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Seen: 15 July 2008
Palo Alto, California
Hyperion Nuclear
Batteries: Clean Power from Underground
Otis Peterson is no Tony
Stark, but his innovative, idiot-proof nuclear battery will surely beat
Iron Man's arc reactor to market and bring (relatively) green power to
remote locations.
Children's Books: 9 July 2008
New York
All About Pandas: Fun and Facts for
Children
With the Beijing Olympic Games just around the corner and
the animation film 'Kung Fu Panda' a hit at the box office, children have
lots of questions about giant pandas.
Tech: 15 June 2008
San Francisco
China's Green
Olympics
"The "Birdcage," one of seven Olympic stadiums being built
in Beijing for the upcoming 2008 Summer Olympics. All are equipped with
solar generators that will provide most of the outdoor lighting.
Cinema: 13 June 2008
New York
Stolen
Children, American Slaves: Human Rights Watch Film Festival
Opens
Stolen children in China, the American Slave Trade, Rape
in the Congo, Chile's Pinochet regime and the Occupied Palestinian
Territories are among the stories of human struggle on screen at the 19th
Human Rights Watch International Film Festival in New York.
News: 4 June 2008
Paris
Obituary: Yves
Saint Laurent
The undisputed king of fashion during the
1960s and 70s, Saint Laurent introduced le smoking, bare breasts and
masculine glamour to the storied world of haute couture.
Seen: 2 June 2008
New York
Skullphone Speaks, Cell
Phones Creep
Gas stations, public bathrooms, digital billboards and
trash dumpsters are perhaps not the only canvases where the graffiti
artist Skullphone leaves an impression.
Style: 28 May 2008
Paris
June Wedding: Lanvin Solves the
Bridal Gown Dilemma
"Bridal wear has long been regarded as
fashion's slightly tacky sidekick", writes Shine Anthony-Dharan in his
Paris review of Lanvin's Alber Elbaz wedding collection.
Comment: 19 Mai 2008
Paris
Nicolas Sarkozy
est-il le John McCain francais?
John McCain et Nicolas Sarkozy se
ressemblent étrangement : ils s’en prennent à l’immigration, ils ont un
parti démoralisé et intellectuellement exsangue, et ils sont esclaves des
sondages. En cette fin de première année de pouvoir, Sarkozy peut
constater que les stratégies électorales ne servent pas à gouverner.
Néanmoins, ce président pseudo-gaulliste et ce candidat républicain se
livrent à une certaine émulation stratégique réciproque. Harold Hyman, à
Paris, nous livre ce commentaire.
Style: 16 May 2008
London
Karl Lagerfeld:
"Confidential" or Just Plain Confusing?
Shine Anthony-Dharan weighs
in on the up-close documentary and haute gossip about the life and times
of fashion designer, Karl Lagerfeld.
Comment: 13 May 2008
Paris
Is Nicolas Sarkozy the
French John McCain?
John McCain and Nicolas Sarkozy mirror
and echo each other in unexpected ways: anti-immigrant appeals, a
dispirited party out of ideas, and the slavish calculus of poll-driven
politics. Sarkozy's first year reveals that strategies that win elections
don't necessarily help you govern -- and the French Gaullist President and
Republican Presidential nominee may be drinking each other's strategy
juice. Harold Hyman comments from Paris.
Boxing: 27 April 2008
Los Angeles
Oscar De La Hoya To Fight
Steve Forbes at Home Depot Center
Golden Boy Oscar De La Hoya and
former champ Steve Forbes strap on the gloves for a 12-round bout in Los
Angeles.
Comment: 21 April 2008
Cambridge,
Massachusetts
The
Commercialization of Race: Science, Technology and Medicine
Do medical and commercial products targeted by race
re-energize the idea of race as a biological category just when scientists
thought they had laid it to rest? MIT research scientist and physician Dr.
David S. Jones weighs in on the controversy before an upcoming conference
on race, medicine and the social sciences.
Books, DVD: 2 April 2008
New York
Dying Darfur: Sudan Genocide Subject
of New DVD, Book
Sudan coverage may be missing from
American news these days, but Janjaweed ethnic cleansing, financed by
Chinese oil money, goes on every day. A new film on DVD and a book of
photographs call us to remember those dying in Darfur.
News: 18 March 2008
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Senator
Barack Obama’s Speech on Race in America
Read the full text of
Senator Barack Obama's speech today at Constitution Center in
Philadelphia.
Style: 17 March 2008
Paris
Fashion
Collections: Fall 2008
"As talk of recession, global warming and
terrorism buzzed around the front rows, the fashion pack were expecting
more than usual from the designers this season", writes Shine
Anthony-Dharan from Paris and London.
Cinema
Paris
Marjane Satrapi's
Persepolis: An Exile's Cartoon of Iran is France's Oscar
Nominee
Satrapi's
Oscar-nominated autobiographical film cannot help but be a political
gesture in the current climate of tensions between Iran and the West--and
France has clearly made a gesture as well in sending a film knocking Islam
to the Academy Awards.
Persépolis
aux Oscars: Le Bouffe-Mollah Devient Tendance
News: 12 February 2008
New York
2008: Year of the Rat, Leap
Year... and Now, Year of the Frog?
While those celebrating Chinese
Lunar New Year mark 2008 as the Year of the Rat, and much of the world
attaches mystical significance to 2008 as a leap year, 2008 has also been
designated the "Year of the Frog".
Tech
San Francisco
Sports Cars: Legends of the Open
Road
Too big to be a stocking stuffer, this gorgeous, smart
companion book to an Italian automobile design exhibition would make a
fine Christmas treat for anyone with a car or a coffee table.
Comment
Podgorica,
Montenegro
Real
Estate Investment: Montenegro Coastline
"The Russians, who rather
than just add a cottage here or house there to their portfolios, will go
ahead and buy a whole hill", writes Colin Graham from Podgorica. |
Patrick Wilen: Dita Von
Teese, series
Third place: Personality
Px3 Prix de la
Photographie, Paris
© Patrick Wilen | All Rights Reserved
Photo
courtesy of Px3 Prix de la Photographie, Paris
Books, DVD
New York
Dying Darfur:
Sudan Genocide Subject of New DVD, Book
Sudan
coverage may be missing from American news these days, but Janjaweed
ethnic cleansing, financed by Chinese oil money, goes on every day. A new
film on DVD and a book of photographs call us to remember those dying in
Darfur.
Comment
San Francisco
Obama Super Bowl Ad and "Yes We Can Song" Show Campaign's
Media 2.0 Savvy
C. Antonio Romero on the
political implications of the viral Internet & YouTube phenomenon with
over 12 million views in 72 hours.
Comment
San Francisco
Mitt Romney: Faith,
Freedom, and Mormonism Unseen
Willard M. Romney pulls the Constitution,
religious freedom, and tolerance (rather than the Book of Mormon) out of
his hat, and may have distracted his audience long enough to "disappear"
the more bizarre and controversial doctrines of his religion.
Comment
San Francisco
Stocking
Stuffer: Senator Larry Craig Talking Action Figure
This year's hot must-have toy comes with a wide
stance, bendable limbs and a voice recording declaring that he is not
gay.
Sports
Tokyo
Soccer: High
Price of Being a Fan
Pricey new book
weighs in on history of England’s most storied football club.
News
London
The
Perfect Storm: Iran Sits in Eye of Political
Hurricane
Swirling in wake of hostage crises, White
House pressure and Russian influence, Iran sits in eye of political
hurricane. An editorial by Andrew Jack.
News Feature
Paris
Days of Glory: Valor,
Racism and the Ingratitude of the French Republic
Cannes Film Festival sensation
Days of Glory is set during World War II, and is the compelling
tale of four brave North African soldiers and forgotten heroes who assist
in liberating France from Hitler’s Nazi oppression.
Theatre Review
Paris
Philippe Decouflé
and the Theatre of Shades
Audiences in Paris and London have packed
theatres each evening for Philippe Decouflé's eagerly awaited new work,
Sombrero , a magical mix of dance, theatre, video, painting and
music. Patricia Boccadoro reviews a Paris performance.
News Archives
Paris
Pardon My French
Bloggers Debate France's
Presidential Candidates
"Political videos are much in demand, a
phenomenon that is indicative of what is happening on French blogs," says
Marion Lagardère.
Comment
New York
The Plague: Racism
and the Swiss Elections
Point de vue
New-York
La Peste : Le
Racisme et Les Elections Suisses
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