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Ever since Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon broke records for a foreign-language film at the Stateside box office, Asian directors have plundered Chinese history for tales of airborne warriors and another chance at the U.S. market. Chan, better known for romantic dramas like the superb Comrades: Almost...
Perhaps if there are any cautionary tales to be drawn from the Post Party Plan incident - apart from the fact that you should always copyedit your invitations - it's that credibility and prestige are two of the most valuable assets the mainstream media has. In attempting to monetize them, it...
Lest you think that there is something very cute and Japanese about the productions, it should be noted that Takarazuka derives most of its inspiration from foreign sources - vaudeville, Radio City Music Hall and Hollywood musicals. In their stylization, codified roles, transvestite stars, rigid themes (which in Takarazuka's case...
The rain doesn't put just golfers in a bad mood. Those corporate sponsors shelling out $240,000 just love schmoozing clients ticked off they can't follow Tiger. And forget about the fans. During a walk around Bethpage on Thursday, it was easy to stumble into tales of woe...
The term bachelor - previously meaning a young knight or a student with a bachelor's degree - first appeared in reference to an unmarried man in Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales in the 14th century. The term bachelor party didn't appear until 1922, however, when it was first used in...