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...like an A-to-Z list of the region's most beautiful, bankable and influential. Besides the stellar leads, Hong Kong actor/director Donnie Yen, the high-flying martial artist known for his rhythmic, graceful style, pits his gravity-defying leaps against Li in a scene that will have kung fu fans roaring for more. Working in three languages (Mandarin, Cantonese and English) and vastly different styles, these actors helped forge the martial-arts genre that made Hong Kong film's name...
...Weasel That first night of the concert turned out to be my favorite. The next day, Saurday Jan.13, had its high points - R.E.M. turned in a great set - and Sunday, January 14, the hard rock night, featured not only Pato Fu, a promising local hard rock band, and Nacao Zumbi, a cool local electronica outfit, it also Guns N' Roses, and they're always interesting to make fun of (at 3 a.m. on Saturday, there were about a dozen kids waiting outside of Axl Rose's hotel, waiting for a glimpse...
...year-old Staten Island, N.Y., native, made what he called a pilgrimage to China. After being forced from Tiananmen Square for displaying a self-promoting billboard, Diggs took to the hills. To be specific, he ascended Wu-Tang Mountain, where according to legend (his), he was received by kung fu masters at several monasteries. As Diggs exited a Shaolin temple, he says, a crowd of several hundred children awaited him. He proceeded to communicate the only way he knew--by rapping. "They didn't speak English, but I blew their minds and they all came asking for autographs and pictures...
...brand was born in 1992, when the group became an underground sensation by developing an urban-gangster-as-warrior persona based on old kung fu movies (RZA's passion). Wu-Tang has since evolved into a hybrid of Pokemon and Dungeons and Dragons, prepackaged for suburban teens and complete with video games, comics and, coming soon, animated films. It's all embodied in Wu-Tang's stamp of approval, a Batman-like chubby...
...three-year hiatus after their 1997 record-setting double album Wu-Tang Forever, the group's Wu-Wear clothing line hit $15 million in annual sales, a new Wu comic-book line briefly nudged out X-Men for the top spot in the country, and its first kung fu video game sold 600,000 units for Sony PlayStation. Six Clan members recorded successful solo albums...