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10 Chinese New Year Foods That Sound Pretty Good
[masterslider id=”1″] The Chinese New Year takes playing with food to a whole new level, and paronomasia is the name of the game. Sound—namely homophones, words that sound alike but have different meanings—determines many of the ritual foods that make the Chinese feast, not taste. For example: “fish” (yu ?),…
2013 Preview: Milestone film anniversaries
‘Risky Buisness,’ ‘Sleepless in Seattle’ and ‘Cleopatra’ (Photo: Everett Collection) An epic that broke up two marriages, nearly killed a film studio, and reigned as the most expensive film ever made for 30-plus years. A thriller that made flocks of birds a fearsome sight for an entire generation. Throw in…
Tune in Sunday: Oscars 2013 Live Blog
Join us Sunday, February 24, for full coverage of the Oscars ceremony and the best movies of 2012. Escorting you through the evening will be Yahoo! editors Vera H-C Chan, Jason Sickles and Virginia Heffernan. And that’s not all: Oscars 2013 at a glance Yahoo! Oscars live preshow: 6-8 p.m….
9 Food Trends to Look for in 2015
[masterslider id=”4″] Bacon’s fading, but beef jerky’s still in. Sweet has gone savory, and savory has sweetened up. And yes, bananas are still everywhere. Yahoo Food stopped by the Winter Fancy Food Show in San Francisco, where over 1,300 new specialty foods and beverages were on display. We went, we…
Double Grammy Whammy: Meet Ryan Heffington, the Choreographer Behind ‘Chandelier’ and ‘We Exist’
Chandelier choreographer Ryan Heffington has been called mad (with a sewing machine), a cult trainer (for his Sweaty Sunday classes at his dance studio), an electric, all-around creative force, and dance genius more times than you could count. To look at his handlebar mustache and long hair, you wouldn’t be…
Recap: The Breakout Searches for January 2015
Terrorist attacks, crime sprees, and pageantry. Take a gander at the top January searches on Yahoo that had people digging into the month’s biggest stories and quirkiest scandals. For a deeper dive into the big January stories, take a gander here. Technical hoohaw: These are the search terms that had…
Recap: Hebdo, #twirlgate, and Other Big Stories You Searched in January
Yahoo Search sends out big signals about what the world cares about. In January, we saw searches and trending stories on people taking to the streets to advocate for freedom of speech and transgender acceptance. On the sports liberation front, women broke world records in between twirling controversies. And the…
How To Boil an Egg: The Science, the Controversy, and the Perfect Yolk
[masterslider id=”5″] Year after year, the most common how-to questions on Yahoo searches revolve around tying neckties, getting rid of fruit flies, and boiling eggs. Compared to the 177,147 ways to do the first and man’s pitched battle with pests, cooking an egg should be pretty straightforward—after all, we’ve been…
The Year’s Obsessions
How does one qualify as an obsession? In the case of this top 10 list of search terms, it’s a jab-hook combo of search volume and growth. Yahoo first launched 10 Obsessions of 2010, which featured the likes of “Jersey Shore,” Facebook, bedbugs, and Stieg Larsson’s “The Girl” thrillers. And…