Tag: life&style
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Life & Style | Gift-wrapping this season trends jazzy but sustainable
The trend in gift wrapping this holiday season is toward jazzy yet sustainable options. Consider beautifully folded fabrics or understated, brown or green masking paper topped ... -
Gaza man masters rare skill of balancing art
Whenever Mohammed al-Shenbari sees a new object, he quickly tries to find its “balancing point” and make it stand in a way that appears to defy ... -
NAACP Image Awards to be televised on BET for first time
The NAACP Image Awards will be televised for the first time on BET. NAACP and the cable network announced yesterday that the 51st awards ceremony will ... -
Life & Style | Airbnb looking for 100 of the best home chefs for a trip
Airbnb is launching a global search for 100 top home cooks and treating them to a trip to Italy to learn how to refine their recipes ... -
K-Pop star Goo Hara found dead at her Seoul home
K-pop star and TV celebrity Goo Hara was found dead at her home in Seoul on Sunday, police said. Police said an acquaintance found the 28-year-old ... -
Iggy Azalea, Playboy Carti report $366K in stolen jewelry
Rappers Iggy Azalea and Playboi Carti have told Atlanta police that $366,000 worth of jewelry was stolen from their rental home. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports a ... -
Alcatraz occupier calls events a ‘day of smiles’
About 150 people are now gathered at Alcatraz to mark the 50th anniversary of a takeover of the island by Native American activists. Original occupiers, friends, ... -
Bei Bei arrives at giant panda base in China’s Sichuan province
After a transcontinental flight on the “Panda Express,” a furry American darling arrived early yesterday in his new Chinese home. The Washington-born giant panda Bei Bei ... -
Chang says his new Netflix show honors Bourdain
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner host David Chang says he understands why critics are comparing his new show to work done by his late friend and colleague ... -
Italy’s white truffle hunters worry about climate change
Rising global temperatures are worrying truffle hunters around the Italian town of Alba, where the most prized specimens can fetch twice the price of gold. This ... -
Life & Style | ‘Ford v Ferrari’ speeds to No. 1; ‘Charlie’s Angels’ fizzles
Ford v Ferrari left its competition in the rearview mirror, racing to an estimated $31 million debut at the box office in a No. 1 finish ... -
Life & Style | Rapper Kanye West performs for Texas jail inmates
Kanye West has followed the Johnny Cash route and performed for inmates at a Houston jail. In secret from the public, the star rapper-turned-gospel singer performed ... -
Life & Style | Laborious saffron harvest unites Moroccan village
A 10-year-old boy calls for the dawn prayer in an isolated village in Morocco’s Atlas mountains, announcing a laborious day racing against the clock to harvest ... -
Life & Style | New award to honor arts and activism named after Lena Horne
The venerated Times Square concert venue The Town Hall has created a new award to honor arts and activism, a prize to be named after Lena ... -
Life & Style | Fox legal analyst Napolitano emerges as Trump critic
More than two decades into his career as a commentator at Fox News Channel, Andrew Napolitano reached a milestone of sorts when he was called a ... -
Life & Style | Pete Doherty arrested again in Paris, for violent behavior
Paris authorities say British singer Pete Doherty has been arrested for the second time in the space of a week. The Paris prosecutor’s office said yesterday ... -
Life & Style | Woody Allen and Amazon end legal battle
Woody Allen and Amazon.com have ended their legal battle. The filmmaker had sued Amazon in February after the online giant ended his 2017 contract without ever ... -
Life & Style | A CGI James Dean is cast in new film, sparking an outcry
James Dean hasn’t been alive in 64 years, but the “Rebel Without a Cause” actor has been cast in a new film about the Vietnam War. ... -
Shakira plans a Latin tribute at upcoming Super Bowl
Colombian music star Shakira says she will pay homage to Latin culture alongside Jennifer Lopez at the 2020 Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show in Miami. Speaking ... -
Annette Bening to receive AARP Movies for Grownups award
Annette Bening will receive AARP the Magazine’s lifetime achievement honor at the Movies for Grownups Awards next year. The magazine announced Tuesday that Bening will accept ... -
Carol Burnett returning to ‘Mad About You’ revival
Carol Burnett will be among the familiar faces gracing the “Mad About You” revival. Sony Pictures Television announced yesterday [Macau yesterday] that Burnett will reprise her ... -
Dutch Olympic sprinter jailed in drug smuggling case
The Dutch Olympic sprinter Madiea Ghafoor was sentenced to 8 1/2 years in prison on drug charges in Germany. The court in the town of Kleve ... -
Three ancient shipwrecks discovered off Aegean island of Kasos
Greece’s Culture Ministry says three shipwrecks from ancient and mediaeval times and large sections of their cargoes have been discovered off the small Aegean island of ... -
Seoul police investigating BTS member over traffic accident
Police said they’re investigating a member of K-pop superstar group BTS over a traffic accident that left him and a taxi driver with minor injuries. BTS’ ... -
First Person | Artist by self
First Act “Wherever you go, go whole, Take your heart with you.” Confucius I have long been drawing cities that are under construction, imaginary cities without ... -
Life & Style | Kat Florence releases rarest Kashmir sapphire collection
Jewellery designer Kat Florence, renowned for creating jewelry for the stars and famous for incorporating the world’s rarest colored gemstones into her masterpieces, will finally be ... -
Life & Style | Trumps hand out Halloween candy, greet kids at White House
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump have handed out candy to hundreds of military families and local schoolchildren as the White House got a ... -
France’s LVMH wants to buy jeweler Tiffany for $14.5 billion
French luxury group LVMH has offered to buy Tiffany & Co. for $14.5 billion in cash, sending shares in the New York jewelers soaring. The purchase ... -
Germans flock to Frankenstein Castle for spooky Halloween
Medieval Frankenstein Castle has become a favorite haunt for Germans celebrating Halloween, a tradition that’s grown increasingly popular in continental Europe in recent years. The crumbling ... -
New cruise ship stars a raft of Tony Award winners
Tony Award-winners Alan Cumming, Norbert Leo Butz and Laura Benanti are headlining an interesting venue for a clutch of Broadway stars — a cruise ship. The ... -
English sporting takeover comes with a twist
It’s an English sporting takeover with a twist. Fuelled by the brainpower of foreign coaches, England is going through a dominant spell of success in its ... -
Japan’s Emperor Naruhito hosts tea party for foreign royals
Japanese Emperor Naruhito is hosting a tea party at his residence for royals from other countries, thanking them for celebrating his enthronement at a palace ceremony ... -
It’s a boy for ‘GIRL’ singer Maren Morris
GIRL” singer Maren Morris announced with some irony that she’s having a boy with husband and singer Ryan Hurd. The Grammy-winning country singer posted of a ... -
Springsteen surprises moviegoers at film preview screenings
Bruce Springsteen surprised moviegoers by introducing his new concert film in his New Jersey hometown. The Asbury Park Press reports Springsteen introduced two showings of “Western ... -
Alexis Bledel is the most dangerous celebrity online
Actress Alexis Bledel has been bookish and sweet on “Gilmore Girls” and “Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.” But the actress herself is now officially dangerous. Cybersecurity ...
