Jackie’s Charity work

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Jackie Chan named a ‘generous celebrity’

Forbes.com has named Jackie Chan one of 10 generous celebrities, placing the Hong Kong action film star among the ranks of Bono, Oprah Winfrey and Angelina Jolie.

The Web site said that Chan, who set up the Jackie Chan Charitable Foundation, gave $64,000 to UNICEF to help tsunami victims in Asia in December 2004, and recently donated $100,000 to Chrysalis, a Los Angeles-based charity for the homeless.

Besides Chan, Bono, Winfrey and Jolie, the other generous celebrities identified by Forbes.com are Nicolas Cage, Sandra Bullock, Steven Spielberg, Celine Dion, Paul McCartney and California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

The 10 celebrities were not ranked.

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nice to see

ya know you always hear about all the charities oprah gives to, and of course we know about the cars she gave away:p and we always hear about angelina adopting as many kids as she possibly can. And while there is nothing wrong with that, I don’t hear about what jackie chan gives away. Maybe he is like all the rest and tries to do the greatest and most generous things possible just to get his name out there, but he doesn’t seem to gloat or at least have the camera’s drool over him. So nice job jackie, I knew you were a good person, but now I certainly have more respect for your human side :slight_smile: which we rarely hear about until jean claude is ramming his motorcycle into a light pole.

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Jackie’s charities

As August West mentioned in his article THE MYTH: Jackie Chan’s Stir-fries HERO, MUSA and Lara Croft Chop Suey Style Jackie is an ambassador for UNICEF. But he’s actually done charity work for a long time. I covered his work saving tigers in the 1998 NOV/DEC Issue of World of Martial Arts - he still is a spokesperson for tiger preservation through Wild Aid. The last time I saw Jackie, it was under the auspices of charitable branch, the Tiger Claw Foundation. Go to www.tigerclawfoundation.org, click “friends” and then “Friends of Shaolin”, then scroll down to ‘Traces of the dragon.’ I penned an article about that - see Traces of the Dragon: Jackie Chan’s New Movie Benefits Self-Help for the Elderly in our Sep Oct 2004 issue.

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thanks for posting the awards

gene, I hope you realize what I was saying. it seems like a lot of celebs get a news team around them and then decide what charity they are going to give to and how much they will be giving. Or else they will have a tv special, it is sickening. The fact that jackie isn’t known by me, might not be saying much since I don’t ever get out:p but I like it more when I have to investigate for what charities they gave to. People like Manute Bol(7 foot 7 former NBAer) spend ALL of their time AND all of their money in helping out charities. Because they don’t think of it as charity, manute bol just wants to do his part to fix the problems in hi scountry. I haven’t looked for the awrds yet, but I saw you said you had to follow his tiger charity. Now bringing “your” charity to a well known status is great and all but only when it is something to really help out the world. i guess tiger’s are important, but to be honest I like to have to look and see that people are going out and in more of a broad attempt like curing diseases and giving money to the poor. I really don’t see why we have all these freaking charities when nothing ever gets resolved in this world. Obviously I went off base a wee but there but it really eats at me every time I see a celebrity saying “hey I am gonna cure the world”. I mean get in line. But then again, I’m sure that I am doing plenty by donating 5 bucks a week to various people cups out side of grocery stores.

Now it does seem like I am ripping jackie, but don’t worry, much respect for that man.

And I would start my own blog but I don’t want anyone to find out that i am actually juna.

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Actually GM gave the cars away. I suppose because it was on her show, she gave them away. :rolleyes:
I have read about Jackie Chan for quite awhile now. When he fell from the limb and landed on the boulder sending bone fragments into his brain I thought he might not recover or even die. I guessing that was around '86. I have read, don’t know how accurate it is, that he is in pain from all the injuries he has received through the years as a stunman and actor. He seems to be a fine gentleman and a good person.

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bm2

I read an interview(maybe here) where he says he breaks bones sometimes just by walking. But it’s pry all worth it, for us at least. Check out the end of drunken master when hwang lays into him and jackie takes the kick, not fall back like most actors before the kick even connect. No, he waited for the kick to land and fully absorbed it, AWESOME. Jackie is the man.

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When doing a scene with SuperFoot Wallace, Jackie didn’t like how it came out. The scene involved Bill punching at Jackie while Jackie was on his back in a building under construction. Bill had a circular saw in which he punched at Jackie with, a real circular saw that was on. Jackie told Bill that he would scream this time and the was the que to hit him with the saw as he would turn as he screamed. In reality Jackie screamed, waited a split second for realism, then turned as the blade made contact with the plywood next to his head. Bill Wallace said it scared him so much that he would not do another movie with him.

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what movie is that from???

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Was it the Protector?

The Protector was THE WORST Jackie Chan film ever. It was worse than Tuxedo. I’ve tried to block them both out of my mind, but I think the Wallace Chan fight was the Protector…

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The Protector is not…what I consider to be one of his better movies and I think that is the one. However it is no way near the same as Phantom Force mission or something like that. Ummm and there is the one about the ghosts teaching him Kung Fu. But that one where the Nazis are driving a Nova ,or something like that from the 1970s with Nazi stuff painted with what appears to be a spray can, is bad, realllllyyyy baaadddd. It is supposed to be the 1940s!!! Talk about cheap props!!! He has a couple of cameos then the fight scene at the end.

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You mean Spiritual Kung Fu?

That’s the one where Jackie learns kung fu from some goofy spirits in the Shaolin library. They were all white with silly red wigs. That was great! Much better than the Protector. My favorite part was when Jackie pees on the spirits because they’re hiding behind the shelf and they come out all wet and ****ed off (naturally) then resign themselves to teaching him. It’s a great old school kung fu funky flick.

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gene

if lo wei knew how to make movies, it would have been good. Magnificent bodyguards is a great one, killer meteors is almost as good, and I honestly liked to kill with intrigue. Karate ghostbuster could have been a lot better, but was still very watchable, once. And bm2, phantasy mission force wasn’t very good. But it does have it’s moments(brigitte lin is in it).

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Since it has been about 20 years since I watched Spirtural Kung Fu I’ll have to take your word for it.
And I swear I recall a skull and cross bones on that Nazi Chevy too! Unintentionaly funny.
Wish I could remember the movie Jackie says he feels sorry for anyone that sat through the entire movie.
Now I like Snake and Crane Arts of Shaolin. I had lent the VHS tape of it to a guy and when I got it back the last fight scene was missing. He had spliced it back. I have the DVD now, the good one. Didn’t know there were different ones. Bought one of the bad ones first.

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More Jackie Charity

I gotta give props to Jackie (and Jet) about their charity work. They might not be turning out the best martial arts films anymore, but at least they still honor wude and give to the needy.

Jackie Chan: Special Olympics gives hope to parents of mentally challenged
www.chinaview.cn 2007-10-02 18:06:04

SHANGHAI, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- World famous kungfu star Jackie Chan expressed his appreciation to Special Olympics just hours before the opening ceremony in Shanghai, telling the press that the event may give hope to parents of intellectually disabled children.

"I went to many countries to promote Special Olympics, through which I know there are so many misfortunes," Jackie said. "Special Olympics may give them hope, transforming misfortunes into fortunes."

Jackie Chan said that he is honored to do such things." The so-called intellectually disabled are all the same as us, and in some areas, they could be even more talented. It is really interesting to communicate with them."

Jackie Chan has attended many promotion activities for the mentally challenged, from which he said he has learned a lot. "I was shocked by their performance. Their courage impressed me a lot."

As for the 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Shanghai itself, Jackie Chan said. "it tells the world our efforts to express humanism."
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Is teaching the Prince Charles charity?

Maybe not, but this seemed as good a thread as any to post this (not sure about the love and kisses part):

Jackie in kung fu offer to Charles

Martial arts legend Jackie Chan has offered to teach the Prince of Wales kung fu.
Charles received the unusual invitation at an awards ceremony in London to recognise the achievements of “unsung heroes” among the UK’s Chinese community.

In a video message recorded in China, where he is making a film, Chan promised to drop everything if the Prince took up his offer.

Apologising for not being there in person, the Rush Hour star said: “I send all my love and kisses … especially for Prince Charles. If you want to learn some kung fu, give me a call, I will come right away.”

The Prince’s attendance at the Pearl Awards at the Royal Festival Hall capped off a China-themed day, which began with a visit to London’s Chinatown with the Duchess of Cornwall.

Charles introduced the awards by praising the 250,000-strong UK Chinese community’s “significant and largely unsung contribution to national life”.

He cited Chinese cuisine, traditional Chinese medicine, China’s “precocious and brilliant musicians” - and even an “extremely talented and industrious” young man from China who recently joined his office.

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Why has no one mentioned Fearless Hyena???

“I am Willow Sword!”

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This isn’t charity work exactly…

…maybe I should re-title this Jackie’s extracurricular work or Jackie’s causes…

Chan helps ice piracy in China
Actor to be featured on antipiracy magnets
By CLIFFORD COONAN
BEIJING – Hong Kong thesp Jackie Chan will be featured on 200,000 antipiracy refrigerator magnets to be distributed by the Motion Picture Assn. and China Film Copyright Protection Assn. in China.

The magnets will be given to film fans who buy authentic copies of “Perfect Stranger,” “The Bourne Ultimatum” and “No Reservations.”

The magnets feature a message from Chan, a legend on the mainland, thanking buyers for protecting the film industry by choosing not to buy a pirated pic.

Also backing the campaign is Amazon.com’s China operation, Amazon.cn (also known as Joyo.com).

Amazon.cn, the largest online vendor for books, music and video in China, plans to advertise the campaign on its website for the first month and will publicize the campaign in a newsletter distributed to millions of its customers.

The MPA reckons that in 2005, its members lost $6.1 billion to worldwide piracy, with piracy across the Asia-Pacific region accounting for $1.2 billion of that figure.

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Life is too good

Extra credit to anyone who can find a vid clip of the ad…

China launches TV AIDS awareness campaign to promote safe sex
www.chinaview.cn 2007-12-06 20:07:33

BEIJING, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- China launched a large-scale television public service announcement campaign, produced by Oscar-winners and featuring superstars such as Jackie Chan, on Thursday to promote safe sex and combat HIV/AIDS.

Hundreds of millions of members of the public will see the television campaign on TV at home, on China Central Television, on the Internet, or on big screens at the airport, train stations and on buses, next year, with the help of commercial media outlets and advertisement sector partners.

The public service announcements, called "Life is Too Good", feature Jackie Chan, Chinese renowned actor Pu Cunxin and one of the most famous Chinese sopranos Peng Liyuan.

As an "ambitious AIDS awareness campaign", the TV advertisements were created by Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon (who together won Best Documentary Oscar 2006), with the Ministry of Health (MOH), and distributed by the United Nation's Development Programme (UNDP).

Lennon, the producer of the public service announcement series, told reporters that, "Public discussion of condoms and safer sex is difficult; that's true in China, just as it is in every country in the world."

According to an earlier report on the country's AIDS situation released by the MOH, sex has become the main channel of contracting the HIV virus.

The report said among 50,000 cases of newly contracted HIV/AIDS in the past year, more than half contracted the virus through unsafe sex.

Pu, who has made a great contribution to the public campaign about AIDS control and prevention, said condoms, a long-time taboo topic in China, was actually a "scientific breakthrough" that benefited the health of mankind.

Hundreds of millions of migrant workers have no "normal family life", Pu told reporter. "We should tell the public the significance of condoms," he said.

Pu became a MOH publicity member for HIV/AIDS prevention and control in 2000. Since then he has used his fame and influence to participate in various HIV educational campaigns.

The ads show Pu's lyrical bicycle journey through a modern Chinese city passing several young lovers on the street, and leading folk singer Peng Liyuan congratulates young graduates who celebrate their last day of high school. They remind people, "Condoms reduce risk. Please protect yourself."

The last act show action film master Jackie Chan preparing his cast and crew for a dangerous stunt -- a good movie needs danger, he explains, but in life, "we need to be safe", he told people.

Though the rate of AIDS growth has slowed, the government has admitted the situation "remains grave". Official reports say there are estimated to be as many as 700,000 people living with HIV/AIDS in China, a country with a population of 1.3 billion.

Subinay Nandy, UNDP China Country Director, said the public awareness campaign and multi-sector partnership demonstrates willingness in China to address HIV issues.

Participating media companies in the campaign include Air Media, Beijing City TV Media, EPIN Media Holdings Ltd., Towona Mobile Media, and www.56.com which is China's largest online video-sharing site.

Over 1.5 million visitors have already viewed the ads on the 56.com website since their debut on Nov. 30, according to the website operator. The website has over 20 million registered users aged between 18 and 30.

By donating air time on their video advertisement platforms worth over 1.5 million. U.S. dollars, hundreds of millions of people are expected to view the ads every month over the next year.

Yang and Lennon won the Oscar for Best Documentary -- Short Subject at the 2006 Academy Awards for their documentary "The Blood of Yingzhou District" about children orphaned by AIDS in a poor village in east China's Anhui Province.

They also produced two AIDS campaigns on Chinese television, featuring Yao Ming and Magic Johnson (2004) and Peng Liyuan (2006).
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpCQ_zdfP5Y

:smiley: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdBG4gRBHTY
I have no idea what he’s saying, so the explosions seem out of place…

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Bo & Jackie

I went to a presentation on sharks with Peter Benchley (author of Jaws) - that was through connections I retained through Jackie when I did some work with ACAP for Tiger preservation (see earlier post). I made me give up eating shark fin soup, which I loved. But I love sharks more.

BO DEREK - CHAN JOINS DEREK TO SAVE THE SHARKS

Actress BO DEREK has recruited action man JACKIE CHAN to her campaign to stop wildlife traffickers around the world. The 10 star has become a keen conservation activist after learning the sharks of the Galapagos Islands have become a target of poachers for their fins. Speaking on CNN show Larry King Live, Derek says, "When I first visited the Galapagos Islands Marine Reserve, I expected to see an untouched paradise. While it is still beautiful to the naked eye, behind the scenes, all is not well. "While there, I learned that the famous sharks of the Galapagos were under siege for their fins. "According to the Galapagos National Park Service, up to 10,000 fins have been seized, and they are mercilessly hacked off the shark and shipped to Asia to make shark fin soup. "I was charmed by the playfulness of the fearless and friendly sea lions I swam with. I learned that they, too, are sometimes slaughtered so they can be used as bait for the shark finners. “It made me realise that even the most remote wilderness is now touched by the global economy - in this case, the demand for products derived from protected wildlife.” Derek has since teamed up with San Francisco-based conservation organisation, WildAid, to help in their effort to stop wildlife traffickers, and she has asked Rush Hour star Chan for his help in China. She adds, “Reaching China’s 1.2 billion people is no easy task, but by recruiting the likes of Jackie Chan… and, with the support of Chinese state media, we are reaching nearly half the Chinese population with TV messaging.”