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...edgy enough to build a base of acolytes. One of these was Geddes, who can be seen on the TIFF Midnight Madness blog in video footage of the audience from 1990; he's the one with the gothic cross. In 1992 he published a Hong Kong fanzine called Asian Eye, concentrating on action movies by the likes of Jackie Chan and John Woo, which were still found mainly in specialty video stores. That brought him to the festival's attention, though Cowan already knew him as a knowledgeable amateur. "Colin was always more than a fan," Cowan says. "Talking...
When TIME's Asian edition published an investigative story in 1999 demonstrating how Indonesian leader Suharto and his children had enriched themselves during his 32-year rule, the former dictator sued the magazine for libel. He asked for a remarkable sum of money - $27 billion - and he lost. The Central Jakarta District Court rejected his suit in 2000, a decision that was subsequently upheld by an intermediate appellate court and widely viewed as a victory for press freedom in the country...
...Indeed, to many movie critics from the U.S. and abroad, coming to TIFF is like visiting the home of some famous art collector. He takes you through rooms of his Picassos and Pollocks (the U.S., European and Asian masterworks), then leads you down a corridor where some gaudy daubs on lined paper are tacked to the walls and says brightly, "Now I'd like you to see my kid's paintings...
...case, given the sort of money they have to spend, it seems certain that any quibbles over the Weinsteins' cultural sensitivities will be drowned out by the gushing welcomes of Asian filmmakers. John Chong, the CEO of Hong Kong's Media Asia, one of the largest Chinese film studios, foresees something of a boom. "If they're successful very quickly," he predicts, "maybe more independent film producers will be coming into the China market and the Asia market." It wouldn't be the first time that the Weinsteins have blazed a trail...
Folk medicines: Some remedies popular in Hispanic and Asian communities are high in lead...