By, Uwe Paschen.Today on the Eight of August 2008, we are witnessing one of the greatest if not the greatest opening ceremony of the Olympic games in Beijing, with plenty of symbols in Kanji and Pictograph for Peace!...
Opinion/news: I have no brilliant fireworks like Beijing's Olympic opening for you here but I'm up for some boring world news if you are. So let's permit ourselves for a second to move away from issues...
We had a bit of an ugly row in a men’s group that I am a member of, a kind of spiritual reading and discussion group that has been likened to a Bible study. The disagreement grew out of a member’s distress that “American young people have no values, no real beliefs and...
Mia Farrow has spent much of the last several years raising awareness about the humanitarian crisis in Darfur and she has been an outspoken critic of China's role in Sudan. As the Olympic games begin today in Beijing, Farrow has set up a week long protest webcast series "to...
Singer/songwriter Jewel married boyfriend Ty Murray in a small ceremony. They had been dating for more than a decade. With so many celebrity weddings ending in nasty divorces, it's nice to see these two taking their...
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Tens of thousands of couples tied the knot in the Chinese capital yesterday on a date that would have been "auspicious" even without the Olympic Games.We visit a make-shift marriage registration office in Beijing...
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"US rapper Snoop Dogg has made his debut in a Bollywood film which is being released on Friday. Dogg, whose real name is Cordozar Calvin Broadus, sings and acts in a romantic comedy called Singh is Kinng. Fusing hip...
Popular New York City sound selector/entrepreneur Steelie Bashment kicks off the City's Caribbean carnival weekend with his highly anticipated annual anniversary bash, this year featuring New York's latest Hip Hop...
Upscale Crowd Entertainment brings a classy spin to the down and 'dutty' Caribbean carnival celebrations in New York City this coming Labor Day weekend with Battle of the Bands, at the City's prestigious Roseland...
New York based non-profit Jamaica Impact, Inc. (JAMPACT), an avid community activist organization promoting basic education and positive cultural images for the children of Jamaica, are hosting their first full scale charity gala, A Roots Rockin' Royal Affair, featuring a...
Jackie Chan’s immense popularity in China and abroad has led the Beijing Olympics organizing committee to make him one of only two authorized solo singers to record tracks for the official Olympic album. He is also...
" Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:34:05 GMT From 'Buddha Collapsed out of Shame' Iranian filmmaker Hana Makhmalbaf's Buddha Collapsed out of Shame has been awarded at the 4th Traverse City Film Festival in the US. The 20-year-old director's film received the Founders Prize of...
Miss Martha Redbone will be singing live on august 11th 2008. The concert will be held at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. The address is One Bowling Green New York,NY 10004.