5.28.2012 - News [Roast Pork Sliced From A Rusty Cleaver] (飲水思源)

ChinaDaily: A Hong Kong odyssey
Hong Kong cinema is merging into the larger Chinese cinema, gaining strength and at the same time losing its own identity.

CF: An Extras' Life in Hengdian
CF: Gong Li Unveils New Projects at Cannes
MSN: Gong Li denies pregnancy rumours, (CNA)
In other related news, the actress will be starring in the Hollywood movie, Marco Polo, later in the year where she will be portraying a Mongolian queen.

CF: Actress Qin Lan's New Film "Be A Mother" to Release in June
CF: Angelababy Dancing in "The First Time", (Sina)
The romance film "The First Time", starring Angelababy and Mark Chao, is set to hit cinemas on June 8. A collection of still shots featuring Angelababy dancing have been released prior to the film's release.

"Double Trouble" will be opening in North American AMC Theatres on June 8. It will play in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston, New York and Seattle. In Canada, the film will be released in Vancouver and Toronto.

(Sina)

"Double Trouble" trailer

(May 27) Beijing premiere for producer Pang Ho-Cheung's "Lacuna" gets an assist from local Hooter's girls.

Co-director Derek Tsang

Shawn Yue, Pang Ho-Cheung, Derek Tsang

Mia Yam, Lawrence Chou, Shawn Yue  (Sina)

Three of a set of character posters for the mainland release of cop drama "Black & White"

Angelababy

Mark Chao

Huang Bo 

Mark Chao, Huang Bo

(Sina), (21cn)

Back from Cannes, Yang Mi is busy in the studio recording a song for the OST of "Wu Dang".

(Sina)

New photos showing Zhou Xun transformed into an ice spirit for Wuershan's "Painted Skin 2"

(Sina)

Brigitte Lin (2nd right) attending a recent A-Mei concert at Hung Hom Coliseum

A-Mei

A-Mei and guest Kenny B (Sina-slideshow)

Another look at Zhang Xinyi's tattoo (first seen here), from a recent OK! Magazine event.

(Sina)

SGYahoo: John Woo may have throat cancer

Sina: Terence Chang issued a statement denying recent rumors that John Woo had throat or pancreatic cancer or a heart ailment. According to him, Woo had the beginnings of a throat tumor removed at the beginning of the year in Taipei and went to the US to rest but he was not hospitalized there as reported. John Woo also called the media and reassured them that he was in good health and only had a small tumor on the neck that had spread to his tonsils removed. 2, 3

SGYahoo: Fan Bingbing for "Iron Man 3"?

CF: Feng Shaofeng and Mou Girl Ni Ni: New Pair in Chinese Film Circle

MSN: Female fan falls off bridge while watching Lee Hom’s concert

SGYahoo: TVB implements proper conduct guidelines

3.26.2012 - News [Roast Pork Sliced From A Rusty Cleaver] (飲水思源)

Variety: Studio complex puts China in the picture
Huairou Film Base hopes to lure Westerners

In a recent coup for Huairou, Keanu Reeves signed on to shoot "Man of Tai Chi," a $32 million contemporary chopsocky and tai chi actioner that will film here. The cast includes Tiger Chen and Karen Mok, with Reeves as a bad guy -- and martial arts choreography by Yuen Woo-ping ("The Matrix").

Variety: Film is art to Chinese helmer Lu Chuan

Local auds didn't flock to "City of Life and Death" in expected numbers, partially because Lu made the Japanese general in the war movie a real character.
Now the director wants his vision to appeal to auds in the booming China market as he gets ready to unveil "The Last Supper," a costume drama about two warring generals, toplining mainland-friendly stars Liu Ye, Daniel Wu and Taiwanese thesp Chang Chen.
FBA: Audience invited to all or nothing Supper

Qin Lan as Empress Lu in "The Last Supper", opening July 5th

Qin Lan

Liu Ye, Qin Lan, Daniel Wu, Chang Chen at recent Beijing press conference (Sina)

Daniel Wu

Liu Ye

Chang Chen (Sina-gallery)

Trailer for "The Last Supper"

Gong Li will play Empress Wu in "Tang Dynasty Mystic/Mystery Map"

Two versions of the film are in the pipeline, with Jacob Cheung Chi-Leung directing and Tony Ching Siu-Tung producing and filming to begin in July. An international US-China version hopes to get Danny Boyle to direct with an unnamed actress in the lead.

(Sina), 2, 3

First stills from Guan Hu's black comedy "Design of Death"

A quack doctor (Simon Yam) performs an autopsy to determine whether the cause of a death is a murder or an accident. The setting is an ancient village in the mountains.

Simon Yam

Yu Nan atop a coffin

Huang Bo

Alec Su (Sina)

CF: China's First Banned Film Released after 60 Years
After its premier in 1951, the film was soon caught up in ideological disputes, which saw it pilloried as being pro-capitalist, a severe accusation in an era characterized by its black-and-white politics. However, Mao Zedong's criticism of the film, in which he labeled it as carrying a message detrimental to the principles of socialism, was perhaps the main reason behind the banning of the film.

(Sina)

MSN: Showbiz boss Albert Yeung dishes the dirt on celebrity scandals

Jackie Chan, Elaine Ng (Sina), 2

 

 

WaPo: Hong Kong selects new leader after tumultuous contest
After a boisterous but highly undemocratic contest featuring feuding tycoons, dark rumors of closet communism and a host of scandals over sex, gangsters and an illegal wine cellar, Hong Kong elites on Sunday selected a wealthy, China-backed populist as the new leader of this former British colony.
SCMP: Leung wins chief executive race
“We, Hong Kong people, have no rights to cast our votes, We come here just to voice our anger,”

SCMP: Majority cast blank votes in people's poll for chief

"We already have no right to vote in the real election. Why should we be deprived of our rights even in a fake one?"

WaPo: In Hong Kong, fears of China’s hidden hand overshadow election

Gong Li - L'Oreal Photoshoot

(L'Oreal)

Gong Li - Cannes Red Carpet

(Sina)