Watchmakers set down their tools when Liv and Mim Nervo walked into TAG Heuer’s factory this month in the Jura mountains of Switzerland. It’s not every day that Australian twin sister DJs — one sporting a blue mohawk, the other a nose ring and bowler hat — visit a bastion of Swiss watchmaking.
LOS ANGELES — The star of Netflix hit Jessica Jones said Tuesday she knew she had found her dream job even before she read for the role of the titular superhero sleuth.
A viral video from earlier this year starring a California teen and his gleaming sneakers featured a particular catchphrase (“Damn, Daniel!”) and particular footwear: white slip-on Vans. The combination proved powerful enough to help boost sales for the brand by mid-single digits in the Americas, parent company VF Corp. said on Friday, with a 20% increase in direct-to-consumer sales and 30% jump in online sales.
Last year, Axe launched its newest variant, Axe Black, and “introduced audiences to the world of the understated man”, according to a press release from the brand.
STAR WARS comes to Hong Kong Disneyland this summer, with a dogfight in space, lightsaber battles, and encounters with characters from the movies.
By Michael Angelo S. Murillo
THE PHILIPPINES has already laws concerning the plight of persons with disabilities (PWDs). Unfortunately, compliance to them has not been as wide as hoped.
IT’S a staple of science fiction: A city-size starship leaves our solar system, its passengers propagate on a trip that spans multiple generations and settle a planet several light years from home. Alpa Centauri, the nearest star system, is often featured in these stories. The sci-fi author Kim Stanley Robinson made Tau Ceti, nearly three times as far away, the destination for a generation ship in his 2015 novel, Aurora, because he thought the system was more likely to have a habitable environment.
WASHINGTON — Drake, one of the most successful rappers of the moment, last week released his long-awaited new album, Views — an ode to his hometown Toronto.
Call this column a Part II of last week’s, where I dealt with the new adult extensions of Nestlé’s established products.
MOTHERS of all kinds get their due in Mother’s Day, a romantic comedy about everyone’s first love.
