In her debut feature, writer/director Emily Ting demonstrates a preternaturally sure hand over the material, which may have been aided by the fact that the film was inspired by autobiographical events. The female lead of "It's Already Tomorrow In Hong Kong" is a toy designer, an Asian-American in Hong Kong, as was Ting, who mined her personal experiences and knowledge of the city to inform the screenplay. The experience serves her well, as she creates an immersive portrait of Hong Kong alongside... Читать дальше...
Marion Cotillard stops to pose while arriving at the Ice & Sky Climate Change Program Launch Event on Thursday (June 11) in New York City. That same day, the 39-year-old actress was spotted going under the radar in a hat and sunglasses while hailing a cab. According to Variety, Marion is in negotiations to star [...]
Lena Dunham gets the crowd hyped during an epic Lip Sync Battle on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at Rockefeller Center on Friday evening (June 12) in New York City. The 29-year-old Girls star battled host Jimmy Fallon with songs like Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding‘s “Outside,” and Queen‘s classic “Fat Bottomed Girls.” “Lip [...]
Russia's muscularity is prompting the US to consider deploying heavy weapons to Europe, The NYT reports.
Contrast the spies of yesteryear with Ryan Fogle, the forlorn-looking CIA officer who was paraded on Russian television in 2013 after being caught red-handed on a mission in Moscow. Apart from a hilarious wig, a pair of shades, knife, compass and a large wodge of €500 notes, his main piece of kit was a typed letter that instructed a would-be Russian agent on how to create a Gmail account to communicate with the CIA.
When my husband and I first moved in together, the only book we had in common was Delia Smith’s Complete Cookery Course. We’ve kept our two Delias because each falls open at different classics, two lives revealed through recipes: scones, pastry, all the roasts….
After every election I like to review the first speeches of the new MPs – and the first surprise this time is that everyone still calls them maiden speeches. I would have thought that would have died out by now.
As one of the 19,000 free and independent electors of Norwich South whose vote helped to elect the newly fledged Labour MP Clive Lewis to Westminster last month, I have naturally been following his parliamentary career with interest. What has Lewis been up to since he put the sitting Liberal Democrat, Simon Wright, to the sword on 7 May? He began promisingly by declaring that New Labour was dead and making a maiden speech in which, abandoning the tradition that such debut appearances are non-contentious... Читать дальше...
Six months ago many American economists thought that the first rise in US interest rates would come this week. There is a tiny chance that it will, but it would be a huge shock if it did. The setback to the US economy in the early part of the year, while mostly weather-related, has pushed the date back three months. The overwhelming probability now is that the move will come in September.
Let’s hear it for the world’s oldest billionaire. Why, you may ask – especially when the widening gulf between the super-rich and everyone else is turning into a social and economic obscenity? Well, simply because he is David Rockefeller, owner of what still may be the most recognisable family name in America. And, 48 hours ago. David, patriarch of that family and of a vanished Wasp establishment, celebrated his 100th birthday.
David Cameron seemed genuinely chastened by Harriet Harman at Prime Minister’s Questions last week, when the acting Labour leader accused him of “gloating” about the Conservative election victory. Cameron spent the rest of Wednesday’s session showering MPs from all sides of the house with love and magnanimity, putting on his glasses to look more serious and less Flashman. This exchange prompted some speculation in Labour circles about how Cameron would deal with a woman elected as Labour leader on 12 September. Читать дальше...
Seven years on, British politics still hasn’t come to terms with what happened to our economy in 2008. Arguably, none of the parties has yet fully learned the lessons of the Noughties boom or the 2008-09 bust.
It’s that time of year when “ordinary” people are supposed to express their everlasting gratitude for being given titles that have no place outside a pantomime. Part of the deal is fielding questions from smarmy broadcasters who think nothing of tossing out questions like this one: “Did you ever imagine, when you were growing up on a council estate, that you would one day be Dame This or Sir That?”
The chitter-chatter of the chattering classes last week was all about how first Kate Moss then Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie flew economy class. People seemed divided between the Kate Winslet school of “they’re just normal people like you or I” and the PR savvies who claimed the stories had been leaked to “make them look more likeable.…”
Here’s the perfect fable for our “post-racial” times and no, it’s not the 2004 Wayans brothers comedy White Chicks – although, incredibly, there are some similarities. This week a 37-year-old woman called Rachel Dolezal was “outed” as white by her parents, both of whom describe themselves as Caucasian. For the past few years Dolezal has held a part-time teaching post in the African Studies department at Eastern Washington University and is the local leader of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in Spokane... Читать дальше...
The Independent on Sunday refuses to share the fashionable gloom about the state of democracy today. Not because there is nothing wrong with our politics, but because we are irritatingly optimistic. As the youngest Sunday newspaper, we see every problem as an opportunity. It cannot be doubted that many, many people feel shut out from politics, excluded by big money, big business and a professional political class. But that ought to inspire us to be more active, more inventive and more assertive... Читать дальше...
An education nonprofit is teaming up with The College Board to help prepare students for the new SAT.
Joe Manganiello suits up sharp for an interview with Extra on Friday afternoon (June 12) in Los Angeles. The 38-year-old actor is promoting his upcoming flick, Magic Mike XXL — which fiancee Sofia Vergara says will make the ladies go crazy. “Oh my god they’re gonna go crazy, and the guys too,” Sofia dished. “It’s [...]
Priyanka Shah's is no aam farm. Yes, it does grow alphonsos but it doesn't take them to the market via the middle-men, old school style. Instead, this second-generation farmer goes straight to that maha-market - the Internet. The upshot? Shah gets bulk orders ranging from 5-20 kg for the mangoes even before they are plucked, at a nifty price of Rs 90 per kg which is a good bargain for both Shah and her clients.
Priyanka Shah's is no aam farm. Yes, it does grow alphonsos but it doesn't take them to the market via the middle-men, old school style. Instead, this second-generation farmer goes straight to that maha-market - the Internet. The upshot? Shah gets bulk orders ranging from 5-20 kg for the mangoes even before they are plucked, at a nifty price of Rs 90 per kg which is a good bargain for both Shah and her clients.
Priyanka Shah's is no aam farm. Yes, it does grow alphonsos but it doesn't take them to the market via the middle-men, old school style. Instead, this second-generation farmer goes straight to that maha-market - the Internet. The upshot? Shah gets bulk orders ranging from 5-20 kg for the mangoes even before they are plucked, at a nifty price of Rs 90 per kg which is a good bargain for both Shah and her clients.