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Cooking videos make mother a viral star

Lin Lan, 73, isn’t really sure how social media works, but she is one of its stars. Videos of her cooking traditional Chinese dishes with her daughter Lisa have gone viral. Lin has become an online mother figure and cooking teacher for thousands of young people. Lisa takes her mother’s recipes, which often have a dozen spices and other hard-to-find ingredients, and adjusts them for her followers. “I’m targeting an audience that isn’t my mom, but people like me who grew up with these foods but don’t necessarily know how to cook them,” Lisa told The Washington Post.

George Clooney returns to TV with Catch-22

George Clooney will return to TV for the first time in 20 years with an adaptation of the classic novel Catch-22, and said on Monday the Hulu series set in World War II aims to tell a timeless story about the insanity of war. Clooney said he was drawn in because the writers “did an amazing job unspooling these characters” for the six-episode series that will be released on Hulu on May 17.

Thought Box that you put over your head to think

With the Thought Box, a $650 cardboard and fabric box that you put over your head, you can enjoy some personal place anywhere. The Thought Box is exactly what it sounds like — a box to help you think. Just put the box over your head and use the earplugs that come with it to detach from everything around you and just think. The Thought Box kit is made in Britain and consists of a cardboard and fabric box, an internal plastic helmet, ear plugs, and five interchangeable colored fabric filters to suit your mood.