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- Would you pay US$140 for a travel guide ...
- Another tear-jerking viral video -- 'Korea's Got Talent' unearths new 'star'
- CNNGo TV explores Beijing
- 10 exotic escapes, photos for non-snobs, Kylie's drag show
- Singapore Airlines, Virgin Australia in new tie-up
- Kylie Minogue's Sydney concerts begin with a drag show outside Wildfire
- 上海画廊以外的最佳艺术
- 世上首部 「點心式西部片」《Squattertown 》
- Best milk teas in Hong Kong
- Malabar Hill: 2 temples, 1 sacred tank, 0 meat
| Would you pay US$140 for a travel guide ... Posted: 07 Jun 2011 02:12 AM PDT  Travel guides are becoming ever more sumptuous and insider tips are worth their weight in gold. Sure. But literally? Take the new limited-edition travel guide compilation by The Luxury Collection, published by Assouline and wrapped in a vintage-inspired gift box. For US$140 the special "The Luxury Collection: Destination Guides" gift set includes India, Italy, Greece, Argentina, Spain and the United States. What do these six countries have in common? An inherent understanding of the good life (sorry France).      |
| Another tear-jerking viral video -- 'Korea's Got Talent' unearths new 'star' Posted: 07 Jun 2011 01:53 AM PDT Just what the world needs -- another mushy viral video of a heart-rending musical performance that proves two things: 1. Never judge a book by its cover, or in this case, a singer by his appearance and 2. Most of us are rubbish performers by comparison.    |
| Posted: 07 Jun 2011 12:27 AM PDT  This month CNNGo explores Beijing -- China's political and cultural heart. We roam through the hutongs with artist Xiao Bai and explore a rocking music scene thanks to P.K. 14 Frontman Yang Haisong. We pass on the Peking duck, and instead sample a local lamb joint thanks to widely read food critic Shu Qiao. Entrepreneur Dominic Johnson-Hill shows us he's clearly friends with people in the right places, snagging rare and exclusive access to a relic from the days of Chairman Mao -- the hidden tunnels snaking under China's capital. We also escape the congestion and take viewers to an unexplored part of the Great Wall.    |
| 10 exotic escapes, photos for non-snobs, Kylie's drag show Posted: 06 Jun 2011 09:31 PM PDT    |
| Singapore Airlines, Virgin Australia in new tie-up Posted: 06 Jun 2011 09:14 PM PDT Singapore Airlines and Virgin Australia have signed an agreement which will enable them to establish a long-term alliance. In a report by Channel News Asia, the new partnership will allow both airlines to sell tickets and seats on each other's international and domestic flights from August 1. In addition, both airlines will offer reciprocal frequent flier program benefits and lounge access for Virgin Australia Velocity Gold members and Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer Gold members. Through the agreement Virgin Australia gains access to about 70 more destinations, while Singapore Airlines customers will have access to about 30 extra routes.    |
| Kylie Minogue's Sydney concerts begin with a drag show outside Wildfire Posted: 06 Jun 2011 05:44 PM PDT At the cocktail party that launched the Sydney leg of Kylie's world tour, it was fitting that she was welcomed by drag queen Joyce Maynge, backed by 100 performing fans. When Kylie was trying to break free of being Charlene from "Neighbours" in the 1980s, it was Sydney's gay community who embraced her as their queen. Boys dancing all night in hot leather shorts and drag impersonators on Oxford Street first brought her handbag-house to life. Of course, the pocket rocket became a global sensation. Her single, "Can't Get You Out of My Head," reached number one in 40 countries and she's sold more than 60 million albums worldwide. Four Kylie wax models have gone on show at Madame Tussauds -- only Queen Elizabeth II has had more.    |
| Posted: 06 Jun 2011 05:00 PM PDT 很多优秀的艺术作品已经开始进军上海的酒吧，在那些低调的室内设计和枯燥的装饰环境里躲了起来。 现在就让我们一起开始留意这些散布上海画廊之外的绝妙艺术作品吧。 充气拱门 地点：达达酒吧外面的弄堂 达达的拱门是酒吧经理Brian Huang设计的。 "我对他讲，我们需要对前门这块地方进行隔音，以免打扰邻居，他就弄了这个巨大的红色充气拱门。"酒吧老板迈克尔·奥尔森(Michael Ohlsson)说，"拱门的设计和制作与这块不对称的空间贴合得非常紧密。" 这个拱门是在淘宝上买的，花了大概1200元。 达达酒吧，幸福路115号，近法华镇路，+86 150 0018 2212    |
| Posted: 06 Jun 2011 04:45 PM PDT 當德國製片人 Marco Sparmberg 三年前搬來香港，他幻想自己將能沉溺於那個造就很多偉大導演，如吳宇森和徐克的電影世界。 結果是，那繁華的電影景象早已離開香港良久了。「香港不再是一個電影城市。」 Sparmberg 說時聲音中明顯帶有一絲失望，他續說：「我來時帶著個1980 年代的夢 ，可惜時過境遷。」 於 80 年代，香港是全球其中一個「電影首都」，它每年出品過百套鉅獻和二線電影，包括許多用創新的及令人振奮的方法，去重新定位的電影類別。 回歸後，電影資金逃離到迅速膨脹的內地市場，電影業就開始墜落了。 近期香港生產的電影，比 90 年代初期生產的四份之一還要少，而在這四分之一的電影中，大部分都是枯燥乏味和不深刻的。 然後，Sparmberg 得出一個想法：為何不創造一個全新的電影種類，以向香港曾經光輝的電影業致敬？這個想法的結果，就是Squattertown（寮屋鎮），它是「點心式西部片」(dim sum Western) 網站系列電影，將於六月底進行首映。    |
| Posted: 06 Jun 2011 03:00 PM PDT Milk tea is Hong Kong's undisputed king of drinks. Stemming from the British colonial practice of adding milk to black tea, the Hong Kong version is strained through a sackcloth to encourage smoothness. Here are four of our favorite places for grabbing a bite with a cup of hot or cold milk tea. Do you have a favorite milk tea joint? What makes it so special? Let everyone know in the comments box below. "Gold tea" at Tai FatMilk tea expert Lai Wong Ming has been making the stuff for more than three decades and he reckons he has altered his recipe at least 30 times through the years.    |
| Malabar Hill: 2 temples, 1 sacred tank, 0 meat Posted: 06 Jun 2011 02:59 PM PDT Plus a gigantic old woman's shoe and animal-shaped shrubs. Mumbai's most expensive residential area has become all sorts of odd In old pictures of Mumbai, Malabar Hill is seen as a forested tropical outpost with ancient temples and bungalows that served as weekend and holiday homes for the wealthy. In addition to having some of the highest real estate prices in the country, the Malabar Hill neighborhood also once reflected posh Mumbai cosmopolitanism at its best. Parsis, Bohris, Hindus and a small, but strong, Catholic community at St. Stephen's Church lived on the hill. Now, 125 years later, the forest has been laid over with concrete and skyscrapers, the new temples of wealth. In the last decade, Hindu conservatism and cultural stagnation seem to be eroding the area's multi-faith vibrancy.    |
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