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Contestants take part in a chili pepper-eating competition in Ningxiang, in China's central Hunan province, on Monday. - AFP
China chili fest gets off to scorching start
NINGXIANGPU - An annual chili pepper festival kicked off Monday in central China's spice-loving Hunan province with a chili-eating contest in which the winner set a blistering pace by downing a gut-busting 50 peppers in just over a minute. Local boy Tang Shuaihui took home a 3-gram 24-karat gold coin for winning the competition, which is put on by a local theme park in the county of Ningxiang and is now in its second year. With doctors on hand just in case, ten contestants each held plates heaped with 50 Tabasco chili peppers, racing to be the first to finish off the red-hot fruits. Tang cleared his plate in just 68 seconds in a contest held in nearly sweltering temperatures and as competitors sat in a shallow pool filled with water and three tons of floating chilies. "He finished...
July 09, 2018

China chili fest gets off to scorching start

Weekend at Sheraton Dubai, mall of the Emirates hotel
Saudi GazetteDubai is still one of the top destinations for Saudis traveling over the summer. According to visitor numbers released by the Dubai Tourism & Commerce Marketing Department, Saudi tourists to Dubai reached 1.5 million annual visitors in 2017, with large peaks witnessed around the two main Eid holidays. If you’re in Dubai for a stopover or weekend with family, stay at Sheraton Dubai, Mall of the Emirates Hotel. The location is everything. Located within the Mall of the Emirates, you won’t even need to step out. With 481 decently priced rooms and suites, that aren’t steeped in luxury but guarantee a comfortable and relaxing stay, you can indulge in spa experiences and enjoy the world cup final at the hotel’s dining venues. The Majid Al Futtaim property has a chic new...
July 08, 2018

Weekend at Sheraton Dubai, mall of the Emirates hotel

Ariel Winter
'Modern Family' star Ariel Winter takes break from Twitter
LOS ANGELES - "Modern Family" co-star Ariel Winter will not be posting on her Twitter account any time in the near future."Ariel has taken a break from Twitter and engaging with commenters on her other platforms because of the constant negativity she experiences," the 20-year-old actress' publicist told Us Weekly Sunday. "She needs a moment to breathe and enjoy herself without judgement."Yahoo Entertainment said Winter threatened this week - in a now deleted, expletive-filled tweet - to take legal action against paparazzi waiting to take pictures of her outside her home."Sad when you literally enjoy your job but hate every part of the fame aspect. Also sad when you desperately want to move somewhere remote so you can just live a normal life in peace....
July 08, 2018

'Modern Family' star Ariel Winter takes break from Twitter

A fake Kit Kat bar with a secret compartment containing the ring that Evan Wilt used to propose is seen in this undated photo.
Man who went viral for Kit Kat fail uses chocolate to propose
WASHINGTON - A Washington D.C. man who went viral for his inability to properly eat a Kit Kat incorporated the candy into his marriage proposal. Evan Wilt, who went viral in May when girlfriend Haley Byrd tweeted a photo of a Kit Kat bar he had bitten into without separating the individual bars, proposed to Byrd this week at the Washington monument. Photos from the proposal show Wilt used a fake Kit Kat bar with a secret compartment to hide the ring until it was time to get down on one knee. Byrd joked Wilt "still doesn't know how to eat a Kit Kat." Kit Kat tweeted that the company helped Wilt with the proposal by 3D printing the false chocolate bar to "give him a break and help with his proposal." - AP
July 08, 2018

Man who went viral for Kit Kat fail uses chocolate to propose

Idris Elba
Idris Elba cast as villain in 'Fast and Furious' spinoff
LOS ANGELES - Idris Elba has been cast as the central villain in Universal's upcoming "Fast and Furious" spinoff titled Hobbs and Shaw that stars Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham.Johnson confirmed the casting on Twitter where he welcomed Elba to the long-running action franchise."He's a baaaaaad man. Welcoming my dude @idriselba with tattooed and open arms to our #HobbsAndShaw Fast & Furious spin-off movie. Every hero is only as good as their villain. Cue the music... let's dance," Johnson said."I promised we were going to make this Fast & Furious spin off awesome and grow our franchise properly. He's a bad man (legit bad ass). I better toughen up," he continued in a second tweet."Hobbs and Shaw", set to hit theaters on July 26, 2019,...
July 08, 2018

Idris Elba cast as villain in 'Fast and Furious' spinoff

Emmanuelle Seigner
Polanski's wife says "Non merci!" to Oscars' academy invite
PARIS - Actress Emmanuelle Seigner on Sunday rejected an invitation to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, in a column in which she slammed the "hypocrisy" of a group that expelled her husband Roman Polanski two months ago.Seigner, from France, is one of 928 artists and executives which the Academy, best known for giving the Oscars movie awards, last month invited to become members.The Academy expelled Oscar-winning Polanski in May for violating a conduct code it had adopted following hundreds of accusations of sexual harassment or assault in the entertainment industry."How can I ignore the fact that a few weeks ago the Academy expelled my husband, Roman Polanski, in an attempt to appease the zeitgeist - the very same Academy which in 2002 awarded him an...
July 08, 2018

Polanski's wife says "Non merci!" to Oscars' academy invite

Don’t Miss Mumbai’s Mob Drama On Netflix
Saudi GazetteDirected by Anurag Kashyap and Vikramaditya Motwane, Sacred Games is Netflix’s first original series commissioned in India based on Vikram Chandra’s 2006 thriller novel and produced in partnership with Phantom Films. The show aired on Friday garnering a positive response on social media. We caught up with the cast and directors of the show in an in-depth interview.“We’ve been working with each other all our lives. Working with Netflix wasn’t challenging it was on the contrary, very ‘freeing’ where I could be honest with the material without trying to alter it to suit tastes or viability. The format allowed us to go into the details with the characters where we didn’t need an opening or an explanation as we do in films here,” Anurag Kashyap told Saudi...
July 08, 2018

Don’t Miss Mumbai’s Mob Drama On Netflix

German fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld, right, flanked by his godson Hudson Kroenig, second right, and South Sudanese-Australian model Adut Akech, left, acknowledges the audience at the end of the Chanel 2018-2019 Fall/Winter Haute Couture collection fashion show at the Grand Palais in Paris on Wednesday. - AFP
Lagerfeld reaches for immortality with Chanel Paris show
PARIS - Legendary designer and bibliophile Karl Lagerfeld made a pitch for immortality Wednesday by setting his very Parisian Chanel haute couture show in front of the Academie Francaise.The venerable institution, whose members are known as "the immortals", was the backdrop of the spectacular set of the banks of the Seine that Lagerfeld had built inside the Grand Palais in the French capital.Everything from the bouquinistes' stands with their vintage Vogue magazines and books eulogizing Chanel, to the Paris pavements and lampposts was recreated in staggeringly realistic detail.Lagerfeld even roped in his godsons Hudson and Jameson Kroenig to play riverside booksellers with along with their father, the square-jawed American model Brad Kroenig.All, of course, were dressed in...
July 05, 2018

Lagerfeld reaches for immortality with Chanel Paris show

Nicolas Lopez
Chile opens sexual abuse investigation against film director
SANTIAGO - A public prosecutor in Chile on Wednesday said he had opened an investigation into allegations of sexual harassment against a well-known film director.Nicolas Lopez apologized on Tuesday in an online video following allegations from eight Chilean actresses in a magazine article on Sunday.However, he denied he was "a stalker or an abuser."Santiago prosecutor Manuel Guerra said he had ordered the opening of a "criminal investigation" into the magazine report, according to La Tercera newspaper on Wednesday."From what is revealed in the magazine, there are a couple of facts that could constitute sexual abuse, but this will be determined by diligent investigation," Guerra was quoted as saying.In his apology, Lopez said he was "in shock" and...
July 05, 2018

Chile opens sexual abuse investigation against film director

A mural depicting North Providence Mayor Charles Lombardi is seen on the side of a building in North Providence, Rhode Island on Wednesday. - AP
Building dispute leads to mural of crowned mayor on a toilet
NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A Rhode Island mayor says he's not bothered by an unflattering public mural of him wearing a crown and sitting on a toilet that stems from a long-simmering dispute over a building he has called unsafe. North Providence Mayor Charles Lombardi has been involved in a dispute with building owner Anthony Farina over the building, described by the mayor as a "health hazard." Lombardi tells WPRI-TV the painting doesn't bother him but Farina should question how he's representing himself to the community. Mural artist Paul Morse says he has nothing against the mayor but was hired specifically to paint him on a toilet and wearing a crown. Farina hasn't responded to a request seeking comment.
July 05, 2018

Building dispute leads to mural of crowned mayor on a toilet

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