HOLLYWOOD: Oscar-winning director Ang Lee has reportedly been pulled out of his first TV project, because he needs “some rest”, after spending over four years working on Life of Pi. He had signed up to direct the pilot episode of Tyrant in March, just weeks after Life of Pi won four ...

TAIPEI - Taiwan on Friday awarded Oscar-winning director Ang Lee a top medal of honour to recognise his achievement in the film industry after he garnered two best director Oscars.President Ma Ying-jeou conferred the highest class of the “Order of the Brilliant Star” to Lee, making him ...

TAIPEI: Oscar-winning Taiwanese-American director Ang Lee said Thursday he is excited to be working on his first TV project “Tyrant”, but dismissed reports he would stay away from movies to focus on television.“‘Tyrant’ is Middle East intrigue. The subject matter is ...

PARIS - Hollywood actress Nicole Kidman and director Ang Lee will join Steven Spielberg next month on the Cannes film festival jury, organisers said on Wednesday.Australian Kidman won the best actress Academy Award for her portrayal of author Virginia Woolf in “The Hours” while ...

PHOENIX - South Korea's Jee Young Lee fired a bogey-free eight-under par 64 on Friday to seize a one-stroke lead over Japan's Ai Miyazato after the second round of the $1.5 million LPGA Founders Cup.One day after Miyazato set a course-record with a 63 at Wildfire Golf Club, Lee shot the second-best ...

KUALA LUMPUR  - World number one Lee Chong Wei trounced Indonesia's Sony Dwi Kuncoro 21-7, 21-8 to win a record nine Malaysia Badminton Open singles title on Sunday.Lee dominated the court with flawless net play, strokes and lethal smashes and has now set his eyes on victory at the March ...

Australia's paceman Brett Lee has retired from international cricket, saying a loss of desire to compete at the highest level was behind his decision. Lee, 35, was forced to return home early from Australia's horrific one-day tour of England this month with a calf injury. And his appearance in the ...

SEOUL : South Korea's Lee In-Woo fended off a challenge from 13-time Asian Tour winner Thaworn Wiratchant of Thailand Sunday by closing with a four-under-par 68 to win the first Volvik Hildesheim Open J Golf Series. Lee posted a winning total of 12-under-par 276, putting on hold Thaworn's quest for ...

MELBOURNE : Despite his right foot still broken and is causing him a lot of pain, Brett Lee has said that he would not like to sit out of Friday's match against. "It (toe) is still broken. I had an X-ray yesterday. The show must go on. You've got to do these things when you're playing for your ...

NEW DELHI - Mumbai police has filed a case against a rock band, M Majors for cheating Australian cricketer Brett Lee after getting orders from a local court. Brett Lee has alleged that he was cheated by the band. The organisers had promised to pay him Rs 10 lakh for the concert he performed along ...

SYDNEY  - Stand-in Australian captain Ricky Ponting says he is optimistic paceman Brett Lee will recover from a broken toe to take his place in the one-day side to face Sri Lanka on Friday.Lee was ruled out of action for up to six weeks after fracturing the little toe of his right foot when he ...

LOS ANGELES (AGENCIES)- Jason Lee is to be a father for the third time. The ‘My Name is Earl’ star and his spouse will welcome a baby boy into the world in June, his representative as confirmed to People. The happy news comes after the 41-year-old star renewed his wedding vows with ...

MELBOURNE (Agencies) - Veteran Australian pacer Brett Lee believes India have lost the mental edge this summer and his team would look to take full advantage of the tourists' slump by preventing them from getting on board in any format. Lee said given the seemingly low morale of the visitors, the ...

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - New movies by Stephen Frears and Spike Lee are among a star-studded line-up of world premieres scheduled for the Sundance Film Festival next month, organisers announced. The big-name movies will appear in the Premieres section at the Jan 19-29 festival, the annual gathering of ...

NEW DELHI (Agencies) - Danish ace Peter Gade and world number one Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia on Saturday set up a mouth-watering final in the Indian Open Super Series badminton. Gade, the former All England champion and the third seed, swept aside Koreas Park Sung-Hwan 21-15, 21-19 in the first ...

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Koreas President has urged negotiations to tackle the peninsulas nuclear crisis but analysts say chances of international talks are slim because of deep divisions and a lack of pressure on the emboldened North. Lee Myung-bak, who has vowed a tough stance against any further ...

The first coffin in which Lee Harvey Oswald was buried has been sold at auction for $87,468. Nate D Sanders auction house confirmed that the partially water-damaged pine coffin had been purchased by an unknown bidder, AFP reports. Oswald, who was accused of the assassination of president John F. ...

SINGAPORE (AFP) - Singapores founding father Lee Kuan Yew described Myanmars ruling generals as dense and stupid people who have mismanaged the countrys vast resources, US cables from WikiLeaks said. In a 2007 meeting with top US officials, Lee also reportedly said Myanmars envoy in Singapore had ...

HONG KONG (AFP) - Malaysias world number one Lee Chong Wei put his Asian Games disappointment behind him to smash his way to the Hong Kong Open Super Series title Sunday, while Saina Nehwal won the womens crown. Top seed Lee, beaten by Chinas Lin Dan in the final last month at the Games in ...

THE coffin of Lee Harvey Oswald, the man who assassinated President John F Kennedy, is up for auction. A Los Angeles auction house said on Tuesday it would sell the simple pine coffin in which Oswald was buried for almost 20 years. Bidding will start at $1,000, but the item is expected to fetch ...

HAIKOU (China) (AFP) Rising New Zealand golf star Danny Lee said Thursday he was happy Italian teenager Manuel Manassero had broken his record as the youngest ever winner on the European tour. Manassero won the Castello Masters in Spain by four shots on Sunday at the age of 17 years and 188 days, ...

TOKYO (AFP) World number one and top seed Lee Chong Wei breezed past Boonsak Ponsana of Thailand on Saturday to set up a final showdown with old foe Lin Dan at the Japan Open in Tokyo. The Malaysian, winner here in 2007, pulled off a 21-13, 21-18 win in his semi, while Lin, Chinas Beijing Olympic ...

LONDON (AFP) - Brett Lee believes he can be bowling around the 100mph mark after ripping through England's fragile one-day batting line-up in spectacular style here at Lord's.Experienced fast bowler Lee marked his 178th one-day international by taking five wickets for 49 runs as Australia won by ...

The campus police officer whose unease triggered the arrest of Philip Garrido for the kidnap of Jaycee Lee Dugard has described how his daughters looked like brainwashed zombies. Officer Ally Jacobs sat in on a meeting with Mr Garrido and his daughters after he requested permission to distribute ...

HOVE (England) (AFP) - Australia captain Ricky Ponting said fast bowler Brett Lee was "jumping out of his skin" in his quest to get back in the Test side ahead of the Ashes series in England. Lee played the last of his 76 Tests back in December before undergoing foot and ankle surgery.Once the ...

ABU DHABI (AFP) - Australia's spearhead Brett Lee said Wednesday he hoped to be at his best in time for the Ashes, saying he had the knowledge to be leading his team's bowling against England in two months' time. The 32-year-old, who has not played due to injury since last year's Boxing Day Test ...

ABU DHABI - Those who thought Australia was taking this series against Pakistan casually need to stand corrected. Brett Lee, the tearaway Aussie pacer who thus far was recovering from ankle surgery for the last fortnight in South Africa, is most likely to be pressed into service for the remaining ...

SYDNEY (Agencies) - Tim Nielsen says Brett Lee won't be rushed back into one-day cricket too quickly during the Pakistan series starting in Dubai on April 22. Lee, who broke down in December in the Melbourne Test against South Africa with foot and ankle injuries, is in Port Elizabeth training with ...

JAIPUR (AFP) - Paceman Brett Lee said on Tuesday ahead of the upcoming Test series that Australia would not be intimidated in cricket-mad India despite the lack of experience in the touring squad. Skipper Ricky Ponting and batsmen Matthew Hayden, Michael Clarke and Simon Katich are the only ...

DEAUVILLE (France) (AFP) - Spike Lee visited a World War II cemetery near France's D-Day landing beaches before presenting the European premiere of his film about the forgotten contribution of African-American soldiers to the war that freed Europe from Nazi tyranny. "I was surprised to find ...