(ChinaPost.com.tw) – “Winter’s Bone,” a stark tale of a young woman trying to keep her family together, and Afghanistan war documentary “Restrepo” won top awards at the Sundance Film Festival on Saturday.
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – Kathryn Bigelow won the top honor at the Directors Guild of America Awards here Saturday, taking home the prize for her acclaimed Iraq war drama “The Hurt Locker.”
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – The music world is celebrating all over town this weekend with tributes, rehearsals, parties and, of course, a gift suite or two in anticipation of the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday night at Staples Center.
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – Michael Jackson won yet another posthumous honor on Saturday, joining six other musicians including Leonard Cohen and Loretta Lynn who received Grammy awards for lifetime achievement.
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – Scientists from Australia and New Zealand are to set out on a whale research expedition to the Antarctic today in an effort to disprove Japan’s argument that whales must be killed to be studied.
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – The story of the archaeological site of Bat, a cemetery consisting of around 400 ancient tombs, dates back 5,000 years.
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – In a 65-square-meter rented apartment in Hong Kong, Clare Hollingworth, 98 and almost blind, leans forward from the couch where she now spends many of her waking hours, to explain the thrills of being a war correspondent.
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – A news report says a Malaysian court has ordered two lovers to pay a fine of four buffaloes and a pig after they were found guilty of having an illicit affair.
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – After years of enthusiasm for “molecular gastronomy,” with its battery of gels and emulsions, many leading chefs are turning back to focus on ingredients and where they come from.
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – Australian winegrowers have been forced to let their grapes wither on the vine and halt production due to damaging levels of over-supply in the sector, a leading industry body said yesterday.