Shanghai stills
Chow Yun-Fat, Gong Li, John Cusack



http://ent.sina.com.cn/m/c/2008-08-10/09572132764.shtml
Gong Li and John Cusack: flirting behavior in Bangkok


http://www.chinese-tools.com/china/peop ... ongli.html

Shamo (Japan-Hong Kong) review
http://www.varietyasiaonline.com/content/view/6689/1/

Olympic opening ceremony
Awe (but no laughter) in Beijing
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/JH12Ad01.html

Welcome to fight club
Hollywood keeps plundering China for ideas, talent and chop-socky
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2008/aug ... dadventure

Vivian Hsu Stars in Metro Drama
Series made for subway riders
http://english.cri.cn/3086/2008/08/11/1261s392403.htm

Netizens Endorse Chen Daoming Playing "Confucius"
http://english.cri.cn/3086/2008/08/11/168s392235.htm

Shochiku offers Tora-San online
http://www.varietyasiaonline.com/content/view/6693/1/

Huayi Brothers plan share listing
http://www.varietyasiaonline.com/content/view/6699/1/
Huayi Bros plans Q4 domestic IPO
http://www.reuters.com/article/newIssue ... 11?sp=true

Zhang Yimou readies next directing effort
http://www.varietyasiaonline.com/content/view/6698/1/

Zhang Ziyi Graces the Cover of "Harper's Bazaar"
http://english.cri.cn/3086/2008/08/10/902s391907.htm

http://ent.sina.com.cn/s/p/2008-08-11/01462133340.shtml

http://ent.sina.com.cn/s/p/2008-08-11/01462133341.shtml

http://ent.sina.com.cn/s/p/2008-08-11/01462133339.shtml

Shu Qi recently posed in new ad campaign for Magnum ice cream

http://www.chinese-tools.com/jdd/public ... shuqi5.jpg
http://www.chinese-tools.com/china/sexy ... shuqi.html



Karen Mok in Beijing

http://ent.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/news/sho ... 047&ct=pic
Simon Yam and wife with Richie Ren in Beijing

http://ent.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/news/sho ... 046&ct=pic

Li Ning stock jumps on chairman's Olympic ceremony role
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking_ ... r=20080811

Incidents mar HK Olympic start
http://www.varietyasiaonline.com/content/view/6688/1/
Sichuan boy almost misses Olympics parade
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/ ... -Yimou.php
Opening ceremony: the meaning behind the spectacle
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olym ... 89294.html
Olympic Fireworks Display Was Computer Generated
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/ ... 517/565954
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/others ... faked.html
Chinese Internet Reacts To Olympics Opening Ceremony
http://www.zonaeuropa.com/20080808_1.htm
The Mystery of Tang Yongming (tourist slayer)
http://www.zonaeuropa.com/200808b.brief.htm#002

"Elasun" the Chinese condom maker diverts the Olympic pictograms in an advertisement series


http://www.chinese-tools.com/china/sexy ... iques.html

dleedlee wrote:Gong Li and John Cusack: flirting behavior in Bangkok


http://www.chinese-tools.com/china/peop ... ongli.html

That's John Cusack?

Olympic opening ceremony
Awe (but no laughter) in Beijing
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/JH12Ad01.html

I can't say for sure whether the writer is correct about China being so humourless as a whole (though he makes a few salient points), but I must say I kept waiting for the opening ceremonies to cover the recent "modern era" or even "the future" in some way, which never really happened. Obviously a song-and-dance about the communist and cultural revolutions would not have been apropos (thus Zhang's "sin of omission"), but the last 25 years probably deserved a little recognition. I guess we can read the games themselves as the culmination of that era.

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That's John Cusack?

I said the same thing - I don't know who that lucky bastard is, but it's definitely not John Cusack

That's John Cusack?

According to some Chinese reports, he's a French photographer named "Chang".

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar ... 2003418430

"...In Bangkok, married Chinese diva Gong Li (éž

[quote="Fan"]According to some Chinese reports, he's a French photographer named "Chang".

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar ... 2003418430

"...In Bangkok, married Chinese diva Gong Li (éž

From a recent issue out of my own office:

Karate Champs have you seeing double:
http://www.zonaeuropa.com/20080808_1.htm
(Me, I'm seeing novelty casting in a future Hong Kong action picture! )

Incidentally, this pair also made our weekly full-page cover photo, with the heading "Twin Dragons". I should ask our editor if he knew that was the title of a certain movie . . .

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I must say I kept waiting for the opening ceremonies to cover the recent "modern era" or even "the future" in some way

The use of kids was the nod to 'the future' according to the analysts.

According to some Chinese reports, he's a French photographer named "Chang".

Thanks, Fan. That rings a bell now that I'm reminded.

dleedlee wrote:

The use of kids was the nod to 'the future' according to the analysts.

Ahh. Now I see. Actually, I really should have realized that, considering children are an integral part of so many past opening ceremonies, but perhaps I was expecting something huge and staggering and different in light of how well they represented past glories.

Now, if only they'd stop yanking the videos off the streaming sites! They're gonna force me to grab one of those full-length bootlegs if they keep that up. Dammit.

The picture of Gong Li at the top of Dennis's post is one of the best "movie star" pictures I have ever seen. She looks like a throwback to the glory days of the the Hollywood star-making machine. Devastating image that is now on my computer's desktop.

Olympic Fireworks Display Was Computer Generated
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/ ... 517/565954

One advisor to the Beijing Olympic Committee (BOCOG) defended the decision to use make-believe to impress the viewer. "It would have been prohibitive to have tried to film it live," he said. "We could not put the helicopter pilot at risk by making him try to follow the firework route."

You would think they might have designed a fireworks display that could be shot and transmitted live.