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Patrick Shimada, the chef de cuisine at The Oak Door of the Grand Hyatt Tokyo hotel poses with a 3kgs burger in Tokyo Monday. — AFP
New Japanese 'era' a boon for Aussie property website
Sydney — What links the Japanese monarchy and the property market in Western Australia? Until Monday's announcement of the forthcoming "Reiwa era", not much.The Real Estate Institute of Western Australia said it had an unexpected surge in traffic to its website -- Reiwa.com -- after the era of emperor Naruhito's rule was named.Seventy percent of the day's traffic to reiwa.com was from Japan, according to institute spokeswoman Sjanna Sandalova.In Japanese, "Reiwa" consists of two characters: "Rei", which can have meanings related to "order" but also "auspicious" and "Wa", usually translated as "peace" or "harmony".For the many residents of Perth, REIWA is synonymous with the hunt for a two-bedroom...
April 01, 2019

New Japanese 'era' a boon for Aussie property website




Sebastian Vettel
Lip service: Vettel sports moustache in Mansell honour
Manama, — Sebastian Vettel said he was inspired by Nigel Mansell to grow the moustache he revealed to the Formula One world on Friday.The four-time world champion clocked the fastest time for Ferrari in practice for Sunday’s Bahrain Grand Prix and then roared with pride as he showed off his hirsute upper lip.“I have always liked Nigel,” said Vettel, referring to the 1992 champion. “He is a great person -- and he was a lion in the car.”Vettel’s new look was soon being shared around the world on social media after he proved his subdued “domestic cat” performance in the season-opening race in Australia, where he finished fourth, was now a thing of the past.He is aiming for pole position and an unprecedented third Bahrain win in Sunday’s race. — AFP
March 31, 2019

Lip service: Vettel sports moustache in Mansell honour




Mick Jagger
Rolling Stones delay tour as Jagger seeks medical treatment
LONDON — The Rolling Stones have postponed a tour of the United States and Canada to give singer Mick Jagger time to receive medical treatment, the veteran rock band said on Saturday. “I’m devastated for having to postpone the tour but I will be working very hard to be back on stage as soon as I can,” Jagger said on Twitter.“I’m so sorry to all our fans in America and Canada with tickets. I really hate letting you down like this.”The 75-year-old rock star was expected to make a full recovery, the band’s publicist said. “The doctors have advised Mick that he is expected to make a complete recovery so that he can get back on stage as soon as possible,” the publicist said in a statement, without providing further details.The band’s North American tour had been scheduled...
March 31, 2019

Rolling Stones delay tour as Jagger seeks medical treatment




Actor and UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie addresses a UN ministerial meeting on peacekeeping at UN headquarters in New York. — Ruters
Angelina Jolie pushes for women to be part of Afghan peace talks
New York — Academy Award-winning actress and refugee activist Angelina Jolie pushed for the inclusion of women in peace talks to end the conflict in Afghanistan during an address to ministers and diplomats at the United Nations on Friday.Peace talks between US and Taliban officials began late last year. However, some women fear the freedoms eked out since US-backed Afghan forces overthrew the Taliban in 2001 could slide backwards, and complain their voices are being sidelined. — Reuters
March 31, 2019

Angelina Jolie pushes for women to be part of Afghan peace talks




Afghan singer Zahra Elham, who won the final of the television music competition Afghan Star, looks on during her interview in Kabul. — AFP
First woman to win ‘Afghan Star’ TV show to fight Taliban with music
Kabul — The first woman to win the Afghan version of American Idol says she will fight the Taliban with her music, embracing a victory rich in symbolism as her country faces an uncertain future.Zahra Elham won the 14th edition of Afghan Star last week, after male contestants took the prize in the hugely popular televised singing competition 13 years in a row.Elham, from Afghanistan's ethnic Hazara minority, enchanted audiences with her high-pitched, raspy voice, performing Hazara and Persian folk music in traditional loose, colourfl Afghan dresses and heels.The result made international headlines at a time when many women in the deeply patriarchal country fear their hard-won rights may come under threat as Washington, seeking a way out of the war, holds talks with the Taliban.Elham,...
March 30, 2019

First woman to win ‘Afghan Star’ TV show to fight Taliban with music




Fans gather for British singer Keith Flint of techno group The Prodigy funeral in Braintree, Essex, Britain. — Reuters
Music and motorbikes mark UK funeral of Prodigy frontman Keith Flint
London — Dance music played out for the hundreds of fans who flocked to the town of Braintree in eastern England on Friday for the funeral of Keith Flint, former frontman of the Prodigy.Face painting and free tattoos were on offer to those who had come to pay their respects to the "Firestarter" star. — Reuters
March 30, 2019

Music and motorbikes mark UK funeral of Prodigy frontman Keith Flint

French director Agnes Varda reacts on stage as she is awarded with the Berlinale Camera award at the 69th Berlinale film festival in Berlin in this Feb. 13, 2019 file photo. — AFP
French New Wave film director Agnes Varda dead at 90
PARIS — French film legend Agnes Varda, the only woman director to emerge from the New Wave scene in the 1960s, has died aged 90, her family said on Friday.With her two-tone bowl haircut, Varda was seen as the arty, eccentric “grandmother” of French cinema, loved and revered for her startling originality.“The director and artist Agnes Varda died at her home on the night of Thursday, March 29, of complications from cancer. She was surrounded by her family and friends,” the family said in a statement.Varda worked right up to the end of her life, with a new autobiographical documentary premiering at the Berlin film festival just last month.She won an honorary Oscar last November at 89 for her documentary “Faces Places”, which saw her ditch her walking stick for an impromptu...
March 29, 2019

French New Wave film director Agnes Varda dead at 90

British-based pop duo Stephen Fitzpatrick and Audun Laading. — Courtesy photo
UK indie pop duo Her’s killed in US car crash
LONDON — British-based pop duo Her’s have been killed in a road accident in the United States, where they were on tour, their record label said on Friday.Stephen Fitzpatrick and Audun Laading died along with manager Trevor Engelbrektson while traveling to a gig in California on Wednesday, said the label, Heist or Hit.“It is with overwhelming sadness that we regretfully inform you that Liverpool band Her’s... tragically passed away in a road accident in the early hours of Wednesday, 27th March whilst traveling to a show in Santa Ana, California.“We are all heartbroken.”The indie duo were on their second US tour to promote debut album “Invitation to Her’s”.Fitzpatrick, from northwest England, and Laading, from Norway, met while studying at university in Liverpool.“As...
March 29, 2019

UK indie pop duo Her’s killed in US car crash

Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, exits a hotel in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, in this Feb.19, 2019 file photo. — Reuters
Baby yoga? Hypnobirthing? Meghan Markle has myriad of mindful baby choices
LOS ANGELES, California — From baby yoga to cloth diapers, Meghan Markle faces an array of options that embrace her preference for natural and mindful living as she prepares to welcome her royal baby.Long before she became the Duchess of Sussex on her 2018 marriage to Britain’s Prince Harry, the former US actress shared her love of yoga and meditation in her now defunct wellness website “The Tig.”Many women in Markle’s native California have taken to hypnobirthing, a relaxation technique that involves deep breathing and a form of self-hypnosis.Clinical hypnotherapist and doula, or birth assistant, Alisha Tamburri has been teaching a “relaxed state of consciousness” for over 20 years to celebrity clients including actress Jessica Alba.“She (Markle) will shut out the world....
March 28, 2019

Baby yoga? Hypnobirthing? Meghan Markle has myriad of mindful baby choices

Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones performs during a concert of their
Russian ballet moves like Jagger in Stones-inspired show
ST PETERSBURG, Russia — A ballet set to music by The Rolling Stones and choreographed by Mick Jagger's ballerina girlfriend has premiered in Russia.The eight-minute "Porte Rouge" (Red Door) show, inspired by the veteran British singer's zany dance style, delighted a packed crowd at St Petersburg's famous Mariinsky Theater on Tuesday night.Jagger's partner Melanie Hamrick, a US dancer, masterminded the production featuring classic Stones tracks "Paint it Black," "Sympathy for the Devil" and "She's a Rainbow"."I tried to incorporate that feel of just the love of dance and the enjoyment when he is in concert," Hamrick said."He has a very unique way of moving, a very free way of moving, so I tried to capture the...
March 27, 2019

Russian ballet moves like Jagger in Stones-inspired show

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