Michelle Wie set for busy summer schedule

Young golfing sensation Michelle Wie is out of school for summer and ready to play on a professional schedule starting this week at Bulle Rock.


16-year-old Michelle Wie throws out ceremonial pitch to start American League Baseball season on June 6, 2006 at Baltimore, Maryland. Reuters photo from Yahoo News.

The 16-year-old failed to become the first woman to qualify for the U.S. Open, but is setting her sights instead on performing in the LPGA Championship.

Wie has six tournaments scheduled this summer.

She will play in the McDonald`s LPGA Championship,the U.S. Women`s Open on June 29, and then head to the Women`s World Match Play Championship. Then she's off to the John Deere Classic on the PGA Tour, followed by the Evian Masters and Women`s British Open.

Michelle Wie already makes more money than the best players on the LPGA tour.

China plans Bruce Lee movie to coincide with Olympics

China's official broadcaster CCTV is set to make a 40 episode television series on the life of martial arts legend Bruce Lee.

Scheduled to debut in 2008 in conjunction with the Beijing Olympic Games, the series will target a global audience.

A number of popular Chinese actors are competing to play the martial arts superstar in The Legend of Bruce Lee.


Tourists walk past a bronze statue of Bruce Lee in Hong Kong. AFP photo from Yahoo News.



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Wang Chao wins sideline Cannes award

The movie Luxury Car by Chinese director Wang Chao won the main sideline competition at the Cannes Film Festival.

The film about about encounters between a prostitute and her family won the "Un Certain Regard" award of the festival.


Wang Chao won the Un Certain Regard Award at Cannes for 'Luxury Car'. 2004 AFP file photo from Yahoo News.

Wang Chao will receive EUR5,000 ($6,500) in prize money and a three-month screenwriting residency.

He returned to China sunburned after relaxing at the Cannes beaches without using suntan lotion.


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