In a sign that Maggie Cheung (
The simple answer to the question would be that she's never done a Hollywood film, but the article was actually trying to ask why she's never done that.
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The article raises a few possibilities as to why Cheung hasn't broken Hollywood yet: audiences aren't ready for an Asian actress who is more than just a kung-fu-fighting dragon lady; she is not interested in the half-baked scripts tossed her way (she turned down a role in X-Men 2); and she's too busy. But for all her snubbing of Hollywood, Cheung is eager to explore new territory, the article says, and her award-winning role in the soon-to-be-released Clean, written and directed by her former husband Olivier Assayas, is maybe the first warning shot of her ascendancy in the West. Five-thousand words in The New York Times can't hurt either.
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Stefanie Sun
Stefanie didn't only lose her lunch last weekend, but she also lost her first-place spot on the Asia Music charts to Mayday, who just released their fifth album. The rock band put out the album to mark its fifth anniversary and reception has been strong -- their album took up over 30 percent of total pop music sales last week.
Things are looking up for the country's top pop diva A-mei
Local media have been salivating over recent developments in the love life of Taiwanese actress Alyssa Jia (
As we live longer, our risk of cognitive impairment is increasing. How can we delay the onset of symptoms? Do we have to give up every indulgence or can small changes make a difference? We asked neurologists for tips on how to keep our brains healthy for life. TAKE CARE OF YOUR HEALTH “All of the sensible things that apply to bodily health apply to brain health,” says Suzanne O’Sullivan, a consultant in neurology at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in London, and the author of The Age of Diagnosis. “When you’re 20, you can get away with absolute
When the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon fell to the North Vietnamese forces 50 years ago this week, it prompted a mass exodus of some 2 million people — hundreds of thousands fleeing perilously on small boats across open water to escape the communist regime. Many ultimately settled in Southern California’s Orange County in an area now known as “Little Saigon,” not far from Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, where the first refugees were airlifted upon reaching the US. The diaspora now also has significant populations in Virginia, Texas and Washington state, as well as in countries including France and Australia.
On April 17, Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Eric Chu (朱立倫) launched a bold campaign to revive and revitalize the KMT base by calling for an impromptu rally at the Taipei prosecutor’s offices to protest recent arrests of KMT recall campaigners over allegations of forgery and fraud involving signatures of dead voters. The protest had no time to apply for permits and was illegal, but that played into the sense of opposition grievance at alleged weaponization of the judiciary by the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to “annihilate” the opposition parties. Blamed for faltering recall campaigns and faced with a KMT chair
A police station in the historic sailors’ quarter of the Belgian port of Antwerp is surrounded by sex workers’ neon-lit red-light windows. The station in the Villa Tinto complex is a symbol of the push to make sex work safer in Belgium, which boasts some of Europe’s most liberal laws — although there are still widespread abuses and exploitation. Since December, Belgium’s sex workers can access legal protections and labor rights, such as paid leave, like any other profession. They welcome the changes. “I’m not a victim, I chose to work here and I like what I’m doing,” said Kiana, 32, as she
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