If at least one fabulous outfit in this movie does not move you, then you have no soul. Or perhaps taste. “The Devil Wears Prada” evolved from the best-selling book of the same name in which a young assistant is hounded and harassed by a vicious magazine editor. The thin veneer of...
HK Magazine: What do you call a male ballerina?
Brett Simon: Good question. Officially, it’s “premier danseur,” but speaking strictly from a language point of view, it’s Italian, so the real masculine term should be “ballerino.”
HK: How does being a male ballet...
“Active Isolated Stretching” is the intelligent bodywork phenomenon currently taking the world by storm, and it’s mostly due to one ex-Lamma Island resident. The charismatic hairball of a man, Chris Watts, has been called the “Einstein of Stretching.” Just one week...
HK Magazine: So who is this little munchkin?
Lisa Peters: This is Xia. She’s about one year old, and she came from Guangxi Province. Her Chinese given name was Xiang, we just shortened it to Xia and gave her a Chinese middle name, Zhu Li, which means pearl of beauty. Her grandmother’s...
Some time in the last century, “thin” ceased to be the realm of the mealy-mouthed peasant, and became a sign of well-bred restraint. Early 20th century diet supplement included strong laxatives, purgatives, arsenic and strychnine.
In the 21st century, weight-loss is still a hot topic....
HK Magazine: Did you always want to be a travel writer?
Polly Evans: I had no intention of writing books. When I left HK Magazine, I decided to take time out just because I could. Then I decided to write a book about it. I sent a copy to an agent, and a publisher bought it for considerably more...
FRIDAY
06:30am - Arrive in Melbourne
It’s a miracle! Skip off plane sparkling and ready to rock, thanks to Qantas’s business class and its (nearly) horizontal bed-seat. Feel a world away from the sorry herds in cattle class next door.
9am - Check in to the Langham Hotel
This award-...
HK Magazine: Your work has toured all over the world. How have other cultures reacted to your sensual images of children and adolescents?
Deborah Paauwe: Amazingly, feedback has been incredibly positive. However, when I was in a group exhibition at the Bangladesh Biennale in 2004, they chose not...
Hong Kong-born Nancy Kwan rocketed to fame aged 18 as William Holden’s co-star in the seminal 1960 movie “The World of Suzie Wong,” about a Wan Chai hooker and her relationship with a struggling western artist. After a successful acting career, she now lives in LA with her husband...
This story was sparked by a comment overheard at last year’s Rugby World Cup Sevens: “You’ve got to admit, Hong Kong gives good piss up.” There is one very good reason why what started as a small tournament in 1976 became the game’s favorite touring stop: the crowd....
