01/09/2009
Bollywood kung fu film gets Hollywood hype from Warner (CBC)
Warner Bros. is planning a big push for North American audiences for Chandni Chowk to China, its first Bollywood Kung Fu film.
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01/09/2009
Bruce Lee's Last Home to Become a Hong Kong Tourist Attraction (Time Magazine)
Fans of the kung fu star hope the residence -- now a "love motel" -- will be a martial-arts mecca
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01/09/2009
New WMATA Video for Inauguration Day (DCist)
Another classic WMATA video for the collection (see the Peeps/Nationals Park , controversial Pope Benedict bobblehead , and Kung Fu littering videos for a history lesson). The subject of this latest comedy transit video is, of course, Inauguration Day, though we actually think Metro could run parts of this one year-round, since it includes sage advice about standing on the ...
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01/08/2009
Ubuntu Kung Fu (Slashdot)
Lorin Ricker writes "Back in the dark ages of windows-based GUIs, corresponding to my own wandering VMS evangelical days, I became enamored of a series of books jauntily entitled Xxx Annoyances (from O'Reilly & Assocs.), where "Xxx" could be anything from "Windows 95", "Word", "Excel" or nearly piece of software which Microsoft produced. These were, if not the first, certainly among the most ...
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01/07/2009
Kung Fu Panda (cnet.com.au)
This movie-inspired action game is fun while it lasts, but sadly that isn't very long.
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01/08/2009
Upcoming movies (Detroit Free Press)
"Chandni Chowk to China": The first-ever Bollywood kung-fu comedy. Not rated. "Che: Part One," "Che: Part Two": Director Steven Soderbergh's epic about the life of Latin American revolutionary Ernesto (Che) Guevara stars Benicio Del Toro. Rated R.
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01/07/2009
Bruce Lee's last home to be turned into a tourist site: owner (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The owner of Bruce Lee's former Hong Kong mansion has agreed to turn the property into a tourist destination commemorating the late kung fu legend, his advisor said Wednesday.
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01/08/2009
Might make you think twice about answering the door (Bromsgrove Standard)
1) Hancock 2) Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 3) Mummy - Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor 4) The Strangers 5) Kung Fu Panda 6) The Dark Night 7) Dangerous Bangkok 8) Babylon A.D.
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01/08/2009
Bruce Lee home to house his museum (Guardian Unlimited)
A Hong Kong townhouse which was once home to martial arts legend Bruce Lee is to be transformed into a museum in his memory, according to the Hollywood Reporter . The move comes after the building's owner made the surprise decision to donate it to the city where the kung fu icon first shot to fame, and follows a long-running campaign by fans. The two-story 5,700 sq ft (529 sq metres) ...
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01/06/2009
Bruce Lee Hong Kong home to be saved as tourist site (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
A philanthropic bid by a Hong Kong tycoon to preserve the one-time residence of kung fu legend Bruce Lee and transform it into a major tourist attraction honoring the film icon was approved Tuesday.
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