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...Pending the start, in October, of a year of celebrations to mark the 750th anniversary of the founding of Amsterdam, the city’s five-star hotels have been raising their game....
...This was no surprise....
...Magnus Carlsen, the world No 1, and Ding Liren, the official world champion, will meet this weekend for the first time since the Norwegian, 33, abdicated his crown after a 10-year dominance....
...Data visualisation by Jonathan Vincent...
...The auteurs are “a bit jealous” of her success — her films boast big French stars, like Vincent Cassel (Mon roi, 2015) and Louis Garrel (DNA, 2020) — and the commercial camp are “a bit put out that I’m not...
...Last year corporate raider Vincent Bolloré celebrated his supposed retirement from his family-owned media and logistics empire....
...Attributions matter in the art world: confirming the authorship of a work can increase the price if the artist is a star name, and can also boost scholarship in the field....
...I’m staying at the Kärntnerhof, rustic three-star lodgings on the edge of town....
...As reported here last week, Praggnanandhaa has already knocked out the US world No 3 Hikaru Nakamura, and the Indian star followed up last weekend by eliminating the world No 2 and reigning US champion Fabiano...
...For Star, the Indian entertainment business Disney inherited when it acquired 21st Century Fox, cricket is crucial. And no property is more coveted than the Indian Premier League....
...Try to define genius, and you may find yourself thinking of Vincent van Gogh....
...Rubbing shoulders with sports stars and entertainers were some of the biggest names in global finance. The real VIP in attendance was no celebrity....
...December 15 and 16; further information here This is by no means an exhaustive list....
.... £9.99 Majestic J Navascués, Cutio Garnacha/Carineña 2020 Carineña (14.5%)Mainly Grenache with Carignan from a star winemaker....
...On furlough with no commute, “we just decided to gut the house immediately ourselves”....
...He’s always hugging, and you just feel that there is no façade there,” says the Cuban-Spanish actor, whose film roles include a CIA agent in No Time to Die and a hologram in Blade Runner 2049....
...But for love birds wanting a secluded staycation, or those on a work trip in need of cosseting after a long day of meetings, No 5–15 Sun Street could be just the address for you....
...Stars can come with handlers listening in, but today there will be none of that. Will he need to hurry back? “I have all the time in the world,” Hanks says....
...“It is no longer seen as a sign of ageing,” says James on this new era of celebratory greying....
...No doubt, it’s essential that a president can communicate effectively....
...They might see recent crypto press releases from mainstream companies less as a sign of a healthy ecosystem than as the light only just reaching us from a long-dead star....
...Similarly, the lifetime value of music stars like Taylor Swift, Beyoncé and Drake is higher than any other stars anytime in history despite the number of tracks of streaming crossing 100mm....
...Chef Nick Curtola’s cuisine is outstanding, and no flavours are off-limits....
...He buys jewelry for his girlfriends at the Graff jewelry store, and jokes to his friends that he has a motto “No Graff, no love”....
...It stars Binoche again, opposite Vincent Lindon — the moodily imposing actor often considered the Gérard Depardieu de nos jours, recently seen as a muscle-bound firefighter in last year’s outré Cannes winner...
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