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...So far, the highest-grossing films of 2024 are a sequel derived from an old novel (Dune: Part Two), the fourth in a series (Kung Fu Panda 4) and, in Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, the fifth instalment...
...On the sidelines, Virgin air crew took pictures of one another in front of a Universal Studios backdrop with people dressed as Shrek and Kung Fu Panda....
...Doshi advocates much more nuance than was displayed by former president Donald Trump, who launched a trade war, called for economic decoupling and referred to Covid as “kung flu”....
...Additional reporting by Peter Wells in New York...
...Even the most serious-minded readers will find the story enlivened by the likes of Mary Poppins, Kung Fu Panda and some amusing analogies....
...To the north, Sai Kung is a shade cheaper but more densely populated....
...But here is an idea for an even better follow-up: The Five Go Camping on the Beach, and Listen to Joni Mitchell. ——————————————- boyblueent.com peter.aspden@ft.com, @peteraspden To listen to culture...
...“Competition among companies like ours is pretty intense,” says Mr Kung....
...There are demands for the reinstatement of sanctioned theologians, such as Hans Küng and Leonardo Boff....
...Peter Aspden is the FT’s arts writer...
...Hans Küng, a radical theologian banned by the Vatican from teaching Catholic theology, warned Cardinal Ratzinger not to steer the choice of his successor....
...Neither is it the name of a 2011 anti-nuclear song by the Japanese indie rock band Asian Kung-Fu Generation....
...Kung baby, carried around the Kalahari in a sling for a year and fed “on demand several times an hour”. Lucky mothers....
...As Peter J. Bensen, chief financial officer explained: A lot has been written about China and the pressure on wages there, so we’re experiencing wage pressure there as well....
...Kevin Moore, the museum director, reveals some of his favourite exhibits to Peter Leggatt. 1....
...Parrot and Olivier in America, by Peter Carey, Faber RRP£18.99 Carey’s brilliant evocation of the life of Alexis de Tocqueville explores themes of democracy, art, taste and class – all in the rich language...
...Light of the World, a book of papal interviews by journalist Peter Seewald, has just been published in half-a-dozen languages. The book sold out its initial printing in Italy....
...Speaking at his weekly audience in St Peter’s Square, the pontiff said he would sign his long-awaited pastoral letter tomorrow to the Irish faithful on paedophilia....
...The Museum of Contemporary Art, better known as MoCA, is a modernist crystal palace in the heart of People’s Park, funded by the Samuel Kung Foundation....
...peter.aspden@ft.com More columns at www.ft.com/aspden...
...Directed by Peter Mikulík, whose previous work for the SNT includes Hamlet and Carlo Goldoni’s The Chioggia Scuffles, the play shows what happens when the glamorous Paige (Studenková Zdena) hosts a decadent...
...After all, Iron Fist sports a pair of kung-fu slippers, the Spirit wears black brogues, Zatanna works her magic in stiletto heels, and the Beast, Ka-Zar, and Mantis wear no shoes at all....
...In Hackney, Elkins says specific moves or moments may “sub-reference” everything from Chaplin and Twyla Tharp to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Kung Fu Hustle and the enchanting anime film Spirited Away...
...So who would have expected him to actually smile and appear relaxed when he came on to the balcony [overlooking St Peter's Square]?"...
...Jump reaches Britain at a good time, when films such as Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Stephen Chow’s Kung Fu Hustle have made martial arts fashionable again....
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