{"id":6702,"date":"2010-11-20T04:11:19","date_gmt":"2010-11-20T04:11:19","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2010-11-20T17:11:12","modified_gmt":"2010-11-20T17:11:12","slug":"Taiwanese-star-Jay-Chou-hits-US-in-The-Green-Hornet-","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=6702","title":{"rendered":"Taiwanese star Jay Chou hits US in &#8216;The Green Hornet&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Jay Chou hails from Taiwan, but he first gained popularity as a pop music star. He won the World Music Award for Best-Selling Artist in China on four separate occasions.<\/strong> Chou sings, writes his own songs, produces his recordings, and plays piano, guitar, violin, drums, and several other instruments.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chou&#8217;s first leading role in a movie was in 2005&#8217;s &#8220;Initial D,&#8221; a Hong Kong film based on a Japanese manga series. He costarred with Chow Yun-Fat and Gong Li in the epic &#8220;Curse of the Golden Flower,&#8221; which was his first exposure to American movie audiences. After directing some of his own music videos, he directed a feature film, &#8220;Secret,&#8221; in 2007.<\/p>\n<p>Despite all of his popularity in Asia, it was still a surprise to most observers when Chou won the role of Kato in &#8220;The Green Hornet.&#8221;  &#8220;The Green Hornet&#8221; also starring Cameron Diaz and Oscar-winner Christoph Waltz, opens everywhere on January 14, 2011.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"500\" height=\"385\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/PMA-taGtfXs?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/PMA-taGtfXs?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"500\" height=\"385\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bruce Lee <\/strong>starred as <strong>Kato<\/strong> in the original television series <strong>&#8220;The Green Hornet&#8221;<\/strong> in 1966-67.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/81k_34ouQhM?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/81k_34ouQhM?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.movies.yahoo.com\/blog\/171-taiwanese-superstar-jay-chou-hits-the-u-s-in-the-green-hornet\" title=\"SOURCE\">SOURCE<\/a><br \/>\n<!--break--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jay Chou hails from Taiwan, but he first gained popularity as a pop music star. 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