News Links - 5/18/08

[dleedlee]

Minute of silence for China quake victims at Cannes
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gzY ... 20dpWkqNRA
Jia Zhangke's 24 City charts China's dash into the future
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show ... uture.html
Director Jia shows pace of change in China at Cannes
http://in.reuters.com/article/entertain ... 17?sp=true

24 City Photo call - Jia Zhangke, Joan Chen, Zhao Tao





Shi Yanfei

Guan Yue

http://ent.sina.com.cn/m/c/2008-05-18/00342030673.shtml


24 City cocktail party
Jia Zhangke and poet, writer, director Yin Lichuan(The Park, Knitting)




Actress Guan Yue

Actress Shi Yanfei

http://ent.sina.com.cn/m/f/2008-05-18/11142030945.shtml


A Review of “Take Outâ€

[ewaffle]

Questions on the pictures:

I imagine that Guan Yue and the others pictured holding the doll with one eye have an endorsement contract with its manufacturer/distributor. What is it?

"Li Bingbing bows ten minutes for earthquake disaster fundraiser"--is that to show how moved she was by the response or to thank those contributing? Or something else?

Whoever decided to put Shi Yanfei in what looks like a recycled bridesmaid dress should take lessons from Joan Chen or her sylist--or anybody. Shi Yanfei would look good in a burlap bag but that pink number is just gruesome.

[Brian Thibodeau]

Questions on the pictures:

I imagine that Guan Yue and the others pictured holding the doll with one eye have an endorsement contract with its manufacturer/distributor. What is it?

Looks to be the Sina.com logo (visible on the wall behind some of these folks) re-imagined as some kind of mascot. Looks more like a kooky plug for the website.

[dleedlee]

Yes, the plushie is the sina.com trademark/logo. It appears virtually everywhere, it acts sort of like a 3-D watermark for their photos and interviews.

Can't offer more detail on Li Bingbing's bow. I take it as a solicitation bow.