallery/2025/dec/28/brigitte-bardot-a-life-in-pictures

America in pictures – the Guardian’s best photos of 2025
The collection of top images published in 2025 offers a layered portrait of the nation
Thalia Juarez
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/dec/27/america-guardians-best-photos-of-2025

Snow-covered Mount Etna erupts spewing lava and ash – video
https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2025/dec/28/snow-covered-mount-etna-erupts-spewing-lava-and-ash-video

US voters linking climate crisis to rising bills despite Trump’s ‘green scam’ claims
New polling shows 65% of registered US voters believe global heating is affecting cost of living
Oliver Milman
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/26/us-voters-link-climate-crisis-affordability

The 2025 US economy – in charts: rising prices, hiring slowdown, rollercoaster growth
Looking at the government’s own report cards, how did the US fare under the first year of Trumponomics 2.0?
Callum Jones and Aliya Uteuova
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/dec/28/2025-us-economy-in-charts

The best films of 2025 … you may not have seen
From an old-fashioned western to a charming baseball comedy, Guardian writers pick their favourite lesser-known films of the year
Radheyan Simonpillai, Jesse Hassenger, Veronica Esposito, Tammy Tarng, Pamela Hutchinson, Benjamin Lee, Andrew Pulver, Richard Lawson, Andrew Lawrence, Scott Tobias and Adrian Horton
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/dec/28/2025-best-hidden-gem-underrated-films

The deals aren’t done yet: 25 of the best after-Christmas sales in the US
MasterClass, Roku, Apple, Aritzia – we rounded up the best post-holiday sales for tech, fashion and more that you can snag before the end of the year
Nick Mokey and Filter staff
https://www.theguardian.com/thefilter-us/2025/dec/27/best-after-christmas-holiday-sales

Bayeux tapestry to be insured for £800m for British Museum exhibition
The 70-metre-long cloth about the Norman invasion has not been seen in England since it was created in 11th century
Nadeem Badshah
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/27/bayeux-tapestry-to-be-insured-for-800m-for-british-museum-exhibition

Soak it up: everything science taught us about health and wellness in 2025
Do hot baths improve endurance? Will creatine bolster your brain power? Does pickle juice prevent cramp? Here’s what we learned about living well this year
Joel Snape
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/dec/28/soak-it-up-everything-science-taught-us-about-health-and-wellness-in-2025

Comments

[calimac]

How about that: a famous person on whose death I have no thoughts whatever.

[minnehaha]

£800m for the Bayeux Tapestry? Some fucking billionaire is just going to buy it at that price.

K. [knows priceless when she sees it]

[lsanderson]

It seems her fair looks did not keep her from turning foul, nor a love of animals lead her to love people as she grew older.

[lsanderson]

The French are renovating its normal museum so it's gotta go somewhere with less dust and pounding. (It's sorta like the mythical Hollywood star's Lloyd's of London leg insurance -- even if you can pony up the bounty, you don't get the legs.)