Tuesday, October 5, 2010

10.5.2010 - News


A "Valentine's Day"-style romantic multi-strander, "Hot Summer Days," Fox's virgin venture into Chinese-language production and distribution, bubbles along with a jaunty but unoriginal blend of the sweet, tart, cute and weepy.

According to a report from Taiwan's Apple Daily, Takeshi Kaneshiro and Shu Qi will play husband and wife in Hou Hsiao-Hsien's long rumored, since 2007, martial arts fantasy film (The Assassin). The cast also includes Chang Chen and Tadanobu Asano and begins low-key shooting in Nara, Japan now that Shu Qi's If You Are the One 2 has wrapped up. [In July, HHH was granted a $625,000 production subsidy from the Taiwan government's National Development Fund and assurance that 30 percent of the budget would be provided.]
A poster from Cannes with English title The Lady From Tang accompanied the Taiwan article. 

The Tai Pak Floating Restaurant in Aberdeen was transformed into a casino for Contagion
Gwyneth Paltrow on her way to the boat launch shielded from photographers by tarps.

The security cordon around her was heavy. After an eight hour day, Paltrow returned and retired to the Mandarin Oriental.
Another actress needing protection.


;D
Deanie Ip
Deanie Ip, Paula Tsui, Ann Hui, Virginia Lok(?), Peter Lam (?)

(Oct. 4) Andy Lau held a press conference to announce his series of 18 Hong Kong Coliseum concerts. Eric Tsang MC'd, while guests lending him support included Deanie Ip, Paula Tsui, Ann Hui. and TVB series producer Li Tiansheng. Ann Hui directed Andy in his first film, Boat People, although she originally invited Chow Yun-Fat And Li Tiansheng cast Andy in his first TV series a cop drama which costarred Deanie Ip and Tony Leung Chiu-Wai. Andy said he planned to invite Idy Chan, Chow Yun-Fat and the other Five Tigers [Felix Wong, Michael Miu, Kent Tong, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai] as concert guest performers.


Karen Mok

Karen Mok on October HK editions of Elle


Michelle Reis blogs that she'll be in the November mainland edtion of Madame Figaro

Noshing on noodles 2 - Zhang Jingchu
According to her blog, Zhang Jingchu was in SF and LA last month. I wonder what she was doing there?

Fan Bingbing attending Paris Fashion Week

With Catherine Deneuve
Also in Paris, Joey Yung, Wyman Wong

John Woo touched by Tarantino
SG: Tony Leung pacifies wife with gifts
SG: Sexy mama Christy Chung coy about love life
Faye Wong to take time off for another kid

4 comments:

  1. Who put the fake socks on Andy? :)

    I am glad that Karen Mok is still popular - I remember seeing her in a few ads when I went to China & Hong Kong in 2008. I like her accent:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACbYyvXtgoQ

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  2. Who put the fake socks on Andy? :)

    ;D I updated the earlier MV post, too, if you missed it. :D

    Yeah, Karen seems perpetually cheery in a sincere sort of way! At least, I'd like to think so.

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  3. I second Walter's sentiment. There is something just awesome about seeing Karen Mok on a humongous billboard. I like her more now than I did years ago when she seemed -- at the time -- like the least interesting actress in So Close, for example.

    Okay, I am sick of modern CGI-infested wuxia flicks BUT I will bend for that cast and that director. If Zhang Yimou can do it, let's give Hou Hsiao-Hsien a chance too, right?

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  4. Okay, I am sick of modern CGI-infested wuxia flicks BUT I will bend for that cast and that director. If Zhang Yimou can do it, let's give Hou Hsiao-Hsien a chance too, right?

    And WKW made Ashes of Time, which this cast is beginning to remind me of.

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