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...comedy Combination Platter, directed by Chinese-American filmmaker Tony Chan; and The Wedding Banquet, a comedy directed by Ang Lee, who moved to the U.S. from Taiwan. Asian-style kickboxing movies have found an eager audience in the U.S. Recently one of Hong Kong's best filmmakers, John Woo, relocated to Los Angeles to direct the action movie Hard Target (which stars Belgian-born martial-arts hero Jean-Claude Van Damme...
Like a slowly developing photo, however, the outlines of a clearer identity are beginning to emerge. So strong is the presence of Asian Americans on the West Coast that politics can no longer afford to overlook them. Michael Woo, the unsuccessful Democratic candidate for mayor of Los Angeles this year, demonstrated the fund-raising resources of prospering Asians by drumming up campaign contributions across the country. While Woo's defeat was a blow to morale, Asians can boast three members of Congress from California: U.S. Representatives Robert Matsui from Sacramento, Norman Mineta from San Jose and Jay Kim from Diamond...
...campaign songs go, these lyrics would be, to say the least, original: "Everything has been confused and intertwined." "In our house there are remains from the rotten truth." Nevertheless, Oleg Gazmanov, 42, hopes to woo Russian voters with his soulful music. The hip-swiveling pop star is running for parliament next month on the Russian Democratic Reform Movement ticket and believes his sexy image and chart-topping hits will attract "ordinary people" who otherwise might not vote. "I sing in order to unite people," he says. "I see it as my civic duty to be a candidate...
...longer stints around our offices, interrupted only by what Porterfield calls his "apostasy in television" when he left to write and produce TV shows for close friend and college roommate Dick Cavett. Fortunately, when the glamour of TV wore thin, we were able to woo him back -- much to the relief of those who find his skills and dispassion a prerequisite for getting the magazine out each week. "TIME is bloody lucky to have him," says Hughes...
...mistake not even Kollek's legendary charm could reverse. Olmert wisely let the mayor's 82 years speak for themselves: he kept silent on how a conservative Likud government would run the city. While Kollek tried to deflect the inevitable snooze jokes and sought unsuccessfully to woo Palestinians in East Jerusalem, who have traditionally boycotted elections and felt ignored by the mayor, the Likud candidate promised ultra-Orthodox Jews more power and money, and won handily with 59% of the vote...