Edison Chen PK Paris Hilton, Hong Kong Celebrity Sex Scandal PK Hollywood Sex Tapes Scandal
Edison Chen sex scandal involving more than a dozen of Hong Kong’s young starlets swept headlines for over 21 consecutive days earlier this year. New America Media Chinese media monitor Jun Wang investigates what the press was focusing on.
These starlets include Edison [...]
It is the sort of legal notice that has become distressingly familiar to thousands of Americans in the grip of the mortgage foreclosure crisis.
“You are in default under a deed of trust,” it blandly declares. “Unless you take action to protect your property, it may be sold at a public sale.”
But this no ordinary eviction. [...]
name the most influential female musician to emerge in the past 20 years.
There are some names that come to mind, notably Amy Ray and Emily Saliers of the Indigo Girls, Tori Amos and Bjork.
But Ani DiFranco has arguably exerted a greater influence than anyone else — perhaps male or female. Her percussive, polyrhythmic compositions have [...]
In 1969, Andy Warhol purchased a Great Dane. No ordinary dog, this Great Dane was a great dog — a champion in fact, according to the Westminster Kennel Club. But there was one major difference between this dog and most, besides the fact that he was an award winner: By the time Warhol purchased him, [...]
Creating a Broadway musical can be scary enough. Even more so when its script is penned by horror master Stephen King.
King, who has written numerous best-selling novels, has written the script for “Ghost Brothers of Darkland County,” with music by John Mellencamp.
The play will open at Atlanta’s Alliance Theatre in April 2009, with the object [...]
From the producers who brought you “The Basketball Blog,” it’s “The Basketball Bag” — a pseudo-mailbag devoted entirely to NBA questions. Please don’t confuse this with a real mailbag. As always, these are actual e-mails from actual readers:
Q: What are your thoughts on Sam Cassell (potentially) joining the Celtics? Does he have enough left in [...]
In the issue of New York magazine on sale Monday, the 21-year-old star of “Mean Girls” and “Freaky Friday” poses nude for photographer Bert Stern in a recreation of one of Monroe’s most famous photo shoots, done shortly before she died.
Stern photographed Monroe in 1962 at the Hotel Bel-Air in California, six weeks before she [...]
Edison Chen Sex Photo Scandal Disclosed: Lessons for Chinese Internet Application from Hong Kong Celebrity Sex Scandal and Nude Photos
Chinese Hong Kong News Agency Commentary: From fake photos forging the appearance of rare animals to real pictures exposing the sex life of a number of Hong Kong celebrities, such as Edison Chen and Gillian Chung, individual Internet players [...]
The Plaza Hotel reopens this weekend following a major renovation that saw part of the legendary hostelry converted to condominiums, an expansion of retail space, and the preservation of some designated landmark interiors. This week’s column is about the Plaza’s history. Next week’s will assess the changes.
Having opened in 1907, the current Plaza Hotel closed [...]
1. Northern Illinois University’s Cole Hall , where a gunman fatally shot five students before turning a gun on himself Feb. 14, will be demolished and replaced with a new state-of-the-art classroom building. It will be named Memorial Hall.
2. The Humane Society sued the government Wednesday over what it says is a legal loophole that [...]