Monthly Archives: July 2012

The “American Idol” finale audience slumped to a record low, but the show’s newly crowned champion Phillip Phillips hit No 1 on iTunes on Thursday with his first single “Home”. The 11-year-old Fox singing contest, once a TV industry juggernaut … Continue reading →

At first glance, the brightly lit gym looks no different from any other in Beijing: high ceilings, a dance floor and wall-to-wall mirrors. Drum rhythms warm up the class. The dancers swing their hips, wave their arms and step forward … Continue reading →

“Shanren” literally means “mountain men”, but the namesake band insists on using pinyin for their English name, because they believe subtle meaning is lost in the translation. The group’s frontman Qu Zihan puts it like this: “We all come from … Continue reading →

The restaurant was closing for the night when we walked out of our private room and noted the waiters and waitresses were dancing for fun. No longer listless (as when they served us) they were now enjoying themselves to the … Continue reading →

Chen staged her first solo concert when she was 7 in her house’s courtyard. It was a farewell concert before her family moved to Changsha, capital of Hunan province. “I sang many songs for my friends and neighbors,” she recalls. … Continue reading →

When a hologram of late rapper Tupac Shakur appeared on stage with Snoop Dogg at the recent Coachella music festival, it stunned audiences by literally bringing the performer back to life – technologically, anyway. Reuters asked Los Angeles-based E-Poll Market … Continue reading →

Don’t blame me for Whitney’s death, Bobby Brown sayWhitney Houston’s ex-husband Bobby Brown struck back at claims he was responsible for getting the pop star hooked on drugs or that he somehow played a role in her cocaine-fueled death in … Continue reading →