| 单词 | junket |
| 例句 | On his daily junket to town, Amarante Cordova had to climb over a dozen dead cottonwood trees that lay in his way like king-sized hurdles. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She ate a big plateful of cabbage and salmon and finished off with junket. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z A morning train brought Mayor Thompson back into the city from a political junket in Wyoming. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He worked for 13 years at The Herald Tribune as feature writer, drama editor and movie critic, glorying in Broadway opening nights and junkets to Hollywood. William Zinsser, Author of ‘On Writing Well,’ Dies at 92 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z In a separate interview with The Times at that junket, though, Tatum said he wasn't surprised that the studio was keeping Schultz away from the press. 'Foxcatcher' wrestler follows up on Twitter rant against director 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z During a junket for “Empire of the Sun,” the young Christian unnerved his interviewers by stabbing at an orange with a pencil, then walked out of the hotel. Film: Letting His Role Do the Talking 2010-12-03T15:53:00Z I first met him in Toronto, at the TV junket for The Sessions, in the hospitality area where journalists scribble out questions and stock up on sandwiches. Ben Lewin on The Sessions: 'You can reach women without brute force' 2013-01-03T19:00:00Z Hence the special weirdness of a TV junket. Cara Delevingne should be cut some slack – TV interviews are seldom fun 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z We arrived at this ghastly junket, was given our 15-minute slot, which is tricky because on Front Row we run eight or nine minutes, so you've got to hit the ground running. From Rhys Ifans to Madonna: writers on their worst celebrity interviews 2013-06-07T17:06:35Z Drew met Brown at a junket in 2005, when "he was a sweet kid, who could dance a bit, and had a nice smile which the ladies love". Chris Brown looks set for No 1 in comeback without contrition 2012-07-06T15:25:09Z I've never made a movie, ever, where there was a weekend junket, where it was done then the studio took care of everything. Lit Fest: Sayles stays rooted in change 2011-06-01T21:26:00Z Most directors, when they release a film, are content to sit in on a handful of six-minute junket interviews. Gerard Butler's Pentagon briefing and other grandiose film campaigns 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z There are press junkets and mixers; display ads in The New York Times and caricatures at Sardi’s; plus, of course, a raft of spring openings to catch up with. Tony Awards Voting Starts Now. And It’s Going to Be Weird. 2021-03-01T05:00:00Z As seriously as Mr. Murphy takes all of his parts, it is hard to imagine how he manages to get through even one of the press junkets that these movies require. Theater: Cillian Murphy in ?Misterman? at St. Ann?s Warehouse 2011-11-27T05:30:08Z More Roles: Ms. Barrera is learning to enjoy an unexpected part of her job: the media junket. Melissa Barrera Goes from Mexican Telenovelas to ‘Vida’ Star 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z Tarantino himself seemed irritated when questioned on the issue of whether Hollywood contributes to gun violence at a junket for his new film on Saturday in New York. Django Unchained premiere cancelled after Connecticut shooting 2012-12-18T11:42:01Z My editor from Esquire had come down with a rare case of “gluteal gout” while on a bourbon junket, and was forced to abscond to Shelter Island, where he would heal in shame. BREAKING: “Don’t believe the others! ‘Twas I who really killed Gawker!” says The Greatest Living American Writer 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z I should segue from directing to hosting junkets in my home. Alan Yang on making Netflix's lush and devastating "Tigertail" and the song that made grown men cry 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z My obsession with Gaby Hoffmann’s bush caused me to abandon journalistic decorum during a press junket for the third season of “Transparent.” Gaby Hoffmann’s radical bush: Let’s chat about pubic hair with the cast of “Transparent” 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z When we met, on a junket for journalists in the Bahamas, we were magazine editors living a continent apart. What he said before he died 2013-01-29T01:00:00Z The press junkets, the profiles with strangers prying into one’s personal life. ‘It has to be hot. It has to be creative’: Don Cheadle on his 10-year quest to play Miles Davis 2016-04-02T04:00:00Z Another “Bourne” iteration means another press junket for the series’ star Matt Damon. Matt Damon on gun control: “We cannot talk about it sensibly” 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z It is billed as a week of on-board decadence, redolent, perhaps, of the airborne antics of Led Zeppelin in the 70s; a promotional junket so nutzoid it takes the breath away. Rihanna – review 2012-11-25T00:05:37Z The realisation he had got junket gold will only have sunk in later. Cara Delevingne should be cut some slack – TV interviews are seldom fun 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z While I acknowledge that press junkets are tough and that it’s hard to live your life in the public eye, it’s also hard not to feel like Downey is being a bit unreasonable here. Robert Downey Jr.’s weird silence: Reporters aren’t treating him like “a kiddie fiddler who’s running for mayor” 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z Mr. Bale said that he never really knew anything about the association, and joked that on press junkets he wondered who “those awful characters” in the room were. The TV Watch: Master of Ceremonies, Not Civility 2011-01-17T05:43:03Z No movie stars forced to do junket interviews with opportunistic members of the press. A Video Tribute to the Best Film Festival In the World 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z The fabric of “The Adventurist” is made from Henry’s search for meaning and for life’s small raptures, what he calls “these little junkets into beauty.” Review: In ‘The Adventurist,’ an Executive’s Search for Meaning and Small Raptures 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z On a modern marketing budget, that would barely cover the junketing cast's travel and minibar expenses, but at the time, the advertising reach was, as The Times wrote in 1975, "a promotion man's dream." Forty years later, revisiting the original summer blockbuster: 'Jaws' 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z She shared a story of when her and her husband, Ben Affleck, spent a day on respective press junkets. 'Change the conversation': Jennifer Garner hits out at sexism in media 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z For a junket like that, it’s six minutes with any journalist and, most of the time, similar questions over and over again. Laura Donnelly’s Week: ‘Dora the Explorer’ and a Poetry Prescription 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z What makes Beck dangerous, The Hollywood Reporter asked Cameron at the junket. James Cameron blasts Glenn Beck 2010-03-24T07:06:00Z She looks like a film star at a junket hunting for an exit or someone in witness protection. ‘Where’d You Go, Bernadette’ Review: She’s Hiding From Herself 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z A comment made by Scott at a recent junket about the ongoing travails of quantum physicists perhaps offers a frustrating clue. Can you solve the Prometheus puzzle? 2012-06-13T15:44:05Z "I've done eight junket days already," she says, "but I would lay on a street naked for this movie." Amanda Seyfried: 'I would lay naked on the street for Les Misérables' 2013-01-11T13:30:00Z “I think they wanted to talk to people, they weren’t being managed as heavily and they weren’t like traveling around on a junket or stressed out or guarded,” he said. Marc Maron says Ambies honor long overdue for ‘WTF’ podcast 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z Accordingly, more and more foreign stars are making media appearances on the mainland — and learning that junkets and panel discussions here can have their own, slightly zany, China flavor. In China, foreign film junkets take on a funny flavor 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z David Ellison of production company Skydance also confirmed the followup will feature Tom Cruise reprising his role as star fighter pilot Maverick during a junket to promote Terminator: Genisys in Berlin. Top Gun sequel to feature Tom Cruise versus drones storyline 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z This probably pales in comparison to some of the junkets you’re used to. EXCLUSIVE: Kristen Stewart: “People think I don’t care, but no one gives more of a F*** than me” 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z Usher spoke during an in-person press junket before he hosts and performs at Thursday’s iHeartRadio Music Awards, airing at 8 p.m. Usher: ‘Confessions’ sequel album coming out this year 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z The experience of many actors with the media is to sit through press junkets being asked the same questions repeatedly. Janice Min, Hollywood's star editor: 'The news cycle here is fantastic' 2016-02-13T05:00:00Z She still loves the idea of acting, but she finds all that goes with it, the junkets and the photo shoots and the interviews, “absolutely soul crushing”. Jodie Foster: ‘I make movies to figure out who I am’ | Tim Adams 2017-12-10T05:00:00Z Most film junkets are held in cramped little hotel rooms. Gerard Butler's Pentagon briefing and other grandiose film campaigns 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z He helped develop Macau's VIP junket model, which extends credit to wealthy Chinese gamblers, and worked as a junket operator in Las Vegas, bringing in high-rollers. Macau mogul hopes dinosaurs trump volcanoes in new casino resort 2013-07-30T21:22:37Z “Any other author would be out on press junkets, but he’s not able to do any promotion at all.” ‘The Revenant’ Author Michael Punke Has a Day Job 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z But as Boseman explains to a reporter at a junket to support “The Avengers,” the job of bringing the potato salad to the family cookout has to be earned. Crimes against potato salad: How not to get uninvited from the cookout 2019-07-04T04:00:00Z And as they deliberate on their ballots, the members are not averse to accepting junkets to Las Vegas or banquets in Los Angeles. The Golden Globe Awards: Big Wins for Argo and Les Misérables 2013-01-14T09:59:52Z At a press junket interview, he was dressed in all black, looking like a thinner, intellectual, Jewish Jon Snow. “American Gods” are the ones we deserve: Neil Gaiman and the Starz show cast on the “long con” of religion and the struggle for lost soul of America 2017-04-30T04:00:00Z Despite Friday's mass shooting, the press junket for the movie, which opens in theaters Christmas Day, continued in New York as scheduled on Saturday. Hollywood responds to deadly Conn. school shooting 2012-12-16T04:31:05Z Despite his aversion to awards shows, Allen was present at a Tony press junket held in New York the day after the nominations were announced April 29. Tony Awards 2014: Woody Allen will be a no-show, per tradition 2014-06-08T04:00:00Z A good chunk of the Greenbrier’s business has long come from corporate junkets, which makes a kind of sense. The Greenbrier Resort Hopes to Preserve its Past. 2010-08-14T04:58:00Z To placate their golden goose, the bosses arrange a heavily publicized junket through real America. What I Learned About Democracy From the Movies 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z A press junket for Django, Tarantino's latest violent movie, went ahead in New York on Saturday. Tarantino defends film violence 2012-12-17T10:34:31Z I met Johnny on a press junket in Dublin. I never thought I would marry. But my friend persuaded me – after he died 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z But today, weeks into hotel room junkets for his new film, “The Big Sick,” after screenings and Q&As plus an early-morning drive down from New York, he can’t seem to stifle his yawns. How ‘The Big Sick’ makes arranged marriages, Muslim families and a coma perfect rom-com material 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z Regal Cinemas pays him to interview celebrities at film junkets and premieres; the videos are distributed online. Lights. Camera. Senior Center? 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z In 2011, The Tourist was nominated despite terrible reviews and disappointing box office returns; it turned out that Sony Pictures had paid for a lavish press junket, complete with an intimate Cher concert. Ricky Gervais isn't the Golden Globes host we want – but the one we deserve 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z It was a syndicated talk show, and I wanted to create a celebrity interviewer who could go to junkets and looked nothing like me, so that people literally wouldn’t recognize it was me. Martin Short’s Big Fat Funny Autumn 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z And then I read it afterwards, after I did all the press junkets for the film then I realized, oh, this was based on "Emma." "I like weird things": Alicia Silverstone on her career, from "Clueless" to new film "Bad Therapy" 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z At a press junket for “The Judge,” the other cast members arrive dressed casually, but Downey wears a gray suit with soft tasteful pinstripes, a burgundy tie and a floral pocket square. Robert Downey Jr. hasn’t just made it all the way back, he’s made it all the way to the top But for every exclusive Parthenon visit, there are press junkets to do, movies to promote and associated frustrations. Viggo Mortensen interview: 'If I think a film's beyond me – that's a good sign' 2013-05-28T18:30:01Z We discuss whether to go to these big film junkets, which are so controlled, and we often decide not to bother. From Rhys Ifans to Madonna: writers on their worst celebrity interviews 2013-06-07T17:06:35Z But, as long ago as 2010, I attended the junket for Edge of Darkness, perceived as a comeback for Gibson after a suitable interval of mourning. Is all forgiven? The strange, troubling resurgence of Mel Gibson 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z It seems like that when you read the transcripts of his junkets on Air Force One: he tends to be a little looser. John Oliver: ‘Maybe Brexit is a great idea. There’s absolutely nothing to suggest that’ 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z Back in the days when I would do two or three movies a year and have to do world junkets for each of them – that was tiring, to be completely frank. John Travolta: 'I don't think I would be here without Scientology' 2013-07-04T11:33:20Z It was slightly unfair of me because I already disliked him – the only junket I've ever done was with him, and he kept everyone waiting for 10 hours, then turned up for about one minute. From Rhys Ifans to Madonna: writers on their worst celebrity interviews 2013-06-07T17:06:35Z He's still expected to attend the film's junket and premiere. Did Eastwood's RNC act cause trouble for 'Curve'? 2012-09-06T14:17:11Z At a November film junket for the film, it seemed as if there might be tension between Schultz and the filmmaking team. 'Foxcatcher' wrestler follows up on Twitter rant against director 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z For a start, this interview is taking place not at the glitzy Dorchester hotel – time-honoured home of the film junket – but at his unassuming house in north London. Tom Wilkinson: down with the big boys 2011-04-05T20:30:00Z Tiller goes along with Pong on a junket to China to try to raise money for it. Chang-rae Lee’s Latest Is Fueled by Harrowing Travel, Witness Protection and Food, Food and More Food 2021-02-01T05:00:00Z Yet the film screened as planned, with the cast showing up for a junket on Saturday. Nate Parker Deflects Questions About His Past to Push ‘The Birth of a Nation’ in Toronto 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z His mainstream career – the junkets, the awards, the red carpets – has come, he says, as a huge surprise: “Yes, it’s utterly strange.” Todd Haynes: ‘She said, there’s a frock film coming up, with Cate attached … It sounded right up my alley’ 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z “Pond” is filled with short intellectual junkets into many topics. Review: ‘Pond’ Makes Misanthropy Compelling 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z And she did a press junket when the series launched. They Live in Public 2018-10-13T04:00:00Z I leave him to the press junket – swearing like a trooper, charming the journalists, sweet-talking the staff. Abel Ferrara at Cannes: 'You gotta be careful what you say … but I'm not' 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z Just before the junket began, I listened to Prince’s “When Doves Cry” and then “I Want You” by Marvin Gaye to put me slightly more in a socializing mood. Laura Donnelly’s Week: ‘Dora the Explorer’ and a Poetry Prescription 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z Olsen has spoken before about her "awful" audition for "Game of Thrones," but with all the press junkets surrounding "Multiverse of Madness," it seems like a good time to revisit it. Elizabeth Olsen recalls her “awful” "Game of Thrones" audition for Daenerys 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z But it’s hard to describe just how extreme and overwhelming press junkets are. See John Green's Refreshingly Real Answer About Dealing With Mental Illness 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z I swear I felt some of Day-Lewis’s spit on my forehead that night, a fact I shared with him at the “Gangs” junket, which made his hooded eyes give way to a huge, face-cracking smile. Perspective | If Daniel Day-Lewis is really done acting, is it any surprise he did it on his own terms? 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z Wiley, a notoriously unpredictable grime producer and MC, has been filming himself for the last 48 hours and has provided more great quotes than you could squeeze into ten years of PR-led junkets. Wiley's Ustream is more addictive than any music journalism 2010-09-02T11:59:00Z It is above all serious, and tries to stay away from the flim-flam of artworld tourism and junketing. Documenta 13: Mysteries in the mountain of mud 2012-06-11T17:53:51Z Rolls-Royce hosted a junket for its electric jet engines under a rotating, illuminated Earth the size of a water tower. What was COP26? A slog, a spectacle — and, for one youthful delegation, an opportunity. 2021-11-14T05:00:00Z "It won't be the fifth stop on a junket to promote a movie." Katie Couric: 'If I wasn't famous, I would go on Match.com' 2012-08-08T23:21:04Z In the 1960s his mother returned from an Irish tourism board junket to California with two surfboards, reckoning Ireland had better waves. Chasing Waves on Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z Look, not a huge fan of these controlled 5-7 minute interview junkets they run in the first place but I was curious about the brother and sister thing. Watch How Kate Mara and Michael B. Jordan Handle This Awkward 'Fantastic Four' Interview 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z In a Reddit Ask Me Anything session on Thursday, Green answered a question about how he manages his anxiety disorder while doing press junkets. See John Green's Refreshingly Real Answer About Dealing With Mental Illness 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z The air-conditioning is on and, dolled up for a video junket in Alexander McQueen, she is freezing. Anna Kendrick: real girl in la-la land 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z The anodyne backdrop, decorated only with the poster of her new film on an easel, is evidence Delevingne was involved at a press junket 3000 miles away in New York. Cara Delevingne should be cut some slack – TV interviews are seldom fun 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z I had another press junket day and got in very late. Laura Donnelly’s Week: ‘Dora the Explorer’ and a Poetry Prescription 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z That friend invited him to the jean junket. It Took Them a Couple Years to Become a Pair 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z They were friends but not a couple, entertainment journalists of the loyalist stripe who wear swag hoodies they were given at studio junkets and refer to all celebrities by their first names. “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”: You know all the spoilers in J.J. Abrams’ obsessive reboot — because you’ve seen this movie before 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z We’re part of a weekend publicity junket — just another writer interviewing the film’s real-life subject, meeting virtually rather than in the usual beige hotel conference room. There are many Gloria Steinems in ‘The Glorias.’ One of them was my boss. 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z Star Trek was Yelchin’s breakout moment, and he relished giving interviews and press conferences in Russian for the movies’ junket tours in Russia. Anton Yelchin: actor of cherubic charm who inspired huge affection | Peter Bradshaw 2016-06-19T04:00:00Z I don't know what Liam Neeson expected the takeaway to be from this memory he shared, seemingly out of nowhere in the middle of an otherwise routine junket appearance. Liam Neeson's "black b**tard" revenge fantasy and racism's violent truths 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z Even while laughing, most notably during the doomed Magic Carpet junket to the Middle East, I couldn’t help but feel sorry for his self-deluding characters. Michael Frayn’s comic novels: ‘Mad Men’ settings with a modern message 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z But during a European junket for a “Fantastic Four” movie, he said, he became so nervous that he fled a room full of reporters. Star-Spangled and Searching His Own Psyche 2011-07-09T03:43:02Z In what is more a half-hour standup routine than a press junket, the ex-Oasis songwriter talks about his brother nearly taking his face off with a guitar and offers his thoughts on phone hacking ... Watch the Noel Gallagher press conference in full 2011-07-07T09:51:00Z The role was star-making, but Stewart seemed not to want to be the sort of star who did a lengthy press junket a year. How Kristen Stewart Shook Off Twilight to Become One of the Best Actresses of Her Generation 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z The hour grows late at the London press junket. Darren Aronofsky on Mother! - ‘Jennifer Lawrence was hyperventilating because of the emotion’ 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z Concerned about how a family-oriented studio would react to his illness, he continued to attend press junkets, even writing, toward the end, from a hospital bed. ‘Howard’ Review: A Lyricist’s Life Cut Short 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z But there is such a thing as getting too deep during your Q & A sessions, as was evidenced by yesterday's "Kung Fu Panda 2" press junket. Your guide for what not to ask actors at Cannes 2011-05-13T16:14:00Z The two big junket packages – about The Social Network and Despicable Me – were polished and professional, if a touch partial. Film 2010: First night review 2010-10-14T12:40:00Z From press junkets to gossip blogs to the Forbes list, celebrity culture seeps into every corner of the modern film business. Photoplay magazine: the birth of celebrity culture 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z Even harder to take seriously is this novel’s big reveal, the moment when we discover what happened to Tiller on the junket abroad, the “harrowing journey” he refers to in the first chapter. Chang-rae Lee’s Latest Is Fueled by Harrowing Travel, Witness Protection and Food, Food and More Food 2021-02-01T05:00:00Z It’s his tinted glasses, snazzy suits and apparent fondness for telling tales again and again — life as a rolling press junket. Production of a Lifetime: Whitney Houston and Clive Davis 2017-09-30T04:00:00Z For all the subdued anger in his voice, Freeman is, as expected, a cool and emollient presence as around him the press junket for The Dark Knight Rises noisily unfolds. Morgan Freeman: Obama, Mandela, Batman and me 2012-07-12T19:00:01Z Organisers will have breathed a sigh of relief that the Hollywood studios had the will and the money to finance these sorts of junkets. Highs and lows 2011-05-23T10:51:12Z In that extraordinary simile, "her neck quaked like curd", Lizzie herself has become edible, a kind of junket. Goblin Market by Christina Rossetti 2012-06-25T11:57:22Z “Do you lie in interviews?” they’re asked at a press junket. The return of Sherlock: ‘Being a hero isn’t about being bigger, richer, more powerful' 2016-12-17T05:00:00Z All the photos of arty junkets in New York and Düsseldorf, all the upbeat pamphlets that stuff vitrine after vitrine like sarcophagi for the hopes of a more optimistic technological age, look rather touching now. Nam June Paik: Watch with Buddha 2010-12-19T21:30:02Z And this bicycle junket is most certainly nonessential. Life Is a Wheel: After 500 Miles, Hitting a Wall 2011-08-12T18:55:00Z So he was visiting the States from his home, in London, for the obligatory pre-awards blitz of parties, screenings, and press junkets. Richard E. Grant Takes a Barbra Streisand Tour of New York City 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z “We were doing a press junket and the topic of our film is revenge,” Neeson said about The Independent interview. Liam Neeson responds to backlash over rape revenge story: "I'm not racist" 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z With some exceptions — non-studio productions approved by the union — performers are prohibited from promoting their films at press junkets or on red carpets. Hollywood’s actors strike is nearing its 100th day. Why hasn’t a deal been reached and what’s next? 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z "This is a junket for Americans and their families," said one cynical voice, thankfully not loudly enough to be heard. Stormont crisis: Even 'non-events' are welcome on the hill 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z That means no late-night or daytime TV appearances, no premiere soundbites, no junket interviews and no social media posts from the stars of the movie in the weeks leading up to its debut. Bye bye, 'Barbie.' The new 'Blue Beetle' finally dethrones blockbuster at the box office 2023-08-20T04:00:00Z The exclusive fishing junket was arranged by Leonard Leo, a Federalist Society activist who fights climate science and works to put conservative jurists with similar views on the federal bench. Samuel Alito and the fishing trip that set the world on fire 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z On the other end, public events morph into exclusive junkets with prolonged, personal access extended over days. Clarence Thomas and the price of feigned originalism 2023-07-15T04:00:00Z Press junkets are a staple of the summer blockbuster season — this year, there’s “Barbie,” “Oppenheimer” and the latest “Mission: Impossible” film, to name a few. Can actors go to movie premieres and film festivals? Here's what's allowed during a strike 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z For the festivals, panels and interviews, for the photo shoots and the junkets. There will never be another Harrison Ford 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z As an entertainment journalist for Los Angeles Daily News in the mid-2000s, she worked red carpets at the Oscars and Grammys and talked to movie stars at press junkets. Fortune Feimster used her relatable voice in comedy to write her own success story 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z Rule 29.6 requires disclosure of company interests, not individuals, and his staff didn't go on a personal junket with Singer, Alito did. Samuel Alito and the fishing trip that set the world on fire 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z Leonard Leo, a former leader of the Federalist Society and major force in the conservative legal movement, reportedly arranged the junket that allowed the justice to interact with moneyed interests with business before the court. Opinion: Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has vast power and life tenure. So what's his problem? 2023-06-25T04:00:00Z DiCaprio recounted one particular junket that involved flying to Australia to celebrate New Year’s Eve, then flying to Las Vegas to celebrate a second time in one day. DiCaprio testifies in money-laundering case of Fugees rapper 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z “This is junket time,” he said, cracking open a water. There will never be another Harrison Ford 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z If we’re packing for junkets, everything is labeled, photographed; there’s a document. What does optimistic style look like? Sophie Lopez has a few tips to put you on game 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z Nearly 30 years later, Bassett has been engulfed in a whirlwind of award shows and press junkets in preparation for the Oscars. Angela Bassett, Oscar nominee, is just doing her thing 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z The city's once lucrative VIP industry has also collapsed following several arrests in Macau's junket industry. Macau casino revenues surge in Jan after COVID rules lifted 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z For some, that has backfired, leaving them angry at Ms. Dhillon, especially at her accusations that Ms. McDaniel had bought them off with junkets and lavish spending. Republicans Weigh Potential R.N.C. Shake-Up After a Disappointing 2022 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z It was Macau's biggest operator of junkets, or organised trips for wealthy gamblers to casinos. Alvin Chau: Macau gambling kingpin jailed for 18 years 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z Macao is the only place in China where casinos are legal, and junket operators such as Suncity were a key part of its gaming industry. Macao jails Suncity founder 18 years over illegal gambling 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z Our ad nauseum exposure to De León’s penitence junket has only underscored this question: Why does someone need to remain in that job to do the “work” he claims he wants to do? By refusing to resign, Kevin de León is giving anti-Blackness a pass 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z Even press junkets, which are 100% about sanctioned publicity, can be chock-full of landmines to navigate, she said, while a performer essentially does the same interview over and over again with myriad outlets. Margot Robbie says she wasn't crying over Cara Delevingne in those paparazzi photos 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z In actuality, Smith might have to share the top bill on that junket. Seahawks’ climb to first place vindication for Pete Carroll, John Schneider 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z But even before that the number of junkets in Macau had been on constant decline. Alvin Chau: Macau gambling kingpin jailed for 18 years 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z In January last year, Macao police also arrested Levo Chan, a former boss of another leading junket business, for allegedly running illegal gambling operations. Macao jails Suncity founder 18 years over illegal gambling 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z In recent years Beijing has cracked down on the junket industry which facilitated the Chinese VIP, with the clampdown intensifying last year. Analysis: Genting aims to upend Macau casino landscape in bidding war 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z The junket was sponsored by the EFL, which encouraged officials to cast off old notions of school buildings. Perspective | A new sign at Whitman High will celebrate its demolished dome 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z The junket industry has collapsed in the former Portuguese colony since Chau's arrest with all of Suncity's VIP rooms shuttered last December. Macau gambling boss denies illegal gambling, criminal syndicate allegations 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z There are now only 36 junket operators left, down from 100 in 2019, according to official figures. Alvin Chau: Macau gambling kingpin jailed for 18 years 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z The junket industry has collapsed in the former Portuguese colony since Chau's arrest, with all Suncity's VIP rooms shuttered last December. Ex-Macau junket boss to appear in court on illegal gambling, crime syndicate charges 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z "Rather than going on another junket at the taxpayers' expense, the chancellor should start listening to people here at home and implementing Labour's fully funded plan to freeze energy bills," he said. Cost of living: Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi visits US for talks 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z Neither is there anything wrong with doing that; many people shine on social media or at press junkets, just as others shine in front of the camera or on the page. Column: The social anxiety of social media has celebrities 'quiet quitting.' Here's why 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z Doubts about Ms. Jayapal’s agenda started with her Democratic colleagues who took the junket with her to Seattle. Congress’ leftwing leaders use Seattle as model for federal economic overhaul 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z By dint of prudence and a few passes at the dog races, Mrs. Harris just might raise the dosh for a junket across the Channel and a shopping spree. Review | ‘Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris’ is a feel-good fashion fairy tale 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z Macau's government has tried to rein in junkets with a new law stipulating that casino operators no longer have dedicated junket rooms in casinos. Ex-Macau junket boss to appear in court on illegal gambling, crime syndicate charges 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z Beijing has taken aim at illegal capital outflows from the mainland, cracking down on the opaque junket sector and secretive banking channels. Macau's Suncity shares more than triple after new majority shareholder named 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z Since 2020 however Macau's casinos have been slammed by coronavirus travel restrictions, which have curbed visitors, and crackdowns on the opaque junket industry. Macau to sign off on 6-month casino operator licence extensions -media 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z After the junket, Redford went home to Utah, where he was preparing to film “The Way We Were,” reading everything he could about the break-in. How ‘All the President’s Men’ went from buddy flick to masterpiece A few years back, I visited Jamestown on a research junket. Opinion | Is Jamestown worth saving? 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z China's moves to stem capital outflows and crack down on the opaque junket industry that is tasked with bringing in high-rollers from the mainland have also hampered gambling revenue. Macau's casino losses engulf gambling hub as no quick fix in sight 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z Macau's government has tried to rein in the role of the junket operators with a new law barring dedicated junket rooms in casinos. Macau's Suncity shares more than triple after new majority shareholder named 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z Oscar Isaac, star of the upcoming Disney+ series Moon Knight, gave a particularly theatrical response during a press junket for the series. Celebrities react — or don't react — to "Don't Say Gay" law 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z “Once you commit to a television format, you’re a TV movie,” Steven Spielberg told a reporter at a European press junket at the time. Streaming Took Over Hollywood. Will It Take Best Picture, Too? 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z In 2014, the House Ethics Committee fined Mr. Young $60,000 for using campaign funds to pay personal expenses and for inappropriately accepting 15 junkets. Don Young, Alaska Congressman and Dean of the House, Dies at 88 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z The Russian military invited reporters on a junket to Sevastopol. Opinion | In Russia, I Learned, Threats Were Always Real 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z After winning silver in slopestyle Monday, she went through an abbreviated media junket to fit in a shortened halfpipe training session. China's Eileen Gu wins gold in women's freestyle halfpipe 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z When asked about the controversy during a press junket last year, Awkwafina said she was “open to the conversation” about the “multifaceted and layered” topic while promoting one of her more recent projects, Marvel’s “Shang-Chi.” Awkwafina vows to 'always listen,' then quits Twitter after 'blaccent' criticism 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z The governor dropped $31,986.10 at the El San Juan Hotel in Puerto Rico, where she hosted a lavish oceanside soiree in November during the New York political world’s annual junket to San Juan. Hochul Amassed a Campaign Fortune. Here’s Who it Came From. 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z The bill gave further clarity on Macau's junket operators, middle men who have been tasked with bringing in high rollers from mainland China. Macau publishes draft gaming law bill ahead of license rebidding 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z Federal securities regulators have said Santillo used some of the proceeds to fund a lavish lifestyle of cars, casino junkets and houses in multiple states. Ponzi schemer gets over 17 years, ordered to repay $103M 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z I walked into the suite at the Pasadena Ritz-Carlton that PBS had booked for a junket, tape recorder clutched in my sweaty hand. Sidney Poitier made it easy to be in the presence of greatness 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z I mean, there’s nobody who hasn’t felt that way at a junket. Ben Affleck is done worrying what other people think 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z The three lawmakers who billed Washington taxpayers for a junket to a farcical election fraud-pepetuating conference demonstrated amazing gall. Legislators should return state’s money for election-fraud junket 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z If approved, casino operators would no longer have dedicated junket rooms, and revenue sharing arrangements between the two parties would be prohibited. Macau publishes draft gaming law bill ahead of license rebidding 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z Crown Resorts, which permanently ceased all dealings with junket operators last November, said it would consider the gaming commission's findings to continue reforming the company. Crown Resorts fined A$1 mln by Australia regulator for flouting junket rules 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z However, that revenue has dried up after the arrest in November of Alvin Chau, the head of Macau's biggest junket operator Suncity, triggered the shutdown of gaming rooms throughout the city's casinos. Macau's casinos pin hopes on everyday gamblers after junket shutdowns 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z On board, according to Racer magazine, he hosted junkets for journalists where he served "Moscow martinis" — a thumbful of caviar washed down with vodka. How billionaires use hobbies to slash their tax bills 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z Chau’s junket operations are estimated to have accounted for a quarter of Macau’s gambling revenue. Trading in shares of Macau's Suncity Group, unit Summit Ascent suspended 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z Macau will continue to issue junket licenses to approved VIP promoters but will restrict them to only operating in one concessionaire. Macau publishes draft gaming law bill ahead of license rebidding 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z A junket operator brings in high rollers to play at casinos. Shares of Macau gambling group Suncity halted for second time in 3 days 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z He is also the founder of Suncity - Macau's biggest "junket operator", which organises trips to Asian casinos for wealthy gamblers. Macau casino shares fall after 'illegal gambling' arrests 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z He is also the founder of a separate legal entity also called Suncity, the special administrative region’s biggest “junket operator”, which runs VIP gambling rooms across Asia. Macau arrests 11 people for alleged illegal gambling and money laundering 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, Macau’s gaming regulator has ordered junket operators in the former Portuguese colony to stop offering credit to customers, according to brokerage firm Bernstein. Trading in shares of Macau's Suncity Group, unit Summit Ascent suspended 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z Previously, Macau junkets were allowed to operate in all operators with multiple rooms. Macau publishes draft gaming law bill ahead of license rebidding 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z Suncity Group - which has a broad range of interests in the gambling sector but does not include Chau’s junket operations - said on Monday Chau, who is both CEO and chairman, intended to resign. Shares of Macau gambling group Suncity halted for second time in 3 days 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z An investigation found that Chau formed a junket agent network in the mainland to help citizens engage in offshore as well as cross-border gambling activities, the Wenzhou City Public Security Bureau said on Friday. China's Wenzhou issues arrest warrant for Macau junket mogul Chau 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z Mr. Adams would say little when questioned about the trip, which was paid for in part by campaign funds and described by people familiar with it as a junket. What Kind of Mayor Might Eric Adams Be? No One Seems to Know. 2021-10-23T04:00:00Z Much as I’d like to see them off on some fabulous junket, I’m not all that eager to be taxed to make this happen. High-speed trains: ‘Let the private sector build the line’ 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z Kwok Chi Chung, president of the city’s junket association, enquired how junket practices could be legalised and whether operators could raise capital from the public to help the junket industry have “a better image.” Macau casino and junket operators seek clarity over new gambling laws 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z Jones and Williams spent UAW money on boozy meals, golf junkets and California vacation villas. UAW watchdog getting evidence from feds in corruption probe 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z Such members would no longer be eligible for HFPA-sponsored travel such as junkets and festivals and they would not be able to vote for Globes awards and other group activities. Crisis PR firm tells Golden Globes group there's only one way to save the show 2021-07-26T04:00:00Z Rules restricting junkets and establishing standards for when justices should recuse themselves from cases because of personal relationships would be welcome. Perspective | Major Supreme Court reform is unlikely. But these changes would be a good start. 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z In contrast to a traditional press junket, studios such as Universal Pictures are also doing virtual, audio-only forums on Twitter where actors can tune in remotely and take questions from fans. Getting fans back in theaters is hard. Tech and celebrities like Ludacris are helping 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z An unrelenting crackdown by China on capital flight and illicit money transfers, has seen junket operators’ portion of Macau’s total gaming revenue slide to about a third compared with previous highs of around 80%. Macau casino and junket operators seek clarity over new gambling laws 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z Emeritus members would no longer be eligible for HFPA-sponsored travel such as junkets and festivals and they would not be able to vote for Globes awards and other group activities. Golden Globes group spars over reforms on eve of key vote 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z Republicans accused Democrats of abrogating their legislative duties in the Texas Capitol for a junket to Washington on private jets. Inside the secret plan for the Texas Democratic exodus: A phone tree, a scramble to pack and a politically perilous trip 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z “They treated us like kings and queens,” said one member who participated in the junket. Despite Globes controversy, 'Emily in Paris' lands 2 Emmy nominations 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z As Beijing clamped down on illegal money flows, nervous long-time customers rushed to withdraw money from junkets, resulting in liquidity problems. Macau's digital yuan plans deal fresh blow to casino junkets 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z Critics regarded it as an outer space junket at taxpayer expense. Biden Nominates Former Florida Senator to Lead NASA 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z "The Hollywood Foreign Press Association is made up of around 90 international, no-Black, journalists who attend movie junkets each year in search of a better life," Fey joked last Sunday. Golden Globes voting body vows to make ‘transformational’ reforms for diversity, inclusion 2021-03-07T05:00:00Z When The Times discovered the junket and contacted the judges, most of the jurists said they had reimbursed the cost of the trip or planned to. 'Real Housewives' attorney Tom Girardi used cash and clout to forge political connections 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z When Akeem is informed that he indeed has a son — the result of that junket to Queens 30 years ago — his problems would seem to be solved. Review | ‘Coming 2 America’ may not be a great movie, but it’s great — and surprisingly gorgeous — fun 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z “The Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. is made of around 90 international non-Black journalists who attend movie junkets each year in search of a better life,” said Fey. Tina Fey, Amy Poehler call out HFPA diversity woes in Golden Globes monologue 2021-02-28T05:00:00Z “The Hollywood Foreign Press Association is made of around 90 international non-Black journalists who attend movie junkets each year in search of a better life,” said Fey in the event’s opening monologue. #TimesUpGlobes: Celebs criticize HFPA, call for reforms during ceremony 2021-02-28T05:00:00Z "The Hollywood Foreign Press Association is made up of around 90 international no-Black journalists who attend movie junkets each year in search of a better life," Fey cracked. Golden Globe Awards co-hosts Tina Fey, Amy Poehler roast HFPA's lack of diversity in opening monologue 2021-02-28T05:00:00Z “There was a real backlash and rightly so — that show doesn’t belong on any best of 2020 list,” said this member, who did not attend the junket. Golden Globes voters in tumult: Members accuse Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. of self-dealing, ethical lapses 2021-02-21T05:00:00Z But news media reported in 2019 allegations including that Crown engaged in money laundering, breached gambling laws and partnered with junket operators linked to organized crime. Inquiry finds Crown Resorts unfit to run its Sydney casino 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z Documents reviewed by Reuters allege the syndicate’s money laundering operation spans the globe, with casino junkets and property investments both used as vehicles to launder earnings. Dutch police arrest alleged Asian drug syndicate kingpin 2021-01-23T05:00:00Z He opposed statehood for Palestinians, favored Israeli settlements in occupied territories and underwrote junkets to Israel by congressional Republicans. Sheldon Adelson, Billionaire Donor to G.O.P. and Israel, Is Dead at 87 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z Flaa’s suit alleged that the organization’s members receive unprecedented access to talent, through press conferences, movie set visits and junkets, to the exclusion of nonmember foreign entertainment journalists. Judge dismisses antitrust suit against Golden Globes organization 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z “They treated us like kings and queens,” said one member who participated in the junket, which was also attended by other non-HFPA media. Golden Globes voters in tumult: Members accuse Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. of self-dealing, ethical lapses 2021-02-21T05:00:00Z Loeffler, who says she bought the plane shortly after her senate appointment last December, uses it for travel between Georgia and Washington, as well as for campaign junkets around the Peach State. Kelly Loeffler's disclosures appear to omit the holding company that operates her private jet 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z But executives from a major meat company, coffee roaster and travel company were among the Arab executives who jumped at the chance to participate in junkets led by Israeli banks. Bright Lights of Dubai Beckon Israel’s Arabs but Pose a Quandary 2020-10-04T04:00:00Z “It’s certainly a higher risk than other customers, yes,” Ken Barton told the inquiry, when asked about hiring tour or “junket” operators to bring in gamblers, as is common in the global gaming industry. Australia's Crown Resorts CEO says VIP gamblers a higher risk 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z He snuck past journalists that were congregated for a press junket I was doing for "Creed," and met with me in the green room. Black Panther director pays tribute to Boseman 2020-08-30T04:00:00Z He snuck past journalists that were congregated for a press junket I was doing for “Creed,” and met with me in the green room. Read 'Black Panther' director Ryan Coogler's moving tribute to Chadwick Boseman 2020-08-30T04:00:00Z “The government junkets, conferences, speeches, and suppressed reporting were having the desired effect: across the United States, protests and alarm had been subdued to a manageable murmur,” Blume wrote. The U.S. hid Hiroshima’s human suffering. Then John Hersey went to Japan. 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z But critics note the lawmakers are almost always accompanied by lobbyists, making the junkets good opportunities for influence peddling and promotion. California lawmakers were globetrotters before pandemic 2020-08-03T04:00:00Z There were fishing junkets, golf outings and round-table events at Hooters. It Paid Doctors Kickbacks. Now, Novartis Will Pay a $678 Million Settlement. 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z Last October, a little over a year into my journey, I found myself at a movie junket for “Terminator: Dark Fate.” Losing more than 100 pounds with an Instagram support group 2020-06-20T04:00:00Z The first few days of auto shows are usually reserved for press events, drawing throngs of journalists for splashy debuts and junkets. Knocked Down by Virus, Auto Shows Plot Their Future 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z "I always think that there's comedy in the most difficult situations," says Apatow, across a three-way virtual film junket. 'There's comedy in the most difficult situations' 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z The Doonesbury comic strip had a field day with Garn’s flight, calling it “the most extraordinary junket in the history of Congress.” Trump campaign pulls ad about SpaceX launch after former astronaut calls it political propaganda 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z Just months before, for instance, King met in Vienna with members of a far-right Austrian party with historical ties to the Nazi party while on a congressional junket financed by a Holocaust memorial group. Rep. Steve King lost his House seat, but his hard-right views live on inside the GOP 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z He spearheaded what is known in Macau as the junket VIP system, whereby middlemen act on behalf of casinos by extending credit to gamblers and taking responsibility for collecting debts. Casino king Stanley Ho: the man who built the gambling hub of Macau 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z Ho spearheaded what is known in Macau as the junket VIP system, whereby middlemen act on behalf of casinos by extending credit to gamblers and taking responsibility for collecting debts. Macau gambling king Stanley Ho dies aged 98 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z In 2016, Michael Douglas was doing a press junket after his own bout of cancer, and a reporter asked him about “The Ghost and the Darkness.” What Happened to Val Kilmer? He’s Just Starting to Figure It Out. 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z A recent junket saw her flying from Washington, D.C., to Seattle, then on to Portland, Ore., before flying back east to Atlanta and then finally home again to Washington. The handshake deal is being tested by coronavirus 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z The New South Wales gaming authority is probing "the vulnerability of junkets to the infiltration of organised crime" at the hearings in Sydney. Billionaire James Packer's casino firm faces probe 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z Editorial work in magazines such as GQ, Glamour and L’Uomo Vogue followed, as did work on press junkets for films and television projects. Jason Schneidman, the Men's Groomer, is continuing his desire to 'surf and serve' in L.A. 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z Centineo revealed to Fox News at the New York City press junket that that line was his favorite of the entire movie. Noah Centineo reveals his favorite line from 'To All the Boys 2' 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z In a statement this week, Netflix responded to the Post article, saying, in part: “Promotional tactics like junkets, screenings and festivals are standard industry practice and not just for awards.” Netflix Spent Big on Oscar-Worthy Films. That May Not Be Enough. 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z The new database hosts profiles of underrepresented critics and journalists and invites media outlets, studios, networks, talent and film and television critics associations to find and contact them for screenings, interview junkets and publishing opportunities. Time's Up launches a database of diverse film and TV critics and journalists 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z It is also investigating "vulnerabilities of casinos to money laundering both generally and in connection with the use of junkets". Billionaire James Packer's casino firm faces probe 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z He and six other men, two of whom he later identified as New York City officers, were on what was supposed to be a three-night bachelor-party junket. An Officer Admitted Making a Racist Threat. He Still Has a Job. 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z The two sit together during a junket for the film, chatting easily, a few days before Bates was to receive a Golden Globe nomination for her portrayal. Kathy Bates and Paul Walter Hauser bond over a hero wronged in 'Richard Jewell' 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z I am in Cleveland on a sort of official art junket. The Art of Dying 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z Suites at the hotel will be wired to accommodate Hollywood press junkets, where media members interview stars of upcoming movie and television releases. Montage Hotels rolls out luxury residences with its new Pendry hotel on the Sunset Strip 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z Federal securities regulators say Santillo used some of the proceeds of his scheme to fund a lavish lifestyle of cars, casino junkets and houses in multiple states. The Latest: Ponzi schemer ‘King Perry’ pleads guilty 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z Not quietly either – the local media were invited for a press junket to witness these frankly frightening aircraft touching down on African soil for the first time. Russia building new empire in Africa: 'The United States should be hugely concerned' 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z Last weekend, the “Joker” team participated in a press junket to promote the movie where they fielded numerous questions about the film’s themes. Warner Bros. says 'Joker' team won't give interviews at red carpet premiere 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z “I’m not real thrilled about him taking junkets to Bermuda, buying all these suits, and the N.R.A. paying for it,” he said. Conversations About Mass Shootings at an N.R.A. Expo in Texas 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z A cut-and-dried murder mystery that becomes a gnarly thicket of hegemonic ruthlessness, racism, shadowy cabals and a proudly unreliable narrator, this trippy junket to the dark side is ideally suited to our conspiracy-minded age. Review | This disturbing yet oddly delightful documentary about Dag Hammarskjold may blow your mind 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z Federal securities regulators say Perry Santillo used some of the proceeds to fund a lavish lifestyle of cars, casino junkets and houses in multiple states. The Latest: Ponzi schemer ‘King Perry’ pleads guilty 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z Critics may see the trips as merely junkets or, worse, meddling in the administration’s foreign affairs. House speaker as US emissary: Pelosi emerges as force abroad 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z “They want to show that they are not like before, so they invited us and showed us,” said Aung Shin, who has been on at least 10 junkets to China since 2013. Silk Road sweeteners: China woos Myanmar's NLD with junkets 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z The letter reiterated previous company statements that it had a comprehensive anti-money laundering program and a robust process for vetting junket operators, describing itself as “a highly reputable Australian and global tourism operator”. Directors of Australia's Crown Resorts attack 'deceitful campaign'... 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z Intense daily deadlines, business class around the world on press junkets. I was a ladder-climbing journalist. Now I’m a childless househusband – and I love it | Lee Suckling 2019-07-28T04:00:00Z The film is expected to open in 2,200 theaters nationwide, but Lionsgate is doing minimal publicity -- opting to not host screenings for movie critics, press junkets or red carpet premieres. A Russian model was poised for her big break in ‘Anna.’ Then the film got stuck in MeToo limbo 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z "This is what I really want to do," he admitted during the junket. Kevin Hart, Lake Bell and 'The Secret Life of Pets 2' cast on when they realized they were funny 2019-06-07T04:00:00Z But, he said, “cities obviously need to be careful about these kinds of events, making sure that they don’t become junkets.” Event where California officials brawled known for partying 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z While this battle was unfolding, the mayor was, rather unhelpfully, off in Taiwan on a junket with some of his Rhode Island friends, including Lt. Editorials from around New England 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z But it was clear that at least some of the MCU stars were feeling the weight of what is possibly the last press junket that they will experience with some of their longtime costars. ‘Avengers: Endgame’ is ‘cathartic,’ says directors at a spoiler-free press conference 2019-04-07T04:00:00Z I covered the press junket for the first series and was asked by the Guardian to write a series of weekly recaps of the show. Game of Thrones, cancer and me… 2019-04-07T04:00:00Z Beijing has flown professionals and journalists on junkets to China. China’s construction binge spreads to Americas, rattles US 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z The purpose of this junket — events were spread over two days, with a shuttle bus squiring the group from site to site — was to explain that process. Perspective | A new video game invites players to wallow in a dystopian Washington 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z He says spending about $25,000 to send three employees to the Disney Institute was “another junket.” Official dresses as Mickey to criticize government spending 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z One way the organization has made a mark on Congress is through expense-paid junkets to Israel, which are paid for by an affiliated nonprofit that does not have to disclose its donors. Rep. Omar apologizes for tweets about support for Israel 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z The request came at a very difficult time in my life – three days after the junket my third child was stillborn – yet it also gave me something to cling on to. Game of Thrones, cancer and me… 2019-04-07T04:00:00Z One way the organization has made a mark on Congress is through expense-paid travel junkets to Israel, which are paid for by an affiliated nonprofit that does not have to disclose its donors. Rep. Omar apologizes for tweets on AIPAC's influence 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z In an interview with the UK’s Independent newspaper, the action star Liam Neeson, who was on a press junket to promote his new action movie, Cold Pursuit, admitted to wanting racist revenge. Liam Neeson laid bare the logic of lynching, in all its horror | Moira Donegan 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z "We were doing a press junket and the topic of our film was revenge," he said. Liam Neeson says 'I'm not racist' after backlash to confession he wanted to 'kill' a black man after close friend's rape 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z Published Monday, the disturbing revelation was made in an interview with the British newspaper the Independent during a news junket for the action star’s upcoming film, “Cold Pursuit.” Liam Neeson sparks outrage over racially charged interview 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z The company has organized junkets, and paid doctors to give presentations extolling OxyContin’s virtues. The Family That Built an Empire of Pain 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z SEE ALSO: Trump slams Democrats for Puerto Rico junket: ‘Maybe they were celebrating the shutdown’ Freedom Caucus: Congress must cancel vacation to work on shutdown 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z A utility spokesman told me at the time that the Super Bowl junket was an example of “customer-relationship management.” PG&E, headed once again to bankruptcy, is anything but a master of disaster 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z During the junket, representatives from utility companies discussed with lawmakers just how much responsibility they should bear for wildfires – even as Pacific Gas & Electric Co. California lawmakers traveled to Hawaii with utility executives as wildfires raged 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z Hmmm: Some lawmakers were on a Hawaii utility junket as California wildfires raged. Essential California: The wider net of a federal investigation in L.A. 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z The junket is taking place at a seaside resort where rooms run around $429 a night. Dems fly to Puerto Rico on chartered jet, meet with lobbyists, see 'Hamilton' as shutdown drags on 2019-01-13T05:00:00Z “They've kinda been removed from the crazy world of Hollywood or even the crazy world of Manhattan,” Zeta-Jones told the outlet the New York press junket for her new Facebook Watch series, "Queen America." Catherine Zeta-Jones opens up about removing her kids from the 'crazy world of Hollywood' 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z "When I go and do these press junkets ... I always spend a good 30% to 40% of the time talking about race," he said. Mahershala Ali channels the pain of frustrated black artists in 'Green Book,' but sees Hollywood's changing attitude 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z It’s important diplomacy, not a junket to Africa on the taxpayers’ dime. Opinion | The White House bickering endangers national security 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z “He got a junket. Tallahassee got something. That’s the definition of bribery.” At Florida governor’s debate, Andrew Gillum, Ron DeSantis come out swinging: 'Racists believe he’s a racist' 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z But those are the organic versions; most interviews are now battery-farmed junkets which reveal nothing beyond a publication’s desperation for a famous face to slap on its cover. Drew Barrymore’s bizarre EgyptAir profile reveals the truth about the celebrity media circus 2018-10-13T04:00:00Z While promoting different projects along the way, Baldwin recalled the limitations of being interviewed at junkets and talk-show spots. Alec Baldwin vows to break the talk show model by going deep 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z Taser cultivated chiefs and officers, treating them to junkets and conferences and hiring recently retired officials as consultants. Can the Manufacturer of Tasers Provide the Answer to Police Abuse? 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z Another point in the bill is the elimination of state-funded junkets. Alaska Editorials 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z She called on film studios and publicity teams to invite diverse critics and reporters to press screenings and junkets. Brie Larson advocates for diverse critics at film event 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z At least readers now know how deranged these celebrity junkets are – and for that I thank EgyptAir for showing us the truth, and in this way nurturing our small bodies. Drew Barrymore’s bizarre EgyptAir profile reveals the truth about the celebrity media circus 2018-10-13T04:00:00Z Of course, the script required the character to immediately change his mind, and race across town to announce his love at a press junket. I spent the 90s immune to Hugh Grant’s charms, but cannot resist them any longer | Rhik Samadder 2018-06-03T04:00:00Z Kevin Connolly, the actor-turned-director who made "Gotti," was so thankful to be playing at Cannes that a personalized note he wrote addressed to the media was distributed at the film's press junket here. John Travolta's 'Gotti' had a rocky road to the Cannes Film Festival and the challenges aren't over yet 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z The public also hears about and witnesses the free meals and junkets. Alaska Editorials 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z I indiscreetly relayed one staffer’s comment: “At a time of austerity, why is he taking this junket?” Workplace Advice I Wish I Had Known 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z "It's even more relevant now. Absolutely," says Wood, dressed in a bright blue suit during a recent junket at a Beverly Hills hotel. 'Westworld' enters a new world for its second season: The revolution will be televised 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z Such a projection of intensity in the age of celebrity and social media, when everyone is their own brand and on their own perennial P.R. junket. The 3.25.18 Issue 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z Do you believe that your Veterans Affairs secretary, David Shulkin, should resign after an inspector general’s investigation found that he went on a 10-day junket to Copenhagen and London, including accepting free Wimbledon tickets? Opinion | Come see us, Mr. President. We have questions. 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z "I try to find a unique way of answering, but it's basically just a bunch of adjectives with 'super' attached to them," she said at the end of the junket. Camila Cabello's debut could have been full of 'candy songs.' But she had something deeper to say 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z Nearly two years later, there is no word on who was responsible and Bangladesh Bank has been able to retrieve only about $15 million, mostly from a Manila junket operator. Exclusive: Bangladesh Bank, NY Fed discuss suing Manila bank for heist damages 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z The senator said the junkets were gifts stemming from a longtime friendship and were not in exchange for political favors. Editorials from around Pennsylvania 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z Mr. Washington’s comments were made during a press junket for his just-released film, “Roman J. Israel, Esq.,” which is about a lawyer, the law and America’s system of justice. Denzel Washington on fatherhood, family values 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z There are often junkets as well - the slightly strange name for what is basically a press day. Disney v the LA Times: What's the story? 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z He had been accused of failing to report gifts — including college scholarships for his son and vacation junkets — from people and corporations seeking government contracts. Joseph M. McDade, 18-Term Pennsylvania Congressman, Dies at 85 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z Nearly two years later, there is no word on who was responsible and Bangladesh Bank has been able to retrieve only about $15 million, mostly from a Manila junket operator. Exclusive: Bangladesh Bank, NY Fed discuss suing Manila bank for heist damages 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z The state’s Political Reform Act of 1974, which regulates campaign finance, lobbying activity and conflicts of interest, put an end to the big gifts and junkets — around the same time the practice was fading. How one election changed Disneyland's relationship with its hometown 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z The medical profession has long wrestled with a similar issue: Can pharmaceutical-company gifts like speaking fees or conference junkets influence physicians to prescribe certain medications? Silicon Valley Courts Brand-Name Teachers, Raising Ethics Issues 2017-09-02T04:00:00Z He also wearied of the pace of films, television, nightclub and theater appearances, benefits and publicity junkets on which Lewis thrived. Jerry Lewis, Hollywood survivor, showman, dies at 91 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z Movies released by studios and major distributors benefit from expensive TV ads, billboard campaigns and press junkets that generate hype long before a movie opens. Will Steven Soderbergh's strategy of bypassing the studio system for 'Logan Lucky' pay off? 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z We are at a press junket for the film. Salma Hayek: ‘Trump couldn't build a wall without illegal Mexicans' 2017-08-06T04:00:00Z Mom asked, as though Grandma, a onetime Fifth Avenue milliner, was on one of her many European hat-buying junkets. At the end of her life, my mother started seeing ghosts, and it freaked me out 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z Among other things, drug makers have paid physician influencers to give talks about company drugs, sent them on junkets and lavished them with fancy dinners. Silicon Valley Courts Brand-Name Teachers, Raising Ethics Issues 2017-09-02T04:00:00Z Employing a strategy developed by the then-deceased Arthur Sackler, the company pitched the drug to physicians through junkets and other promotional efforts, touting what they described as its minimal potential for addiction. Raymond Sackler, philanthropist and maker of OxyContin, dies at 97 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z VIP punters are typically brought in by middlemen known as junket companies. Macau casinos post 11th month of gains on VIP resurgence 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z The only time I don't play is doing press junkets like this. Alice Cooper webchat – follow live 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z The first is through junkets, essentially by being middlemen who lend money and collect on debts. China sentences 16 from Australia’s Crown Resorts to prison 2017-06-26T04:00:00Z “Teenagers are naturally philosophical and I love being a part of that conversation,” Nicola Yoon tells me at a press junket for the movie. Popping the bubble: The cinematic evolution of SCID in YA contemporary romance 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z “In light of the current situation, we will not be proceeding with our plans for the ‘Wonder Woman’ premiere and junket activities in London.” ‘The Mummy’ joins ‘Wonder Woman’ in canceling London premiere in wake of Manchester attack 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z Athletic director Paul Krebs continues to draw criticism as more details about the 2015 junket emerge. The Latest: APNewsBreak: Auditor reviewing UNM spending 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z The gaming authority is also conducting additional audits on the lucrative VIP gambling sector and more vetting of individual junket operators. Macau monitors ATM withdrawals, raids casinos as top official visits 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z Oh, and Jared and Ivanka’s, whose junkets on Dad’s behalf appear to be merchandising missions for The Trump Empire. Forget Andrew Jackson — The right thinks Trump is Calvin Coolidge! 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z In particular, Michael Peevey, who was then commission president, and Stephen Pickett, who was Edison's vice president for external relations, met during an energy industry junket in Warsaw. Edison awarded $125 million for San Onofre's faulty steam generators 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z Ostensibly in search of heirs, they spent part of the deceased woman’s $670,000 estate on a junket to Puerto Rico for themselves, a court employee and their spouses. Single? No Children? No Will? Big Mistake 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z Granted, reducing junkets for members of Congress and their staffers would be a drop in the bucket toward reducing the $20 trillion national debt. Mississippi editorial roundup 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z Because I live in New Jersey and he lived here, we got together at press junkets or at shows. Ronnie James Dio cancer fundraising bowling event attended by Eddie Trunk, Sean McNabb 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z In 1977, she was hired to work the press junket for “Close Encounters of the Third Kind.” Shakeup at the Oscars 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z What’s the worth of luring the NFL with a global armada of television networks, and those corporate playboys wielding black cards on the ultimate athletic junket? What's the value of hosting a Super Bowl? Not as much as you'd think 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, in an effort to avoid a further public relations nightmare, Universal Pictures — which is distributing “A Dog’s Purpose” — canceled the film’s red carpet premiere and promotional press junket. 'A Dog's Purpose' was supposed to be a hit, until a video clip of a drowning dog threw the studio's plan out the window 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z Wood, who starred in the opening night drama “I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore,” immediately hit the bar to unwind after a long day of press junkets. Elizabeth Olsen, Mary J. Blige hit party circuit at Sundance 2017 weekend one, night two 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z Casinos earn better margins from mass gamblers, as they don’t need to pay commissions to middlemen known as junkets, which draw in the whales. Macau Still Gambling King, Even Without High Rollers 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z In particular, Michael Peevey, who was then commission president, and Stephen Pickett, who was Edison's vice president for external relations, met during an energy industry junket in Warsaw, Poland. Edison and SDG&E request delay in talks over San Onofre nuclear plant's closure 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z Remember when predicting the Golden Globes was a simple math equation along the lines of: star power + junket price tag = momination? Golden Globes 2017 live updates: Watch the nominations with us 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z Dr. Hechler later recalled that he was on a congressional junket to Cape Canaveral, Fla., when he heard about the brutal harassment of King and others by the Alabama authorities. Ken Hechler, W.Va. congressman and author of ‘Bridge at Remagen,’ dies at 102 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z Remember, it was Selig who dispatched a team of scientists on a fact-finding mission - read: junket - to the Caribbean in 2002 to rummage through the factories where baseballs are made. Column: Will Selig’s entry crack open door to Hall of Fame? 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z Most of the money was laundered through Philippine casinos and only about $15 million was recovered from a gaming junket operator and returned to Bangladesh. Bangladesh to share findings of heist inquiry with Philippines 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z The club will attempt to plug these holes as the industry gathers Sunday at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center outside Washington, D.C., for the annual week-long off-season junket. Dodgers making progress on reunion with Rich Hill as winter meetings approach 2016-12-03T05:00:00Z Haley and I traveled a lot for press junkets for “I’ll See You in My Dreams.” Sam Elliott discusses 'The Ranch' and the macho influence on his own career 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z They are keeping the free lunch and snacks, ski and beach junkets, and even in-house yoga. Hedge funds slow to adjust champagne tastes to beer budgets 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z The program is financed by the Chinese Scholarship Council and organized by Federation University Sports China — a sort of state-sponsored Chinese N.C.A.A. that saw the coaches’ trips as much more than relaxed junkets. Chinese Coaches Take Lessons in Hardwood Diplomacy in America 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z Nearly $60 million was paid to two other casinos and a gambling junket operator in Manila, but the Anti-Money Laundering Council of the Philippines says it is unable to trace it further. Philippines Returns $15 Million Stolen From Bangladesh Account at N.Y. Fed 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z For a time, casino operators relied on so-called junket operators to attract business and collect debt from mainland China. Crown’s Luck Runs Out as China Widens Casino Crackdown 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z Landecker: I remember the press junket was the first time I got all these questions about how brave I was, which was code for you look like ... basically. From the women of 'Transparent,' a progress report 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z Studio publicists cut short junket TV interviews if the line of questioning veered off-script. Here's how the Toronto Film Festival movies will play with Oscar voters 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z The emphasis on mass market attractions also reflects Beijing’s fears over capital flight via Macau, where middlemen known as junket operators help skirt China’s capital controls by lending money to wealthy visitors from the mainland. Paris comes to Asia's casino hub Macau with new Sands resort 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z Trump’s Mexico junket, we were told, was “an audacious attempt . . . to remake his image,” “a spirited bid” for undecided voters and “a stark turnaround” from his previous tactics and policies. Donald Trump went to Mexico — and all we got was this stupid election 2016-09-03T04:00:00Z In particular, the ruling cited a meeting between Michael Peevey, who was commission president, and Stephen Pickett, who was Edison's vice president for external relations, during an energy industry junket in Warsaw, Poland. Edison calls settlement that left consumers on hook for $3.3 billion reasonable 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z The Republican’s itinerary “reads like a public relations junket crossed with a golf vacation,” complete with “a ceremonial ribbon cutting.” Trump's Scottish trip is a bigger mistake than he realizes 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z Obama was last in the New Mexico city in March 2012, when he was on his way to an energy junket. Obamas to fly into Roswell before Carlsbad Caverns visit 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z It looks like graft from a Nickelodeon junket. 'Silicon Valley' recap: Jared's jacket of love and a Chief Evangelizing Officer 2016-06-12T04:00:00Z I was there because I had reviewed Tom Hauser’s oral biography of Ali, “Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times,” which had just been published and was the occasion for the press junket. The Day Muhammad Ali Punched Me 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z The allegations in the former executive’s suit put an uncomfortable spotlight on the ways casinos do business in Macau, particularly regarding their use of middlemen called junket operators. Las Vegas Sands Case Draws Scrutiny to Gambling Industry 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z Ms. Beckinsale went on to say that in press junkets promoting the film that, “when he was asked about me, he’d say, ‘Kate wasn’t so attractive that she would alienate the female audience.’ Kate Beckinsale, ‘Pearl Harbor’ star: Director Michael Bay repeatedly put down my looks, weight 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z There, major junket operators from China and Macau bring guests to seven VIP rooms, decorated with paintings and their ceilings studded with crystals. Philippine Casino Rules Offer Clean Getaway for Dirty Money 2016-05-29T04:00:00Z The Senate inquiry heard from those who handled the money that most of it then went to casinos and casino agents in the Philippines, including junket operators, through a remittance agency. Bangladesh Bank heist trail goes cold in Manila as probes falter 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z He schmoozed with newspapers at a New York junket. Cruise-ing in the media stratosphere 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z "But everyone always assumed I didn't want to talk about him. And then when I did junkets for 'Albert Nobbs' nobody asked anymore. And I felt a little sad." Director Rodrigo García's life echoes across biblical 'Last Days in the Desert' 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z However, one junket operator has returned about $15 million to authorities in Manila. Bangladesh Bank officials say to meet NY Fed, SWIFT; seek to recover stolen money 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z Operating like a casino within a casino, a junket lures high rollers to play in its exclusive gambling rooms and guarantees a casino a set amount of revenue. Philippine Casino Rules Offer Clean Getaway for Dirty Money 2016-05-29T04:00:00Z For these jaded journalists, who drift from junket to junket, driving one high-end luxury car after another, the bar is very high. Rolls-Royce's $400,000 Dawn convertible is a big, beautiful street schooner 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z It was for an "American Pie" junket, and we went and did a suit shop. Further up the 'Creek': Eugene and Dan Levy talk more about Canadian comedy 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z For the talent agents who put together the junket and the athletes who offered their time, it was a chance to develop relationships — and build a brand — with some of China's biggest spenders. Some Chinese pay $10,000 for a vacation centered around Kobe Bryant's last game 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z A senior executive at a top junket operator in Macau told Reuters there was "no reason" to bring funds from the Philippines to Macau. Trail in cyber heist suggests hackers were Chinese: senator 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z Junkets propelled Macau’s success, and PAGCOR, won a small slice of this business after lobbying for the money-laundering exemption for junkets and casinos. Philippine Casino Rules Offer Clean Getaway for Dirty Money 2016-05-29T04:00:00Z He first entered the gambling industry as a junket operator at a casino resort at Clark, the former U.S. airbase north of Manila. Don't ask where money came from, says Manila casino boss in heist probe 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z Wong has denied involvement in the cyberheist but told a recent Senate inquiry he was able to keep some of the money from his casino junket transactions with the two Chinese men. Officials say a Chinese casino junket operator has returned $4.63 million of the $81 million that hackers stole from the Bangladesh central bank's account in the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank and laundered in Manila's casinos 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z The funds were then passed on to casinos and handed over in cash to a junket operator in Manila, according to testimony at a senate hearing in the Philippines. When mobsters meet hackers - the new, improved bank heist 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z Many attempted transfers were blocked, but $81 million ended up in casinos in Manila and with junket operators, and most of it vanished. Casino agent in Philippines says high-rollers brought in heist money 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z Macau-based junket Gold Moon said it received some of the money. Philippine Casino Rules Offer Clean Getaway for Dirty Money 2016-05-29T04:00:00Z A Senate hearing in the Philippines last week was told that $30 million of the $81 million haul was delivered in cash to an ethnic Chinese casino junket operator in Manila. Bangladesh gets FBI help on bank heist 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z The money eventually made it into at least one local casino and two gambling junket operators, the Senate hearing heard Tuesday. From the Fed to the Philippines: Bangladesh’s Stolen Money Trail 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z The bulk went to two casinos and an individual who is believed to be a junket operator. Bangladesh police launch heist probe; Manila banker took away cash in car 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z The rest was used to buy gambling chips for junket clients, Wong said. Casino agent in Philippines says high-rollers brought in heist money 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z Another chunk went to another Macau-based junket, Suncity, whose lawyer told the hearings that it was still checking how much it received. Philippine Casino Rules Offer Clean Getaway for Dirty Money 2016-05-29T04:00:00Z It’s about endless free meals, golfing junkets and expensive seats at sporting events and concerts. Recent Missouri Editorials 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z Producing eclectic films, notably polished period pieces, Weinstein marshaled blitzkrieg marketing campaigns that undermined competing movies and spent lavishly on advertising, parties, press junkets and minions. Will films like 'Furious 7' ever get the Academy Awards' respect? 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z The Koch’s wanted levers on all tools of public messaging, which included setting up university academic centers, controlling or influencing newspapers magazines and TV, talk radio support, and influencing judicial opinion by judiciary educational junkets. Subprime Reasoning on Housing 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z A Chinese junket operator in Manila said on Tuesday that two high-rollers from Beijing and Macau were responsible for bringing $81 million stolen by hackers from Bangladesh's central bank into the Philippines. Casino agent in Philippines says high-rollers brought in heist money 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z And for his part, El Chapo appears to have consented to the celebrity junket to his cartel compound because he’s taken an active interest in having his own life story adapted for the big screen. The fart smelled 'round the world: Sean Penn's El Chapo interview stunk | Chris Lehmann 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z Such rooms are operated by junkets, middlemen who bring rich mainland gamblers to Macau, lend them money and collect their gambling debts. Macau Casinos End Dismal Year on Low Note 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z At the time of the interview’s publication, lifelong Democrat Ford declined to comment, but on the press junket for “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” Tuesday, he offered some choice words for the real estate magnate. Harrison Ford mocks Donald Trump’s presidential fantasies: “Air Force One” was just “a movie, it’s not like this in real life, but how would you know?” 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z The best parts of the global junket for "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" is all on video. Watch the entire 'Star Wars: Force Awakens' junket now 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z The code of silence continued at the junket — no major clues were offered, no footage was shown. The press junket for the new 'Star Wars' movie isn't business as usual 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z At least 10 of these junkets are now only focusing on Danang, industry executives say, as the slump in Macau's gaming industry pushes their business model to the brink of collapse. Discretion pays for Vietnam casino raking in wealthy Chinese 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z He said having private funding for the trade trips was important because no matter how successful they were, there was a risk of the public viewing them as nothing but “junkets.” Nixon, 5 past governors discuss economic development 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z The Oscar-winning actress was scheduled to appear at the film’s premiere and junket interviews on Monday in Paris. Foo Fighters, Natalie Portman, U2 cancel events in Paris 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z Mindy Kaling is the surprise host for "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" junket, "I know when you think of me the first thing you think of is, huge Star Wars fan.'" Watch the entire 'Star Wars: Force Awakens' junket now 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z The level of security at the junket, including a metal detector, was higher than normal. The press junket for the new 'Star Wars' movie isn't business as usual 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z "Customers like the environment here much better," said junket operator Hugo Huang as he sipped fresh coconut juice inside a private dining room adjacent to the casino. Discretion pays for Vietnam casino raking in wealthy Chinese 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z Congress, controlled by Republicans, responded in a predictable way: by forming a commission and plotting a European junket. The horesetrading that gave birth to the Federal Reserve 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z Adding to the industry’s troubles, another junket company, Dore Entertainment, reported to police last month that an employee allegedly defrauded at least $12.9 million from investors, who have held daily protests. Macau opens Hollywood-themed casino resort as slowdown bites 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z Feeling that their patrimony is being devalued, they’ve chosen to raise fists rather than to organize junkets. Ranking the World’s Best Restaurants 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z Movie press junkets are not characteristically newsworthy affairs. The press junket for the new 'Star Wars' movie isn't business as usual 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z They also bought tickets to the Toronto Maple Leafs season-opening game against the Montreal Canadiens on Wednesday night to complete the perfect junket. Fans Can Enjoy the End of Blue Jays’ 22-Year Playoff Drought 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z They sit down with me—every time at the “Selma” junket, there was a moment when that was at the forefront, but films before that. Filmmaker Ava DuVernay talks race, Hollywood and doing it her way 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z They don’t want to be seen on the radar screen,” said Tony Tong, founder of Pacific Financial Services, a consulting firm that advises Asian casinos and junket companies. Macau opens Hollywood-themed casino resort as slowdown bites 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z I call them junket films because the reporters were chosen by them and led by Saudi minders from the Information Ministry. Filmmaker Parvez Sharma on Islam, homosexuality and the new 'A Sinner in Mecca' 2015-09-12T04:00:00Z He had come to see the potential of junkets from overseas. The Fight to Save Atlantic City 2015-09-07T04:00:00Z Tell the Pope himself during his September junket to Philadelphia, to attend, of all things, something called the World Meeting of Families. Hatred is weaponizing Jesus: How violent evangelicals, faith-based con artists & serial abusers are using religion for the purpose of evil 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z We could have built the Great Wall of China from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico and back again just on what these clowns waste on junkets in Vegas for bureaucrats. CHARLES HURT: Donald Trump hits mark on immigration, quickly grasps complex problem 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z Best Sunshine International, the Macau junket linked gaming license holder for Saipan, CNMI’s largest island, has promised a $7.1 billion integrated resort and so far delivered a casino in a shopping mall. Saipan's $7 Billion Integrated Resort Promise Starts With A Casino In A Shopping Mall 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z He appeared at conferences for health-care clients and corporate directors, and joined a ski junket for bankers, people familiar with the matter said. How Jeb Bush Spent His Years on Wall Street 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z She’s not done a press junket before: endless hours of deluxe house arrest while international writers file relentlessly in and out. Meet comedian Amy Schumer, the sneaky feminist honesty bomb 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z The junket is an annual affair organised by Aipac, the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee, and very few freshman turn it down. The looming August battle for the Iran nuclear deal 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z On the VIP and premium mass front, the company is pushing for direct credit to some of its customers, thereby bypassing the junket route and improving its margins. Cost Efficiencies Boosts Las Vegas Sands' Q2 Macau Margins, As Mass Gaming Drives Future Growth 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z Seems that the five-minute breaks allowed between junket interviews weren't nearly enough time to answer the call of baby James, who was born in December. Blake Lively posts possibly the most enviable breastfeeding photo ever 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z But that news junket wasn’t just a matter of showing off the weapons’ power. When the U.S. Army Brought Reporters to a Still-Hot Atomic Test Site 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z While anti-corruption campaigns have dampened enthusiasm for ostentatious junkets, much of the same social processes continue today in different forms. China's Anti-Corruption Fallout: Sex Business Morphs, Disease Threat Remains 2015-07-04T04:00:00Z The businessman was a major investor in publicly traded Macau junket operator Neptune Group. Macau casino junket figure faces HK money laundering charges 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z This is good as mass-market does not involve junket operators, thereby offering higher margins. Cost Efficiencies Boosts Las Vegas Sands' Q2 Macau Margins, As Mass Gaming Drives Future Growth 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z While campaigning for governor in 2010, Shumlin had said: “I don’t think the answer to our economic problems is junkets to China.” A state-by-state look at governors’ trade trips abroad 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z Macau’s junket business remains in the doldrums, and at least one operator hopes the government will lend a hand. Junkets Feel Macau's Pain, Look To Government For Relief (As Usual?) 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z The voluble Australian executive is accused of disguising family vacations and junkets as business expenses, and hiring his wife to oversee a money-losing company hotel project. SEC Hates Unreported Perks, And Dow's Chairman Is Latest To Find Out 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z However, because casino debts are unenforceable on the mainland, there are suspicions that some junket operators work with organized crime to collect debts. Macau casino junket figure faces HK money laundering charges 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z But company documents show Cheung’s name on contracts involving “junket reps” who bring high rolling gamblers to the Macau casinos from China and lend them money to play. Las Vegas tycoon Sheldon Adelson will face graft accusations in US court 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z And, in keeping with the junket theme, Johnson does manage to throw in a plug for his upcoming movie. Watch The Rock Officiate a Superfan’s Ambush Wedding 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z Overall, Tong says outstanding debt remains a serious issue for junket operators. Junkets Feel Macau's Pain, Look To Government For Relief (As Usual?) 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z I visited Morocco on a golf junket in 2000, and although my companions and I spent a lot of our time playing golf, we did other stuff, too. Golf in Morocco: A better way to haggle: The Loop 2013-10-16T04:00:00Z The resort built chic contemporary VIP suites, raised table limits to $200,000 and last August began hosting its first Macau junket promoter, Asian Nation. From Mekong Barge, Cambodia's NagaCorp Flies Ahead To China, Russia And Across The Road 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z That provided, on Friday, a rare glimpse of the Hezbollah version of a news junket. Hezbollah Deploys New Weapon, a Press Tour, in Syria 2015-05-16T04:00:00Z Her disregard for the conventions of press junkets is part of the 29-year-old's appeal. Anna Kendrick interview: Can Pitch Perfect 2 live up to the original? - BBC News 2015-05-10T04:00:00Z In an interview published in the June issue of Inside Asian Gaming, junket investor and adviser Tong explains triangle debt isn’t paid because a third party hasn’t paid their debt to the borrower. Junkets Feel Macau's Pain, Look To Government For Relief (As Usual?) 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Devastated, Bellow went to Europe on a cultural-diplomacy junket for the State Department. Saul Bellow’s Revenge 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z In the early days, NagaWorld relied on mainly junkets from Malaysia and Singapore, essentially copying the business plan of Genting Group’s Highlands resort, now known as Resorts World Genting, outside Kuala Lumpur. From Mekong Barge, Cambodia's NagaCorp Flies Ahead To China, Russia And Across The Road 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z Since then, Binsted said, she has encountered occasional wariness from federal officials who are worried that they’ll be accused of encouraging Hawaiian junkets. Roommates on Mars 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z Lengthening collection times for creditors are calling into question the basic premises of the Macau VIP model, and smaller junkets are slimming down their operations. As VIP Play Shrinks And Shifts, Morgan Stanley Upbeat On Global Gaming 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z Most surprisingly, Yu lamented that the Macau government hasn’t done anything to help junket operators deal with the situation. Junkets Feel Macau's Pain, Look To Government For Relief (As Usual?) 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z One junket operator said a turnaround may need to wait for President Xi Jinping to leave office in seven years time. Macau's 'New Normal' Drops March Casino Revenue 39%; Junkets See VIP Bottom Signs 2015-04-04T04:00:00Z “We couldn’t afford volatility, so we focused on low end junkets.” From Mekong Barge, Cambodia's NagaCorp Flies Ahead To China, Russia And Across The Road 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z The tourism board, meanwhile, took dozens of travel writers and bloggers on a junket this week, with Jordan’s Queen Rania welcoming the group. Ancient Petra sees few visitors as Jordan tourism declines 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z They don’t post photos from their junkets on Instagram, or sell a house in Peoria to a campaign donor for a few hundred thousand dollars more than comparable houses in the neighborhood. Aaron Schock’s Downfall in Congress 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z Junket commission refers to an arrangement whereby a client is introduced to a casino operator by a junket promoter, who in return receives a commission or payment in other form from the casino operator. Our Revised Price Estimate Of $159 For Wynn Resorts 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z They say junket operators remain pessimistic about a turnaround in VIP revenue over the near term, noting that investors that usually provide funding to junkets are turning to the Shanghai stock market instead. Macau's 'New Normal' Drops March Casino Revenue 39%; Junkets See VIP Bottom Signs 2015-04-04T04:00:00Z As part of its strategic refocus, the company also cut back on credit to junkets in 2009, as the global recession bit across Asia, and began developing direct relationships with VIPs. From Mekong Barge, Cambodia's NagaCorp Flies Ahead To China, Russia And Across The Road 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z Failing to report gifts and meals from a lavish London junket in 2011. Aaron Schock may be toast: News keeps getting worse for embattled congressman 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z Analysts also expect the slowdown to lead to more closures of junket operators, the companies that arrange credit, accommodation and travel for wealthy players. Macau Gambling Revenue Falls 49 Percent in February 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z Without junkets, the IRs need to find their own VIPs and, in many cases, provide credit to them. Politics Drive Singapore's Strict Casino Regulation; Junket Ban Limits Revenue 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z And members of the European Parliament were flown to Ottawa and Alberta for gold-plated junkets. Keystone and the Riddle of the Tar Sands 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z The Rev. Michael Demastus of Fort Des Moines Church of Christ has been inundated with requests for meetings and invitations to political junkets. GOP field wide open in Iowa as moderates gain strength 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z “That was me. I was trying to turn up the volume on my phone and that happened,” Mr. Kenny says from the press junket for “The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water.” ‘SpongeBob SquarePants’ voice actors deliver laughs to movie and TV audiences, each other 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z The authorities want to wean the city off so-called VIP high-rollers: wealthy patrons wagering staggering amounts in smoke-filled private rooms brought over from China by junket agencies. Casino city Macau in flux as China squeezes high rollers 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z But Singapore’s integrated resort experiment includes stringent restrictions on marketing domestically to protect Singapore’s vulnerable and a virtual ban on junkets internationally to protect Singapore’s reputation. Politics Drive Singapore's Strict Casino Regulation; Junket Ban Limits Revenue 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z Declining VIP revenue has felled Macau’s David Group, a top 10 junket operator, as more stones hit the world’s gaming capital. Mainland Goliath Slays David Junket Group, But Beijing Moves Overblown 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z Representatives of several junket promoters were vying for the HK$3 million top prize, with supporters watching play on a monitor above the table. City Of Dreams, Solaire Sky Tower Deal Manila New Casino Hand 2014-12-28T05:00:00Z Some junket operators said they welcomed Xi adding his voice to the calls for diversification because gambling accounts for the bulk of Macau's tax base and left the city vulnerable to sharp downturns. Xi's visit to Macau deals cold deck to VIP gamblers 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z The junket middlemen facilitate travel and help clients get around China's capital controls by lending them money to gamble. Casino city Macau in flux as China squeezes high rollers 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z Restrictions on junkets promoters are less easy to understand. Politics Drive Singapore's Strict Casino Regulation; Junket Ban Limits Revenue 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z In its Macau outlook for 2015, Credit Suisse pegged junket consolidation as a key theme and believes it will strengthen the sector, leaving with better capitalized survivors. Mainland Goliath Slays David Junket Group, But Beijing Moves Overblown 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z On the final deal, a player from Macau junket promoter New City emerged victorious. City Of Dreams, Solaire Sky Tower Deal Manila New Casino Hand 2014-12-28T05:00:00Z Sony prohibited interviews at the premiere and postponed a press junket for “Wedding Ringer” scheduled Saturday. Seth Rogen thanks Sony exec at film premiere 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z So a couple of days after the Republicans’ huge victory, two exiting GOP congressmen took advantage of final junkets, one to Rome and another to Tanzania. Lame ducks and their last hurrah That means VIP play is a lot smaller than it would be with junkets, and both casinos are saddled with player debt on their balance sheets. Politics Drive Singapore's Strict Casino Regulation; Junket Ban Limits Revenue 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z But that pales in comparison with the hundreds of billions flowing through the junket system, where the big money, legal or otherwise, moves. Mainland Goliath Slays David Junket Group, But Beijing Moves Overblown 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z Obuchi, 40, was accused of funneling campaign money to her sister and brother-in-law and to improperly subsidizing entertainment junkets for supporters. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Is in Trouble 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z He went through countless marketing junkets like this one while running Microsoft. Steve Ballmer's New Life With the Clippers 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z Repayment periods are reportedly lengthening, cutting junkets’ funds available for lending. Red October Ahead For Macau Casinos After September Revenue Dives 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z Restrictions on the domestic market and overseas junkets mean Singapore casinos can’t fulfill their potential. Politics Drive Singapore's Strict Casino Regulation; Junket Ban Limits Revenue 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z The demise of David Group, a top 10 Macau junket promoter with an estimated 3-5% market share, is “not new news,” Credit Suisse wrote in a report last week. Mainland Goliath Slays David Junket Group, But Beijing Moves Overblown 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z “Cut the junkets, spend the money on the kids,” said Diehl, a Republican from suburban St. Louis. Nixon frees $143M for education after veto session 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z Deutsche Bank analyst Karen Tang has come around to that view after hearing from junkets that regular players prefer to keep a “low profile” following recent corruption arrests in the mainland. Macau August Casino Revenue, Stocks Take Another Tumble 2014-09-02T04:00:00Z Casinos earlier raised their monthly minimum rolling requirements, and the slowdown is leading not only to consolidation among junkets but to some leaving the business. Red October Ahead For Macau Casinos After September Revenue Dives 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z But Singapore set strict rules for junkets and their employees to qualify for licensing. Politics Drive Singapore's Strict Casino Regulation; Junket Ban Limits Revenue 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z To temper the social impact, Japan may follow Singapore with a casino entrance tax on its citizens and a tough line on junket promoters. Japan Forms Casino Task Force To Boost Flagging Momentum 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z Owners of private businesses and operators of junkets to Las Vegas commonly transfer money from such entities to gamble, but they could also be used for illicit purposes. Regulators pushing banks to rid casinos of money-laundering 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z Collection cycles are lengthening in China, leading junket agents to spend more time chasing debtors in the mainland, rather than serving customers in Macau. Macau August Casino Revenue, Stocks Take Another Tumble 2014-09-02T04:00:00Z Govertsen and Chiang also see a combination of forces, including China’s slowed pace of economic growth and credit expansion, hurting junket liquidity, especially among smaller junkets. Macau July Casino Revenue Falls, VIPs Blamed, Investors Bail This Time 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z Some executives with state-owned enterprises do not want to travel abroad, for fear that enemies will portray such trips as junkets. Is anti-graft anti-growth? 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z Legal phone betting in Macau – more on that point below– takes place exclusively in VIP rooms, usually through a junket promoter. Macau Casinos Allow High Rollers To Bet By Phone, With Plenty of Hang-Ups 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z On the eve of free agency, with Carmelo Anthony set to explore his options on a cross-country junket, Early was asked about the idea of playing with Anthony next season — or not. Cleanthony Early Won’t Let the Carmelo Anthony Saga Affect Him 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z China’s weak property market is a major factor in junket liquidity. Macau August Casino Revenue, Stocks Take Another Tumble 2014-09-02T04:00:00Z They’ve been able to open the doors and let the players file in, with junkets finding high rollers to provide two-thirds of gaming revenue. Macau July Casino Revenue Falls, VIPs Blamed, Investors Bail This Time 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z And while Mr. Gorman may be Australian by birth, he is hardly Crocodile Dundee, and definitely not the type to go in for the jocular atmosphere of steakhouse dinners and junkets favored by stockbrokers. James Gorman of Morgan Stanley, Going Against Type 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z Lawmakers have criticized the IRS for paying performance awards to employees who owe taxes and for spending more than $4 million on a 2010 junket in Anaheim for 300 workers. Hearings on missing IRS e-mails frustrate Republicans Last year, the company stepped up cooperation with Macau junkets to bring more of their players to NagaWorld. NagaCorp Makes Casino 'Holiday In Cambodia' No Joke 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z “From investors overseas, I am often asked questions containing phrases like ‘junket liquidity’ and ‘corruption crackdown.’ Macau May 9.3% Casino Revenue Growth Disappoints 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z And, even if they were making a tour of the junket circuit, it’s tough to do a Q&A with an infant. Questions I Wish I Could Ask the Baby From Neighbors 2014-05-09T17:00:05Z The shop was run by the owner of a VIP room or "junket" operator, which brings in big gamblers from the mainland. Special Report: How China's official bank card is used to smuggle money 2014-03-12T00:05:26Z You might think Mr. Cuban would be persona non grata at an S.E.C. junket. DealBook: A Surprise Guest at the S.E.C.’s Annual Gathering 2014-02-21T20:35:58Z Overseas junkets, luxury hotel jollies masquerading as "training weekends" and invitations to top sporting events are to be outlawed amid a crackdown on inducements offered by insurers and fund managers to financial advisers. PRESS DIGEST- British Business - Jan 17 2014-01-17T02:29:42Z Media in India are criticising the Uttar Pradesh government for sending some legislators on a "foreign junket" and hosting a Bollywood festival at a time when riot victims are suffering in relief camps. Indian media: Akhilesh Yadav criticised 2014-01-09T07:25:49Z "It is much stricter with the leadership change," said Li, a Macau junket operator who helps organize high rollers' travel and hotel arrangements and asked to be identified only by his surname. Less sin, more Shrek in Macau as China takes aim in corruption fight 2013-11-03T21:06:19Z And yet, the red ink flows like champagne on IRS team-building junkets, with government consistently spending far more each year than it raises in revenue. Showdown Shows Most Government Isn't Essential 2013-10-04T11:05:28Z Police arrested a casino pit manager and junket employee in Macau in May after surveillance video allegedly caught them rigging a card shoe at a baccarat table in a VIP room. Security tech firms hit jackpot in Asia casino boom 2013-09-15T22:52:38Z Mainland businessmen and Communist Party officials, organised by intrepid junket operators, have poured in. Casinos in Asia: The rise of the low-rollers 2013-09-05T15:00:49Z The site does not charge for the postings, take a cut of recovered money or work in conjunction with Macau's junkets or casino operators, Teng said. Naming and shaming: Macau website targets deadbeat gamblers 2013-08-29T09:59:11Z Interviews with more than a dozen casino executives, government officials, junket operators and industry analysts show Macau is learning to live with closer scrutiny from Beijing. Less sin, more Shrek in Macau as China takes aim in corruption fight 2013-11-03T21:06:19Z Abramoff - convicted and imprisoned on fraud and conspiracy charges - paid for lawmakers he was trying to sway on legislative matters, among these casino gambling, to fly away for lavish junkets, including golf outings in Scotland. U.S. lawmakers travel the world on lobbyists' tab 2013-08-19T17:06:35Z After President Obama warned Wall Street banks in early 2009 against throwing junkets on the taxpayers’ dime, several banks canceled their Las Vegas conferences. DealBook: SkyBridge's Scaramucci Plays Host in Las Vegas 2013-05-09T00:44:05Z For example, the collection of gambling debt is not permitted through the court system in China, so the junket operators quietly use whatever other means are necessary back home to collect. Casinos in Asia: The rise of the low-rollers 2013-09-05T15:00:49Z Collecting gambling debts is illegal in China, which makes Macau's 35 casinos heavily reliant on junkets - companies or agents that lure high rollers - to settle any debts. Naming and shaming: Macau website targets deadbeat gamblers 2013-08-29T09:59:11Z Beijing is also deepening ties with casinos and the junket operators that bring in the wealthy VIPs by helping to arrange their gambling credit and collecting their debts. Less sin, more Shrek in Macau as China takes aim in corruption fight 2013-11-03T21:06:19Z Photos and videos of the dinner posted online show junket operators taking oaths, raising their right hand and reading from a small piece of white paper in the other. Gamblers not so anonymous: Beijing keeps closer eye on Macau 2013-04-29T21:31:42Z Management is distracted COO, Sandberg, is spending an awful lot of time on a press junket promoting her book. Four Reasons Facebook Stock is 76% Over-Valued 2013-04-05T14:09:09Z At a post-Oscars press junket, Jennifer Lawrence, winner of this year's Academy award for best actress, was asked: "You look so great today, great dress, what was the process of getting ready?" When celebrity interviews go wrong 2013-02-27T19:18:00Z The top junkets are sprawling conglomerates with thousands of employees and deep pockets that allow them to lend millions to gamblers. Naming and shaming: Macau website targets deadbeat gamblers 2013-08-29T09:59:11Z Government officials would typically visit Macau for leisure or personal business, using fake passports or special permits which gave them easy access, according to junket and casino executives. Less sin, more Shrek in Macau as China takes aim in corruption fight 2013-11-03T21:06:19Z Macau junkets are companies or individuals authorized to issue credit to gamblers and settle any subsequent debts. Gamblers not so anonymous: Beijing keeps closer eye on Macau 2013-04-29T21:31:42Z He conflates the lightweight celebrity interviews of the junket circuit with film criticism, when they’re distinct journalistic genres with entirely different goals. Who’s to blame for gun violence? Movie critics! 2013-02-16T16:00:00Z Once this cash reaches the casinos - helped by some financial engineering from the junket operators - it becomes Hong Kong dollars. IHT Rendezvous: Macau's Gaming Take: Sign of Chinese Emigration? 2013-01-09T05:38:59Z He said at a press junket in New York for the film on Saturday that he was tired of defending his films each time the US is shocked by gun violence. Tarantino US premiere called off 2012-12-18T09:11:46Z The doctors were outraged that financial advisers might accept pens, coffee mugs, free meals or educational junkets from investment companies. Conflicts of Interest? On Wall Street? 2012-10-06T02:53:25Z But they were sorely tested last April when Miller revealed in an embarrassing report that executives in charge of federal buildings organized a four-day junket for 300 employees and managers. Tangherlini hoping changes after scandal will ‘bake’ into GSA’s DNA 2012-09-12T16:05:00Z Indeed, the problem is that the junket system, which long predates the arrival of the Americans in Macau, is needed more than ever. U.S. Casinos Discover Macau's Murky Side 2012-08-22T06:05:33Z Sometimes she ate in the nurses’ dining room, where she was served a special junket, and cast a pall. Alice Munro: “Amundsen.” 2012-08-20T04:00:00Z The cost of the four-day event, which was billed as a training exercise but was little more than an entertainment junket, was revealed in a scathing report by the GSA inspector general. VA being probed for conference spending 2012-08-14T23:17:21Z Many of the smaller junket companies, which collect gambling debts in exchange for a commission from casino operators, are struggling to stay in business. Police detain 150 in Macau casino raids amid fears of new gang war 2012-08-06T03:03:11Z Moore gets to meet him only once, in 2010, during a general press junket to open a new Nike store in London. The Dirtiest Race in History by Richard Moore – review 2012-08-03T07:00:14Z China is unlikely to loosen the controls that might eventually reduce the need for junkets. U.S. Casinos Discover Macau's Murky Side 2012-08-22T06:05:33Z They loved the access and the treatment, but none that I met, behaved like they were on a junket. How Ford Goes Further With New Media 2012-07-23T15:52:40Z That came just days after two Chinese nationals were murdered at the five-star Grand Lapa hotel, and at the end of June a senior figure in Macau's junket industry was severely beaten. Macau murder spate adds to casino industry worries 2012-07-23T10:57:06Z Some junkets are eyeing capital markets to fund expansion, although that will entail shining a brighter spotlight on companies used to operating away from the public sphere. Macau's gambling junkets risk losing their game 2012-07-08T21:33:47Z Pfizer was accused of encouraging doctors to prescribe its drugs with free golf, massages, and junkets to posh resorts. GlaxoSmithKline to pay $3B fine in health care fraud 2012-07-02T17:37:00Z Since Beijing outlaws gambling adverts, junkets recruit wealthy players. U.S. Casinos Discover Macau's Murky Side 2012-08-22T06:05:33Z They know how to get Tom Cruise to do a film, how to get it into theaters around the country and whom to call to set up a junket in Doha. It’s the Economy: How Does the Film Industry Actually Make Money? 2012-06-28T20:33:01Z "There seems to be a disturbance ... amongst the lower end of the junket community," he said. Macau murder spate adds to casino industry worries 2012-07-23T10:57:06Z Licensed in Macau, junkets help collect debts in China although their presence on the mainland is in a legal grey area. Macau's gambling junkets risk losing their game 2012-07-08T21:33:47Z Analysts say that junket operators are responsible for most of the activity in Macau’s high-roller gambling segment, which accounted for $25 billion in casino revenue last year. Macau’s Ng Man-sun Is Beaten in His Own Casino 2012-06-27T17:24:29Z The officers at the local police station were about to go on a three-day junket, and took no action; by the time they returned, the stalker had stabbed a woman and her mother to death. Op-Ed Contributor: Japan’s Inept Guardians 2012-06-25T05:00:01Z VIPs typically arrive from China on trips organized by so-called junket operators, a mix of travel agents and money lenders who provide customers with cash to gamble in the casinos. Macau Feels the Pinch of China's Slowdown 2012-06-05T15:11:56Z Many of the smaller junket firms are struggling to stay in business. Macau murder spate adds to casino industry worries 2012-07-23T10:57:06Z High net worth gamblers were also given credit by Macau's junket operators, and their spending helped contribute around 70 percent of Macau's total gross gambling revenue which reached $33.5 billion in 2011. Macau gambling revenue growth slows to near 3 year-low 2012-06-01T08:19:41Z Mr. Ng, and previously Mr. Wan, are among thousands of gambling junket agents and so-called V.I.P. room operators in Macau. Macau’s Ng Man-sun Is Beaten in His Own Casino 2012-06-27T17:24:29Z It is made something after the same manner as “junket,” only lebban is more tart and acid. Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence amongst the Women of the East 2012-04-18T02:00:15.997Z He gave us the usual Tibetan tea and sweetmeats and then insisted on our having macaroni and meat seasoned with chillies, which was excellent, followed by junket served in china bowls. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z He denounced "junketings"—by which unseemly title he designated the late entertainment—as amusements too costly for persons of his means. Barrington Volume I (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:31.357Z The truth is that he was not in the mood for junketing. Swift and Sure 2012-03-16T02:00:24.627Z |
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