Word: dragone
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...movie can create a genre. When Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon became a worldwide smash, esteemed directors saw the chance to paint their visions on a larger canvas, and producers were happy to bankroll them. Zhang Yimou's Hero was one such honorable spinoff. Now comes He Ping's Warriors of Heaven and Earth, China's official entry for the foreign-language Academy Award...
Consider Carol Lee Lindner, a Haverford, Pa., housewife, who says her life changed several years ago, when she discovered dragon-boat racing--competition among colorful boats, each with 20 paddlers, a drummer and a steerer. She put together Philadelphia's first women's team, then organized an annual 1,400-competitor dragon-boat festival in the city, complete with an athletes' village and an awards ceremony. "At some point, you share the gifts you have with others, and that's where I am at 63," she says...
Meanwhile in Lebanon ... Lizard Alert Beirut's residents are in terror of a giant lizard that has been roaming the streets, killing cats, dogs and even a horse. Witnesses say the reptile is a Komodo dragon, thought to be a freed pet. Authorities appealed to nature and science TV channels for help in snaring the beast, which has so far eluded the best efforts of the civil defense to catch...
...successfully merge the two, that's when the magic happens." His goal: to use his fame to build a cultural bridge between East and West, playing Chinese music to Western audiences and vice versa. "The West is hungry now for Chinese culture - like the movie Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon with its music by Tan Dun," he says. "And in China, young people are devouring Shakespeare. Music moves people so deeply, it can really make them feel differently about each other." Official Website: www.langlang.com
...prose, the quiet subversion of his deadpan wit and, perhaps, for the fortitude, stoicism and sense of curiosity that had once been Britain's best contribution to the world-at-large. Yet those of us in Asia owe him a particular debt for his two post-war books, A Dragon Apparent and Golden Earth, which caught Vietnam, Laos and Burma as they will never be seen again. Even more than in his novels, in his study of the Mafia or in his description of the changes in a Spanish fishing village, the Asian books (joined later by works on India...