'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)

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.

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 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.