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Postby dleedlee » Tue Jun 03, 2008 1:19 pm

Andy Lau's Torch Auctioned in Quake Benefit
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http://english.cri.cn/3086/2008/06/03/1261@365108.htm

Michelle Yeoh: Balance, beauty and butt-kicking
http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/06/03/ta.yeoh/

Rinko Kikuchi says she's more than a Japanese actress
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jZR ... cPsDiJ-8iw

Legal woes come to a head for Anita Mui's mother
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_deta ... con_type=1

Edison sex snap charges denied
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_deta ... 80603&fc=2

Lucy Liu Interview, Kung Fu Panda
http://www.moviesonline.ca/movienews_14789.html

Against doctor's orders Charlene Choi returns to filming Butterfly Lovers after injury
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http://ent.sina.com.cn/m/c/2008-06-03/07422046317.shtml
http://news.ifensi.com/bagua/2008-06-03 ... 43052.html
http://www.sn.xinhuanet.com/2008-05/26/ ... 364174.htm

Zhang Jingchu to begin filming Witness
Directed by Dante Lam with Nic Tse and Nick Cheung
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http://ent.sina.com.cn/m/c/2008-06-02/00472044729.shtml


Screen Daily: Kung Fu Panda review
http://www.screendaily.com/ScreenDailyA ... ryID=38856

The Gene Generation featuring Bai Ling
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http://ent.sina.com.cn/m/f/2008-06-03/14382046888.shtml


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Bai Ling: 'She isn't out to get attention'

SHE has been called a publicity whore with no talent.

Her eccentric behaviour - she was recently arrested for shoplifting two magazines and some batteries at the Los Angeles International Airport - has made headlines.

And she is often slammed for wearing wacky outfits to red carpet events - she was voted worst-dressed celebrity on popular blog Go Fug Yourself, with 1.1 million votes in 10 days.

But ask Pearry Reginald Teo about Bai Ling, and he'll tell you she is one of the most professional thespians he has worked with.

'While a lot of people say she is weird, eccentric and a bit wild, I'd like to come to her defence and say she is very honest with herself, more than anybody I know,' he told The New Paper on Sunday in an e-mail interview.

'She doesn't drink, doesn't smoke, doesn't do drugs, is always on time on set and always has her lines remembered.'

In Teo's movie The Gene Generation, Bai plays the lead character Michelle, an assassin who tries to protect her younger brother in a world of DNA hackers.

Bai, now in Hawaii shooting Crank 2, the sequel to the action thriller starring Jason Statham, was recently photographed traipsing on a beach topless.

Her penchant for flashing flesh is well-known, and she is often seen in outfits that seem to always 'accidentally' expose her breasts.

Does she do this for attention? Teo doesn't think so.

'I think people feel uncomfortable with how comfortable she is with herself,' he said. 'She doesn't do it for attention. Working with her for over two months, I can safely say that. She does it because she likes to express herself that way.'

He added the perhaps people tend to see Bai as wild and eccentric because she forces them to think outside the norm of artistic expression.

' I don't think I have met a more generous person than Bai Ling,' he said. 'Even after our shoot, she would sometimes come over and bring me gifts and hang out at my house.

'Bai Ling, behind that media persona, is a person whom I've grown to love and respect beyond my professional opinion.'
http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/show/story ... 49,00.html?


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