In a city obsessed with glitz, omakase tasting menus and $1,500 dinners, two of Los Angeles’ biggest culinary stars of the moment can be found slinging seafood and sweetcorn quesadillas — out of a humble food hall at one of the city’s grittier corners. Formerly more than a little off-the-grid, the humble Mercado La Paloma at … Read more
SEOUL, South Korea — Ahn Sung-ki, one of South Korean cinema’s biggest stars whose prolific 60-year career and positive, gentle public image earned him the nickname “The Nation’s Actor,” died Monday. He was 74. Ahn, who had blood cancer for years, died at Seoul’s Soonchunhyang University Hospital, his agency, the Artist Company, and hospital officials … Read more
From a hits-the-spot hammam inspired by the golden age of the Ottoman Empire to a designer fragrance fantasia, here’s a look at five of Miami’s top spas and beauty destinations. Hürrem Hammam Wellness & Spa | 14652 Biscayne Blvd. As a self-proclaimed “celebration of Turkish bathing culture,” this marble-bedecked watery world is a shrine to … Read more
Measles outbreaks are growing along the Utah-Arizona border and in South Carolina, where hundreds are in quarantine. Between Friday and Tuesday, South Carolina health officials confirmed 27 new measles cases in an outbreak in and around northwestern Spartanburg County. In two months, 111 people have been sickened by the vaccine-preventable virus. More than 250 people, … Read more
Parka-clad carolers singing that they won’t leave your stoop until you bring them some figgy pudding are nice. But have you ever been serenaded by a sombrero-sporting mariachi band performing a Latin-rooted remix of “Silent Night?” Guests staying over the holidays at Fairmont Mayakoba have. The property in Playa del Carmen is just one sought-after destination south … Read more
Aussie sailor Deirdre “Cookie” Sibly and her companion have died in mysterious circumstances on her yacht off the coast of South Africa. Ms. Sibly and her French friend Pascal were sailing near Madagascar when they issued a distress signal on Thursday – but when local authorities reached the yacht, they found the pair dead on … Read more
Keith Urban won’t be making memories in South Carolina. The singer, 57, had to cancel his stop in Greenville, S.C., as part of his High and Alive World Tour, due to coming down with laryngitis. Urban was originally set to rock out on Thursday night. Keith Urban performs on stage amid Nicole Kidman divorce. BACKGRID … Read more
After a one-year stint in Brooklyn, The New York City Wine & Food Festival will be back in Manhattan this week — potentially giving a much-needed boost to the South Street Seaport. Now in its 18th year, NYCWFF runs this Wednesday through Sunday and has an all-star lineup led by Jean-Georges Vongerichten. As the festival’s … Read more
The quest for eternal youth is leading many to South Korea — where treatments are said to be both better and cheaper. Last month, Kim and Khloé Kardashian, along with La La Anthony, Stephanie Suganami and skincare expert Vanessa Lee took a girls trip to South Korea to try some of the country’s cutting edge … Read more
An unspoken set of rules have always governed the college admissions process for many Asian families. They understand, for example, that an Indian male applying to study computer science or a Chinese female pianist will have to work exponentially harder to distinguish themselves in the admissions process. For South Asian families in particular, the college … Read more
An unlikely quintet of sharks and a lone alligator were spotted together in the waters off South Carolina, spooking would-be swimmers at a popular vacation destination. The unusual sight was on display near a dock in Hilton Head as the massive sharks swam about without a care in the world while a lounging gator stayed … Read more
Rapper Sean Kingston is scheduled to be sentenced in South Florida on Friday after being convicted of a $1 million fraud scheme. Kingston, whose legal name is Kisean Paul Anderson, and his mother, Janice Eleanor Turner, were each convicted by a federal jury in March of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and four counts of … Read more
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has blasted South Park creators as “lazy” and “petty” after the show cruelly mocked her appearance — depicting her as a vain, botoxed bimbo. “It never ends, but it’s so lazy to constantly make fun of women for how they look,” Noem, 53, told Glenn Beck on his podcast Thursday. … Read more
“South Park” creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone discussed their controversial season 27 premiere at San Diego Comic-Con on Thursday, revealing a behind-the-scenes battle with network executives over airing a less-than-flattering depiction of President Donald Trump’s penis during Wednesday’s episode. The duo behind the long-running Comedy Central series spoke alongside a panel of other adult cartoon creators … Read more
In 1857, an 18-year-old female slave, Lear Green, who had been repeatedly raped and forced into prostitution by her white owner, one James Noble, was surreptitiously placed in a wooden seaman’s chest wearing a dress, bonnet and cape and delivered as simple freight on a steamship bound to Philadelphia from the port of Baltimore. To … Read more
“American Pie” star Shannon Elizabeth ditched living in Hollywood for a move to South Africa to support a cause close to her heart. Elizabeth spoke at the Steel City Con in Pittsburgh last Saturday, revealing she had moved to the country eight years ago to concentrate on her conservation charity, The Shannon Elizabeth Foundation, per People Magazine. “We’re … Read more
A rare blue diamond was on display Tuesday at an exhibition of $100 million worth of the world’s rarest diamonds in the United Arab Emirates’ capital, Abu Dhabi. The eight diamonds on display at the Sotheby’s exhibition have a total weight of over 700 carats. The 10-karat blue diamond from South Africa,considered one of the … Read more
The Supreme Court heard arguments on Wednesday in a case arising from South Carolina’s attempt to deny funding to Planned Parenthood. But the question the justices grappled with was a relatively narrow one, focused on whether individuals may sue the state to obtain medical services from Planned Parenthood unrelated to abortion. In 2018, Gov. Henry … Read more
Skinny jab? Try skinny juice. A natural, plant-based drink enjoyed for centuries in South America may help you reach your weight loss goals the same way GLP-1 medications do. And it puts Ozempic’s $1,000-a-month bill to shame, costing just a few bucks at supermarkets and on Amazon. Yerba maté increased the GLP-1 in mice in … Read more
Goin’ down to South Park … Long-running animated series “South Park” is famous for pushing the envelope and often causing controversy with its jokes – but one writer thinks that they went too far. Writer Pam Brady told Fox News Digital that her worst joke for the show “was based on an old frat joke.” … Read more