News Links - 2/20/08

[dleedlee]

Daughter Mourns Lydia Shum
http://english.cri.cn/3086/2008/02/20/1261@325111.htm
TVB pays tribute to Lydia

http://ent.sina.com.cn/s/h/p/2008-02-19 ... 7023.shtml
Friends Gather To Remember Lydia Sum
http://www.batgwa.com/story.php?id=629
Tributes Pour In For Lydia Sum
http://www.batgwa.com/story.php?id=628
TVB's Stephen Chan: Lydia's Amazing Achievements
http://www.batgwa.com/story.php?id=630
Nat Chan, Wong Jing Pay Tribute To Lydia
http://batgwa.com/story.php?id=632

HK mourns the death of an icon
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_deta ... con_type=3
TVB sorrow over loss of `Happy Nut'
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_deta ... 80220&fc=4
Final curtain for larger-than-life screen star with the shrill laugh
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_deta ... 80220&fc=4
Hong Kong's darling remembered
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_deta ... 80220&fc=4
Shrewd moves helped amass $60m nest egg
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_deta ... 80220&fc=4
Farewell, Fei Fei
http://www.star-ecentral.com/news/story ... sec=movies

Stanley Tong Aims to Build Chinese Hollywood
http://english.cri.cn/3086/2008/02/20/1261@325104.htm

Donnie Yen and Kelly Chen in Ching Siu Tung's "The Empress and the Warriors"

http://ent.sina.com.cn/m/c/p/2008-02-19 ... 5641.shtml

Hong Kong Film Development Council makes debut investment
Backing "Claustrophobia" "McDull WuDang" and 3D "Wee Wee the Poop"
http://www.varietyasiaonline.com/content/view/5539/1/

Gigi and Sammi Go on Famine Trip
http://english.cri.cn/3086/2008/02/20/902@324897.htm

"Street Fighter" cast includes Cheng Pei Pei
http://www.variety.com/article/VR111798 ... id=13&cs=1

HKIFF to screen "Kabei - Our Mother", "Soul of a Demon"
http://www.varietyasiaonline.com/content/view/5538/1/

Privacy law push as nude pics saga takes on blackmail twist
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_deta ... 80220&fc=4
Police Apprehend 10 People over Nude Celeb Photos
http://english.cri.cn/3086/2008/02/20/1261@325053.htm

China to Further Ban Foreign Cartoons during Prime Time
http://english.cri.cn/2946/2008/02/20/195@324859.htm

[dleedlee]

"Kung Fu Dunk" Sequel on Director's Agenda
http://english.cri.cn/3086/2008/02/20/1261@325203.htm

[ewaffle]

Regarding Lydia Shum coverage:

This is an absolutely delightful picture:



This is from one of the articles from "The Standard". In time past I would have thought it kind of strange--actually it still seems odd to include what she was reported to have been eating when she collapsed, although I realize that her girth was part of her persona.

"Last November she collapsed at home and was semi-conscious after reportedly eating six hairy crabs."

[Brian Thibodeau]

That "nest egg" story about Lydia is a real eye-opener. That $60 million is in Hong Kong dollars, which works out to less than $10 million US. Nothing to sneeze at, for sure, but when you realize that many far-less-admired Hollywood celebrities earn that kinda money (and usually more) in just a year—and often act like they deserve so much more—and for one hell of a lot less effort than Lydia did, it's speaks volumes. I still don't consider entertaining to be particularly "hard" work in the traditional sense, but if work-to-pay ratios (as well as visibility indexes, or whatever they're called) were consistent the world over, someone like Lydia Shum (and many of the other mainstays of Hong Kong entertainment) would actually be worth hundreds of millions of dollars, and not just a few million.