banner

Super Girls 2011 officially begins, to add more reality TV elements

March 31, 2011 | Posted in Mainland China,Television, Tagged ,
caption

Super Girls 2009 champion Jiang Yingrong calling out for new shimei's.

After overtaking all of its competitors in the past few years, Super Girls comes back this year as the only talent competition of its kind. This year, the directing returns to eeMedia’s  VP Ma Han, who directed the 2007 and 2009 Super Boys/Girls, so no more messes like last year!

One key feature this year will be a “Girls’ Conservatory” to give a reality TV twist to the competition show.  Similar to the “Super Boys Castle” in 2007, the “Girls’ Conservatory” will allow the audience to watch even closer as the girls transform and grow into superstars. The girls will be aided by seasoned musicians like Yu.Quan, Fang Wenshan an Gong Linna.

Like in 2009, Elle magazine will work with the girls in photoshoots. New social media will also be used intensively in both promotions and selections of the artists, with sina/sohu/QQ weibo (twitter) playing a major role in the competition through ranking fandom and interacting with the artists.

Auditions begins today (April 1st) in Changsha, and will soon be followed by main regions in Shenyang, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Hangzhou and Xi’an.

source: hunantv

Yang Mi and Feng Shaofeng star in new modern drama

March 30, 2011 | Posted in Mainland China,Television, Tagged , ,
483d640645d9ce29020881b0

Yang Mi and Feng Shaofeng continues their love story in modern times.

Popular Palace/Gong couple Yang Mi and Feng Shaofeng are timetravelling to modern Shanghai/Hangzhou to continue their love story with Symphony of Fate/命运交响曲, a new drama that begun filming on the 26th. The team for the Korean drama Hello! Miss will do the costume and makeup for the drama,  and the scenes will will be filmed in Shanghai, Hangzhou and Thailand.

In the Symphony of Fate, Yang Mi plays an aspiring fashion designer who is tricked into prison by her ambitious model sister. Feng Shaofeng plays two different love interests for Yang Mi. The first falls in love at first sight with Yang Mi’s character and pursues her. Yet once she finally reciprocate his love, he is killed. The second half of the story follows  Yang Mi’s character as she tries to start life again as a fashion designer. Between her sad past and success, she meets a seemingly cold character played by Feng Shaofeng. The two get off on the wrong start, but eventually fall in love after a few misunderstandings.

For workaholic Yang Mi, this is her third drama project this year already (the other ones being The Heaven of a Beauty and Beijing Love Story). So far this year, she has already accepted three other film roles (The Last Supper (王的盛宴), Gong film, and unannounced) and one other drama role (period drama 如意). She’s so busy that she had to turn down a magazine’s offer that includes a week of photoshoots/vacation in the Maldives.

source: China Daily ; sina

Comedy “He-man” targets smoking

March 30, 2011 | Posted in Mainland China,Movies, Tagged , , , ,
In addition

In addition to lead males like Liu Ye, Miss World 2007 Zhang Zilin plays the only female role in her film debut "He-man."

In the upcoming comedy “He-Man/硬汉2″, Liu Ye plays an ex-soldier who, despite some mental problems, is fierce about anyone he perceives as doing wrong, which means punishing anyone who smokes in public. In the film, people caught smoking by him has been forced to eat the cigarette butts and sometimes even the box itself.

Not only is the script fighting smoking in the film, director Ding Sheng is also strict about any harms to the environment in real life. “The filming place is Qingdao, which is my home. The number one rule in our production team is no harming the environment,” Ding Sheng said. After one member of the production team threw a cigarette butt into the ocean, Ding Sheng made him to go into the ocean to pick out the cigarette butt.

source: Phoenix TV

Trailer for “He-man,” thanks to SinaPremium

Stanley Huang to star in Xu Jinglei’s next film

March 29, 2011 | Posted in Mainland China,Movies, Tagged , ,
Go! Lala, Go!

After the huge success of Go! Lala, Go!, Stanley Huang and Xu Jinglei teams up for a new film.

After costarring in the inspirational romantic comedy Go! Lala, Go! film that made Xu Jinglei the female Chinese director with the single most profitable film, the two will costar in Xu Jinglei’s next directorial pursuit, Close Enemies 亲密敌人. Labeled an upgraded version of Go, Lala Go!,  亲密敌人 will be a tale of business-building woven with romance .  Xu Jinglei also said this will be the last movie where she will both direct and act.

source: sohu

Top Combine Releases Self-Choreographed New Single “Lucky Boys”

March 27, 2011 | Posted in Mainland China,Music, Tagged

tc-luckyboys

After revealing two new songs on Tian Tian Xiang Shang, Top Combine came out with their upcoming EP’s first official single. Titled “Lucky Boys,” the song was tailored for Top Combine and insightfully displays each of their unique styles through the lyrics. You can listen to it below; thanks to gocatfong@YouTube for uploading!

When Top Combine heard this song, they immediately told their company that they could participate in the choreography. Since their debut, their exquisite dancing skills have gained the widespread acknowledgment and love of the media and their fans. This time the boys hope that they can add more of their individual dancing characteristics. During their free time, they would go through choreography and dance rehearsals. Every time they finished arranging something, they would let their teacher and manager check it. After countless wishes, do-overs, and research, they finally passed on the sixth try.

In order to make everything perfect, the boys would often practice until very late at night, and wake up early the next day in order to make it to the dance studio on time. The say that the biggest difference between this dance and their previous ones is that “Every time you dance it, your luck doubles.”

Source

Chen Kun and Zhou Xun voice documentary about autism

March 27, 2011 | Posted in Mainland China,Movies, Tagged , , , ,
Children from the distant planet raises awareness about autism patients.

Children from the distant planet raises awareness about autism patients.

Known for her environmental activism and nonprofit activities, Zhou Xun, along with good friend Chen Kun, voiced for a 遥远星球的孩子 Children from the distant planet, a new documentary about autism   This is the second time Zhou Xun has narrated a documentary, the other one being environmental film HOME. Actress Gui Lunmei also acts as the ambassador for the film.
On a sidenote, Zhou Xun was also named one of 2010 Young Global Leaders by the World Economic Forum.

Children from the distant planet trailer: atomcinema@YouTube

Yang Mi films in frozen water for Beijing Love Story

March 25, 2011 | Posted in Mainland China,Television, Tagged ,
Yang Mi

Yang Mi at the Palace film version's press conference

Known for her dedication and intrepidity, actress Yang Mi lived up to her name again while filming for Beijing Love Story earlier this year. In order to be on schedule, the production team got a truck to break the 20cm – thick ice on a river so that Yang Mi could go in to film. At the time of filming, her legs were wrapped in several layers of plastics. Despite standing in freezing water, Yang Mi successfully acted out her role in one take.
Other than her dedication, Yang Mi’s also known for being a workaholic. In addition to the recently finished Beijing Love Story, there are one film and six upcoming dramas by her – Beauties’ World/ 美人天下 with Palace director Yu Zheng, 虎符传奇 with Palace costar Feng Shaofeng,  a remake of 京城四少, family drama 我们同是一家人,  another ancient series 洪武大案 and a guest star in Painted Skin drama.  She has also begun work on two films and a new modern drama with Feng Shaofeng.

Watch the making of that scene below:

Love of Life and Death Trilogy to air on Jiangsu TV

March 24, 2011 | Posted in Mainland China,Television, Tagged , , , , ,
Three

Three famed love epics tales return to TV in the new Hai Yan trilogy

Based on three of the most beloved tales by modern love epic pioneer Hai Yan, “Love of Life and Death -  a Hai Yan trilogy” will soon air on Jiangsu TV, featuring a young yet experienced cast. The trilogy includes re-adaptations of  “How can I save you, my love 拿什么拯救你，我的爱人,” “Jade Goddess 玉观音,” and “Never rest in peace 永不瞑目.”

The three tales, all involving love stories intertwined with law and criminal, have previously made popular artists like Sun Li, Peter Ho, Liu Ye, etc. while they do the same for the new actors? While Jade Goddess is the most wellwritten of the stories and has previously been portrayed by Sun Li/Peter Ho and Vicki Zhao Wei/Nicholas Tse, I’m personally looking toward 拿什么拯救你，我的爱人 the most because of its all-star cast of talented, good-looking but not yet famous actors/actresses. Watch its extended trailer here.

Love of Life and Death Trilogy trailer below:

Stars sing against child trafficking

March 23, 2011 | Posted in Mainland China,Music, Tagged , ,
Img304539804

Various artists call for an end to child trafficking

As a part of the mobilization against child trafficking in response to a sina weibo(twitter) campaign, artists like JJ Lin, Laure Shang, Kenji Wu, Han Geng, Chen Chusheng, Vivian Hsu, Alan, He Jie, etc. came together to sing a call of action to save the children. The song was composed by Anson Hu after he was touched through the weibos.

Children 孩子 MV, English subbed by yoomieful@YouTube

Up Girls releases new song and goes on Happy Camp

March 22, 2011 | Posted in Mainland China,Music,Television, Tagged ,
Up Girls

Up Girls still going up in popularity. Photo thanks to Benji@Cfensi.

After debuting early last year, girl group Up Girls made their first major television appearance on China’s top variety show Happy Camp recently, performing a variety of talents like an “onion lashing” game, singing and reciting in dialect and even performing Eminem. The group also released their third single Give me some courage 再给我点勇气, composed and written by member Dingding.

Watch them on Happy Camp below,uploaded by SJZGloria@YouTube

Older Posts »

XHTML | CSS    © Cfensi. Design: Free CSS Templates | WordPress themes