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Page Six quick hits: Jackie Chan quitting action films, Sarah Jessica Parker hosting Obama fundraiser

Jackie Chan is quitting the genre that made him an international star. Chan told reporters at the Cannes Film Festival today, “This will be my last action movie. I tell you, I am not young any more … I don’t just want to be an action star, I want to be a true actor. I want to be an Asian Robert De Niro.”

Sofia Vergara is headed on a “mini vacation.” But in a photo that the actress posted to WhoSay today of herself and her three travel companions, Page Six couldn’t help but notice that Nick Loeb is not one of them.

David Hasselhoff has a theory on why “Baywatch” remains so popular around the globe. The actor says in a newly released interview in Men’s Health, “I think it’s about people wanting to be free and looking at America as the big lifeguard.”

Sarah Jessica Parker is the next celebrity in line to host a star-studded fundraiser for Barack Obama. Following in George Clooney’s footsteps, Parker will be feting the President and First Lady at a June 14 fundraiser in her Greenwich Village home. In an email announcement today, Parker wrote, “It should be fabulous,” reports The Wrap.

Kim Kardashian has let a talk show host feel her famous derriere. During an appearance on “Alan Carr: Chatty Man” airing today, Kardashian joked, “You know what a real butt feels like, right?” After which, Carr gave hers a pat, E! News reports.