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If you are a mother of a toddler today, it is highly probable your Facebook newsfeeds will be filled with parenting updates. On Facebook, I am part of no fewer than 24 groups related to parenting. I read about what it takes to prepare my son for pre-school, the developmental milestones he should be hitting […]

The Breton striped shirt has been embraced by fashion icons through the ages, including French fashion designer Coco Chanel, British model Alexa Chung and Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton. The nautical-inspired top can be matched with flared trousers or a pencil skirt, worn under a blazer or even paired with a bright-coloured floral print. Please […]

“Is it because I’m Chinese?” a passenger in a Gojek asked the driver, after accusing him of holding her hostage in his car. Their exchange was captured on video, uploaded to the Internet and went viral two months ago. The video spawned what seems to be an inevitability in the social media age – a […]

A “Good Vibes Only” inspirational lightbox quote sits on a dresser. It is flanked by a gold clothes rack draped in fairy lights. A pink furry rug covers the wooden vinyl floor. It is like stepping into a hipster fashion boutique. Unsurprisingly, 27-year-old freelance content creator Hilary See’s home checks all the boxes for every […]

Millennials are a strange breed, living in a post-financial crisis era where the digital economy is booming and online and offline options abound. But they are also labelled by media outlets as a “lost generation” who face intense uncertainty as the global economy shifts and trade wars threaten stability. Please subscribe or log in to […]

Artist Tan Yang Er, 25, has a morning ritual she swears by. It starts with a coffee – Nespresso and coconut milk – followed by a podcast as she does her make-up. This is followed by meditation, at least thrice a week for 10 minutes, sometimes on the bus or in a taxi, guided by […]

On a cool January morning this year, educator Georgiana Phua landed in Madrid with three suitcases and earnest plans for the months ahead – brush up on her Spanish, work on art projects and learn user-experience design. The 33-year-old was about to start a year-long sabbatical in the city and her spirits were high. Please […]

Mr Amos Wee, 30, an advocate and solicitor of nearly four years, shares his takeaways on marriage after handling the breakdown of around 40 marriages. What are things couples should talk about? Please subscribe or log in to continue reading the full article. Learn more about ST PREMIUM. Enjoy unlimited access to ST’s best work […]

SINGAPORE – Artist Tan Yang Er, 25, has a morning ritual she swears by. It starts with a coffee – Nespresso and coconut milk – followed by a podcast as she does her make-up. This is followed by meditation, at least thrice a week for 10 minutes, sometimes on the bus or taxi, guided by […]

SINGAPORE – Grain bowls are hearty, flavourful, have interesting layers and often cost the earth. But you can easily rustle up this rice salad – inspired by a Southern Thai dish called Khao Yam or Khao Yum, and also the beautiful herbed rice salad Nasi Kerabu – for less than $5 per bowl. Please subscribe […]

Once a year, players from the design industry congregate in Milan for Salone del Mobile – the most prestigious design and furniture fair in the world. In more recent times, fashion has been hungry to get in on the interior action – and, indeed, stalwart brands such as Armani, Versace and Fendi have long had […]

Mango tree may be suffering from a bacterial disease I notice a black sticky substance (above) at the tips of the branches of my young mango tree, where new young leaves are growing, and at the dividing parts of the main stems. I have tried to cut off the end of the young branches, but […]

National rower and model Oz Titus Hong’s apartment is located a stone’s throw away from the Singapore Sports Hub where he trains. The SEA Games bronze medallist had trained as an interior designer and used to specialise in hospitality design. Please subscribe or log in to continue reading the full article. Learn more about ST […]

Singer-songwriters Inch Chua and Art Fazil might be better known for their music, but the pair are taking on the theatre scene with their newest works. The Straits Times speaks to Chua, whose music-driven theatre production, ‘Til The End Of The World, We’ll Meet In No Man’s Land, opens on Wednesday; and Art, whose play, […]

The Singapore Symphony Orchestra’s 40th-anniversary celebrations continued with a concert led by the orchestra’s founding music director and conductor emeritus Choo Hoey. Forty years ago, the Sumatra-born, Singapore-raised and London-trained conductor helmed the orchestra’s inaugural concerts in an air of anticipation but uncertainty with regard to its long-term viability. The SSO’s existence is no longer […]

HONG KONG • Did the taxi driver who sold a 16-minute video of actor Andy Hui’s hanky-panky with actress Jacqueline Wong to newspaper Apple Daily break the law? Is it acceptable when advertisers tap the Hong Kong scandal to promote their brands or messages? These issues have been pushed to the front now that the […]

The photo – showing four intertwined hands – says it all. On Thursday, Hong Kong actor-singer Aaron Kwok posted the picture, writing: “Today, I am very happy as it’s a very special day. I would like to share the good news. “Chantelle (his daughter) now has a sister, our second treasure is healthy, and mummy worked hard. […]

SEOUL • When the woman woke up, she found out that she was naked and singer Choi Jong-hoon was beside her. The woman, who was identified only as A, told a South Korean cable show that after chatroom messages linked to several K-pop artists surfaced recently, she suspected that she could be the person mentioned in […]

Cantopop’s golden couple Sammi Cheng, 46, and Andy Hui, 51, have had a roller-coaster relationship, full of twists and turns and highs and lows. When they finally got together and tied the knot around 2014, it seemed like the perfect ending to a longrunning saga. Hong Kong actorcomedian Dayo Wong called their story “the fairy […]

Mr Mark Shaw says the cineplex at Jewel Changi Airport that bears his family name is “the culmination of everything I have learnt”. He has learnt that details such as the size of the lobby and leg room and investing in Imax large-screen technology matter. Please subscribe or log in to continue reading the full […]

HONG KONG • Hong Kong actress Jacqueline Wong has apologised after she was caught in a cheating scandal with singer-songwriter Andy Hui. The 30-year-old TVB actress and former Miss Hong Kong first runner-up wrote on Instagram yesterday that what she had done was wrong and unforgivable and she sincerely apologised to everyone who has been […]

On a sleepless night in London while filming Fast & Furious 6 in 2012, actor Dwayne Johnson came across a documentary about an English family of working-class professional wrestlers. Their story struck a chord with the star, a former pro wrestler whose father was one as well. Please subscribe or log in to continue reading […]

FIGHTING WITH MY FAMILY (PG13) 109 minutes/Opens today/4 stars Please subscribe or log in to continue reading the full article. Learn more about ST PREMIUM. Enjoy unlimited access to ST’s best work Exclusive stories and features on multiple devices In-depth analyses and opinion pieces ePaper and award-winning multimedia content

SINGAPORE 1. (1) Shazam! 2. (-) Hellboy 3. (2) Dumbo 4. (4) Captain Marvel 5. (5) P Storm 6. (3) Pet Sematary 7. (6) Friend Zone 8. (-) The Curse Of The Weeping Woman 9. (7) Us 10. (8) Five Feet Apart • Information from Cinematograph Film Exhibitors Association UNITED STATES 1. (1) Shazam! 2. […]

Warrior and Delhi Crime have little in common on paper. The first is a martial arts drama set in the 19th century and the latter, a procedural crime series about a gang rape in India. But both show they can stand out from the glut of similar series by colouring outside genre lines and being […]

THE CURSE OF THE WEEPING WOMAN (NC16) 93 minutes/Now showing/2.5 stars Please subscribe or log in to continue reading the full article. Learn more about ST PREMIUM. Enjoy unlimited access to ST’s best work Exclusive stories and features on multiple devices In-depth analyses and opinion pieces ePaper and award-winning multimedia content

Known for science-fiction films such as The Fifth Element (1997) and the Resident Evil franchise (2002 to 2016), actress Milla Jovovich, 43, is in cinemas now playing the sorceress Nimue (above) in the comic-book fantasy Hellboy. Here are five things you may not know about the star. The daughter of a Serbian doctor and a […]

Grammy-winning singer, rapper and songwriter Anderson .Paak continues his northern trek up the Californian coast with Ventura, his fourth album. Like its predecessors, named after places in the sun-kissed United States state, the album is a delectable spread of neo-soul tunes that takes as much from 1970s Philadelphia and Motown as it does from the […]

Vietnamese national Khanh Pham started making travel plans once he heard the Pokemon Go Safari Zone event is going to be held in Singapore. In fact, the 50-year-old doctor was so eager to take part that he booked his air tickets without knowing if he had won in the ballot for the event’s ticket – […]

How many times have you complained about the quality of the selfie camera on your smartphone and wished that it could be as good as the rear camera? My friends and I have had this issue several times, especially when attempting to take selfies in low-light situations. The new Samsung Galaxy A80 solves this problem […]