9.1.2011 - News

CRI: Venice Int'l Film Festival Kicks off

Yang Zi and Huang Shengyi walk the red carpet at the opening ceremony

Huang Shengyi (Sina), (Sina-slideshow), 2

FBA: Juliets review
Consistently engaging collection of three offbeat Romeo & Juliet riffs.

FBA: Tsui is Asian Filmmaker of the Year
 
CF: Animated and Real Actors Unite for Jaycee Chan's New Film
Flesh-and-blood actors will perform alongside animated stars for the new fantasy movie "Lee's Adventure" which is based on a single cartoon created by a creative young animator.
CF: "Love in Space" Premieres in Beijing

Eason Chan, Guei Lun-Mei, Wing Shya, Aaron Kwok

Wing Shya (Sina-slideshow), 2

CF: Snake Fairy and Beast Romance in "Its Love"
The imminent fantasy romance movie, "Its Love," released a batch of still photos featuring the blue snake portrayed by Charlene Choi and the monk-turned beast played by Wen Zhang.

Poster for the male characters in Gordon Chan's Mural which opens Sept. 29.

Deng Chao

Collin Chou

Andy On Chi-Kit

Bao Bei-Er  (Sina)

And a sampling of special effects

(Sina-gallery), (Sina-slideshow)

Filming has begun in Sai Kung for the latest Wong Jing-Patrick Kong collaboration, a ghost story featuring Chrissie Chau, Law Chung-Him (Him Law), Timmy Hung and Charmaine Fong. Chrissie injured her right leg and had to go to the hospital to be treated.

Patrick Kong (Yip Lim-Sum), Wong Jing

Chrissie Chau

(Sina-slideshow)

CNA: Taiwan's warrior epic "Seediq Bale" runs for the Lion

Producers Jimmy Huang Chih-Ming and John Woo flank director Wei Te-Sheng

Landy Wen, Vivian Hsu, Luo Mei-Ling

Vivian Hsu

Da Ching

Lin Ching-Tai

(Sina-slideshow)

Zhang Jingchu: Poster Girl for FIGARO

(Sina)

The Prince of Magic, Liu Qian and Gao Yuanyuan promote a brand product in Beijing.

(Sina-slideshow)

MSN: Mark Chao tells of soured friendship with Vic Chou
The Black & White lead actor admitted—for the first time—that his friendship with Vic Chou took a turn for the worse after he nabbed the Best Actor award over the widely-tipped hot fave Vic

MSN: Nicholas Tse supports his ex-wife on microblog

Cecilia Cheung groped by guards

MSN: Barbie Hsu and Wang Xiaofei spotted kissing on the street

CNA: Chang Chen's wedding plans exposed

MSN: Eason Chan wishes for a second child

Eason's wife, Hilary Tsui was recently photographed hanging out at night clubs with a number of male companions. She also reportedly paid for their drinks, which incurred into a huge expense.

Awkward: Edison Chen and Gillian Chung check into the same hotel in Shanghai last week. (Sina)

10.26.2010 - News

THR: Peaceful ‘Buddha’ Bow
Taiwan-China Co-Prod. Rises Above Politics

The world premiere of director Li Yu’s China-Taiwan co-production Buddha Mountain spooled without a hitch Sunday in competition at the Tokyo International Film Festival, proving that once in a while the culture of filmmaking can trump both sticky cross-Straits politics and past squabbles with China media authorities.

THR: Juliets review

The Bottom Line: Love is not rosy in this romantic omnibus sporting sexy, flowery styles.
Variety: The Intruder (Thailand)
Killer cobras create carnage in "The Intruder," a lively exploiter pitting trapped residents of a Bangkok apartment block against an army of angry asps.

FBA: Black and White has arresting cast and budget

CNNGo: Lover's Discourse' star Kay Tse has a secret crush
The romantic flick focuses on the intersection of six love stories. Tse portrays a shy laundry girl who has a secret crush on one of her customers.
CRI: Cecilia Cheung Is Back at Work on Three Films
CRI: Chen Kun's 'Bullets' Look
Photo stills featuring actor Chen Kun in the upcoming gangster movie "Let the Bullets Fly" have been released.

CRI: More Love Scenes Expected in 'Tale of Magic'

As a result, the public release of the movie will be postponed to next year, probably around Valentine's Day.

CRI:  Chinese Film 'Assembly' Gets 3-D Boost in Germany

Kung Fu Wing Chun poster

Poster for preview of Kung Fu Wing Chun

Joe Cheung Tung-Cho's martial arts story features romance and comedy which opens Nov. 2. The cast includes veterans Collin Chou, Yuen Wah, Yuen Qiu and Kara Hui besides Bai Jing and Yu Shaoqun in the leads.

(Sina), 2

Lost in Panic Room nee Hidden Chamber of Secrets opens Oct. 29

Alec Su and Pace Wu star in the thriller

(Sina)

Stills from Alan Mak and Felix Wong's Lost Bladesman

Andy On Chi-Kit

(Sina-gallery)

Wind Blast promotion takes Francis Ng to Shanghai

(Sina-gallery)

Fan Bingbing has dropped out of The Founding of a Party due to conflict with the shooting schedule for her South Korean film My Way (Sina)

Follow up on the East Asia All Star Concert in Shanghai: Typhoon Megi was responsible for the wet look on stage, not a production design element of the show. Denise Ho complained about the lack of available umbrellas, dancers slipped on the wet stage, and Edison Chen looked like a drowned rat. Other artists simply muddled through.

Soaked Sammi Cheng

(Xinhua)

CRI: Cherrie Ying, Jordan Chan in Honeymoon

MSN: Aaron Kwok rumoured to have spread STD to Lynn Hung (Xinhua), 2

MSN: Selina Jen braves 5-hour surgery, Hebe’s mother donates skin to Selina

S.H.E's Selina Jen undergoes surgery for severe burns on body

Eyewitnesses said that Jen's clothes were on fire and she was screaming "It burns! It burns!" immediately after the explosion.
Yu on the other hand, appeared to be in shock and had a glazed look in his eyes as the production crew rushed forward to help the still-smouldering pair.

Selina suffered minor burns to face, too

Speculation was rife that the television drama's production company would replace Jen and Yu and resume filming. The rumours riled fans, who took to the Internet slamming the producers for being heartless.
Taiwanese director Chen Ming-chang has come out to address the issue on his microblog, stressing that the crew will wait for the condition of the two actors to improve before checking with them whether they would resume their roles. Only if they decline to return, wrote Chen, would they consider replacing the actors.

MSN: Lin Chi-ling opens on relationship with Jerry Yan for the first time

(Xinhua)

Paul the predicting octopus dies

10.24.2010 - News

Seriously injured

Selina (S.H.E.)

Yu Hao Ming

Selina (Selina Ren), of girl group S.H.E., and Yu Hao Ming suffered 3rd degree burns while filming the TV series I Have a Date With Spring in Shanghai. A scene went awry when a planned sequence of explosions went off simultaneously instead. Yu Hao Ming was more seriously burned with 3rd degree burns on 35 percent of his body affected. After emergency treatment in a Shanghai hospital, Selina was flown to Taiwan in a chartered medical airplane for skin graft surgery to her hands, feet and back. Yu Hao Ming suffered burns to his back, legs and arms.  His injuries were more severe because his body shielded the blast from Selina. Selina was recently engaged and planned to wed early next year. Yu Hao Ming, 22 years old, made his debut in the 2007 Hunan TV talent show 'Happy Boys'. The morning of the shoot, Oct. 22, Yu posted on his blog, "Today a good morning, today we shoot an explosion scene a little dangerous, hope everything goes right. (Xinhua), 2, 3, 4 (Sina), 2

Who Killed Octopus Paul? has a title change and is now called Kill Octopus Paul. In addition, the release is delayed until November. (Sina)

THR: Tokyo Fest Attempts to Overcome China-Japan Tensions
Zhang Ziyi and Tony Leung Chiu-Wai cancelled their planned visits to Tokyo due to Chinese netizen protests. Fan Bingbing was 'oo busy filming in South Korea. Vivian Hsu and Mark Chao You-Ting also cancelled. (Sina), (Xinhua)
GlobalTimes: China quits Tokyo film fest

THR: Beijing Officials, Chinese Film Industry Leaders to Attend U.S.-China Film Summit
Speakers from the Chinese delegation include Zhang Xun, president of CFCC; Yang Hongtao, president of the Ningxia Film Group; Wang Tianyun, vice president of Shanghai Film Group; Su Xiaowei, "Aftershock" writer and deputy director of the SARFT Script Center; Wang Zhongjun, chairman and CEO of Huayi Brothers Media Corp, China's only listed major film studio; Yu Dong, president of PolyBona Film Distribution Co; Wang Lifeng, president of Xing Xing Digital Corp; Zhang Zhao, president of Enlight Media; and Zhou Tiedong, president of China Film Promotion International.

(Oct. 23) 60th anniversary of Beijing Film Academy. Graduates attending the event included Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, Chen Kun. Huang Xiaoming, Zhang Fengyi, Jiang Wenli (Xinhua-gallery)

Pang Ho-Cheung hopes to land Zhou Xun for his next film Spoiled Woman Best Life. He also expressed interest in filming a sequel to Love in a Puff. (Sina)

Let the Bullets Fly is now in post-production. Besides a Mandarin version, there is reportedly a Sichuan version being made (as that is where the story is located). Dubbing is being done by Ge You, Chen Kun, Liao Fan, Shao Bing and Zhou Yun. Comic actor Xu Fan served as the dialect coach. (Sina)

Tokyo International Film Festival

Sylvia Chang answers audience questions at the world premiere of Buddha Mountain

Wilson Chen Bo-Lin

(Sina-gallery)

Vivian Hsu

 

Vivian Hsu at the premiere of Juliets in Tokyo

(Sina-gallery)

Ethan Ruan at the Monga screening in Tokyo

(Sina-gallery)

Derek Chiu and cast of Road Less Travelled: Louis Koo, Huang Yi, Karen Mok

Huang Yi

Huang Yi, Louis Koo, Karen Mok

The cast of Derek Chiu's Road Less Travelled meet the media in Shanghai for the release of the theme song MV sung by Karen Mok. The Derek Yee-produced film is scheduled for a January 1 release. (Sina)

Karena Lam, Kayla

Ming Pao reports that Karena Lam gave birth to a baby girl last week in Vancouver. During labor, Kayla's heart rate dropped precipitously and she was delivered with the umbilical cord around her neck. Karena Lam will give up show business to concentrate on raising her daughter according to an interview with Ming Pao. Daddy, Steve Yuen Kim-Wai was present to cut the umblical cord.

(Xinhua), (Sina)

GlobalTimes: Unearthing the early days of Dawada, a diva with a heavenly voice