Hong Kong’s new global promotional campaign will “kickstart” the city’s reopening to international travelers, the Hong Kong Tourism Board told CNBC’s “Squawk Box Asia” on Friday. As part of the “Hello Hong Kong” campaign, which was launched on Thursday, 500,000 air tickets will be given away over the next six months, starting in March. The
Month: February 2023
A few days ago, Linkin Park posted a cryptic countdown on their website, which expired yesterday (Feb. 1). Now, their homepage has an interactive puzzle on it, and we’ve played around a bit to try and figure out what’s going on. Beware — there are spoilers ahead, so if you want to figure out the puzzle for
February 2, 2023, 11:04am All hail the paperback release. * Tessa Hadley, Free Love(Harper Perennial, February 7) The HarperCollins Union has been on strike since November 10, 2022. Literary Hub stands in solidarity with the union. Please consider donating to the strike fund. “The stories of break and repair in this novel are wonderfully unpredictable.”–Minneapolis Star
“Euphoria” star Chloe Cherry is in some hot water back in her hometown after allegedly stealing a blouse from a local store and getting caught. Cherry was charged with misdemeanor retail theft back in January for an incident that reportedly happened back in December in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. According to sources with direct knowledge of the
Fursat, a short film shot on iPhone 14 Pro, is now available to watch on YouTube. Apple has shared the film, directed by Vishal Bhardwaj, on the video streaming platform on February 3. The film Fursat starring Ishaan Khatter and Wamiqa Gabbi has been describe by Apple as ‘a magical story about a man so
While it was released 30 years ago, Groundhog Day remains highly rewatchable due to it being a straightforward comedy with a surprising dose of philosophy. Like Joe Versus the Volcano a few years prior, Groundhog Day blends lighthearted humor with more profound themes about life and love, resulting in one of those rare motion pictures that resonates on multiple
Pamela Anderson has a fresh take on her widely criticized #MeToo comments from years back, clarifying the comments she made on her early view of the casting couch. The “Baywatch” star sat down to chat with Ronan Farrow for Interview Magazine and, in the piece out Wednesday, she said her mom’s advice was way off
‘A Rose for Emily’ by William Faulkner contains some memorable characters besides Emily herself. Even the narrator is a curious creation and deserving of further discussion, since Faulkner does some interesting things with narrative in his short story. Let’s take a closer look at the characters in ‘A Rose for Emily’, both great and small,
If you were wondering whether the deluge of new Skrillex music would stop or slow down after January, here’s your answer. For the fifth week of the year, Skrillex has dropped his fifth single, this time teaming up with Palestinian singer Nai Barghouti for “Xena.” The track has clear Middle Eastern, almost Indian influence, especially
By LOUIS XIII COGNAC Date February 2, 2023 Facebook Twitter Born and raised in Halifax and currently based in Toronto, Maxwell N. Burnstein is a self-taught collage artist who specializes in transforming deconstructed photographs into multi-dimensional art. “Creating narratives by bringing all these different existing pieces together to tell something new really spoke to me
The artistic vision of Slipknot‘s Shawn “Clown” Crahan never stops, with fans now being given a video that’s a director’s cut from the “Yen” video universe featuring the song “Bone Church.” fFans may remember the already spooky visual attached to “Yen” upon its release last August, and while some of the visual themes transfer over
February 2, 2023, 1:50pm This morning, The Cut published its definitive guide to contemporary etiquette, from ghosting to tipping to navigating varying levels of COVID caution. The list contained plenty of fascinating and discourse-generating takeaways (though I haven’t yet seen anyone address the wild revelation that former Vogue editor Lauren Santo Domingo believes one should “Never ask
MLB The Show 23‘s cover star was revealed earlier this week, but the game doesn’t just have one athlete on the box. Baseball legend Derek Jeter announced that he will be on the collector’s editions when they release on March 28 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch, as
When writing fashion-style pieces, one almost has to take a mindful approach to the subject of clothing. The things we don’t think twice about in everyday life, we fashion writers take a magnifying glass to and check in on. For this article, we’re mindfully checking in on men’s socks styles and asking: what are the
Tom Brady has hundreds of millions of dollars coming in from Fox Sports, but that’s not gonna rush him back to work, he’s going to enjoy his first true break from football in a long time because his focus is elsewhere — and not on dating — TMZ has learned. Sources close to Tom tell
Coat, $10,000, by Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello. Hoodie, $348, from The Society Archive. Tank top, $290, by Peter Do. Necklace (top), $1650, by The One I Love. Necklace (bottom), $826, by Luis Morais. Ring, $5,000, Elli Halili. The actor has played Mike Wheeler on the Netflix smash Stranger Things since he was 13. Now, starring
The American Civil Rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s – and beyond – was a political movement which often used art to help change popular opinion. Poets associated with civil rights often used their poetry to commemorate those figureheads who campaigned, fought, and sometimes died to bring about social change; they also used their
Almost two months ago, we revealed our annual Artists to Watch list for 2023, including W IN K among 39 other exceptional names. This past week, W IN K dropped a 30-minute mix full of unreleased music for the upcoming year, and, not to toot our own horn, it’s great to hear that we were