12.02.2010 - News

Variety: The Dreams of Jinsha
"The Dreams of Jinsha" marks mainland China's stride into bigtime animation.

FBA: Forever (我愛你愛你愛你) (6/10) (Singapore)

A lightly subversive rom-com about a female stalker, with a fine lead performance from newcomer Joanna Dong.

FBA: Aftershock wins ASPA best film crown

Best feature film, best performance by actor; Last Train Home best documentary feature film

CRI: Christopher Doyle Works with Cui Jian for New Film, Blue Bone

CRI: Stellar Warm-up for 'If You Are the One 2'

Latest poster for If You Are the One 2

(Sina)

I Love Hong Kong's Eric Tsang, Sandra Ng, Tony Leung Ka-Fai

Aarif Lee, Fala Chen

Aarif Lee reportedly replaced Raymond Lam Fung in the cast because of his poor acting. The addition of Aarif Lee was dubbed a 'reunion' with mother (Sandra Ng, Echoes of the Rainbow) and father (Tony Leung, Bruce Lee, My Brother).

(Sina), 2, (Xinhua)

Producer Ng See-Yuen, Kara Hui and Bai Jing promote Kung Fu Wing Chun at a Taipei press conference. The film opens in Taiwan December 10.

Kara Hui

Bai Jing, Kara Hui

Bai Jing, Ng See-Yuen, Kara Hui

(Xinhua)

Wang Quan'an (right) deployed over 2,000 extras to shoot crowd scenes for White Plain Deer in the old city of Yuci, Shanxi. White Plain Deer stars Zhang Fengyi, Zhang Yuqi and Duan Yihong.

(Sina)

Photos posted on Weibo of both Chen Kun and Zhou Xun wearing black hats led to speculations that the two are a couple.

Chen Kun, Zhou Xun, Doze Niu, Mavis Fan

Zhou Xun, Mavis Fan

(Sina)

Zhao Wei as a spokesperson for a jewelry brand

(Sina)

CRI: Miriam Yeung Shoots Wedding Photos in Paris

MSN: Cecilia Cheung exhausted from heavy workload

This being her first media conference after her comeback, the press was subjected to many rules and regulations. They were requested to not ask questions that are not related to the movie and that the star would only reply questions in Mandarin. The actress also later requested to have photos taken with co-star Louis Koo only, ignoring other cast members like Raymond Wong, Yan Ni, Chapman To and Lynn Hung.

MSN: Selina Jen hopes to return home this Chinese New Year
After her skin grafting surgery, the singer began pronunciation and vital capacity exercises under instruction of the doctor

Patty Hou's manager quashes 'wedding cold feet' rumours

After Hou's announced September wedding date lapsed without any wedding bells, and was later pushed back twice for various reasons, rumours were rife that the bride-to-be had gotten cold feet as 34-year-old Huang, a bank officer, earned far less than she did.

Kung Fu Wing Chun Premiere Shanghai, Beijing

(Oct. 29) Shanghai premiere of Kungfu Wing Chun

Collin Chou, Joe Cheung Tung-Cho, Ng See-Yuen, Bai Jing, Yuen Wah

Yuen Wah

Bai Jing

(Sina)

(Oct.28) Beijing premiere

Wang Yansu

Collin Chou, Kara Hui, Yuen Wah

Bai Jing

Bai Jing

Joe Cheung

Yu Shaoqun

Yuen Wah

(Sina-gallery), 2

Bai Jing, Kara Hui

(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

Kung Fu Wing Chun Premieres

(Oct.14) Joe Cheung Tung-Cho's Kung Fu Wing Chung premiered at the  Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival. The cast includes Kara Hui, Yu Shaoqun, Yuen Wah and Yuen Qiu. The film will be released nationally Nov. 2.

Producer Ng See-Yuen

Director Joe Cheung Tung-Cho

Bai Jing

Yip Chun and apprentice Bai Jing

Yip Chun 

(Sina), 2