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...contrast, the Janet Jackson-Justin Timberlake stunt at the Super Bowl caused an outcry not because of her nipple shield or his dishonorable intentions, but more because people resented the pair’s lack of imagination in trying to get the public’s attention. The half-time performance/fiasco was so unimaginative and obvious that it became downright patronizing. The nudity was inappropriate; the condescension was far worse...
...knew all along that President Chen Shui-bian might do something dramatic to change the course of the campaign in his favor. No one, however, could have imagined an assassination attempt barely 20 hours before the election. There is still much speculation that the shooting was a political stunt staged to win sympathy votes for Chen. Even if the bullets were actually fired by a would-be assassin, the fact remains that the legitimacy of Chen's presidency is seriously in question. Frank Shen Taipei...
...high: Zhang's 2002 film Hero earned an Oscar nomination and broke mainland box-office records for a Chinese movie by raking in some $27 million. Daggers reunites several key players in that winning team: producer Bill Kong (who was also behind Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon), Hong Kong-based stunt director Tony Ching, and Australian visual-effects group Animal Logic, which dazzled in The Matrix...
...watcher and doesn't really read the newspapers." JIMMY JAM, record producer, claiming Janet Jackson remained unaffected by the furor over her breast-baring Super Bowl stunt...
...Library. The remainder will be donated to a cancer center at the University of Texas and to the Points of Light Foundation, which takes its name from Bush 41's program promoting volunteerism. The highlight of the event: a parachute jump by the former President, who performed a similar stunt when he turned...