Growing up in the outskirts of Tokyo in the 70s, Japanese artist Mariko Mori has fond memories of the popular science-fiction series Astro Boy. “I was part of the generation of Osamu Tezuka’s animation and this was his projection of the future,” she recalls. “I remember playing with my friends, thinking about what the future may look like … we imagined different worlds.” Decades later, not much has changed for her. Mori is still imagining alternate realities and inviting viewers into these...
Read full article3/5 stars Taika Waititi, the Oscar-winning filmmaker behind Jojo Rabbit (2019), brings his trademark quirk to Klara and the Sun, a sunny-side-up sci-fi fable that occasionally delivers flashes of darkness. Based on Kazuo Ishiguro’s 2021 novel of the same name, the film is set in a future where AI companions are the norm. The effervescent Klara (Jenna Ortega) is one such android, albeit a discontinued B1 model now being hawked from a city discount store. Klara’s escape comes when a young girl,...
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Of the Celine alumni who worked under Phoebe Philo and later emerged as influential figures in fashion – including Matthieu Blazy, Daniel Lee, Nadège Vanhee and Michael Rider – Nina Christen is perhaps the least known. Yet the Swiss-Chilean designer is behind some of luxury footwear’s most distinctive silhouettes. If over the last two decades you’ve swapped your pumps for combat boots, square-toe heeled sandals or supple leather loafers, you may have Christen to thank. Besides Celine, her résumé...
Fu Hao is one of the earliest documented female military generals in history, yet relatively little is known about her. Most of the information gathered about her life is from her tomb. One thing we do know is that she lived during the Shang dynasty (1600BC-1046BC), before the unification of China. Fu’s tomb was excavated in 1976. Its contents led archaeologists to conclude she was a high-ranking royal consort and military general who commanded some of the largest armies of her time. So, who...
After the tragic passing of his wife, Jo Andres, in 2019, Steve Buscemi seems to have found happiness again with his new wife, Karen Ho, whom he married in 2025. On October 9, the Wednesday actor and Ho arrived hand in hand at the screening of his film Wild Horse Nine at the Royal Festival Hall in London during the BFI London Film Festival. Buscemi was previously married to Andres, an artist and filmmaker, for over three decades until she passed away after battling cancer. She was 64 years old....
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Actress Hilary Swank, 52, has announced she's pregnant with her third child. It's the latest example of a growing trend in Canada and the U.S. of people choosing to have children later in life. But it's not without risks, one expert says.