Saturday, September 30, 2006

Tiger Woods leads at America Express, eyes sixth straight win

Tiger Woods came back from a bad start to take a six shot lead at the American Express Championship Saturday.

Woods made three straight eagles Saturday to lead after the 54th hole. He is 37-3 on the PGA Tour when he has a 54th hole lead.


U.S. golfer Tiger Woods plays from the 4th hole during the 3rd round of the American Express Golf Championship at The Grove, Chandler's Cross, England, Saturday Sept. 30, 2006. AP Photo/Tom Hevezi via Yahoo News.

No opponent has beaten Woods when he has a lead in the final round by more than one shot, so it looks like the star golfer is on his way to a sixth straight PGA win.

If Woods wins eight titles this year it will match his record of 2000, which many analysts thought he would never reach again.

Monday, September 25, 2006

'Fearless' Jet Li's last martial arts flick?

According to the distributors, the recently released film Fearless will be Jet Li's last martial arts "epic" although he may make other types of movies.

It seems though that this may only apply to epic-scale costume dramas as Li is already slated to appear in other action films such as one scheduled to shoot next April with Jackie Chan.

Fearless, a saga set in China a century ago, came in second on its opening weekend with $10.6 million at the box office.

In a file photo Chinese superstar Jet Li, sitting next to a promotional banner for his upcoming movie 'Fearless,' speaks during an interview in Beijing Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2006. In an interviewed published Sunday Sept. 17, 2006, Li noted that a quarter of a million people committed suicide in China in 2003, and he hopes his latest film, 'Jet Li's Fearless,' can help make a difference. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Dalziel)
In a file photo Chinese superstar Jet Li, sitting next to a promotional banner for his upcoming movie 'Fearless,' speaks during an interview in Beijing Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2006. In an interviewed published Sunday Sept. 17, 2006, Li noted that a quarter of a million people committed suicide in China in 2003, and he hopes his latest film, 'Jet Li's Fearless,' can help make a difference. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Dalziel)

Wednesday, September 13, 2006

No Filipinos allowed?

Black Eyed Pea Apl.de.Ap and director Patricio Ginelsa are having hard luck with their video Bebot, filmed in the Tagalog language.

Not only MTV but the video's own label is snubbing the video, and Asian/Filipino professors blasted it for its portrayal of Filipino women.


Scene from Bebot. Source: http://www.asiaarts.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=52374

The video partly covers the 1930s Little Manila environment when the law in Caliifornia excluded Asian men from marrying white women.

Filipino immigrant workers, having few women of their own, openly violated the social norms of the time, crossing state lines to marry white women in other states and opening dance clubs which featured the dances with buxom blonds.

In those days, "regular" establishments often displayed signs warning "No Filipinos allowed."

Now, Filipinos in showbiz are finding similar difficulties breaking into the U.S. media industry particularly in film and music.

Monday, September 04, 2006

Tiger scores fifth straight win

Tiger Woods surged past Vijay Singh to take his fifth straight PGA title Monday at the Deutsche Bank Championship.

Woods shot a stellar final round, equaling his career best, to take the tournament at the TPC of Boston in Norton, Massachusetts.

If Tiger wins his next championship he will tie his record of six straight wins which he has accomplished twice before.

Tiger Woods, seen here holding his trophy in Norton, MA, surged past Vijay Singh to seize his fifth straight PGA title in superb style at the Deutsche Bank Championship.(AFP/Getty Images/Scott Halleran)
Tiger Woods holds his trophy in Norton, MA, after rallying against Vijay Singh to seize his fifth straight PGA title in superb style at the Deutsche Bank Championship. AFP/Getty Images/Scott Halleran via Yahoo News.

Sunday, September 03, 2006

Chris Tucker ready to film "Rush Hour 3"

Tuning up with a stand-up comedy tour, Chris Tucker says he's ready and excited about working with Jackie Chan on Rush Hour 3.

Tucker wraps up his tour on Sept. 17 and filming begins in Paris on Sept. 25.

Tucker spent two months working on the last movie in the series, which he described as "culture shock."

Actor Chris Tucker arrives for the Apollo Theater 2006 Hall of Fame Induction ceremony at the Apollo Theater Foundations second annual Spring Benefit, on June 19, 2006 in New York. Tucker is about to begin shooting 'Rush Hour 3' with Jackie Chan in Paris on Sept. 25. But before the cameras roll, the motor-mouthed comedian was squeezing in a 21-city standup tour,his first official tour in nearly a decade. The tour began in June. (AP Photo/Dima Gavrysh)
Actor Chris Tucker at the Apollo Theater 2006 Hall of Fame Induction ceremony at the Apollo Theater Foundations second annual Spring Benefit, on June 19, 2006 in New York. AP Photo/Dima Gavrysh via Yahoo News.