Celebrity Life

'I want to stretch the horizon and inspire people. I can be a monk wearing heels, so you can be who you are.'

Rayner Loi keeps a note on his iPhone with details of the fruit and vegetables that go bad every week at his home in Singapore. That way, when he goes to the supermarket, he has a better idea of how many apples or bananas he actually eats in a week, and can adjust his shopping…

Rina Sawayama calls her favorite songs her “problem childs.” They’re the Japanese British singer-songwriter’s deeply personal tracks that record labels are wont to reject. Take 2019’s “STFU!,” which rages against the racism Sawayama, 31, often faces as a woman of East Asian descent. The song hit multiple walls before Dirty Hit, the indie record label…

'This has become my lifetime mission. I'll keep pushing until I have nothing left in the tank for my people.'

Sara Wahedi's app, Ehtesab, crowdsources reports of bombings, shootings and more—giving Kabul residents clarity amid chaos

Only around 1% of main characters are Indigenous in children's literature. Illustrator Michaela Goade wants to change that

Chika Stacy Oriuwa was on a clinical rotation in the emergency department one day in 2018, wearing her scrubs and stethoscope when she felt a tug on her shirt. It was a patient, who said: “Excuse me. You forgot to clean the vomit off the floor.” Oriuwa is a medical resident, on the path to…

'So much of our resilience comes from knowing what to expect and how to prepare for it'

In November 2020, Erika Hilton became the first trans woman elected to the city council in São Paulo

The “Dune” actor doesn’t always reveal much, but what he does is intentional.