News Links - 2/20/09

[dleedlee]

Gigi Lai is two months pregnant
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/xin/20090220/t ... 1b9bc.html
http://ent.sina.com.cn/s/h/p/2009-02-20 ... 3874.shtml

Edison Chen makes a comeback in Singapore on February 27
http://asianfanatics.net/forum/Edison-C ... 28819.html
Edison starting afresh from Singapore
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/xin/20090220/t ... 1b9bc.html
'We don't want him'
http://asianfanatics.net/forum/-We-don- ... 28987.html

Sex and violence in mainland Chinese cinemas
Men Behind the Sun: Hong Kong's First Cat-III Film Premiered on the Mainland!
http://www.danwei.org/film/cat-iii_film ... inland.php

Hua Mulan: a screen chronology
http://www.chinesemirror.com/index/2009 ... ology.html

Will Cell Phone get a Hollywood remake?,
http://asianfanatics.net/forum/Will-Cel ... 28802.html

Dragonball: Evolution stils

http://ent.sina.com.cn/m/c/2009-02-20/04562383305.shtml (more)
"Dragonball" Stills Unveiled
http://english.cri.cn/6666/2009/02/20/1722s456098.htm

Fan Bingbing's 'Perfect' Look in Ziyi Movie
http://english.cri.cn/6666/2009/02/20/1722s456137.htm
http://ent.sina.com.cn/m/c/2009-02-20/10022383560.shtml
Fan Bingbing and Zhang Ziyi featured in film (????/Very Perfect/Perfect Life)(formerly Sophie's Revenge) this summer

http://ent.sina.com.cn/m/c/2009-02-20/07432383387.shtml

Jian Guo Da Ye" (Founding A Country) Now Shooting in Beijing
http://english.cri.cn/6666/2009/02/20/1321s456062.htm
Anniversary Movie Set to Make History
A stellar cast of China's top filmmakers and actors are making a film to celebrate the upcoming 60th anniversary of the establishment of the People's Republic of China.
http://english.cri.cn/6666/2009/02/20/1321s455998.htm

Huang Yi, Huang Xiaolei and Huang Bo in upcoming comedy Stubborn Radish ???????





Director Tian Meng

http://ent.sina.com.cn/m/c/2009-02-19/23282383041.shtml

Baidu award event in Beijing
Chen Kun, Zhao Wei


Vivan Chow

Joey Yung, Charlene Choi

Lin Chi-Ling

http://news.xinhuanet.com/ent/2009-02/2 ... 852646.htm (more)


Taiwan POP STOP
Cape No.7 edited for Mainland
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar ... 2003436599
http://ent.sina.com.cn/m/c/2009-02-20/02152383193.shtml

Painted movie stills are a reflection of the times
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_deta ... str=&fc=10

5 more detained over China CCTV new headquarters fire
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009- ... 851600.htm

[Gaijin84]

Sex and violence in mainland Chinese cinemas
Men Behind the Sun: Hong Kong's First Cat-III Film Premiered on the Mainland!
http://www.danwei.org/film/cat-iii_film ... inland.php

This article says that Men Behind the Sun premiered on Dec 1, 1988, but the database has 12/23/88 as the opening... is there an error on our side?

[dleedlee]

Sex and violence in mainland Chinese cinemas
Men Behind the Sun: Hong Kong's First Cat-III Film Premiered on the Mainland!
http://www.danwei.org/film/cat-iii_film ... inland.php

This article says that Men Behind the Sun premiered on Dec 1, 1988, but the database has 12/23/88 as the opening... is there an error on our side?

HKFA says 12/23/88. Maybe 12/1 is a preview date? Benefit screening?

[Brian Thibodeau]

Man shot inside Pacific Mall
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/591002
(story developing, I guess . . .)

Wong said he believes the violence will scare away some of the centre's customers.
"People won't want to come. They are shocked," he said.

Somehow I doubt this.

[Brian Thibodeau]

Man shot inside Pacific Mall
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/591002
(story developing, I guess . . .)

Just noticed today's paper carries an "updated" version of this story that contains a rather less-than-subtle inferrence in the last paragraph!
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/591132