Friday, April 1, 2011

4.1.2011 - News

According to Joseph Chan, the curator of the Days of Being Wild Anniversary Exhibition , Leslie Cheung's simple closeup for the "one minute-friend" scene had 47 NGs. (Xinhua)

Variety: Buddha Mountain review
From Wong Kar Wai's "Days of Being Wild" to Jia Zhangke's "Unknown Pleasures" and beyond, more than 20 years of aimless Asian youth running amok has lapsed into cinematic cliche. But "Buddha Mountain" finds a narrative drive that still keeps faith with the youthful alienation it's exploring.


China Lion Film Distribution has struck an exclusive deal with New Video, a North American entertainment distributor and digital content aggregator.
Aiming to handle some 15 Chinese-language films per year, with many of them day-and-date releases with mainland China, China Lion will next distribute the Jin Chen-directed The Warring States on 22 April.

Sun Honglei

Sun Honglei described Warring States as costumed version of Lurk, his hit TV series about spies costarring Yao Chen. (Sina)

Director Hou Liang previewed a 20-minute trailer of Deadly Will yesterday in Beijing.
Hou Liang

Han Xue


Two Lost Bladesman posters featuring Jiang Wen


Three production design images for Zhang Yimou's Nanjing Heroes



Tony Leung Ka-Fai plays a doctor in The Devil Inside Me

The suspense thriller is to be released in June

The Frightening Night opens just in time for Ching Ming Festival (Apr.5)

Tang Yifei


Tang Yifei - Beijing premiere (Apr.1)

Director Xu Bin, Tang Yifei and castmates
(Sina-gallery), 2
Stills from The Frightening Night



 (Sina-slideshow)

Michelle Yeoh with Dee Poon (Pan Chuying), daughter of ex-husband Dickson Poon, appeared together at a handbag brand's charity dinner.



Du Yiheng, frequent double for Andy Lau, has a new CD out



Barbie Hsu and Kelly Lin's weddings

Close friends and relatives of Alan Tang, who was known to be physically fit, have expressed shock that he passed away in his sleep.They speculated that it could be due to over-exhaustion.
In 1999, To [Yuhang] became the youngest person in Hong Kong to win the World Wushu Championships at age 18...Find out more about Dennis To's life after Ip Man, and meet Hong Kong's latest gongfu babe... former Olympic champion Liu Xuan, Hong Kong's latest addition to its slew of gongfu babes, about her transition from gymnastics to acting. She plays the wife of martial arts hero Wong Fei Hong in TVB drama Grace Under Fire (2011). (RazorTV)

Zhang Ziyi with Wendi Deng Murdoch (Xinhua)

Selina Jen’s fiancé fights back for his beloved
The Taiwanese singer-actress added that she would not jump into marriage suddenly
The most infamous example was in March 2002 when Nicholas crashed his Ferrari 360 Modena in Hong Kong Central. No one was injured but he fled the scene and later had his chauffeur take responsibility.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

"China Lion will next distribute the Jin Chen-directed The Warring States on 22 April."

Holy moly! Does this mean the film will be playing in the US? I can watch it legally without having to wait six months? Sweeet---