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...admire the broad Han River as it flows past Seoul toward the sea and watch as Hyeong Ku-yun absently baits another line. A 30-something technician at a local hospital, he comes regularly after work to fish in the Han now that it's been cleaned up. "Sure there are fish here," he assures me. "Tons of mullet and carp. The mullet make excellent hwae." That's Korean for sashimi. I'm a bit incredulous that one would dare eat raw fish from the Han River. I find it difficult to exorcise memories of the Han's less wholesome...
...thriving film community lost much of its spark. For decades, domestic product out-grossed the big Hollywood offerings, but Hong Kong has become just another struggling local mini-industry. Part of the problem is the brain drain to the U.S. of directors like Woo and top stars Chow Yun-fat and Jet Li. Even the great cinematographer Christopher Doyle, the Australian Emigr? whose bold, painterly eye set the palette for Wong Kar-wai's moody dramas, has gone traveling again...
Three weeks ago, Yun Qian (Cindy) Zhong, a sixth-grader assigned to Randy Helms' homeroom, walked into William Land Elementary School for the first time. She had all the gifts of a model student--intelligence, friendliness and an eagerness to learn. There was just one problem: Zhong, an immigrant from Canton, China, didn't speak a word of English...
...Languages, One System Three weeks ago, Yun Qian (Cindy) Zhong, a sixth-grader assigned to Randy Helms' homeroom, walked into William Land Elementary School for the first time. She had all the gifts of a model student-intelligence, friendliness and an eagerness to learn. There was just one problem: Zhong, an immigrant from Canton, China, didn't speak a word of English...
...previous film That One No Enough bombed at the box office, earning only $650,000, and he was nervous about taking on a film with a semi-serious theme. "Deciding not to go with slapstick definitely cost Jack some sleepless nights," says I Not Stupid executive producer Daniel Yun. But Neo feels it was a necessary move: getting gags in drag was good to him, but it was time to move on. "I realized my audience is lower-class people," he says, "but there are also upper-class people who don't really like slapstick. I had to adjust...