American audiences have had limited exposure to filmmaker Stephen Chow, although he's already a film icon overseas.
Is life inherently comical or inherently tragic? Thus begins Woody Allen's latest film, which, to no one's surprise, deals with neurotic New Yorkers who argue sexual politics while pacing the tree-lined streets. Allen has built a career upon gleaning humor and romance from urban anonymity, and this film is familiar ground for the 70-year-old filmmaker.
Fiona Apple finished recording her third album in 2003. With her bluesy, cracking voice and two critically acclaimed albums under her belt, Apple was poised to take her spot as one her generation's most heartfelt songwriters. Instead, as seems to be her track record, things didn't go according to plan.
After completing his Spy Kids trilogy, which bristled with childish fun and irreverence, Robert Rodriguez turned his eyes back to the seedy world of gangsters and dangerous women that made him famous.
After years of delays and false starts, an Asian-American Studies program may finally be getting off the ground. College Council representative Thomas Gibson, Asian Student Union President Todd Aman and Anthropology Prof.
When Quentin Tarantino released "Kill Bill: Volume 1" last November, the response, while generally positive, was also intermixed with voices of dissent.
About decade ago, Tom Hanks took a sharp turn in his filmography, which, up until that point, was dominated by comedies.
Music fans and critics in America often misconstrue Shakira, seeing her as nothing but a pretty face to splash across magazine covers.
On their 2002 debut album, "Highly Evolved," The Vines polarized rock fans -- while some praised them as being the next saviors of rock, other fans denounced them as sloppy Nirvana rip-offs.
Virginia General Assembly members adopted a bill last Monday that would create a commission to protect the Rivanna river basin for Charlottesville and surrounding counties. The Assembly sent the bill, which passed without any objections, to the office of Gov.
