Jackie Chan Dead? “Rush Hour” Star Latest Subject Of Online Death Hoax

You’re nobody ’till somebody kills you — on the Interwebs. Just ask Jackie Chan.

You’re nobody ’till somebody kills you — on the Interwebs. Just ask Jackie Chan.

Action star Jackie Chan attended the unveiling of his wax figure at Madame Tussauds Hollywood in Los Angeles on Monday. The unveiling came just days after the Rush Hour star revealed that he would like to write a musical based on his life.
“I love The Sound Of Music,” Chan explained. “When I was young, I didn’t know English and I saw the whole movie. I’m planning to do I Am Jackie Chan: The Musical. I’ve got a very interesting background. I will talk about how I got into the film business… and how I’ve come to be today. It’s a very interesting, classical musical.”

The recent outrage among Chinese Americans about Miley Cyrus’ “slant-eyed” picture scandal went wholly unnoticed here on the mainland, so I was inspired to bring Jackie Chan’s recent comments about freedom for Chinese people to the attention of my Chinese college students and report about it here.

Jackie Chan is being courted for the lovable role of karate teacher “Mr. Myagi” in an upcoming remake of the 1984 film The Karate Kid.
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Jackie Chan has been immortalized in wax. A wax figure of the action star was unveiled at Madame Tussauds in New York City on Tuesday. Read the rest of this entry »