AFTER a dearth of drama during the pandemic viewers can feel spoiled this week with at least two offerings sure to be in the running for awards and acclaim when the time comes. Fargo (Channel 4, Sunday, 10pm) returns to the badlands of Kansas City for a 1950-set series. Noah Hawley’s whip-smart and delightfully cynical crime drama, now on its fourth outing, has distinguished itself down the years with big name, sometimes surprising, casting. This time, it is Chris Rock adding his name to a list that includes Billy Bob Thornton, Martin Freeman, Ted Danson and Ewan McGregor. The stand-up superstar plays Loy Cannon, part of a band of African-American gangsters who want to take the Italian-American mob on at their own game. Wonder how that works out. As added treats, also showing up are Jessie Buckley (Wild Rose), Jason Schwartzman (Rushmore), Ben Whishaw (voice of Paddington) and Timothy Olyphant (Justified).
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My mother could have been a doctor Purdue, premed, 1938 but like so many women of her era, she got married, started a family, and became a de facto pediatrician for six unruly and often calamity-prone children. She was the one to take us to the doctor for our shots and the one who trooped us down to the emergency room conveniently just a block away from home when we did something really stupid.
Mothers have long been recognized as healthcare decision makers within the family, and that may well be the case when COVID-19 vaccinations become available to children and adolescents. Kaiser Health News reports that more women than men are getting their COVID-19 vaccines, even though more men than women are dying of the disease, and that is about par for the course for us guys.
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Updated: 4 May 2021, 21:26
MARK SELBY is only going to spend a tenner on a car following his latest Crucible world title.
Three years ago he splashed out prize money on a £215,000 Lamborghini Huracan.
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Selby will now place an order for a toy version for his daughter, SofiaCredit: Getty
Four-time world-beater Selby, 37, said: “Sofia was absolutely hysterical before I went away to the Worlds because my wife Vikki was coming with me.
“I said, ‘Look, mummy will come with daddy to give him some company. When I’m back, I’ll take you to the toy shop’.
“She wants a remote-controlled toy car and a doll. One is about £2.49, the car is about £10 bless her, she said if it’s too expensive, she’ll choose something else.”