Digital Age Survivors, Japans Jazz Cafs Still Attract Fans It was never about the coffee. Long before customers had a choice of a double espresso or soy latte, Japanese flocked to coffee shops serving just a couple of kinds of beans, but an endless v...
In Whitney Houston's Hometown, Fans Pay Tribute Outside the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, fans and friends left messages, flowers and other outpourings to say goodbye and thank you to the star. Scribbled notes said her voice had brought goose bu...
Game of Jai Alai Struggles to Attract US Fans Jai Alai is not child's play. The ball weighs about 150 grams and flies at high speed around a playing court, called a fronton. That speed is dangerous and it is what powers the sport. Long time player Jo...
JAKARTA, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Two fans died in a stampede at the Southeast Asian Games football final in Jakarta, a report said on Tuesday. The two men, wearing Indonesian red-and-white football team T- shirts were taken to hospital at 8:30 p.m., arou...
Ancient Instrument's Twang Draws Global Fans The Jews harp, a plucked-mouth instrument found all over the world, has absolutely nothing to do with Jews. But it does have a distinctive sound and a lot of fans. Many of them have gathered at the North A...
BEIJING, May 19 (Xinhuanet) -- Hollywood's A-listers have bid a star-studded farewell to Oprah Winfrey in a double-taping of her talk show at Chicago's United Center. Winfrey's producers made good on their promise of the biggest stars of movies, musi...
BEIJING, April 6 (Xinhua) -- American music legend Bob Dylan on Wednesday night made a smooth debut in Beijing, heralding his long-awaited Chinese mainland concerts to mark the energetic(精力充沛的) artist's 50 years on the performance stage. Dy...
Football Fans Before A Game 赛前的球迷 Jo: Hello, Im Jo and welcome to this weeks Ask About Britainprogramme from BBC Learning English. Feifei: 大家好，我是冯菲菲。英国问答节目解答你对英国生活及文化方面的问题。 J...
FIFA sponsored fan parks have become a big hit around Johannesburg. There are three around the city. This one, in Newtown, near downtown, is the largest. Today, fans have gathered to watch Germany take on Serbia on this large screen. Thebe Moabelo sa...
Todd: So, usually, do people come up and talk to you after the show, or are people usually kind of shy and they don't know how to approach you? Eoin: Yeah, so that's another thing. I mean we have a CD stall and some people are very forward and they'l...
