Sandra Oh: Best Supporting Actress in Drama Series, for Grey's Anatomy

Ang Lee: Best Director, for Brokeback Mountain. Film also won Best Picture!
Lee dedicated his prize to the people of Taiwan, Hong Kong and China.

Japan's stellar growth last year has given pause to fund managers who now are looking for indications that the expansion will be shortlived. They need to know whether to pull back their Japanese exposure or continue to buy into the market. But there just aren't enough clear signals for them to decide either way ( Read more... )

What's new is China's brashness but what's consistent is its anti-Americanism ( Read more... )

George W. Bush has called for permanent tax cuts, claiming interim ones have helped keep the U.S. economy humming and the jobless rate to historical lows in his first term as President. He also has made a pitch to Congress to scale back discretionary spending to the elderly and the poor ( Read more... )

CNN carried a cute story about Hong Kongers being asked to use old notes in their Lunar New Year offerings. It has always been the Chinese practice for married couples to give out little red packs of money to their unmarried juniors during the Spring Festival, which this year starts on January 29. Crisp new notes usually are proffered because they ( Read more... )

Take Stock: Stability Won't Make You Rich ( Read more... )

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In none of the American reviews I've read of Brokeback Mountain, including the one in today's (Dec 17, 2005) New York Times, does Ang Lee get more than a passing mention. In today's Times story, he got a mugshot and that's already plenty of attention ( Read more... )

Transport workers have begun their strike on a much reduced scale, involving just two private bus companies about to be acquired by the Metropolitan Transport Authority. These companies don't even ply routes in the city, so the fear that the strikes will paralyze the city hasn't materialized. Still, 50,000 passengers are expected to be stalled by ( Read more... )

Friends who are already here or coming. Make sure you know that the Metropolitan Transport Authority workers will go on strike from Friday, Dec 16. Buses and subway trains won't run on weekdays, but they will work as normal on weekends. Bring a lot of USD to cab around, if you can find cabs around. Remember to tip cabbies 15 percent if you are ( Read more... )