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CBC
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- CBC
Zelenskyy leaves G7 early, citing Russia attack — without meeting Trump, or joint statement from leaders
These were some of the options presented to G7 leaders during the social program on the first night of the summit, by the Pomeroy Kananaskis Mountain Lodge's Blacktail Bar. The eight-cocktail menu was inspired by each G7 nation, plus one for the collective. The drinks will also be available to the public, with different ones rolled out over the summer, once the summit wraps and business returns to normal. The Canadian cocktail will be featured first. The Cabane à Sucre, also known as the Carney, is meant to be a maple-forward old fashioned, with smoked ice and Canadian bitters. According to a menu obtained by CBC News, the Carney includes maple taffy, Canadian aromatic bitters and smoked ice. It can be made with 45-year-old whiskey from the Canadian Club Chronicles for $65, or a 15-year sherry cask from the Canadian Club Invitation series for $25. La Fille En Rose will be released next; that's the French-inspired floral martini. According to the menu, it will also sell for $25 and features rose-infused Grey Goose vodka, St. Germain elderflower liqueur, yellow chartreuse, and pomegranate cocktail air. There is no cocktail specifically inspired by U.S. President Donald Trump, with organizers aware he abstains from alcohol. There had been plans to roll out a non-alcoholic aloha colada in a pineapple cup during the summit itself, but that did not come to fruition. The American-inspired cocktail is called the Graceland. According to the menu, it consists of bacon-washed, 12-year Crown Royal Reserve whisky, Revel Stoke peanut butter whisky, Giffard Banane du Bresil liqueur, toasted breadcrumbs and fresh smoke.
Time Out
12-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Time Out
A '70s-inspired rooftop bar and live music venue has landed in Freshie
We're frothing over the news that Freshie has a brand-new rooftop bar and live music venue called Bombies, created to champion Australia's best musicians and international big-name stars. And the location is a beauty, too. The '70s-inspired spot is located on top of Harbord Hotel – Northern Beaches locals know that space has been underutilised for yonks, so we're stoked to see it finally being put to good use. With views of the ocean (the same beach where legend Duke Kahanamoku surfed for the first time in Australian history in 1914), state-of-the-art staging and a retro, coastal vibe spearheaded by architects Alexander & Co that looks straight outta Puberty Blues, Bombies evokes the laid-back energy of a beach house party. Expect a packed line-up with DJs sessions, live bands, film screenings, comedy shows and more. Jeremy Bull, principal designer at Alexander & Co, says, 'Bombies is the level one rejuvenation of Harbord Hotel, transforming the old caretaker's flat into a sun-soaked band room and bar in the heart of this surfer's motherland.' The signature cocktails feature fun, summer-coded drinks like the Pico De Mango (Grey Goose vodka, mango liqueur, Lillet Blanc, habanero and lime) and the Plashdown (tequila, triple sec, watermelon, hibiscus and sage). Pair your drinks with spicy prawn tacos matched with pickled cabbage, charred corn, jalapeño and green goddess dressing; tostadas topped with seared tuna, avo, tomato salsa, pickled cucumber and chipotle mayo; and the Bombies sambo, featuring chicken schnitty, pancetta, avo, egg, mayo, gem lettuce and tomato potato chips. Speaking of Bombies, Glenn Piper, CEO of Epochal Hotels, says: 'It's like stepping into a friend's beach house where the night unfolds effortlessly – live music, cold drinks and an electric energy that just clicks. Whether it's post-surf beers, sunset sessions or a late-night dance floor moment, Bombies is where the best nights just happen.' Plus, a lush new recording studio for local artists to jam and make music is in the pipeline – it's set to open towards the end of the year – as well as boutique accommodation. How good's that? These are the best rooftop bars in Sydney.
Elle
09-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Elle
Zoe Saldaña's Go-To Party Menu Is Surprisingly Simple
It's difficult to upstage Zoe Saldaña these days. The in-demand actress and ELLE Women in Hollywood honoree recently won her first Academy Award, nabbing the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her triple-threat performance in the musical-drama Emilia Pérez. She's starring in Pixar's highly anticipated animated film, Elio, and the third installment of the Avatar series, which will finally hit theaters this December. But when I meet Saldaña on the banks of Lake Como in Italy to get a sneak peek of her new Grey Goose campaign, the landscape is trying its hardest to steal the show. 'Look at this set,' Saldaña exclaims from video village, the surrounding mountain range and cloud-streaked cerulean sky mirrored in the rippling waters behind her. Although Saldaña's husband is Italian and originally from Lake Garda, this is her first visit to Lake Como. ('Even Italians adore Como,' she says.) She's stationed here for a few days as the Grey Goose team takes over the Grand Hotel Victoria, transforming the property, including the dreamy lakeside beach club, into the fictional Grey Goose Hôtel for a series of new shorts she is starring in. Tapping into the brand's French ethos, the campaign is intended to encourage people to live in the moment and savor life's small pleasures. Saldaña even revealed the recipe for her favorite cocktail, playfully named the Le Zoé Spritz—a refreshing blend of vodka, rosé, sparkling water, strawberry juice, fresh lemon juice, and a few fun garnishes. 'Creatively putting a cocktail together, and enjoying that cocktail, is an experience that allows me to be more present,' Saldaña says, adding that summer is an ideal time for a spritz. As for what she'd serve alongside it? 'I am very much a fan of antipasti—cheese and salamis, like a charcuterie.' If it sounds like a party, well, Saldaña has a lot to celebrate these days. Below, shared more of her hosting tips, what audiences can expect from the upcoming Avatar: Fire and Ash, and how women in Hollywood are inspiring her to ask, 'What if I'm just getting started?' I'm starting to. I'm trying really, really hard. It's difficult when you are part of a business where everything is always happening. It's [a lot of] hurry up and wait. So you're constantly being compelled to be in the then and not really in the now. Then, when you become a parent, you're always planning for the future. I have to say that my children are such present beings, and they are really inspiring my husband and I, and even my folks, to be more present. That means sometimes dropping everything and just sitting down and enjoying a beautiful view, no matter where you are—enjoying company and a nice beverage. I'm taking great pleasure in allowing myself to steal moments like that. A little bit of both. I feel like it very much runs parallel with my life in terms of how I continue to evolve, and challenge myself, and grow. So, in that sense, it's been very real. I've been very present with it. And it is surreal. I am from Jackson Heights, Queens. Though I've always been exceptionally loved by an amazing family who've done everything for us, I'm just like, 'How do I get from there to here?' Sometimes it is surreal. I didn't expect it, but I've been witnessing it with so many women that I truly admire—the longevity, the empowerment, [how] women are taking back [control] over their youth, how we get to say when we're done. I'm 46, so to be able to still work and [ignore the timeline] that everybody has put on me as a woman—like, Oh, now you're 46, you have three kids, you can't do this, and you can't do that. I've taken inspiration from women like Meryl Streep, Sandra Bullock, Viola Davis. Nicole Kidman, I admire her. Demi Moore is one of my giants, how she has managed to defy the gravities that were always set for her. 'You're too pretty.' 'You're [a] popcorn [actress].' 'You're too sexy.' Every trope, she just broke, broke, broke, broke, broke. My giants continue to inspire me—that, at this age, with everything that I've done in my life, I can still say, 'Well, what if I'm just getting started?' That's beautiful, and I would love to be a part [of that] legacy of women. More like that. I'm getting things together as people are walking in, but the day before, I will go to the store and buy a lot of items. That way people can assemble their favorite cocktails. I love that. I have to say, my husband and I have mastered the pizza party. You make the best dough. You buy the best cheese, and you make the sauce from scratch, and you put everything out there, and you make it like a rotating station where people make their pizza. We really take pleasure in putting that all together. Oh my God, that's the only thing we know how to do. I grew up in a household of immigrant parents and elders, and I married an immigrant. So when we plan to have family and friends over, there's always a question: Are we going to do Italian, or is it going to be Dominican? Because it can't be both. My husband believes that it can be both. I'm like, 'We can't.' Everything has to be cohesive. Don't be putting some rice and beans with the cioppino. You can't do that. Also because [the food you serve] dictates the kind of cocktails you're going to arrange. I can't have a mojito with a carbonara. I just can't do it. But if we're doing carne asada with some guacamole, and some beans and rice, then okay, bring in your mojito. Lately in my life—outside of [some of] my commitments with these big, big amazing movies that I've been a part of—my journey as a human being and making art, it is about the reconciliation of grief. I did [the TV series] From Scratch because of it. I'm always trying to interpret, through different lens, what grief can mean and how it can impact the lives of people, and also celebrate how they manage loss. Avatar put me and Sam Worthington in a position to imagine the unimaginable by being Jake and Neytiri [who lose their son in Avatar: The Way of Water]. I think even Jim [director James Cameron] wasn't ready to see that, and he knew that was part of their journey because of the saga around this world he's creating, and the threats around this world. That deep, unimaginable sense of loss was probably something that these characters needed to experience. And I'm proud of him for doing it. I would've done it differently [laughs], because I'm a parent. But it just makes this world of Avatar a lot more meaningful. So Fire and Ash is definitely a continuation, but a process for the Sullys, and it's just so beautiful. Out of the five-episode saga, it is the exact middle for them. I do believe that Fire and Ash is going to be the biggest turning point in this journey for these two individuals and this world. Yes. Because also, in the making of the third one, we lost [Avatar producer] Jon Landau. Experiencing loss, it's just hard. Now more than ever, Avatar [has become] a much more meaningful [series], a story for all of us. So, we're very proud of it. I feel like every time I talk to Jim about it—because Jim was such a wonderful person throughout the whole campaign of Emilia Pérez, whether they were good moments or challenging moments, he was always calling me. Sigourney [Weaver, who plays Kiri in Avatar] did the same, and Sam [Worthington] did the same. For me to be a part of an amazing family of people since my 20s, I think, Oh my God, I love them, and I'll do anything for them. I can't wait for Fire and Ash [and] to share it with the world, because it almost killed me. Shooting that scene at the end of The Way of Water was so difficult, but shooting Neytiri and Jake forcing themselves to get up and move on, and be there for their surviving children, was the hardest thing. It teaches you a lot about what it must be like as a parent, as a guardian. How do you also stay together, and how do you let love win once again after experiencing that kind of loss? It's the most complex thing. We're born, and I feel like the biggest growth in life is just learning how to die. Every living organism meets their demise, and I feel like a lot of our lives has to be spent accepting it. This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.
Axios
06-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Axios
Richmond's Allianz Amphitheater: What to know before you go
Allianz Amphitheater — Richmond's newest, 7,500-seat music venue — opens this weekend. Why it matters: We got a sneak peek into what concertgoers can expect at the 30-plus shows planned through October, starting with Rick Springfield on Saturday. The big picture: The general admission entrance is off Fifth Street, where you'll walk down a long-ish bridge before entering the venue. The bathrooms are immediately to the left, and the first line of bars, which are stationed throughout the amphitheater's perimeter, are to the right. The entire venue is cashless, and doesn't have wristbands for people 21 and up — which means you'll have to show ID every time you get alcohol. Zoom in: The bars are stocked with liquor including Tito's Vodka and Grey Goose and will offer canned wines, beer like Modelo and Michelob Ultra — and local ones from Starr Hill — and White Claw and Smirnoff seltzers. You'll also have the chance to get a shaker cup cocktail, such as a cherry bourbon lemonade, strawberry vodka lemonade and a watermelon chili marg. Some NA options include: a sparkling ginger peach iced tea and a watermelon Red Bull with strawberry lemonade. If you go: Drink prices vary depending on the event, per organizers, but beers will start at $5. The food: There will be 12 different food trucks cycling in and out throughout the season, a spokesperson tells Axios. They'll include Goatocado, Smokie Joe's BBQ, Timber Pizza, Four Brothers, Scoop O Dough and more. Getting there: The Amphitheater has a map of places to park that are within a 15-minute walk of the venue. Per the organizers, the closest Pulse bus stop is a 13-minute walk away, but the GRTC has a stop at Second Street and Brown's Island via Route 87, which runs every hour. We'd personally Uber (drop off at the Seventh Street roundabout by the CoStar building) or park across the bridge in Southside and walk over. What's allowed: Clear bags smaller than 12" by 6" by 12" Non-clear bags smaller than 6" by 9" Small blankets Factory-sealed water bottles What's not allowed: Weapons, empty containers, aerosols over 5 ounces, outdoor food or drink, hula hoops, flashlights, music instruments or outside chairs (you can rent one for $15). What we're watching: Most of the shows are around sunset, but after the community preview Wednesday night, people took to social media to critique the lack of shade. They also wondered whether the bathroom situation would work during a sold-out show. Fun fact: Mayor Avula tells Axios if he wasn't going to be out of town when Counting Crows (July 12) and Dave Matthews Band (July 15 and 16) perform, those are the concerts he'd get tickets to.
Time Out
30-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Time Out
Luxury brand Coach opens new NYC-inspired bar in Singapore serving customisable martinis from $12
Luxury brands continue to make their mark on Singapore's F&B scene – we've seen the likes of the Audemars Piguet Café, Louis Vuitton's chocolate store, and Audi's collab with Burnt Ends Bakery. Now, American fashion house Coach joins the mix with the opening of The Coach Bar, its newest lifestyle concept nestled inside the Coach Play Singapore Shophouse along Keong Saik Road. Replacing the former Coach Café, this stylish space draws inspiration from the brand's New York roots. The interiors are bold yet inviting, featuring rich red wallpaper and warm lighting that create a cosy, date-night-worthy ambience. One of the standout design features include a wall lined with vintage cassette tapes spanning genres from soul and funk to hip-hop and jazz. But even if you're not there for the vibes, the food and drinks are reason enough to visit. The menu takes classic American bar fare and gives it a refined twist – think shrimp cocktail ($22), caviar by the bump ($12) served on potato chips, and pastrami poppers ($16). Heftier options include the grilled cheese sandwich ($23) and the wagyu-loaded silver service hot dog ($30). For dessert, the bar's signature sundae ($15) balances rich soft-serve with Sicilian olive oil and sea salt. As for drinks, the Proper Martini Service ($12) offers a fun experience where you can customise your cocktail table-side with garnish choices like pickled onions and blue cheese-stuffed olives. You'll also find signature cocktails like the Grey Goose espresso martini ($25) and tabby disco tea ($22), the latter served with a Coach-branded citrus ice cube for a luxe finishing touch. The Coach Bar is located at 5 Keong Saik Road and is open from Thursday to Monday, 4pm to 12am.
