Extra 2697 – Paris' Secret

AP PHOTO Macau Daily Times | Edition 2697 | 02 Dec 2016 Paris’ Secret The laciest, if not raciest, catwalk event of the year — aka, the Victoria's Secret fashion show — took place yesterday in in the City of Light. Among the takeaways: performances by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars, sisters Bella and Gigi Hadid joining forces, as well as a USD3 million Fantasy bra modelled by Jasmine Tookes. Here are the highlights of the Paris show, inside Extra. X3 Movies: Jackie Books: Ruler of the Night" by David Morrell Music: 24K Magic by Bruno Mars Wine: The Vinous Bel Canto Food and beverage: Culture you can drink: Belgian beer gets UN approval X2 PÁTIO DA ILUSÃO illusion DRIVE IN Jake Coyle, AP Film Writer N ACKIE A FRACTURED ENNEDY FABLE I ‘J ,’ K AP PHOTO istory, lately run amok, trifyingly fractured portrait of her discomfort at playing a is ordered with such tidy, the former First Lady. Gone is starring role in an American Hforceful finesse by Natalie the image of the wan, serene fairy tale turned nightmare. Portman’s Jacqueline Kenne- Jackie. Here, instead, is a sa- The disharmony, sounded by dy in in the piercing “Jackie.” vvy public-relations operator, Mica Levi’s knotted, gloomy Summoning a journalist to a steely widow in grief and a score, is always there between Hyannis Port in 1963, not long woman redefining herself amid persona and person. “We’re the after the assassination of John tragedy. “I’m his wi--” she be- beautiful people, right?” she F. Kennedy, she coolly sets the gins saying after Dallas. “Wha- sarcastically quips. Exiting Air record for her late husband’s tever I am now.” Force One, she deadpans to her legacy, coining “Camelot” and The more complicated view of husband (Caspar Phillipson), shaping the mythology. Some the mysterious Kennedy is ins- “I love crowds.” In Larrain’s details that don’t fit the narra- pired partly by the revelatory hands, Kennedy’s pained public tive she simply crosses out. “I private interviews conducted performance is a kind of sacrifi- don’t smoke,” she tells the Life by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. ce. “Jackie” is at once a decons- magazine reporter (Billy Cru- and released in 2011. She was truction of the Jackie Kennedy dup), with a cigarette dangling not purely her pillbox-wearing fable and a dramatization of its between her fingers. public image, not merely a to- making. Pablo Larrain’s “Jackie,” a tem of grace, the candid tapes Penned by Noah Oppenheim work of probing intimacy and revealed. (“The Maze Runner”), “Jackie” Natalie Portman as Jackie Kennedy in a scene from the film, "Jackie" shattered stereotype, is an elec- Throughout “Jackie,” we feel evades the traditional biopic format like a disease. It’s orga- staking a plot in history for her What is within the grasp of nized around the Hyannis Port husband. “Have you read what “Jackie” — aside from a com- interview with flashbacks to they’ve been writing?” she first pelling, intricate performance AP PHOTO events large and small before greets the reporter. “It’s no way from a fully committed Portman the assassination, during it and to be remembered.” — is a sense of how difficult it after. Many of the scenes, quiet Portman’s Kennedy is, from may have been for Kennedy to and empty, are shot less like the start, probably thornier and make things look so easy. With flashbacks than like Kennedy’s more uneasy than the woman preternatural poise, she served own splintered, haunted memo- ever was. Portman and Larrain as a bulwark of decorum and ries. have sharpened her and supe- order against the chaos of the Some, like her televised Whi- rimposed her story on a rigo- times. It’s chilling now to hear te House tour (recreated with rously crafted but resolutely the advice of Kennedy family black-and-white precision), cold surface. “Jackie,” though friend William Walton (the great are familiar. Others are strikin- endlessly fascinating, can feel Richard E. Grant) after Lee Har- gly surreal. Kennedy silently like a character study conduc- vey Oswald is gunned down. He marching through a vacant ted on a surgical table. tells Kennedy to take the kids to White House, her pink suit Larrain, the talented Chilean Boston and “build a fortress.” bloodied from the shooting, is filmmaker of the Oscar-no- “The world’s gone mad, Mrs. an unshakable image that feels minated “No” whose equally Kennedy.” straight out of Kubrick. complex “Neruda” is also out And then there’s Kennedy soon, is interested in dissecting “Jackie,” a Fox Searchlight stomping through rainy Arling- Kennedy but not solving her. release, is rated R by the Motion ton, her heels digging into the “I’ll settle for a story that’s be- Picture Association of America wet ground. Seeking a spot for lievable,” says Crudup’s repor- for “brief strong violence and what will be the Eternal Flame, ter. The truth, Kennedy says, is some language.”Running time: Caspar Phillipson as John (left), and Natalie Portman as Jackie Kennedy she is, through force of will, out of reach. 100 minutes. BOOK IT tTUNES ‘RULER OF THE NIGHT’ TRANSPORTS BRUNO MARS CHANNELS ‘90S R&B READERS TO VICTORIAN LONDON GROOVES ON ‘24K MAGIC’ avid Morrell’s conclusion to the trilogy fea- runo Mars pays homage to his musi- turing Thomas De Quincey is another exam- cal influences with a groovy, R&B- Dple of stellar writing and storytelling. In the two AP PHOTO Binspired collection that sounds straight previous novels featuring the essayist and opium outta the ‘90s. “24K Magic” is a party al- addict, Morrell has taken the reader on a journey bum that recalls Michael Jackson, James back in time to Victorian London, and in “Ruler Brown, New Edition and retro boy-band of the Night,” he saves the best for last as he cen- harmonies. It’s just a shame it’s only 34 ters on a crime that haunted London. minutes long. It’s 1855 and transportation by train has just been Mars has said he hopes his first album in four introduced. Though many are wary of the vehi- years inspires listeners to dance, and “24K cles that belch black smoke, others are fascina- Magic” succeeds. The title track (and hit ted. When a man is murdered, panic ensues. The single) sets the toe-tapping tone for the dan- crime is brutal, and people begin to grow wary ce-party groove that follows. On “Chunky,” of train travel. Though the real crime Morrell de- Mars sings, “If you ain’t here to party, take picts occurred in 1864, the details are accurate. your ass back home.” And even the late Fact and fiction blend effortlessly as De Quin- Godfather of Soul would shake his hips cey and his daughter Emily search for the culprit. to “Perm,” where Bruno channels his best Thomas has been trying to kick his addiction, but Bruno Mars, “24K Magic” (Atlantic) Brown over trumpet-tinged funk. “Finesse” he’s struggling. Working with his daughter and is a different kind of throwback, all New Edi- their Scotland Yard friends to solve the mystery tion and Bell Biv DeVoe. might help him end his need for opium — or lead The album plays like a dance party, with slow jams built in to catch your breath. Mars reaches him into a dark spiral that could lead to an over- for a Jackson-inspired falsetto on the ballad “Versace on the Floor” and goes for more of a Boyz dose. II Men vibe on “Calling All My Lovelies.” Real historical figures mix with the heroes, and It’s a shift in direction for the multi-Grammy Award-winning entertainer — more R&B and less the thriller elements are both terrifying and gro- pop than the 2014 hit “Uptown Funk” or Mars’ 2012 album, “Unorthodox Jukebox.” Mars re- tesque. Morrell’s impeccable research shines, as placed the Smeezingtons, the production team comprising himself and two partners that worked the story feels authentic and vivid. Readers will on his first two solo albums, with producers Shampoo Press & Curl, who give the songs on “24K feel transported to Victorian London with all of Magic” a lush, wall-of-sound quality. “Ruler of the Night” (Mulholland Books), by the sights and sounds that go with it. The result is a groovy party that ends too soon. David Morrell Jeff Ayers, AP Sandy Cohen, AP Entertainment Writer 02.12.2016 fri NEWS OF THE WORLD Thomas Adamson, AP excited," Ribeiro, 26, told The Asso- ciated Press. Ribeiro knows more than most Victoria's Secret rocks about the hidden dangers in a show such as this, where models in towe- ring heels can injure themselves. She hurt her foot as a Victoria's Se- Paris with USD3m bra cret Angel three years ago. "What am I scared of? I twisted my ankle and kind of broke my foot in the rehearsal three years ago. So I'm always scared of the high heels [that and Lady Gaga might make] me miss this amazing show," she said. While the bra may be perfect for the SECURITY TIGHT runway presentation, Tookes joked Hours before the show began, hun- AP PHOTO she probably wouldn't want to go dreds of meters in the area around Pa- for a jog in it, given its weight. ris' Grand Palais and the Champs Ely- "It's very heavy; it weighs more sées avenue were in near lock-down, than 450 karats. It weighs down on barricaded with passing tourists and my shoulders a little bit, but it's so fashionistas alike getting frisked.

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