News Links - 4/6/07

[dleedlee]

Hollywood Director Ridley Scott to Shoot Story of First Chinese Emperor
http://english.cri.cn/3086/2007/04/06/1301@213163.htm
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007- ... 944775.htm

China's golden girl- Gong Li
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/arti ... article.do
'I don't go to Hollywood. Hollywood goes to China'
http://arts.guardian.co.uk/filmandmusic ... 70,00.html

The movie the Chinese government doesn't want you to see -"Though I am Gone"
http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/node/4297
The First Casualty of Cultural Revolution
http://voyage.typepad.com/china/2007/04 ... casua.html

First Chinese Oscar winner: Tim Yip Kam-tim
http://www.cctv.com/program/cultureexpr ... 3414.shtml

Jay Chou's New Company Unveiled
http://english.cri.cn/3086/2007/04/05/60@212999.htm
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007- ... 941036.htm

Li Man Shoots New TV Series
http://english.cri.cn/3086/2007/04/05/176@213021.htm

Strict rules to rein in China's reality TV talent contest
"No weirdness, no vulgarity, no low taste"
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007- ... 942306.htm

[duriandave]

Strict rules to rein in China's reality TV talent contest
"No weirdness, no vulgarity, no low taste"

I guess Wong Jing's movies are illegal in China!

[Brian Thibodeau]

"No weirdness, no vulgarity, no low taste"

And how, exactly, do they define these things, or is it safe to assume they simply use a moral yardstick that's just a wee bit bigger that the one wielded by the FCC in its noble battles against "indecency" under a particular recent government?