Wednesday, November 9, 2011

11.9.2011 - News [Roast Pork Sliced From A Rusty Cleaver] (飲水思源)

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1977 "Money Crazy" LP cover

MSN: Ricky Hui dies at 65
Ricky's day of death also coincided with the death anniversary of Lam Ching-ying, one of Hong Kong's famous actors who acted in many vampire-themed movies. He had played the role of Ricky's master in the movie Mr Vampire.
On top of making people laugh with his screen performance, Ricky was also a musician, having released seven albums, penned the songs in Sam's debut Cantonese album and participated in the production of the latter's 1999 musical "Mid Summer Night Madness".

Family photo - brothers Michael, Stanley, Ricky and Sam

Concert poster


CRI: Chow Yun-fat Plays a New Cao Cao
Chow, Alec Su and Japanese actor Hiroshi Tamaki have attended a news conference to preview the historic epic "Tong Que Tai" ("The Bronze Sparrow Terrace").

Li Bingbing said at the event, "The character suits me very well. We are both the same age and at the same stage of life. And I'm single too." As the only single member of the three leads, the 38-year-old actress was "commanded" by Sun and Duan to "catch up" with them as soon as possible.

"Love in the Buff", directed by Pang Ho-Cheung, and the sequel to his 2010 romance drama "Love in A Puff", has had its first English language promotional poster released.

Produced by Bona Film Group, director Tsui Hark's imminent action blockbuster "Flying Swords of the Dragon Gate" unveiled a new batch of character posters in the run up of its release in December.
Guei Lun-Mei (Sina)

The makers of "Painted Skin 2" revealed that the trailer was made under the direction of Japanese fantasy master Yoshitaka Amano and other domestic fantasy designers. The 120-second clip does not disclose any specific details about the plot, but does give film fans a glimpse of the fantasy inspired images that feature throughout the movie.

"White Deer Plain" is considered to be the most difficult books to adapt into film, particularly in terms of technical constraints, its time span and the tight content. The novel is lengthy but tight. Staying true to the original work while keeping it short enough to be a film is a tough task.



Gaile Lok and Leon Lai walk red carpet at New York Chinese Film Festival

Vivian Hsu

Tony Ching Siu-Tung, Vivian Hsu

Gaile Lok, Leon Lai (and Qin Hailu?)
Vivian Hsu

Jingle Ma's "Speed Angels" featuring Tang Wei, Cecilia Cheung, Chie Tanaka and Rene Liu opens Dec. 28
Cecilia Cheung


Tang Wei

Chie Tanaka

Rene Liu

Jimmy Lin 

Tang Wei, Rene Liu (Sina)

"Tai Chi 0" concept poster released at AFM (American Film Market)
Huayi Brothers officially announced it as the first part of a "Tai Chi Trilogy". Already, the first film has been pre-sold to 31 countries.

Art design is by Tim Yip



Having dropped out of show business and secretly married in Las Vegas in 2007, doe-eyed actress Ng Sin-Lin (Jacklyn Wu Chien-Lien) surprised the media when she appeared in costume at a press conference for a TV drama "Tang Dynasty Romatic Hero". Adding another surprise, she revealed that she had given birth to a baby two years ago. The 43 year-old actress has been living in the mainland with her businessman husband and is returning to acting as a guest on the film because the director and writer are her friends. She said her life is now that of a housewife, she has entered a different stage of life and is family-oriented. The film's cast includes Alex Fong Lik-Sun, Chrissie Chau, Cecilia Yip and AK, a pop duo.
Jacklyn Wu/Ng Sin-Lin
Pop duo AK, Chrissie Chau, Alex Fong, Jacklyn Wu

Alex Fong, Jacklyn Wu

Jacklyn Wu

Chrissie Chau

Chrissie Chau

ZHANG Yimou's epic-scale The Flowers of War has been acquired for North American distribution by two small US companies. They will quickly give film a platform release in three cities in order that Flowers can compete in the main categories of the Oscars.

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