News Links - 3/25/08

[dleedlee]

Three Kingdoms premieres in Seoul


http://english.cri.cn/3086/2008/03/25/1261@337535.htm
'Three Kingdoms' Premieres in Seoul

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/ar ... 21289.html

Zhang Ziyi Witnesses Olympic Flame Lighting

http://english.cri.cn/3086/2008/03/25/1261@337683.htm
Protests disrupt Olympic torch ceremony
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/03 ... index.html

Hengdian Studio and Salon Film to Join Hands
http://english.cri.cn/3086/2008/03/25/1461@337762.htm

'Hormones' raging at Thai box office
Teen comedy a major hit
http://www.variety.com/article/VR111798 ... id=13&cs=1

Three Chinese films withdrawn from Hong Kong festival
Three Chinese films have been pulled out of the Hong Kong International Film Festival (Mar 17 – Apr 6) increasing fears that China is tightening censorship following the recent Lust, Caution controversy.

Han Yan's Winds of September – The Chinese Mainland Chapter, Zhang Yibai's Chongqing-set Lost, Indulgence and A Decade of Love, a compilation of ten shorts by ten Hong Kong directors, were set to be world premieres at the festival.

No official reasons were given for their withdrawal, but it is understood that the films have not yet passed the Chinese censors.

Although the films contain nothing obviously controversial - and such a stamp of approval is not required for their Hong Kong screenings - the film-makers are at risk if their films are played without having being cleared by the censors.

There is growing concern that China is exerting a firmer grip on the media ahead of this summer's Beijing Olympics and in view of the recent riots in Tibet.

Winds Of September is a coming-of-age trilogy directed by young directors from China, Hong Kong and Taiwan and produced by veteran Hong Kong film-maker Eric Tsang who is the festival's Film-maker in Focus for this year.

Lin Shu-yu's Taiwan chapter already received its world premiere at the festival last Friday while Heiward Mak's Hong Kong chapter is due to screen next Tuesday.

Tsang is also a co-star in Lost, Indulgence which features Hong Kong's Karen Mok and Eason Chan.
http://www.screendaily.com/ScreenDailyA ... ryID=37932

AP Interview: Wayne Wang says he enjoys versatility in eclectic body of work
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/03/ ... e-Wang.php

More Liu Ye birthday photos

http://ent.sina.com.cn/s/m/2008-03-24/02061958191.shtml

More Jo Ma wedding photos


Guests:
Wong Jing

Ann Hui

Alan Mak
http://i2.sinaimg.cn/ent/s/p/2008-03-24 ... 080649.jpg
Cheung Tat Ming
http://i1.sinaimg.cn/ent/s/p/2008-03-24 ... 080652.jpg
Gigi Leung
http://i3.sinaimg.cn/ent/s/p/2008-03-24 ... 080644.jpg
Cherie Ying
http://i2.sinaimg.cn/ent/s/p/2008-03-24 ... 080658.jpg
Shawn Yue
http://i1.sinaimg.cn/ent/s/p/2008-03-24 ... 080701.jpg
Law Lan

Ti Lung and family
http://i1.sinaimg.cn/ent/s/p/2008-03-24 ... 080704.jpg
Andrew Lau
http://i0.sinaimg.cn/ent/s/p/2008-03-24 ... 080703.jpg
Yau Nai-Hoi
http://i0.sinaimg.cn/ent/s/p/2008-03-24 ... 080706.jpg
http://ent.sina.com.cn/s/2008-03-24/08061958374.shtml

SFIAAFF 2008: Ni Hao, Confusion
http://www.asiaarts.ucla.edu/080321/art ... ntID=89184
SFIAAFF 2008: Mobility and Marketability
http://www.asiaarts.ucla.edu/080321/art ... ntID=89183

China bans horror movies from sale
"I question the actual function of the ban. I'm afraid that Chinese audiences will simply buy pirate videos."
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008- ... 853857.htm

Octopus card led to arrest in sex killing
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_deta ... con_type=1

Hong Kong Disney sinks near bottom in popularity
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_deta ... 80325&fc=2

TV Reporter to Be Punished for Fake Tiger Film
http://english.cri.cn/3100/2008/03/25/1301@337694.htm
Video of "wild" China tiger reported to be faked
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCr ... SPEK175249

[ewaffle]

Octopus card led to arrest in sex killing
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_deta ... con_type=1

On Saturday, Lam was taken by Organized Crime and Triad Bureau investigators to the North Point flat, where Tam operated a one- woman brothel, to re-enact the crime.

Does anyone know if having a suspect re-enact a crime is common procedure in homocides in parts of East Asia? Based on the above article and seeing Korean police films which include re-enactments, it happens often enough that it isn't even particularly interesting, at least in Hong Kong and Korea--it was the second from last paragraph in this story, for example.

I would think it would be done only after a confession since being able toaccurately walk through the crime for the police certainly seems like an admission of guilt.


We sent what? Where? When?
Pentagon Admits Mistaken Arms Shipment
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/25/AR2008032501309.html

Better get George Clooney and Nicole Kidman on the case.
http://imdb.com/title/tt0119874/

[dleedlee]

We sent what? Where? When?
Pentagon Admits Mistaken Arms Shipment
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 01309.html

Well, it's not like we unknowingly flew a B-52 cross country with a live nukes aboard...like last year.

[Brian Thibodeau]

China Celebrates Its Status As World’s Number One Air Polluter
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/76325

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