12.02.2010 - News

Variety: The Dreams of Jinsha
"The Dreams of Jinsha" marks mainland China's stride into bigtime animation.

FBA: Forever (我愛你愛你愛你) (6/10) (Singapore)

A lightly subversive rom-com about a female stalker, with a fine lead performance from newcomer Joanna Dong.

FBA: Aftershock wins ASPA best film crown

Best feature film, best performance by actor; Last Train Home best documentary feature film

CRI: Christopher Doyle Works with Cui Jian for New Film, Blue Bone

CRI: Stellar Warm-up for 'If You Are the One 2'

Latest poster for If You Are the One 2

(Sina)

I Love Hong Kong's Eric Tsang, Sandra Ng, Tony Leung Ka-Fai

Aarif Lee, Fala Chen

Aarif Lee reportedly replaced Raymond Lam Fung in the cast because of his poor acting. The addition of Aarif Lee was dubbed a 'reunion' with mother (Sandra Ng, Echoes of the Rainbow) and father (Tony Leung, Bruce Lee, My Brother).

(Sina), 2, (Xinhua)

Producer Ng See-Yuen, Kara Hui and Bai Jing promote Kung Fu Wing Chun at a Taipei press conference. The film opens in Taiwan December 10.

Kara Hui

Bai Jing, Kara Hui

Bai Jing, Ng See-Yuen, Kara Hui

(Xinhua)

Wang Quan'an (right) deployed over 2,000 extras to shoot crowd scenes for White Plain Deer in the old city of Yuci, Shanxi. White Plain Deer stars Zhang Fengyi, Zhang Yuqi and Duan Yihong.

(Sina)

Photos posted on Weibo of both Chen Kun and Zhou Xun wearing black hats led to speculations that the two are a couple.

Chen Kun, Zhou Xun, Doze Niu, Mavis Fan

Zhou Xun, Mavis Fan

(Sina)

Zhao Wei as a spokesperson for a jewelry brand

(Sina)

CRI: Miriam Yeung Shoots Wedding Photos in Paris

MSN: Cecilia Cheung exhausted from heavy workload

This being her first media conference after her comeback, the press was subjected to many rules and regulations. They were requested to not ask questions that are not related to the movie and that the star would only reply questions in Mandarin. The actress also later requested to have photos taken with co-star Louis Koo only, ignoring other cast members like Raymond Wong, Yan Ni, Chapman To and Lynn Hung.

MSN: Selina Jen hopes to return home this Chinese New Year
After her skin grafting surgery, the singer began pronunciation and vital capacity exercises under instruction of the doctor

Patty Hou's manager quashes 'wedding cold feet' rumours

After Hou's announced September wedding date lapsed without any wedding bells, and was later pushed back twice for various reasons, rumours were rife that the bride-to-be had gotten cold feet as 34-year-old Huang, a bank officer, earned far less than she did.

12.01.2010 - News

Sacrifice loses steam in the second half
Sacrifice could have been a masterpiece.

Ge You - "Mr Nice Guy" gets a makeover

The actor who is so loved today was never admitted to any acting school. Until 1978, he was a pig farmer in suburban Beijng, a legacy of the "cultural revolution" (1966-76). It was his role in a short skit on pig breeding that took him into a drama troupe.

Li Yapeng reopens the bible of love

The romantic TV series Eternal Moment that debuted 12 years ago is to have a big screen adaptation...Shot in Beijing, Shanghai and Bordeaux, France, the film will present three endings for the viewers to choose the one they like. (CRI)

FBA: Bruce Lee lacks punch at China box office

CNNGo: Ben Sin: Going to the movies sucks in Hong Kong
We never get to see what we want to see on the big screen, because film distributors are out of touch with reality

CRI: Heroines of 'The Yang Family' Unveiled

CRI: Cecilia Cheung Dons Wedding Dress in Comeback Movie

Fan Bingbing is reportedly joining the cast of Wong Kar-Wai's The Grandmasters in an unknown role. Fan's agent could not confirm but said that she had been in contact with the director. (Sina)

Chow Yun-Fat and Jiang Wu in a scene from Let the Bullets Fly

(Xinhua)

Rocker Cui Jian and Christopher Doyle are collaborating on a new film, The Blue Bone, now filming in Beijing. Cui Jian summarized it as 'one song, two generations, three stories, four styles', a complicated story of a young man with multiple identities in love with a singer who is the boss' lover. The cast members are relative newcomers. Singer Mao Amin will appear in a cameo role.

Cui Jian, Christopher Doyle

Ni Hongjie

(Sina)

Andrew Lin announced he is getting married and that his wife is pregnant.

Andrew Lin - The Founding of a Party

Chrissie Chau featured in new ad campaign for makeup brand

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MSN: Ethan Ruan clears the air on film offers
MSN: Mother urges Lin Chi-ling to get married on her 36th birthday
MSN: Wang Xiaofei still uses a supplementary card from his mother
Barbie Hsu’s mother-in-law clarifies the state of her son’s wealth

MSN: Barbie Hsu and Wang Xiaofei’s property rejection

The newly wedded couple’s option to purchase an apartment in Kunming was rejected

HK actor Adam Cheng hospitalised after four-metre fall, (Xinhua)

5.15.2010 - News

HK Magazine: Clara Law

HK Magazine: Daniel Wu

HK Magazine: Ip Man 2

Lam Suet, Triple Tap opens July 1

Louis Koo (Sina)

Cui Jian

THR: Rocker Cui Jian making directing debut with 'Blue Bone'

"It's about two people who fall in love and then, with the Cultural Revolution, they develop problems with each other, politically," Cui said in Cannes, where he is promoting the project.

Cui told THR he hopes to start shooting "Blue Bone" in China later this year and is angling to get acclaimed cinematographer Christopher Doyle to lens the picture. Japanese director Takeshi Kitano, whose latest, "Outrage," screens In Competition this year, is on board as an executive producer. Jiang Wen and Anthony Wong are attached to star. (Xinhua)

Screen Daily: Chinese pop star Cui Jian plans to direct for Beijing Antaeus

• Set to star Jiang Wen and Anthony Wong, Cui’s The Blue Bone is a three-part story about a young musician’s perplexing journey through life. Japanese film-maker Takeshi Kitano, whose Outrage is screening in competition here in Cannes, is on board the $2.5m film as executive producer.
• Also in development are $13m period drama Rouge, which is set during the Japanese invasion of China, and $16m 3D animation fantasy Destiny. Rouge will be directed by Beijing Antaeus chairman Zhang Baoquan, who also developed the original story of Destiny.
• Among smaller projects on the company’s slate are veteran Chinese director Xie Fei’s first feature in ten years – $1m drama Red Coal – and Xue Xiaolu’s Running Girl, set to star Karen Mok.

CRI: Jackie Chan Scouts Film Sites in Expo Garden 
Jackie Chan visited the Shanghai Expo gardens on Thursday to scout shooting locations for his new film, "Chinese Zodiac".

Global Times: Famous 'family men' with much more than a few secrets on the side

We went to watch the spy suspense film East Wind Rain out of sheer boredom, which proved to be so bad that we skipped the second half for a drink...Li Fei'er - a cheated mistress?