12.31.2010 - News

FBA: Disney High School Musical China (3/10)
Phoney cross-cultural concoction stripped of any plot and saddled with mostly lame musical numbers.
Variety: If You Are the One 2

"Let the Bullets Fly" scores big at box office

A new film from one of the bad boys of Chinese cinema, Jiang Wen -- a scathing satire on power, greed and corruption -- has critics cheering and movie-goers queuing up to make it a box office hit.

The leading Southern Daily newspaper praised Jiang and said the film's message would not be lost in a society increasingly divided by a gaping rich-poor income gap.

Jiang had "exposed and satirised the weaknesses and shortcomings of Chinese society and its people"... "Dressed up in commercial wrappings, he has packaged a work greatly steeped in political meaning." (AFP)

China Daily: Top 10 movies of 2010 in China - It's the season of lists!
WSJ: The top five films in Asia this year
SG: Top 8 entertainment stories of 2010

CRI: Lu Chuan's WWII Film to Head for N. America
CRI: 'The Green Hornet' Releases New Posters

CRI: All-Star Film Brings New Year Laughs

Donnie Yen, Carina Lau - All's Well Ends Well 2011

Louis Koo, Cecilia Cheung (Sina)

CRI: 'Mr. and Mrs. Incredible' Releases New Year Trailer

THR: Salon Films Launches Filmmaker Training Program

Stills of the lead actors of Warring States, from the trailer

Sun Honglei

Kim Hee-Sun

Jing Tian

Francis Ng (Sina)

Poster for Derek Tsang and Jimmy Wan's Lovers Discourse

(Sina)

Eric and Derek Tsang 

The Kidnap poster - Rooftop version

(Sina)

Carina Lau interviewed by popular TV host Chen Lu Yu on "Date With Lu Yu"

Lu Yu is the anorexic Chinese Oprah

(Sina)

CRI: Faye Wong Adds 4 More Cities to Her Comeback Tour
CRI: Jacky Cheung Kicks off Concert Tour in Shanghai
Jacky Cheung kicked off his world concert tour on Thursday, December 30, 2010 in Shanghai with a short musical drama film starring himself and actress Shu Qi as a couple.

MSN: Carol Chu turns up at every Andy Lau concert

MSN: Gillian Chung hints she no longer hates Edison Chen
MSN: Edison Chen talks about photo scandal on talk show
Jordan Chan: "Why did us Chens produce such a shameless person?"

Dee Hsu, Edison Chen, Kevin Tsai

(Sina)

MSN: Barbie Hsu to marry Wang Xiaofei on March 20 next year
Joey Yung menaced by mysterious hotel room intruder
MSN: Joey Yung’s hotel room broken into

12.21.2010 - News

FBA: Bullets not firing blanks
Producers of Chinese western Let the Bullets Fly claim that Jiang Wen's film has taken more than RMB30 million ($4.5m) in China on its opening day, Thursday 16 Dec.
THR: 'Bullets' Guns Down Chinese Box Office
Let the Bullets Fly is scheduled for release in Hong Kong in January.
CRI: Jiang Wen to 'Let the Bullets Fly' in Hollywood
A major Hollywood studio has bought the rights to remake Jiang Wen's latest gangster movie, "Let the Bullets Fly".

FBA: Single Man (光棍兒) (7/10)
Cleverly constructed, low-key character comedy set in a northern Chinese village with sex mostly on its mind.

CRI: Still Photos Released for 'All's Well, Ends Well'

(Sina)

CRI: Andy Lau Kicks off 'Unforgettable' Concert Series
MSN: Andy Lau, Leon Lai not on bad terms

(Sina-slide show)

Karen Mok in concert in Chengdu

(Sina-slide show)

CRI: Gao Yuanyuan in New Photo Shoot

Dragon's Heart: A kungfu master's living legacy

Another Bruce Lee fan was Chairman Mao Zedong, who watched three of his films repeatedly after Liu Qingtang, then vice-president of the Ministry of Culture in 1974, found copies. According to Liu's memoirs published in Yangcheng Evening News, Mao would clap while watching the films and exclaim: "Good kungfu, good hit!"

MSN: Miriam Yeung will marry Real Ting tonight

(Sina)

MSN: Miriam Yeung to work on having babies next

Cecilia Cheung thrown off horse during film shoot, (CRI)
MSN: Chow Yun-Fat rumoured to have an 18-year-old adopted son

China's Oprah ? - Take your pick!
Chen Lu Yu: 'China's Oprah'
Yang Lan: China's 'Oprah'
China's fashionably outspoken media mogul
She's been called China's answer to Oprah Winfrey and Anna Wintour, but Hung Huang never had a plan to be the media and fashion empress she is today. Hung Huang Hung Huang is a Beijing-based entrepreneur who is often called "the Oprah of China."

7.6.2010 - News

NFPF: Brodsky's A Trip through Japan with the YWCA (ca. 1919)
(Thanks, to Dave, from yesterday)
CRI: Director Pleased with "Triple Tap" Box Office During World Cup
CF: Peter Chan to Shoot a Remake of "One Armed Swordsman"

Jia Hongsheng

With Zhou Xun - real life lovers and costars in Suzhou River

(Xinhua-slide show)

FBA: Jia Hongsheng tumbles to his death
Favorite of Sixth Generation directors, male lead in Suzhou River, Quitting, Frozen reportedly leapt to death.
Seven story fall onto car, related articles (Xinhua), 2, 3, (Sina)

FBA: Zoom Hunting (獵豔) (5/10)
Slickly shot drama of a photographer snapping a possible murder is flawed by an awkward script.
FBA: Bang Rajan 2 (บางระจัน 2) (Thailand) (6/10)

Eric Tsang

Ma Jian

Seven Little Lohans/Seven Arhat featuring Eric Tsang and Chen Sicheng will open July 23, the day after the blockbuster Aftershock opens. Eric said he hopes the comedy will provide a change of pace from the epic tearjerker by Feng Xiaogang. (Sina)

CRI: "Seven Arhat" to Hit Big Screens July 23

The film follows seven arhats as they fight a group of four grave robbers at a mountain temple...The film's production company said they intended to produce it as the Chinese version of the Hollywood "Home Alone" series.

Eric Tsang was also the latest victim of a false death rumor reported on the internet. In the latest case, Eric had died July 3 while watching the World Cup due to over excitement. In recent months, Simon Yam and Rainie Yang have been rumored to death. (Xinhua)

Jiang Yiyan

Jiang Yiyan is busy learning German and English for the Chinese-German coproduction I Phone You. Jiang will film in Berlin and Chongqing as a girl who goes to Berlin to search for love. Deng Jiajia also has been cast. Filming begins in Chonqing at the end of July. Chinese director Dan Tang will helm from a script by Golden Bear awardee Wolfgang Kohlhaase. (Sina), 2, 3

Flirting Scholar 2 - Louis Fan Siu-Wong

Louis Fan

Peeping Natalis Chan

Huang Xiaoming

(Sina), 2

Stephen Chow and Cecilia Cheung appear on popular talk show 'Date with Lu Yu'

(Xinhua)

Gan Wei, Lin Chi-Ling - Welcome to Shamatown

Film has earned 40 million yuan at the box office in two weeks

Gan Wei

(Sina)

CRI: '80s Generation' Gains Heat at the Box Office
"80's Generation" is an epic story depicting a 15-year romantic relationship between two young people. The film includes historical events such as the Hong Kong handover, SARS, the Beijing Olympics, and Leslie Cheung's death to name just a few.
CRI: Zhou Xun Promotes Environmental Film

APA: Forever Young and Restless: an interview with actress Cheng Pei-pei
Movie legend Cheng Pei-pei reminisces about her days at Shaw Brothers, working with director King Hu, and how she’s managed to stay a major figure in Chinese-language media.

Gillian Chung going to Malaysia

Gillian Chung is coming to Malaysia on July 8 to promote her new film, The Fantastic Water Babes.

SG: Gigi Lai hospitalized for bleeding during pregnancy
APA Top Ten: Teresa Teng songs
ChinaHush: Lionel Messi apologizes to Chinese fans,
“I feel bad for not living up to your expectations”