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Drew Friedman's Comic Gold

Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Illustration, Anthony Weiner, Slidewide, Cartoons, Video, Political Cartoon, Satirical Cartoon, Scott Eder Gallery, Comics, Satire, Woody Allen, Jackie Chan, Slidepollajax, Drew Friedman, Arts News

Drew Friedman's illustrations and cartoons are known for their dead-on depictions of celebrities, comedians, and circus performers. In a recent interv...

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Boy Genius' Book Reveals Life In College At Age 8

AP | JOHN ROGERS | Posted 04.16.2012

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LOS ANGELES — The one thing 14-year-old Moshe Kai Cavalin dislikes is being called a genius. All he did, after all, was enroll in college at ag...

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WATCH: Jackie Chan's New $30M Private Plane

Posted 02.13.2012

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Earlier this month, Jackie Chan was named brand ambassador for Embraer jets. So what does that entail exactly? The actor and martial arts star pop...

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Mighty Movie Podcast: Jennifer Yuh Nelson on Kung Fu Panda 2

Dan Persons | Posted 03.04.2012

Read More: Jack Black, Kung Fu Panda, Jackie Chan, Dreamworks Animation, Jennifer Yuh Nelson, Kung Fu Panda 2, Entertainment News

So, there, that's one New Year's resolution out of the way for me. A few months after the theatrical release of Kung Fu Panda 2, I was able to score a...

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WATCH: The Craziest Stunts You'll Ever See

Posted 11.13.2011

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This man is literally jumping off the walls. Stunts, tumbles, acrobatics and more. Is there anything Damien Walters can't do? In the video above, t...

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Prime Minister of Japan Introduces Tokyo International Film Festival: Films Raise Hope After Fukushima

Karin Badt | Posted 12.25.2011

Read More: Fan Bingbing, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Tokyo International Film Festival, Paul T. S. Andersson, Tom Yoda, Prime Minister of Japan, Jackie Chan, Three Musketeers, Pina, Fukushima, Fukushima Hula Girls, Michael Winterbottom, Tony Kaye, 2011 Tokyo International Film Festival, Tokyo International Film Festival 2011, Entertainment News

Tom Yoda, Chairman of the 24th Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF), opened the festival this weekend by speaking about "the disaster in east Japan this last March."

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Jackie Chan Wields A Gun

Posted 11.21.2011

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To most, Jackie Chan is eternally flying through the air, wielding a stool and chopping someone in the face. But in the upcoming historical war dr...

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The Sublime Syncretism of Kung Fu Panda 2

Dan Persons | Posted 07.26.2011

Read More: Jack Black, Computer Animation, Dreamworks, Gary Oldman, Kung Fu Panda, Hong Kong, Angelina Jolie, Film, Jackie Chan, Hong Kong Film, Martial Arts, Kung Fu Panda 2, Animation, Entertainment News

Kung Fu Panda 2 not only carries forward the first film's inspiration, but plusses it in ways that that stun and delight.

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Why The Green Hornet's Kato Matters

Jonathan Kim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bruce Lee, Cameron Diaz, Kato, Asian Americans, Rethink Reviews, The Green Hornet, Jackie Chan, Race, Jonathan Kim, Jay Chou, Christoph Waltz, Michel Gondry, Diversity, Seth Rogen, Entertainment News

The film's real star in The Green Hornet isn't Rogen, but Chou, and the importance of an Asian actor co-starring in a mega-budget American crowdpleaser should not be overlooked.

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DVDs: TV's Top 10 Crime Solvers

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.25.2011

Monk: The Complete Series ($249.98; Universal) is out on DVD and it's a compulsively thorough job that's worthy of the OCD man himself. I've been ...

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Everything I Needed to Know About Courage, I Learned From The Karate Kid

Noah St. John | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Courage, The Karate Kid Remake, The Karate Kid, Eleanor Roosevelt, Noah St. John, Fresh Prince, Will Smith, Jaden Smith, Jackie Chan, Healthy Living News

"You must do the thing you think you cannot do." - Eleanor Roosevelt My fiancee and I recently went to see the new "Karate Kid" movie starring Jaden ...

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Jaden Smith Shows Off His Abs (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Karate Kid, Will Smith, Celebrity Kids, Jaden Smith, Jackie Chan, Entertainment News

He's got the #1 movie in America, and he has a kiddie six-pack to boot. 'Karate Kid' Jaden Smith is promoting the movie in China, where it filmed, ...

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Hey, GQ! Put an Asian Guy on the Cover, Will Ya?

Noel Alumit | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Cho, Manny Pacquiao, Gq, Jackie Chan, Media News

April's issue of GQ features the most Asian Pacific Islander men that I'd ever seen. But there's still one part of GQ where Asian men are rarely seen, and that's on the cover.

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Reviewing 'The Karate Kid' Remake with My Hardass Asian Mom

Disgrasian | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Karate Kid, The Karate Kid Remake, Asian Moms, The Karate Kid, Gong Fu, 1980's, Jaden Smith, Jackie Chan, Kung Fu, Karate Kid Remake, 1980's Movies, The-Karate-Kid-Remake, 80's, Will Smith, Gong-Fu, Moms, China, Bananarama, Comedy News

Any use of inappropriate cultural terms or conflation with the original movie is entirely intentional: The Karate Kid (Jaden Smith) and his Mom (Tara...

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Movie Review: The Karate Kid

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

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Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith as producers of the remake of The Karate Kid tells it all. You can almost hear the meeting where the idea was hatched, with Will Smith doing the talking.

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ShoWest Day 3: A Bit of This, A Bit of That

Ellen Sterling | Posted 05.25.2011

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As you may imagine, technology is a very big deal at ShoWest, the trade show of the National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO) in Las Vegas this w...

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Proof Hollywood Thinks Men Are Tough Idiots

Huffington Post | Katla McGlynn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Spy Next Door, Slidepoll, Mr. Nanny, Cop and a Half, Kindergarten Cop, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jackie Chan, Comedy Slideshows, Comedy News

Have you ever noticed that when a comedy starts with a tough guy kicking ass the punchline will inevitably be that he has a kid to take care of? Appar...

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Movie Review: Ong-Bak 2: The Beginning

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jet Li, Bruce Lee, Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior, Ong-Bak 2: The Beginning Movie Review, Tony Jaa, Jackie Chan, Marshall Fine Movie Review, The Protector, Entertainment News

No, Ong-Bak 2 isn't a great movie and, no, Tony Jaa isn't a great actor. But so what? If you love the pure kinetics of a well-shot martial-arts film, Tony Jaa is the most exciting figure to come along in years.

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'The Karate Kid' Remake: Trailer With Jackie Chan & Jaden Smith (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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The trailer for the remake of 'The Karate Kid' is out. It's quite a reimagination of the 80s classic. The kid is Jaden Smith, Will Smith's 11-year-o...

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HuffPost Review: The Spy Next Door

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Spy Next Door Movie Review, Rush Hour, Chris Tucker, Jackie Chan, Marshall Fine Movie Review, Owen Wilson, New York Film Festival, Entertainment News

Only the very young and the very undiscriminating will find this movie enchanting -- or even mildly entertaining. Obviously, Jackie Chan isn't immune to making one for the paycheck and phoning in his performance.

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Favorite Scenes From The Starz Denver Film Fest

Fritz Godard | Posted 05.25.2011

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From the jaw-dropping to the gut-wrenching to the tear-inducing to the side-splitting, Donnybrook writers recall their favorite movie moments at the Starz Denver Film Festival.

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Jackie Chan Wax Figure Unveiled: Can You Tell Real From Fake? (PHOTO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Jackie Chan is the latest celebrity to get a wax figure at Madame Tussauds. The action star was in Hollywood for Tuesday's unveiling of the doppelgan...

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Jackie Chan In China: 'I'm Not Sure If It Is Good To Have Freedom Or Not'

Washington Post/Newsweek | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jackie Chan believes that the Chinese people need to be controlled! He's beffudled about democracy. He doesn't know about freedom. Speaking at the Bo...

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Jackie Chan: Chinese People Need To Be Controlled

AP | WILLIAM FOREMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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BOAO, China — Action star Jackie Chan said Saturday he's not sure if a free society is a good thing for China and that he's starting to think "w...

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Jackie Chan: "Karate Kid's" New Mr. Miyagi?

AP | MIN LEE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jackie Chan, Karate Kid, Karate Kid Remake, Entertainment News

HONG KONG — Mr. Chan may be the new Mr. Miyagi. Jackie Chan is in talks with Columbia Pictures to star in a remake of "The Karate Kid," a spoke...

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