Actor Who Blogs: Jackie Chan
His about page contains five sub-pages one of which is biography which begins as below:
Jackie Chan was born in Hong Kong on April 7th, 1954. His parents, Charles and Lee-lee Chan named him Chan Kong-sang which means "born in Hong Kong." Jackie weighed 12 pounds when he was born and his mother required surgery to deliver him. Jackie's parents were so poor that they had to borrow money from friends to pay the doctor.Its goes on and on. Frankly this is one of the most detailed about page I've seen on the net. Apart from biography, his about page contains his charity works, discography, filmography and achievements.
Although Jackie's parents were poor, they had steady jobs at the French embassy in Hong Kong. Charles was a cook and Lee-lee was a housekeeper. Together, the Chan family lived on Victoria Peak in Hong Kong. When Jackie was young, his father would wake him early in the morning and together they would practice kung fu. Charles Chan believed that learning kung fu would help build Jackie's character, teaching him patience, strength, and courage.
When Jackie was seven years old Charles took a job as the head cook at the American embassy in Australia. He felt that it would be best for Jackie to stay behind in Hong Kong to learn a skill and so enrolled him in the China Drama Academy where Jackie would live for the next 10 years of his life.
During Jackie's time at the school, he learned martial arts, acrobatics, singing, and acting. The school was meant to prepare boys for a life in the Peking Opera. Chinese opera was very different from any other kind of opera. It included singing, tumbling, and acrobatics as well as martial arts skills and acting. Students at the school were severely disciplined and were beaten if they disobeyed or made mistakes. It was a very harsh and difficult life but Jackie had nowhere else to go, so he stayed. He rarely saw his parents for many years.
Below is the jackiechan.com home screenshot:
Overall design and topography:
The color and design scheme of the site mainly focuses on simplicity and useability which is really cool. Even though content is not limited the site is perfectly designed to access any content in a few clicks. I love the blue to light blue combination.
Pages: As mentioned above there's about, news, scrapbook, photos, JC diary, Films, Videos, Downloads, kids corner and search.
JC diary is his blog.
Video section contains videos of Jackie found on YouTube.
Downloads page contains free downloadable wallpapers and AIM icons.
Kids section is actually on a seperately site - jackiechankid.com - which is obviously for kids and tastefully designed.
Who writes his blog: Jackie himself writes his blog called JC Diary. Posts are unexpectedly detailed and lengthy in English with its Chinese translation! He doesn't want to ignore his millions of Chinese fans, obviously. He started blogging in 2005, can you believe that!
Screenshot of the blog:
Some of his films:
The Spy Next Door (2009 in pre-production)
Shinjuku Incident (2008 in post production)
Kung Fu Panda (2008)
Rush Hour 3 (2007)
Rob-B-Hood (2006)
The Myth (2005)
The Huadu Chronicles: Blade of the Rose (2004)
New Police Story(2004)
Around the World in 80 Days (2003) (US Release date June, 2004)
Enter the Phoenix (Hong Kong: English title) (2004)
The Twins Effect (Hong Kong: English title) Vampire Effect (DVD title: USA) (2003)
Shanghai Knights (2003)
The Tuxedo (2002)
Rush Hour 2 (2001)
Accidental Spy (2001)
Shanghai Noon (2000)
Rush Hour (1999)
Who Am I? (1998)
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (1997)
Mr. Nice Guy (1997 also: A Nice Guy)
Cover of Crime Story
Overall impresssion of Jackie Chan's site: Maybe I'm partial here, 'cause I love his action-comedy movies and his antics! I love his site and the fact that he has time to update his blog simply blew me away.
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