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...Casting Lau and Leung made for a superstar pairing equal, in Hong Kong, to DiCaprio and Damon - or, since the Hong Kong actors are about a decade older than the Americans, to Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt. Leung's persona, of restrained brooding and worldly-wise resignation, has won him five Hong Kong Film Awards as Best Actor, two more as Supporting Actor, as well as Cannes' actor prize for In the Mood. Lau, whose retinue of teen fans follows him everywhere (he's also the most successful Cantopop singer of his generation), has been a lucrative movie commodity...
...White House primarily because his illegal lobbying activities got G.O.P. members of Congress in legal and political hot water and helped fuel Democrats' campaign message that congressional Republicans were a corrupt bunch that should be thrown out of power. Both Ohio Rep. Bob Ney and former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay of Texas announced they were stepping down from Congress this year after being dogged by questions about their relationships with the disgraced lobbyist, who has plead guilty to mail fraud and bribery; Ney has already pleaded guilty to bribery charges, while DeLay has continued to insist he did nothing...
...Summer Celeb Gossip. Without a doubt, this summer’s biggest “news” was the appearance of Suri Cruise in the October issue of Vanity Fair, photographed by Annie Leibovitz. For nearly five months after her birth in April, there were no pictures of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes’ daughter, sparking debates as to whether the Tomkitten actually existed. Suri’s pictures were newsworthy enough to be featured on Katie Couric’s Sept. 5 “CBS Evening News” debut as the first woman solo anchor...
...Tom DeLay's Gift to the Democrats The controversial former House leader thought he could help the G.O.P. by getting out of this year's race. But his departure has thrown his home district into election chaos -- and very likely into the Democrats' hands
...Running from the GOP in New Jersey In a race that may hold the key to control of the Senate, Republican challenger Tom Kean Jr. hopes to knock off a Democratic incumbent by keeping a distance from his own party