Ecstasy-to-drive Lotus Evora leaves one question: Take a check?Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 12:13PMIt's not easy to make a veteran auto writer weep with need. But the Evora does it, taking the modern Lotus design and making it elegant and a bit roomier. It's a slice of heaven that slides. Every time I write about a high-performance sports car, I'm guaranteed to get letters from readers to this effect: "How can you possibly glorify the Badminton Dual-Cowl 87B? No one needs a car that goes 200 ...
FEATURE: When coiffure meets coutureFriday, July 15, 2011 @ 3:40AMKuala Lumpur (The Star/ANN) - People who become internationally recognised for a craft don't usually stumble into it.
When coiffure meets coutureWednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 6:07PMEiji Yamane, who works closely with Zang Toi, likes to marry hair with fashion.
Tsunami debris to reach California by 2014Sunday, July 10, 2011 @ 9:00AMA tide of trash from tsunami-ravaged Japan is drifting across the Pacific. Researchers expect the flotsam will wash up in bits and pieces, not huge rafts of debris, and may require cleanup programs.
At Haute Couture Shows, Karl Lagerfeld Presents Moody Blues and Young Talent EmergesWednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 5:28PMKarl Lagerfeld, the veteran, presented another memorable Chanel show, but strong young talent made the news.
Armani Prive's Eastern PromiseTuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 3:22PMGo east young lady, go east. Giorgio Armani dedicated his latest haute couture Prive Collection to Japan, sending models dressed as Geisha gals, Noh theatre ladies and Kimono-clad stars down his runway in Paris on Tuesday, July 5.
Rockets from Russia: great Eastern Bloc science-fiction filmsSaturday, July 2, 2011 @ 12:45AMWe may think of Kubrick's 2001 as the great grown-up sci-fi film, but many beautiful, thoughtful cosmic adventures came out of the Eastern Bloc too If we can begin with a sweeping generalisation, American science-fiction movies are usually distinguished by a fast pace that gets faster and ends with an enormous bang. Not all: George Lucas's THX 1138 and Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey are ...
NY Asian Film Fest: Blade-slinging Female warriors, Martial Arts, Steel & Silk RobesFriday, July 1, 2011 @ 10:31AM"Sweet revenge grows harsh," wrote William Shakespeare in Othello. It can't get any harsher than what is at the core of what we might label "films of vindication:" the kung-fu subgenre of the action movie, which have been produced in Hong Kong since the Bruce Lee craze began in the early '70s and now in mainland China itself; and, over the past decade, the streetwise fisticuffs subgenre that is ...
Article: iPhone + iPad Gems: Deathsmiles, Ducati Challenge HD, Sonic & Sega Racing + Street Fighter IV VoltFriday, July 1, 2011 @ 10:16AMWelcome to this week’s gaming edition of iPhone + iPad Gems! Today, we’re looking at a collection of four titles that range from racing games to a shooter and a one-on-one fighter—all “arcade games” with impressive graphics and solid soundtracks that really show off what Apple’s devices are capable of. Our top picks for the week are the weird but fun shooter Deathsmiles and the fighting game ...