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Watching someone carefully rinsing out a spent mustard packet doesn't sound like entertainment, but in Japan it's big-time television. On a recent segment of Tokyo's popular morning show Hanamaru Market, a waste-recycling expert submerged a flimsy plastic packet in a tub of water, gently allowing water in and out to rinse it clean. A host of the segment stood by, watching intently, and asked if it was necessary to use soap. No, said the expert, water and a little elbow grease are all it requires...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Japanese Way | 4/17/2008 | See Source »

When do you believe the turning point occurred in your career? -Cali McCullough, Hershey, Penn.Cooking up thirty-minute meals literally as a way to sell groceries. That cooking class turned into a local news segment, which led to the Food Network job, which led to this. It was a happy little accident there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Rachael Ray | 4/17/2008 | See Source »

...exposure to Western culture influences the Asian hip-hop scene in novel ways. “We wanted to show how people interpret [Western hip-hop] differently and recreate it using their own cultural background and traditions,” Wang said. They achieved this end by opening their segment with Western hip-hop inspired clothing to act as a contrast to the more Eastern clothing that followed. The outfits underscored the gracefulness yet ferocity of the Asian style. Female models donned jeans and tank tops layered with brightly colored sweatshirts and patterned dresses. Models for the show were chosen...

Author: By Ama R. Francis, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Fashion Show Makes Statement | 4/13/2008 | See Source »

Roiphe is participating in a segment of the conference which explores the role of sex in women’s lives. She said that political terminology like “sexual harassment” and “date rape” are often used too loosely to describe complex situations...

Author: By Maxwell L. Child, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Mansfield 'Pricks' P.C. Harvard | 4/11/2008 | See Source »

...Hollywood has good reason to court the Hispanic audience. Latinos buy more movie tickets per person than any other segment of the U.S. population. The median age of Hispanics in the U.S. is 27.4, nearly 10 years younger than the U.S as a whole, putting them squarely in the date-night demographic. "Studios are becoming more open to listening," says Ivette Rodriguez, president of American Entertainment Marketing, a firm specializing in marketing to the U.S. Latino consumer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Hispanic Hit at the Cineplex | 3/28/2008 | See Source »

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