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These morsels shamed all the cartons of take-away potstickers at Chinese restaurants back home. And even the best dumpling houses in Shanghai couldn’t compare to these mom-and-pop delicacies...
...hoped, when Abe took office, that the Prime Minister grasped the changing Asian reality. He supports the Cool Japan marketing concept that seeks to promote Japanese pop culture like anime and manga abroad -harder to do if your neighbors dislike you - and has said that he aims to make Japan a country where foreigners would want to settle. Abe made a show of immediately traveling to Beijing and Seoul, and recently hosted the Chinese Premier in Tokyo. Those summits have been the high point of his administration, but too often that goodwill has been wasted by chauvinistic outbursts from...
...million or so people without traditional bank accounts. The main draw at the centers, which will be in about a quarter of all Wal-Mart stores by the end of 2008, is the cashing of government and printed payroll checks for the bargain price of $3 a pop. The retailer is also debuting a reloadable, prepaid Visa debit card that does not require a bank account or proof of U.S. citizenship...
...Bruce Willis is a pimp, dude," says Kevin Smith, the writer-producer who plays one of the villains in the movie and was such a fan growing up that he had Willis' pop-blues album, The Return of Bruno, in his car's cassette player at all times. "Bruce Willis made me start drinking. I'm not a fan of alcohol. But when Bruce Willis sings about golden wine coolers, you have to get your drink on. I showed up at parties with Seagram's wine coolers, and people would say, 'What are you, crazy? We have...
Which shouldn't be a surprise. People in "legitimate" creative fields like to believe that ads can't be art, but ads often have been as influential as TV--or more so--in pop culture. This is demonstrated by, of all things, a TV series: AMC's Mad Men, about ad executives in 1960--and possibly the best new show you'll see this summer...