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NEW YORK • Oscar-nominated film-maker John Singleton is in the intensive care unit (ICU) after suffering a stroke last week, his family said. The Boyz N The Hood (1991) director had the stroke last Wednesday while already at the hospital, his family said in a statement. “John is in the ICU and under great medical […]

LOS ANGELES • Oscar-winning film director Roman Polanski is suing the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, demanding his reinstatement nearly a year after it expelled him amid the #MeToo movement. Polanski, who pleaded guilty in 1977 to statutory rape, argued in a court filing in Los Angeles that the academy wrongly denied him […]

My Grandfather’s Road is perpetually a work-in-progress. One enters a set like a construction site – risers covered in plastic sheeting and scaffolding, and ladders tucked away into corners. The thrust stage, by set designer mil de J., is based on the blueprint of the house that once belonged to the grandfather of playwright and […]

Newspaper articles have a built-in expiry date. But some themes are evergreen. Mr Vikram Khanna, 63, an associate editor with The Straits Times, has collated more than 50 such articles, culled from his work in the newsroom, in a new book. Headwinds And Hazards: Economic Snapshots In An Age Of Populism covers a wide range […]

After 12 years at Rochester Park, Chinese restaurant Min Jiang at One-North has relocated to the equally lush Dempsey Hill. The 5,000 sq ft restaurant opens tomorrow and its move is in line with the redevelopment of Rochester Park, off North Buona Vista Road. Min Jiang at One-North opened in Rochester Park in 2006 in […]

For many years, former Singapore Idol winner Hady Mirza was absent from the music scene. And last year was a particularly bad one for him – he spent some time in rehab. For many years, former Singapore Idol winner Hady Mirza was absent from the music scene. And last year was a particularly bad one […]

NEW YORK • Companies have long embraced staff-wellness programmes as a way to improve workers’ health and reduce overall medical spending, but a new study may prompt employers to rethink those efforts. The study, published last week in Jama, a medical journal, looked at the experience of 33,000 workers at American retailer BJ’s Wholesale Club […]

In the early 1990s, when I was a young plastic surgeon working in the Singapore General Hospital, I was exposed to anthropometry for the first time. This is the systematic recording and analysis of body measurements such as the length and size of individual body parts like the nose, eyes or limbs – or the […]

Few people will dispute the view that drugs such as heroin and methamphetamine are incredibly harmful to the user and to society. However, almost a decade ago, a paper in medical journal The Lancet by a Professor David Nutt espoused the view that alcohol is the most harmful drug of all. Please subscribe or log […]

A major global study, which recently found that one in five deaths around the world in 2017 was associated with poor diet, showed that Singapore had the 12th-lowest rate of diet-related deaths among 195 countries. It is perhaps proof that Singaporeans are increasingly aware of the benefits of eating healthy, but as with the rest […]