FLASH LITES: RIP N READ POP CULTURE RECAP
FLASH LITES: RIP N READ POP CULTURE RECAP
BANGKOK (Wireless Flash) Thailand is hoping to have a global hit with Beautiful Boxer, a movie about a young kickboxer who enters a contest to win money for a sex-change. The films director says Beautiful Boxer is about overcoming adversity to achieve your ambition.
TOKYO The Daihatsu Motor Company has been forced to remove an ad from Japanese TV after viewers complained it was racially offensive. The spot shows Europeans greeting a Japanese woman by making slant-eye faces. Company officials say the gestures were meant to emphasize the sleek design of the headlights.
LOUISVILLE Country singer Loretta Lynn knows something about carrying a torch and shell be doing just that this Sunday (Dec. 16) when she carries the Olympic torch down the streets of Louisville, Kentucky.
TOKYO The newest member of the Japanese royal family is driving the country to drink. Ever since Princess Aiko was born, sales of Aiko- brand vodka have soared. In fact, some folks are buying as many as ten bottles at a time for friends and family.
MADRID The fiftysomething blond bombshell mayor of Cadiz, Spain, has been offered a part as a nurse in the upcoming James Bond movie, but has turned it down, saying she wants to focus on her political career.
STOCKHOLM Talk about getting an earful: A pet pooch swallowed a mans ear during an attack in Stockholm yesterday. Veterinarians retrieved the ear in hopes of reattaching it, but the dogs stomach acid had dissolved too much of it.
SANTA MONICA Arnold Schwarzeneggers publicist announced yesterday the actor had to be hospitalized after breaking several ribs in a motorcycle accident. The 54 year old is said to be in good spirits, but feeling sore.
SEOUL, South Korea Its a South Korean-eat-dog-world and actress Brigitte Bardot wants it stopped. Shes protesting South Koreas dog-eating practice with a letter that was printed in the Korean Times newspaper yesterday. In the letter she stated, Defending and justifying this brutality in the name of culture is an absurdity!
LONDON British police say they have released the man they earlier arrested on charges of stalking actress and model Elizabeth Hurley. The 32-year-old suspect was arrested Sunday in Kensington where Hurley lives.
HOLLYWOOD Don Tennant, creator of advertising icons like Tony the Tiger, the Pillsbury Dough Boy and the Marlboro Man, passed away this past weekend at the age of 79.