Canadians on Survivor are smart, strategic — and underestimated, ex-champ says

Canadians on Survivor are smart, strategic — and underestimated, ex-champ says

When Erika Casupanan of Toronto won the popular reality TV game show Survivor in 2021, she did it by flying under the radar, and working in the shadows. “I really brought in my experience as being an underestimated Asian woman who went through the corporate world and so many professional settings where no matter how … Read more

In the face of death, destruction and displacement, beauty plays a vital role in Gaza

In the face of death, destruction and displacement, beauty plays a vital role in Gaza

A small group of children in Gaza sit on a lavender and white blanket around a small tray of beverages, singing “Happy Birthday” to a young girl. Like kids her age around the world, she wears a sweatshirt with prints of Elsa and Anna, characters from “Frozen”; unlike most kids, she’s celebrating against a backdrop … Read more

Iwan Rheon: ‘Men Up is like The Full Monty. But they’re stripping for medical reasons’ | Drama

Iwan Rheon: ‘Men Up is like The Full Monty. But they’re stripping for medical reasons’ | Drama

Iwan Rheon is a 38-year-old Welsh actor and singer-songwriter. He has appeared in the E4 comedy-drama Misfits, as the despicable Ramsay Bolton in Game of Thrones and as Mötley Crüe guitarist Mick Mars in the 2019 film The Dirt. Next up, Rheon stars in the BBC feature-length drama Men Up, about the unlikely origins of … Read more

Costume martial arts meets slapstick comedy in Stephen Chow and Wong Jing’s Royal Tramp and sequel Royal Tramp II

Costume martial arts meets slapstick comedy in Stephen Chow and Wong Jing’s Royal Tramp and sequel Royal Tramp II

Here we talk to expert on Asian films Frank Djeng, who provided the audio commentary for the Eureka Entertainment release of both films. The martial arts sequences are choreographed by Tony Ching Siu-tung, who set the style for the wuxia revival films of the early 1990s, and are as good as those in some non-comedic … Read more

SF business owner fought surprise $64K charge, now she’s taking on downtown

SF business owner fought surprise K charge, now she’s taking on downtown

The Circus Bella company poses together.  Daisy Rose Coby Abigail Munn was a recent college graduate when she ran away to join the circus, but she first fell in love with the art form back in third grade. Now, the born-and-raised San Franciscan is running her own local troupe — which will be taking over a … Read more

How the American Right Came to Love Putin

How the American Right Came to Love Putin

Listen and subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Google | Wherever You Listen Sign up to receive our twice-weekly News & Politics newsletter. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s requests for more aid from the United States got a frosty reception from many Republicans on the Hill this week. It’s the most recent expression of the American far … Read more

Best Gifts For Men in Their 30s

Best Gifts For Men in Their 30s

As POPSUGAR editors, we independently select and write about stuff we love and think you’ll like too. If you buy a product we have recommended, we may receive affiliate commission, which in turn supports our work. One of the most beautiful parts of your 30s is that you have a much better grasp on what … Read more

Gayle Benson Makes Historic Donation for New Home for Ochsner Children’s Hospital

Gayle Benson Makes Historic Donation for New Home for Ochsner Children’s Hospital

State-of-the-art facility to reflect the caliber of Louisiana’s top-ranked pediatric program  NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Ochsner Health announces plans for The Gayle and Tom Benson Ochsner Children’s Hospital, made possible through a transformational gift from Mrs. Gayle Benson. Ochsner Health announces plans for The Gayle and Tom Benson Ochsner Children’s Hospital Post this … Read more

Cambodia Welcomes Museum’s Plan to Return Looted Antiquities

Cambodia Welcomes Museum’s Plan to Return Looted Antiquities

PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA —  Cambodia has welcomed the announcement that New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art will return more than a dozen pieces of ancient artwork to Cambodia and Thailand that were tied to an art dealer and collector accused of running a huge antiquity trafficking network out of Southeast Asia. This most recent repatriation … Read more