Singapore's best dim sum restaurant

Singapore's best dim sum restaurant -- Recommended: Golden Peony

It?s easy to find dim sum in Singapore, but to find dim sum with finesse -- that's another challenge. 

?The chef doesn?t just create the usual suspects," says expert panel member Dominic Khoo, who loves the broad strokes of innovation at Golden Peony. "There?s always interesting dim sum, such as the steamed scallop and prawn wrapped in golden-fried bean curd topped with crab roe, which are also served in exact portions.?

Like its food, Golden Peony bucked the trend years ago by deciding to serve its dim sum with a contemporary twist, and be it skill or presentation, it?s always firmly anchored itself in the fine-dining league.

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Justin Bieber Shocked, Then Stoked About Grammy Noms

Best New Artist nominee's My World 2.0 up for 2011 best pop award.
By Gil Kaufman


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Though he was a bit tongue-tied when host LL Cool J asked him to react to his Grammy nomination for Best New Artist on Wednesday night during the "Grammy Nominations Concert Live!" special, Justin Bieber got his thoughts together a short time later and had a lot more to say about the honor.

"Just went to bed and thought I was nominated for 1 #grammy and was already freakin out ... then @scooterbraun [Bieber's manager] just called me ... 2 nominations!!," the 16-year-old star tweeted from London.

And as the news of his first-ever Grammy noms sunk in, Bieber couldn't contain his enthusiasm.

"What!?!? what?!?!!? 2!! #Heck yes!! Love everyone. Never say never!!!," he wrote, adding, "Win or lose ... this is #crazy!! the Grammys!!! #Holy crap!!!"

Those reactions were a bit more enthusiastic than the ones he gave on-air with host LL. During a brief back-and-forth on the show after Paramore's Hayley Williams announced the nominees for Best New Artist, Bieber seemed stunned and was at a loss for words when the rapper asked him how it felt.

"Wow. It feels amazing. I can't believe I'm in this position. I want to thank all my fans, everybody. I want to thank ... the board. I don't know what to say," Bieber stammered.

The teen idol has some pretty stiff competition in the new-artist category, including rapper Drake, buzz bands Florence & the Machine and Mumford & Sons and a dark-horse candidate, jazz singer Esperanza Spalding.

There aren't any slouches in the other category Bieber snagged a nomination in, either. His My World 2.0 will face off in the race for Best Pop Vocal Album against releases from Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Susan Boyle and John Mayer.

Bieber performed his hit "Favorite Girl" on the Grammy concert special and later posted a video with a more-enthusiastic reaction to his double nomination.

"Hey everyone, it's 3 in the morning over here in London, and LL Cool J just told me I'm a Grammy-nominated artist," Bieber says in the clip, sitting calmly on a stool in a green-screen studio.

"I was a little nervous, shell-shocked. I didn't really get to show you guys how I really feel," he admits, before jumping out of his seat and shouting, "Yes! Yes! I am a Grammy-nominated artist! Never say never! Never say never!" as he spins in circles, pumps his fists and spikes his baseball hat on the ground.

The Best New Artist nod must have been especially sweet for JB, since just this January at the 2010 Grammy Awards, he and Ke$ha presented the statue in that category, and he said he was looking forward to possibly being on the stage again in 2011.

Who do you think will win the Grammy for Best New Artist? Tell us your prediction in the comments below!

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Kirsten Dunst Meets Missing Woman's Family For 'All Good Things'

'I think they're so relieved that the story is being told,' actress says.
By Kara Warner


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Photo: MTV News

When an actor takes on a role based on a real person or event, one of the best ways for them to get into the head of the person they're playing is to meet with them or someone close to them. In the case of Kirsten Dunst's preparation for the upcoming thriller "All Good Things" (which is based on real events), however, her in-person meeting with her character's family was more difficult than enlightening: The woman she plays, Kathleen Durst, disappeared in 1982 and hasn't been found.

"I met Kathie Durst's brother, and I guess what would have been her niece," Dunst told MTV News recently during a press day for "All Good Things." "We went over to their house. It was really nice, but it was difficult, because I'm playing someone who was so dear to them that went missing. I just listened, basically," she explained.

"I think that, for them, it's still difficult to talk about. I'm not going to probe with questions. That's a really intimate environment, and I was invited to their home," Dunst continued.

She went on to say that what stayed with her long after the meeting was the family's continued love for Kathie. Dunst also came away with a sense of sympathy for the woman, who fell in love with a charming, yet troubled man from a very powerful family.

"I can see how when someone falls in love with someone who can take you away financially, is very wealthy, sometimes you lose touch with your family and what's really going on," she said.

Regarding how the family is dealing with a big-screen adaptation of their loved one's tragic tale, Dunst said she believes they feel a sense of relief.

"It seems difficult for them to know that this man who did this to her, his family, no one helped or did anything, and [Kathie's family] didn't have the means to help find her," she said. "So, I think they're so relieved that the story is being told and brought to light."

And despite the ominous, slightly creepy tone of the film — due in large part to Ryan Gosling's chilling portrayal as Kathie's scarred, bottled-up husband — Dunst said the discomfort is worth it.

"I think that the performances are really strong, and I think that because it's a true story and it's so shocking. It's just unbelievable and frightening, but also you get this love story," she explained. "A lot of things are happening in this film, and it's still an unsolved mystery, and I think that always makes everything so much more believable."

"All Good Things" opens in New York on Friday, and Los Angeles and additional cities December 10.

Check out everything we've got on "All Good Things."

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Dave Grohl, Josh Homme, John Paul Jones Unveil Supergroup

Them Crooked Vultures make their debut with a post-Lollapalooza set.
By James Montgomery


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Officially, Lollapalooza ended Sunday night in Chicago's Grant Park, with dueling sets from the Killers and Jane's Addiction. Unofficially, it ended very early Monday morning, across town at venerable rock club the Metro, with a surprise show by Them Crooked Vultures.

To the unfamiliar, the Vultures might seem like an odd choice to close out Lolla weekend ... until you realize that they're made up of Foo Fighters frontman/ former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl, Queens of the Stone Age mastermind Josh Homme and Led Zeppelin legend John Paul Jones. And their gig at the Metro was their world premiere.

According to some reports, the Vultures actually turned down Lollapalooza founder Perry Farrell's request to replace the Beastie Boys as headliners at the festival, opting to debut in front of some 1,100 super-psyched fans at the Metro, rather than 75,000 in Grant Park (tickets for the gig were announced via Foo Fighter/ QOTSA fan clubs). Meaning that, in a lot of ways, this was the most sought-after ticket in town.

Taking the stage just after midnight, the Vultures — Grohl on drums (of course), Homme on guitar and vocals, Jones on bass and keys and frequent QOTSA contributor Alain Johannes on guitar — ripped through 12 songs in 80 minutes, all taken from their upcoming debut, which may or may not be called Never Deserved the Future, and may or may not be hitting stores on October 23 (early "promo" videos touting both those facts were revealed over the weekend to be hoaxes perpetrated by QOTSA fans).

The songs, with appropriately Homme-ian titles like "Scumbag Blues," "Mind Eraser (No Chaser)," "Caligulove" and "Interlude w/Ludes," sounded pretty much how you'd expect, given the band's pedigree. They rocked, hard — Chicago Tribune critic Greg Kot described them as "fresh, invigorating and just plain nasty" — delving off into psychedelic, reverb-filled excursions and exploring proggy territory, "both of the old-school Yes variety, and the more modern Tool flavor," according to the Chicago Sun-Times' Jim DeRogatis.

It's not known if Monday's Metro performance was a one-off event for the Vultures — there have been whispers of a full-blown tour, but a spokesperson for Homme had not responded to MTV News' request for comment at press time. Nor was it clear whether or not they'll have an album out in October.

Early Monday, a Crooked Vultures Twitter account, which had previously posted links to the band's official-looking Web site and the Metro's online ticketing site — posted a link to what appears to be the group's first bit of official merchandise: a Deserve the Future T-shirt. Cost: $30.

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Two wheels better than four in Tokyo

cycling in tokyo

Relatively flat and bisected by rivers and quiet backstreets, Tokyo is perhaps the best major city in the world for cyclists, especially in the cool dry winter months before the spring rains and summer humidity.

The mama-chari (?mother chariot?) push-bike is one of Tokyo?s defining features -- an estimated 20 million are on the streets -- most being used for the home-to-train-station commute.

An increasing number of citizens are also realizing that a sturdy mountain bike or sleek racing bike can take them to almost anywhere in the city within an hour or two. With a bike, the journey from door to door is often faster than it is using trains or buses.

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Source: http://www.cnngo.com/tokyo/life/two-wheels-better-four-tokyo-645357

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Singapore's best brunch

Singapore's best brunch -- Recommended: One-Ninety

The Four Seasons string of hotels has a long tradition of putting on spectacular Sunday brunches, and its Singapore property does not disappoint.

On any given Sunday, the One-Ninety restaurant is packed with diners holding onto plates piled high with freshly made pancakes, coddled eggs, slivers of seafood and nibbling on as much cheese as their stomachs can handle.

For the families, there's an additional draw, the option of shelving the kids (from five to 11 years old) away at the Kid?s Playland, where they'll stay busy face painting and playing video games; when they're not stuffing their faces. 

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Source: http://www.cnngo.com/singapore/eat/cnngos-best-eats-awards-2010/singapores-best-brunch-506275

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