THE “curse” of Jackie Chan strikes again after a Russian anti-virus software recently joined a growing list of banned products in the United States, Sin Chew Daily reported.
The 70-year-old movie star was dubbed the “brand name killer” after Kaspersky, an anti-virus software company he endorsed, was banned by the Bureau of Industry and Security for posing a risk to the United States’ national security.
Video advertisements featuring Chan wearing a helmet and fighting computer viruses and other malware became viral online following the announcement.
“Can’t do much even by wearing a helmet,” an amused fan quipped.
It was earlier reported that the “curse” stemmed as far back as the early 1990s when a Chinese-English language learning computer Chan endorsed went bankrupt.
Another notable incident was a shampoo brand he endorsed which was found to contain carcinogens in 2010.
> The daily also reported that king of Mandopop Jay Chou joked that his successful music career was the reason for failing to achieve his dream of becoming a tennis superstar.
The 45-year-old recently displayed his skills with a tennis racquet in a video on social media.
Known to play basketball and golf, Chou looked every bit the athlete while on the tennis court.
“Sometimes I wonder if it is too late for me to learn tennis?
“If I had started at a younger age, maybe what you see on TV would be me playing tennis rather than singing,” he quipped.
The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.
