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...mission to save sweet Nancy (Jessica Alba) from a serial killer. Marv (Mickey Rourke, whose fallen-angel smile peeks through pounds of makeup) is an ex-con avenging the death of the one beautiful woman who ever did him a favor. Dwight (sturdy, haunted Clive Owen), on the lam from the law, protects the city's only honorable citizens: the hookers...
...Leung plays Lam, a master burglar out to nick a pair of ultra-valuable currency-printing plates, which, if they fell into the wrong hands, would allow criminal forces to flood the U.S. market with counterfeit bills. That's why both Korean mobsters and "Arab dissenters," in the curious words of Leung's character, are desperate to get their own hands on the goods. (Maybe they've invested heavily in the euro.) Leung nabs them, but on his way to claim his reward from a grateful U.S. government, he's waylaid and re-robbed by rival thief Owen Lee (Richie...
...developer-were shortlisted, and last month, their proposals were unveiled at an exhibit replete with detailed models and video simulators. So far, more than 60,000 people have gone to take a look. "At the end of the day, it comes down to the people's wishes," says Colin Lam, vice chairman of Henderson Land Development, one of the final three bidders. "It was bound to be political and will boil down to the dollar sign itself...
...similar change three years ago and saw annual betting income surge 82%. Indeed, there are echoes of the Laffer curve in Wong's proposal: allowing individuals to keep more of their winnings may actually maximize overall revenues. "I'll bet more if there's more money to win," says Lam Siu-kit, a 54-year-old security guard who goes to the track every week...
There is also a cultural duality to the design aesthetic of the young Asian designers. Derek Lam, 38, who was born in the U.S. but has lived in Hong Kong, sees the influence of Asian propriety and restraint in his clothes. And even though he has worked for American sportswear giants like Michael Kors, he still refers to what he calls an Asian sense of rusticity, evident in the handiwork on a muslin cardigan or the Chinese floral block print on a shirt. In the spring collection he showed last week--his fourth--Lam brought out pastel chiffon tea dresses...