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Ziyi is a small woman who packs a big punch. The star of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon can also be seen in Hero, out now on DVD. She spoke with TIME's Carolina A. Miranda about a life of martial artistry...
...feared as the Darth Vader of mom-and-pop toy shops (a helmet now worn by Wal-Mart). Analysts expect dozens if not hundreds of Toys "R" Us stores to close next year--funneling more shoppers to the discounters where they can just as easily pop a Harry Potter DVD in the cart and scrap the toy altogether. To help keep Toys "R" Us afloat, manufacturers are supplying it with more exclusives this year, like a Big Air Ball Tower from K'nex, though Target, for one, is also selling more exclusive toys...
Several of the toys expected to sell well this season are, in fact, those that incorporate video gaming and DVD technologies. Mattel's Fisher-Price introduced a game system called InteracTV this year, featuring DVDs with characters like Dora the Explorer; children as young as 3 interact with the videos via a push-button controller. VTech has a new video-game platform aimed at kids 3 to 7, called VSmile--for learning, of course. "Moms aren't happy when their kids want to play video games," says Julia Fitzgerald, a VTech marketing executive. "We wanted to take this play pattern...
...Winthrop Dining Hall on a Friday morning. He had spent the previous night at the Quad Formal. “I’m a little bit hungover right now,” says Narang, who recently turned 21. For his birthday, he got last season’s DVD of “The O.C.” and has since been indulging in viewing binges. He also unwinds by playing darts and whiffleball in his suite. And he still manages to sleep eight to ten hours nightly...
...originals geting rediscovered because people like [the] remakes.” But a look at the box office numbers on IMDbpro.com shows that the U.S. version of The Ring was released for $128 million in the U.S. and $230 million worldwide. The original Japanese version went straight to DVD. While the availability of any foreign films is an improvement over the former embargo, it’s doubtful whether mainstream American viewers will ever see them as more than just an art-house oddity...