Showing posts with label Brother Sharp. Show all posts
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Thursday, January 6, 2011

Brother Sharp Brand Launched

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A Brother Sharp brand of clothing was launched online this week. A press conference was held in Shanghai to announce the cooperation with Brother Sharp (aka Xi Li Ge, real name: Cheng Guorong). Brother Sharp will be paid for his endorsement but will not participate in the publicity according to the report. Terms of the long-term agreement were not revealed.











Classic Brother Sharp aka Xi Li Ge

Cheng Guorong, Brother Sharp

Designer Francesco Fiordelli with models

In related news, Ted Williams, the vagabond U.S. radio announcer in the news recently has been dubbed the 'American Brother Sharp' in Chinese news articles. :D



Tuesday, July 20, 2010

7.20.2010 - News

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Chinese tramp 'Brother Sharp' shoots to movie fame
UK article recaps beggar's drama

THR: Toy Story 3 beats Shrek at Hong Kong box office
'Toy Story 3' could turn in 2010's strongest performance
As for local releases, comedy “La Comédie Humaine” has been making steady progress through good word-of-mouth and took fourth place with HK$3 million in four days, more than in the previous seven-day period, for a two-week total of HK$5.2 million; "Derek Yee’s actioner “Triple Tap," in its third week of release, took sixth place for an accumulated gross of HK$6.99 million, ahead of this week’s eighth place finisher, “The Legend is Born – Ip Man," whose four-week total came to HK$6.9 million.

Xinhua: Will new Chinese film about Tangshan earthquake disaster jerk too many tears?

John Woo's Reign of Assassins will premiere at the Venice International Film Festival September 28. Earlier this week, an advance trailer was accidentally leaked on the internet. Galloping Horse spokesman said that the 29 second trailer was not official. Surprisingly, the teaser showed no stars and was only captioned. The overall effect was suspenseful and shocking and used traditional music. The captions only trailer was rare but also created suspense. (trailer) (Sina)

Close to You poster - Bloody Edition

Romantic Edition
Close to You stars Ming Dao and Eddie Peng and combines romance with boxing

Eddie Peng




Kelly Lin with

Without makeup

Kelly Lin attended the launch ceremony in Xi'an for a film in which she will play a heart transplant patient. Her co-star in the film will be Tony Leung Ka-Fai for release next April. Kelly upset the media when she disappeared for half an hour to apply makeup on before returning to meet for interviews. As a result, the media retaliated and published a 'before' photo and derided her 'crows feet.' (HunanTV), 2

Ethan Ruan promoting Monga DVD release

Mark Chao, Director Doze Niu

Is Gaile Lok pregnant?

Her friends suspect so as Gaile has stopped smoking and goes to bed early these days.
Leon Lai does not want children and wants to focus on business according to informed sources. This has led to disputes. 

Maggie Cheung

Shooting a new series of adverts for a diamond and watch brand with Wing Shya, Maggie revealed in an interview that she has moved in with boyfriend Ole Scheeren in Beijing. For exercise, Maggie runs except when the paparazzi are about, then she sticks to the treadmill indoors. (Xinhua)


Faye Wong



Faye Wong held a very brief press conference in Beijing. To promote her upcoming concerts, her first in five years, Faye Wong invited the press to the event with virtually no notice by e-mail invitation. Held under high security, invited press only were allowed entry. The event started an hour later than announce and Faye was joined by concer organizers and sponsors. The conference left many questions unanswered. Faye herself did not accepts interviews and spoke only about 35 words. 

Sammi Cheng brought 30 pairs of shoes to the set for her MV shoot

On a treadmill (Xinhua)


Miss Hong Kong contestants vs

Young models
The Miss Hong Kong competition has been going on for weeks now. Yesterday the pageant contestants took to the water park, while today the models posed at the Sai Kung Outdoor Training Park. The low-cut battle between the ATV-sponsored contestants and the young models has been a feast for the eyes.

Contestant No.8 is deemed the most curvaceous


Shu Qi in Beijing endorsing household goods (Sina)

"As a child actress, I never watched my own movies. In a way, I was rejecting my past because of the many hardships I faced.
"Some days I would be working on three movies at a time.
"There were days when I had to stay up past midnight, waiting for the adult actors to show up because they were too busy smoking opium," she recalled.

Friday, July 16, 2010

7.16.2010 - News

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CNNGo: Carl Ng to play Brother Sharp in world's first internet meme-inspired movie

CRI: "The Fourth Portrait" Nominated at Locarno Film Festival
[11 year-old Bi Xiao-Hai won the Best Actor award at the recent Taipei Film Awards.]


City Under Siege poster and trailer unveiling event 
 Collin Chou, clown, Benny Chan, Aaron Kwok
In an interview, Aaron denied that the film copied from Batman and Love on a Diet.

Ming Dow (Ming Dao)
After a successful performance in the film "Monga", Taiwan pop star, Ming Dow took on a similar character in this upcoming flick, which has lots of fight scenes for him.

Jia Zhangke's documentary-fiction "I Wish I Knew" now opens to Shanghai EXPO garden visitors for free.

The script for Feng Xiaogang's If You Are the One 2 has been approved by the SARFT. The film has a new new Chinese title, Don't Worry. (Xinhua)

Producer-actress Qin Hailu's Steel Guitar/Steel Piano [The Piano in a Factory] is undergoing post-production in South Korea in preparation for screening at the Venice Film Festival. The film won Most Creative and Most Popular awards at the Shanghai Film Festival. Director-writer Kwak Jae-Yang is most famous for the hit film My Sassy Girl. (Sina)

Midnight Heartbeat hopes to test audience tolerance for 'domestic terror'

Posters for Death and Glory in Chengde
An Yi-Xuan

Ray Lui

Yuan Wenkang
Ray Lui - Death and Glory in Chengde
The film is about an epic 1943 battle where a division of 8000 KMT soldiers fought against 30,000 Japanese troops. After fighting for 16 days only 200 had survived.
Ray Lui appears in the film directed by Shen Dong which opens Aug.19

High Schoo Musical - Zhang Jun-Ning (c)

Zhang Jun-Ning

Yuan Cheng-Jie, Zhang Jun-Ning, Liu Yan-Chan

Karen Mok appeared in Beijing during a media set visit with bruised forehead from an auto accident while filming 'Gravity' with Leon Dai.


Karen Mok, Leon Dai
Gravity is directed by Zhao Tianyu (Lost, Indulgence, Delicacies...Poison) and will also feature Zhang Jingchu, Guo Tao, Wen Zhang, Bai Bai He with a 2011 release planned.

Betty Sun Li (Just Another Pandora's Box, Lost Bladesman) appearing for luggage brand. She's expected to star in Gordon Chan's Painted Skin 2.

Charlene Choi (file photo)
Choi's manager, Mani Fok, explained that Choi had been travelling a lot lately and simply over-exerted herself, adding that she has since received treatment at a hospital and has returned home Thusday morning.

"Charlene fainted after over-exerting herself, so she could not attend the Shanghai event. However, she is not taking sick leave and will return to work today (Friday) to shoot a commercial.

"I have been ill lately and have been constantly taking medicine. However, I couldn't handle the large quantity of medication. Today, I was supposed to turn up for the 'Angels on the Road' publicity event in Shanghai. But before I left, my stomach felt very uncomfortable."


Connie Chan brings her Hong Kong opera show to The Venetian in Macau

Nam Fung, Connie Chan Po-Chu, Chan Wing-Yee
Nam Fung and Chan Wing-Yee will be performing for 14 months at the hotel.

Aaron Kwok and Nissan GTR spotted in Happy Valley
Caption: Fashionably dressed Aaron Kwok with sports car, branded coffee captures hearts of foreign babes

Anita Mui's brother Mui Kei-Ming and mother Tam Mei Mui
Mui's mother filed another appeal in court concerning Anita Mui's estate. She said she would continue to appeal regardless of the court's rulings against her. (Xinhua)
Isabella Leong

Early pictures of Isabella Leong accompany story of her recent birth of twin boys

(July 9) Rosamund Kwan and Taiwan electronics chairman Chen Taiming spotted in Paris

No more news on TB Chris

Angelababy appearing for Adidas' NeoLabel