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Postby dleedlee » Mon Jul 14, 2008 1:28 pm

Wong Kar-Wai to Direct Leung-Lau Wedding
http://english.cri.cn/3086/2008/07/14/1261s380413.htm

Carina Lau - No tears, no anger
http://www.straitstimes.com/Free/Story/ ... 57380.html
Hong Kong's showbiz and media worlds have commended actress Carina Lau for speaking up.
http://www.straitstimes.com/Free/Story/ ... 380_1.html
Tony Leung: Why I'm marrying Carina
http://asianfanatics.net/forum/Tony-Leu ... 60859.html
http://justwoman.asiaone.com/Just%2BWom ... 76048.html

Michelle Yeoh to bring dazzling mummy fashion to Madame Tussauds Hong Kong
http://www.etravelblackboardasia.com/ar ... 321&nav=81

Red Cliff-Hanger
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinajournal/2008/ ... lenews_wsj
"Red Cliff" claims $25 million weekend
http://www.varietyasiaonline.com/content/view/6463/1/

"Fit Lover" Follows "Call for Love"
http://english.cri.cn/3086/2008/07/14/1261s380475.htm
http://ent.sina.com.cn/m/c/2008-07-14/01512099225.shtml

Almost Perfect poster
Features Huang Yi
Image
http://ent.sina.com.cn/m/c/2008-07-14/05192099296.shtml

China earthquake: the movie
http://www.sevenglobal.org/index.php/fi ... movie.html

Yumiko Cheng Has Near Kiss At Caritas Show
Charlene Choi plugs new book
http://www.batgwa.com/story.php?id=1048

Image
http://ent.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/news/sho ... 490&ct=pic

Chun Wong Regains Consciousness
http://english.cri.cn/3086/2008/07/14/195s380672.htm
Chun Wong hospitalized after a fall from ferry into sea
Image
http://ent.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/news/sho ... 476&ct=pic
http://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?i ... ay_set=eng
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Postby Brian Thibodeau » Mon Jul 14, 2008 5:42 pm

Kung Fu Panda: The Ripoff
(coming soon to a dollar DVD rack at a checkout aisle near you :lol:)
http://www.ursinhodapesada.com.br/index2.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeNOupmGN5g
(with props to the folks at CartoonBrew for posting these first)


More knockoffs
(guess some folks weren't as preoccupied as others with "self-reflection" in the wake of KFP's success in China)
http://blog.media-freaks.com/kungfu-panda-knockoffs/
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Postby dleedlee » Mon Jul 14, 2008 6:47 pm

Brian Thibodeau wrote:Kung Fu Panda: The Ripoff
(coming soon to a dollar DVD rack at a checkout aisle near you :lol:)
http://www.ursinhodapesada.com.br/index2.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeNOupmGN5g
(with props to the folks at CartoonBrew for posting these first)


More knockoffs
(guess some folks weren't as preoccupied as others with "self-reflection" in the wake of KFP's success in China)
http://blog.media-freaks.com/kungfu-panda-knockoffs/


It's ...an homage. :P
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Postby Brian Thibodeau » Tue Jul 15, 2008 2:53 am

YOUNG AND RESTLESS IN CHINA, free, feature length documentary produced for the PBS program FRONTLINE:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/youngchina/

(duplicate of post in Asian cinema forum, since some folks who can read the daily news here might not have access to the other forums.
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