Michelle Williams returns in new Louis Vuitton campaign
(Relaxnews) – The American actress has returned for a new campaign with the French luxury brand, showing off Louis Vuitton’s latest bags and luggage. In the new adverts, 33-year-old Williams shows off the Lockit, Capucines, and Alma bags, all representing (like the actress herself) “three different facets of femininity” according to the brand. The Lockit […]
UCLA Thai Smakom Culture Night “Before Summer”
Saturday, April 26, 2014 7:00 PM Schoenberg Hall Auditorium UCLA Campus Los Angeles, CA 90095 Free and open to the public but tickets required. Further information available at www.facebook.com/events/621377741279666/. Come join us for our show filled with drama, fight scenes, song, and dance, Muay Thai demonstrations, Thai Smakom Modern dance group, traditional song and dance. Looktoong and Rum […]
Permanent Resident Does Not Require Job to Sponsor Spouse
By Atty. Henry Moyal Q. I’m a permanent resident of Canada. I landed in Ottawa, Ontario in 2005 and had a good paying job. In 2011, I returned to the Philippines to care for my ailing father and I have not returned to Canada since. During my stay in the Philippines I met a woman […]
Palmdale, California Author Publishes New Book
This True Story Exposes the Realities of Chasing a Hollywood Dream “Within the Winds of Hollywood,” a new book by Joseph Yore, has been released by Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc. Emporium, Pennsylvania, bruised his ego and broke his heart. So Joseph Yore left his hometown to go west in San Francisco, California to start his […]
New book details one family’s sugar-free year
(Relaxnews) – In 2011, Eve Schaub and her family decided to eliminate added sugar from their diet for one year. The experience was a positive one overall, as the author recounts in her new memoir “Year of No Sugar,” published in the US this week. In a world full of processed foods, added sugar is […]
Crystal Cruises creates ‘Game of Thrones’ excursion
(Relaxnews) – Crystal Cruises has created an excursion for “Game of Thrones” fans that will take guests to key filming locations in Northern Ireland as part of a cruise along the British Isles. In response to the cult-like popularity of the HBO fantasy drama, the cruise line has added a half-day excursion to their seven […]
Adam Brody and Chloë Sevigny to play expats for Amazon
(Relaxnews) – The audiovisual division of the online retail giant has recruited the two stars for a new pilot, which begins shooting this week in Paris and will also feature Dree Hemingway and Carrie MacLemore. Amazon Studios’ “The Cosmopolitans” will follow a group of American expatriates living in the French capital. Written and directed by […]
Analyst: Apple prepping phablets, tablets and more for 2014 launch
(Relaxnews) – Expect to see a bigger iPhone, lighter iPads and even a new addition to the company’s lightweight MacBook Air notebook line before the end of the year. Unlike so many analysts that spend their time second-guessing what Apple has planned or the next industry it is going to disrupt, Ming Chi-Kuo from KGI […]
The new mirror that takes your selfie for you
(Relaxnews) – Awkwardly angled selfies could be a thing of the past as fans of the trend could soon have a simple, hands-free photo tool at their disposal in the form of the ‘SELFIE’ Mirror. The brainchild of digital agency iStrategy Labs, the two-way mirror features hidden facial recognition software that allows users to trigger the […]
Istanbul bumps Paris to become top 2014 destination: TripAdvisor
(Relaxnews) – Istanbul has emerged as the top destination in a ranking that serves as a barometer of the most popular travel hotspots trending around the world in 2014. The largest city in Turkey has pulled off an impressive feat in the sixth edition of TripAdvisor’s Travelers’ Choice Destinations 2014 report, leapfrogging 11 places from last year […]
Virgin Galactic launches search for boy behind spaceline idea
(Relaxnews) – Sir Richard Branson has launched a worldwide appeal to help him find the child who, 26 years ago, asked a question that inspired him to launch his commercial spaceline Virgin Galactic. During a live appearance on a BBC TV show in 1988, Branson answered a viewer call from a young Shihan Musafer, who […]
Grand Jury Returns an Indictment Against State Senator Yee, Raymond “Shrimpboy” Chow, and 27 Related Defendants
SAN FRANCISCO – A federal grand jury returned an indictment yesterday charging 29 defendants with firearms trafficking, money laundering, murder-for-hire, drug distribution, trafficking in contraband cigarettes, and honest services fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag, FBI Special Agent in Charge David J. Johnson, and Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge José M. Martinez. […]
Oscar winner plans TV drama about Italian-American pope: report
(ROME-AFP) – Italy’s Oscar-winning director Paolo Sorrentino plans to make a debut television series entitled “The Young Pope” about Lenny Belardo — a fictional first-ever Italian American pontiff, an Italian daily reported on Tuesday. The name of the actor who will play the Catholic leader in the eight-part 50-minute series has not been revealed but […]
Amy Poehler and Tina Fey to co-star in ‘The Nest’
(Relaxnews) – The two “Saturday Night Live” alums will reunite for this upcoming Universal comedy, Deadline.com reports. In “The Nest,” Amy Poehler and Tina Fey will play two 30-something sisters who decide to throw one last party in their parents’ house, which is about to be sold. The comedy will be helmed by Jason Moore, […]
Football: UEFA to mark 1914 Christmas truce match
(GENEVA-AFP) – European football’s governing body UEFA on Tuesday announced that it planned a high-level ceremony to mark the 1914 Christmas truce match played by Allied and German soldiers in World War I. UEFA chief Michel Platini has invited the leaders of Belgium, Britain, France, Germany, Ireland and Italy, plus the heads of the national […]
Audi teases crossover concept ahead of Beijing
(Relaxnews) – The show car, which looks like a cross between a TT sports coupé and an off-roader suggest that Audi is planning to add yet another SUV to its range. As is usually the case with teasers ahead of official auto show reveals, Audi is being less than forthcoming about specific details. However, the […]
‘Game of Thrones’ renewed for two more seasons
(LOS ANGELES-AFP) – Hit HBO television show “Games of Thrones” was renewed for two more seasons Tuesday, two days after its latest series opened with a bang that crashed the broadcaster’s online app. Sunday’s fourth season debut drew 6.6 million viewers, the most for the pay-channel since the finale of HBO cult hit “The Sopranos” […]
Analyst: Apple iWatch to sport UV light sensor
(Relaxnews) – If all of the reports turn out to be true, the company’s first wearable technology device could well be a wrist-worn virtual doctor rather than just a second screen for the iPhone. In a note to investors seen by Apple Insider, Barclays analyst Blayne Curtis says that the iWatch will be able to monitor […]
‘Spider-Man’ spin-off nets ‘Cabin in the Woods’ director
(Relaxnews) – “The Sinister Six,” a feature-length look at some of Spider-Man’s notable villains, looks like it’ll be not just written but also directed by “Cabin in the Woods” man Drew Goddard. Goddard wrote nine episodes of “Lost” over its first four seasons and also had writing credits on “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Angel,” and […]
Human dietary supplement linked to longer life in mice
(PARIS-AFP) – An over-the-counter supplement designed to ease osteoarthritis prolonged the lifespan of lab mice by nearly a tenth, scientists said Tuesday. This would translate into an average eight-year longevity gain if the result could be repeated in humans, Swiss researchers reported in the journal Nature Communications. A team led by Michael Ristow at the […]
