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...suspected heart failure or aneurysm; in Lyon. A member of Cameroon's victorious team at the African Cup of Nations in 2002, the midfielder spent most of his professional career with French clubs Lens and Lyon?winning the French-league title with both teams?and with England's West Ham United and, most recently, Manchester City (on loan from Lyon). Fo?'s death stoked criticism that crowded football schedules are becoming dangerously taxing for players and renewed criticism of the Confederations Cup as a gimmick to generate income for the F?d?ration Internationale de Football Association between World Cup competitions...
...hard look at modern urban China in his On the Wall series, in which a schoolgirl sits astride walls facing the cold skyscrapers of Guangzhou, Shenzhen and other cities. Comment on the brash new consumerist society sprouts up in Beijing artist Song Dong's Edible Bonsais, miniature landscapes of ham hock mountains, prosciutto hills and broccoli-flower trees. "What About China?" doesn't pretend to be comprehensive - it doesn't include unofficial artists or those from the worldwide diaspora - but it does provide an introductory look at some of the creative instincts within the awakening giant. Thanks to its playful...
...this day they remain the only Hong Kong band to have made the transition from underground obscurity to mainstream stardom. From their first single?1987's Songs of Yesterday?they've achieved this by espousing an openhearted, socially aware brand of rock that compensates for its occasional ham-fistedness with endearing sincerity. Through 27 albums, their songs of protest and peace have touched on everything from human rights to China's social contradictions to the aspirations of ordinary Hong Kongers. One of their most famous songs, 1990's Days of Glory, is about Nelson Mandela: "Today there's only...
...plans would have created more black districts. In the end, 51 rebels checked into a Holiday Inn, where they were booked two to a room. Monday morning they went to the Denny's attached to the hotel to work on strategy while fortifying themselves with Moons over My Hammy (ham, cheese and scrambled-egg sandwiches). At 3 a.m., the Democrats were awakened and brought down to the Holiday Inn basement, where they camped out with the media because of tornado warnings...
...prone tribute concert in memory of a late, legendary folk music producer. The premise is just the sort of odd episode that Guest has mined so skillfully in the past, but this time around he maintains little of the comic consistency that he has previously captured, settling instead for ham-handed punch-lines and tonally confused subplots. Guest’s distinctive mockumentary technique is not yet stale, but this latest creation arrives disappointingly undercooked. A Mighty Wind screens...