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In what turns out to be Son’s Tottenham farewell tour, Spurs beat Arsenal in Hong Kong
05 August 2025 4:59 AM | No CommentsSon Heung-min leaves Tottenham Hotspur having made 333 appearances for the club over 10 seasons.
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“A Samurai in Time” – 2025 Japan Cuts Film Review
16 July 2025 12:42 PM | No CommentsTime travel is a well-worn trope, but there is a reason that the low-budget “A Samurai in Time” managed to win Best Film honors at the Japan Academy Film Prize.
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Takashi Murakami was everywhere at Art Basel Hong Kong 2025
29 June 2025 11:58 AM | No CommentsThe Japanese artist, both in physical presence and in spirit, seamlessly crossed over to the worlds of art, fashion, sports and even food.
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Paris 2024: Gymnastics – U.S. women victorious in “Redemption Tour”
29 June 2025 2:46 AM | No CommentsThere should have been no doubt: the U.S. women were the favorites to win the Olympic gold. And yet there was, stemming from what happened in Tokyo.
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Paris 2024: U.S. women hang on to win eighth straight Olympic basketball gold
23 June 2025 11:54 AM | No CommentsThe U.S. women's team held off France, 67-66, at Bercy Arena.
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Roh Gyeong-tae’s “Land of Scarecrows” – 2008 Pusan International Film Festival Review
Christopher BournePosted on October 12, 2008 | No CommentsFor a jaded filmgoer and film festivalgoer like me, surprises can often be few and far between. Whether it is the latest Hollywood super-spectacle or the most obscure, experimental art […] -
Bobby Flay feeding frenzy kicks off Food Network Festival
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on October 9, 2008 | No CommentsInstead of one of his longtime Manhattan establishments, Bobby Flay opted to promote his newest casual dining property, Bobby’s Burger Palace. -
Happy Birthday, Asian American Arts Alliance
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on October 1, 2008 | No CommentsThe Asian American Arts Alliance honored costume designer Willa Kim, music executive Eric Wong and actor Kal Penn at its 25th Anniversary Gala. -
Zang Toi combines fashion, music and charity for Spring 2009
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on September 30, 2008 | No CommentsThe Zang Toi Spring 2009 presentation featured plenty of silk, satin and organza, to the live accompaniment of singer Julian Fleisher. -
Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s “Tokyo Sonata” – 2008 NYFF Review
Christopher BournePosted on September 29, 2008 | No Comments"Tokyo Sonata" is Kurosawa's best in quite a few years, a truly frightening work that achieves its effects without resorting to tired genre mechanics. -
Steve McQueen’s “Hunger” – 2008 New York Film Festival Review
Christopher BournePosted on September 21, 2008 | No CommentsMcQueen's impressive feature debut is not your normal biopic – and that’s a very good thing. His experimental, non-narrative film examines the final days of IRA activist and political prisoner Bobby Sands. -
Rosa Chá – New York Fashion Week Spring 2009 Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on September 20, 2008 | No CommentsLike fellow swimsuit company Gottex, which caters to women who would rather sunbathe in the French Riviera instead of dipping so much as a toe into the water, Rosa Chá […] -
Scene at New York Fashion Week: Spring 2009 Edition II
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on September 15, 2008 | No CommentsAside from the star sightings at New York Fashion Week, there is also the scene itself and the VIP suites. Between all the fighting, the diva behavior and other occurrences […] -
Scene at New York Fashion Week: Spring 2009 Edition I
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on September 14, 2008 | No CommentsIn past seasons of New York Fashion Week, Meniscus has run round-ups of the celebrity sightings, strange events and other happenings in a “Scene at the Tents” piece. This time, […] -
OmniaLuo – New York Fashion Week Spring 2009 Review
Inga VascenkovaPosted on September 12, 2008 | No CommentsLaunched in 1996 and first showcased at Beijing Fashion Week in 2002, Shenzhen-based, publicly-traded women’s apparel company OmniaLuo has enjoyed enormous popularity in China, where the brand targets “urban affluent […]