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When you're lying on a beach in Mauritius and suddenly have the urge to surf?the Web that is, not the waves?you're in luck. The small (pop: 1.2 million) tropical paradise in the Indian Ocean was racing to become the first country in the world with complete wireless Internet coverage, but Macedonia laid claim to that title a few months ago. Mauritian officials say that Macedonia's wi-fi technology, which creates a number of hot-spot "clouds" to cover the country, could lead to connections dropping out. Mauritius is using the newer and fast-growing WiMax...
...DIED. TONY MEEHAN, 62, founding member of hit pop band the Shadows; of head injuries sustained in a fall; in London. Seizing on teenagers' infatuation with U.S. rock 'n' roll in the late '50s and early '60s, the Shadows dressed in shiny suits, toted red Fender Stratocaster guitars and danced a uniquely British three-step shimmy into the charts with songs such as Apache and Kon Tiki. As the backing band for Cliff Richard, they had other hits including Living Doll and Travellin' Light...
...sides of the family not getting along too well," he says. "[I was] caught in a tug-of-war." Bush calls LaMar his father (during his Heisman acceptance speech, Bush broke down while thanking him). Luckily, football offered plenty of solace. Bush ran for eight touchdowns in his second Pop Warner game...
...opportunity to make a modern musical without compromising dramatic complexity. With Morgan, the producer behind Oscar-winning Million Dollar Baby, and a $10 million budget, Chan assembled a starry cast: Taiwanese-Japanese icon Takeshi Kaneshiro, rising mainland actress Zhou Xun and Jacky Cheung, the one Heavenly King of Canto-pop who can really sing. But would audiences accept a big-budget Asian film without a flying kick or aerial swordfight? And was Chan?a Hong Konger best known for delicate, tightly-observed dramas such as Comrades, Almost a Love Story?the man to bring this improbable project...
...there be no doubt: Perhaps Love is absolutely wonderful. Chan's film brims with pop energy, without sacrificing emotional punch. He creates real characters we care about, then lets them sing, dance and break each other's hearts. Yet he lavishes as much attention on stillness as on sound. And while Perhaps Love has an Asian feel, its production values match those of any international film. The result is dazzling proof that Chinese cinema will no longer be confined to the twin ghettos of martial arts and art house...