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Time Out
5 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Time Out
This 100-year-old Bed-Stuy building is now home to a chic oyster bar
Bed-Stuy's latest wine bar hopes to introduce a space where the wine is accessible, the vibe is French and the oysters are freshly shucked on the half shell. A combination of the French words sel (salt) and lune (moon), Selune opened its doors on June 17, taking space in a 100-year-old brownstone. The wine and oyster bar is a labor of love from couple Marc Lioussanne and Bilen Gaga, who lean on their shared passions to bring it to life. Owner of Bistro Général & Mabel in Paris and previous beverage director of Eden Rock in St. Barths, Lioussane brings the hospitality angle, while Gaga's hand touches the interior, with an eye that is shaped by her fashion background and her Ethiopian roots. Salvaged from the previous tenant, a long, hand-stained walnut bar runs the length of the 50-seat wine bar, illuminated with globe lights. Across it, you can find two-seater tables and chairs plus a singular booth that's pushed up against the exposed brick walls painted white. Among a palette of tan leather, brushed gold and deep green accents, including live greenery, a single portrait hangs on the wall. Found near the rear of the restaurant, the painting depicts a scene of African women preparing a shared meal, nodding to Gaga's Ethiopian heritage. Naturally, wine is on order and there is plenty of it thanks to Lioussanne. Curating a selection over 120 bottles deep, the natural wine list is heavy on the regions of France with stops in Italy, New Zealand and Spain. They seem to be making good on their claim for accessibility as glasses can be had for $8-14 and bottles start as low as $27. There's also a list of cocktails for the partaking, including the miso-based Sunset Martini with rice vinegar syrup and the Ti Carib, an island-y number with coconut, allspice, juice and rum. Even the zero-proof varieties hold interest such as the Daisy with chia seeds, apple juice and a smoked lime as does the cherry tomato water-based Ruby Red, complimented with vanilla syrup and black peppercorn. Rounding it all out, the list includes a range of sakes plus beers sourced from Catskill Brewery. No matter what you drink, it can all easily be paired with Selune's French bistro fare and selections of the sea. Oysters are one of the main draws here, plucked from the eastern coasts of Cape Cod and Nova Scotia to Washington's Hood Canal. All can be dressed your way with a fleet of mignonettes for the choosing: ponzu scallion, shallot wine vinegar and lemongrass. If you'd rather your food come from land, you can build your own charcuterie board, starting with cured Jambon De Paris and Duck Foie Gras before selecting a few artisanal cheeses for the nibbling. Each board comes with a baguette and a swipe of butter to eat it all up.
Yahoo
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Pop Mart's Perpetually Sold-Out Monsters Make a Comeback: Here's When and Where to Buy the New Labubu ‘Wacky Mart' Collection Online
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. The Labubu craze has shown no signs of slowing down anytime soon — in fact, these little monsters (not the Gaga kind) are heading to the market with a brand new collection dropping this week. More from Rolling Stone Amazon's Notebook-Style Kindle Scribe Is Down to Its Lowest Price Ever - But Only for a Limited Time Lukas Nelson to Perform Songs From His New Album 'American Romance' With Livestream Set Airbnb Kicks Off New Lollapalooza Experiences, From Private Sets to Backstage Tours If you've been wanting to get into collecting these celebrity-loved bag charms, a new drop of Pop Mart's already sold-out Wacky Mart Monsters collection is arriving on Kicks Crew on Friday, June 13, at 7 p.m. PT/10 p.m. ET. This convenience store-inspired edition features 12 new figurines, sold in guaranteed authenticated blind boxes. The newest Labubus include Cup Noodles, Salad, Yakitori, Chow Mein, Sandwich, Chips, Corn, Milk, Canned Sardines, or Onigiri. The most highly coveted of all is the Microwave Oven Secret Edition, a rare gem with a super slim chance of pulling it — only 1 in 144 boxes (but you can buy a case of all 12 sealed boxes just in case). NEW DROP $19.99+ Buy Now on kicks crew ► Use exclusive promo code ROLLINGSTONE5 for $5 off $60 Labubu orders. The Labubu Monsters usually retail for $19.99 at Pop Mart, but beware that prices on this collection may vary based on increased demand (of which there is a lot of) on resale sites. If all else fails, you can head to one of Pop Mart's 20 brick-and-mortar locations in the U.S. (although the company plans to expand to 200 or more Stateside spots in the coming years, according to Modern Retail). But to sweeten the deal, RS readers can use the exclusive promo code ROLLINGSTONE5 to get $5 off a minimum purchase of $60 in Labubu. Individual push keychains from recent collections like 'Tasty Macarons' and 'Big Into Energy' already start around $50, so it's not too difficult to score this deal. Stars like Blackpink's Lisa, Rihanna, Dua Lipa, Kim Kardashian and even Love Island USA's Leah Kateb have been spotted with the collectibles brand's plush figurines on their bags, which are based on Hong Kong artist Kasing Lung's 'The Monsters' book series for children that was 'inspired by Nordic mythology.' Kicks Crew describes this latest whimsical lineup with 'Labubu reimagined as quirky, food-themed characters— like fluffy shrimp tempura, corn-on-the-cob, and a sardine in a can — each bursting with charm and personality.' SHOP LABUBU WACKY MART SERIES ON KICKS CREW Thanks to limited-edition drops of Labubu lines like these (and their sister dolls, Crybabies) from Pop Mart, the figurines continue to sell out in record time, to the point where they've become the unexpected breakout star of Kicks Crew. According to the site, they've seen a staggering 346% increase in Labubu figures and keychains sold from March to May 2025. For being in such high demand (and the random nature of the blind boxes they're sold in), they're even outperforming footwear brands, with sales of Nike and Adidas dropping by 7 to 8% and Jordans rising only by 7%, 'All dwarfed by Labubu's explosive trajectory,' the company reports in a blog post. Check out the new Labubu Monsters 'Wacky Mart' series below, and shop the sold-out Pop Mart collection when it drops on Kicks Crew today at 7 p.m. PT/10 p.m. ET online here (and use promo code ROLLINGSTONE5 for $5 or more off). Buy Now on kicks crew Buy Now ON KICKS CREW Buy Now ON KICKS CREW Buy Now on kicks crew Buy Now on kicks crew Buy Now on kicks crew Buy Now on kicks crew Buy Now on kicks crew Buy Now on kicks crew Buy Now on kicks crew Buy Now on kicks crew Buy Now on kicks crew Buy Now on kicks crew $474.81 Buy Now on Kicks Crew Best of Rolling Stone The Best Audiophile Turntables for Your Home Audio System
Nikkei Asia
12-06-2025
- Business
- Nikkei Asia
A 'Made in USA' win and the race for Nvidia graphics cards
Hello everyone! This is Lauly, sending my greetings from summery Taipei. It's been a very fruitful few weeks for me. Although I caught a bad cold during the annual Computex trade fair in mid-May, I was able to talk to numerous suppliers about their latest AI server solutions, from advanced liquid cooling systems and power supplies to cables, GPU boards and final assembly. Being able to touch all those components and parts, and hear directly from experts how these technologies come together to make the world's most powerful AI supercomputers was a priceless experience. That being said, the highlight of the past few weeks for me was attending Lady Gaga's Mayhem concert in Singapore immediately after Computex wrapped up. Her performance was so powerful and her passion for music and art so infectious that I ended up clapping too hard and breaking my iPhone camera lens. It took me some hours to realize that was why all my photos of Gaga were so blurry. After the show, my friend and I were stuck in front of the National Stadium MRT station for more than 30 minutes with tens of thousands of other fans leaving the venue. But the station staff clearly had a lot of experience handling these situations. One of them even led the crowd in singing Gaga's songs, making the wait to get into the station much more bearable. Back at work, I had a precious opportunity last week to join a small group of reporters on a tour of two Yageo manufacturing facilities in the southern Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung. Yageo is the world's second-largest maker of passive components after Murata of Japan and counts Apple, Nvidia, HP, Dell and Tesla among its customers. I was fascinated by how clean and automated Yageo's plants are. I've heard a lot about passive components and was thrilled to see and touch the tiny components -- the smallest one is smaller than a grain of ground pepper. They are so small that you can hold 3 to 4 million resistors in your hand at a time, and yet they are vital for everything from smartphones and notebooks to servers and cars. Yageo is keen for people outside of Taiwan to know more about the company. It is trying to acquire a smaller peer, Japan's Shibaura Electronics, a move that Yageo Chairman Pierre Chen believes would be a "win-win" for both sides. Speaking of "wins," U.S. President Donald Trump can look forward to some success in his push to onshore tech production: AI servers, but not iPhones, at least not anytime soon. I recently met a longtime source, a former executive at an iPhone assembler, and we talked about why it is so challenging to make those devices in the U.S. The source gave this example: Mounting the Wi-Fi module into an iPhone requires first inserting the tiny module -- by hand -- through the side of the phone's metal frame, holding it in place on the printed circuit board, and then finishing the process by dispensing a small drop of glue onto it. "I don't see any automation tool to soon replace that process, let alone bringing the entire iPhone production flow to the U.S. ... It's more impossible than Tom Cruise's Mission: Impossible," the source said. I agree with him. AI over iPhones While U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly called on Apple CEO Tim Cook to bring iPhone manufacturing home, it is the rapid formation of an AI server supply chain that may be his first "Made in the U.S.A" tech triumph, write Nikkei Asia's Lauly Li and Cheng Ting-Fang. Nvidia, the world's AI chip leader, in April announced plans to invest $500 billion to make supercomputers in the U.S. Since then, at least eight of its suppliers have said they will build new capacity in the country. Foxconn, the world's biggest server builder and a key Nvidia AI supplier, is furiously expanding capacity in Houston, Texas, for the American company. The Taiwanese contract electronics giant plans to bring a significant portion of its production of graphic processing unit (GPU) modules and board to the U.S. for the first time, according to sources. TSMC's $165 billion Arizona expansion will also play a crucial role in building a U.S. AI server supply chain. Ren speaks Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei broke his silence on the company's artificial intelligence chip efforts in a rare interview with Chinese state media earlier this week. Speaking to the People's Daily, the reclusive executive said the U.S. has "exaggerated Huawei's capabilities," adding that the company "is not that strong yet," writes the Financial Times' Eleanor Olcott. Ren's comments mark a rare public intervention from the Huawei chief, who has largely withdrawn from the spotlight in recent years and had not previously addressed the company's AI chip series, Ascend, viewed as China's closest rival to Nvidia. His remarks come amid growing concerns from Nvidia chief Jensen Huang, who recently warned that Huawei is emerging as a "formidable" competitor. Huang argued that Washington's restrictions on Nvidia's chip exports to China have inadvertently helped bolster the Chinese group's position, threatening America's lead in AI technology. While Ren acknowledged that Huawei's chips lag behind U.S. counterparts in performance, he suggested the gap could be bridged by clustering multiple chips in a server. He also emphasized China's strengths in the AI race, citing its abundant energy supply, vast population and advanced telecoms infrastructure. Cat-and-mouse industry Ukraine's successful strikes against Russian strategic bombers using inexpensive drones on June 1 highlighted how unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) are reshaping modern warfare. Also known as drones, UAV are also emerging as a significant global business. Japanese motorcycle maker Kawasaki Motors and carmaker Subaru are two examples of newcomers looking to foray into the rapidly growing market, Nikkei Asia's Mitsuru Obe writes. Kawasaki Motors, which is working with French startup VoltAero, aims to produce 5,000 drone engines a year by 2030. "When it comes to small and efficient engines, no one can beat Japanese motorcycle makers," Kawasaki said. Australia's DroneShield, on the other hand, is growing rapidly on the back of demand for counter-drone defenses, writes Nikkei Asia's Shaun Turton. From some 90 employees two years ago to 275 today, the startup founded in 2014 is now an ASX-listed company with a market cap of 1.3 billion Australian dollars ($848 million). Its DroneShield systems are deployed in dozens of countries, including Ukraine. A race against time Leading gaming PC makers and Nvidia graphic cards suppliers MSI and Gigabyte are rushing to produce and ship as many products as possible to the U.S. market before the Trump administration's grace period on tariffs expires on July 9, Nikkei Asia's Lauly Li writes. Joseph Hsu, chairman of MSI, said the Taiwanese company has been building up stock for the U.S. market ahead of the escalation of the tariff war in April. But because the newest products became available only around April, there was little they could do beforehand. "Take Nvidia's newly launched graphics cards for instance. However many we ship to the U.S., they are immediately sold out, so it is hard to build inventory there," Hsu said. "We are racing against time. Dandy Yeh, chairman of Gigabyte, which is also an AI server supplier for Nvidia, said his company received rush orders last month as clients in the U.S. wanted them to ship more products due to mounting tariff uncertainties. The tariff war and the White House's unpredictable policy, he said, have brought uncertainty to the entire tech industry, and especially for its export-oriented companies. Welcome to the Tech Latest podcast. Hosted by our tech coverage veterans, Katey Creel and Akito Tanaka, every Tuesday we deliver the hottest trends and news from the sector. In this episode, Akito speaks with Tokyo correspondent Tamayo Muto about Nintendo's recent launch of the Switch 2, and how the company plans to navigate Trump's tariffs and avoid repeating its history of poor sales following a previously successful console. Suggested reads 2. China's critical mineral curbs shake AI data center suppliers (Nikkei Asia) 3. Honda to invest in Japanese chipmaker Rapidus (Nikkei Asia) 4. Qualcomm launches AI R&D center in Vietnam (Nikkei Asia) 5. (FT) 6. China's Insta360 targets US growth after $270m IPO despite trade war (Nikkei Asia) 7. Can Japan hold on to its 'indispensable' companies? (FT) 8. Chinese regulators seek to slow rollout of self-driving features in cars (FT) 9. US 'very interested' in talking digital trade with Japan: lobby (Nikkei Asia) 10. FT Podcast: Trump's Tech Bros: Can Tim Cook save Apple from the trade war? (FT) We hope you are enjoying #techAsia. If so, please recommend to your friends to receive it every week by signing up here.
Metropolis Japan
10-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Metropolis Japan
Lady Gaga Tokyo Tour 2026
The queen of pop returns to Japan! For the first time in four years, Lady Gaga brings her electrifying MAYHEM Ball tour to Tokyo and Osaka for five massive dome shows. Known for her boundary-pushing performances and chart-topping hits, Gaga's latest album MAYHEM has taken the world by storm—debuting at No. 1 in 12 countries and racking up billions of streams. Don't miss this once-in-a-lifetime chance to witness Gaga's jaw-dropping spectacle live. With VIP options, group seats, and arena-shaking energy, this show promises to be more than a concert—it's an experience. Jan 21–22, 2026 – Kyocera Dome Osaka Jan 25, 26 & 29, 2026 – Tokyo Dome Tickets from ¥9,945 | VIP options available Official Website Mastercard Exclusive Pre-Sale (First-Come-First-Served): June 11 (Wed), 2025 at 12pm – June 14 (Sat), 11:59am H.I.P. Member & Live Nation Premium Club Lottery Pre-Sale: June 13 (Fri), 2025 at 12pm – June 17 (Tue), 11:59pm Official First Lottery Pre-Sale: June 18 (Wed), 2025 at 12pm – June 29 (Sun), 11pm General On-Sale: TBD
Yahoo
10-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Lady Gaga Praises Queer Music Pioneer Carl Bean in Docu Clip: ‘Anthems Unify People'
Lady Gaga honors queer music icon Carl Bean and the legacy of his 1977 anthem, 'I Was Born This Way' in an exclusive clip from the upcoming documentary I Was Born This Way. In the film, Gaga, Questlove, and Billy Porter are among those who reflect on the song's powerful impact on the LGBTQ community. 'This song is actually the music equivalent of the Giving Tree,' says Questlove, spinning the track on vinyl. More from Rolling Stone Addison Rae's Pop Queen Dreams Are Massive, and Just Out of Reach Timex's New 'Wednesday' Watch Collab Is Worth a Double Round of Snaps How the Director and Stars of 'Pavements' Brought Many Stephen Malkmuses to Life The clip opens with the chart success the song, released on Motown, had in the United States, climbing to Number 16 on the Billboard Hot 100, and how it became an 'immediate anthem for the gay community,' embraced by house DJs worldwide. Gaga — who titled her sophomore album after her own Bean-influenced LGBTQ-celebrating anthem, 'Born This Way' — reflects on Bean's legacy. 'This was so much more than just a hit song. When that song stopped charting, they didn't stop playing that song in clubs,' she says. 'And the movement didn't stop.' In the clip, Questlove adds that the track was 'beyond a hit' and one that inspired hope and'revolution.' 'It's an anthem,' he says. 'And anthems never die.' 'Anthems unify people. And they help us to celebrate,' adds Gaga. 'It's people coming together to say, 'This is what we believe in. This is what we care about. We are louder. We are stronger. And we can do it together.'' Bean would eventually leave the music industry, founding the Minority AIDS Project to help underserved populations at the height of the AIDS epidemic and eventually, the first LGBTQ+ ministry called the Unity Fellowship Church. I Was Born This Way has been six years in the making and features Questlove, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Billy Porter as exec producers. Daniel Junge and Sam Pollard direct the film which will premiere at the Tribeca Festival on June 5. 'This sequence in the film shows the enduring legacy of Bean's song, and the film demonstrates his lasting influence in so many other surprising ways,' Junge tells Rolling Stone. 'There are so many celebrity bio-docs these days, which I don't disparage — Sam and I have made them — but I think the real joy of documentary is when you are surprised by things you never realized are an important part of our world… hopefully that's what this film does.' 'Not only was his rendition of the song revelatory, but what he did over the decades with his activism for the LGBTQ+ community was both groundbreaking and heartfelt,' Pollard adds. Gaga has long credited Bean — who died in 2021 at age 77 but gave interviews for the film prior to his death — for inspiring Born This Way. Ahead of Pride Month in 2021, she wrote on Twitter: 'Born This Way, my song and album, were inspired by Carl Bean, a gay black religious activist who preached, sung and wrote about being 'Born This Way.' … Thank you for decades of relentless love, bravery, and a reason to sing. So we can all feel joy, because we deserve joy.' { pmcCnx({ settings: { plugins: { pmcAtlasMG: { iabPlcmt: 1, }, pmcCnx: { singleAutoPlay: 'auto' } } }, playerId: "d762a038-c1a2-4e6c-969e-b2f1c9ec6f8a", mediaId: "0eb6519c-7563-415b-88a9-96e46cac48a4", }).render("connatix_player_0eb6519c-7563-415b-88a9-96e46cac48a4_1"); }); Best of Rolling Stone The 50 Greatest Eminem Songs All 274 of Taylor Swift's Songs, Ranked The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
