Chinese celebrate Dragon Boat Festival
A girl points at rice dumplings hung at a street stall in Shanghai June 4, 2008. The Dragon Boat Festival falls on June 8 this year. As a tradition, p ... english.people.com.cn |
Chinese duo atop Olympic trampoline qualifications
Lu Chunlong led a Chinese one-two in the Olympic men's trampoline qualifying while his compatriot He Wenna topped the women's event on Saturday. &$ &$Huang Shanshan of China poses to the audience after she finishes her first routine at the women's qualification during the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games trampoline event, in Beijing, China, Aug. 16, 2008. She ranked 14th in the qualification and was eliminated from the final ... english.people.com.cn |
Fallen Soldiers, Coming Home in Public
The rethinking of the ban on pictures of coffins returning the war dead comes at a highly political moment. nytimes.com |
Nat Finkelstein, ‘Court Photographer’ of Andy Warhol’s Factory, Dies at 76
Mr. Finkelstein’s photographs of Andy Warhol, Edie Sedgwick and the Velvet Underground are among the most famous images of Warhol’s Factory and its revolving cast of characters nytimes.com |
Putting the Indie Back in Sundance
Can Sundance’s new director redefine not just the festival but also the entire independent film industry? nytimes.com |