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It looks like something went wrong here, but no, it's just a firework that looks like it blasted people. It's an image from the post tennis fireworks. I forgot to say before that on Saturday, Sharapova was supposed to play, and the night started late, then next thing you know, they announced, she wasn't even going to play, so she comes out, makes a bunk announcement, and off she goes. The doubles...
In tennis usually the top seed does alright. Kveta Peschke, Czech Republic, and Rennae Stubbs (2), Australia, def. Alicia Molik, Australia, and Mara Santangelo (1), Italy, 6-0, 6-1. But not yesterday. Tennis is trying to promote the value of women’s doubles, by saying it’s exciting, and the new no-ad scoring (to make it faster) is better and so on. But yesterday, the 2 took out the 1 in nothing flat. It was a 43 minute pathetic effort by the top seeds who just had no skills whatsoever. Exciting? No. I heard moans of people wanting money back for the quality of this match. It’s definitely not worth having on television. However, Rennae Stubbs is pretty fun to watch. She’s a Aussie who’s sort of like the Yoda of women’s doubles. 56 titles now, and counting. A few grand slams, so she’s for real. She’s in her mid 30s, born in 1971, gets hyped up, and is an outspoken lesbian. She has a hard serve, handles volleys well, and overall, is pretty tough, but according to her wiki entry, as only got as high as 64 in singles! Read this article on her.
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In tennis usually the top seed does alright.
Kveta Peschke, Czech Republic, and Rennae Stubbs (2), Australia, def. Alicia Molik, Australia, and Mara Santangelo (1), Italy, 6-0, 6-1.
But not yesterday. Tennis is trying to promote the value of women's doubles, by saying it's exciting, and the new no-ad scoring (to make it faster) is better and so on. But yesterday, the 2 took out the 1 in nothing...
Since I just came back from Beijing and Shenzhen promoting Blood Brothers, I might as well drop a plug on you all. So here it is…Blood Brothers in theater’s soon! And if you’re not in Asia, check it out in Venice or Toronto Film Fests. Maybe I’ll see you there. Wednesday we’re heading to Taipei, then back to HK for the premiere on the 21st. It was nice to see the whole cast again after all this time. Although it was a tough shoot for many reasons, we bonded well as actors and had a great time. Here are some photos that you won’t see in any promotional material…cause I took ‘em!Mark, the Killer, played by Chang Chen. Mark is about to kill someone. 1930′s Nanjing Road, Shanghai. Inside The Paradise Club. Exterior from the interior. LuLu (Shu Kei) and Mark badly in need of some Head & Shoulders.Check out this nifty website if you wanna learn more: http://www.bloodbrothersthemovie.com
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Remember the ad we had? It was our first ad and we had it for two days. I guess we never got it back. Here’s what happened. We got the ad on the front page. It was a click counting type of ad, so more clicks, the more money. So for some reason, we got a high rate of clicks in the first day. I swear, it wasn’t me just sitting there clicking, but the number was high enough that it caused some concern. I guess a “glitch” is what they call it. Something was up, and the ips were all the same. I think. So it ended with a, “we’ll contact you again” type of thing, and of course, they didn’t. But the good thing is that it made us seek other advertisers, and so on. In the end, that’s where we’re at.
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