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The British born martial artist, actor, action director and longtime disciple of legendary Hong Kong filmmaker Lau Kar Leung, has passed away at the age of 64 following heart related complications.

Watch interviews and footage from some of Mark Houghton’s performances: https://cityonfire.com/mark-houghton-martial-artist-actor-stuntman-of-drunken-master-ii-and-aces-go-places-v-passes-away-at-64/

Christie Prody, who is most well known for being O.J. Simpson's ex-girlfriend, has been arrested. As reported by TMZ, she faces three felony charges.

She was arrested and subsequently booked into the Cass County Jail on Thursday, September 10. The West Fargo Police Department, who reportedly arrested her, did not respond to the outlet's request for comment as of September 11.

Police have charged her with three felony drug-related offenses. These are two charges of possession of a controlled substance (a depressant as well as m***), and one charge of unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia.

Read more: https://www.wideopencountry.com/o-j-simpsons-ex-girlfriend-arrested-mugshot-released/

Arriving in December from Severin Films is the 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray for Master of the Flying Guillotine (aka One Armed Boxer 2 or One-armed Boxer vs. the Flying Guillotine), a 1976 cult kung fu classic from director, writer and star, Jimmy Wang Yu (The Beheaded 1000, The One-Armed Swordsman).

A one-armed martial arts master (Wang Yu) is being stalked by an Imperial assassin, the master of two fighters killed in the previous film (1971’s One-Armed Boxer). When the One-Armed Boxer is invited to attend a martial arts tournament, his efforts to lay low are unsuccessful, and the assassin soon tracks him down with the help of his three subordinates: a Thai boxer, a yoga master, and a kobojutsu user.

Read more: https://cityonfire.com/master-of-the-flying-guillotine-blu-ray-one-armed-boxer-2-ii-severin-films-wang-yu-martial-arts-kung-fu-cinema-movie-physical-media/

Years after District Judge Jackie Glass sentenced O.J. Simpson to prison, she and a group of attorney friends ran into him at a restaurant.

Read more: https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/years-after-she-sentenced-him-to-prison-o-j-simpson-posed-for-a-photo-with-judge-jackie-glass-3873294/

Jean-Claude Van Damme and Steven Seagal may have had the action movie market cornered in the early ’90s, but true martial arts cinema fans know there was another guy worth watching: Jeff Speakman. A skilled Kenpo practitioner, Speakman was given the spotlight for only a couple of Hollywood theatrical ventures before moving into the straight-to-video world. His 1991 debut, The Perfect Weapon, remains his undisputed standout.

Now, after 20 years away from movies, Speakman is making his comeback with Lost Echoes, an upcoming thriller based on Joe R. Lansdale’s novel of the same name. The film will be directed by Chef Joe Gatto (yes, an actual chef), who is perhaps best known for his extreme scratch-cooking philosophy and his hit Pluto TV series From Scratch.

Lost Echoes follows Harry Wilkes, a young man who has a strange ability to see and hear crimes from the past. After struggling with alcohol, Harry meets Tad, a martial arts expert who helps him turn his life around and control his unusual gift. When an old friend asks Harry to look into her father’s mysterious death, he finds himself pulled into a dangerous mystery.

“After 20 years, I am returning to the motion picture world because of Lost Echoes. We go live on Kickstarter September 1st, so become a part of the solution and let’s make this happen,” Speakman said on his official Facebook account.

 Footnote: Jeff Speakman had a fighting style that felt different from what Jean-Claude Van Damme and Steven Seagal were doing at the time. Instead of flashy kicks or Seagal’s trademark aikido moves, Speakman relied on fast Kenpo combinations, hard hand strikes and quick, close-range movements. Looking back, the fight scenes in movies like The Perfect Weapon, Street Knight and The Expert were ahead of their time.

Check out a personal message from Master Speakman regarding his comeback film Lost Echoes (now on Kickstarter): https://cityonfire.com/jeff-speakman-lost-echoes-martial-arts-movie-cinema-kenpo-action/

Known affectionately to fans and colleagues as “Ming Sir,” Lau leaves behind an extraordinary career spanning decades, both on screen and on the stage. Before becoming one of Hong Kong cinema and television’s most recognizable character actors, Lau was an accomplished dancer who studied classical ballet in France and became one of the pioneers of Hong Kong’s modern dance movement.

Lau entered the film industry in 1979 when director Tsui Hark cast him in The Butterfly Murders. He would go on to establish himself as a familiar face in Hong Kong cinema, appearing in countless films and television productions throughout the following decades.

Read more: https://cityonfire.com/lau-siu-ming-actor-and-legendary-performing-artist-of-the-butterfly-murders-and-a-chinese-ghost-story-passes-away-at-94/

Also known to many fans as “Brother Tai,” Chen leaves behind an extraordinary career spanning more than five decades. After establishing himself as a skilled martial artist and winning the light heavyweight championship at the Southeast Asian National Martial Arts Competition in 1969, he entered the film industry and went on to become one of Hong Kong cinema’s most recognizable kung fu stars.

Read more: https://cityonfire.com/chen-kuan-tai-martial-artist-actor-and-director-in-films-such-as-the-boxer-from-shantung-and-the-flying-guillotine-passes-away-at-80/

Watch Trailers and footage from some of his most memorable performances: https://cityonfire.com/chen-kuan-tai-martial-artist-actor-and-director-in-films-such-as-the-boxer-from-shantung-and-the-flying-guillotine-passes-away-at-80/

• Judge Jackie Glass has died at age 70
• The former host of Swift Justice rose to national fame in 2008 when she sentenced O.J. Simpson to 22 years in prison for armed robbery at a Las Vegas hotel
• “I love you so much mommy Jackie Glass, I’ll see you again someday,” her daughter, Rachel Wolfson, shared in a social media tribute

Read more: https://people.com/jackie-glass-dead-swift-justice-host-sentenced-oj-simpson-12072676