Thursday, 27 February 2020

Life Picks Podcast: Enjoy a musical March and April and Malaysian herbal bak kut teh


Synopsis: Every Thursday, The Straits Times highlights the best films, concerts, restaurants and arts events you can catch in Singapore over the coming weeks.

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Little Women director Greta Gerwig 'sad' at awards snub of female filmmakers


PARIS (AFP) - Top Hollywood woman director Greta Gerwig said she was "disappointed" that she had been snubbed by the Golden Globes, with the producer of her hit film Little Women blaming the "unconscious bias" of male movie critics.

With the awards from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association

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Restaurant review: Affordable omakase done Western-style at Monte Risaia


SINGAPORE - Omakase restaurants, which have become so fashionable these days, used to refer to small Japanese eateries where the chef decides what to serve each day, depending on what he finds in the market.

But Western restaurants are now doing the same because it makes things easier. The chef

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