12.31.2010 - News

FBA: Disney High School Musical China (3/10)
Phoney cross-cultural concoction stripped of any plot and saddled with mostly lame musical numbers.
Variety: If You Are the One 2

"Let the Bullets Fly" scores big at box office

A new film from one of the bad boys of Chinese cinema, Jiang Wen -- a scathing satire on power, greed and corruption -- has critics cheering and movie-goers queuing up to make it a box office hit.

The leading Southern Daily newspaper praised Jiang and said the film's message would not be lost in a society increasingly divided by a gaping rich-poor income gap.

Jiang had "exposed and satirised the weaknesses and shortcomings of Chinese society and its people"... "Dressed up in commercial wrappings, he has packaged a work greatly steeped in political meaning." (AFP)

China Daily: Top 10 movies of 2010 in China - It's the season of lists!
WSJ: The top five films in Asia this year
SG: Top 8 entertainment stories of 2010

CRI: Lu Chuan's WWII Film to Head for N. America
CRI: 'The Green Hornet' Releases New Posters

CRI: All-Star Film Brings New Year Laughs

Donnie Yen, Carina Lau - All's Well Ends Well 2011

Louis Koo, Cecilia Cheung (Sina)

CRI: 'Mr. and Mrs. Incredible' Releases New Year Trailer

THR: Salon Films Launches Filmmaker Training Program

Stills of the lead actors of Warring States, from the trailer

Sun Honglei

Kim Hee-Sun

Jing Tian

Francis Ng (Sina)

Poster for Derek Tsang and Jimmy Wan's Lovers Discourse

(Sina)

Eric and Derek Tsang 

The Kidnap poster - Rooftop version

(Sina)

Carina Lau interviewed by popular TV host Chen Lu Yu on "Date With Lu Yu"

Lu Yu is the anorexic Chinese Oprah

(Sina)

CRI: Faye Wong Adds 4 More Cities to Her Comeback Tour
CRI: Jacky Cheung Kicks off Concert Tour in Shanghai
Jacky Cheung kicked off his world concert tour on Thursday, December 30, 2010 in Shanghai with a short musical drama film starring himself and actress Shu Qi as a couple.

MSN: Carol Chu turns up at every Andy Lau concert

MSN: Gillian Chung hints she no longer hates Edison Chen
MSN: Edison Chen talks about photo scandal on talk show
Jordan Chan: "Why did us Chens produce such a shameless person?"

Dee Hsu, Edison Chen, Kevin Tsai

(Sina)

MSN: Barbie Hsu to marry Wang Xiaofei on March 20 next year
Joey Yung menaced by mysterious hotel room intruder
MSN: Joey Yung’s hotel room broken into

8.13.2010 - News

CRI: Cut Clips of "Aftershock" Unveiled
The cut clips of the hit film "Aftershock" have been released to the public, revealing the twisted fate of the main characters.

Some cast members, including Zhang Jingchu and Chen Daoming, also expressed regret for the editing of the film, which they said severely shortened their performances.

CRI: Kwai Lun-Mei's Image Shake-Up in New Movie

Kwai's squeaky clean, girl-next-door image goes out the door in this action film, in which she plays the member of a gang and girlfriend of the gang's leader caught up in a love triangle.

CRI: Barbie Hsu, Richie Ren Promote New Comedy in Guangzhou

Parodies of such popular films as "The Message" ("Feng Sheng"), "God of Gamblers" ("Du Shen") and "The Eagle Shooting Heroes" ("Dong Cheng Xi Jiu") have been publicized as the selling points of the film.

FBA: Dream Home takes up dual residence in UK

The film will premiere on 28 August at FrightFest in London’s Empire Leicester Square.

Poster for Love in Disguise meet-and-greet with cast in Beijing

(Sina)

Charlie Young and Xia Yu play lovers on the run in Wind Blast

(Sina)

Leon Dai featured in new stills released for Reign of Assassins

The world premiere will be in Venice on September 3

(Sina)

Gu Xuan in High School Musical

(Sina)

Karen Mok appeard on a Hong Kong radio station to promote her new single.

(Xinhua-slide show), (Sina)

Veronica Yip, visiting her mother in Hong Kong, supported models Chrissie Chau and Angelababy and said Anthony Wong was a bit extreme. Veronica and family have been flying on her husband's private jet are heading next to Vietnam. (Xinhua)

8.10.2010 - News

Ouyang Sha-Fei (1923-2010)

Veteran actress Ouyang Sha-fei passed away last week at the age of 86 in Salt Lake City, UT. She had made over 200 films in her career. In 1940, Ouyang Sha-Fei was admitted to the Shanghai Venus Pictures Actors' Training. Her 1946 film, Spy Number One, directed by her husband Tu Guang-Qi, was the top grosser that year. According to her husband, Ouyang Sha-Fei was already pregnant at the time and hid her stomach under a mink shawl. In 1949, she and her husband left Shanghai and moved to Hong Kong. For her role in MP&GI's (Cathay) Devotion (1960), Ouyang Sha-Fei won the Best Supporting Actress at the 7th Asian Film Festival. In 1963, she joined Shaw Brothers and played Ivy Ling's mother in Love Eterne. The actress won the Best Supporting Actress Award at the Golden Horse in 1968 for Too Late For Love. Ouyang Sha-Fei will be cremated and buried in Los Angeles next to her husband. The two divorced in the late 1970's but reunited under the auspices of one of their daughters. (Chinapress), (ChinaDailyNews), (NextMedia), (Xinhua) [Thanks to Glenn!]

Making a song and dance for China - Disney's High School Musical
CRI: 3D "Don Quixote" Unveils Magical Scenes, (Sina)
CRI: Donnie Yen to Star in "Wu Xia"
Takeshi Kaneshiro, better known to Chinese audiences as Jincheng Wu, has been confirmed as Yen's co-star.

Variety: Storm Warriors, http://hkmdb.com/news/?p=5775

Kenny Bee

Gan Wei

Kenny Bee and Gan Wei (Welcome to Shama Town) lead the cast in Land Without Boundaries. The star-studded supporting cast includes Rain Li, Patrick Tam, Francis Ng, Lam Suet, Roy Cheung, Mark Cheng, and Xiong Naijin (another 'Little Fan Bingbing'). (Sina)

Veronica Yip and family visiting Taiwan

Veronica Yip is retired and currently living in the US

(Xinhua), 2, (Sina)

 Jackie Chan breaks silence on 'cancer shampoo'

CRI:: Miriam Yeung Shows High Heels Collection in MV

SG: Zhang Ziyi had suicidal thoughts

[In the Chinese reports, Zhang said watching Maggie Cheung's suicide scene in Centre Stage on TV spurred the thought.]

SG: Andy Hui resorted to abuse to get rid of girlfriend

SG: Aaron Kwok dumped girlfriend Lynn Hung?

SG: Ethan Ruan denies movie deal with Stephen Chow

8.5.2010 - News

CRI: China's 'High School Musical' Premieres in Beijing

The Chinese version of "High School Musical" co-produced by Walt Disney, Shanghai Media Group (SMG) and Huayi Brothers, had its premiere in Beijing on Wednesday (August 4). (Sina)

Jane Zhang singing the theme song

Director Chen Shizheng and Jane Zhang

US Amabassador to China, Jon Huntsman, and his daughter

CRI: August Sees a Film Gush, Which to Pick?

Index and summary of August releases

FBA: The Fourth Portrait (第４張畫) (6/10) (Taiwan)

Often atmospheric study of a boy's lonely emotional life is diluted by a lack of dramatic focus.

After his precision-crafted urban black comedy Parking, director Chung Mong-hong moves to the countryside with this somewhat different second feature, an interior drama of a boy's lonely emotional life that exists on a plane somewhere between dream and reality.

FBA: Well Go confirms Chen Zhen deal

Well Go USA, the US distributor, has confirmed its pick up of North American Rights to Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen.

FBA: Pauline Chan shoots Mei Mei

Shooting has begun on Mei Mei, a film by Pauline Chan about a 16 year old Chinese orphan who travels to Australia, only to find that her sponsor is in prison convicted of manslaughter...The film is only the second to made as an official co-production using the bilateral Australia-China co-production treaty.

Lee Chung-Han, unrequited love for Michelle Yeoh in Reign of Assassins

(Sina)

Nicholas Tse in Stool Pigeon

(Sina)

Zhang Ziyi back on the cover

After a series of '-gates' Zhang returns to Harper's Bazaar cover

(Xinhua)

Joyce Cheng and Jennifer Tse Ting-Ting jeans ad

Joyce Cheng's dramatic weight loss credited to fruit and eliminating unhealthy diet

Jennifer Tse

(Xinhua)

Joyce Cheng admitted to self-induced vomiting but will no longer do so.

(Sina)

Global Times: Publicists play public for fools and the desperation of Zhang Jingchu

SG: Miriam Yeung preps for two major events

SG: Jordan Chan hits out at mystery offender

The star attended Daniel Wu and Lisa S.' wedding dinner late last month and according to reports, Jordan had gotten into a tussle of sorts with someone.

Arvin Chen: A Taipei love affair

His first feature film, Au Revoir Taipei, currently in cinemas, stars theatre actor Jack Yao and singer-actress Amber Kuo. The two share a bizarre night together on the streets of Taipei.

Sammi Cheng considered reuniting with ex Andy Hui

Sammi Cheng revealed in her blog Wednesday that she had considered reuniting with old flame Andy Hui.

Sammi's blog post (Sina)

Disney High School Musical: China

High School Musical posters

JJ Lin and Jane Zhang perform the theme song, 'I Fly Therefore I Am', in the MV

(Sina)

Jerry Yuan Cheng-Jie is featured in the film

(Sina), 2, 3