Word: chowed
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...sequel of sorts to Wong's In the Mood for Love, which premiered at Cannes in 2000 and enjoyed worldwide acclaim. That movie, set in Hong Kong in 1962, concerned the furtive affair of a married journalist, Chow Mo-wan (Leung), and a married woman (Maggie Cheung) who lives in the same boarding house. The new film follows Chow's erotic adventures for the next decade or so, mainly with the alluring Bai Ling (Zhang Ziyi), and occasionally dips into the past, in reveries of Lulu the vamp (Carina Lau) and the tragic-masked Su Lizhen (Gong Li). Chow...
...working with the Iraqis--senior officers insisted they be identified only as "advisers"--do not hold out much hope that their charges will be prepared to take over from the U.S. anytime soon. "They have no sense of discipline," says one sergeant. "We do our job and think of chow after. They want to break for chow as quickly as possible." But the Americans also sympathize with the Iraqis' complaints that they can't stand up to anyone with such shoddy equipment. "They don't have their own flak jackets--the fastest ones get them, the rest go without," says...
...Stephen Chow, her director and co-star in Shaolin Soccer, who showed Zhao she still had much to learn. "I wanted a challenge," she says, "and he really gave it to me. In China people think I'm cute; he didn't let me look cute. People say I have big eyes; he taped them down. My old characters were all kind of wild; here I was very subdued. Everything I did before, he reversed." She also learned to pay new attention to the camera. "I'd gotten so used to it, doing TV shows, that I'd started...
Bugs. Some people study them, a few keep them as pets, but most prefer to keep them on the squashing end of a rolled-up newspaper. Still others fry them up, sprinkle on seasoning and chow 'em down. If you travel to Southeast Asia, bring an open mind?you might find the creatures surprisingly tasty...
...added a riot of color and texture to its normally simple, monotone line?including a multihued pinstripe button-down shirt with a sheer black chiffon back?expects to see a big payoff, especially in China. "Chinese like colors and more fancy details," explains the label's marketing director, Priscilla Chow, who emphasizes her point by rubbing her fingers against the rough lacy trim of one of its soft polyester dresses. "They are willing to pay more for their clothes now?but they want their money's worth." Given the opulent handiwork behind the latest collections, it looks like they...