Just before I left Syria last month, a tall and eloquent Franco-Lebanese man walked up to me in a Damascus coffee shop and introduced himself as President Bashar al-Assad’s architect. It was his task, he led me to understand, to design the reconstructed cities of Syria. Who would have believed it? Five years after the […]
Rapidly melting Arctic ice has opened up enormous swaths of this pristine and ecologically significant landscape to dangerous industrial threats. And as officials meet this week to hammer out new rules that could potentially protect the region, environmental groups are warning that the area known as the “Arctic Galapagos” is already in grave danger. Scientists […]
After learning that they would be excluded from an official state of emergency declared in the wake of two catastrophic oil spills in the Peruvian Amazon, members of the Wampis community of Mayuriaga stopped a helicopter from taking off late Sunday evening and held 8 officials hostage to force the government to respond to their […]
Keira Knightley is no novice to the world of Chanel, considering she already fronts the brand’s Coco Mademoiselle fragrance and Rouge Coco beauty campaigns. But for her latest portrait session for the beloved Parisian fashion brand, the 31-year-old actress successfully personifies Coco herself in the lead shot for her fall 2016 Chanel fine jewelry portfolio. […]
There’s no question that working out is one of Julianne Hough’s favorite hobbies. On Wednesday, the 27-year-old actress stepped out of her go-to gym in Los Angeles while once again looking flawless (and as though she woke up like this). Never one to sweat it out without looking stylish—she does have her own athleisure collection—Hough […]
Disney is putting an unexpected spin on its upcoming Splash reboot. Now that the film is a go, Channing Tatum will star in it as the mermaid originally played by Darryl Hannah, and Jillian Bell will take on the lead character originally played by Tom Hanks, according to the People. In the original 1984 film, […]
Alicia Keys and her husband, music producer Swizz Beatz, stepped out in style over the weekend at the Bacardi x The Dean Collection: No Commission art exhibition in her native New York City. Keys, who just signed on to serve as a judge on the upcoming season of The Voice, look fresh-faced and kept things […]
Kendall Jenner’s talent is found in making just about any item of clothing look custom-made, but sometimes, less is more. That was the case last week in Turks and Caicos, where the 20-year-old star celebrated sister Kylie Jenner’s tropical 19th birthday. Yes, the eldest Jenner sibling transitioned in and out of several sun-soaking suits, but […]
Natalie Portman killed two birds with one stone on Monday night inside New York’s Crosby Street Hotel. How so? The 35-year-old actress stepped out for the premiere of her new film, A Tale of Love and Darkness, which she not only stars in, but also marks her official first run in the director’s chair. For […]
What better way to catch up with A-list friends than to hit the parties at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival? That’s what 36-year-old Oscar-nominated beauty Michelle Williams did on Sunday, where she gleamed on the red carpet at a star-studded private dinner at the Shangri-La Hotel in Toronto. To dress for the occasion, Williams […]