3.15.2010 - News

NYTimes: Ghost Town (Documentary)
Fleshing Out Life in Remote China

2010 retrospective of Xie Jin's movies
Xie Jin is an extremely popular director among the older generation of Chinese, with six of his films being voted Best Picture in the Hundred Flowers Awards. Xie Jin was always vigorous on set. He tirelessly kept on creating new films until his death in October 2008.

Zhao's Orphan meant to be modern film: Chinese director Chen Kaige
CRI: Journalists Injured at Launch Ceremony of "Zhao's Orphan"
The ceremony was held in a small town in Shanxi Province on Saturday afternoon. With the movie's star-studded cast in attendance, it attracted hundreds of reporters from all over the country and a local audience of thousands.

Newcomer Jing Tian (Sina)

Jing Tian

(Xinhua)

CRI: New Face to Star in 'Warring States'
Director Jin Chen told the "Straits News" that "casting a new face could avoid aesthetic fatigue."
Jing Tian's acting credits include the lead role in a stage rendition of Ang Lee's "Lust, Caution".

Beauty on Duty - Charlene Choi

Sandra Ng

William Chan Wai-Ting and Charlene Choi promote Beauty on Duty

(Xinhua)

HK Magazine: Tenants of Wing Lee Street tell their stories
Moving echoes of a past era
Little Wing Lee Street was plucked from relative obscurity and became a movie star in its own right.

U-turn on 'star' street

TVB graft quiz puts 100 stars in spotlight

TVB executive Virginia Lok Yi-ling yesterday admitted she has been asked by the ICAC to assist the probe.
Actress Tavia Yeung Yee and former Miss Hong Kong Shirley Yeung were also questioned by the ICAC over the weekend.

TVB artistes and executives assist corruption probe

It was learnt that artistes who attended the Jade Singers Celebrate TVB Anniversary 2009 were only paid a symbolic sum ranging from HK$100 (S$18) to a few hundred dollars while the production company collected a large sum of money,Sing Tao Daily reported.
Sources told the daily that ICAC was also focusing its investigations on major functions of TVB including its anniversary celebrations and Miss Macau pageant.
Meanwhile, TVB has also withdrawn the plan to air its drama series ICAC Investigators 2007, scheduled for March 18, to avoid embarrassment.

Jean Todt, Michelle Yeoh attending Bahrain Grand Prix

Michael Schumacher

(Xinhua)

Zhao Wei in Singapore

A pregnant Vicki Zhao spotted in Singapore

Brammo and Hollywood Legend Jackie Chan Join Forces for Asian Distribution Deal

Brammo's first product is the Enertia, a 100% fully-electric motorcycle built in Ashland, Oregon. It has been put on the market at select Best Buy stores since August 2009. The Enertia, priced in the United States at $7995, has a top speed of over 60 miles per hour (95 km/h), a range of 42 miles (68 kilometers) and a charging time of about 4 hours.

Time: Reshooting History in China's The Founding of a Republic

Film brings fame to bar "Four Sisters Izakaya"
Film director Feng Xiaogang shot parts of his film "If You Are The One" at Hamakko Izakaya in Kushiro City in 2008 and fabricated a new name Four Sisters Izakaya and used the advertisement with a picture of four girls.

Singapore: Blue Mansion steals the show from real life cast
Singapore director Glen Goei’s latest film “The Blue Mansion” revolves around the quirky story of an eccentric extended family in the middle of a murder mystery.

Taking on Lee Ang/Ang Lee

ESWN: Jackie Chan Babbles On CCTV Show

National Day News

Variety: Ghost Town review

Zhao Dayong's magisterial docu "Ghost Town" minutely examines the day-to-day doings in the dying town of Zhiziluo, in the mountains of China's Yunan province. At a leisurely 172 minutes, the pic takes on the desultory rhythms of rural stagnation, its rigorous compositions imparting aesthetic weight and meditative scope to everything in its purview...

Variety: New York, I Love You review

Jiang Wen, Shuji Iwai, Maggie Q, Shu Qi
Screen Daily: Film review

Golden Week Film Recap (slide show)

Films screening during National Day holidays:

The Warrior and The Wolf, Earthshaking, Royal Tattoo, Copy Cat, Happy Running (animation), Fei Chang Zhu Bo, My Fair Gentleman, Wheat, The Message, Shenbing Kids (animation), Prequel: Monkey King (3D),  The King of Milu Deer (3D), The Founding of a Republic

Hong Kong premiere of Ang Lee's Taking Woodstock

Tony Leung sans wife Carina Lau

Karena Lam

Chin Kar-Lok

(Xinhuanet.com)

Vivian Chow

Vivian and husband Joe Nieh attending the stage drama Wild Rose Xinhuanet.com)

Shu Qi labeled a freckle-face

Zhang Ziyi gets snubbed in Singapore

Asians bagus (very good) in Hollywood

Variety: 'Astro' bows day, date in China, U.S.

THR: Shanghai announces 2010 festival

Top 10 Pop Albums in 1st Half of 2009

'Informed sources' report that Zhang Ziyi has indeed been retained to play Tony Leung's wife in Wong Kar-Wai's First Generation Master. Zhang Ziyi, through her manager, denied the rumor yesterday. Elsewhere, it's been reported that Wong Kar-Wai is under a lot of pressure as Ip Man was a big box office success and will now compete against Ip Man 2. The casting of Zhang Ziyi is viewed as a counterstrike. Ip Man's son was asked about the pair, he said, 'Both Lynn Xiong and Zhang Ziyi are very thin. My mother was similiar in build (?). I have not seen Zhang Ziyi's acting but Lynn Xiong in Ip Man was pretty good.'
Brigitte Lin reportedly turned down a role because it was not tailor-made for her. Chang Chen is said to play Bruce Lee. Filming is now slated to commence in November.
(Xinhuanet.com)

Barbie Hsu and Nic Tse

Nic and Barbie shoot a special effects scene in the studio for Hot Summer Days. Today, Nic is flying to Beijing to perform in the National Day celebration. (Sina.com)

Mike He, Li Xiaolu

Alfred Cheung's new film 7 Days To Fall in Love With You opens Nov.3. Lead actress Li Xiaolu recommends spending the National Day Holiday to find a new boyfriend or girlfriend. (Xinhuanet.com)

Korea Times: 'Rain' Falls on Summer-Battered Hearts

Would you give love a second chance? In his fifth feature "A Good Rain Knows," (aka Season of Good Rain) melodrama maestro Hur Jin-ho says "yes," orchestrating another romance that seeps into the viewers' hearts with a graceful andante tempo.

Korea Times: Jang Dong-kun makes a comeback onscreen as a character not unlike himself ― an eligible bachelor ― in ``Good Morning President.''

NYTimes: Indie Filmmakers: China’s New Guerrillas
Like independent filmmakers everywhere, Mr. Zhao worked with no guarantee of an audience, or even a place to show his work. By his estimates only a few thousand people have seen “Ghost Town” in China since he finished it last year. Several hundred more are scheduled to see it Sunday afternoon when the film has its international premiere at the New York Film Festival.

Ang Lee says he's baffled by 'Woodstock' results



The Message hits theaters for National Day
The movie was directed by Gao Qunshu from the mainland and Chen Kuofu from Taiwan. According to Chen, the movie was filmed to tell the destinies of people involved in China's Anti-Japanese Aggression War (1937-1945)...
The plot of the film was inspired after a murder mystery game, in which one tries to guess who is “killing” the others in the group. However, the film is more solemn than the game, as heroes and heroines in the movie are tortured both physically and spiritually in a bid to fulfill their purposes.

Andy Lau rides over the media storm and expresses his thanks

Prequel of the Monkey King in 3D

China's first 3D movie will be released Sept. 29. Directed by Liang Hansen, this is part of a ten film series on The Monkey King. (Cri.cn)

What's Wrong with Jacky's Hair?

Check out the new hairstyle of Hong Kong pop king Jacky Cheung, who appeared in Singapore on September 24, 2009 to perform at the F1 Rocks Concert. [Looks like something from Snow Wolf Lake!]

Zhang Ziyi Arrives for Giorgio Armani Fashion Show

Celebrities Zhang Ziyi, Hidetoshi Nakata and Janet Jackson attend the Giorgio Armani Fashion Show.

Not so fizzy for Ziyi

Of late, nothing seems to be going well for Zhang Ziyi, be it her career, or her much-talked about relationship with Israeli billionaire Vivi Nevo.

Faye's 'not ill'

Li was in Taiwan for talks on China-Taiwan co-productions. The actor-producer said he hoped to produce a drama inspired by the story of his family, which was divided when the Kuomintang troops fled to Taiwan after they lost the civil war.

Cast of "The Message" Appear in BQ Weekly

The Message" cast members, including Chinese A-list actors Zhou Xun, Li Bingbing, Zhang Hanyu, Huang Xiaoming and Alec Su, appear in a promotional photo layout in the "BQ Weekly

Hollywood Reporter: Celestial lines up Shaw retrospective

Hollywood Reporter: 'Ghost Town' to bow at NYFF

Zhao's three-hour, non-fiction revelation, shot in a remote Chinese town on the border between Yunnan province, Tibet and Myanmar, will have its world premiere at the 47th NYFF on Sunday, Sept. 27.

New "Three Kingdoms", the Most Expensive of All Time

The remake of TV drama "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" sets a record as the most expensive small screen series.

HK actress Maggie Cheung to record album

Eason Chan's rage at a press conference: "Your IQ levels should be better"

Andy Lau and Carol Chu avoid being seen together

Angela Zhang loses 57 work assignments

Michelle Ye (Yip Suen) slide show

Huayi Bros plans to raise $91m in ChiNext listing