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Portrait of Four Beauties concert comes with a new album for singer Li Yugang

December 30, 2011 | Posted in Mainland China,Music, Tagged , ,
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With a fluid femininity, Li Yugang's voice is reminiscent of the old film and TV songs of beauty that is rare in modern Chinese music.

Following his successful concert series Portrait of Four Beauties , singer Li Yugang 李玉刚 released his second album earlier this month of songs from concert, including the theme song composed by Jay Chou and penned by Vincent Fang. Unfortunately, I can’t find all the songs online, but there are a few videos of his performances of his concert on YouTube.
The singer had first gained popularity through CCTV’s singing competition with his extraordinary talent for singing sweet, feminine songs like Nv Ren Qing, and was later invited to join the national music troupe. He will also make an appearance on the upcoming Spring Festival Gala. His being a rather particular art, I’m also quite interested in how it is that he came to be accepted in the mainstream audience. Anyone care to enlighten me?

"My Fair Gentleman" and Other Movie Trailers

September 19, 2009 | Posted in Hong Kong,Mainland China,Movies,Taiwan, Tagged , , , , , , , ,

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Why is it that everyone’s mother loves Sun Honglei? The man’s not ancient and his charm transcends the generations. Despite his being typecast as a villain for much his career, it was the subtle humor that he seamlessly injected into those roles that made me a fan. It remains to be seen if he can do it  for a full movie, such as with the upcoming romantic comedy, My Fair Gentleman (Previously called Dirt Rich in Shanghai). It has a Pygmalion-like plot where he plays the Eliza Doolittle to Kelly Lin‘s Higgins. I’ve grown to really like Kelly Lin and I think she’d play really well off of Sun Honglei, so I’ve been looking forward to this movie. However, the script really has to be much better than what’s been revealed in the trailer.

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The 20th Golden Melody Awards Winners

June 27, 2009 | Posted in Events,Indie/Rock,Music,Taiwan, Tagged , , , , , , , ,
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Crowd Lu = Adorable

So I was going to put up the nominations the day before the ceremony to refresh everyone’s memory before the awards were announced, but then I forgot myself because I’ve been busy. But I’m still not too late to put up the winners list, so check it out and see if you agree or not.

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Tang Yan to star in Jay's Panda Men

March 26, 2009 | Posted in Hong Kong,Mainland China,Movies,Photoshoot,Taiwan,Television, Tagged , , , , , , ,

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In one year, Tang Yan shot from the abyss of unknown to having lead roles opposite Jackie Chan, Hu Ge, Aaron Kwok, Ekin Cheng and now Jay Chou.

The newcomer from Chengtian , along with Jessie Chiang,  will be the female lead of “Panda men.” Filming began in Xiamen yesterday in the most covered school of the year – Xiamen University, where Meteor Shower is also filming. The crew will also be filming in Shanghai and Taipei. (more…)

Pandas to the rescue!

February 16, 2009 | Posted in Mainland China,Music,Taiwan,Television, Tagged , , , ,

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How can anyone not love pandas? With the earthquake in Sichuan last year and the sending of two pandas to Taiwan, pandas again rose to the spotlight. A salut to all the panda tributes, including those from  Jay Chou, Disney, Yang Lei and Huang Xiaoming, coming out recently.

Jay Chou held the press conference for a drama series tentatively named “Panda Men” on the 16th. Jay says that he “loves watching Super Hero movies, but Chinese people don’t have a modern day hero. All Chinese heroes are from the ancient times, so I want to do something that no one else has yet done.” Jay says he came up with the idea long before Kungfu Panda, but never had the time to do it.
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New Year Galas Wrap-up

January 27, 2009 | Posted in Events,Hong Kong,Mainland China,Music,Stage,Taiwan,Television, Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

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CCTV’s Spring Festival Gala has become one of the symbols of the Lunar New Year in China and one of the most extravagant shows that CCTV puts on every year. Jay Chou’s performance was probably the most anticipated event of the night. It consisted of three generations of singers – folk singer Song Zuying, Jay and 9-year-old genius Hou Gaojunjie- singing a blend of Song Zuying’s “Spicy Girls” and Jay’s “Herbalist Manual.” Apparently, singing with Song Zuying has been a dream of Jay.

Update: Jay also said that he has already invited Song Zuying to sing in a duet with him. He says he wants to compose a duet just for her.

Herbalist Manual and Give you a Eastern  jasmine

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"Has anyone told you" that Chen Chusheng disappeared on New Year's Eve?

January 7, 2009 | Posted in Mainland China,Music,Relationships, Tagged , , ,
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Chen Chusheng's self-composed "Has anyone told you" was downloaded 16,564,460 times through China Mobile last year. That's 12 million downloads more than its runner-up, Jay Chou's "Rainbow,"more than one third of all of Jay Chou's downloads (36 million) and more than all SHE songs combined(14 million).

Although you can hear Chen Chusheng’s voice on at least 16 million cellphones in China, you won’t hear it on Chen Chusheng’s own cellphone, which has been turned off since the night he disappeared on New Year’s Eve.

In the midst of  good news for him, including winning the award for the most popular ringtone song, coming out with his new single, and and being praised by Han Hong as the one young artist she liked, Chen Chusheng disappeared during the rehearsals right before Hunan TV’s New Year Concert. He told his assistant he was going to the bathroom, and was never seen again. EE Media says that they have contacted his friends and family, but no one reported knowing where he is.

Has anyone told you, music and lyrics by Chen Chusheng

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Xue Zhiqian is the first to be nominated for all major awards of Chinese Pop Music Ceremony

December 20, 2008 | Posted in Events,Mainland China,Music, Tagged , , , , , , , , , , ,

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Xue Zhiqian is the first person to be nominated for all six of the major awards given by the Chinese Pop Music Ceremony in one year, including “best original composer,” “best album,” “best male singer,” “most popular singer,” “best album producer,” and “Golden song of the year” for both “Legend” and “Deeply in love with you,” which you can read about here and here.

Legend/Chuan Shuo, music and lyrics by Xue Zhiqian:

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Cfensi’s comment: I love that part@3:22!

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Yuen Woo-Ping picked Jay after seeing the "Fearless" MV

November 11, 2008 | Posted in Mainland China,Movies,Music,Taiwan, Tagged ,
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If he's diao enough for Yuen Woo Ping he's diao enough for you

Apparently, it was not just Jay’s diaoness or his marketability that won the famed martial arts choreographer/director over, when he boldly chose him for his movie, Beggar So or True Legend. He looked at the Huo Yuan Jia Theme saw MV and saw he used the nunchucks very fluidly, had a foundation for kung fu, and had a very cool exterior, perfect for a martial arts master.

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Chinese Celebrities When They Were Young

November 9, 2008 | Posted in Hong Kong,Mainland China,Singapore,Taiwan, Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

I said I would do a special fun post in exchange for someone making my banner when site hit 10,000. Well, here it is as promised, although nobody ever made me a banner. :( This is still incomplete…I don’t have a few people in here, and I wanted to put an after pic of everyone, but I got way too tired of that so I only put some for some people I didn’t think people would know (like all the mainland guys apparently), but eventually I will update this and make it the most comprehensive Chinese celeb baby picture list ever.

Love or hate her, you’ve got to admit Liu Yifei was one of the most adorable children ever.

More of cute adorable children behind the cut. I think it’s really rare for Chinese people to do plastic surgery (as of now) so this won’t be one of those “spot the differences” posts. This took a lot of time and effort to put together, so PLEASE DO NOT COPY AND POST ANYWHERE ELSE, w/o permission.

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