News Links - 7/5/08

[dleedlee]

Red Cliff cast in Shanghai

http://ent.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/news/sho ... 996&ct=pic
In Chengdu

http://ent.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/news/sho ... 985&ct=pic

Vivian Hsu Denies Love Affair Rumors

http://english.cri.cn/3086/2008/07/05/1821s377275.htm

One wrong move: Jackie Chan's latest role threatens to overshadow his film career
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-enter ... 59018.html
Chan picks fight with Olympics protesters
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world ... 59101.html

"Kung Fu Panda" prompts soul-searching in China
http://uk.reuters.com/article/oilNews/i ... 7220080705
In China, Jeers and Cheers for ‘Kung Fu Panda’
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/30/busin ... ?ref=media
"Kung Fu Panda" punches away at controls on creativity
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008- ... 492603.htm
Panda-monium on the Net over American cartoon
http://thestar.com.my/columnists/story. ... anghaibund

Documentary Review – Li Ying’s “Yasukuniâ€

[Brian Thibodeau]

One wrong move: Jackie Chan's latest role threatens to overshadow his film career
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-enter ... 59018.html
Chan picks fight with Olympics protesters
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world ... 59101.html

Wow. Reason #32,983 that actors should just shut their mouths and entertain us.

Love how he rags on Seagal and Van Damme et. al. in that one article for "creating one image". Isn't that pretty much what Chan has done nearly his entire career? He may hop genres, but he's almost always playing Jackie Chan. He doesn't exactly disappear into a role. Of course, that's why I like him, but still . . .

She was 'the pride of China,' now, at 50, she's going to the Olympics for Canada
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ ... uested=all

Avianna Chow, the Olympic pistol shooting competitor name-checked at the end of this article, has also been in the news here recently for her vocal opposition to the controversial decision by Toronto's mayor to close down recreational shooting ranges, including the one where she honed the skills that got her to the Olympics.
http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/431333