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News Links - 11/25/08

Postby dleedlee » Tue Nov 25, 2008 3:17 pm

Sammo Hung in negotiations to star in "War Monkeys"
Horror comedy
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/con ... 01db6b60e3

Louis Cha/Jin Yong and Zhang Jizhong
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008 ... 237357.htm
From martial arts to monkeying around
Zhang Jizhong tackles the Monkey King
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/showbiz/20 ... 237988.htm

Edison Chen's scenes in Stephen Fung's movie "Jump" cut
Scenes to be reshot to tune of HK$1M
http://asianfanatics.net/forum/Edison-C ... 03037.html
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Reshoot to cost costar Zhang Yuqi earning opportunities
http://ent.sina.com.cn/m/c/2008-11-25/07462265695.shtml

Johnnie To's "Vengeance" adds Sylvie Testud to cast
http://varietyasiaonline.com/content/view/7554/1/

New Stills from Mei Lanfang Biopic
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http://english.cri.cn/3086/2008/11/25/1261s426933.htm
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http://ent.sina.com.cn/m/c/2008-11-25/10272265867.shtml

Jeff Lau asks Faye Wong to join cast of his sci-fi film
Hu Jun and Sun Li only confirmed cast members
http://udn.com/NEWS/ENTERTAINMENT/ENT8/4608027.shtml
Tony Leung interested?
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http://chinanews.sina.com/ent/2008/1124 ... 92550.html

'Parking' costars chang Chen and Gui Lunmei attend AIDS benefit in Taipei
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http://ent.sina.com.cn/s/h/2008-11-25/03152265505.shtml

"My Dear Enemy" (South Korea)
Road movie director's Career-best work
http://varietyasiaonline.com/content/view/7558/1/

"Gachi Boy Wrestling With a Memory" (Japan)
Underdog story in the weird world of underground wrestling
http://varietyasiaonline.com/content/view/7559/1/

Manfred Wong spills on A Man Called Hero
http://varietyasiaonline.com/kaijushake ... GHTY-MOUTH

Cape No. 7 Rules H.K. Box Office in Premiere Week
http://english.cri.cn/3086/2008/11/25/1722s427088.htm

Herman Yau's True Women For Sale (trailer)
http://movie.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/mv/mov ... on=trailer

Chungking Express: Criterion Collection
http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/35529/ch ... ollection/

Sun Li portraits
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http://i1.sinaimg.cn/ent/s/m/p/2008-11- ... 143818.jpg
http://ent.sina.com.cn/s/m/p/2008-11-25 ... 6309.shtml

Next Media fined for indecency
http://varietyasiaonline.com/content/view/7560/1/

Jamie Chik & Ray Lui Return To TVB
Anita Yuen and verteran Lau Siu Ming cast in cast of new series
Nancy Sit still recovering from surgery
http://www.batgwa.com/story.php?id=1353&img=2

Newly wed Kelly Chen suprises media with baby talk
http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/show/story ... 74,00.html
http://asianfanatics.net/forum/Kelly-to ... 02932.html

Eric Tsang hosts talent show for Guangdong TV
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http://ent.sina.com.cn/s/h/p/2008-11-25 ... 6245.shtml

Gu Changwei, Wang Baoqiang and AIDs patient at benefit
Gu changwei shot promotional film silent and black and white
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http://ent.sina.com.cn/s/p/2008-11-25/19522266973.shtml

Jay Chou praises Andy Lau's magic
http://asianfanatics.net/forum/Jay-Chou ... 02917.html

Michelle Yeoh attends Marrakesh 8th Int'l Film Festival
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http://english.people.com.cn/90001/9078 ... 38505.html

Michelle Reis and Hui Chun Hung: Million dollar wedding
http://asianfanatics.net/forum/Michelle ... 02852.html

Miriam Yeung would like her future wedding banquet in Hong Guan (Hong Kong Coliseum)
http://asianfanatics.net/forum/Miriam-Y ... 02851.html

Aaron Kwok doesn't want to get married; Lynn Xiong - I won't change him
http://asianfanatics.net/forum/Aaron-Kw ... 02827.html

Ruby Lin to Release New Album
http://english.cri.cn/3086/2008/11/25/1321s426973.htm

HK: 22 meat stalls raided as beef scam exposed
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_deta ... con_type=1
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Postby Brian Thibodeau » Tue Nov 25, 2008 11:52 pm

Tycoon vanishes
China's billion-dollar man, a retail whiz, has mysteriously disappeared (or was he "detained"?):
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=990939



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Postby dleedlee » Wed Nov 26, 2008 12:35 am

Brian Thibodeau wrote:Tycoon vanishes
China's billion-dollar man, a retail whiz, has mysteriously disappeared (or was he "detained"?):
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=990939
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Under arrest according to these reports:

http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_deta ... 81126&fc=4
(scroll down)
http://www.danwei.org/front_page_of_the ... _fined.php
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Postby dleedlee » Wed Nov 26, 2008 1:29 pm

ChinaSMACK has translated Chinese Internet forum comments about the arrest:

http://www.chinasmack.com/stories/china ... -arrested/
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