With their fast cars, furs and fedoras, the heroes of 1970s “blaxploitation” are making a comeback on the big screen as Hollywood indulges its endless addiction to cinematic nostalgia. Seen variously as a rich celebration…
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Demi Lovato sorry over sexual prank on bodyguard
Demi Lovato’s best-known songs include “Sorry Not Sorry.” But when it comes to sharing details of a sexual joke on her bodyguard, she is sorry — mostly. The pop singer triggered a flurry of negative…
Long-soaring smartphone market heading to earth
After a decade of sizzling growth, the smartphone market has suddenly cooled. Surveys show smartphone sales last year shrank slightly for the first time since the 2007 debut of the iPhone, and preliminary data this…
#Travel: Violence shuts Africa’s Virunga gorilla park till 2019
Kidnappings and murder have forced the famed Virunga wildlife park in the Democratic Republic of Congo to close for visitors until 2019, the authorities said Monday. Africa’s oldest national park, famed for its population of…
SpaceX delays plans to send tourists around Moon: report
SpaceX will not send tourists around the Moon this year as previously announced, and will delay the project until the middle of next year, US media reported on Monday. “A new timetable for the flight…
The Los Angeles restaurants stimulating all five senses
At Vespertine, the last word in outlandish eating, staff are on a mission to “disrupt the course of the modern restaurant” as pioneers in the immersive culinary scene. Something of an overnight sensation in southern…
Johansson on ‘no place to hide,’ Time’s Up and music
“There’s really no place to hide.” So says Scarlett Johansson, movie maven, Avengers heroine and millionaire Hollywood actress as she contemplates the Time’s Up revolution following the demise of Harvey Weinstein. “It’s quite shocking to…
Superman going strong at 80
In an era when superheroes seem to be everywhere — there were literally dozens in the most recent “Avengers” film — the Man of Steel stands apart. Eighty years after his debut in Action Comics…
Paris’s ‘Dîner en blanc’ toasts 30th anniversary with record turnout at Invalides
Parisians and tourists wearing seasonally appropriate all-white outfits enjoyed gourmet picnics Sunday in front of the French capital’s 19th century Les Invalides monument, a meal heightened by a preceding mystery. The location of the 30th…
Eminem fuels Nicki Minaj dating rumors
Eminem on Sunday fueled rumors that he was dating Nicki Minaj, creating an ultimate hip-hop power couple — and one which few would have anticipated. Eminem, the top-selling rapper of all time, addressed speculation of…