SAFED, Israel (AFP) - - A far cry from the thrills of Spiderman and the sexy glam of Lois Lane, chaste and religious comics have become a hit among ultra-Orthodox Jews determined not to pollute their children's minds.
SAFED, Israel (AFP) - - A far cry from the thrills of Spiderman and the sexy glam of Lois Lane, chaste and religious comics have become a hit among ultra-Orthodox Jews determined not to pollute their children's minds.
Zhang Yaodong has no fear that his relatively low amount of screentime on the tv will make him forgettable in the minds of local audiences.
Labeled by the media as the CF (commercial) queen, Taiwanese pop princess Jolin Tsai certainly lives up to her reputation and took home a whopping S$9.5 million this year from her 10 advertisement deals.
Hong Kong Heavenly King Leon Lai was said to have thrown a makeup wedding dinner just to appease his infuriated boss, Peter Lam, CEO of East Asia Entertainment. According to Chinese news reports, Peter was furious at being kept in the dark of Leon's secret Las Vegas marriage to Gaile Lok and only discovered it after reading the newspaper.
BUCHAREST (AFP) - - Once the butt of jokes the world over, communist-era East European goods from sweets, to rustic washing machines and clunky cars are all the rage again.
BORDEAUX, France (AFP) - - Even as Chateau Lafite leads a surge for Bordeaux vintners in Asia, US retail prices for the same wines have skidded below wholesale cost as a major importer dumps stocks worth tens of millions of dollars.
SAFED, Israel (AFP) - - A far cry from the thrills of Spiderman and the sexy glam of Lois Lane, chaste and religious comics have become a hit among ultra-Orthodox Jews determined not to pollute their children's minds.
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