Jack Black

continues to show that he is the greatest promoter of the idea of transforming the São Lázaro district into a creative industries center. This week Albergue SCM opened a

Tragedies of ‘Timbuktu’ told with rare beauty

The hot Malian sands of Abderrahmane Sissako’s “Timbuktu” are a cool reservoir of placid beauty, where desert dunes are swept by quiet ripples of colorful, everyday village life and haphazard

Bob Dylan’s late-night disc

Bob Dylan has never called “Shadows in the Night” a Frank Sinatra tribute album. The idea seems nuts: one of the last century’s greatest songwriters challenging perhaps its greatest voice,

Strong storytelling in ‘Among Thieves’

The brotherhood of criminals gets an incisive, gritty look in this highly entertaining launch of John Clarkson’s new series. “Among Thieves” shows the importance of unconditional loyalty and business acumen for

The Franco-Iberian Enclave

Located in northern Spain, immediately north of Rioja and east of the País Vasco (Basque Country), Navarra is both a Denominación de Origen (since 1933) and Comunidad Autónoma (first-level administrative

FOOD | L’AMOUR À PARIS

Valentine’s Day is almost here. Ready to take your special hottie out for a delicious, sensuous outing? No, I’m not talking about stuff between the sheets just yet. I am

SPA | BEAUTY AND TRADITION

Recently, I was so excited to find out that MGM Macau’s Six Senses Spa carries Claus Porto’s products. A centenary old brand that has a notable Portuguese historical past, Claus

Where in the world is Tyler Kuan?

Do you remember the “Where’s Wally?” books? Dressed in a red stripy t-shirt and hat, young protagonist and adventurer Wally would turn up in various locations around the world and

SCREEN PEOPLE | Movies: Julianne Moore’s Alice highlighting often hidden toll of Alzheimer’s

The movie is about a linguistics professor stricken at the unusually young age of 50 with a form of Alzheimer’s that runs in her family. That type of Alzheimer’s accounts

Friday, February 6, 2015 – edition no. 2245

* Non-gaming is the future of Macau, Adelson says • Sheldon Adelson, Chairman and CEO of Las Vegas Sands Corp., is about to take the position of Sands China CEO. He

TRAVELOG | Tripoli: Tourists give hope to residents of battered Lebanese city

As the tour group made its way through the narrow alleys of the seaside city of Tripoli, marveling at its medieval architecture, residents stared back at a sight that for

scITech | Internet: Groupon founder takes a detour with new audio tour app

Two years ago, Andrew Mason faced an unexpected detour when he was ousted as CEO from the online discount site he founded, Groupon. Now the tech executive’s back on the

The Buzz | Not just Monopoly money: Game in France will have real thing

You can pass go, get out of jail free and collect real money. The French version of Monopoly is celebrating its 80th year by slipping cash into 80 boxes of the

World briefs

CHINA Ten people, including four children, were killed in an accident involving a minibus in southern China yesterday, also the first day for the peak travel season centered on the

ART | MGM announces Joana Vasconcelos exhibition in town

According to a press release issued by MGM, “the aesthetic installation is inspired by the venue décor of MGM Macau, Vasconcelos also draws with the marine and the maritime in

Gaming | Sheldon Adelson: High rollers ‘below the radar’ until corruption ‘witch-hunt’ levels off

VIP and premium players are staying “below the radar” until the Chinese government levels off its current crackdown on corruption, according to Sheldon Adelson, chairman and CEO of Las Vegas

Promotions at Sands based on ‘talent and ability to manage’

Chairman and CEO of Las Vegas Sands Corp., Sheldon Adelson, promises that his company, through subsidiary Sands China Ltd., remains committed to hiring locals for their Macau properties. At a

MSAR plays role in rebuilding school in the Philippines

In a design workshop, concluded at the Center for Architecture and Urbanism this week, the diplomat listened to the presentation of different designs,  jointly proposed by local architects and students,

Exclusive interview in tomorrow’s MDT | Take the risk, says Adelson

The challenge, Adelson says, is for the other concessionaires to follow his lead and invest more into the diversification of the economy. “We originated non-gaming development,” he says in the

US judge rules evidence tainted by FBI ruse in Vegas case

Federal investigators already knew about a wealthy Malaysian businessman when his USD48 million Gulfstream jet touched down in neon-lit Las Vegas last June, days after his arrest and release in

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