Friday, July 20, 2012

7.20.2012 - News [Roast Pork Sliced From A Rusty Cleaver] (飲水思源)

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FBA: Wu Dang review
Light action-adventure works OK as family fare but not much more than that.
Standard, rather old-fashioned, martial arts mystery generates no real drama.

CF: Liu Ye Tames a Horse in his New Movie
"Sha Jie" features Liu Ye and former "Mou Girl" Ni Ni as a couple. They portray a love-hate relationship in the movie. [Directed by Zhang Jiarui ("Red River", "Distant Thunder")]
CF: Release Date Set for "The Bullets Vanished"

CF: Cecilia Cheung Photos Released for "The Lion Roars 2"

CF: "Holding Love" Released New Stills of Yang Mi
"Holding Love", the first co-starring of Yang Mi and her boyfriend Hawick Liu, one of the most popular star couples among teen Chinese audiences, will star in the same film for the first time.

In the movie, a drug dealer portrayed by Sun Honglei, falls in love with his hostage (Wang Luodan) and decides to quit the business, that is, after one final deal. 

CF: "Let It Be" to Premiere on August 10
"Let it Be" is directed, written and stars Song Jinxiao along with Joan Chen and Taiwanese actor Van Fan.
Song plays a female poet can't handle the pressures of modern life and escapes to an Arcadia-like village, where she meets an artist played by Van Fan. Chen portrays a consummate charmer who tries her best to seduce the artist with the result being an absurd love triangle.
Joan Chen

Song Jinxiao

Actor-director Yue Song performed his kung fu skills at the event, winning applause from the audience. In the film, he plays opposite more than 10 top world boxers.
The film is about a boy who seeks revenge for the death of his parents who were killed eight years ago. He fights the local gangsters and finally achieves his goal.

Xu Zheng and Hui Siu-Hung butt heads when Xu Zheng meets his future father-in-law for the first time in "Gao Ding Yue Fu Da Ren" (lit. Battle of Wits with Father-in-Law). Lin Peng plays the bride-to-be. Xu Zheng also acts as the film producer for the first time.


In "The Silent War," Zhou will portray a spy, similar to her role in the 2009's blockbuster "The Message". The actress was highly praised by other members of the cast on the set, and she now has the reputation for being box office dynamite. In past six months, Zhou has released "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate", "The Great Magician" and "Painted Skin: The Resurrection." The upcoming project is exptected to take over the box office success of these three movies.

CF: John Woo: Chinese Films Don't Have Real Blockbusters
Acclaimed director John Woo has recovered from the cancer and confirms that he has two projects in hand this year and next,

Rumour: Will Brigitte Lin return to film in Zhang Yimou's next film, "Dragon Kiss"? That's what insiders are saying about Zhang's $100RMB budgeted film. Already, the director has said to have invited Angelina Jolie. When questioned at a recent fashion event, Brigitte Lin smiled and said, "Of course." Yesterday, Brigitte made a low key appearance at the Hong Kong Book Fair sitting in on a lecture before leaving early as fans snapped photos. (Sina)2, 3
Brigitte Lin
Brigitte Lin with, friend and writer, Zhang Yihe


Mongolian director Wuershan' s "Painted Skin: The Resurrection" collected an estimated $16.25 million over the past week for a three-week total of over $100.02 million, easily defending the championship of the boxoffice chart for a third straight week. Newly-released martial arts "The Four" debuted at number two at the weekly boxoffice chart in mainland China with an impressive $13.03 million over four days in release. Contemporary drama "Caught in the Web" dropped to third place in its second week of release, with $9.69 million boxoffice receipts. 

During a news conference of his kung fu flick "Taichi" on July 17, producer Chen Guofu sent a message to all peers that they will face a tremendous failure for releasing their movies on the same date of his movie, which is September 28. But one person sneered at his bold announcement.

New poster for comedy "BMW Rhapsody" features Jordan Chan, Morris Rong (Rong Xiang) and Peng Bo.
The cast also includes Gong Xinliang and Kong Mei (the male Fan Bingbing).

Jordan Chan leads the film and plays a chauffeur named Liu Zili who dreams of having his own BMW car and accidentally gets involved in a series of crazy incidents. (CF)
Jordan Chan, Xiong Naijin

Morris Rong

Lee Kin-Yan (Sina), (CF)

Poster for Pang Ho-Cheung's "Vulgaria"

Chapman To, Dada Chan (Chen Jing)

Dada Chan (Sina-gallery)


Hong Kong trailer for "The Silent War"

TaipeiTimes: Pop Stop
How does one turn around matrimonial money squabbles, jealousy and internal family conflicts? Divorce, if you are Cecilia Cheung and Nicholas Tse...Jay Chou, Stephen Fung, Shu Qi and more...
SGYahoo: Lynn Xiong hits out at abortion rumours
The witty star added: "When I find out who started this, I shall get Fahai (the evil monk in Tale of The White Snake) to deal with him."
Despite sealing off the streets when filming, the singer’s image for his new movie was revealed in an online video
The singer who gave birth to baby Riley in March claims she has no time for more children
To avoid the paparazzi, the Heavenly King went all the way to make sure no photos of his daughter were taken



Thursday, July 19, 2012

SCMP: It's hot out there, and Ekin Cheng and Sally Yip have got the racy dance moves to match [Roast Pork Sliced From A Rusty Cleaver] (飲水思源)

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Vivian Chen
Jul 20, 2012


Summer has always been the peak season for Canto-pop stars releasing albums and promoting their upcoming concerts.

This week two veterans - singer-actor Ekin Cheng Yee-kin and songstress Sally Yip Sin-Man - announced their plans for the coming months.

Sally Yeh


Sally dressed as a Greek goddess





Sally close up, but not the most flattering photo

While Yip revealed that she had prepared hot Latin dance moves for her Intimately Yours concerts at the Coliseum from September 22 to 24, Cheng said he would challenge himself with some sexy dance moves at his shows even though dancing was not his forte.

Cheng sang his new song, For U & Me, after the announcement on Tuesday at Causeway Bay's Neway CEO Karaoke Box that he would be adding one more night - August 27 - to his Light and Shadow concert series at the Coliseum. He had originally been slated to perform on the three preceding nights.

To congratulate Cheng on his upcoming shows, organisers East Asia Entertainment, Lamb Production and Media Asia Group prepared a pair of bicycles for him and his long-time girlfriend, TVB actress Yoyo Mung Ka-wai.
Ekin Cheng

Cheng said they were light enough to bring with him on an overseas holiday. [But is it fast enough to flee a wedding?]

Other Canto-pop stars staging shows at the Coliseum this summer include Alan Tam Wing-lun, Teresa Carpio and Gary Chaw. (SCMP) (Sally Yeh-slideshow), 2 (Ekin Cheng-slideshow)

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

7.18.2012 - News [Roast Pork Sliced From A Rusty Cleaver] (飲水思源)

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FBA: Golden Harvest flies back to Polaris
Orange Sky Golden Harvest Entertainment Co Ltd (OSGH) is to remake 1999 Hong Kong romance Fly Me to Polaris (1999) as part of a programme to revive its library of contemporary films.
CF: Zhang Ziyi Finally Finishes her Part in "The Grandmasters"
Zhang missed many promotional events for her Sino-South Korean coproduction "Dangerous Liaisons" for the movie.

CF: Cast and Crew Promote "The Bullet Vanishes" in Beijing
CF: Fan Bingbing Promotes "Double Xposure" in Beijing
CF: Second Episode of "The Four" is on the Way
"The Four" will be filmed as a trilogy. The third episode will start shooting right after they finish the second movie.

Poster for suspense film "Insistence"
Cast includes Yang Zi, Lin Miaoke, Lam Suet (Sina)

Lam Suet and Christy Chung get married in "Good-for-Nothing Heros"
Christy Chung

Lam Suet, Christy Chung


The many sides of Zhou Xun in "The Silent War" are seen in these stills







Kelly Chen promotes Maxim's brand of mooncakes for the 6th consecutive year.


TaipeiTimes: Pop Stop

MSN: Brigitte Lin’s husband Michael Ying reported to have illegitimate son

MSN: Are Stephen Fung and Shu Qi engaged?
Shu Qi and Stephen Fung was seen going to and returning from Tokyo together - and recent reports have suggested that the actor popped the big question while in the land of the rising sun.



Good-for-Nothing Heros - Character Posters Released [Roast Pork Sliced From A Rusty Cleaver] (飲水思源)

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Not shown, Huo Siyan, Tats Lau, Cheung Tat-Ming, Van Fan. Opening Aug. 3.

Francis Ng

Christy Chung

Kimi Qiao Renliang

Zhou Weitong

Kent Cheng

Terri Kwan

Lam Suet

Leni Lan (Lan Yan)

Shi Yanfei

Jack Kao

Samuel Pang King-Chi

Zhang Zidong, Xiu Rui (Sina)