Hero (JaeJoong) from Korean boyband TVXQ is voted as the prettiest Asian men in a poll organised by China’s Xingkong TV channel.
Around 40 million votes have been casted, and Hero topped the poll with 10% of the votes (4.17 million).
Came in 2nd is Taiwanese heartthrob Jerry Yan; while 3rd place belongs to another TVXQ member U-know (YunHo).
4th-10th are Kazuya Kamenashi (Japan), Jimmy Lin, Vic Zhou (Taiwan), Tomohisa Yamashita (Japan), Han Geng (China), Joe Cheng (Taiwan) and Wu Zun (Brunei).
The funny thing is that only one China artist was on top 10… but Han Geng probably got in for being a member of Korean boyband Super Junior, so he is ‘half Korean’ actually.
Tang Wei is probably the fastest rising Asian stars in 2007. Her performance in Ang Lee’s “Lust, Caution” has won the heart of the critics… and her sex scenes with co-actor Tony Leung has created lots of discussions for months.
Chinese actress Gong Li is set to star in movie “Shanghai” alongside Hollywood star John Cusack.
The story background is set in the turbulent era of Shanghai (pre-World War II); there are 2 versions about the plot, not sure which is the official one…
1. Cusack is starring as a journalist who visited Shanghai to find his missing friend and caught in a mobster war; while Gong Li plays as a mysterious lady who is a key figure in all the chaos.
2. Cusack a special agent sent by US to Shanghai to fight against the Japanese. Gong Li is a gangster boss and helps Cusack with the cause.
The movie is scheduled to start filming in February 2008.
A Japanese magazine has published a special column for Chinese movie “Red Cliff” (credits to 163.com) with interviews and some latest photos from the movie set.
Red Cliff is the highest budgeted Chinese movie ever produced; it is directed by renowned director John Woo and featured a strong cast of Takeshi Kaneshiro, Tony Leung, Vicki Zhao, Lin Zhi Ling etc.
Mainland Chinese star Vicki Zhao was in Hong Kong yesterday (November 5) to promote her album… and looks a bit chubby…
The press was bold and asked her if she has gained some weight… she said that Beijing is cold and she eat a lot recently, and the weight is going up and up.
I don’t really mind artists gaining some weight; most of the stars these days are too skinny. Besides, I like how Vicki handled the question; some of the idols would have gave the press a wack if they asked about their weight.
On the other note… that was a lousy dress. It probably makes Vicki looks chubbier than she is.
Chinese stars Vicki Zhao and Karen Mok kissing each other in a press conference in Shanghai last week…
The 2 stars had previously worked together in movie “So Close”. When they were asked about how close their friendship are… they replied with this random act that surprised the press. Vicki later explained that it’s nothing special about the kiss… they already did it before when working in the movie.
Some recent pictures of rising Chinese star Tang Wei, released by her stylist Chen Fei on his blog. Tang Wei is the leading actress in the “Lust, Caution”, the latest film by world renowned director Ang Lee.
I am not sure if ‘migrate’ is the right word… Hong Kong is part of China afterall. There are a few advantages for Ziyi to move to Hong Kong though; one of the benefits is the ease of travelling overseas (which she does quite often)… some countries have different entry requirements (visa etc.) for mainland China residents and Hong Kong residents.
