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Asian Film Awards: Hong Kong’s Nick Cheuk takes prize for best new director for Time Still Turns the Pages

by Haddis Thomas
Asian Film Awards: Hong Kong’s Nick Cheuk takes prize for best new director for Time Still Turns the Pages

“I feel all of your love and care,” he said. “This award doesn’t belong to me. It belongs to us.” Mainland China’s Jiang Qinqin took the best actress award. Photo: …

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All hail Leon, the king of “Curb Your Enthusiasm”

by Haddis Thomas
All hail Leon, the king of “Curb Your Enthusiasm”

Yes Larry David has millions of dollars, unlimited opportunities in Hollywood and enough resources to come out on top, even when he clearly loses. However, Leon is the biggest winner …

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Aerith’s Fate in ‘Final Fantasy VII Rebirth’ Is Causing a Rift Among Fans

by Haddis Thomas
Aerith’s Fate in ‘Final Fantasy VII Rebirth’ Is Causing a Rift Among Fans

There’s no more important death in video games than that of Final Fantasy VII’s flower girl, Aerith. In the 1997 game, Aerith meets her end at the hands of Sephiroth, …

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Príncipe: an island paradise off the west coast of Africa

by Haddis Thomas
Príncipe: an island paradise off the west coast of Africa

Uninhabited until the Portuguese arrived in 1471, the equatorial African island of Príncipe has a dark history as a slaving hub and a “place of exile for the desperados of …

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How European maps of China helped paint a picture of the Middle Kingdom during the age of exploration

by Haddis Thomas
How European maps of China helped paint a picture of the Middle Kingdom during the age of exploration

Little was known of the rest of the world, and if it appeared on maps it was drawn very small. Kangxi was thus not so much asserting ownership of limited …

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Recipe: pistachio, lemon and coriander seed cake

by Haddis Thomas
Recipe: pistachio, lemon and coriander seed cake

There’s a danger that the words “coriander seed” in the name of a cake will make it sound off-puttingly quirky, said Eleanor Ford. But this cake is heavenly. Coriander seeds …

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The Vienna Philharmonic, once all male, now has 24 female musicians and counting as it catches up with the times and other orchestras

by Haddis Thomas
The Vienna Philharmonic, once all male, now has 24 female musicians and counting as it catches up with the times and other orchestras

A male bastion from its founding in 1842 until 1997, the Vienna Philharmonic (VPO) now has 24 female players among 145 members, with three vacancies, as it tours the United …

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A minimalist Hong Kong apartment has avocado, ‘shorthand for nature’, as the colour of choice in a renovation that plays on French simplicity

by Haddis Thomas
A minimalist Hong Kong apartment has avocado, ‘shorthand for nature’, as the colour of choice in a renovation that plays on French simplicity

Citing its “organic energy”, American paint company Glidden even declared the shade, named Guacamole, as its colour of the year for 2022. Thanks to its open surroundings, ample natural light …

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Taiwan’s forgotten disco era and the singers who made it big with covers of Abba, New Order and David Bowie

by Haddis Thomas
Taiwan’s forgotten disco era and the singers who made it big with covers of Abba, New Order and David Bowie

But Kao copied much more than just New Order. On just a single album from 1980, its cover emblazoned with the English word “disco”, he produced Chinese versions of Barry …

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Stunning action, Hollywood production values: how Johnnie To’s PTU and Breaking News changed the game for Hong Kong crime movies in the 2000s

by Haddis Thomas
Stunning action, Hollywood production values: how Johnnie To’s PTU and Breaking News changed the game for Hong Kong crime movies in the 2000s

Johnnie To Kei-fung had already made a name for himself with a string of commercial hit films before reinventing himself as an action-movie auteur in the late 1990s. The 2000s …

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