Screenhead (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
HBO’s Temple Grandin project has netted Julia Ormond, David Strathairn and Catherine O’Hara as part of its cast. The series will have Clair Danes starring as Grandin, one of the leading speakers on autism, whose unique experiences with the disorder led her to become one of the top scientists in humane livestock handling. Ormond will play [...]
Aesopian's Totally Awesome Journal (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
Jeff Rockwell is a brown belt under Ricardo de la Riva and runs a DLR affiliate school, teaching BJJ and MMA at LionHeart Fitness and Mixed Martial Arts in State College, PA. You can find the address and schedule at myspace.com/rockjitsu. Jeff Rockwell and Ricardo de la Riva. How did you get into BJJ? I got into the [...]
Patchchord (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
It's my birthday, so you're just going to have to pardon the narcissistic self-indulgence of me waxing nostalgic.
CLARE STREET (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
The truly magnificient and awe-inspring Golden Temple in Amritsar is the central and most sacrosanct temple for Sikhs or the believers and followers of Guru Nanak's religious teachings and ethical instructions. "Mr. Bruce Lee" outside Sikhs' Golden Temple
CLARE STREET (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
Outside the Golden Temple in Amritsar, I was stopped by a group of jovial and playful Punjabi school kids who called me "Mr. Bruce Lee". My bilingual Punjabi Hindu friend in Amritsar
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
Dan Kwong remembers as if it were yesterday the first time he saw Bruce Lee in all of his heavenly glory: "It was utterly mind-boggling," he says. "Here I was, in an audience predominantly composed of white men, and they were cheering - just cheering - for...
Mysterious China (Free subscription) | 29/09/2008
A few days ago, I wrote an article which commemorated Bruce Lee, I will write another article today. Nowadays, what Bruce Lee left is only a memory to most people, according to one’s own super Kung Fu, Bruce Lee becomes the first eastern superstar who enters Hollywood. Everybody would be excited who saw Bruce Lee’s [...]
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 29/09/2008
Film Reviews: Despite its focus on a potentially fascinating subject, "The Real Shaolin" is a curiously underwhelming docu about four martial arts students — two Chinese, two Westerners — who travel to China’s legendary Shaolin Temple, the reputed birthplace of kung-fu and Zen Buddhism, to seek training.
DVD Times (Free subscription) | 26/09/2008
DVD Video Review: Jet Li lays the smackdown on Japanese imperialism in Gordon Chan's highly revered remake of Fist of Fury. Finally available to own in almost pristine condition thanks to Dragon Dynasty.
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
(All times listed are ET/PT.) Tuesday, October 7 Starz Inside: Fantastic Flesh This Starz Originals special, hosted by Richard Roeper, takes an inside look at the creation and execution of some of Hollywood's most extraordinary special effects. 10 p.m. on Starz -- Grindhouse Presents Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror will air at 8:15 p.m. before the premiere of Starz Inside: Fantastic Flesh ...
The Croydonian (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
China Daily has a survey on American knowledge of China (in the broad rather than post '49) sense, and the results are a little dispiriting. I cannot access the source data, so am making do with CD's filleting of the findings. " The most famous Chinese people are Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee, Mao Zedong, Confucius, Jet Li, Yao Ming, Buddha, Lucy Liu, Genghis Khan and Chow Yun-fat, the survey found ". Of...
TheSMSGuide Blog (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
I am learning to understand rather than immediately judge or to be judged. I cannot blindly follow the crowd and accept their approach. I will not allow myself to indulge in the usual manipulating game of role creation. Fortunately for me, my self-knowledge has transcended that and I have come to understand that life is [...]
TheSMSGuide Blog (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
“Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.”
The FanHouse - NFL (Free subscription) | 24/09/2008
Filed under: Eagles , NFC East , NFL Fans FanHouse's Enrico Campitelli recently spoke with Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb in a wide-ranging interview , and one of the highlights has to be the in-depth discussion of how getting sacked by three Steelers was akin to Kareem kickin'-while-chillin' Bruce Lee in the chest. I saw the play live, and the four or five subsequent replays and never once did...
JoBlo (Free subscription) | 24/09/2008
While doing press for his upcoming film THE LUCKY ONES, Michael Pena revealed that Seth Rogen has offered him a role in the upcoming THE GREEN HORNET film, which Rogen wrote and will star in as the titular character. Although Pena would not specify which role he was offered, one would assume it is a major one, as Pena's star continues to rise, and rightfully so. Just recently it was announced that...
