February 4, 2021, 3:58pm If you don’t hang out in the New York Review of Books Letters section, you may have missed this fairly heated exchange between Rumaan Alam and Ruth Franklin, who reviewed his National Book Award-nominated novel Leave the World Behind in the publication’s last issue. The review in question was mixed (at least according to
Hong Kong (CNN) — I woke to the sound of my fiancée muttering “f*@!” under her breath on Christmas Eve. While we were sleeping, the Hong Kong government had announced that all residents of the city returning from abroad must now spend three weeks in hotel quarantine instead of two, at their own expense —
Visit Dubai From its evocative desert landscapes and futuristic architecture, not to mention luxury shopping and Michelin-starred and standard restaurants, the city of Dubai, one of the seven United Arab Emirates, was designed for wow-factor travel moments. Dubbed the City of Gold – here, palatial seven-star resorts, quite literally ‘next-level’ dining, and spectacular experiences are
Donald Trump — the man who is about to stand trial for provoking an insurrection that could have brought down our government — has resigned from Hollywood’s labor union … calling it “un-American.” Trump fired off a letter of resignation to SAG-AFTRA President Gabrielle Carteris Wednesday … this after the union’s board was in the
Michelle Williams to reunite with Todd Haynes for Peggy Lee biopic The long-gestating biopic of beloved jazz singer Peggy Lee is finally gaining some ground as Golden Globe winner Michelle Williams (Fosse/Verdon) has signed on to star in the central role and reunite with director Todd Haynes (Dark Waters), according to Deadline. RELATED: Michelle Williams Confirms
Fresh from its stunning insights into the broadband market, UK Parliament has decided it’s time to fix the mobile sector. It was less than a month ago that the UK Public Accounts Committee dropped the bombshell that we might not cover the entire country in fibre by 2025 after all. Lesser legislative bodies would have
iPhone and iPad users have reported crashing issues with third-party apps after syncing with M1-powered MacBook models. The third-party apps reportedly crash right after launch, making them completely unusable. However, pre-installed apps seem to run fine. The users’ reports started coming in about a month after the M1-powered MacBook laptops were released and the problem
Rodney Ascher doesn’t need to take the red pill to explore how deep the rabbit hole goes. The documentary director has made a career out of burrowing into the dark recesses of these modern times. His debut feature, 2013’s Room 237, looked at viewers who promote alternate readings of Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, while The
The Anglo-American modernist poet T. S. Eliot (1888-1965) was arguably the most influential poet of the twentieth century. With poems like ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’, The Waste Land, ‘The Hollow Men’, and Four Quartets, Eliot changed the landscape of poetry forever. T. S. Eliot is also one of the most quotable poets
When Your EDM first clocked Ryan Summers with his 2018 sophomore album, ii in our New Artist Spotlight, he was just getting started but showed great promise as a left-of-center experimental electronic artist. The drony, ambient sounds from singles like “Nightshift” and the aptly-named “Hypnotic Drones” conjured up images of weird German art porn and possibly the
Photography courtesy of Instagram/@_mounatraore.Including jewel tones and bold gold accessories for combatting the winter blahs. By Odessa Paloma Parker Date February 4, 2021 Facebook Twitter It’s natural to feel like your wardrobe’s in a slump when February hits. Spring feels so far away, yet we know it’s coming… How to keep things interesting before switching
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Dubai has enacted strict new measures to curb the spread of Covid-19 and is defending its pandemic response strategy after a surge in cases. Record breaking infection rates in recent weeks have forced Dubai to introduce new venue capacity cuts and a night curfew for some businesses, after opening itself
The Mandalorian continues its run as one of the most acclaimed shows on TV. Not only has the live-action Star Wars TV show, which debuted on Disney+ in late 2019, earned the love and affection of the fanbase but it has managed to win over critics as well. Case in point, season 2 of the
Late last year, Nova Twins pushed for the MOBO Awards (Music of Black Origin) to add a category recognizing rock and further saluting recognition. Now, continuing their desire to bring recognition for rock artists of color, the duo have signed on to compile a new collection for Dr. Martens called Nova Twins Presents Voices for
February 4, 2021, 10:22am For several summers, between college semesters, I was a hostess at an Alice in Wonderland-themed restaurant in Manhattan called Alice’s Teacup. At the time, I was living in Gravesend, Brooklyn, so I would leave my home at six in the morning to make it to the Upper East Side in time
(CNN) — “Rendezvous on Champs-Elysees. Leave Paris in the morning with T-E-E. In Vienna we sit in a late-night café. Straight connection, T-E-E.” Kraftwerk’s minimalist 1976 tribute to the pleasure of long-distance train journeys will likely be familiar to music fans, but to a generation of Europeans, Trans Europe Express remains a byword for fast,
Adelina Wong Ettelson, Global Head of Residences Marketing Adelina Wong Ettelson is the Global Head of Residences Marketing for the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, a subsidiary of Jardine Matheson. Adelina has been instrumental in establishing the brand as a sought-after hotel partner for luxury residential developers globally. She has successfully launched branded residential properties in
Fantastic Beasts 3 Temporarily Halts UK Production According to Deadline, Warner Bros. Pictures has announced that filming on the upcoming third installment of Fantastic Beasts has been temporarily halted due to a crew member testing positive for COVID-19. This is the latest setback that the project has endured since the beginning of production in September