Mihija Sohn, Miss Korea 1960, and Sung-hye Lee, Miss Korea 2012. (AP)
When 17-year-old Hailey Kim looks in the mirror, she doesn't see a pretty person. Her face is ...
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Read more.Ask Alison: When to Get a Number, Replacing Dogs, and Long-Distance Confrontation
CAP If we started talking at a bar, and I just wasn't feeling it, but I got the impression you were, would you prefer that I ask for your ...
Read more.Boy Scouts Recognize Gay Boys as Equal
daveblume / flickr John Stemberger, head of the conservative evangelical Florida Family Policy Council, told this morning's New York Times, "Allowing openly gay scouts will mean the blunt injection of ...
Read more.Race Is Not Biology
aspidoscelis / flickr During the past two weeks, much outrage has arisen over former Heritage Foundation staffer Jason Richwine's Harvard doctoral dissertation, which speculated that IQ differences between "Hispanic" and ...
Read more.Study: Another Reason for Daily Wine
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OptionsJimmy Kimmel tweets that he was buyer of nude Bea Arthur painting
In 2005, comedian Jimmy Kimmel shared a stage with actress Bea Arthur for the Comedy Central Roast of Pamela Anderson. Many jokes that evening were made at Arthur's expense ...
Read more.Lee Melville, champion of Los Angeles theater, dies at 74
Lee Melville, a fierce champion of theater in Los Angeles, has died. He was 74 years old.
Read more.Review: Florian Morlat sculpts an engagingly strange show
Collages with the material heft of sculptures and sculptures with the two-dimensional articulation of flat drawings characterize Florian Morlat's engagingly strange show at Cherry and Martin. (The show is ...
Read more.Review: Vibrant and creepy 'Bloom' flowers in Pasadena
"Bloom," a compact show of eight recent painted sculptures by Christopher Miles, takes its name seriously. The flowering at hand is excitement over the extreme, hybrid nature of contemporary experience ...
Read more.The creative process behind Edward Hopper's paintings
'Hopper Drawing,' a new exhibition at the Whitney in New York, not only connects the real to the imagined in the artist's work but also connects paintings to one ...
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io9
OptionsThe Hunt for Alien Megastructures
When most people think about searching for extraterrestrial intelligences, they imagine someone like Ellie Arroway searching the skies for radio transmissions. But what about looking in other ways? Perhaps a ...
Read more.The Oddest-Looking Musical Instruments on Earth
Most musical instruments look a little weird, if you stare at them for long enough. When aliens finally make contact, they'll be confused by our habit of gripping wood ...
Read more.Bartending robot mixes (and remixes) crowdsourced drink recipes
Start the first summer holiday off with a cool drink, courtesy of these three robotic arms. MIT Senseable City Lab, Coca Cola, and Bacardi have teamed up to bring you ...
Read more.Will your job still exist a generation from now?
We all currently live in a system where we get paid for our labor and exchange that payment for goods and bits of information. But what sort of economic system ...
Read more.Can you spot every detail in this Simpsons theme park concept art?
Universal Studios has revealed their concept art for a real life Simpson's theme park. And this tiny Springfield includes Moe's, Krusty Burger, Duff Beer, Lard Lad Donuts and ...
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China Daily >USA Edition > Video
OptionsPremier Li rejects hacker accusation
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Sunday rejected the accusation of hacker attacks against the United States, calling it "presumption of guilt."
Read more.May 24: You're doing it wrong
See what happens when pop musicians get too confident. Plus, find out why your diet might be killing you. "I've made a huge mistake."
Read more.Walking Beijing's waterway: Central route
Paris seeks to regain luster
"The government and the police are very keen to find a solution to ensure the safety of Chinese tourists and investors in France,” Christian Sautter, vice-mayor of Paris, told China ...
Read more.BYD opens plant in California
Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD opens opens its first plants in Lancaster, California on May 1.
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MTV News
OptionsNervo 'Keep Changing' Their Mind On Debut Album
Liv and Mim tell MTV News of their high-profile team-ups and upcoming LP.
By Christina Garibaldi
Read more.Mariah Carey's '#Beautiful': Miguel Reveals Naughty Hashtag Meaning!
Crooner performed with Carey on Friday's 'GMA,' where the pop diva suffered a wardrobe malfunction.
By Jocelyn Vena, with reporting by James Lacsina
Read more.Amanda Bynes Released On Drug Charge, Claims Bong Was 'Vase'
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CNN Entertainment
Options'Lone Ranger' director on blockbusters
As the director of "Pirates of the Caribbean" Nos. 1, 2 and 3, filmmaker Gore Verbinski is intimately familiar with the massive needs of a potential summer blockbuster.
Read more.Jackman's 'Wolverine' a great wingman
When we think of the perfect summer blockbuster, we think of action -- and July's "The Wolverine" will have more than enough, star Hugh Jackman says.
Read more.Review: Daft Punk's new album
Blake Shelton planning storm benefit
Oklahoma native Blake Shelton is the first entertainer to announce a benefit for tornado victims in his home state.
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China Daily >USA Edition > Culture
OptionsLate writer's widow protests auction of letters
A collection of letters and manuscripts that reveal extensive life details and literary views of renowned writer Qian Zhongshu will go under the hammer in June.
Read more.New York play focuses on foreign love and green cards
Although Zhao Binghao is still a student, his recent play Kurukulla at the Pershing Square Signature Center's Studio Theater in Manhattan was sold out.
Read more.British royal paintings exhibition charts 250 years of fashion
A new exhibition of paintings from the British royal collection and historic clothing cast an unusual light on the clothing and accessories of European royalty over 250 years.
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Books: Book Reviews, News, Stores, Events & More - The Washi
Options‘Southern Cross the Dog,’ by Bill Cheng
Iris Murdoch once wrote that you know almost immediately when you pick up a wonderful book. There’s an ineffable magic that swims through the first dozen or so pages ...
Read more.‘Forty-one Falst Starts: Essays on Artists and Writers’ by Janet Malcolm
Janet Malcolm takes the title of this decidedly motley collection of occasional journalism from a profile she published in 1994 of David Salle, “the leading American postmodernist painter.” Rather than ...
Read more.“The Great Gatsby,” Dan Brown’s “Inferno” and Rick Atkinson’s “Guns At Last Light” at number 1 on The Post’s bestsellers list
‘With Charity For All: Why Charities Are Failing and a Better Way to Give’ by Ken Stern
The good news is that Americans are a giving crew. According to Ken Stern in his new book, “Charity for All,” there are 1.4 million charities in the United ...
Read more.‘The Faithful Executioner: Life and Death, Honor and Shame in the Turbulent Sixteenth Century’ by Joel F. Harrington
“It is the job of thinking people,” Albert Camus once observed, “not to be on the side of the executioners.” But what are we to do when the executioner is ...
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Gawker
OptionsThe Fresh Prince Reunion Happened, And It Was The Absolute Best
Last time Will Smith was on the Graham Norton Show, he led the audience in a rap-along of the Fresh Prince theme song. This time, he brought along some familiar ...
Read more.It's 'Oh, Canada' Week in Our Hate Mail
Our pen pals had a one-track mind this week, and their collective mind was set on Rob Ford, crack, Canada, and the crackstarter. Their thoughts below:
SUBJECT: Rob Ford
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Read more.What Do I Have to Do to Get You to Watch Veep?
Veep is an HBO comedy of political ill-manners, currently in its second season. It was created by mastermind architect of vicious profanity, Armando Iannucci, about Vice President Selina Meyer, played ...
Read more.Cobain Daughter Slams Kardashian Sister for Tweeting About Tough Life
In one of the more bizarre Twitter beefs of late, Frances Bean Cobain, the 20-year-old daughter of Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love, tore into Kendall Jenner, the 17-year-old half-sister of ...
Read more.The Week in Movies: Fast&Furious 6, The Hangover 3, Before Midnight
Welcome to Annotate This, where we gather reviews, trailers, and annotate the posters for movies heading to your local cineplex or art house theater this week. Click on the image ...
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Design Milk
OptionsFrederick McSwain and François Chambard: Off The Grid
NYC designers Frederick McSwain and François Chambard (of UM Project) created an outdoors-inspired exhibition at Gallery R’Pure for New York Design Week called Off The Grid.
Inspired by camping ...
Read more.Zimoun Creates A Roar of Applause With Wires and Carboard
Close your eyes and watch the video below. Do you imagine yourself standing onstage at the end of a play to a roar of applause, roses falling at your feet ...
Read more.NYCxDesign 2013: WantedDesign Part 1
For the last three years, WantedDesign has been a standout among the design events that take place during NYCxDesign and this year was no exception. With top-notch designers, students, manufacturers ...
Read more.Three Rooms in the Miller House and Garden
The international modernist residence, Miller House and Garden in Columbus, Indiana, was commissioned by industrialist and philanthropist J. Irwin Miller and his wife Xenia Simons Miller in 1953. Owned by ...
Read more.Hand-Painted Geometric Furniture by VOLK
Brooklyn-based company VOLK introduced some new pieces this year during New York Design Week that feature hand-painted designs full of geometry, color and pattern.
Gorgeous, hand-selected wood pieces are embellished ...
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TMZ.com
OptionsLarry Hagman Estate Accuses Granddaughter of Jewelry Heist
The drama in Larry Hagman's life lives on ... months after his death, because the actor's estate now claims Larry's granddaughter has committed familial treason by holding ridiculously ...
Read more.Amanda Bynes -- 'I DON'T DO DRUGS!'
Amanda Bynes just tweeted something the cops clearly aren't buying -- she says she's drug free.Amanda says, "I only smoke tobacco. I don't drink or do drugs ...
Read more.Stone Temple Pilots Sues Scott Weiland -- You Torpedoed Our Tour
Stone Temple Pilots claims Scott Weiland screwed the band out of millions of dollars and now it's looking forward to a very important date -- in court.The band claims ...
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MSN Entertainment
OptionsPowerGrid's Biggest Movers of the Week: Chris Pine, Noah Baumbach's Projects Boost Their Rankings
Aviva Drescher Signs on to 'Real Housewives of New York' (Again)
Calif. teen takes supermodel to prom
YouTube video helps California teen land prom date with a Sports Illustrated model
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China Daily >USA Edition > Life
OptionsSum of all fears
Flu, smog and sub-freezing temperatures have combined to create a health scare in many parts of China, especially in Beijing.
Read more.If information is king, data is good currency
Cash isn't going to be king forever. It's a bit like shell money or trading in beads, an outdated system that people will laugh at sometime in the ...
Read more.Is this safe to eat? That's the question
While A Bite of China lifted hearts warmed by thoughts of mother's cooking, several issues brought the Chinese diners back to earth.
Life-changing awakening
Read more.Life-changing awakening
A television documentary series brought China back to its culinary roots last year, and changed some lives forever.
Read more.Food helps to resist pollution?
A TCM food therapy specialist advises people to eat black fungus to protect themselves against the the polluted air.Coughs likely to linger about 3 weeks
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Design*Sponge
OptionsBold & Noble Geometric Prints + Weekly Wrap Up
We made it through design season and it’s time for a little holiday break. It’s as if the holiday gods know that the design industry could use a ...
Read more.in the kitchen with: valerie rice’s fava bean and arugula pesto orecchiette
Fava beans are in season, the weather is looking up, meals are moving outdoors. These are three good reasons to try blogger and entertainer Valerie Rice’s recipe for fava ...
Read more.Small Measures: Homemade Watercolors
I share my home, and my life, with an MFA-toting husband (whose concentration was in painting and color theory), and an active, inquisitive, art-loving 2 year-old. Between the two of ...
Read more.Style Icon: Max’s Mom
Of the many things that I love about my mother, one of my favorite is the fact that, no matter where she is or what time it is, she always ...
Read more.After the Jump: Radio Interview with Chris Silas Neal (MP3)
I feel incredibly lucky to work where I do, not just with the D*S team, but in the actual office building we call home. Greenpoint’s Pencil Factory is ...
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OptionsBorgen, “Count To 90”
(Want to watch this episode? Are you a U.S. citizen? You can check it—and prior episodes—out on LinkTV.)
A couple of development seasons ago, NBC commissioned an ...
Read more.Maron, “Dominatrix”
Marc Maron did a bit during one of his many appearances on Conan about how he tends to attract young women. I’m paraphrasing the punchline here, but it was ...
Read more.TV: TV Club: Behind The Candelabra
Behind The Candelabra debuts Sunday night at 9 p.m. Eastern on HBO.
Scott Thorson (Matt Damon) has traveled to Las Vegas with his friend, the well-connected Bob Black (an ...
Read more.Film: Newswire: Lawsuit? Did somebody say lawsuit?: Paul Reubens puts a stop to "Pee-Wee Over Louisville" day
Apparently, there are some secret words that when uttered in a certain order not only make Pee-Wee Herman scream but also make him run to his lawyers: Pee-Wee, Over, Louisville ...
Read more.Music: Newswire: Eisley says it will be touring soon, even though it didn't make its Kickstarter goal
Eisley says it will be touring in the near future, even without the $100,000 it requested on Kickstarter. In a statement, the group says that its motivation is “to ...
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Music: Music News, Reviews and Concerts - The Washington Pos
OptionsAt Atlas, Jennifer Koh offers an unforgettable whirlwind of sound
If the Library of Congress’s Coolidge Auditorium is the revered dowager of Washington’s chamber music scene, then the Atlas Performing Arts Center — in the heart of the hipster ...
Read more.Richard Wagner at 200: Still powerful and polarizing
Richard Wagner was born 200 years ago this week: on May 22, 1813. In most cases, two centuries is enough to establish a safe distance, a historical world of Empire-waisted ...
Read more.White House press secretary Jay Carney discusses favorite band, Guided by Voices
On the walls of Jay Carney’s office: a photo of the Berlin Wall being dismantled. Snaps of his kids. His employer, President Obama, gracing the cover of his former ...
Read more.Attacca Quartet delivers first concert in John Adams series at Library of Congress
Washington is John Adams’s home for the rest of May. This week, the celebrated composer is curating a four-concert series of his music at the Library of Congress and ...
Read more.This Phish phan had a really good time at last night's Trey Anastasio show
Sure, it was a National Symphony Orchestra concert at the Kennedy Center last night, but a typical NSO concert? Not so much: Guitarist Trey Anastasio of Phish let loose with ...
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E! Online - Top Stories
OptionsBrad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's English Country Cottage: See Where the Family Got Cozy in Kent
You didn't think Brangelina & Co. would hole up in just any old shack, did you?
Of course not! Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie—along with kids Maddox, Pax, Zahara ...
Read more.Zach Braff's Kickstarter Campaign Passes $3 Million as Kate Hudson, Anna Kendrick Join His Film
Zach Braff has reason to be excited.
The Kickstarter campaign that the actor set up to raise funds for his latest film project, Wish I Was Here, passed the $3 ...
Read more.Mariah Carey Sings, Good Morning America Cleans Up Her Vocals—Watch Now!
Good Morning America's editors were extra busy today.
In addition to the wardrobe malfunction that resulted in a live S-bomb from Mariah Carey that was ultimately scrubbed out for...
Read more.The Wanted's Hot Tub: "A Luxurious Petri Dish for Bacteria"
If you're ever invited into a hot tub with the hotties of The Wanted, ya may want to think twice before jumping in.
The British boy band recently relocated ...
Read more.Howard Stern Fixates on Katie Couric's "Fantastic" Legs—Watch Now!
Howard Stern has never been one to hold back when it comes to appreciating a woman's body.
So why would he be any different around Katie Couric, especially when ...
Read more.Amanda Bynes Denies Ever Having a Bong in Post-Arrest Tweet
Amanda Bynes has spoken. Via Twitter, of course.
"I only smoke tobacco I don't drink or do drugs. I've never had a bong in my life!" she tweeted ...
Read more.Jimmy Kimmel Bought the Topless Bea Arthur Painting for Pal Jeff Ross?!
Thank you for being a friend, Jimmy Kimmel!
The late-night host apparently got wind of fellow funnyman Jeff Ross' love for late Golden Girl Bea Arthur because, according to...
Read more.Ricky Gervais Almost as Handsome as Johnny Depp—Well, He Asked!
Ricky Gervais and Johnny Depp together cover a lot of bases when it comes to appealing qualities.
But Gervais was far more concerned today as to which of them is ...
Read more.Hanson Gets Into the Beer Business With Mmmhops
Perfect beer for drinking in the Middle of Nowhere?
Mmmhops, of course!
The Hanson brothers are officially in the brewing business with Mmmhops Pale Ale, a joint venture...
Read more.Amanda Bynes' Bong Arrest Fallout: What Punishment Could the Troubled Star Face?
The news story on everyone's minds this Friday is Amanda Bynes' big bong bust.
On this morning's Live From E!, Arlene Santana, Ken Baker and Marc Malkin broke ...
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China Daily >USA Edition > Entertainment
OptionsJiang Yiyan covers Darizi magazine
Chinese TV series find a new voice in Africa
When Mao Doudou and Her Sweet Days, a 36-episode light comedy about a modern Chinese couple, was dubbed in Swahili and broadcast in East African countries, Omar Ahmed became a ...
Read more.Zhang Ziyi graces Numero magazine
Music on the wing of a dream
Musicians from across China and the world will perform at the 2013 Beijing Modern Music Festival, which kicks off at the National Center for the Performing Arts on May 18 ...
Read more.Season 12 finale of 'American Idol'
Candice Glover, a soul singer from rural South Carolina, was named "American Idol", becoming the first female singer to win the television singing competition since 2007.
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