All Culture
Five secrets to fabulous fried riceFried rice is a favorite Asian staple, but did you know it works best with cold leftover rice? Here are some helpful hints for making this crowd-pleasing meal at home.
Aged white cheddar and broccoli soup with chorizoCheesy and warm, but also spicy and smokey, this soup will please both kids and parents. The chorizo and aged white cheddar make it different from your average bowl broccoli cheddar soup.
Halloween leftovers: Peanut butter cup and Snickers crunch browniesBake your way through some of that extra Halloween candy with this three-layer ooey-gooey brownie recipe.
Heidi Klum: no makeup for charity, 'empowerment.' Really?Heidi Klum is ditching her lipstick as part of a BBC Children in Need 'Go BearFaced' campaign, which encourages women to spend Nov. 9 without makeup. But one mom wonders: How do more Heidi Klum photos help girls?
Christopher Walken stars as a talented cellist in 'A Late Quartet''Quartet' follows a group of musicians that's disrupted by the health problems of one of their members.
Sean Penn turns in an over-the-top performance in 'This Must Be the Place'Sean Penn stars as a burned-out former rock star聽in 'This Must Be the Place.'
Denzel Washington in 'Flight' (+trailer)Some elements don't quite coalesce, but 'Flight' is a pretty good nail-biter.
'Orchestra of Exiles' shines a light on little-known historyThe documentary about violinist Bronislaw Huberman, who saved Jewish musicians during the Holocaust by recruiting them for his orchestra, has too many reenactments but some great footage of conductor Arturo Toscanini.
Election 2012: We're all candidates for change, especially middle-schoolersElection 2012 future shock: Issues and information are evolving at exponential rates. That makes the job of citizenship and voting pretty important 鈥� because, as this principal, whose 2008 middle-schoolers are voters now, sees it, we're all candidates for change.
One child policy up for reform in China?One child per family is all the Chinese government currently permits its urban citizens 鈥� rural families are allowed two children if the firstborn is a girl. The highly unpopular policy should be phased out, according to a new report by a Chinese government think tank.
Too much leftover Halloween candy? Use it to make a delicious hot drink.Halloween hot chocolate (think: liquid candy) is a great way to use up Halloween treats.
Blake Shelton cleans up at CMA awardsBlake Shelton took home the CMA Entertainer of the Year, Best Male Vocalist, and "Song of the Year." Blake Shelton wrote "Over You" with his wife, Miranda Lambert.
The X Factor Final 12 revealedX Factor recap: After tricking their audience by airing their first live show on Halloween, The X Factor returned on Thursday to reveal their top 12 contestants.
Top Picks: 'Deathly Hallows' Ultimate Edition, Barbra Streisand's unreleased recordings, and moreKen Burns returns with 'The Dust Bowl,' National Geographic's Andrew Evans documents his travels on Twitter, and more top picks.
Cinnamon nut crunch shortbreadTop a basic shortbread dough with cinnamon-sugar nuts. Almonds, walnuts, and pecans all work. Then sprinkle powdered sugar over the top of each piece for an extra-special touch.- Bronco Bama Girl: Tired of presidential politics!Four-year-old Abigael Evans went viral as Bronco Bama Girl this week. Her mother captured her on video bursting into tears at one too many National Public Radio stories on the election: "I'm tired of Bronco Bama and Mitt Romney," she sobbed over the endless news coverage of the 2012 presidential election. NPR issued her an apology.
'The Office' spin-off 'The Farm': What's its status?'The Office' character Dwight Schrute was scheduled to star on a spin-off airing on NBC called 'The Farm.' What's happening with the show?
Anti-bullying: Gay agenda, or not, the most vulnerable are losingAnti-bullying movements, accused by conservative 海角大神s of having a gay agenda, do tend to focus on gay victims because studies show they鈥檙e bullied most; but anti-bullying hype inflates what bullying really is. Both sides may be missing the point: helping the most vulnerable.
Hollywood gets back to biblicalSeveral Bible-based projects, including 'Noah' starring Russell Crowe and two separate treatments of the story of Moses, are due in theaters over the next few years.- Verbal EnergyThe unbearable smartness of beingThe Monitor's language columnist feels the lexical ground shifting on just what 'smartly' means.
