“Donations Gate” still open
Zhang Ziyi (章子怡) has been criticized for appearing in a video to wish the Berlin Film Festival a happy 60th birthday, on the eve of the festival. It opened on Thursday with the world premiere of Chinese film Tuan Yuan, by Wang Quan’an (王全安). Zhang’s 16 second video wished the festival well and thanked the organizers for their hospitality in previous years. Zhang’s connections with the Berlin event stretches back to 2000 when she when a Golden Bear for The Road Home (...
Chou gets short end of dick
Patty Hou’s (侯佩岑) virginity (OR NOT!) issue has, just as expected, backfired on her ex-lover Jay Chou (周杰倫), who has been ridiculed by Taiwan rapper Dog G (大支) for his lack of manpower. “Chairman Chou is cocky (literally "penis" (屌), we lose nothing in translation here) all the time. It turns out he’s just talking the talk; he can't use it,” the hip-hop artist rapped freestyle. Apparently, the King of Mandopop was so mad he fought back through mouthpiece Dan Tou (...
Alvin wants vote
Who woulda thought Alvin and The Chipmunks were political? Well, they are in The Squeaquel’s video version for the Chinese market, where a contest between The Chipmunks and the Chipettes turns confrontational. When the Chipettes are ruled out of a school singing competition their manager calls on a vote, in the English-language version. Since elections are a thorny issue on the Chinese side of the pond, this turns into the demand, “Let us stay!” -- as opposed to “Let us vot...
Karena Lam
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NY ca$h money
For many celebrities, Spring Festival isn’t for traditional family gatherings around the kitchen table, it’s an opportunity to get fat on Chinese New Year-end parties. Hosting a corporate knees-up and picking up red envelopes packed with cash is a mark of the celebrity’s importance and earnings can comprise a large chunk of their annual earnings. Hon Hai bosses in Taiwan have for the third time called in the host-with-the-most, Momoko Tao (陶晶瑩), to host their annual company gat...
Mom insists Patty Hou’s still intact
Patty Hou’s (侯佩岑) virginity (OR NOT!) has aroused heated discussion on Internet forums. A “close” friend of the Hou’s mother, Lin Yue-yun (林月雲), claimed the 33 year old has been saving herself for her soon-to-be-husband, according to Next Magazine. (more...)...
White wedding for Patty Hou
Patty Hou’s (侯佩岑) virginity (OR NOT!) has aroused heated discussion on Internet forums. A “close” friend of the Hou’s mother, Lin Yue-yun (林月雲), claimed the 33 year old has been saving herself for her soon-to-be-husband, according to Next Magazine. While patience is a virtue, disbelief is natural. Hence the unbelieving majority of netizens who have been discussing the former news anchor’s hymen – or lack of it. Most netizens are quoting her two-year romance...
Zhang pays in full for shortcomings
Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi (章子怡) has donated 160,000 yuan (US$23,400) to make up for a shortfall in the 1 million yuan she promised to donate to victims of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. Her agent Ji Lingling (纪灵灵) issued a written apology on Feb 8 denying claims the Chinese actress had deliberately shortchanged the victims, saying it was a management mistake. BIG BUT, this was a 180-degree turnaround from three days previously when Ji was equally insistent that Zhang had paid in...
Pop go the Beijing music awards
A-list pop singers and musicians gathered at the National Olympic Center on Friday night for the annual Beijing Pop Music Awards gala, one of the country’s most influential events. Veteran Wang Lee-hom (王力宏) dominated this year’s ceremony by taking home five awards, while rocker Wang Feng (汪峰) followed with four wins. Wang Lee-hom came out on top with Most Popular Male Singer (Taiwan and Hong Kong), Best Composer of the Year (Taiwan and Hong Kong), for his 2008 track Sun in t...
Tsai calculates 1 + 1 doesn’t equal 2
Pop queen Jolin Tsai (蔡依林) yesterday refuted rumors that she was hooking up again with former flame Jay Chou (周杰倫). She said the gossip was boring and the idea impossible. “This story is a bit too boring. There’s no need to believe it,” Tsai said, according to United Daily News. “I hope he can find his other half soon.” After breaking up five years ago, Tsai and Chou were spotted bowling together in Taipei on Jan 15, a week after Chou’s ex-lover Patty Hou (...
Zhang Ziyi does damage limitation
Beijing-born Zhang Ziyi (章子怡) has been out repairing public relations at home after her image was seriously damaged by an ugly court case and “Donate Gate” scandal. At a New Year's party for the capital city’s entertainment circle on Sunday she managed to spread a little happiness. But despite the champagne toasts and sweet words, Beijing News reported that she told one friend: "It’s not so easy being a movie star.” While it is tempting to feel sorry for her, much of h...
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Fan Bingbing and Guo Degang get horizontal At a recent press conference to announce filming for Three Smiles: The Wit and Beauty, Fan Bingbing hovered over the film's star and director, cross-talker Guo Degang. Questioned on how they intended to act together given that Guo is vertically challenged, he responded: "Most of the filming will be done horizontally."...
Liu Yuqi
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Liu Yuqi (刘羽琦) earned her title of “Small Heavenly Queen of Adverts” after appearing in a series of real estate and beverage magazine adverts. She was the winner of the “2006 FIFA World Cup Baby Contest” and was popularly known as “Most Beautiful Chinese Woman on the Web” after showing off her assets on various entertainment websites. As a youth Liu lived in Guangzhou and Shanghai for several years, then moved to Beijing to pursue her showbiz dreams. A Rayli (瑞麗) magazin...
Vicki Zhao mom on baby status
Rumors circulate around Vicki Zhao (赵薇) like flies to sugar but the latest news about her being five months pregnant appears to contain more than empty calories. After fading away from the limelight for a couple of months and missing a promotional event for new film 14 Blades, co-starring Donnie Yen(甄子丹), the 33-year-old was snapped in Singapore looking at least five months gone. The photograph shows her in a smock with the legend “stripper” across the breast, along with para...
Who’s a sore loser then?
While Chen Yi-wen (陳怡文) isn’t bad looking, she’s not the most beautiful woman in the world and that was confirmed last month at the annual Miss Earth beauty pageant held in the Philippines. While Brazil’s Larissa Ramos deservedly cat walked away with the Miss Earth title, Chen turned on organizers at the Boracay island contest. The 21-year-old student told Taiwan EETV (東森電視台) this week she was “angry” not because she lost but because her profile information ha...
No dancing please!
One "cultural difference" between China and the rest of Greater China that was illuminated by the spotlight yesterday is the habit of mainland audiences to sit politely through rock concerts as if they are political speeches at the National People's Congress. Beyonce's "I Am" world tour has pulled in more than $54 million and her bandwagon arrived at Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing. It was a good concert, in which Beyonce appeared to channel Tina Turner and burnish her credentials as the...
Mo Wandan
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Originally trained at a sports school in Shenzhen for the high jump, Mo Wandan (莫万丹) had to switch careers at 16 when she suffered a serious sprain to the medial collateral ligament – something to do with the knee for non-medical staffers out there. After winning the 10th China Model Star Contest in 2004, she set off for Beijing to develop her career. The first time she made it onto the international catwalk was for Christian Dior in 2007. She has a reputation for being cheeky,...
Rainie Yang
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Rainie Yang (楊丞琳) has revolutionized the world of entertainment in a sweet and tiny way. Before Rainie there was just cute, or ke ai (可愛), but during the reign of Rainie there was super or fake cute, zhuang ke ai (裝可愛). We are grateful. Of course, this style was largely borrowed from the Japanese pattern, but Rainie perfected it in Taiwan and helped spread the idea to the larger Chinese-speaking world. Named for the tears that fall out of the sky by management of the g...
HK beauty queen reveals closet
Miss Hong Kong Sandy Lau (劉倩婷) was crowned queen on Saturday and now faces the traditional barrage of negative press that accompanies such an important appointment. According to various websites, including daqi.com, Lau got “intimate” with fellow competitor Winnie Ma (馬詠恩) during the pageant, suggesting she was drinking from the furry cup. Photos have also surfaced of her sharing intimate kisses with supposed lesbian Tracy Tong. Lau reportedly chucked Tong for the wealthy...
Chu, honest queen
Andy Lau (刘德华), 47, is finally ready to walk down the aisle with long-time girlfriend Carol Chu (朱丽倩), 43, according to Singapore's United Evening News, which says it was the final wish of Chu's recently departed father that she should marry her "Heavenly King". A couple in this situation should marry within 100 days after the death, or wait 3 years (according to Chinese tradition) so it looks like Lau will be following in the footstep of his Infernal Affairs co-star “Little...
Green-eyed monster?
HK singer Eason Chan's (陳奕迅) self-described "close relationship" with fellow songbird Kay Tse (谢安琪) has hit a road bump. The problem is Chan has a wife, Hilary Tsui (徐濠縈) who put her career on hold to be a supportive partner and dedicated mother. Not surprisingly, Tsui has been angered by rumors of an affair with her hubby and resents the constant texting between the pair. The situation came to a head recently when she was snapped in Tokyo traveling with Asia's numbe...
Little and Large
At a recent press conference to announce filming for Three Smiles: The Wit and Beauty, Fan Bingbing (范冰冰) hovered over the film's star and director, cross-talker Guo Degang (郭德纲). Questioned on how they intended to act together given that Guo is vertically challenged, he responded: "Most of the filming will be done horizontally."...
Little and Large
At a recent press conference to announce filming for Three Smiles: The Wit and Beauty, Fan Bingbing (范冰冰) hovered over the film's star and director, cross-talker Guo Degang (郭德纲). Questioned on how they intended to act together given that Guo is vertically challenged, he responded: "Most of the filming will be done horizontally."...
Fan Bingbing and Guo Degang get horizontal
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At a recent press conference to announce filming for Three Smiles: The Wit and Beauty, Fan Bingbing (范冰冰) hovered over the film's star and director, cross-talker Guo Degang (郭德纲). Questioned on how they intended to act together given that Guo is vertically challenged, he responded: "Most of the filming will be done horizontally."...
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