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[youtube]2jASicSwEKg[/youtube] HR interviewed on video A review of the Bad Brains documentary, Bad Brains: A Band in DC which is making the rounds in the film festival circuit. After reading this review, I’m compelled to see it, just so I could understand what the review is saying. I saw them somewhere in the late 80s and then again as “Soul Brains”. The lead singer, HR has always been enigmatic and maybe this will clear things up. But after reading the review, I now want to see the HR documentary that’s in the works. (Washingtoncitypaper – Bad Brains) [youtube]Qw5uQZ6v4xE[/youtube]
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French Asian connection? One of them is or was Olivier Assayas, a filmmaker who was married to Maggie Cheung and directed her in Irma Vep and Clean. They’ve been divorced since 2001. This is just a short catch up article on the journalist turned director who conducted a master class at the University of the Philippines Film Institute (entertainment.inquirer – Assayas)
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Interviewed Park Chan Wook years ago during the Old Boy era. What’s he doing now? He’s making movies. Cool dude. The dude in the middle is his producer Wonjo Jeong and their current picture is Stoker.
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Globally known Ghibli, the Totoro people have the highest grossing film, From Up on Poppy Hill was the top grossing film in Japan in 2011. Directed by Goro Miyazaki who along with writer Hayao Miyazaki, this is the first father – son collaboration. It’s set to be released by GKIDS in the US in 2013. (Comingsoon – From Up on Poppy Hill)
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The allegations by media sound ridiculous, and we’re just reporting what’s being denied by Zhang Ziyi. “U.S.-based Chinese-language news website Boxun, the Apple Daily published in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and other Chinese-language media reported that the 32-year-old actress slept with Bo at least 10 times between 2007 and 2011. The Chinese media reports estimated that Zhang’s sexual transactions with various rich and powerful figures have netted her 700 million yuan over the last 10 years, including 180 million yuan in cash from Xu alone.”
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