3.28.2012 - News [Roast Pork Sliced From A Rusty Cleaver] (飲水思源)

ScreenDaily: Vulgaria review
This film-biz satire displays a reckless abandon in mentioning genitals – of humans and other species – as frequently as it possibly can.

"Vulgaria" Hong Kong premiere photos

Chapman To, Kristal Tin

DaDa Chan

Pang Ho-Cheung, Chapman To, Kristal Tin, Matt Chow

Ronald Cheng

Fiona Sit (Sina)

CF: Stars of "The Four" and "The Assassins" Set to Shine at BJIFF

PR: Youku, Buick Debut "Micro Movie" Series from Major Directors
China's leading Internet television company ("Youku"), joined by Buick today, announced the kickoff of "Infinite Drive," a series of 12 web-based "micro movies" from internationally renowned directors Wang Xiaoshuai ("Beijing Bicycle", "Chongqing Blues"), Lu Chuan ("City of Life and Death", "Hoh Xil"), and Teng Huatao ("Dwelling Narrowness", "Love is Not Blind"), and actress and director Hao Lei ("Summer Palace", "Empire of Silver").

Each of the four directors will produce three ten-minute micro movies to tell the stories about young urban professionals balancing their personal pursuits against the desire for stability. The 12 micro movies will correspond to the 12 signs of the Western zodiac, and will reflect the personality traits typical of each sign.

Stills of Tao Hong from Ning Hao's "Guns and Roses"

(Sina)

CRI:  Selina Ren Comes Back into the Limelight
MSN: Selina Jen refuses to forgive director Chen Ming Zhang
CNA: Selina Jen: S.H.E. to reunite in 2012

MSN: Is Miriam Yeung’s husband in financial trouble?

MSN: Shu Qi forced to shut down her microblog
A1: Shu Qi cries in park after nude photos circulated
CNA: Shu Qi becomes a casualty of Donnie Yen, Vincent Chiu feud
In a long article on her official fan site on Tuesday, the actress said she was actually "grateful" to the people who have hurt her, because their actions allowed her to continue "to learn and to grow".
Shu Qi went on to say that she "just needed a little bit of time" and assured her fans that she would soon bounce back.

Jeremy Lin Lunched with the Fired ESPN Headline Writer
 

4.4.2011 - News

A1: Jackie Chan, Asian stars raise funds for Japan (CNA)


CRI: Chinese Film 'Warring States' to Open in N. America

Jing Tian in  battle (Sina)

CRI: Leon Lai, Zhang Hanyu Invited for 'Banquet' (White Vengeance)

Variety: Don’t Go Breaking My Heart review
A tightly plotted, frequently funny fantasy-world take on romantic rivalry.

Sacrifice review (HK)
The source material of “Sacrifice” is a true story that happened in ancient China, known to everybody in the country as “The Orphan of Zhao Family.” ...To put it simply: any director who gets to make a film about this story had better hope not to screw it up. Alas, Palm d’Or-winning Chinese auteur Chen Kaige sort of did with his latest epic saga, which, after a majestic first half, degrades into an awkward, confusing soap opera in the end.

Variety: China Lion roars into North America
China Lion CEO Milt Barlow said: "The best of Chinese cinema will now be available to North American audiences -- not only through day-and-date theatrical with our partners AMC, but also through new platforms including iTunes, Xbox, Netflix and cable VOD."

Stills from crime scene in The Detective 2, opening April 29.

(Sina)

Patrick Tse, Nicholas Tse

Nicholas Tse recently hosted a housewarming party for his post-production company. (Sina)

Sister Jennifer posted some family photos on weibo

Jennifer Tse, Nicholas Tse

Nicholas and Jennifer

Lucas and Nicholas (Xinhua)

TV alert: Action director/actor Tiger Chen joins Andrew Zimmern on the Travel Channel for an episode on Chengdu cuisine. His mom, a former opera performer, shows off her skills in the kitchen. And the piece on Chef Yu's Family Kitchen was pretty impressive, too. (TravelChannel)

Tiger Chen and stunt team (CelebrityTwitter)

CNA: Jackie Chan to donate entire fortune to charity, leaves nothing to son

Chan, who already willed half his fortune to charity, expressed Thursday that his son will get nothing after he passes away.

MSN: A-Mei says goodbye to old love with tattoo
The Taiwanese singer recently got some new inkMSN: Richard Chang said to have met drama director
Selina Jen’s fiancé requested a face-to-face apology

MSN: Selina Jen breaks down (CNA)

Her Apr 1 wedding was postponed due to an on-set accident

Qingming Festival: A fashionable send-off for Shanghai’s dead (CNNGo)

[iPad 2s are popular this year, too] iPad 2 sold out in the afterlife as Chinese pray for the dead
Burning an iPad 2 is the hot new trend in Chinese death rituals

2.22.2011 - News

CRI: Jet Li to Show Tai-Chi, but Not with Feng Xiaogang (Sina)

THR: Huang Zumo, Director of China's Longest-Running Film, Dies at 90
'Romance on Lushan Mountain' still playing after 31 years.

FBA: Love In Space blasts off

Production got underway today on Love In Space the sequel to last year’s hit ensemble comedy Hot Summer Days

Love in Space - Wing Shya, Eason Chan, Angelababy, Guei Lun-Mei, Aaron Kwok, Tony Chan Kwok-Fai

(Sina)

An enterprising journalist armed with pliers cut through barbed wire and managed to breach the high security guarding the set of Zhang Yimou's ruined city of Nanjing for his film 13 Flowers of Nanjing/Thirteen Girls in Jinling.

(Sohu)

Wilson Yip's upcoming Chinese Fairy Tale boasts 1200 computer-generated shots. Art director Kenneth Mak Kwok-Keung strove to create a fantasy world that blends realistic and the impressionistic.

(Sohu), (Sina)

Mr. and Mrs. Incredible will compete at the 13th Asian International Film Festival in Deauville, France

Vincent Kok will attend the festival which begins in mid-March. (Sina)

"Youth editon" of Buddha Mountain poster

A second MV has also been released making the pair 'his and her' versions.

(Sina)

Youth Film Guide announced the winners of the final round for the 2010 Golden Broom Awards.
Feng Xiaogang's If You Are the One 2 won for both 2nd Most Disappointing Film and 2nd Most Disappointing Director. His film Aftershock was also awarded Most Disappointing Product Placement Film Award. Confucius garnered both Most Disappointing Film and Director awards. Just Call Me Nobody was also awarded a Most Disappoiting Film. Lee Lik-Chi's Flirting Scholar 2 won the awards for Most Disappointing Sequel and Most Disappointing Actor (Zhou Libo, also for Adventure of the King). Taiwan actress Barbie Hsu won the Most Disappointing Actress award for 3 films, Future X-Cops, Reign of Assassins and Adventure of the King beating out Xie Na who received the 2nd Most Disappointing Actress. Organizers said that the prize was a wedding gift for the bride-to-be. :D

The first round was pared to a short list by film critics, media people, academics, netizens, filmmakers and others.

The jury also recognized as high-quality films: Let the Bullets Fly, Buddha Mountain, Monga, Echoes of the Rainbow, The Fourth Painting, Taipei Exchanges, Love in a Puff and Chongqing Blues. Documentaries I Wish I Knew and KJ: Music and Life were also awarded. Jia Zhangke, Pang Ho-Cheung, Wang Xiaoshuai and others attended the event to receive their prize. (Sina) (Sohu)

Jay Chou and Kobe Bryant

The pair were shooting an advert for a beverage brand Sprite in Los Angeles

(Sina), (Xinhua)

Maggie Cheung attending the Burberry show for London Fashion Week (Feb.21)

I love the necklace. (Xinhua)

[Update]

(UPI) (Zimbio)

MSN: Gigi Leung denies new relationship
MSN: Selina Jen’s legs are ‘completely destroyed’

2.2.2011 - News

THR: What Women Want
Asian box office luminaries Andy Lau and Gong Li add some spice to this shiny but uninspired Chinese remake.

Opening Feb. 3 (Sina)

Under the Influence poster

The film is a comedy about social problems and features Chen Peisi, Vivian Wu and Kristy Yang. Zhu Shimao directs and plays the lead. [I've seen some older 90's era Chen Peisi films so it's good to see him back again.]

(Sina)

Quick Take: I Love Hong Kong
FBA: Rose War of Nana (6/10)
Local but likable rom-com is a good vehicle for TV host-actress Xie Na.

FBA: HKIFF readies trio of tributes
Jia Zhangke, Abbas Kiarostami, Kwai Chh-Hung featured in retrospectives

Sex and Zen at the market

CNNGo: So-bad-they're-good items at the Chinese New Year market

From blow-up boobs to Angry Birds, finding craptacular products at the annual Victoria Park market is one way to ensure your year can only get better.

MSN: Carina Lau and Cecilia Cheung promote latest movie

MSN: Michelle Reis already in hospital

MSN: Selina Jen’s compensation settled

CNNGo: Bunny faces and Canto-pop ensure we won't be bored during Chinese New Year

Zoe Li: How I came to dread Chinese New Year (CNNGo)

Teresa Teng dolls set to become collector items (CNNGo)

1.28.2011 - News

CRI: Fan Bingbing Likely to Land Role in Co-Production (First Love)
Set in 1950 near the China-Vietnam border, the story centers on the romance between a French soldier and a Chinese girl that ends up in tragedy.
HK Film Archive's newly restored treasure "Colourful Youth" to be screened at HK Cultural Centre
"Colourful Youth" (1966), the only "contemporary" film starring Connie Chan Po-chu and Josephine Siao Fong-fong, was a huge hit on its first release and re-releases in the 1960s. As part of its 10th anniversary celebration activities, the Hong Kong Film Archive (HKFA) will screen the restored song-and-dance classic at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre next month.

CRI: Gong Li and Andy Lau Promote New Movie in Beijing
"What Women Want" is a remake of the Hollywood box office hit of the same title. The story is about an advertising agency manager who suddenly finds he can read women's minds.

CRI: Eric Tsang Presents New Year Film 'I Love Hong Kong' on Jan. 31
The story centers on a family of three members, starring Tony Leung Ka-Fai, Sandra Ng and Aarif Lee. Due to financial difficulties, they must move back to public housing, where the city's lower-income people inhabit. They have some unhappy experiences with neighbors at the beginning; however they are gradually moved by them after living in there for some time.

Aarif Lee, Fala Chen - I Love Hong Kong

Bosco Wong, Wong Cho-Lam

(Sina)

Chapman To and Lynn Hung (Lynn Xiong) settle differences in All's Well Ends Well 2011

(Sina)

CRI: Anybody Can Act, Believes 'Crazy Stone' Director Ning Hao

Ning invited people like Hong Kong's Jim Chim - a veteran theater and film actor and stand-up comedian - to be one of the trainers. His teaching involves a lot of games that call for much imagination and improvisation.

The students may join the cast of Ning's next film, a period comedy, which filming will begin in March. [Meanwhile, his film No Man's Land is still in limbo with state censors for over a year now.]

FBA: Golden Horse announces greatest Chinese films

The Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival has announced the results of its survey of the "100 Greatest Chinese-Language Films".

Mr. and Mrs. Incredible Guangzhou premiere

(Sina-gallery)

Qin Lan plays a surrogate mother

To Alex Fong Chung-Sun's baby's daddy in Mu Yu (lit. Mother Tongue)

Wu Ma plays Alex's father

Mu Yu is directed by Yu Zhong (Roots and Branches, Far From Home)

(Sina)

CRI: Microblog "Queen" Yao Chen Hits 5 Million Online Followers

Separately, Yao and her husband Ling Xiaosu issued a statement on sina.com.cn Friday to announce the end of their seven-year marriage.

Happier times (Xinhua)

China White Rabbit sweets hop into Lunar New Year

Zhao Wei

One pill makes you larger / And one pill makes you small / And the ones that mother gives you / Don't do anything at all.

MSN: Eric Tsang’s father cremated in Taiwan
MSN: Barbie Hsu rumoured to hold wedding dinner tomorrow
MSN: Selina Jen has five endorsement invitations
The singer is expected to make her comeback with either a fruit juice or a slimming programme commercial in June, while other endorsements would be subjected to the state of her physical health.

THR: 'Joy Luck Club' Producers See Movie Promise in Tiger Mom Controversy
Amy Chua's memoir on parenting has captured the nation's attention, but can 'Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother' recreate the movie success of the 1989 film?

Family embroiled in feud over Stanley Ho gambling empire (Thanks, Brian)