News Links - 2/11/09

[dleedlee]

Shinjuku Incident stills
Jackie Chan and Xu Jinglei


http://ent.sina.com.cn/m/c/2009-02-11/11422370990.shtml (more)

Wong Kar-Wai to start filming Legend of Yip Man in June
Possibly invite Gong Li to be leading lady, script not written yet
http://ent.sina.com.cn/m/c/2009-02-11/04082370470.shtml
Would not play Yip Man's wife but a head of martial arts school(?)

http://ent.tom.com/2009-02-11/0021/30195974.html

Chasing Shadows stills
Jaycee Chan

Pace Wu

http://ent.sina.com.cn/m/c/2009-02-10/23432370323.shtml

Aaron Kwok heads off to Berlin for premiere of Empire of Silver

http://news.xinhuanet.com/ent/2009-02/1 ... 797967.htm

'Forever Enthralled' Screened at Berlinale
http://english.cri.cn/6666/2009/02/11/1261s452386.htm
European premiere of Forever Enthralled/Mei Lanfang at Berlin


http://news.xinhuanet.com/ent/2009-02/1 ... 799937.htm
Chen Kaige and wife Chen Hong

http://ent.sina.com.cn/m/p/2009-02-11/07402370556.shtml
Zhang Ziyi

With Leon Lai

Chen Hong

http://ent.sina.com.cn/m/c/2009-02-11/06412370515.shtml (more)

Zhao Wei Is 'Mulan'
Jingle Ma took the directing baton of "Mulan" from Stanley Tong, who was reportedly hoping Zhang Ziyi could play Mulan.
http://english.cri.cn/6666/2009/02/11/1261s452470.htm
Hua Mulan press conference
Zhao Wei
http://news.xinhuanet.com/ent/2009-02/1 ... 117976.jpg
Jingle Ma, Chen Kun, Zhao Wei, Xu Jiao



http://news.xinhuanet.com/ent/2009-02/1 ... 797855.htm

http://ent.sina.com.cn/m/c/2009-02-10/17222370051.shtml (more)

"All's Well Ends Well 2009" seeks to revive comedy film industry
Raymond Wong considers Happy Ghost update
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/xin/20090211/t ... 1b9bc.html

Zhou Xun: An Actress Decamps for Hong Kong, and Chinese Fans Get Territorial
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinajournal/2009/ ... lenews_wsj

Karen Mok attends charity event as UNICEF Ambassador

http://news.xinhuanet.com/ent/2009-02/1 ... 798065.htm

Tony Leung attends press conference for upcoming HK Film and Television Expo

http://news.xinhuanet.com/ent/2009-02/1 ... 798409.htm

Ray Lui and wife, Michelle Yeoh attending a charity banquet

http://ent.sina.com.cn/s/p/2009-02-11/05552370510.shtml

http://ent.sina.com.cn/s/p/2009-02-11/05552370500.shtml

Charlene Choi shooting Coke commercial

http://news.xinhuanet.com/ent/2009-02/1 ... 798297.htm


http://news.xinhuanet.com/ent/2009-02/1 ... 799162.htm
Nick Cheung Ka Fai was thrilled being called a handsome guy
http://asianfanatics.net/forum/Cheung-K ... 25962.html

Lu Chen forced to make living out of magic
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/xin/20090211/t ... 1b9bc.html

Fate of Debut Show in CCTV Theatre Unknown after Fire
Stan Lai drama 'Watch TV With Me'
http://english.cri.cn/6666/2009/02/11/1221s452561.htm

More Salty Pork Hand Saga
Kingdom Yuen disclosed the preposterous history of the entertainment circle;
Nancy Sit asked her to shut up,
Anita Yuen asked her not to stir trouble
http://asianfanatics.net/forum/Kingdom- ... 26066.html
Ella Koon clarifies 4 points to the Media;
Apologizes to all Male artistes
http://asianfanatics.net/forum/Ella-Koo ... 26035.html

Did The Zipingpu Dam Cause The Sichuan Earthquake?
http://www.zonaeuropa.com/20090207_1.htm

[beyond asiaphilia]

Woohoo, Tang Wei in Chasing Shadows! Looks like the cast will actually be real actors, instead of just idols and popstars. Can't wait--

[dleedlee]

Woohoo, Tang Wei in Chasing Shadows! Looks like the cast will actually be real actors, instead of just idols and popstars. Can't wait--

First, welcome to the forums! Looking forward to your contributions (and assistance) here.

Tang Wei: I didn't notice when I 'read' the article quickly this morning. Looking more closely, though, it is not Tang Wei from Lust, Caution, is it? Or am I mistaken?

[bkasten]

Woohoo, Tang Wei in Chasing Shadows! Looks like the cast will actually be real actors, instead of just idols and popstars. Can't wait--

First, welcome to the forums! Looking forward to your contributions (and assistance) here.

Indeed! That's an understatement.

I would also like to extend a warm welcome!

Ms. Soe, I encourage you to put the address of your excellent blog in your signature. (oops, I see you did that already )

At some point I would like to showcase the works of this site's premier members/contributors on our front page. Among many highly skilled contributors, we also have several contributors here that are (in my not so humble opinion) absolutely outstanding reviewers/writers--Thomason, Thibodeau, Waffle, Booth, and a few others...nice to add to that list...

[beyond asiaphilia]

First, welcome to the forums! Looking forward to your contributions (and assistance) here.

Thanks, I've been lurking for a long time. Can someone tell me how to post reviews?

Tang Wei: I didn't notice when I 'read' the article quickly this morning. Looking more closely, though, it is not Tang Wei from Lust, Caution, is it? Or am I mistaken?

I got the info from a bad google translate version of the linked article so I could be wrong. Maybe a native Chinese speaker could confirm. I'll squint at the pictures again to see if I can recognize her. I also want to know what it means when Francis Ng is referred to as "nervous knife."

[beyond asiaphilia]

At some point I would like to showcase the works of this site's premier members/contributors on our front page. Among many highly skilled contributors, we also have several contributors here that are (in my not so humble opinion) absolutely outstanding reviewers/writers--Thomason, Thibodeau, Waffle, Booth, and a few others...nice to add to that list...

That would be awesome, I'd love it! This site, along with lovehkfilm, is tops on my list.

[dleedlee]

First, welcome to the forums! Looking forward to your contributions (and assistance) here.

Thanks, I've been lurking for a long time. Can someone tell me how to post reviews?

Tang Wei: I didn't notice when I 'read' the article quickly this morning. Looking more closely, though, it is not Tang Wei from Lust, Caution, is it? Or am I mistaken?

I got the info from a bad google translate version of the linked article so I could be wrong. Maybe a native Chinese speaker could confirm. I'll squint at the pictures again to see if I can recognize her. I also want to know what it means when Francis Ng is referred to as "nervous knife."

I did some research. It turns out the actress in the photo is Xie Na. She's mainly a tv actress and also a singer. In the movie, she plays a character named Tang Wei.


Article on Xie Na
http://www.womenofchina.cn/Profiles/Cel ... /17615.jsp

[bkasten]

Thanks, I've been lurking for a long time. Can someone tell me how to post reviews?

Here is an example link:
http://hkmdb.com/db/movies/edit/reviews ... ay_set=eng

Note that when viewing any film, there will be an "Add a Review" link along the left side.

Make sure you are properly logged in: log out of the forum and log back in.

Email me if you have questions.

--bob

[Brian Thibodeau]

That would be awesome, I'd love it! This site, along with lovehkfilm, is tops on my list.

Indeed, welcome aboard.

And also thanks for the link to your blog, where I was happy to read your January entry about a certain Asian-centric "filesharing"/illegal streaming site that has finally (hopefully) realized the ramifications of what they were doing, especially when they started charging people to watch their content! It's never anything to worry about until you get caught (or threatened), but the damage to the original creators is already done. Good to see them go legit--or whatever they call what they're doing now. Of course, even YouTube still crawls with full-length Asian content (in bite-size bits) that shouldn't be there (speaking of which, I was a bit dismayed to see folks at the Mobius forum--of all places--so willing to pimp for the practice today! )

[beyond asiaphilia]

I did some research. It turns out the actress in the photo is Xie Na. She's mainly a tv actress and also a singer. In the movie, she plays a character named Tang Wei.

Wow, thanks for the clarification! Too bad it's not the Lust, Caution person, but it could be worse--it could've been Myolie Wu or something.