Bruce Lee, Hong Kong's iconic martial artist and movie star (below), is being celebrated in an exhibition, titled "Bruce Lee: Kung Fu. Art. Life", that opened yesterday at the Heritage Museum in Sha Tin. Commemorating the 40th anniversary of Lee's death, it showcases more than 600 items relating to the kung fu legend. Recently, Lee was magically resurrected, albeit speaking Putonghua instead of Cantonese, in an advert for Johnnie Walker whisky, a move deemed tactless by some given his brief but turbulent relationship with alcohol. His face was simulated using CGI and superimposed on Lee lookalike Danny Chan Kwok-kwan …
While the local filmmaker and comedian has enjoyed success at the box office, it seems his interpersonal skills leave much to be desired. Actor Sammo Hung Kam-bo is reported to have called Chow "inhumane" in his treatment of co-workers, to which the director replied: "I don't mind, whatever." Chow's latest blockbuster is a loose comedic reinterpretation of Wu Chengen's 16th-century Monkey King novel Journey to the West, which was also recently adapted for the stage by British musician Damon Albarn …
Australian-born Michael Balzary, better known by his high-school nickname - earned as he "was little and jumped around a lot" - played the hyperactive Douglas J. Needles in the films Back to the Future II and III. An ardent fan of the Los Angeles Lakers basketball team, Flea once performed the United States' national anthem on the trumpet at one of their games. The Chilis' 1989 song Magic Johnson attests to the band's love for the team's point guard wizard and also extols the Lakers' "bald and bold" centre, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar …