Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living (The Bruce Lee library)
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
Martial artists from a Kirkland school comprised the bulk of a small group gathered Friday at Bruce Lee's Seattle grave for what would have been his 69th birthday.
Premium Hollywood (Free subscription) | yesterday
The San Francisco-born, Hong Kong-raised master of martial arts would have been sixty-nine years old today. Here’s a brutally effective scene from “Fist of Fury” a.k.a. “The Big Boss” — sorry about not very good dubbing in the set-up, but this is how almost every one of my generation in the States first saw [...]
Baxojayz - Centricity (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
filemot (FIL-mot) noun, adjective The color of a dead or faded leaf: dull brown or yellowish brown. Etymology: From the corruption of the French term feuillemorte, from feuille (leaf) + morte (dead). Ultimately from Indo-European root bhel- (to thrive or bloom) that gave us flower, bleed, bless, foliage, blossom, and blade. Trivia What are citizens of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, called? Cariocas. Today...
touring crabs golf society (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
John - Monty - used to be perennial runner-up, but his best days are behind him. Matt - Sergio - present day perennial runner-up. Great ball striker - would win everything if only he could putt Gabs - John "Wild Thing" Daly - hits the ball miles but not necessarily in the right direction Pete - Tom Watson - getting on a bit, but still competitive Helen - Michelle Wie - could be great but...
ONE INCH PUNCH (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Inspired by the release of Ninja Assassin starring Korean star Rain, Mania.com came up with their list of the 8 Martial Arts Masters That Changed Cinema together with a bit intro and film clips. Their list includes Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi, Gordon Liu, Stephen Chow, Donnie Yen and Bruce Lee. To [...]
Backseat Cuddler (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Since we took the day off to eat turkey yesterday, we will give our Thanksgiving Day BIRTHDAY shout outs now! 1939 - Tina Turner (singer) - 70 1973 - Peter Facinelli (actor) - 36 1981 - Natasha Bedingfield (singer) - 28 Hope it was happy you guys! And for today we’ve got, 1940 - Bruce Lee (all around stud/actor) - 69 I [...]
Twitch (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
[Bruce took the day off yesterday to eat some turkey but he's back now. Here ends our A Bruce A Day series with a look at Lee's final completed film.] Though his life would end tragically just as he hit his prime, having completed just four feature films, at least Bruce Lee fans can take solace in the fact that the iconic performer left at the absolute peak of his game, his final completed work standing...
Film Experience Blog (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Do you ever celebrate the birthdays of your favorite movie folk? You should. Here are your options for 11/27 Michael Vartan, Bruce Lee 1940 Bruce Lee Chinese American trailblazer, 70s icon, legend. Without him, whose to say how long it would have taken martial arts films to gain as much international popularity? Without him, no Uma Thurman in a yellow track suit. 1951 Kathryn Bigelow director, action...
(Roughly) Daily (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
From b3ta user “The Great Architect,” a mash-up of two great 80s icons: Mr. E.T. (ToTH to Laughing Squid) As we rifle the shelves in search of those A-Team tapes, we might spare a memorial thought for two icons of the 60s and 70s, neither of whom lived to know either of the antecedents of today’s amalgam: [...]
The Untrusted (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Pope Urban II declared the First Crusade in 1095. Macy's in New York held their first annual Thanksgiving Day parade in 1925. The descent module of the Soviet Union's Mars 2 became the first man-made object to reach the surface of Mars when it crash landed in 1971. Helen Clark became the first elected female Prime Minister of New Zealand in 1999. Born today: Anders Celsius (1701-1744), Buster Merryfield...
The Inquisitr (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Bruce Lee: now comes in bear cub. Related posts:Bear Suicide: It does happenOld man fends off bear by ramming a branch down its throatI’d Hit It [cute overload]
ONE INCH PUNCH (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
LUMINA is a thriller web series written, directed, produced and starring Asian Americans and Asian Canadians, and the first season is up on www.luminaseries.com. LUMINA is a new indie thriller web series directed by first time Asian American director Jennifer Thym. The nine part series features an exciting international cast, including JuJu Chan (TVB People’s [...]
How to of the Day (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
I try to believe like I believed when I was 5... when your heart tells you everything you need to know. ~ Lucy Liu The same voice in your mind that told you to act, is the same voice that ridicules you later for making that choice. Unfortunately, it’s typical in our society to feel a conflict between what we want to do (our heart) and what we feel is practical (our mind). We end up living one...
Indy Star (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Bruce Lee Aldrich knew Rebecca Hough well as the clerk at a Near-Southside convenience store before he marched in last weekend and pointed a revolver at her, he told police.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
An Australia-based director's romance, a Taiwanese family drama and the story of a Chinese peasant guarding a cow are the unlikely trio of top contenders at the Chinese-language equivalent of the Oscars to be announced on Saturday.
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