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...camp. He was a revelation, "the best player in the camp that year by far," says former NBA all star Detlef Schrempf, who now works for Adidas (which took over Reebok in 2005). These all star camps are "very important parts of our marketing and outreach programs," says Ichiro Shigeta, Asia Pacific Sports Marketing Manager for Adidas, and it's easy to see why. For the companies they serve as a global early warning system: look out, this kid is good, someday soon we may want to sign him. Yi was named the MVP of the Adidas camp...
...first, in a matchmaker scene that seems to revel in inflicting pain--and yearning romance. It has some star voices, like Eddie Murphy, very funny as the Mushu shrimp, and a fine cast of East Asian and Asian-American actors (Ming-Na Wen, B.D. Wong, Soon-Tek Oh, James Shigeta) playing the main characters. But what's terrific about Mulan is its reaching for emotions that other movies run from: family love and duty, personal honor and group commitment, obedience and ingenuity. Nice notions for kids to think about...
...SHIGETA, A LOS ANGELES CITY OFFICIAL, RULING THAT NUDE SHOWER DANCING AT A LOS ANGELES NIGHTCLUB DISCRIMINATED AGAINST WHEELCHAIR-BOUND STRIPPERS, WHO THEORETICALLY COULDN'T FIT IN THE CLUB'S SHOWER STALL
...also a dedicated musician, and the palace often resounds with impromptu concerts of Mozart, Grieg or Beethoven; Akihito is a fine cellist and is joined by his wife playing the harp, Hiro on viola, Aya on the guitar and Nori at the piano. Says chief chamberlain Yasuo Shigeta: "This is a family so full of sweet music...
...there is a peppy song-and-dance number, kind of a Donald O'Connor comic turn, by Bobby Van, who is most engaging as a show-biz ham. Sally Kellerman plays a neurotic Newsweek correspondent. Also on hand are John Gielgud, George Kennedy, Michael York, Olivia Hussey, James Shigeta and, as the dying High Lama, Charles Boyer, of all people. It is a long way from the Casbah...