Smiling Russians? | World Cup hosts defy glum, hostile image

  * Movies: Jurassic World 2 * Book: You were made for this by Michelle Sacks * Wine: The Southern Pétrus * F&B: Spat shows the power of food wording     DOWNLOAD

‘Jurassic World 2’ leans on nostalgia, contrivances

Here’s the good news: “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom “ is more fun than “Jurassic World.” It’s not exactly a high bar, but still a welcome surprise. In

‘You Were Made for This’ explores marriage and parenting

Appearances sometimes are not just deceiving but can hide fissures so deep and fractured that tragedy can seem a surprise when it occurs. Michelle Sacks richly explores

Russia | Political tensions set aside during World Cup

Chilly, gray, threatening. To many outsiders, that’s the image Russia conveys to the world. But that’s not the Russia World Cup fans are discovering. A Moscow

The Southern Pétrus

For oenophiles and even the most ardent Francophiles, Sud-Ouest remains the one unconquered territory lurking at the edge of the French realm. It would be futile to attempt

Volcano tourism in Guatemala | Living with a generous monster

  • Volcano tourism is the life blood of some villages in Guatemala. For locals it is a question of learning to live with a generous monster. * Movies: Incredibles 2 * Book:

FAMILY FUN AND INSIGHT IN SPRIGHTLY ‘INCREDIBLES 2’

The Incredibles writer/director Brad Bird has said that his characters’ powers are all born of stereotypes. Dad is strong, mom is stretched in a million directions, teenage girls put up

An inside look at the writing, production of ‘The Simpsons’

When television's longest-running cartoon show first hit the airwaves, most of its writers and producers gave it six weeks at best. The one optimist in the crew figured it might

Travelog | Tourism at a Guatemala volcano: Visitors feel the heat from the still-smoldering lava

  Tourists reached out to feel the heat from the still-smoldering lava, tossed sticks to see them burst into flames or watched a guide toast marshmallows on hot rocks as they

The Yellow Wine from France

The annual Le French GourMay tends to feature single wine regions as official themes, e.g. Bourgogne in 2013, Vallée du Rhône in 2014, Alsace in 2016 and Champagne in 2017,

Food and Beverage | De Niro’s Nobu Hospitality aims at USD1 billion in sales

Nobu Hospitality LLC, the sushi restaurant and luxury hotel chain founded by Robert De Niro, chef Nobu Matsuhisa and movie producer Meir Teper, expects to reach USD1 billion in

On the Road Again

  * Movies: Ocean’s 8 * Book: A Little Piece of Light by  Donna Hylton with Kristine Gasbarre * Music: Storm Boy by Xavier Rudd*

By-the-numbers ‘Ocean’s 8’ covers familiar territory

Steven Soderbergh’s “Ocean’s Eleven” remake is a hard movie to live up to. Its starry charm was backed by a breezy and deceptively dense script full of

Activist’s memoir a poignant voice for incarcerated women

Donna Hylton opens her memoir, “A Little Piece of Light,” with an admission of guilt and remorse for her crimes. However, this isn’t where her story begins.

Xavier Rudd’s ‘Storm Boy’ inspired by childhood film

The title track of Xavier Rudd’s latest album was inspired by a pelican he saw while sitting by a river sipping tea. The water bird reminded him

Travelog | Are old-fashioned road trips trendy again?

Surveys show they’re on the rise. Websites, newspapers, magazines and even books are featuring road trips like they’re the next big thing — even though they’re

The Coterie of Champions

Since its inception in 1984, the International Wine Challenge (“IWC”) has gradually established itself as one of the most authoritative tasting competitions in the world. Its insistence on

‘The Beach’ is closed

* Movies: American Animals * Book: The Glitch by Elisabeth Cohen * Music: As Long As I Have You by Roger Daltrey * Wine: The Alpine Bastion III * F&B: Tuscan spinach and ricotta

In ‘American Animals,’ a library heist goes awry

For anyone who has ever read “Crime and Punishment” and then really wanted to see a frat boy version — Bro-stoyevsky, if you will — your movie

Cohen hilariously tackles work-life balance in ‘The Glitch’

Shelley Stone is a hard-working CEO of a Silicon Valley tech company that sells a small device called a Conch, which helps improve everyday life. The Conch

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