June 9, 2005 ISSUE
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   COVER STORY
Stephen Chow: Let's do the Kung Fu Hustle!
An exclusive look at Asia's biggest star... with a little help from his friends.
Very Limited Engagements
Though one can grouse about the high-profile Asian films absent from this year's L.A. Film Festival, some prospects do stand out. Plus, the RZA returns to the 36 chambers!


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June 9, 2005

 

T H E A T R E
A Distant Shore Will Bring You in Close
A lesson on globalism, multiculturalism, and the most important -ism of all -- humanism -- Chay Yew's A Distant Shore is must-see theater. Get educated.
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Notes on a Life in and out of Tune
Not quite "imeldific," but the East West Players' "Imelda" is a worthy, if flawed take on the First Lady of the Phillipines.
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Everybody Dies anything but tragic
Propergander returns with another comic hit.
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C L I P S
  
June 9, 2005: News Bites
Justin Lin gets racy, Ismail Merchant dead at 68, the Arthur Ch'ien controversy heats up, Bai Ling speaks and more in this edition of News Bites.
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F O R E I G N
 
June 9, 2005: News From Abroad
GOD speaks, 2046 awaits, a Yao Ming in the making, and smoking banned in Bollywood -- all this and more in the June 9th edition of News From Abroad.
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