FRENCH FASHION luxury brand Longchamp celebrated its 70^th anniversary in 2018. Philippe Cassegrain, son of the founder Jean Cassegrain, witnessed the beginning of Longchamp and has actively participated in developing the brand worldwide.

RUSTAN’s is kicking off 2019 with a sale, offering discounts of up to 70% on fashion, home, fine jewelry and children’s brands until Jan. 31.

THIS YEAR’S Oscar race is one of the most wide open in recent memory, giving some big-studio blockbusters a shot at the best-picture crown after years of victories by indie darlings.

FIFTY YEARS after the Woodstock music festival became one of the watersheds of hippie counterculture, an anniversary event will take place in August 2019 on the same field north of New York City.

LOS ANGELES -- Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are expecting a fourth child -- again using a surrogate, according to multiple media reports on Wednesday.

DESPITE THREATS from streaming services and an overall feeling that Hollywood is bereft of new ideas, the movie industry turned in its best year ever in 2018, with the US leading the way to almost $42 billion in global ticket sales.

BEIJING -- China’s movie box office revenue rose 9% in 2018 to 60.98 billion yuan ($8.87 billion), state media reported, a slower pace than the 13.45% clocked for the previous year.

LOS ANGELES -- Singer and pianist Daryl Dragon, best known as The Captain of 1970s soft rock duo Captain and Tennille, has died at the age of 76, his publicist said on Wednesday.

POP QUIZ! What do the following actors have in common:

LONDON -- US pop singer Jimmy Osmond, who performed the chart-topping hit “Long-Haired Lover from Liverpool” as a child in 1972, has suffered a stroke and will take time away from the stage, a spokesperson for the singer said on Monday.

THE YEAR 2018 was an eventful one, no matter where you looked. This is no less true in the spirits world. Even as cannabis continued to boom as an intoxicant of choice and manufacturers pivot to weed beer, there have been innovations in almost every type of booze, from Japanese gin to bartender-made brandy to a Danish spirit from a team of Noma alums that defies categorization.

THREE HENS are going to try to get your tongue buzzing and your lips moving with a wine brand called, well, Three Hens.