1.05.2011 - News

FBA: Color Me Love (5/10)
Glossy rom-com set in Beijing's fashion scene let down by an empty script and weak direction.

FBA: Just Call Me Nobody (3/10)

Poorly scripted action antics in Ancient China, with a weak lead in currently hot comic Xiao Shen Yang.

CRI: 2011 Chinese Cinema Preview
CRI: 'Shaolin' Releases New Poster
The background of the poster shows the burning Shaolin temple. To make the temple look older than it actually was, the director asked Chung-Man Hai, the film's artistic director, to build a second Shaolin Temple. Chung-Man Hai spent two months and 20 million yuan (US$3 million) building the temple, which is larger than the original Songshan Shaolin Temple.

CRI: 'All's Well, Ends Well' to Hit Cinemas on Jan. 31

Stills of Jet Li in Tsui Hark's 3D Flying Swords of Dragon Gate

(Sina)

Chow Yun-Fat and his double Wen Xiang

(Xinhua)

CRI:  Huang Xiaoming Feels the Pulse of London
MSN: Jerry Yan blamed for impeding Lin Chi-Ling’s marriage
MSN: Donnie Yen could not visit ailing grandfather due to work commitments
The Hong Kong actor was criticised by netizens for his ‘lack of filial piety’

11.9.2010 - News

Color Me Love poster

Preview screenings in Shanghai, Chengdu and Shenzhen have received positive reviews

Zhu Hong, model Lu Yan

iLook editor Hong Huang, Zhu Hong, Joan Chen

Zhu Hong

(Sina), 2

Movie Review: 'Monga' (CRI)

FBA: Detective Dee heads for N American release

FBA: Jan HK release for If You Are The One 2

CRI: New Still Photos of 'If You Are the One 2'

Fan Bingbing - Silencing the critics

Jang Dong-Gun, Fan Bingbing, director Kang Je-Kyu

Best Actress Fan Bingbing was presented with flowers upon returning to the set of My Way in South Korea.

(Xinhua)

Chrissie Chau

Jiang Luxia

Chrissie Chau, Jiang Luxia, DaDa Lo and A.Lin took to the streets to promote Vampire Warriors.

A.Lin, Dada, Chrissie Chau, Jiang Luxia

Massive crowds

(Sina), 2, 3

Nicholas Tse plays a villain in Benny Chan's New Shaolin Temple

Andy Lau plays a rival warlord who becomes a monk 

He leads the monks in protecting the victims of war

(Sina), 2

CRI: Andy Lau, Nicholas Tse Seen in 'Shaolin'

Still from Midnight Beating

Opens Dec. 24, a future Christmas classic!

(Sina)

Josephine Siao Fong-Fong and husband

Fong Fong accompanied her husband who received an honorary doctorate's degree.

(Sina)

Cherrie Ying and Jordan Chan shot a series of light-hearted wedding pictures

(Sina)

 Closeups of Cecilia Cheung

Sure looks pregnant to me

(HunanTV)

Law Kar-Ying and wife Liza Wang returned from Canada to Hong Kong

(Sina)

Veteran HK actor Law Kar Ying suffering from nerve condition

CRI: Karen Mok Talks about New Album (Nice one)

MSN: Jay Chou slams media

Displeased that he’s being accused of using Lin Chi-ling to gain viewership for his new variety show, Mr. J Channel, Jay Chou slams media online

MSN: Hebe: Selina is not afraid of scars

MSN: Barbie Hsu finally gets in-law’s approval

Love at first sight seems too good to be true for netizens

Barbie Hsu's whirlwind romance brings out naysayers

11.7.2010 - News

Chinese Company Interested in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer: Beijing News

THR: 10 Actors to Look Out for in an Increasingly Global Business
Fan Bingbing
Fan, 29, a native of Qingdao, got her start in the 1998 Taiwanese TV sitcom "Princess Pearl." After a role in director Feng Xiaogang's 2003 release "Cell Phone," she starred opposite Hong Kong heartthrob Andy Lau in 2005's "A Battle of Wits." Since then, the lean and wide-eyed Fan, uncommonly tall for a Chinese actress at 5-foot-6 has starred opposite Jackie Chan and Donnie Yen and held her own in the shadow of Zhang Ziyi. She has also worked with the country's most respected directors, from Chen Kaige ("Sacrifice") to Wang Xiaoshuai's 2010 Cannes Competition film "Chongqing Blues."

THR: 'The Mural' Retouched to Pass Muster With Censors
Director Gordon Chan's next project The Mural, formerly titled Painted Wall, was shot as an action update to his hit Painted Skin and had to be retooled on the fly to satisfy China's censors, the film's producer unveiled for the first time.

THR:Seven-Figure Deal Inked For 'Bruce Lee, My Brother'
THR: Cinematographer Christopher Doyle Tackles 3D in 'Rabbit Horror'

GlobalTimes: Color Me Love - High fashion on film
Heavily sponsored by more than 20 top international fashion houses, the film saw leading actress Yao Chen enjoy her role, with many of her outfits delivered straight from the runways of Paris, including a $400,000 Versace haute-couture dress.

Ng Man-Tat

Ng Man-Tat plays a writer on a 3000km road trip (working title, Dream Road) that takes him to Tibet and 18 scenic spots. (Sina)

Hayama Go and Vonnie Lui promote 3D Sex and Zen at the AFM in Los Angeles

(Sina)

Tang Wei dressed casually in a shopping scene from Jingle Ma's Dynamic Angel.

Rene Liu and Cecilia Cheung were also in the scene. Ceci was intent on keeping her rumored pregnant stomach well covered.

Cecilia Cheung

(Sina), (Xinhua-gallery)

Zhang Jingchu appeared for Shanghai fashion brand Black Rose

(Sina-slide show)

Taipei Times: Pop Stop

More on Barbie Hsu and Wang Xiaofei; Selina and Faye Wong

MSN: Andy Hui and Sammi Cheng’s reunion back on track?

MSN: Barbie Hsu and Chinese millionaire to hold wedding in three cities

MSN: Selina Jen compares her burn injuries to labour pain

MSN: Zhang Ziyi back with Hong Kong tycoon’s grandson?

GlobalTimes: Have you heard THE GOSSIP! Or was it showbiz's biggest hoax?

[Another version had Leslie Cheung faking his death and coming out of hiding!]

11.5.2010 - News

Bruce Lee My Brother posters

(Sina)

THR: Hong Kong Production Funding Emerging from Unlikely Places

For instance, the local charitable organization, the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals, has pooled its resources to create Merry-go-round, a drama co-directed by indie helmer Mak Yan-yan and Clement Cheng, in celebration of the organization's 140th anniversary. All the more surprising is the venture into the film industry by the Hong Kong restaurant chain, Tsui Wah Group, which in collaboration with the production company T-Films, is producing two stereoscopic 3D animation features and a live action film [Little Gobi, Flying Hero, Beach Spike]

THR: Hong Kong Filmmakers Eye China's Larger Audiences

The performance of local productions has indicated the start of a resurgence in Hong Kong cinema amid the larger and irrevocable trend of China-Hong Kong co-productions.

The government-subsidized Hong Kong Film Development Fund has been a reliable backer for local filmmakers interested in alternative storytelling

“Last Train Home” Leads 4th Annual Cinema Eye Honors Doc Awards

Directed by Canadian/Chinese filmmaker Fan, “Home” - which tells the story of a migrant family traveling across China looking for work - was nominated Outstanding Feature, Direction, Production, Cinematography, Editing, International Feature and Audience Choice. Fan himself is nominated in six of those categories, making him the most nominated individual in the history of Cinema Eye.

CRI: Golden Horse Film Festival Opens with 'Juliets', (Xinhua-gallery)

CRI: Zhang Hanyu to Read Voiceover in Feng's New Year Picture

Regulations cramp China's horror movie makers

Certain content, such as the over-glorification of killing, bloodshed, ghost and spirits, are discouraged and may be edited or deleted.

Painted Skin, the 2008 blockbuster was adapted from the Liaozhai compendium of supernatural tales, and it was more romance than ghost story.
Even so, the regulators made the director delete a gory scene in which the spirit was eating a human heart.

Vincent Zhao (Chiu Man-Cheuk) in Chen Kaige's Sacrifice

(Sina)

Jacob Cheung's Rest on Your Shoulder is being marketed at the AFM in Los Angeles.

Chen Kun costars with Gigi Leung, Guei Lun-Mei and Jiang Yiyan

(Sina)

Director Li Yu, Fan Bingbing

Director Li Yu

Cinematographer Zeng Jian, Li Yu, Fan Bingbing, producer Fang Li

The crew of Buddha Mountain celebrated their awards from the Tokyo Film Festival in Beijing. Fan Bingbing flew back from South Korea to participate. She was awarded Best Actress and Li Yu won the prize for Best Artistic Contribution. Fang Li revealed that Fan Bingbing worked on both Buddha Mountain and Lost in Beijing (Best Supporting Actress, Golden Horse and Best Actress, 4th Eurasia Film Festival) for no fee. Fan also donated the $5000 prize money to the cost of the celebration. In addition, Fan Bingbing presented Li Yu with a Mercedes Smart car to show her gratitude for helping her career. 

 Fan Bingbing's many passionate kisses with Li Yu raised quite a few eyebrows. 

(Sina-gallery), (Sina-slide show), (Xinhua), (Sohu)

Yao Chen, Alexi Tan, Mo Xiaoqi (Monica Mok), Zhu Hong

Shanghai publicity stop for Color Me Love

Zhu Hong

Mo Xiaoqi, Yao Chen, Zhu Hong

Yao Chen

Mo Xiaoqi

(Sina), (Sina-slide show)

Rumors are circulating that Cecilia Cheung is pregnant again. This would explain her turning down working with Derek Yee who required Ceci not to get pregnant during the shooting of the film. 

(Sina), (Xinhua)

Under the Hawthorn Tree's Zhou Dongyu recently attended a fashion show

(Xinhua-gallery)

CRI: China's Huangmei Opera Star Wows US Audience

Man boarded flight as senior, exited as 20-year-old

Death of another Foxconn worker

A worker has died in an apparent suicide at a factory in Shenzhen run by Taiwan's Foxconn, which makes goods for Apple, Sony and Nokia. Xinhua news agency says the worker died after falling from a building at Foxconn's massive plant, which employs an estimated 400,000 people. There have been 10 earlier suicides there this year. Labour activists blame them on harsh working conditions.