2.21.2010 - News

Screen Daily: About Her Brother (Otouto)(Japan)
Family melodrama has rarely been as shamelessly tear-jerking, nor as insipid, as in About Her Brother,a featherweight offering from veteran Japanese director Yoji Yamada.
Erhu soloist added heartfelt tone to 'Up in the Air'

Wang Quan'an

(Xinhua)

CRI: "Tuan Yuan" (Apart Together) Wins Silver Bear for Best Screenplay

Aarif Lee, Alex Law, Mabel Cheung

(gov.hk)

"Echoes of the Rainbow", directed by Alex Law and produced by Mabel Cheung, won the Crystal Bear for the Best Feature Film in the Generation section of the 60th Berlinale 2010, as announced at the award ceremony of Generation section of Berlinale this afternoon (February 20, 2010, German time).It is the first time that a Hong Kong film wins the award. (Source)


Berlin Film Festival Winners

Hong Kong premiere of Little Big Soldier, Albert Yeung and Jackie Chan

(Sina)

(Sina)

Lin Peng and Jackie Chan at Little Big Soldier premiere in Tsimshatsui

(Sina)

72 Tenants of Prosperity - Jacky Cheung, Anita Yuen, Eric Tsang

Jacky Cheung, Eric Tsang

Linda Chung

Bosco Wong

(Xinhua)

Cherrie Ying, grandmother and Jordan Chan

Cherrie Ying

Jordan Chan, Cherrie Ying and Eric Tsang

(Xinhua)

Michelle Yim (Mai Suet), Wan Chi-Keung's nephew Edmond Leung

Wan Chi-Keung was cremated yesterday in a low key ceremony due to the Chinese New Year.

(Xinhua)

"Kowloon Noir," is a homage to Hong Kong film maker Johnnie To and more particularly the movie, The Mission (1999). The theme is a tip to film noir with a dramatic undercurrent. Nate Radley on guitar and Ratliff on trumpet give the track a dark visage that is upped by the languorous lines of Michael Attias on alto saxophone and Beth Schenck on soprano saxophone. The spell is riveting and nails the feeling marvelously. (Source)

2.18.2010 - News

HK Magazine: Hot Summer Days
I’ll tell you why the film is really enjoyable: Angelababy.
THR: Apart Together (Tuan Yuan)
Bottom Line: Drama about a family separated by civil war has universal resonance but skims over deeper historical and psychological trauma.
Screen Daily: Little Big Soldier
Compared with Jackie Chan’s usual frenetic extravaganzas, Little Big Soldier is almost low-key, a reflection on the pointlessness of war, even though reflections have not traditionally been action star Chan’s strong point.

Variety: Little Big Soldier
An "Odd Couple"-cum-martial-arts-road movie set some 2,000 years ago during the end of China's chaotic Warring States prior to unification, "Little Big Soldier" is a Jackie Chan vehicle without any surprises.

Variety: Au Revoir Taipei

Far from the closeted capital of Asian anomie so often portrayed in Taiwanese fest fare, Taipei becomes a warm, romantic city, peopled with likeable oddballs, in Boston-born American Chinese Arvin Chen's immensely likable feature debut, "Au Revoir Taipei."
Formosa Betrayed: New movie ties Taiwan's messy politics to a Bay Area murder
Jay Chou can be an action star: Yuen Woo-ping
CRI: Jackie Chan Brings 'Soldier' to Berlin
Taipei Times: ‘Monga’ wins special incentives
Monga grossed more than NT$200 million at the box office during its first two weeks of release in Taiwan, entitling its producers to hefty incentives, said Chen Chih-kuan, director of the Government Information Office’s (GIO’s) Department of Motion Pictures, at a GIO reception in Berlin.
Chen said that under the government’s program of special incentives for the film industry, any locally produced movie with box office receipts exceeding NT$50 million entitles its makers to receive 20 percent of its revenues as a subsidy for the company’s next production.

HK Magazine: Paula Tsui interview

Actress Maggie Cheung Ho-Yee kicked out of boyfriend's home after split
The reason for their separation is rumoured to be Cheung's bad temper. Many said Tsang could not put up with Cheung's behaviour and ended their relationship.
Cheung's close friend claimed Cheung's bad temper could have been the result of the rare Grave's Disease which Cheung contracted five years ago. The autoimmune disease can result in an overactive thyroid which makes the sufferer irritable.
Michael Miu admits there was a 'third party' during marriage

Aaron Kwok 

Aaron Kwok attended New Year's festivities at Harbour City yesterday.

(Sina)

Jimmy Lai interviewed on CNN about animated news

Apart Together (Tuan Yuan) - Berlin Photo Call

Monica Mok (Mo Xiaoqi), Wang Quan'an, Lisa Lu

Monica Mok

Feb.11 (Zimbio)

2.12.2010 - News

Screen Daily: Apart Together (Tuan Yuan)
Variety: Apart Together (Tuan Yuan)

CRI: Berlin Film Festival Opens with Chinese Movie
CRI: [Photo Gallery] Berlinale Opening Day
Star-crossed lovers in China, Taiwan open Berlin film fest
In this film we see geographical distance but there's also the question of time, a temporal distance, which gives rise to a rift between people," he told reporters.
"Family unification is something that everybody in China really yearns for. These people are caught up in the flux of history and telling those stories is extremely important."

CNN Talk Asia: Johnnie To: Shooting Hong Kong

WSJ: Fox Premieres Its First Chinese Film (Hot Summer Days)

Action director Yuen Wo Ping’s take on the legendary Beggar So comes with new elements in True Legend.

Donnie Yen aims to hone his acting chops

ESWN: Why Did Tang Wei Get Banned?
Tang Wei's powerful enemies engineered her media ban
Lu said on his blog that there were two seldom-mentioned theories about why Tang was slapped with a media ban. The first is that the 30-year-old star had failed to attend a function by someone related to the political elite. The second is that another well-connected actress had turned party officials against Tang and engineered her ban.

CRI: 3D Kung Fu, Love and Laughs at the Movies

Bodyguards and Assassins gets 18 nods at Hong Kong Film Awards

Yu Nan, Rene Zellwegger - Opening ceremony

Berlin Film Festival

(Sina)

Director Wang Quan'an, Lisa Lu, Monica Mok, Jin Na

Apart Together Red Carpet

(Sina)

Yu Nan - Berlin Film Festival, Apart Together premiere

Yu Nan - actress, jury member

(Zimbio) Zimbio - premiere

Apart Together - Monica Mok (Mo Xiaoqi)

(Zimbio)

Monica Mok - Opening party

(Zimbio)

Karen Mok 3rd party?

Karen Mok, Zhang Yadong

Karen Mok has recently been reported to be in a 'close relationship' with musician/producer Zhang Yadong who already has a girlfriend, an actress. (Xinhua) (Sina)

Vivian Hsu

Vivian Hsu formally announced her return to the concert stage in Tokyo after an absence of seven years. When asked if she still remembered her Japanese, Vivian demonstrated a series of tongue twisters and won the audience's applause. (Xinhua)

Faye Wong dress rehearsal appearance for CCTV Spring Festival 

(Xinhua)

CRI: Faye Wong Returns with Illusions

CRI: "Noodle Story" Star Yan Ni Goes Sylish in New Year

Shannon Lee opens Bruce Lee exhibit at Madame Tussauds in Hollywood

CRI: Netizens Choose Online Galas over CCTV

2.9.2010 - News

Zhang Jingchu

CRI: "Flirting Scholar II" Unveils Romantic Scene in the Rain (12 HD Sina)

CRI: "14 Blades" Premieres in Hong Kong

CRI: Zhang Yuqi Looks Flamboyant in New Film

CRI: Jackie Chan Attends the Preview of "Little Big Soldier" in Beijing
It was also revealed at the screening that the Jackie Chan Theater will help the new generation of Chinese directors and screenwriters show their movies in the theater at a low cost.

CRI: Jackie Chan Launches Cinema Chain

Lisa Lu, Wang Quan'an

CRI: Wang Quan'an Keeps Calm before Berlinale

"Apart Together" tells the story of a retired Kuomintang veteran who returns to Shanghai in search of his wife, from whom he had been separated for decades after he fled to Taiwan in 1949. His plans to take his wife back to Taiwan are disrupted when he finds she has already established another family.

Kevin Spacey, Daniel Wu, Gong Beibi

CRI: Kevin Spacey Behind the 'Inseparable' Scenes

Beauty on Duty - Sandra Ng, Xie Na, Charlene Choi

Wong Jing's comedy is scheduled for a April Fool's Day release (HunanTV)

CRI: Zhang Ziyi Fulfills Quake Donation Shortfall

Zhang Ziyi exaggerated amount she raised for Sichuan earthquake relief

Zhang did not pocket the money she raised from a donation drive at Cannes Film Festival, her manager Ji Lingling said at an exclusive interview with China'sGuangzhou Daily on Sunday.

Today is Zhang Ziyi's 31st birthday.

Zhao Wei's receipt

Fan Bingbing

Li Bingbing

Chen Kun

Zhao Wei, Li Bingbing, Fan Bingbing, Chen Kun release donation receipts. (Sina)

Francis Ng (Sina)

(HunanTV)

Francis Ng arrived in court with his lawyer for a hearing and pled not guilty to the assault charges in the New Year's Day bakery incident. The judge adjourned the trial until Apr.1 and the actor posted a $5000 bond. Francis said his lawyer claimed no closed circuit video showed him beating anyone. (15) (Sina) (HunanTV)

[Update]

Screen idol denies wounding

Young and Dangerous star Francis Ng Chun-yu has denied hitting a man and tearing his ear during a scuffle at a bakery.

Ng, 48, whose real name is Francis Ng Chi-keung, pleaded not guilty at Kowloon City Magistrates' Court to wounding Ming Chi- hong at Ceres Boulangerie et Patisserie in Fuk Lo Tsun Road, Kowloon City, on January 1.

The charge carries a maximum penalty of three years in jail.

Principal Magistrate Andrew Ma Ho-cheung adjourned the case until April 1, and released Ng on HK$ 5,000 bail.

There will be five prosecution witnesses, with a surveillance tape also offered as evidence. The court was told Ng and his wife allegedly argued with another couple at the bakery.

Ng, whose career took off in the 1996 triad tale, has since won the HK Film Critics Society best actor award three times.

Ekin Cheng at the Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn premiere

Ekin Cheng may finally tie the knot

"I've considered marriage too, but first let's look at how Jordan is doing," he laughed. "I think it's time to think about it. Yoyo hasn't rushed me, as we're both busy."

Netizens love Andy Lau and Charlene Choi

Perfect Boyfriend and Girlfriend

"I want my boyfriend to be diligent, ambitious and talented. Looks is not so important for me, as long as he looks neat and tidy and not overly hideous."

Charmaine Sheh storms out midway during interview

The usually cool Charmaine Sheh abruptly stormed off midway during an interview, when questioned about the love triangle involving her and rumoured lovebirds Moses Chan and Bernice Liu..

CRI: Chinese Woman's Jessica Alba Makeover 

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