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Biden, Harris highlight American designers for Inauguration Day
With symbolism running rampant on Inauguration Day, the soon-to-be president and vice president made subtle nods to the country in their fashion Wednesday. President-elect Joe Biden matched a navy suit and navy overcoat from American designer Ralph Lauren, the same designer of First Lady Melania Trump’s powder-blue suit in 2017. His wife, Dr. Jill Biden, wore an ocean blue wool tweed coat and dress from emerging designer Alexandra O’Neill, who founded her own luxury womenswear label, Markarian, in 2017. She matched her outfit with a blue mask and wore her hair in soft waves. Vice President-ele...
New York Daily News
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HKFP Lens: ‘Dear Hong Kong’ celebrates city’s diversity with new photo book
With a series of portraits of people from all over the world, a non-profit social project called Dear Hong Kongcelebrates their contribution to Hong Kong in a 200-page photo book. In addition to the book, Dear Hong Kong is holding an exhibition to share stories and portraits of inspiring people from all around the world who live in the city. “By documenting stories and humanity, we hope that the book can be a platform to give voice to the voiceless, challenge stereotypes, and promote mutual understanding,” said Dear Hong Kong co-founders Oskar Valles and Aggie Lam. With the aim of documenting ...
Hong Kong Free Press
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Muted vocals: Hong Kong musicians wary of political themes under security law
By Mandy Yim and Emilie Lui Sunny Lam has been creating music videos with political themes since 2014 — but now, he says, he will steer clear of phrases such as “Free Hong Kong, revolution now” or come up with different terminology. Lam has more than 70,000 subscribers to his YouTube channel but is fearful of possible consequences under the national security law, especially because of its ambiguities, “The government interprets everything,” Lam says. “Once the government says you are violating the law, then you are.” Having published two songs about the Prince Edward incident on his channel, L...
Hong Kong Free Press
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In Pictures: ‘Our Models’ exhibition promotes body autonomy in conservative Hong Kong
By Dawna Fung A smallish frail man sits still in the middle of a Hong Kong studio, surrounded by several artists whose brushes sweep busily over canvas. Albert is not your typical artists’ model. His spine is S-shaped, the lengths of his hands and feet are disproportionate, and there is a prominent lump on his top right shoulder. A long steel rod was inserted in his back after he suffered meningitis as an infant. Yet Albert, a member of the HK Life Model Club, is proud of his body. He is one of the people featured in Our Models, an exhibition of nude studies by 20 artists. They aim to celebrat...
Hong Kong Free Press
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In Pictures: Demolition halted amid calls to preserve century-old underground reservoir in Sham Shui Po
Demolition work by Hong Kong’s Water Supplies Department of a huge underground reservoir dating back to the early 1900s has been halted after online images sparked public calls to preserve it as a heritage site. The brick and stone arched structure attracted widespread attention. District Councillor Kalvin Ho Kai-ming, who visited the site on Monday, wrote on his Facebook page that he had asked the Water Supplies Department to halt demolition and preserve the reservoir. “We urged the Secretary for Development to list the Bishop Hill reservoir as a proposed monument for 12 months… and request t...
Hong Kong Free Press
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How the secretive graffiti artist Banksy is illustrating the pandemic
It might be on the wall of an old barbershop, or in the subway: Banksy's pictures appear suddenly, overnight, as if by magic. Works by the famously mysterious British street artist can often be found in unexpected - even unpromising - places. His recent works focus on the pandemic, with its heroes and victims. More people have died of the novel coronavirus in Britain than in any other country in Europe. British media recently published images of his latest work, which appeared on the wall of a Bristol home. It depicts an elderly lady who sneezes so hard that her false teeth fly from her mouth....
DPA
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HKFP’s recommended books on Hong Kong – political reading for our political times
With democracy books being pulled from Hong Kong public libraries and political activity being banned in the city’s schools, HKFP rounds up a selection of political reads still available for readers. From local reads – for those looking to be better informed about Hong Kong’s legacy of protests – to titles currently banned in China, most are available from Book Depository. HKFP benefits from every purchase made through our new referral link. Local reads: The 2019 Hong Kong ProtestsCITY ON FIRE: THE FIGHT FOR HONG KONG by Antony Dapiran (Scribe Publications 2020) Chinese dissident artist Ai Wei...
Hong Kong Free Press
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HKFP Lens: Photographers capture magical marine life in Hong Kong waters
A photo exhibition which captures the myriad marine life in Hong Kong waters, from squid to seahorses, has attracted a record number of entries this year. The Hong Kong Underwater Photo and Video Competition is organised by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department and the Hong Kong Underwater Association and has been held annually since 2012. The organisers this year received a record 1,073 entries, submitted in both the Macro and Close-up Category and the Standard and Wide Angle Category and divided into open groups and student groups. All entries had to feature marine life or e...
Hong Kong Free Press
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12 of the best songs of 2020
Normally, as we prepare to turn the calendar to January, I would be writing about the top concerts of the past 52 weeks. For (my version of) fun, I looked back at the first review I wrote in 2020 — Celine Dion at State Farm Arena — and had to laugh at the now-audacity of my final sentence: "It's obviously too early to christen the best concert of the year, but Dion is already a contender." Yeah, well, congrats, Celine, because the competition following was rather sparse. So instead of a concert list, I focused on a dozen songs deserving of year-end accolades, because who among us didn't have t...
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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‘Soul’ filmmakers Pete Docter and Kemp Powers take a big view of life’s big questions in Pixar movie starring Jamie Foxx
Pixar’s “Soul” is full of heart. The filmmakers behind the new animated movie starring Jamie Foxx dive into life’s big questions, including what fires our passions and purpose. “Is there something inherent in us that is like a sense of destiny?” director Pete Docter mused during an interview with the Daily News. “Is [there] something we’re meant to do? Does that come preprogrammed? It led to this idea of the ‘great before,’ a place where our souls are given all of our personality attributes and interests.” In the family film, out Friday on Disney+, Foxx voices middle-school band teacher Joe Ga...
New York Daily News
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