Bin X. Nguyen came of age in the mid-2000s at the height of celebrity paparazzi culture, watching MTV, poring over Teen Vogue, and following icons like Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie from his bedroom in the suburbs of San Jose. “Escaping the mundane life of suburbia was really what influenced my childhood,” Nguyen says. “When…
Some advice: If you love something, set it free — even the Miu Miu heels. This was the notion that two friends, Quinn Shephard and Francesca Goncalves, were discussing in a sun-kissed setting (a “pool somewhere,” Shephard recalls). They wanted to barter their old clothing, but that was a sticky prospect in Los Angeles —…
Bella Thorne is joining the “Big Brother” party in piling allegations of rude, unprofessional behavior on “The Wrestler” actor Mickey Rourke. Rourke was given a warning this week on the U.K. incarnation of “Big Brother” after making comments about JoJo Siwa’s sexuality — the “Dance Moms” veteran came out in 2021 — asking her if…
Hong Kong police have arrested five youngsters on suspicion of repeatedly slapping a 14-year-old girl in a shopping centre last year after a video went viral online. The force said on Saturday that it had received a report the day before about an argument over “trivial matters” at a rear staircase of a Mong Kok…
Whoever came up with this week’s advertising move for the Calm app is probably going to get a raise. As former president Donald Trump cruised to victory on election night to emerge as the president-elect, and dozens of breaking news alerts went live as swing states were called, the app cashed in. Calm, a mental…
Mainland social media has been appalled by surveillance footage of a 14-year-old boy assaulting a 7-year-old girl in the lift of their residential building. The boy was put under administrative detention by the police in eastern China’s Jiangxi province after the footage was published online and triggered public fury. The teenager, surnamed Liu, followed the…