Carl Ciarfalio
A 40-year entertainment industry veteran, Carl has killed and been killed, beaten and been beaten, fallen off buildings and cliffs, rappelled from helicopters, been set on fire, run into, run over and kicked in the … well, you know. He’s even worn a sexy red halter dress. In short, he’s done just about everything and looks forward to doing even more. Carl feels fortunate to have worked with and learned from the best. Including such film and television heavyweights as Martin Scorsese, Ron Howard, Steven Soderbergh, Tom Cruise, Clint Eastwood, Kiefer Sutherland, Chuck Norris and Sylvester Stallone. His career began in Southern ...
Bruce Lee statue unveiled in L.A.’s Chinatown
By Frank Shyong - June 16, 2013, Los Angeles Times ~ Officials in Chinatown unveiled a 7-foot bronze statue of Bruce Lee to a crowd of several hundred in the historical Central Plaza on Saturday night. The unveiling caps a five-year effort to bring the statue to Chinatown, said Shannon Lee, Bruce’s daughter and president of the Bruce Lee Foundation. The statue, created by an artist in Guangzhou, China, is the first such statue of her father in the United States, Shannon Lee said. Though the statue will not be permanently installed until business leaders can raise $150,000 to install seating and ...
Jackie Chan’s Chinese Zodiac: CZ12
Release date: 20 December 2012 (Malaysia) CZ12 is a 2012 Hong Kong-Chinese action film co-produced, written, directed by, and starring Jackie Chan. The film takes it origin from the films Armour of God (1987) and its sequel, Armour of God II: Operation Condor. The movie took Seven years to make and cost US$50 million (S$61.1 million) to shoot and to date has grossed over US $138,000,000 at the Chinese box-office. CZ12 won Best Action Choreography at the 32nd Hong Kong Film Award, and Jackie Chan earned two Guinness World Records: "Most Stunts Performed by a Living Actor" and "Most Credits in One ...
Yen, Donnie
Action star Donnie Yen was cast in the lead role of director Yuen Woo-ping’s Drunken Tai Chi, and a new leading man was born in Hong Kong cinema. Donnie remains a major star in Chinese action cinema to this day. Yen is the son of Boston based kung fu instructor Bow Sim-mark, and was tailor-made for the action movie scene, as he had trained in martial arts since early childhood. He has a solid foundation in his mother’s Wushu style, and as a teenager he studied a wide variety of different fighting arts, including karate and Western boxing. Born in Canton but raised in Boston, Yen ...
Leong, Al
Al Leong, or Al 'Ka Bong' is an Asian American actor and a stuntman known for playing the Asian bad guy, and for dying in some very top notch movies. He has has starred alongside Mel Gibson, Bruce Willis, John Claude Van Damme, Brandon Lee, and Kurt Russel, and he has been killed by, will, almost all of them. He practices Sil Lum Kuen, Northern Shaolin kung fu, and was a former Beverly Hills Pro/Am Karate Soft Forms Champion. It is not only Al's impressive martial arts skills that attracts attention, but his Fu Manchu mustache, his long wavy hair, and that lean muscular physique, along with ...
Interpretation By Lin Oeding
A harmless discussion turns into serious action in this fable from Hollywood stunt man, Lin Oeding. By Matthew Foster - Short of the Week ~ Interpretation is a simple fable, and is satisfying in a way only a fable can be. Like other simple fables of our age (The Road Warrior, Star Wars) it entertains as tales around the bonfire once did, but with the addition of fast paced visual action. We have our reluctant hero, cruel villains, a message about life, and blood. Dan and Erica are on their way home after a movie-date through the urban jungle. They could be any ...
John Kreng on Spike TV’s Auction Hunters
Auction Hunters: Wire Gear John Kreng, a stunt coordinator from Hollywood, certainly knows his stuff when it comes to wire gear. Needless to say, when he got a hold of Ton and Allen's wire gear from the 40s, he was ready to cut a deal ASAP with our heroes. Auction Hunters is an American reality television series that premiered on November 9, 2010, on Spike and is produced by Gurney Productions Inc. SPIKE Wire Gear www.spike.com Spike Full Episodes Spike Video Clips Spike on Facebook
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Carl Ciarfalio
A 40-year entertainment industry veteran, Carl has killed and been killed, beaten and been beaten, fallen off buildings and cliffs, rappelled from helicopters, been set on fire, run into, run over and kicked in the … well, you know. He’s even worn a sexy red halter dress. In short, he’s done just about everything and looks forward to doing even... Read more of this article
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Alexander Fu was born Cheung Fu-Sheng on October 20, 1954. In the 1970′s Alexander Fu was a major Hong Kong movie star. He is a tragic hero in his own right because of his great popularity in Hong Kong and his very early death in an automobile accident. As a child he was always in trouble and was often found fighting in the streets. His businessman... Read more of this article
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