Next week, Beijing fans of Italian food may think they've stumbled onto the set of Who's Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?. Like in that 1978 film, a star chef with a grand accent can be found in every direction if you're eating in one of the capital's top Italian restaurants.
Sleep problems are common, especially in a fast-paced society where people are stressed about work.
Bernard Minor spent 26 years behind bars for murdering a drug dealer who owed him $400. Now, the ex-con spends his days teaching others to keep their rage in check, one of the swelling ranks of America's anger therapists.
Before parenthood, Chris Kornelis rocked it as a music writer for Seattle Weekly. Two kids later, he's still making a living as a writer, a freelancer, and recently added a new book to his resume, a how-to guide for dads-to-be who want to stay cool.
Zheng Jun, one of China's rockers from mid-1990s, says he's now an "animation expert".
World of Warcraft fan Yan Feng has had a replica of Frost-mourne, one of the online game's most powerful weapons, in his Beijing apartment for years.
China is the world's second-largest market for films but money alone isn't doing it, two new reports on the industry point out.
Hollywood star Jodie Foster is setting her sights on directing more movies as she marks half a century in the spotlight, though she has no plans to quit acting.
In 2003, Chinese actor and director Huang Lei arrived in Wuzhen, a small town about an hour's drive from Shanghai, to direct and star in a TV series called Lost Time.
Yang Jiang will long be remembered for her witty writing and popular translations, but her independent outlook may be her greatest legacy, Yang Yang reports.
When Di An and French writer Vincent Hein sit together to talk about their travels and writing, it's a magical time. They met at the fourth China-French Writers Conference in Beijing last week.
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