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Hua Kai Ban Xia blossoms in half as production begins

November 8, 2011 | Posted in Mainland China, Tagged , , , , , ,
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A love half blossomed, a pair never matched, Yang Yang and Li Qin seems to always play one-sided loves, both in Dream of Red Chambers and in here.

Idol drama Hua Kai Ban Xia held its press conference a hour ago.  Starring Dream of Red Chamber’s Li Qin, Yang Yang, and Kan Qingzi as well as Dreams Link’s Zhang Jiani, the drama is directed by the master Li Shaohong (Da Ming Gong Ci, Dream of Red Chambers) and produced by Hunan TV’s Mango Films.  Three of the five leads are born after 1990.

The “pure love” story, based on the popular book of the same name, tells of two orphaned child who grow up to love each other, but gets unfortunately involved in a dangerous gang.  Plot/character intros below the cut.

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Sohu tribute photoshoot series releases extras video

February 9, 2011 | Posted in Mainland China,Photoshoot, Tagged , , , , , , , , , ,

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Finally finished releasing its twelve photoshoots (minus the missing Liu Yifei as Arwen one) with rising artists posing as famous characters, Sohu released a short extras videos from the photoshoot, with the second half the video being the actors and actresses in varying degrees of super cuteness.My favorite moments are Zhang Han and Zheng Shuang at 0:53, Yang Yang smiling, and Shawn Dou being completely in character the entire time.

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.

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Ladies of Dream of the Red Chamber Cover the September Issue of Esquire

August 31, 2010 | Posted in Mainland China,Photoshoot,Television, Tagged , , , , , ,

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Poor GQ. While it does have the likes of Chang Chen, Ethan Ruan and Han Han, it has to compete with Esquire‘s September issue, featuring the female cast of Li Shaohong’s Dream of the Red Chamber, pillow fighting. The girls in the photoshoot are Jiang Mengjie, Li Qin, Gao Yang, Li Yan, and Ma Xiaocan. After a 3 years in production, Dream of the Red Chamber finally will air this September. Whether it will be successful remains to be seen, but it’s likely that it will give the majority of its large cast, including these girls, an unparalleled boost in stardom, ushering a new wave of young actors.

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The New Dream of the Red Chamber Trailer and Photoshoot

December 29, 2009 | Posted in Mainland China,Television, Tagged , , , ,

Li Qin (Young Xue Baochai), Jiang Mengjie (Lin Daiyu), and Yang Yang (Older Jia Baoyu) in InStyle

Even though there have been many trailers already for The New Dream of the Red Chamber, the previous ones tried to only convey an moody ambiance. This new trailer actually had dialogue, and shows off the beautiful camerawork and sets. The total costs of production for the 50-episode  series reached 118 million yuan (for comparison, even the elaborate sets of  The Message cost around 50 million yuan), but the producer, sounding much more confident than in previous reports, said that the costs should be definitely recoverable.

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Vid thanks to fountainpark723.

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Photoshoots for Up-And-Coming Actresses

June 8, 2009 | Posted in Mainland China,Photoshoot,Television, Tagged , , , , ,


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This post has about two and a half photoshoots of up and coming actresses. Why the 1/2? Well the above of Yang Mi and Liu Shishi (from Chinese Paladin 3) was for Nv You (Girl Friend). Unfortunately the only picture of them from the magazine was the one of the cover, and I can’t even find outtakes. Too bad, but if you want to see pictures of them being girly and bffs, you should check out the post of them vacationing in Egypt with Hu Ge/Yuan Hong/others ( even if you already saw it, I added more pics)…

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New Dream of the Red Chamber Cast in Versace

April 13, 2009 | Posted in Mainland China,Photoshoot,Television, Tagged , , , , , , , ,
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From L-R Bai Bing, Zhang Di, Jiang Mengjie, Kang Qinzi and Li Qin

These photos feature the very young cast dressed in Versace for the upcoming New Dream of the Red Chamber series, for a piece called “Dreams in Versace” featured in iLook magazine. Those especially invited to participate in this photoshoot were Yang Yang (18 yrs)  as Older Baoyu, Yu Xiaotong as Younger Baoyu (14),  Li Qin as Young Baochai (18), Bai Bing as Older Baochai (22), and Jiang Mengjie as Lin Daiyu (19). Also in this photoshoot are Zhang Di as Jia Yingchun and Kang Qinzi as She Yue. In blue on the bottom is Yang Mi as Qing Wen, Baoyu’s servant.  Below the cut are  thumbnails from the rest of this shoot and some of my favorites.

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