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When Herve told his parents he was off to Southeast Asia for a few months, he talked of Angkor Wat, Vietnamese hill tribes, pristine Philippine beaches. He'd meet new people, he told his folks, and immerse himself in foreign culture; this would be an exploration, a journey for body and spirit. Put like that, his Parisian parents sent him off with their blessings. But lying in a hammock on a hostel's veranda in Phnom Penh with a girl under each arm and a beer on the table, it's clear Herv?'s main discovery is that $10 will...
...forecasts for China's future are a bit like harried traffic cops on Shanghai's streets pointing in two directions at the same time. The nation is not nearly as vulnerable to export slumps because its own consumers are spending like mad on everything from cars to vacations at Angkor Wat. That could well keep growth rates at the current 7%. But China also has other big problems?most notably corruption?that threaten to stifle growth. Either way, there is a general consensus that China is a serious competitor to the rest of Asia. And assuming nations in the region...
...merely observing it, are liable to sit in their local cineplex with itchy trigger thumbs. So Paramount is pulling out all the stops to make its flick an eye-catching thrill ride for gamers, filming in locations ranging from the lavish set at Pinewood to the legendary temples of Angkor Wat in Cambodia, bringing in Con Air's Simon West to direct and, most important, hiring Angelina Jolie to star...
...prints are scattered around Croft Manor). And rather than spending the whole movie in the game's traditional green tank top and khaki shorts, Jolie goes through 13 costume changes, including an Eskimo parka and a monk's robe. While sweating it out on the steamy, mosquito-ridden Angkor Wat temple set in Siem Reap, Cambodia, Jolie kept her irreverent sense of fun. "In some ways, it's a good job Billy's not here and I'm in a monk's costume," she said, referring to her husband, actor Billy Bob Thornton. "Otherwise we'd be out in those...
...prints are scattered around Croft Manor). And rather than spending the whole movie in the game's traditional green tank top and khaki shorts, Jolie goes through 13 costume changes, including an Eskimo parka and a monk's robe. While sweating it out on the steamy, mosquito-ridden Angkor Wat temple set in Siem Reap, Cambodia, Jolie kept her irreverent sense of fun. "In some ways, it's a good job Billy's not here and I'm in a monk's costume," she said, referring to her husband, actor Billy Bob Thornton. "Otherwise we'd be out in those...