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Over the past decades hip hop grew from the slums of New York to an international platform. Sometimes we really don't know what type of an impact it really has made but "Raging Phoenix" starring Thailand's female martial arts superstar JeeJa Yanin, is b-boys meets Muay Thai. It is such a treat to see what they have done with this.

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JeeJa Yanin - is Thailand's next rising martial arts movie star. The only thing about it -- she is a female!

This 25 year old, 5'2 petite female is redefining everything that could be said about a petite female. She is fast, strong and is fierce. In her 2008 release of "Chocolate" she plays an autistic girl (Zin), the product between her thai mother and her husband a japanese Yakuza heir, who possessed the extraordinary skill to learn martial arts by watching TV and the neighboring Muay Thai boxers. Her skills are being put to use when she is trying to collect money for her mother from past debtors to pay for her chemo treatment. However, she didn't know that her mother was involved with a thai gangster, which forced her husband to move back to Japan in order to assure Zin's and her mother's safety. Zin collecting the money opens old wounds which results in fierce fight scenes that you only see in a Jackie Chan, Jet Li or Tony Jaa movie

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Nominees for the People's Choice Awards are out, and the people choose vampires.

"Twilight" and "True Blood" were among the top nominees announced Tuesday. Fans cast more than 18 million votes online to select the nominee slate and will also choose the winners in 35 categories.

"Twilight" is up for favorite movie, franchise and on-screen team for its trio of stars: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner. Stewart and Pattinson were also nominated individually for favorite movie actress and actor, and Lautner is up for breakout movie actor.

"True Blood" was nominated for favorite TV obsession and sci-fi/fantasy TV show, plus star Anna Paquin earned a nod for TV drama actress.

Fans can vote for their favorites online at the People's Choice Awards website.

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Simon Cowell -- the acerbic "American Idol" judge, creator of "America's Got Talent" and record producer -- is the top-earning man on primetime U.S. television with an estimated haul of $75 million, Forbes.com said Tuesday.

Cowell beat out "The Apprentice" host Donald Trump ($50 million) and "American Idol" presenter Ryan Seacrest ($38 million), based on estimated pre-tax earnings from June 1, 2008-June 1, 2009.