Skins

Kaya Scodelario on Skins’ lack of aftercare and The Gentlemen

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Kaya Scodelario remembers her first encounter with fame and success. Despite the fact that she’s only 31, it came nearly 20 years ago as Skins fast became a noughties youth culture phenomenon alongside Arctic Monkeys and The Inbetweeners. Coincidentally, the story takes place at the 2010 NME Awards after we’d put her on the cover … Read more

AP PHOTOS: In Romania, hundreds dance in bear skins for festive ‘dancing bear festival’

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COMANESTI, Romania — Centuries ago, people in what is now northeastern Romania donned bear skins and danced to fend off evil spirits. That custom is today known as the Dancing Bears Festival, drawing crowds of tourists every December. Hundreds of people of all ages, clad in bear costumes, dance every year around Christmas to the … Read more