Fried cicadas (Getty Images)
"Spice Up Your Spring Soiree With a Timely, Tasty Treat." Scotch on the rocks? Why not Scotch on the cicadas? And so on.
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Read more.Study: Forget a Word? Make a Fist
moonwaves / flickr PROBLEM: Sometimes a word is on the tip of your tongue, and it's so close a slight breeze would blow it out. But it doesn't come ...
Read more.Pregnant at 60
Human genetic material stored at a laboratory in Munich. Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (Praeimplantationsdiagnostik) is a technique used to identify genetic defects in embryos created through in vitro fertilization (IVF) before ...
Read more.How Exercising at Work Saves Money
sebastianfritzon / flickr Ever since Karen Straub had her thyroid removed because of cancer in 1999, she has struggled with her weight. She became diabetic and suffered from terrible acid reflux ...
Read more.For Kids, Plastic Surgery Not Always the Answer
A research engineer at the Laboratory for Tissue Engineering and Organ Fabrication at Massachusetts General Hospital, displays a titanium frame designed for the reconstruction of a human ear, as well ...
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OptionsVideo: Can you hear me now? Symphony plays 'Carmen' on mobile devices
First the Bard on iPad and now an all-digital symphony? In an ad for a European bank, the Czech National Symphony Orchestra played "Carmen" entirely on smartphones and tablets.
Read more.Ai Weiwei releases profanity-filled music video
Not surprisingly, Ai Weiwei's new music video features wall-to-wall profanity and an aggressive anger aimed at China's ruling Communist party.
Read more.Much ado about the Bard: The Cinematheque celebrates Shakespeare
With Joss Whedon's low-budget, modern retelling of Shakespeare's romantic comedy "Much Ado About Nothing" opening June 7, the American Cinematheque's Aero Theatre is getting into the Elizabethan ...
Read more.Abraham Lincoln exhibition opening in June at Reagan Library
Composer Richard Wagner's 200th birthday will be marked worldwide
Richard Wagner -- the 19th century composer whose epic operas are considered to be among the greatest ever written and whose anti-Semitic views still cause controversy -- was born 200 years ago ...
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OptionsAmazon Is Going to Start Selling Fan Fiction — Legal Fan Fiction
I personally am not the biggest fan of fan fiction, as some of you might know. But rest assured that the Scanners "Head Asplode" pic I've used to lead ...
Read more.9 Reasons Green Lanterns Are the Universe's Worst Protectors
This is the oath of the Green Lantern Corps: “In brightest day, in blackest night, no evil shall escape my sight!” It’s a lot better than “We are terrible ...
Read more.Watch the amazing, fantastic and stupendous pilot of Steven Universe
Rebecca Sugar is the powerhouse writer and musician behind many of the best Adventure Time episodes, and now she has her own show, Steven Universe! And you can watch the ...
Read more.I'd Rather Be A Prepper Than a Goldbug
Even as the U.S. is lashed by hurricanes and tornados, the disaster that most people worry about isn't a super storm. It's economic collapse. How do you ...
Read more.Every President's Underground Lair: The Raven Rock Mountain Complex
Want to take a very bizarre vacation? Not worried about putting a trespassing arrest on your record? Pennsylvania’s Raven Rock Mountain Complex might be the destination for you.
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China Daily >USA Edition > Video
OptionsTraditional art form takes on modern value
Dustpan painting is a style that expresses an exaggerated or distorted version of life with a hint of local flavor.
Read more.Danish Embassy kicked off Climate Race
On the 19th of May the Danish Embassy in China organized a ‘Climate Race’ together with China Bicycling Association and Yanqing Municipality in and outside Beijing in order to raise ...
Read more.Partnerships in nanotech, stem-cell research pondered
Vice Chairman of the All China Federation of Industry and Commerce Xu Guanju visited nano and stem cell technology companies in Southern California for potential cooperation.
Read more.Bhagwati on outsourcing rhetoric
Renowned economist Jagdish Bhagwati, in an interview with China Daily's Chen Weihua, denounces the Obama administration's protectionism and fearmongering of outsourcing jobs to China and India. He argues ...
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MTV News
OptionsWaka Flocka Associate Frenchie Gets Impatient On Long Overdue Mixtape
'I've been running around in this music for a long time man. It's time now,' Frenchie tells Mixtape Daily.
By Rob Markman, with reporting by Ade Mangum
Read more.'American Idol's' Angie Miller Says She'll 'Fight' To Make An Album Her Way
'I don't want to play every song behind the piano,' Miller tells MTV News of her post-'Idol' debut.
By James Montgomery
Read more.Kree Harrison Hoping For A Studio 'Go 'Round' With Pal Kacey Musgraves
'American Idol' runner-up calls breakthrough country star 'the epitome of class.'
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CNN Entertainment
OptionsHugh Jackman's 'Wolverine' makes 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.Blake Shelton planning a benefit for tornado victims
Oklahoma native Blake Shelton is the first entertainer to announce a benefit for tornado victims in his home state.
Read more.Jackson trial's sweet controversy
Every issue in the Michael Jackson wrongful death trial is so disputed that even giving candy to jurors caused an argument.
Read more.CBS wins 2012-13 season over Fox
Bazinga: CBS has overthrown Fox to win the 2012-13 broadcast season among the coveted adults 18-49 demographic.
Read more.The cult of 'Arrested Development'
Seven years after its finale, one of the greatest cult hits in television history is making a return. "Arrested Development" lasted three season during its initial run on FOX, with ...
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China Daily >USA Edition > Culture
OptionsXinjiang performing troupe presents shows in US
Members of China's Xinjiang Tarim Performing Troupe pose for a group photo after their performance in Chicago, the United States, May 14, 2013.
Read more.Restored Royal Opera Theatre opens to public
After several renovations that lasted 18 months, Deheyuan (Garden of Virtuous Harmony), located in the Summer Palace, officially opened on April 25, 2013.
Read more.Artists step into Africa
China Artists Association has brought 40 of its best paintings to Cote d’Ivoire in its bid to "Step into West Africa".
Read more.Phoenix Arts Group spreads wings globally
The Phoenix Arts Group, in Wuxi, Jiangsu province, is the world's second-largest art materials supplier in terms of production capacity, after the United Kingdom-based Winsor & Newton.
Read more.Turning a new page
Chinese books are receiving growing international attention, Mei Jia reports in Guangzhou, partly because of the country's increasing importance and also due to rebranding efforts by publishers.
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Books: Book Reviews, News, Stores, Events & More - The Washi
OptionsBook review: ‘The Fix,’ by Damian Thompson
The subtitle of the “The Fix — How Addiction Is Taking Over Your World” — sounds like lively hyperbole until you crack the cover of this fleet-footed, frighteningly up-to-date tome on all ...
Read more.Book World: ‘Hawkeye: My Life as a Weapon’ by Matt Fraction and David Aja
You may have first encountered Hawkeye in last year’s “Avengers” movie, although the team’s dry-witted archer and sharpshooter has been a supporting character in various comic books for ...
Read more.Philipp Meyer’s ‘The Son,’ reviewed by Ron Charles
In 2009, as the Great Recession was still dragging on, a young man from Baltimore published his first novel, a devastating story about the human costs of industrial ruin. The ...
Read more.Book review: Khaled Hosseini’s ‘And the Mountains Echoed’ is riveting and complex
Nuance is rare on the bestseller list. In most cases, ambiguity is stripped away to appeal to the greatest number and lowest common denominator. So it always renews my faith ...
Read more.Book review: ‘Minotaur,’ by Benjamin Tammuz
When this tale of obsessive love was originally published in English in 1981, Graham Greene called it “the best novel of the year.” The author, Benjamin Tammuz, lived in Israel ...
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OptionsBoston Bomber Tamerlan Tsarneav Responsible for 2011 Triple Homicide
Initially reported a few weeks ago, it has just been confirmed that Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, together with Ibragim Todashev, killed by the FBI last night in Orlando, were ...
Read more.Joe Francis Juror Responds, Confirms He Is Not "Retarded"
After we published our post on the Hollywood Reporter story, in which Joe Francis said that the "retarded" jury that convicted him earlier this month "should be shot dead," we ...
Read more.Dennis Rodman Is Already Bored With North Korea
On Monday night, Dennis Rodman celebrated his 52nd birthday at Cheetahs, a gentleman’s club in Times Square. One press release advertised the event, part of an extended birthday tour ...
Read more.Flying Metal Pipe Impales Driver in Nightmare Come to Life
You know that feeling you get when you're driving on the freeway behind a truck laden with metal pipes and your immediate instinct is to get away from that ...
Read more.Science now says if you get a wound, you should rub dirt in it.
Science now says if you get a wound, you should rub dirt in it. Or, I guess, go to a hospital.
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Design Milk
OptionsA Calculator for Kids: Knock Knock by Khalil Klouche
Knock Knock is a playful calculator made for children by designer Khalil Klouche. The interactive wooden box lets you “knock” out math problems by using the standard arithmetic symbols displayed ...
Read more.VELO—2nd Gear by Gestalten
VELO—2nd Gear is a new book published by Gestalten that celebrates international bicycle culture.
The editors wanted to explore the double meaning of the bicycle. Used daily by many ...
Read more.Walloon Lake House by DUDZIK Studios
Situated on the shores of the picturesque lake in northwestern Michigan where Ernest Hemingway frequently spent his summers, the 3,800-square-foot Walloon Lake House turned from a small 1960′s ...
Read more.Lenovo Gets Designy with Table Concepts for Their IdeaCentre Horizon PC
Lenovo teamed up with three design teams to create collaborative table stations for their IdeaCentre Horizon Table PC. The idea was that because their high-concept PC created a real-life togetherness ...
Read more.Ancient Contemporary Art by Ugo Rondinone
Ugo Rondinone’s stone figures temporarily stand in two New York City locations, yet they feel timeless, as if they existed before the sidewalks and will stand long after we ...
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TMZ.com
OptionsLil Wayne -- We Signed PARIS HILTON to Record Contract
Lil Wayne's crew just signed Paris Hilton to a record deal ... and she's planning on dropping a brand new album in the very near future!! Wayne's mentor ...
Read more.TMZ Live: Partying with Justin Bieber -- Could Cost You MILLIONS!!!
Wanna party with Justin Bieber ... you gotta sign on the dotted line! We got our hands on the contract JB makes all his guests sign ... and it seems outrageous -- but ...
Read more.Jose Canseco -- Accused of Rape
Jose Canseco is under investigation in Las Vegas after a woman filed a report accusing the former MLB star of sexual assault ... but Jose says it's all BS, TMZ ...
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OptionsPublisher: Sen. Warren book coming out in 2014
Publisher: Sen. Elizabeth Warren has book deal; release planned for spring of 2014
Read more.Dallas exhibit reunites art JFK saw before death
Exhibit opening in Dallas reunites artwork JFK saw in his hotel suite before assassination
Read more.Jennifer Aniston Stages Mini 'Friends' Reunion for 'Ellen'
'X Factor' Season 3 First Look: New Judges Kelly Rowland, Paulina Rubio at Charleston Auditions (Pho
Obama to honor Carole King at White House concert
Obama to celebrate Carole King, 1st woman to receive Gershwin Prize for Popular Song
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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
Options10 Best Upcyle DIY Projects: Vintage Transformations
Last week, we made our annual trek to the Brimfield Antique show. Part of the fun walking around antique fairs is imagining the possibilities of transforming our finds into something ...
Read more.Sketchbook Sneak Peek: Lisa Congdon
Over the last few weeks, we’ve taken added a special twist to our usual line-up of “Sneak Peeks.” In addition to featuring behind-the-scenes looks at unique interiors, we’ve ...
Read more.ICFF 2013 Trends: Crazy About Copper
As much as I’ve loved ICFF’s trends so far this year (Green, Geometrics and Brass & Copper), I will always consider copper my first love. Classic metallics like this ...
Read more.ICFF 2013 Trends: Brass & Gold
There hasn’t been an ICFF in the past few years where gold & brass didn’t make a big appearance. And really, if it keeps popping up in gorgeous modern ...
Read more.Brimfield 2013: Interesting Storage Pieces
This year’s Brimfield show was full of interesting storage items. From wire baskets and tiny tin containers to glass bottles and letter files, there were so many options that ...
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OptionsFilm: Great Job, Internet!: Read This: A physicist checked the math of Fast Five’s climactic bank vault car chase, arrived at the only logical buzzkill conclusion
The Internet is full of interesting things to read outside of The A.V. Club—no, really! In our periodic Read This posts, we point you toward interesting or norteworthy ...
Read more.Music: Newswire: Kanye West wants Will Smith to come out of rap retirement, be one of the apostles of Yeezus
Now that there’s a set June 18 release date for Yeezus, Kanye West’s not-at-all arrogantly titled follow-up to My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, more details of the contents ...
Read more.Music: Great Job, Internet!: Paul Scheer dons the Arsenio flattop again, reenacts the super awkward Tupac interview with Jordan Peele
Star of The ArScheerio Paul Show Paul Scheer has joined forces with MadTV and Key & Peele star Jordan Peele to remake one of Arsenio Hall's most awkward interviews for ...
Read more.TV: Newswire: Ke$ha drank her own pee on TV, and The Parents Television Council is not cool with it
It isn’t particularly surprising that on last night’s episode of her MTV show, Ke$ha: My Crazy Beautiful Life, the world’s premier Gross-American pop star drank her ...
Read more.Coming Distractions: Trailer: The World's End
Rounding out the “Cornetto Trilogy” of zombie-comedy Shaun Of The Dead and action-comedy Hot Fuzz, here is the full trailer for sci-fi-comedy The World’s End, Edgar Wright’s third ...
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Music: Music News, Reviews and Concerts - The Washington Pos
OptionsRoomrunner, Tree, Patty Griffin: Critic's Notebook
Notable recordings from the world of pop music.
Roomrunner
Imagine a Nirvana whose only source of angst came from being constantly compared to Nirvana. There's more fun than fury ...
Read more.Alexandria Symphony offers a sensuous ‘Rite of Spring’ at National Gallery
May 29 marks the 100th anniversary of the wonderfully scandalous premiere of Igor Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring,” when a near-riot broke out in the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. Performances of ...
Read more.Marine Chamber Orchestra takes some time to warm up
The U.S. Marine Chamber Orchestra seemed to gather strength and confidence as it worked its way through a program of Stravinsky, Prokofiev and Bizet at the Schlesinger Concert Hall ...
Read more.Ray Manzarek, keyboardist and founding member of The Doors, dies at 74
Ray Manzarek, who studied economics in college but cherished music and met with Jim Morrison on a California beach one fateful day in 1965 to help create the Doors, died ...
Read more.The-Dream sticks to his strengths on ‘IV Play’
Put yourself in The-Dream’s position: You’re an awkwardly hyphenated R&B superstar artist and producer. You have no problem getting Jay-Z and Beyonce to guest-star on your new ...
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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.Brad Pitt Says He Can't Remember People's Faces, Cites Medical Condition
Call it the curious case of Brad Pitt.
The 49-year-old actor is apparently convinced he suffers from prosopagnosia, a condition better known as face blindness, where the ability to...
Read more.Britney Spears in Las Vegas: Cee Lo and Celine Dion Weigh In on Pop Princess' Upcoming Residency
Cee Lo Green may have just finished a residency at the Colosseum in Las Vegas, but he's still not about to offer any words of wisdom to Britney Spears ...
Read more.Kristen Stewart's Night Out After Robert Pattinson Breakup—See the Pic!
Kristen Stewart looks like she's bouncing back from her and Robert Pattinson's breakup pretty quickly.
The 23-year-old On the Road beauty was all smiles last night as she ...
Read more.Makeup-Free Kirsten Dunst Jet-Sets From Cannes Film Festival
Actress Kirsten Dunst decided it was time for an au natural look.
The 31-year-old, who was traveling from the Cannes Film Festival with boyfriend Garrett Hedlund, wore sunglasses and...
Read more.Emma Stone Reveals Mother's Breast Cancer Diagnosis Was "Terrifying"
Emma Stone has always been close with her mother Krista Stone.
But upon hearing the news in 2008 that she had been diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer, the two ...
Read more.Real Housewives' Tamra Barney Lands Wedding Spinoff
Someone ring the spinoff alarm because another Real Housewives one is a-comin'!
Tamra Barney from The Real Housewives of Orange County has landed her own series, the Bravo reality...
Read more.Tiger Woods Calls Sergio Garcia's Fried Chicken Joke "Inappropriate;" Rival Apologizes
Tiger Woods' beef with rival Sergio Garcia just took an ugly turn—over chicken.
The golf superstar's rival apologized profusely for a crude quip he made in the duo ...
Read more.Beyoncé Teams with Rent the Runway—See Our Top 6 Picks From the Fashion Collab!
Does Beyoncé ever have any downtime?
During the midst of a major world tour, somehow the Grammy winner managed to find the time to curate a special collection for Rent ...
Read more.Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' Kyle Richards: Angelina Jolie Inspired Me to Get Tested for Cancer Gene
When Angelina Jolie revealed that she underwent a preventive double mastectomy, the mother of six said she hoped her odyssey would inspire other women to get tested for a gene ...
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China Daily >USA Edition > Entertainment
OptionsSao Paulo Fashion Week
The Asian Film Awards in Hong Kong
The Asian Film Awards in Hong Kong
'Love in the Buff' wins Audience Award
A Hong Kong movie "Love in the Buff" has won the Audience Award in the competition section of the Osaka Asian Film Festival this year.More on movies
Read more.Jolin Tsai holds concert in SW China's Chengdu
Singer Jolin Tsai performs at her concert in Chengdu, capital of Southwest China's Sichuan province, March 9, 2013.
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