A few things will be different this time around: Mr. Miyagi won’t be Japanese; he’ll be Chinese. And the Karate Kid won’t be of Italian decent; he’ll be black. But the spirit of the 1984 classic, The Karate Kid, will live on in this remake, starring Jackie Chan as Miyagi and Jaden Smith (Will Smith’s 11-year-old son, who also starred in The Pursuit of Happyness) as the Kid.
Filming of the Hollywood-Chinese co-production, to be called Kung-Fu Kid, started this weekend in Beijing. The countdown is on.
UFC fans are still in heated debate about a brutal punch thrown by former Olympic wrestler Dan Henderson at UFC 100 this weekend. Henderson knocked out his “Ultimate Fighter” rival, Briton Michael Bisping, with a vicious right hook, and as Bisping collapsed to the floor, Henderson toppled on top of him, throwing one final blow.
Unlike boxing, UFC doesn’t have a 10 count; many fans (including this one) have argued that Henderson did the right thing by fighting until the bell rings. But the broader moral question must be asked as well: Was the punch necessary to win the fight? It’s unlikely. Which means that if the UFC is barbaric, it’s not because of the fighters, but the rules that govern them.
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A while back, a bamboo bicycle made waves online as the ultimate eco-friendly ride. Now, residents of Tabontabon, the Philippines, have gone one step further, building a car out of bamboo, an ultra-durable material that grows like grass (because it’s a kind of grass). Even better, the bamboo taxi is powered by biodiesel made from coconut oil – another resource in abundance in the Philippines.
Granted, the car looks pretty fragile: It would be a longshot to pass the most lax of crash test standards, and we can’t imagine it surviving beyond the November of a Canadian winter. But for the good folks of Tabontabon, it’s just right.
Emmanuelle Chriqui might just be the perfect woman, so we don’t fault Perrey Reeves (Ari Gold’s wife) for getting busted gawking at the Montreal-born, Toronto-bred bombshell’s boobs at last week’s “Entourage” season premiere. We’d do it too. In fact, we’re doing it right now.
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