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...more than 800 television spots. DIED. ALEXANDER PROKHOROV, 85, winner of the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physics for his role in inventing laser technology; in Moscow. Prokhorov's contribution created a whole new realm of science: optical technology. DIED. WANG RUOSHUI, 75, Chinese intellectual banned from publishing in the mainland; in Boston. Wang acted as the senior editor of the People's Daily until he was fired in 1987 for advocating democracy. He and his wife Feng Ai moved to Cambridge last year to take positions as visiting scholars at Harvard University. RETIRED. YVES SAINT LAURENT, 65, famed designer...
...year ago, Zhang, the daughter of a Beijing economist and a kindergarten teacher, was a sophomore at China Central Drama College. Then the stampede began. The Berlin Film Festival welcomed her debut feature, The Road Home, a visual love letter to the young actress from top Mainland director Zhang Yimou, who had earlier wrapped Gong Li in his stardust (and who is said to be romantically involved with his new protege). Then Crouching Tiger triumphed at Cannes, and with critics and the discerning public. By year's end she had become one of Esquire's Women We Love...
...year ago, Zhang, the daughter of a Beijing economist and a kindergarten teacher, was a sophomore at China Central Drama College. Then the stampede began. The Berlin Film Festival welcomed her debut feature, "The Road Home," a visual love letter to the young actress from top Mainland director Zhang Yimou, who had earlier wrapped Gong Li in his stardust (and who is said to be romantically involved with his new protégée). Then "Crouching Tiger" triumphed at Cannes, and with critics and the discerning public. By year's end she had become one of Esquire's "Women...
...heart of Cambridge's Portuguese community, which caters to an older, well-established group of immigrants from mainland Portugal and the outlying Azorian islands, has taken nearly three decades to develop...
...tangle with the soft-spoken, hard-to-budge Lee; a top-flight all-Asian cast featuring Chow Yun Fat (Hong Kong), Michelle Yeoh (Malaysia), Zhang Ziyi (Beijing) and Chang Chen (Taiwan). Only one of the stars--Zhang, then a 19-year-old ingenue--spoke anything like the classical mainland Mandarin that Lee demanded...