Love Never Dies (aka Blocked) - Hangzhou Premiere Press Conference [Roast Pork Sliced From A Rusty Cleaver] (飲水思源)

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"In a traffic jam...love can be this romantic"

Summary: A film poised to resonate with Beijingers, this Chinese film is set in a fictitious city where people languish in their cars during heavy traffic. It offers something for everyone, with love, action, fantasy, suspense and black humor in a poignant story of desolation. (GlobalTimes)

(Oct.8) Lover Never Dies (aka Blocked) held a press conference for the premiere in Hangzhou. The urban action-comdedy film opens nationwide on Oct.14. Recently, it was feared that the film's release would be delayed because of a controversy surrounding a couple of the cast members. Two of the actors, husband and wife, Sun Haiying and Lv Luping attracted much attention and boycott threats for making anti-gay remarks earlier this year.

Gay groups urge boycott of movies by Lü Liping and Sun Haiying
Homophobic remarks end in boycott

GlobalTimes: Onward, Christian actors

Lu Liping and Sun Haiying are a rare mainland couple [2.24.2011]

Director A Nian

Francis Ng

Chen Zhipeng

Ni Dahong

Ge Siran

Lv Liping, Sun Haiying

Baha Guli

Ge Siran

Baha Guli

(Sina)

Blocked - Beijing Press Conference

(Aug.30) Photos from a press conference in Beijing for Blocked (lit. Traffic Jam), a collection of stories with action, comedy, fantasy, suspense and black humor. Film opens in China on Oct. 14. Interestingly, all of the characters names are names of classic films, e.g., Francis Ng's is Rashomon.

Director A Nian (Ah Nian)

Francis Ng

Baha Guli, a Uighur model 

Chen Zhipeng (Banny Chan)

Ge Si-Ran

Wu Jun-Yu

Collar adjustment

Baha Guli

Ni Dahong, Ge Si-Ran

Various posters

An alternate English title?

Ni Dahong in a still from Blocked

(Sina), 2, 3

1.11.2011 - News

CRI: 'Single Men and Women' Releases Posters (Don't Go Breaking My Heart)
Director Johnnie To explained his view of a love story, "In most times, a woman can't get married not because she has no choice but because she has too many choices." And in this case there is competition between two excellent guys. It is said that the only way to win a girl's heart is to treat her with sincerity.

CRI: Theme Song Released for 'What Women Want'

Andy Lau sings in English for the first time in a long time.

CRI:New Stills out: Valiant Cecilia Cheung

"Lady Generals" is inspired by the ancient saga of a large family in which widows followed their husbands' steps into the battlefield. Mu Guiying was the most famous one among the lady generals of the Yang family.

(Sina), 2, 3

Ni Dahong and Ge Siran shoot a scene for 'Blocked' (lit.Traffic Jam)

(Sina)

CRI: Faye Wong, Eason Chan Sing Together for 'Eternal Moment' (Sina)

(Sina)

FBA: Iron Fists shoot underway in China

Corey Yuen is directing the action sequences. Related: [10.8.2010], [1.1.2010]

AP: Chinese director coy on political satire's message  (Let the Bullets Fly)

MSN: Miriam Yeung beats Tang Wei to win Best Actress

Mirian Yeung, Best Actress (Perfect Wedding)

Teddy Robin, Best Actor (Gallants)

(Sina)

Chow Yun-Fat has dropped out of Lu Chuan's King's Feast. Instead, Daniel Wu will join the cast that includes Liu Ye. (Sina)

Rare photo of Bai Ling hiding from photographer! :D

Bai Ling in Beijing (Sina)

You can see her New Year's photos with Pam Anderson, Jennifer Hudson and Faye Dunaway on her blog.

Angelababy has opened a beauty shop in Causeway Bay. She invested 1 million yuan into the business.

Angelababy

Actress-model Christine Yoen (Yeung Ding-Ting) and Angelababy at the opening ceremony.

 (Xinhua), 2

(Jan.11) Charlene Choi attends the opening of a glass exhibition. 

(Sina-slide show)

MSN: Jaycee Chan meets younger half-sister secretly
It was rumoured that the Hong Kong singer-actor hoped to end the animosity

Sally Yeh laments diabetic condition

Zhang Jiarui's Distant Thunder - Premiere Press Conference

(Oct.20) At the Beijing press conference for the premiere, actress Huo Siyan denied rumors that a nude scene was deleted from the film but she said that she would not object to shooting such a scene if it was necessary. Earlier trailers showed that there might have been a bold scene. Director Zhang Jiarui said in his previous films, Red River had many deleted scenes and The Road had 18 deleted scenes. Distant Thunder, a suspense thriller involving a love triangle, had only 2 deleted scenes for language and did not affect the integrity of the film according to director Zhang. Zhang said that the film had a Hitchcock-style suspense and Freudian dream analysis dealing with on issues of sexual repression and social polarization. Distant Thunder premiered at the HKIFF with a Cat. III rating.

Director Zhang Jiarui

Huo Siyan

Ge Siran

Guo Xiaoran

Ge Siran, Huo Siyan, Guo Xiaoran

Huo Siyan

Huo Siyan, Zhang Jiarui

Ge Siran, Huo Siyan

(Sina), 2