Contributed photo Romero's feature film project, "Giliw" (Beloved) was also chosen to participate in HFF München's prestigious Women Writing Lab and be mentored by Robin Swicord ("Memoirs of a Geisha, ...

“Japanese people themselves often don’t understand or have the wrong idea about what geishas do,” Hisafumi Iwashita, a writer specialized in geisha culture, told AFP. In Japanese, the word ...

Aside from frantically signing copies of his memoirs for throngs of invited guests, Harris, 69, took time to catch up with theGrio to talk about why he decided to write about his extraordinary ...

On the morning of October 31, 1984, Dr Sneh Bhargava, newly appointed as the first woman director of Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), walked into a nightmare. Hours after ...

“Japanese people themselves often don’t understand or have the wrong idea about what geishas do,” said Hisafumi Iwashita, a writer specialised in geisha culture. In Japanese, the word geisha means ...

Bill Gates recommends spending your summer reading five of the best memoirs he's ever encountered. The billionaire Microsoft co-founder's Summer 2025 list of book recommendations is an eclectic ...

One new film landed in the Top 5 at the weekend box office, but it was two-time champion, Disney's Lilo & Stitch, that remained on top for a third weekend. Ballerina, the latest installment in the ...

Japanese geisha are taking to the stage in Tokyo for the weeklong Azuma Odori festival. This year marks the centenary of the annual event, which has carried on a tradition despite dwindling numbers.

CINCINNATI (WXIX) - Crashes and a vehicle fire slowed the morning commute in the rain Tuesday, especially on northbound Interstate 75 in Cincinnati. The highway was shut down and later partially ...