News Links - 12/16/06

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Zhang Yimou's "Curse" reaps 15 mln yuan in 5 hours
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006- ... 492876.htm
http://english.cri.cn/3086/2006/12/16/164@174886.htm

Director Patrick Tam is anomaly in prolific, improvisational Hong Kong movie industry
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/12/ ... rector.php
http://www.cityu.edu.hk/scm/people/PatrickTam.htm - Patrick Tam's official website

Gong: Hollywood Films More Challenging
http://film.guardian.co.uk/apnews/story ... 27,00.html

$100m wedding steals the show - Cathy Chui
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_deta ... con_type=1
http://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?i ... ay_set=eng

China portraits - Discovery's documentaries include real Shaolin Soccer
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/art/2006/1 ... traits.htm

A Chinese opera of epic proportions - Zhang Yimou's other job
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ ... ravel/home
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ ... vel/Music/

Zhou Xun press conference remembered
http://asiasentinel.com/index.php?optio ... &Itemid=66

O'Donnell apologizes for Chinese parody
But comedian warns she is likely to spoof languages again
O'Donnell characterized her accent as "Chinese, Asian, pseudo-Japanese, sounded a little Yiddish ..."
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f ... MVN6Q8.DTL
Asian American advocates decry parody by TV's O'Donnell
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c ... MVHLB1.DTL

World's tallest man saves China dolphins
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061214/ap_ ... allest_man
http://hkmdb.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t= ... ht=tallest

Professor: Dragon Symbol of China's Feudal Monarchy - ongoing debate of national symbol
http://english.cri.cn/3166/2006/12/16/164@174796.htm