US action star Vin Diesel says he is such a big fan of the Middle Kingdom, he may film the next installment of his successful movie franchise in the country. Wang Kaihao reports.
Before Helen Mirren agreed to play elderly Jewish World War II refugee Maria Altmann in the new film Woman in Gold, the Academy Award-winning actress checked the last page of the screenplay to see if the character was there.
When British actor Colin Firth was 2 years old, the first James Bond movie, Dr. No, was released and moviegoers around the world became instantly enamored with the fictional spy.
Young spring lamb and Mediterranean herbs keep old traditions alive at Easter, writes cookbook author Katerina Stai.
A seminar on steak, with a nice red table wine to wash it down, quickly became a rave session for the rib-eye at a recent tasting lunch at Morton's Beijing, the capital's branch of the famed Chicago steakhouse. "It's all about marbling, the integration of fat in the meat," says Tony Mesiano, the wholesale importer of chilled Angus beef from Rangers Valley in New South Wales, Australia. Mesiano shared some butchering basics - including "where to cut" tips by demonstrating on the backside of the restaurant's grinning executive chef Peter Yu. (His remarks were edited for the lack of space.)
For many Chinese, Qingming Festival, also known as Tomb Sweeping Day, which falls on April 5 this year, is associated with a famous painting created by Zhang Zeduan during the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127).
Every four or five years a particularly harsh winter sweeps through the steppes of Mongolia and Kazakhstan.
For the title of a new collection of nonfiction by Saul Bellow, Benjamin Taylor borrowed the name of a 1992 essay that Bellow wrote called There is Simply Too Much to Think About.
A new book of photos by legendary photographer Weegee shows what industrialized, pre-gentrified New York looked like in the mid-20th century, before the city was crammed with towers and billboards.
A new audiobook recording of Sun Tzu's The Art of War will soon be available with the perfect narrator - the scheming royal adviser Littlefinger from Game of Thrones.
A new policy allows some Chinese cruise passengers to disembark in Japan without visas. Yang Feiyue reports.
Planning a trip to Southern California but don't want to fight Los Angeles' traffic? Or maybe when you hear the word Disneyland you think, "Been there, done that"? Check out the city of Santa Monica in all its picture-postcard beauty. From a funky old pier surrounded by some of the world's best beaches to its upscale shopping district, scores of art galleries, top-rated restaurants and bountiful nightlife, there are enough things to do in this little oasis just 19 kilometers west of downtown Los Angeles to keep you not only occupied but enthralled.
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