Guy Gift list
SOME gifts are more exciting than others, and we’re feeling a bit left out as guys are sure to harvest another crop of socks...
UK comedian Russell Brand denies media allegations of sex assaults
LONDON — British comedian and actor Russell Brand has denied any criminal wrongdoing as the Sunday Times newspaper reported four women had accused him...
Colombian artist Fernando Botero, playful depicter of serious subjects, dies at 91
BOGOTA — Colombian artist Fernando Botero, whose sculptures and paintings of playful, rotund subjects in sometimes harrowing situations made him one of the world’s...
Romance in the air as Paul Costelloe, Bora Aksu open London Fashion Week
LONDON — Paul Costelloe opened London Fashion Week on Friday, with the Irish designer saying he was “bringing back a bit of romance” to...
Coco Chanel’s influential fashion on show at London exhibit
LONDON — With displays ranging from tweed suits to an array of little black dresses, a new London exhibition looks at the work of...
China state TV slams beauty influencer who told off thrifty viewer
SHANGHAI — China’s state television criticized last week a famous beauty livestreamer who told off a viewer for complaining about the high price of...
H&M to sell second-hand clothes at London store
LONDON — H&M plans to sell second-hand clothes and accessories at its flagship store in London from Oct. 5, as pressure increases on fast...
Alexander McQueen’s creative director Burton to leave
PARIS — Alexander McQueen creative director Sarah Burton will leave the Kering-owned fashion label after two decades, the latest in a series of management...
Style (09/18/23)
PHILIPPINE fashion brand Bench recently unveiled an innovation that is sustainable and practical: a hang tag that also serves as a detergent for the item’s first wash.
MTRCB head target of online hate
THE MOVIE and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) released a statement yesterday defending its head, MTRCB chairperson Diorella “Lala” Sotto-Antonio, who it says...
MTRCB denies ‘special meeting’ triggered Vice Ganda case
AFTER photos circulated on social media of a meeting between the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) and the Kapisanan ng Social...
A Haunting in Venice is Kenneth Branagh’s 20th film — what do we make...
By Benjamin Kooyman
IN AN essay on Kenneth Branagh, screenwriter Scott Frank recalls meeting the future star and director of his screenplay Dead Again (1991) and wondering...