SCMP: Shawn Yue brings basketball fans to boil in Shanghai [Roast Pork Sliced From A Rusty Cleaver] (飲水思源)

Vivian Chen
Aug 30, 2012

While Hong Kong was in the grips of Linsanity last week, our own actor and basketball enthusiast Shawn Yue Man-lok was enjoying the support of screaming fans across the border.

Yue attended the Nike Festival of Sport in Shanghai on Friday. Professional baseball stars such as Lebron James, Kevin Durant and Yi Jianlian also took part in the four-day event.

Yue and his Wang Chau Industry Basketball Team competed against team Love Life, featuring Taiwanese model Godfrey Gao Yi-xiang and television host Blackie Chen Chien-chou. Chen's Mando-pop singer wife, Christine Fan Wei-qi, cheered from the sidelines. The game ended in a tie.

Yue said he appreciated having the chance to play with his team and against his Taiwanese opponents, as he didn't get many opportunities because of his heavy show-business workload. Playing a sport together was the best way to make friends, he said.

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The star also called on his fans to stop using busy work schedules as an excuse not to exercise.

He said they should put on their favourite exercise gear and hit the gym or a basketball court, and make exercising a healthy habit, he said. (SCMP)

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CRI: Hong Kong Film Directors Guild Awards Handed out

Jackie Chan

Jiang Wen, Ann Hui, Felix Chong

Stephen Fung

Tsui Hark, Shi Nansun 

Stephen Fung and Andrew Lau performing for the guests

Teddy Robin

Tsui Hark, Jackie Chan, Derek Yee, Andrew Lau

(Sina), 2, 3

TaipeiTimes: The Flowers of War review

Even with Christian Bale leading the cast, Zhang Yimou’s Nanjing Massacre epic misses the mark by veering off into gross sentimentality

CF: 'Kung Fu Wing Chun' Star [Bai Jin] Killed in Alleged Murder-Suicide
Rumors circulated that Zhou was a billionaire who made his fortunes from the stock market and owned many real estate properties. He was said to have divorced his first wife, with whom he had a son, for Bai and invested huge amounts of money in Bai's acting career. They eventually married in October 2010.

However, earlier this year, some insiders claimed Bai conspired with her boyfriend in the mafia to steal 20 million yuan from Zhou and hire a prostitute to seduce Zhou in order to get a divorce, from which she would get more money. The widespread rumors alleged that Zhou's mother "died of anger" earlier this year after discovering this.

CF: Actress Yang Mi Enjoying the Best of Times
She will also star in Hong Kong director Derek Yee's new period drama, The Disappearing Bullet.
CF: Mainland Box Office Chart in the Eighth Week 2012

Shu Qi and Shawn Yue in Beijing for the premiere of  Carol Lai's "The Second Woman"

Shu Qi

Playing games - Shawn Yue, Shu Qi

(Sina)

Mainland version of "Turning Point Extreme" poster

(Sina)

Cecilia Cheung sang the movie theme song while promoting "The Lion Roars 2" in Hunan". The cast, including Zhang Xinyu, Xiao Shenyang, was taping an episode of Happy Camp for Hunan Satellite TV.

Victor Huang

(Sina)

TaipeiTimes: Pop Stop

SGYahoo: Vincent no feud with Donnie
[Update: According to the latest report, Vincent Zhao and Donnie Yen have failed to reconcile and Zhao will need to be replaced. (Sina), 2 ]

SGYahoo: Chrissie to ride
Chrissie Chow's new film "Bauhinia Heroine 3D" will require her to perform on amotorcycle, but as she has no licence to do so yet, Chow has announced that she would be taking a motorcycle test and passMSN: Are things over for Aaron Kwok and Lynn Hung?

MSN: Nicholas Tse’s family vacation without ex-wife and kids
Fans who are hoping for Nicholas Tse and Cecilia Cheung reconciliation are going to be disappointed.

Nicholas Tse

Nicholas, Jennifer, Patrick Tse

Family and staff (!) (Sina-slideshow)

MSN: Chow Yun Fatt’s ex-wife co-habiting with a younger man

"Age does not matter when it comes to love," Hong Kong actress Candice Yu recently said.

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Variety: Flying Swords of Dragon Gate review
The 3D is terrific in "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate," but helmer Tsui Hark's costume actioner -- the first Chinese-lingo movie shown in the stereoscopic Imax format -- is let down by two-dimensional characters.

CF: Video Clip of Remastered "New Dragon Inn" Released

CF: "Let the Bullets Fly" Gets North America Release

Shu Qi, Shawn Yue star in Carol Lai's "The Second Woman"

Shu Qi plays duo roles as twin sisters in the romance-horror.

(Sina), 2

Final poster for "Romancing in Thin Air"  (Sina)

Lau Ching-Wan and Nicholas Tse attended the announcement of the HKFA nominations

(Sina)

'Let the Bullets Fly' and 'Dragon Gate' top HKFA's shortlist

MSN: Nicholas Tse’s eldest son Lucas hospitalised for high fever
MSN: Choi Min-Sik afraid of Cecilia Cheung
The actress made news in South Korea recently when veteran actor Choi Min-Sik revealed an unhappy working experience with the former 11 years ago on the movie Falian.

Cecilia's father, Zhang Ren Yong, was said to have powerful connections to the triads and stirred much fear within the production team of movie Falian.

Ceclia Cheung and father (Sina)

  MSN: Did Denise Ho and Joey Yung “break up”?
A1: Lollipop F's Owodog avoids tweeting Gillian Chung
Rumours started flying last September when the two were seen tweeting each other on Weibo frequently.
Gillian was also seen attending a gathering at Owodog's home, and catching You Are The Apple of My Eye with him in Taipei.

CNet: Ethical iPhone 5 petitions to be delivered to Apple stores
In a statement today, watchdog group SumOfUs said that it plans to deliver its own petition, along with one from Change.org, to a number of Apple's retail stores around the world. That includes New York, Washington, D.C., San Francisco, London, Sydney, and Bangalore.

Angry iPhone Users To March On Apple Tomorrow 

Audio: Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory

Mike Daisey was a self-described "worshipper in the cult of Mac." Then he saw some photos from a new iPhone, taken by workers at the factory where it was made. Mike wondered: Who makes all my crap? He traveled to China to find out. 

Danwei: The first Chinese Internet meme of the Year of the Dragon has emerged:
"Vacation style medical treatment"

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FBA: White Vengeance review
Impressive costume drama about two warring leaders loses the plot halfway.

THR: Flying Swords of Dragon Gate review
The Bottom Line
An effects-infatuated swordplay extravaganza with no down time.
CRI: 'Flying Swords of Dragon Gate' audio review
Director Tsui Hark has succeeded in creating a lasting impression on viewers with many of his wuxia films, including "New Dragon Gate Inn". But will his new film "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" be as successful as its prequel?
Flying Swords of Dragon Gate: A new wu xia classic (CNA)
In sharp contrast to Peter Chan's cerebral martial arts film "Wu Xia", Tsui's "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" is a much more traditional wu xia film that is more boisterous and less melodramatic.

CRI: Tibetan Antelope Poacher Arrested 17 Years after Murder of Official, (Variety)
Victim was subject of Lu Chuan's "Kekexili: Mountain Patrol"

Orange Sky-Golden Harvest announced a series of classic film remakes for 2012. The first film will be the Cecilia Cheung-Richie Jen "Fly Me to Polaris". No casting has been made yet. Also on the list of planned remakes: Stephen Chow's "Fight Back to School", "Tokyo Raiders" and "Marry a Rich Man". (Sina)

CF: Shu Qi to Challenge Morality in "The Second Woman"
Shu Qi, best actress of the Golden Horse Awards, plays twin sisters who fall in love with a stage actor portrayed by Shawn Yue. The two sisters struggle with the discovery that they've slept with the same man.

(Sina)

THR: Christian Bale's 'Flowers of War' Already Top-Grossing Chinese Film of 2011

CNA: Michael Tse's new crime film rakes in HK$670,000 on opening day

"Laughing Gor: Turning Point 2" sees Laughing Gor go undercover as a prison inmate, to investigate the death of a police officer.

CF: Mainland Box Office Chart in Week 52

And last week (51)

“The Flowers of War” bested “Flying Swords of Dragon Gate” at the mainland box office over first four-day run, by both admissions and box office income. Zhang Yimou's “The Flowers of War” opened to the No.1 place of mainland box office with $24.07 million over four days, while Tsui Hark's “Flying Swords of Dragon Gate”, which opened 4-hour earlier on the same day last Thursday, seconded the ranking with $22.42 million by Sunday night.

APA: Best of 2011: Chinese Films
Let the Bullets Fly, The Flowers of War, Love is Not Blind, and Piano in a Factory are amongst the best Chinese films of 2011.

TaipeiTimes: The year in review: Taiwanese cinema

CF: Sequel to R-Rated Movie, "Love in a Buff", Wraps up Shooting

"Love in the Buff" officially wrapped up shooting in Hong Kong on Christmas.

CF: Shawn Yue: Villain in "Saving Project X"

The movie is co-produced by Thailand and Hong Kong, China. Yue performs as a villain in the movie who going after a journalist and trying to kill her in order to keep his crime a secret.

Newly released stills from Johnnie To's "Romancing in Thin Air" featuring Louis Koo and Sammi Cheng.

(Sina)

Doomsday romantic comedy, "Love Shock" (lit. 2012 Is Coming), opens today. The film's stars are from the Mainland, Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan and Japan: Tanaka Chie, Wong You-Nam, Cheung Tat-Ming, Huang Xiaolei, Jung Hsiang, Li Jing, and Lee Seong-hyun.

(Sina)

"The Great Magician" opens January 12. (Sina)

Vivian Hsu promotes "Puss in Boots" for which she dubbed her voice.

(Sina)

CRI: Zhang Jingchu Interprets Winter Style

Zhang Jingchu poses for a photo spread featured in the December issue of the lifestyle magazine "Femina".

CF: Yan Ni Bathing in "The Great Magician"

CF: Li Bingbing Fights for Marrige in "I Do"

Director Sun Zhou's latest romance "I Do" released a batch of new still photos featuring four leading actresses of the movie recently. Up and coming actress Li Bingbing performs as the leading character in the movie -- a left-over business woman who insists to find her true love disregarding her growing age and the pressure from her parents

CF: "I Do" Lovers in Black and White

Li Bingbing and Sun Honglei, lead actors of the soon-to-be-released urban fashion romance "I Do", posed for a photo shoot for a renowned fashion magazine in promoting their new movie.

 

TaipeiTimes: Pop Stop

Is Viann Zhang Xinyu an absentminded person, or a crafty starlet staking out her territory so as to boost her career in the entertainment business?

Jackie Chan has 3 new TV commericals for V8 juice. Caught one the other day but can't remember which one. Here they are on YouTube.com

A1: Jaycee Chan inherited "playboy DNA" from his dad

MSN: Miriam Yeung may be having a baby boy

While Miriam is elated with her pregnancy, she is also fraught with worries.
In an earlier test, the singer was told that her baby faces a high risk of Down Syndrome. The singer has been advised to take a further test. However the test comes with an average risk of 1% of having a miscarriage.

MSN: Are Bolin Chen and Kwai Lun-mei in a relationship?

Bolin and Lun-mei met on the set of Blue Gate Crossing 10 years ago. In the movie, they played a pair of lovers, who did not end up together in the end.

[Sweet! Finally, just watched Blue Gate Crossing last week!]

MSN: Huang Xiao Ming and Angelababy rumoured to be engaged

MSN: Jay Chou will not film action movies again

The Taiwanese singer jokingly grumbled that filming movie ‘The Viral Factor’ was like toying with his life.

MSN: Hannah Quinlivan’s kissing scene deleted

It was rumoured that despite having her own manager, Hannah needs to get the green light from Jay before accepting a job. She is also not allowed to wear revealing clothes, or be intimate with other male celebrities on set.

China says man dies of bird flu
The 39-year-old bus driver living in Shenzhen, just across the border from Hong Kong, developed symptoms on December 21 and was admitted to a hospital on December 25 because of severe pneumonia, the official Xinhua news agency said.
He died in the early afternoon of multiple organ failure, having tested positive for the H5N1 virus, the report added.

China says its most wanted man admits crimes (Canada Lai)
Beijing had sought the deportation of Lai Changxing for years, accusing him of running a multi-billion dollar smuggling ring in the southeastern city of Xiamen in the 1990s in one of China's biggest political scandals in decades.
2009: China's most-wanted man hopes to sell real estate here

2006: Lai Changxing considers making movie on his life