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...Olympics might have made Ohno a hero in the U.S., but in South Korea he became a marked man when he was awarded the 1,500-m gold after Kim Dong Sung was disqualified for obstructing his path. (While trying to pass Kim, Ohno made an exasperated gesture that helped draw the referee's eye to the infraction.) Short-track skating is an obsession in Korea, and had Ohno been, say, Italian, his disputed victory might have made him a target of mere outrage. But at the time, tensions with U.S. soldiers based in Korea were escalating, and the undercurrent...
...byzantine as Medicaid rules, disqualify a film that's been shown on TV before its theatrical opening. So Why We Fight was out, because it had aired on the BBC (which co-produced it). As for Grizzly Man, we guess the selectors just didn't like it. Arthur Dong, a governor of the Academy's documentary branch, can't say why any film was refused because "we don't discuss the films among ourselves." But could he give his own opinion of Grizzly...
...actors break out in song, but Chan avoids cheesiness by embedding the musical scenes in a movie being shot inside his movie. Arty director Nie Wen (Cheung) is making a blockbuster musical in Shanghai, starring his longtime lover Sun Na (Zhou) and a hot Hong Kong idol, Lin Jian-dong (Kaneshiro). Nie's musical is set in a Chinese circus, which allows Chan to use acrobats, contortionists, fire-breathers, trapeze artists, clowns and dwarves to liven up the dance numbers. But the musical inside the movie is just a shadow play for the complex drama behind the scenes...
...ARRESTED. LIM DONG WON, 71, and SHIN GUNN, 64, former heads of South Korea's intelligence agency, on charges of illegal wiretapping during the 1998-2002 presidency of Kim Dae Jung; in Seoul. The spy chiefs allegedly snooped on 1,800 South Koreans, including prominent businessmen, politicians and journalists. They deny the charges. The so-called "x-files" scandal, which first came to light in July, prompted the September resignation of Hong Seok Hyun, South Korea's ambassador to the U.S., after a transcript emerged of him allegedly discussing illegal campaign financing in the 1997 presidential election. Although prosecutors...
...BOTANICALS AND HERBS Black cohosh is moderately effective in relieving many symptoms (but not hot flashes). Like other botanicals, such as red-clover leaf, dong quai and ginseng root, it needs more research...