ARCHIPELAGO Restaurant invites you on a sensory dining journey amid the glow of golden Buddhas, dwarf palm trees and giant peacock feathers. The exotic tease of an undiscovered fragrance and the sensuous indulgence of tantalising global cuisine awaits you.

Our hallmark exotic dishes like crocodile, peacock and kangaroo feature comfortably alongside standard classics like chicken, fish, lamb and an array of inventive vegetarian options. This ensures ARCHIPELAGO's pre-eminence as London's culinary portal to world cuisine.

Whether it's a memorable romantic night out or a fun and adventurous evening with friends, ARCHIPELAGO delivers an evening to remember.

(Family Features) - Whether you are hosting a dazzling Hollywood-style gala or a small gathering with close friends and family for the 79th Annual Academy Awards show on Sunday, Feb. 25, one movie-favorite food — popcorn — is a must-have, Oscar-night treat. Most wouldn't view a movie without those large fluffy kernels, and the Oscars should be no different.

Red Carpet Party Pops — a festive and fun popcorn treat — is a clear winner for any celebration. The party pops are made with JOLLY TIME Blast O Butter — the only popcorn to be called "Ultimate Theatre Style Butter Microwave Pop Corn" and a top choice for movie night. Add some luscious, creamy melted caramel to lend the "stick" needed to shape these chocolate truffle-style treats. Top them off with a drizzle of sweet chocolate and pretzel "handle," and these party pops bring pizzazz to any party.

These yummy pops are a new twist on an old favorite and will make Oscar night, or any movie night with your family, a sweet treat.

Red Carpet Party Pops
Makes: about 6 dozen

1 3.5-ounce bag JOLLY TIME® Blast O Butter Microwave Pop Corn, popped
2 cups thin pretzel sticks broken into 1/2-inch pieces*
1 14-ounce package caramels, about 48, unwrapped
2 tablespoons water
Butter or margarine
About 72 whole thin pretzel sticks
1 cup (6 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips
Line 3 large cookie sheets with waxed paper; set aside. Spray inside of large mixing bowl with nonstick cooking spray.
Pop popcorn according to package directions. Open bag carefully and pour popcorn into large bowl; discard any unpopped kernels. Add broken pretzels to bowl; stir well.
In large microwave-safe bowl, microwave caramels and water, uncovered, on high 2-1/2 to 3 minutes or until melted and smooth, stirring every minute. Pour over popcorn and pretzels; stir until evenly coated. Let stand 5 minutes.
With buttered hands, shape popcorn mixture into 1-1/4-inch diameter balls; form each around a whole pretzel stick leaving bottom half of stick extending beyond popcorn ball to form "handles." Place on cookie sheets. Let popcorn balls stand until firm, about 15 minutes.
Melt chocolate chips according to package directions. Let cool 2 minutes; pour into a sandwich-size resealable plastic food storage bag. Squeeze out air; seal. Cut off small corner of bag. Holding by pretzel stick "handles," squeeze chocolate decoratively over popcorn balls. Return to cookie sheet. Let stand until chocolate is set, 1 to 1-1/2 hours. Store in tightly covered container.
*Break pretzels into 1/2-inch pieces before measuring.

Nutrients per serving: (1 pop): 70 calories, 2g total fat, less than 1mg cholesterol, 150mg sodium, 12g total carbohydrates, 1g dietary fiber, 1g protein

With a vision of preserving a culinary and cultural asset using the various traditional foods of Kraton Yogyakarta and in turn promoting this image to tourists and locals alike the restaurant Bale Raos was established. Bale Raos is a unique restaurant with a unique menu providing alternative cuisines to both Jogjanese and tourists alike.

Bale Raos is the only restaurant that serves the favorite cuisines of Sultan Yogyakarta, from HB VII until HB X. All the ingredients of the cuisine are made from traditional spices and concoctions.

Bale Raos provides several different menu options.
As Appetizer there are Tomat Soup (HB IX favorite menu), Timlo Soup (HB X favorite menu), Lidah Soup, Red Bean Soup, etc. As the Main Courses there are Sayur Klenyer (HB IX favorite menu), Daging Lombok Kethok (HB VII-IX favorite menu), Semur Ayam Panji (HB VII favorite menu), Semur Piyik (HB VII favorite menu), Gecok Ganem (HB IX favorite menu), Dendeng Ragi (HB IX favorite menu), etc.

Bale Raos has special offers on the menu such as Bebek Suwar-Suwir (HB IX favorite menu), Roti Jok (HB IX favorite menu), Dendeng Age (HB VIII favorite menu), etc.

Finally for Dessert Bale Raos serves traditional desserts with unique names and tastes like Manuk Nom (HB VII and HB VIII favorite menu), Semlo (HB IX favorite menu), Tapak Kucing, Prawan Kenes (HB VIII favorite menu), Jadah Manten (HB VII favorite menu), etc.

Bale Raos is located close to the Yogyakarta Sultan Palace, precisely at Magangan Kulon Street number 1, Kraton Yogyakarta. Its position is in the rear of the Kraton, next to Sarinah (batik and handycraft center). The building is like Joglo which reminds us of Javanese culture and its noble courtesy.

Britney Spears has set a date ... for her new album.

"Circus," the pop star's sixth studio album, will hit stores on Dec. 2 - her 27th birthday, Spears' label announced on Monday.

Among others, the singer enlisted the help of electronica producer Guy Sigsworth for her album, who previously partnered with Madonna and Alanis Morissette.

The new announcement comes as part of a steady comeback by the star, who is still under her father's conservatorship, after a rocky year and a half in which she lost custody of her two sons.

Spears began attracting positive attention again in May after looking like her old self during a shopping trip with pals. Since then, she's steadily stepped back into the limelight with select public appearances.

Spears also nabbed three awards at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sept. 7, taking home trophies for Video of the Year, Best Female Video and Best Pop Video.

Her last album, "Blackout," has sold 890,000 copies in the U.S. to date.

Spears' first single off her latest offering, "Womanizer," is scheduled to start airplay on Sept. 22.

Zhang ziyi shoots her new photos for ELLE magazine. No doubt this "Chinese face" is welcomed by all fashion magazines all over the world.

This is the sixth time she covers ELLE magazine. Zhang ziyi express confidence,brave,optimistic,and tolerance of Chinese female.

Actress Zhou Xun is set to dominate city cinema screens in the days to come and will show the many facets of love through three vastly different roles.

In The Equation of Love and Death (Li Mi de Caixiang), which opens on Sept 19, she plays a taxi driver who spends four years searching for her missing boyfriend; in The Painted Skin (Hua Pi) which kicks off later this month, she plays a pretty ghost who thinks she can control love; and in the romantic comedy Not All Women are Bad (Nuren Buhuai) which opens in December, she plays Fanfan, a girl exploring a "love elixir" to find Mr Right.

So, what is love? The roles Zhou plays provide the answers.

In The Equation of Love and Death

Li Mi's life revolves around the search for her missing boyfriend and she drives through Yunnan's zig-zag mountain roads, showing her boyfriend's photo to every passer-by, in a desperate bid for some clue.

The character reflects Zhou's own search for love. Director Li Shaohong, who has teamed up with her in many projects, says Zhou is someone who has been molded by her relationships and acting experience.

When in her early 20s, Zhou left her hometown in Zhejiang province to follow her boyfriend, then a rock singer, to Beijing.

She made a living by singing at small bars, earning about 150 yuan ($22) every night before Chen Kaige picked her up for some minor roles in his projects. But Zhou does not see herself as a beipiao, or someone who leaves his or her hometown for Beijing with dreams of stardom.

"They come to Beijing for a career break, I came for love," she says. "That's totally different."

The Painted Skin

Her devotion to the person she loves matches that of the character she plays. Her relationships, unlike most stars, are never low-key. Every time she falls in love, she makes her boyfriend known to the media and her fans.

"Li Mi's passion for love is similar to mine," she says. "I have that part too - sometimes it is hidden somewhere inside my heart, sometimes it jumps out I am happy I still have that part. By sharing my experience, I can help more people believe in love. Even if only one or two couples are moved by us, it would be a good thing."

But her wide publicity of her relationships has caused her deep hurt. While she was still with her last boyfriend, actor Li Yapeng, now husband of diva Faye Wong, she told the media that he satisfied all her fantasies about men.

They soon broke up.

Zhou was plunged into a depression for nearly two years. She seldom laughed or even talked during that period, but never spoke harshly about Li or the relationship. When she met her current boyfriend, Taiwan stylist Li Da-chih, she was once again her sweet and chirpy self. She even named one of her songs in her last album, Da-chih.

Tolerance in love is something she shares with the character Xiaowei, in the action thriller The Painted Skin.

Xiaowei is a jealous and mean vampire who falls in love with a human being. She finally realizes love is more about tolerance than control, after seeing the relationship the man shares with his wife.

Keira Knightley wants to get pregnant so people won't think she is anorexic. 'The Duchess' actress - who is often criticised for her slim figure - believes she would get a break from her detractors if she had a baby.

She said: "That's a good reason to have a kid. They won't say I'm anorexic any more. S**t, I've got to have a child."

The 23-year-old actress - who recently revealed she has been feeling "jumpy" after a passer-by jumped out and screamed abuse at her while she walked alone near her London home - also claims the constant questions about her weight are "not appropriate".

She added: "I can't win. One week I'm anorexic and now my curves are too big. I mean really? It's a joke. What's next? Am I too tall, too short? Well, I'm sorry I'm me. "It's so predictable to be asked about it, but to me it's not appropriate."

The star's actor boyfriend Rupert Friend - who she met on the set of 'Pride and Prejudice' - recently revealed he is in no rush to have children and is not planning to propose to Keira any time soon.

LOS ANGELES – Cameras flashing and films rolling, a crowd of paparazzi surrounded a police escort, trying to get the perfect shot of Britney Spears' little sister as she left the Los Angeles International Airport.

Just one snag: The woman wasn't Jamie Lynn Spears.

In what appears to be a case of the old switcharoo, airport police on Wednesday duped paparazzi at the crowded terminal by leading an unidentified woman — wearing sunglasses and looking away from cameras — down an escalator and through a hallway while the real Jamie Lynn and her baby girl safely left the airport from another area.

Police denied any trickery and said they were not escorting the woman.

"All (the officers) did was follow the crowd down to the baggage area," said Sgt. Jim Holcomb of the Los Angeles airport police. "The people they were following assumed that this was Spears because she was blonde."

Despite the denial, a video posted by TMZ showed several officers tucked in tight around the woman, some giving paparazzi repeated warnings to "keep backing up" and "keep moving."

Several in the crowd greeted the woman with, "Hello, Jamie," and "How's the baby?" and later learned she was a decoy.

Holcomb said it's against department policy to provide security for celebrities, but officers were willing to do it after the Spears family asked for an escort for Jamie Lynn, her baby, her mother and her older sister Britney, who ended up being a no-show.

"If there's extenuating circumstances, we can do what we need to do," Holcomb said. "If there was no baby — hey, you're on your own. You're an adult."

He said police were concerned with the possibility of shoving in the crowd of 100 photographers and about 50 Delta Air Lines employees waiting for the group.

Holcomb said celebrity treatment is nearly impossible to get at the airport.

"A lot of times someone will call and tell us that they're coming in with a bunch of cars. They just want to park at the curb, and we always say, 'No,'" Holcomb said. "They want recognition, some attention paid to them."

Holcomb said the incident is under review, but added that such debriefings are not unusual.

"I think someone got the best of the paparazzi this time," Holcomb said.

A message left with Jamie Lynn Spears' publicist was not immediately returned Thursday night.

The 17-year-old actress, the younger sister of pop singer Britney Spears, starred in Nickelodeon's "Joey 101" and won a Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Award for Favorite TV actress in 2006.