January 2024
Does Singapore finally have global cool? Ask Taylor Swift
Singapore’s reputation is for supreme investment efficiency, not excitement. But a well-oiled government campaign can soon fix that.
- Karishma Vaswani
December 2023
A $23b Canadian investor woos super funds with Ed Sheeran, Madonna
The investor is raising $763 million for the next frontier of private credit – asset-based financings backed by music royalties and legal finance.
- Aaron Weinman
March 2023
The many ways GPT-4 is impressive but still flawed
The latest iteration of the chatbot is wowing doctors with its medical advice, can describe images, and it’s close to telling jokes that are almost funny.
- Cade Metz and Keith Collins
December 2021
- Opinion
- Performing arts
Do we need to talk about Madonna’s bum?
The singer has made a career of using her body to shock people, so it’s no surprise that the semi-nude images she posted last week have blown up the internet.
- Sarah Rodrigues
July 2020
Aussie dealer to sell piece once owned by Madonna
The painting was last sold in Miami in December 2016, when Madonna donated it to a charity auction to raise funds for her non-profit organisation Raising Malawi.
- Gabriella Coslovich
January 2020
The Women's March movement's dramatic rise and fall
The Women's March was once the heart of anti-Trump activism. Three years later, it is a lesson in how protest movements can fade as quickly at they appeared.
- Marissa J. Lang
September 2019
Inside Madonna's new show
Phones and cameras have to be checked at the door so there are no online spoilers. Here's what fans saw.
- Jon Pareles
June 2019
Why Madonna is furious with the New York Times
In an effort to control their public narrative some stars are avoiding the press, while others have started to interview each other.
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- Sonia Rao
May 2019
Be pampered like a soccer mum at Lisbon's most palatial hotel
Check in to the Pestana Palace, where Madonna took four royal suites while her son attended the prestigious Benfica Football Academy.
- Steve Meacham
- Opinion
- Eurovision
Silly music and serious politics? Or vice versa?
Europe's kitschy karaoke-fest looks like harmless, ironic self-parody. But is there a troubled geopolitical underbelly?
- Hans van Leeuwen