Entertainment News For Week Of Oct 14 - Oct 21, 2006

Three Kingdoms To Become A Movie

One of my favorite historical stories from China will become a movie! "The Three Kingdoms - Resurrection of the Dragon" has a budget of $25 million USD, will start filming in China next year, and has a cast of Andy Lau (who will play General Zhao Yu), Sammo Hung (who will play General Zhang Fei), Leon Lai (who will play General Zhao Yun) and Maggie Q (who will play Cao Cao's granddaughter Cao Ying).

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AsianFanatics: "Three Kingdoms" Stars Meet Press in S. Korea
AndyLauSounds: Andy to be Zhao Zhi-Long
AsianFanatics: Andy to be Zhao Zhi-Long

Hacken Lee To Be Married In November

Singer Hacken Lee announced that he will be wed in November, with Andy Lay to be the best man. He will marry his long-time girlfriend of 13 years Lo Suk Yee.

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Jayne Stars: Hacken Lee to get Married In November, Andy Lau to be Best Man
AsianFanatics: Andy Lau to do his Best As Hacken's Best Man

Meteor Garden Heading To Airwaves In Japan

The wildly popular TV series Meteor Garden will be heading to the airwaves in Japan on free TV. Previously Meteor Garden had run on cable TV, which is why the cast is popular in Japan, but this is the first time the series is heading for free TV.

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AsianFanatics: Meteor Garden First to Attack Japanese Wireless TV

Top 10 Most Charming Chinese Women

A survey jointly held by Sina.com, Women of China Paper, and the committee of China International Beauty week. Please note that the key word is CHARMING, not the most beautiful (which is why the list has a few older names as well as writers and TV hosts). The top 10 were: Chiling Lin, Maggie Cheung, Yan Lan, Wang Xiaoya, Sun Li, Zhang Haidi, Li Bingbing, Zhang Xiaomei, Hong Huang and Zhang Liangying. For full story and pictures, follow link below.

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Crienglish: Who Are The Most Charming Chinese Women?

Chinese Movies Frequent Oscars Nominations List

Every year it seems like more and more Chinese movies are being nominated for the Oscars. This year, four Chinese movies are being nomintated for the 2007 Oscars. They are "Curse of the Golden Flower", "The Banquet", "Curiosity Kills The Cat", and "The Road". I am also very glad that more Chinese movies are getting more recognition world-wide as more and more international film festivals and movie awards are including Chinese movies. I believe that the more exposure the world has of Chinese movies, the better!

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AsianFanatics: Chinese Movies Crazy For Oscars, Ignore Results

Carina Lau Admits To Being Married To Tony Leung

After 20 years of being together, Carina Lau recently admitted she is married to Tony Leung. She admitted this shortly after her fathers death.

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Crienglish: Carina Lau Admits she is Married

Can "Super Girls" Make It Into Chinese Dictionary?

"Super Girls" is a popular show in China and is a singing competition similar to "American Idol". The question becomes - is it popular enough to make a new entry into the Chinese dictionary? Since the popularity of this show is so great, many think that "Super Girl" has become a household name. Only time will tell if it can stand the test of time and forever be inserted into the official Chinese dictionary.

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Crienglish: Are Super Girls Super Enough to be in China?

Tse Ting Fung Says Marriage Is Great

On September 29, 2006, singer/actress Cecilia Chung and singer Tse Ting Fung were married. When asked, Tse Ting Fung said that "marriage is a gamble, but he feels great".

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Crienglish: Tse Ting Fung: Marriage is a Gamble, But It's Great