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...Toronto. One was Stephen Chow's Kung Fu Hustle, which had its world premiere here, but without the presence of its director-star, who could not get a visa in time. No matter. The audience went nuts, cheering each set piece of whirling action, choreographed by Yuen Wo-ping and Sammo Hung. The film may not break Asian box-office records, as Chow's Shaolin Soccer did. But it's much better: handsomely designed and shot, full of knowledgeable nostalgia for the old Shaw Brothers martial-arts films, and engagingly played by a cast of expert, not-so-familiar actors...
...repertoire of New Year's resolutions is easier to obey come July, when the farm stands dare you to keep eating junk and exercise becomes just another word for play. It's harder to escape when your goals can follow you wherever you go; there are websites that will ping you with reminders to count carbs or keep working on your novel manageyourmuse.com) In fact, the only real obstacle to achieving your summer goals is that setting them makes this season feel too much like the rest of the year, a march down the checklist on schedule when...
...resounding ping of rawhide striking metal wasn’t only deafening...
...scores have broken all records?more than 100 million of his cassettes and CDs have been sold. These days, he's so sought after that even Bollywood's deepest pockets are finding it hard to sign Rahman. Last year, he composed the martial score for Chinese director He Ping's Warriors of Heaven and Earth. This week, Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Bombay Dreams, for which Rahman wrote the music, transfers from London's West End to Broadway. And Rahman is currently writing songs for another big-budget West End production, a musical version of The Lord of the Rings...
...addition to exotic coffees and teas, the lounge houses such amenities as a blackboard (for postulating the mathematical elements of the greater world), tables, six sofas, a piano, a ping pong table and a patio for studying algebraic topology in the warm Cambridge...