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☆ The story in Simone Biles’ new floor routine: The ‘big boss of gymnastics’ is back
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-27 | by ( Tess Demeyer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +8 min

Gymnastics Championships are quiet, already anticipating the next big moment, when Simone Biles raises her right fist above her head and knocks downward three times against an invisible barrier. Amid the high-difficulty skills packed into her floor routine, the knocking movement is easy to overlook. No one loved Simone Biles’ floor exercise more than her family. For about 12 seconds, Biles’ routine turns into an expressive dance fit for a stage. Simone Biles performs her floor exercise during the U.S.

Persons: “ C’mon, Simone, ”, Simone Biles, Grégory Milan, “, ” Milan, Biles, “ I’m, I’m, …, Milan, Taylor Swift, Travis Scott, Beyoncé, Alvin Ailey, Ailey, I’ve, Elsa, Getty, she’s, Laurent Landi, ’, That’s, It’s, Daniel Goldfarb, Tim Clayton, Corbis Organizations: Paris Games, U.S, Gymnastics, Tokyo Games, Games, Paris, NBC Sports, Alvin Ailey American Dance Locations: Texas, Paris, French, Minneapolis, Rio, Vincennes, France, ’ Texas, Fort Worth , Texas, American

☆ Paris Fashion Week: Fashion, feminism and a fake Kate Moss
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-06 | by ( Alice Pfeiffer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

Pascal Le Segretain/Getty ImagesEqually at Rabanne, tartan blazers were given a grungier edge with leather-trimmed sleeves and fasteners. The rise of ‘Les People’Traditionally, showing interest in celebrities (“Les people” in Parisian slang) was a big no-no amongst the proudly snobby French fashion press. For busy women, multitasking women, women who can. Pascal Le Segretain/Getty ImagesStockman-style coats in colored, patent and soft leather were everywhere at Chloé, as were thigh-high boots and wafting, chiffon dresses. Pascal Le Segretain/Getty ImagesTraditional preppy skirt suits were given an edge with "Miss Dior" emblazoned in a graffiti style scrawling.

Persons: Saint Laurent, —, Wim Wenders, “, ” Balmain’s, Ester Manas, Nina Ricci, Kate Moss, Denise Ohnona, Serre, Arnel Dela, Alessandro Vigilante, ”, Coco, Kroes, Pascal Le Segretain, Chemena, Sienna Miller, Gaby Aghion, preppy Kristin Scott Thomas, Miu Miu, Farida Khelfa, Carine, Julia Roitfeld, Victoria Beckham, Anna, Pat Cleveland, Jerry Hall, Georgia Jagger, Kiernan Shipka, Georgia May Jagger, Julien de Rosa, ’ ’, Charles de Vilmorin, Aldama, Loewe, Dior ” —, Jackie O, Salma Hayek, Kim Kardashian, Naomi Campbell, Penelope Cruz, Hari Nef, Emily Ratajkowski, Victor Aubry, Sipa, JM Haedrich, Alexandre Maras, Louise Trotter, Sophie Abriat, Valentino, Givenchy, Laurent, Demna, BFRND, scupltor, Jaanisoo, Rémy Brière, Nicolas Di Felice, Louis Sullivan, Justin Shin, McQueen, Seán, Ib Kamara’s, Nicolas Ghesquière, Louis Vuitton, Stockman, Jonas Gustavsson, Coco Chanel, Casey Cadwallader's, Albert York, Dior, Victor Virgile, Kristin Scott Thomas, Miu, Olivier Rousteing, Ik Aldama, Chloe —, Miller's, Arnold Jerocki, Filippo Fior, Gonzalo Fuentes, Thierry Chesnot, Ester Manas's Organizations: CNN, Paris, Paris CNN —, Eiffel, Saint Laurent Museum, Chloé, Victoria, Getty, Loewe, Dior, Monde, Saint Laurent, The Washington Post Locations: Paris, Trocadero, British, Deauville, Normandy, Mugler, Chloé, Georgia, AFP, Balenciaga, Chanel, Estonian, Courrèges, Dior

PARIS (AP) — As the Paris spring couture shows entered their third day, Jennifer Lopez ensured that the power of runway designs were matched by the power of a VIP audience. The singer and actress energized the Palais de Tokyo, arriving at the last minute for Elie Saab's show amid pandemonium. Haute couture — the fashion industry’s ideas factory — is the age-old tradition of producing exorbitantly priced, made-to-measure garments for the world’s richest women. NAKAZATO’S ‘BLOOD WEDDING’In a display that could be described as a theatrical “blood wedding,” Yuima Nakazato’s latest couture show intentionally left an eerie feeling. Nakazato, known for his boundary-pushing creativity, delved into the darker realms of fashion for spring.

Persons: Jennifer Lopez, Elie Saab's, Lopez marveled —, ” Yuima Organizations: PARIS, Palais, Saab Locations: Paris, Tokyo, Marrakech

☆ Opinion | Ivanka Trump, Witness for the Prosecution
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-11 | by ( Nina Burleigh | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The woman Republicans once talked of as a candidate for president — after her dad’s eight years, of course — is both known and a cipher. They seemed to have in their possession way too many Trump Organization documents with her arabesque signature and too many of her emails in which nine-figure loans were being discussed. Before her stint in Washington with her father, Ms. Trump was pals with the children of the American aristocracy — even if their parents scorned him as a parvenu and a golf cheat. A granddaughter of a woman who worked as a maid in the Carnegie mansion and a great-granddaughter of the widowed German immigrant who gave the Trump Organization its start, Ms. Trump was the first Trump woman to the manner born. For that, even more than the beauty her father frequently and creepily extolled, she played a special role in the Trump Organization.

Persons: —, ” Barry Diller, Maureen Dowd, Trump, ” Alexandra Wrage, ”, Letitia James Organizations: Republicans, New, Prosecutors, Trump Organization, Carnegie, Trump Locations: New York, Washington

☆ Where to stay in India? Here are 8 former palaces that are now hotels
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Poonam Binayak | Lisa Lucas | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Source: Heritage DharampuraIt's now a 14-room boutique hotel, which received an honorable mention in 2017's UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation. It was transformed into a heritage hotel in the 1960s and is now impeccably managed by the Taj Group. Taj Lake Palace Source: Taj Lake PalaceStraight out of a fairy tale, the Taj Lake Palace boasts domed pavilions, ornamental turrets, crystal chandeliers, and 83 antique-filled rooms and suites, some which overlook a gleaming courtyard that hosts nightly folk dances. Source: Taj Usha Kiran PalaceToday, it's a lavish Taj hotel that balances old-world vibes with contemporary style. It is now a heritage hotel managed by the Taj Group.

Persons: Jehan Numa, Jehan, Palace, General Obaidullah Khan, Vijay Goel, James Bond, Taj Falaknuma, —, Taj Usha Kiran, it's, King Charles , Louis Mountbatten, Jacqueline Kennedy, Bhanj Deo, There's Organizations: UNESCO, Cultural Heritage Conservation, Taj, Taj Group, Royal, Rambagh, Jaipur, Cochin — Locations: India, Odisha, Rajasthan, Bhopal, Dharampura, Delhi, UNESCO Asia, Jama Masjid, Old Delhi, Udaipur, Pichola, Mewar, Taj Lake, Lake, lavishness, Falaknuma, Nizam, Hyderabad, Windsor, Gwalior, Rambagh, Jaipur, Baripada, Chittoor Kottaram, Kochi, Chittoor, —, Cochin

☆ Beond: the new Maldives airline that's all business class
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( Jacopo Prisco | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

BeondAbout three dozen airlines currently offer service to Velana International Airport, the Maldives’ main airport near the capital island Malé. “The Maldives is one of those markets that can fill an aircraft, even a mostly economy class cabin,” says Feuerherd. However all-business class airlines have used narrow-bodies before. There are no direct flights from Delhi, but carriers including Air India have business class seats from around $750 with a single connection. “There probably is a niche to carve out of premium travelers who want more of a private jet experience, but maybe don’t have the private jet budget.”

Persons: CNN —, –, ”, Sascha Feuerherd, “, Beond, “ We’re, they’d, Arabesque, coy, Feuerherd, it’s, Matteo Colombo, Rob Morris, ” Mike Stengel Organizations: CNN, Ferrari, Airbus, Velana International, Emirates, Qatar Airways, Turkish Airlines, Beond, Perth, Boeing, La Compagnie, British Airways, Etihad, Oman Air, Air India, – Locations: Maldives, India, ”, Malé, Dubai, Delhi, Germany, Frankfurt, Munich, Asia, UAE, Maldivian, Europe, Japan, South Korea, China, Australia, South Africa, Cape Town, La, French, Paris, New York, London, Oman, Emirates, Cirium, – Dubai, Qatar

☆ Jane Birkin, British-born actress and singer, dies at 76, French media report
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] The 74th Cannes Film Festival - Photocall for the film "Jane par Charlotte" (Jane by Charlotte) presented as part of Cannes Premiere - Cannes, France, July 8, 2021. Director Charlotte Gainsbourg and cast member Jane Birkin pose. REUTERS/Johanna GeronPARIS, July 16 (Reuters) - British-born actress and singer Jane Birkin, a 1960s wildchild who became a beloved figure in France, has died in Paris aged 76, the French Culture Ministry said on Sunday. Birken was best known overseas for her 1969 hit in which she and her then-lover, the late French singer and songwriter Serge Gainsbourg, sang the sexually explicit “Je t’aime...moi non plus”. Jane Mallory Birkin was born in London in December 1946, daughter of British actress Judy Campbell and Royal Navy commander David Birkin.

Persons: Jane, Charlotte, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jane Birkin, Johanna Geron PARIS, Birkin, Birken, Serge Gainsbourg, John Barry, Roselyne Bachelot, BFM, Jane Mallory Birkin, Judy Campbell, David Birkin, Michelangelo Antonioni, Gainsbourg, John Irish, David Goodman, Frances Kerry Organizations: Cannes, Cannes Premiere, French Culture Ministry, Le Parisien, Royal Navy, Thomson Locations: France, Paris, French, British, London, Charlotte

☆ Actress and singer Jane Birkin, who inspired the famous Hermes bag, dies at 76
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-16 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

British-born actress and singer Jane Birkin, a 1960s wildchild who became a beloved figure in France, has died in Paris aged 76. Birkin was best known overseas for her 1969 hit in which she and her then-lover, the late French singer and songwriter Serge Gainsbourg, sang the sexually explicit "Je t'aime...moi non plus." Jane Mallory Birkin was born in London in December 1946, daughter of British actress Judy Campbell and Royal Navy commander David Birkin. "It's unimaginable to live in a world without you," said French singer Etienne Daho, who produced and composed Birkin's last album in 2020. She is survived by two daughters the singer and actress Charlotte, born in 1971, and Lou Doillon, also an actress, born in 1982.

Persons: Jane Birkin, Birkin, Serge Gainsbourg, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, Jane Mallory Birkin, Judy Campbell, David Birkin, John Barry, Michelangelo Antonioni, Gainsbourg, Jane, Etienne Daho, Brigitte Bardot, Bardot, Jacques Doillon, Jean, Louis Dumas, Charlotte, Lou Doillon, Kate Organizations: French Culture Ministry, Paris Mayor, Royal Navy, Moi, BBC, Vatican Locations: France, Paris, French, London, British

☆ Actress and singer Jane Birkin dies, France loses an 'icon'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-16 | by ( John Irish | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

PARIS, July 16 (Reuters) - British-born actress and singer Jane Birkin, a 1960s wildchild who became a beloved figure in France, has died in Paris aged 76. Jane Mallory Birkin was born in London in December 1946, daughter of British actress Judy Campbell and Royal Navy commander David Birkin. [1/8]A person takes a photo near the house turned museum where late actor and singer Jane Birkin has lived with singer Serge Gainsbourg, in Paris, France July 16, 2023. "It's unimaginable to live in a world without you," said French singer Etienne Daho, who produced and composed Birkin's last album in 2020. She is survived by two daughters the singer and actress Charlotte, born in 1971, and Lou Doillon, also an actress, born in 1982.

Persons: Jane Birkin, Birkin, Serge Gainsbourg, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, Jane Mallory Birkin, Judy Campbell, David Birkin, John Barry, Michelangelo Antonioni, Pascal Rossignol, Gainsbourg, Jane, Etienne Daho, Brigitte Bardot, Bardot, Jacques Doillon, Jean, Louis Dumas, Charlotte, Lou Doillon, Kate, John Irish, David Goodman, Frances Kerry Organizations: French Culture Ministry, Paris Mayor, Royal Navy, REUTERS, Moi, BBC, Vatican, Thomson Locations: France, Paris, French, London, British

☆ Bulldozers tear into Cairo's historic Islamic cemeteries
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-19 | by ( Hatem Maher | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/5] A view shows the City of the Dead, where tombs and historic cemeteries have been demolished due to a new construction project underway on the Salah Salem road, in the capital city of Cairo, Egypt, June 13, 2023. Known as the City of the Dead, the cemeteries along the eastern edge of Historic Cairo have been a resting place for Egypt's deceased since the arrival of Islam in the seventh century A.D. Some tomb owners who want to transfer the bodies of their family members say they are given little time beforehand. But only 102 sites among more than 2.5 million tombs in the area have received this designation, conservationists say. "I imagine that in five years' time, we won't find anything except maybe 20% of the current City of the Dead," Lafi said.

Persons: Salah, Hadeer Mahmoud, Sisi, Egypt's, Hisham Kassem, Abdel Fattah al, Ahmed Urabi, Hossam Abdel Azeem, Amr ibn, Moaaz, Lafi, Patrick Werr, Aidan Lewis, Emma Rumney Organizations: REUTERS, UNESCO, Thomson Locations: Salah Salem, Cairo, Egypt, CAIRO, Historic Cairo, el

☆ Senate Republicans press S&P and other credit firms for methodology on corporate ESG ratings
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Chelsey Cox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Ratings firms that assign environmental, social and governance ratings to companies — a multi-billion dollar endeavor — are coming under scrutiny in the Senate. ESG ratings assess how companies align with sustainability goals such as greenhouse gas emissions, labor practices or water sustainability. In the statement, Toomey said ESG ratings firms have a unique ability to influence valuable global ESG assets. The senator requested copies of non-proprietary methodologies used by the firms to assess ratings by Sept. 28 in letters sent to credit raters. The letters were sent to ratings firms MSCI, ISS, Bloomberg, Sustainalytics, Moody's, Carbon Disclosure Project, S&P Global, FTSE Russell, RepRisk, FactSet, Refinitiv, and Arabesque S-Ray.

Nadim Cherfan, founder of the Lebanese dance troop 'Mayyas' who won the America's Got Talent competition, is welcomed with his troop at Beirut airport, Lebanon September 16, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamed AzakirBEIRUT, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Lebanese celebrated at home and abroad on Thursday, despite their homeland's crises, as they woke up to the news that local female dance troop Mayyas had won the America's Got Talent competition on U.S. television, bagging a $1 million prize. Lebanon, this one's for you," the group posted on Instagram alongside a video of their winning act - an Arabesque performance embellished with feathers and glowing white orbs. "It's like a big middle finger to everything dragging you down in Lebanon," Farah told Reuters. Messages of congratulations filled Twitter on Thursday morning as Lebanese learned of the win, which had taken place overnight as they were sleeping.

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