Those who grew up in the pre-smartphone era vividly recall the days of mobile phones with numeric keypads. It was an era where every message was composed using the iconic T9 method, with our fingers learning to dance across the small keyboard. Back then, phones like the Nokia 3310 were the big stars, and…
Crime-themed attractions such as Hong Kong’s ICAC Cafe and Japan’s Prison Museum, designed to promote legal culture, are drawing growing numbers of tourists. Official data shows that Hong Kong received over 290,000 visitors during New Year’s Eve and the first day of the new year, more than 77 per cent of them came from the…
Celebrity birthdays for the week of Dec. 22-28: Dec. 22: Actor Hector Elizondo is 88. Country singer and actor Red Steagall is 86. TV anchor Diane Sawyer is 79. Guitarist Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick is 76. Actor BernNadette Stanis (“Good Times”) is 71. Rapper Luther Campbell (2 Live Crew) is 64. Guitarist Chuck Mead…
Ah, the glamour of travel. An accomplished globetrotter known for her takes on glam destinations had fans doing double takes with the reveal that one of her favorite meals in any country is one she makes in her hotel room. Samantha Brown, host of Samantha Brown’s Places to Love on PBS, made the humble admission…
A 60-year-old man Hong Kong man has died and his 30-year-old daughter injured from a fire that broke out at their flat on Sunday, with preliminary investigations finding that a short circuit of a mobile phone charger had caused the accident. Police said they received calls for help at 11.38am for a blaze at Block…
Dana Carvey shed light on his approach to playing President Joe Biden on the 50th season of Saturday Night Live, revealing that it was “tricker” to nail than some of his other impressions. The comedian, who famously portrayed President George H. W. Bush and other commander-in-chiefs on the sketch comedy show in the 1990s, reflected…