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...British audiences had better get used to being challenged on their assumptions about how TV actors and presenters should look. Stamell already appears on the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders as a teacher -her disability is incidental to the plotline. In addition, BBC is launching a drive to find new disabled talent for its programming, and another broadcaster has hired a facially disfigured man to present its news bulletins this week. (Read "Bad News...
...while undead love triangles can be messy things, Twilight's particular brand of angst (and the troupe of young hotties bringing the popular book series' characters to life) has proved powerful enough to keep the girls coming. Of the estimated 3,000 exceedingly vocal fans at the Monday-night premiere, some had been camping in the square for five days to ensure that they would have a prime square foot of concrete once the stars began to arrive. Stephanie Clark, 29, was part of a group of fans taking up the best real estate, earned through nights of sleeping bags...
...long been the destination of choice for Chinese college students, but China has not enjoyed the same prominence for young Americans. That's changing. More than 11,000 Americans studied abroad in China last year, a 25% increase over the previous year, making it the fifth most popular destination, according to the Institute of International Education. Students from China are already the second largest group of foreign students at U.S. universities, after those from India, but their numbers are increasing as well. Last year, 81,000 mainlanders studied in the U.S., a 20% increase from 2008. Growing educational exchanges...
...critical of Western media coverage. The meeting quickly made the rounds online, with several commenters complimenting the U.S. diplomats for their openness. "The American officials showed tolerance, politeness and a democratic style because they were open to any question, even questions that are very controversial," Zhao Jing, a popular blogger who attended the meeting and writes under the pen name Michael Anti, told TIME. (See pictures of Obama visiting Asia...
...media weren't the only ones complaining. In fact, to judge by the outraged response among Spaniards, it was as if government officials themselves were giving hands-on lessons. Luis Alfonso Hernández Carrón, spokesman for the opposition Popular Party in Extremadura, said the classes were "an attack on the intelligence of young people" and lamented that the region was becoming "the laughingstock of Spain." (See pictures of Spain's Madcap Tomato Festival...