[ Luxury watchmaking is undergoing a visible reset in how it approaches sport. For decades, sponsorship strategies were anchored to a small set of established platforms — Formula 1, tennis, golf and, in some cases, football — where audience reach and markets were already proven (and increasingly saturated). That model is now shifting as brands
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For amedium so indebted to memory in the way it evokes, retains and edits images together, cinema often underestimates the importance of forgetting. Identity is predicated on remembering in the same way that narratives are based on conflict and resolution, but this is not the case for aremarkable feature debut called Familiar Touch. Sarah Friedland’s
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Good Afternoon, Byron Allen built a media empire on one insight: the money is in owning the content, not performing it (Los Angeles Times). Several of today’s stories read like institutions taking that lesson to heart. Cincinnati Opera is committing $6 million to three new works by Black creators (Cincinnati Business Courier). Roxane Gay and
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There is such a wild batch of movies on Netflix’s film chart right now. There’s a few Lifetime movies of questionable quality, a moving Sally Field flick, a few safe animated hits and then one of greatest sci-fi/horror blockbusters of the 2020s. But it’s a new Netflix Original taking the No. 1 spot. Polymarket Offer:
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Last week saw the release of YHWH Nailgun’s 11-minute 4AD debut, Magazine, which they premiered during an 11-minute set at this year’s C2C Festival NYC. Now the New York band have announced a North American tour set for the fall. They’ll receive support from Seattle darkwave musician Nuda across the Northeast and Midwest, @ on
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[ LUXUO delves into the economic reset facing Southeast Asia’s real estate industry. A region once defined by rapid urban expansion, rising condominium towers and cross-border capital inflows is now entering a more restrained property phase. Economic uncertainty, higher interest rates and shifting global capital flows have altered the tempo of development. Glass-fronted skyscrapers still
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The USC Center on Public Diplomacy has published an interview with me pondering the implications of my study of the cultural Cold War, “The Propaganda of Freedom.” You can read the full interview here. Excerpts follow: The book began one day when I attended an event at the National Archives about the Kennedy White House
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F-A-B-O-L-O-U-S is back to incorporating current events into his freestyles. This time, he managed to incorporate OG Anunoby’s historic game-winner into a “Spend Dat” (Knicksmix). Explore See latest videos, charts and news Earlier this month, artist and content creator Lowkey Mar posted a video of him previewing a Knicks-themed flip he made of Yung Miami‘s
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[ 2026 sees luxury jewellery Maisons increasingly returning to established signatures to reinforce long-term desirability through contemporary reinterpretation. Renowned motifs, house codes and best-selling silhouettes are being reworked through shifts in scale, material composition and modular detailing, allowing brands to preserve recognition while still signalling novelty. This iterative approach reflects a broader commercial strategy as
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Just under a year after sharing Essex Honey, Blood Orange is back with “Essex_Honey.mp3,” his first new song of 2026. The track, which pairs a wistful top synth with a clattering breakbeat, samples Sky Ferreira’s “Everything Is Embarrassing,” which Blood Orange also produced. Check it out below. Essex Honey, which dropped last July, was Hynes’
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