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Michael Noer creates an ambitious remake of the 1973 film about French convict, memoirist and inveterate flight risk Henri Charrière.
ByJohn Anderson
There’s no escaping 1973’s “Papillon,” even during the most dire moments of director Michael Noer’s ambitious remake, which stars Charlie Hunnam (“Sons of Anarchy”) and Rami Malek (“Mr. Robot) and does its damnedest to separate itself from the original.
The Golden State Warriors head coach purchased a Presidio Heights house with Golden Gate Bridge views for $7.35 million, about 25% more than the original asking price. Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr and his wife, Margot, purchased a home in San Francisco’s Presidio Heights neighborhood for $7.35 million, according to public records. The house had been on the market with an asking price of $5.799 million.
The property is located 70 miles southeast of Nassau and 270 miles from Miami, making it accessible directly by seaplane. Staniel Cay, which offers a host of tropical amenities like water sports, cave tours, and sea parks, is located less than three miles away from Little Pipe Cay by boat. Additionally, Big Major Cay also known as "Pig Island," famed for its swimming pigs, is less than two miles away from the newly listed island.
A millionaire from northern England has purchased a massive Scottish island estate two-thirds the size of Manhattan—it was most recently asking £1.85 million (US$2.377 million).
The 10,500-acre property known as the Scaliscro Estate is located on the Isle of Lewis, the northernmost island in the the Hebrides archipelago, which juts into the Atlantic Ocean from the Scottish mainland. The expansive land with its rocky green terrain and views over Loch Roag could be a scene plucked out of a fantasy novel, images of the listing show.
The mansion has been in the Hoover family, known for their eponymous vacuum company, since 1926. The property, located in Glencoe, a suburb of Chicago, is a 10,000-square-foot mansion located within walking distance of the Chicago Botanic Gardens and the Lakeshore Country Club on the banks of Lake Michigan. At 12.2 acres, the estate is the largest privately owned property in Illinois’s Cook County.
A lakefront property in Lake Tahoe, Nevada, owned for more than two decades by the notorious businessman, pilot and director Howard Hughes, has sold for $17.5 million after being on and off the market for five years, listing records show.
"Summertide" consists of two buildings, including a 2,518-square-foot five-bedroom main residence and a two-bedroom, 1,343-square-foot cottage, and sits on 500 feet of Lake Tahoe shoreline, with 180-degree panoramic waterfront views, according to the listing.
At $1 billion, the most expensive piece of land ever to be marketed in Los Angeles offers a luxury development opportunity that will need not only deep pockets, but some serious mathematical acrobatics to make it worthwhile, local experts say.
There are conceivable ways a residential developer could buy "The Mountain," a 157-acre summit in the iconic 90210 ZIP Code in Los Angeles county, and build it up into a community of mega-mansions only billionaires could afford, say several developers and local real estate experts. But the current zoning and city records documenting past efforts to build on the land reveal just how hard it will be to get the math right.
David Dodwell says by zeroing in on the trade imbalance between China and the US, Trump is ignoring the huge potential for US exports in services such as tourism.
For example, look where these services exports come from. Over US$290 billion of services exports (about 40 per cent of total services exports) came from tourism – 76 million foreign tourists visited the US in 2016, underpinning close to 10 million jobs. China is today the source of more international travellers than any other country – more than150 million last year – and this total is growing at more than 5 million a year. In 2016, just 3 million of these travellers went to the US – but they spent US$33 billion, by far the highest per capita spending of any country worldwide, according to the Germany-based China Outbound Research Institute.
At this rate, attracting an extra 1 million Chinese visitors would lift US tourism exports by US$11 billion a year. Add 10 million over the coming decade – not an unreasonable target – and this amounts to services exports worth an extra US$110 billion a year, adding literally millions of new jobs in the US. By poisoning relations with China, Trump’s trade war is putting much of this potential at risk: imagine how easy it is for China to suddenly make it harder to get US visas.
It is intriguing that Trump is so keenly obsessed with US goods exports to China worth US$130 billion a year, while wholly neglecting the upside potential of tourism and other services worth twice as much.
“The Big Bang Theory” will come to an end after its 12-season run in May 2019, CBS announced Wednesday.
The longest-running multi-camera series in television history will wrap with a record-breaking 279 episodes.
“We are forever grateful to our fans for their support of ‘The Big Bang Theory’ during the past twelve seasons,” Lorre Productions, CBS and Warner Bros. said in a joint statement Wednesday.
The Credit Suisse Global Wealth Report 2017 revealed that Singapore was home to 152,000 US-dollar millionaires, equivalent to about 2.7 per cent of the population of 5.6 million.
The Taipei-based company, known formally as Hon Hai Precision Industry, will develop semiconductor design services, and semiconductor equipment and chip design in the city, according to the Zhuhai government’s website. This strategic cooperation was first reported by TheWall Street Journal on Friday.
Terry Gou Tai-ming, the billionaire chairman and chief executive of Foxconn, said in a statement on the Zhuhai website that the development of the Greater Bay Area – a Chinese government initiative to integrate the economies of Hong Kong, Macau and nine cities in Guangdong province – “has brought a rare opportunity for Zhuhai”, which aims to develop a semiconductor services industry.
The strategic cooperation between Foxconn, the main supplier for Apple’s iPhone, and the Zhuhai government has come several weeks after the company broke ground on its US$10 billion liquid crystal display plant in the US state of Wisconsin.
That pact represents another effort to support China’s goal in developing a strong domestic semiconductor supply chain and become more competitive with chip industry leader the US.
China makes more than 90 per cent of the world’s smartphones, 65 per cent of personal computers and 67 per cent of smart televisions, according to estimates from Bernstein Research. But the country has had to buy much of the chips that go into these devices from abroad. Annual chip imports by China have risen to more than US$200 billion since 2013 and reached US$260 billion last year.
August 22, 1791, marked the beginning of the slave uprising in Saint-Domingue (present-day Haiti), which not only led to freedom and independence for the island in 1804, but also served as a starting point for the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade, which spanned more than 300 years.
Slavery was, of course, rife around the world, and the word “slave” entered Middle English from the Old French esclave, which came from the Medieval Latin (circa 800) sclavus (also giving the Italian schiavo and Spanish esclavo), which came from the Byzantine Greek (circa 580) σκλάβος.
Also curious are the Slavic origins of “slave”, which lie in the Slavonic base of the Old Church Slavonic rab/rob, the Old Russian rab/rob, and the Old Czech rob, developing to encompass meanings of forced labour and drudgery in old and modern forms of the Russian rabota, Czech robota and Polish robota. The West Slavonic form entered Middle High German in the early 14th century as robāt, becoming the German robot. This got borrowed into the English “robot”, referring to the central European system of serfdom, in which a tenant’s rent was paid in forced labour or service.
It was the Czech robot, borrowed via Karel Capek’s 1920 play R.U.R. (standing for “Rossum’s Universal Robots”), which gave English the meaning of an intelligent artificial being typically made of metal and resembling in some way a human or other animal.
Just as the world has dispensed with several of these forms, so should it the practice of modern slavery, which still holds more than 40 million people worldwide in institutional, often unpaid, forced labour.
A luxury low rise development comprising five town houses at 3 Plunkett’s Road on The Peak, which have been held empty by the builder Tai Cheung Properties for seven years, is being offered for collective sale at HK$2.34 billion (US$298.22 million). The five properties feature extravagant interior decorations, each fitted with custom built furniture, original oil paintings and hand crafted chandeliers. Sandy Li. www.scmp.com/property/hong-kong-china/article/2146222/asias-priciest-address-offer-five-villas-set-en-bloc-sale
“Our store is one of the oldest pharmacies in the world, founded by Dominican monks in 1221 in part of what was once a monastic complex,” says Eugenio Alphandery, co-owner and president of SMN. “They began to cultivate medicinal herbs in the gardens for the convent infirmary. Eventually, in 1612, Friar Angelo Marchissi opened up the apothecary to the public. We have been in the exact spot [Via della Scala 16] ever since.” www.scmp.com/magazines/style/fashion-beauty/article/2148588/perfumers-florence-make-perfect-scents
Showgirls are still a major appeal at gaming conventions, where firms like Tencent and NetEase deploy an army of young women to entertain the mainly male attendees.While the “sex sells” vibe of earlier exhibitions has been toned down, showgirls like Chen remain a major appeal of ChinaJoy, where the country’s biggest gaming firms like Tencent and NetEase deploy an army of young women – now more fully dressed – to greet and entertain the mainly male attendees.
The practice is a reflection of the sexism still rampant in China’s gaming industry, the world’s largest with estimated sales of US$15 billion in the first half of this year, where women still have a long way to go before they are seen as anything more than decoration.
In the US, private bankers have arrived at a figure for how much money a person should have before they can even begin to be considered wealthy. That’s not to say US$25 million opens all doors. Abbot Downing, Wells Fargo’s operation for ultra-high-net-worth families, works with clients who have at least US$50 million in investable assets or US$100 million in net worth. Ascent Private Capital Management of U.S. Bank sets what Martim de Arantes Oliveira, regional managing director for its San Francisco office, calls a “stake in the sand” at US$75 million in net worth for multigenerational wealth. There will always be exceptions – for the family friend or a promising entrepreneur.
Starting prices for voyages range from to US$3,100 for four nights to US$10,100 for 12 nights, depending on location. The all-inclusive fare comes with on-board gratuities, 24-hour en-suite dining, beverages en-suite and throughout the yacht, Wi-fi, and onboard entertainment and enrichment.
In the first three quarters of 2017, around 55 per cent of Gucci’s sales were made to consumers younger than 35, according to a report by consultancy firm Bain & Company last October. In April, research analysts at Piper Jaffray conducted a survey of 6,000 teens across the United States and found that Gucci was No 10 on the list of teens' favourite apparel brands. In the first quarter of 2018 alone, the brand’s comparable sales grew 48.7 per cent.
Gucci’s success comes in part from the creative direction of Alessandro Michele, who has led the brand since 2015. Michele seems to have a keen awareness of what young people want, including bright, eclectic colours and patterns that are engaging, eye-catching and look good on Instagram.
The companies also mined Yanxuan purchasing data for various products including condoms, lubricants and vibrators, finding that men accounted for 72 per cent of all purchases. The exception was vibrators, where women made 63 per cent of the purchases, the report said.
The more a person earns, the more likely he or she is to have sex at least once a week, according to a survey of thousands of internet users in China.
The finding was released on Tuesday in a report on the sexual activity of people born in the 1980s and 1990s, and based on a 10-month survey conducted jointly by Chinese online marketplace Yanxuan and adult product company TryFun – both owned by e-commerce giant NetEase. The proportion of people having sex at least once a week rose with income, with 80 per cent of respondents from households with a combined monthly income of more than 50,000 yuan (US$7,260) a month reporting having sex at least weekly.
An American Airlines economy flight from John F. Kennedy Airport in New York City to Heathrow Airport in London in July is US$915. If you are flying first class on the same airline, that increases to US$5,407.
Airlines have notoriously bad food. It’s a different story in first class, where menus of fine dining quality and dishes created by Michelin-starred chefs are often available – think Mahimahi with lemon herb sauce, grilled asparagus, and jasmine rice. Some airlines are even said to serve Ben & Jerry’s ice cream sundaes.
Other possible perks include a private TV screen; in-flight Wi-fi; goodies, from expensive gift bags to knitted socks; and showers. The Emirates A380 has two shower spas, complete with heated floors.
The Yamazaki 50-year-old whisky sold for HK$2.695 million – that’s HK$168,000 a shot, and a world record for the most valuable Japanese whisky sold at auction.
Trump's longtime fixer, the attorney Michael Cohen, admitted to charges that included making illegal campaign contributions.
Cohen detailed how he made pre-election hush payments to porn star Stormy Daniels and Playboy model Karen McDougal. Both claim to have had affairs with Trump.
The New York Times reported on Sunday that Argento, 42, a Harvey Weinstein accuser and leading figure in the #MeToo movement, had paid actor and rock musician Jimmy Bennett US$380,000 over the alleged 2013 incident at a Los Angeles hotel.
Bennett was two months past his 17th birthday at the time of the alleged encounter, while Argento was 37. The age of consent in California is 18.
Argento became a powerful voice for the #MeToo movement after accusing Hollywood producer Weinstein of raping her when she was 21 in his hotel room in 1997 during the Cannes Film Festival.
While some Chinese customers may prefer to buy from established Japanese brands such as Issey Miyake, Yohji Yamamoto, Adore, Tomorrowland and Hyke, they do not eschew international brands. Major luxury watch and jewellery brands, including Rolex, Mikimoto, Tasaki, Bulgari, Tiffany, Patek Philippe, Chaumet and Graff, are also popular. It seems Chinese shoppers are not that dissimilar from Japanese or European shoppers. They appreciate quality and often look for things that are unique to Japan or that sell for less than in their home country. In the end, the biggest difference would appear to be in quantity.
Regent Seven Seas Cruises might have just the voyage for you. Departing from Miami, Florida, in the United States, on January 5, 2021, the Seven Seas Mariner will set sail for Barcelona, Spain, via the Panama Canal, Easter Island, the South Pacific, Australasia, Southeast Asia, India, the Persian Gulf, the Suez Canal and the Mediterranean.
Some 56 World Heritage sites will be visited on the 117-night cruise, which will drop anchor at 61 ports in 30 countries. Fares start from US$60,499 per person in a Deluxe Verandah Suite. For the full itinerary and bookings, visit:
Flicking through the files he keeps on dozens of Chinese singles Zhu Fang, one of Beijing’s leading matchmakers, points to an alarming trend he has noticed in recent years: he now has far more single women on his books than men. Speaking to theSouth China Morning Post ahead of Friday’s festival of Qixi, also known as Chinese Valentine’s Day, Zhu reflected on the changing nature of love and romance in the four decades he has been operating.
“Finding partners is getting more difficult for these young women even though it is easier to get to meet people these days,” Zhu said.
WeChat, or Weixin as it’s known in China, began life in a southern corner of the country at the Tencent Guangzhou Research and Project centre in October 2010. Since then, it has grown into the most popular mobile app in the country with over 1 billion monthly active users who chat, play games, shop, read news, pay for meals and post their thoughts and pictures. Today, you can even book a doctor’s appointment or arrange a time slot to file for a divorce at the civil affairs authority.
Mini programs refer to applications typically smaller than 10 megabytes that can run instantly on the main app’s interface. They offer speed of access to users because a program does not have to be downloaded from an app store, they can run from within the app. This innovation allows platforms to host multiple services, turning them into super-apps, delivering greater convenience to consumers in the world’s largest smartphone market.
Tencent has frequently added innovations to WeChat, designed to drive growth and loyalty, the latest being mini programs
