Selina of SHE and Meteor Shower actors to star in musical drama

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Yu Haoming, who played Duanmu Lei in Meteor Shower, will again play a musician in Hunan TV's new musical drama, but now as the male lead.

After its musical movie “Le Huo Nan Hai” and musical drama “Ugly Wudi 3,” Hunan TV is set to have its 3rd try at musicals. Last month, director Chen Mingzhang (Fated to Love You, My Lucky Star, Du Lala’s Promotions) revealed that in mid-October, he will be directing an adaptation of Hong Kong musical film “我和春天有个约会  I have a date with Spring” for Hunan TV.

So far, confirmed actors include  Yu Haoming and Zhu Zixiao from the recent hit drama “Let’s Watch Meteor Shower Together” and Selina Ren of S.H.E. Selina plays the female lead, an innocent orphan singer. and  Yu Haoming will to play the male lead Shen Jiahao (沈家豪), a saxophone player with big dreams.  From his descriptions of the role, Zixiao will probably play second lead Donny, another musician who’s a playboy on the outside, but soft on the inside. The director said in his weibo that the main female lead is a Taiwanese actress. The drama will be set in the mid-30′s, around a group of singers and musicians in a night club.

Yu Haoming and Wei Chen singing the theme song of Le Huo Nan Hai, a 3D musical movie that Yu Haoming starred in:

sources: Yu Haoming tieba; Chen Mingzhang weibo; Zhu Zixiao weibo

Guo Jingming does TV ads and Cry me a sad river part 7

September 20, 2010 | Posted in Commercials,Mainland China,Translations, Tagged

Guo Jingming’s recent eyedrop commercial:

Warning: This translation is as abridged as possible and cuts out almost all romance.
Read the original, Part 1, Part 2, Part 2.2, Part 3, Part 4 ,
Part 5 and Part 6.
Read Disclaimer here first!

A long time ago, in Yi Yao’s memories, the fountain was still very pretty. At that time, she had just entered school. The school’s front doors were still being fixed, so all the students entered from this back door.

During that time, the fountain would have pretty waterfalls everyday, and a lot of girls and boys sat around the fountain to eat together. From the plant in the middle of the fountain, on the statue, would fall countless baby green or soft pink buds, floating on the water surface, and being eaten by the red fishes in the water.

Until later, the front door was done building, and all the students entered that way. Slowly, no one ever came to this former door anymore.

Until that winter, when because there are no more students throwing bread crumbs into the pool, so the last fish in the pool slowly floated onto the surface, its white stomach shining a shade of green under the sunlight.

Yi Yao took off her jacket and squeezed the water out of it. Her clothes are almost all soaked.

Two puddles immediately formed under her feet, and Yi Yao raised her hand to wipe off the wet water on her face.

She turned around, and saw Gu Senxi, his pants rolled up, a boy’s strong thighs soaked in the black pool water.

He picked up the last book, shook it, opened it and then put it at the edge of the pool to dry. Then he came out of the pool.

Yi Yao didn’t care about the Gu Senxi standing behind her, grabbed the pile of wet books, and started to leave the school. As she was about to exit the school door, Yi Yao raised her head and saw Qi Ming.

In her mind flashed back that text in her cellphone like captions

–Teacher held me back for something. I can’t wait for you today. You go home first.”

And in the background, was the backs of Qi Ming and a girl walking together. The two pushed their bikes very, very slowly, Qi Ming’s face was facing the girl, her hair blown open by the wind, refreshing and clean. In Qi Ming’s backseat was a very intricate box.

–it’s hard to guess whether it’s ready to be given, or just received.

But perhaps these are no longer important.

Yi Yao walked behind them, at the same slow speed.

The wind blew on her, and the clothes touching the skin spread a wet cold around her. But she seems to have already lost the feeling of coldness.

Only that the hand hugging the books are too tight, giving her a stream of sour pain.

Baha Guli in various photoshoots

September 18, 2010 | Posted in Mainland China,Photoshoot, Tagged ,
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Baha Guli (L) in "Princess and the Queen"

Artist/model Baha Gul recently did a photoshoot titled “the Princess and the Queen” for Fashion Bazaar. The photoshoot is one of many won by her beauty after her competing in talent show Jiayou! Dragon Angels last year. Also included are two Alice in Wonderland shoots.

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Update: Daniel Wu, Jane Zhang, Cecilia Cheung, Zhang Hanyun, Alec Su in New York

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Seriously, why wouldn't you stalk them?

In addition to their appearances, movies like Alec Su and Eva Huang’s “A Singing Fairy” and Zhang Hanyun, Zhou Xun, Li Bingbing, Huang Xiaoming, and Alec Su’s “The Message,” Cecilia Cheung and Daniel Wu’s “One Nite in Mongkok,” and Cecilia Cheung and Louis Koo’s “Lost in Time” will be aired at the festival.

At the opening ceremony, where the stars will be present, only balcony and box tickets are available, for $30, but you should go and support the festival to not only see awesome people, but to allow the festival to continue in the future so other awesome people can come.

In addition, Jane Zhang will be hosting a fanmeeting in Singapore on Sept. 24th, attending the Asian Music Festival in Seoul on Oct. 23rd, and hosting her first concert in Sydney on October 9th. You can buy tickets online here.

Who: Top entertainers including movie stars Cheung Pak Chi, Zhang Hanyu, Jiang Wenli, Su Youpeng and Chinese “Super Girl” winner Jane Zhang (Zhang Liang Ying)

When: Red Carpet, Saturday, September 18; 6pm, Ribbon Cutting Ceremony and Film Screening, 8pm

Where: Alice Tully Hall Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts 1941 Broadway New York City, NY

Details: The Chinese American Arts Council (CAAC) and Chinese movie channel CCTV-6 invite you to the star-studded opening ceremony for the 1st New York Chinese Film Festival. Celebrating the 35th anniversary of the CAAC, the festival program is packed with screenings, celebrity appearances, fan events and a gala dinner honoring outstanding Asian artists. The Red Carpet Film Screening kicks off the three-day festival and includes: Ribbon Cutting Ceremony with Chinese film superstars

“Only for Love” from Banquet sung by Jane Zhang (Zhang Liang Ying)

“Marriage Vow” from Lu Sheng Love Story sung by Rongrong Chen

Screening of Lan directed by Wen Li Jiang, 2009

TO ORDER TICKETS FOR THE GALA PLEASE CALL 212 431 9740

source: Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

Top Combine on Los Angeles Morning News

September 11, 2010 | Posted in Mainland China,Music,Non-Chinese, Tagged

In addition to recording their album in LA, Top Combine also went on the local TV channel KTLA 5′s morning news, making this the first time they’ve appeared on American TV. They’re introduced as “China’s most popular boyband” and they cover ‘N Sync’s “This I promise you.”

There will be a fan meeting with Top Combine on Monday, September 13th at 7 p.m. in LA at 1100 S. Hope St. (in the South Park district across from the Staples center).
Top Combine’s journey in LA is also being recorded by variety show Tian Tian Xiang Shang, who will air a special episode on them.


credit: Innocenttillnow@YouTube; ktla

Dream of the Red Chamber Cast for Sohu’s ‘New Face’ Series

September 9, 2010 | Posted in Mainland China,Photoshoot, Tagged , , , , ,

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The cast members of the Dream of the Red Chamber did yet another photoshoot, this time separately as part of Sohu’s “NEW FACE” series, which does mini-photoshoots and introductions to new actors. Yang Yang (pictured above) who plays older Jia Baoyu was photographed last of the four principle cast members. The photoshoots included simple objects like wands, giant heart-shaped glasses, masks and of course the Sohu fox mascot plushie lending the series a much more innocent feel than the previous Esquire “pillow fight” photoshoot.

Source (to be added when I find the link again)

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Taiwan’s Lin Yu Chun To Release Debut Album

September 9, 2010 | Posted in Music,Taiwan, Tagged

Lin Yu Chun, "I Will Always Love You"

He came to fame when he went on the Taiwanese talent show One Million Star and performed Whitney Houston’s famous song I Will Always Love You. The video garnered millions of views and turned him into an Internet celebrity. Dubbed by some news sources as “Taiwan’s Susan Boyle,” Lin Yu Chun (also known affectionately as “Little Fatty”) is now about to release his debut album titled “It’s My Time,” which will be available worldwide on September 17th. The album is produced by Grammy-Award-winning producer, Walter Afanasieff, who produced Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On” and has produced for other artists like Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie.

His first MV, which of course is of the song that made him famous, is a fairly simple one that shows him both onstage and off. Providing the background music is the Beijing Symphony Orchestra. Lin Yu Chun expressed that this process was very moving, because previously he would only sing either karaoke or in a five-to-six person band, but now he was singing along with fifty or sixty of the best teachers from the orchestra.

Sources: 1, 2, 3

Li Bingbing Covers the October Issue of Harper’s Bazaar

September 8, 2010 | Posted in Mainland China,Photoshoot, Tagged

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Li Bingbing covers Harper’s Bazaar October issue celebrating their 24th anniversary, with a photoshoot that alternates between two different images, leaving one alternating between hot and cold. Her upcoming movie, the Tsui Hark-directed Detective Dee will be in theaters nationwide in China this October, but it’s already getting a lot of favorable buzz at the Venice Film Festival where it is the only Chinese film this year in competition. The winner will be announced Sept 11th. Her Detective Dee costars Andy Lau and Deng Chao both cover the October  issue of Harper’s Bazaar: Men’s Style for October as well, whose . The HQ versions of their spread will be posted here as soon as they are available.

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Many more pictures behind the cut.

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Lu Yi and Bao Lei in Shangri-La

September 7, 2010 | Posted in Mainland China,Movies,Photoshoot, Tagged , ,

Having finished promotions for his new movie Stool Pigeon, actor Lu Yi and wife Bao Lei left for a romantic getaway in Shangri-La. Well, as much of a romantic getaway as you can get with a magazine crew accompanying you. Well-known travel magazine Voyage made the trip with them too, giving us pictures of not only the couple’s love for each other but also the simple customs of Shangri-La.

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Jiang Yingrong Debut Album’s ‘Bad Angel’ MV

September 6, 2010 | Posted in Mainland China,Music, Tagged , , ,

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The MV for newcomer Jiang Yingrong‘s Bad Angel, a catchy electro-pop song that’s the main plug to her album of the same name  was released today. Last year Jiang Yingrong  won the 2009 Supergirls contest with the strength and diversity she showed in her singing,  and since then she has been heavily promoted by eeMedia, including a trip to America to train.

The album Bad Angel is produced by Golden Melody Best Producer Aadia who worked with A-Mei and most recently produced for Jane Zhang and Han Geng’s albums. It consists of a total of ten tracks. Another catchy dance track from the album, will be performed by Yingrong at the much anticipated Superboys finale this Friday with her not-yet debuted Shi Di, boygroup 8090. The album will also be released on the same day, the Sept 10th. Two other MVs for songs in the album already released can be found below the cut.


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