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ZHANG ZIYI CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON...
...ZHANG ZIYI CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON Last May, at a Cannes Film Festival dinner for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," Zhang Ziyi was surrounded by glamorous colleagues - costar Michelle Yeoh, director Ang Lee - who had lived in the spotlight for ages. Yet in her delicate gown, the 20-year-old stood out like a princess, chatting with animated poise, at ease in her radiance. Her performance as Jen, a willful girl who upends the lives of Yeoh and Chow Yun Fat, and possesses such magic that she literally sails over rooftops and treetops, had put her instantly on the worldwide celebrity...
...Festival welcomed her debut feature, "The Road Home," a visual love letter to the young actress from top Mainland director Zhang Yimou, who had earlier wrapped Gong Li in his stardust (and who is said to be romantically involved with his new protégée). Then "Crouching Tiger" triumphed at Cannes, and with critics and the discerning public. By year's end she had become one of Esquire's "Women We Love" and had earned a featured role in Jackie Chan's "Rush Hour...
...Zhang was trained in dance and won an award in China's National Young Dancer competition. But at 15 she gave it up. "I didn't like dancing," she says insouciantly. The girl knew what she didn't want - and what she did. Snagging the crucial role in "Crouching Tiger," she had to win over her stern director. At first disappointed in Zhang's performance, Lee was soon inspired. "We veered the film toward her," he says. "She is very sexy, so we used that. It made things happen. She is the most marvelous thing I've found...
BRAINY BIRD Chirpy-Chi ($25) is Tiger Electronics' latest attempt to build the perfect robotic animal toy, and it's safe to say it's getting closer. When called to action, the toy sings (up to 40 songs) and begs for its ear-of-corn toy, which it "eats" with jabbing movements and excited warbles. Though a successor to Furby and Poo-Chi, this plastic, squawking, nonspecific bird doesn't exhibit the same annoyingly earnest cuteness. Even more important: Chirpy-Chi goes to sleep in a hurry and doesn't wake up at every little sound...