Some of my favorite actresses from Hong Kong movies, especially Teresa Mak Ga-Kei
Monday, January 30, 2012
Zhao Wei in Harper's Bazaar
Zhao Wei lounging around (with heartthrob Huang Xiaoming) serving as a display for expensive jewelry, looking cool and languorous.
A few more at Sina
Chrissie Chau hands out money as superheroine
Put Chrissie Chau in tight leather pants, a satin top with a plunging neckline, boots and a cape and you will draw a crowd. Have her hand out money to poor people and you will have a photo-op that one might think exploits the poor people getting the New Year's envelopes.
She appears here as the Hong Kong Bauhinia Xia, who may become a lead in a movie although the movie exists only as a poster at this point. She is also the star of a comic; read about Bauhinia Xia at 21CB and, as usual, Dennis Lee.
Those familiar with Catholic hagiography might see Bauhinia Xia as a 21st century, Chinese, female version of, say, Martin De Porres or Francis of Assisi (but without the organization skills).
Here is Chrissie as Lady Bountiful:
Lots more leather and lace at Sina
She appears here as the Hong Kong Bauhinia Xia, who may become a lead in a movie although the movie exists only as a poster at this point. She is also the star of a comic; read about Bauhinia Xia at 21CB and, as usual, Dennis Lee.
Those familiar with Catholic hagiography might see Bauhinia Xia as a 21st century, Chinese, female version of, say, Martin De Porres or Francis of Assisi (but without the organization skills).
Here is Chrissie as Lady Bountiful:
Lots more leather and lace at Sina
Sun Feifei in her underwear
This is how art directors for fashion magazines make their money: coming up with unique ideas like having an attractive actress pose in lingerie and heels.
Xinhua
Xinhua
Zhang Xin-Yi New Year's Photoshoot
Yang Mi stills from "All's Well Ends Well 2012"
For those who haven't had a chance to catch the Lunar New Year comedy starring everyone that Raymond Wong could sign, here are a few stills from the shoot including this one when a prop person very carefully places a ring on Yang Mi's finger while being watched by a few other members of the crew. Yahoo China
Michelle and the giant eclair
Michelle Reis put on her red dress (but left the high heeled sneakers at home) to raise money for something at Harbour City. In addition to meeting some of her fans she checked out the Museum of Yummy Treats, something no visit to the area should miss.
She seems to be sticking to her decision to retire from the movie business so we will have to be content with occasional public appearances.
If you ever need someone to sell furnaces in Hell or refrigerators on the North Pole... Sina
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Fan Bingbing at 13
Looking straight into the camera with all the confidence in the world is FBB when she was thirteen years old.
Xinhua
Xinhua
Xudong Dong welcomes the new year
Bombshell actress Xudong Dong and her cheekbones wish all her fans Kung hei fat choi. She posed for a Hong Kong film magazine with appropriate props but with a skirt that was almost the same shade of red as the backdrop. Art directors can have a hard life.
Sina
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Li Bingbing attends Paris Dior haute couture show disguised as Ni Ni
Zimbio is quicker than any other image service for pictures of Chinese actresses appearing at European fashion shows. They occasionally slap random names on images before releasing them to the diva starved masses; in this case tagging Ni Ni as Li Bingbing, the type of error they have made in the past. Here is "not Li BingBing" from Zimbio:
Interesting to note the action just beyond Ni Ni in the pictures above. In the top picture the mustachioed, black-suited grumpy looking guy is directly behind Ni Ni so the scene is dominated by a scrum of jostling humanity, trying to push their way to the next show or (possibly) into the frame of the photo. In the second one he forms a human backdrop for the shot of the star and her outfit.
CRI had her with Sidney Toledano, CEO of Christian Dior Couture and interim head of design Bill Gaytten--managing not to identify him as Marc Jacobs. CRI
Interesting to note the action just beyond Ni Ni in the pictures above. In the top picture the mustachioed, black-suited grumpy looking guy is directly behind Ni Ni so the scene is dominated by a scrum of jostling humanity, trying to push their way to the next show or (possibly) into the frame of the photo. In the second one he forms a human backdrop for the shot of the star and her outfit.
CRI had her with Sidney Toledano, CEO of Christian Dior Couture and interim head of design Bill Gaytten--managing not to identify him as Marc Jacobs. CRI
More ladies in red
An improbably elongated (a combination of unfortunate camera angles and sloppy Photoshop work) Xu Xi-Yan lounges on the stairs. Sina
Fiona Sit (The Fortune Buddies) was at Tuen Mun Town Plaza in a short cheongsam to pass out red envelopes and hype a new album. Xinhua
Gillian and Charlene were all smiles as the Twins made headway in a dragon boat. Xinhua
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Backstage at the Beijing Pop Music Awards: contrasting reactions.
Jane Zhang Liangying won the award for the Mainland's Best Female Vocalist at the Beijing Pop Music Awards. Backstage at the photo-op she looked like a teenager who had just received a Nokia flip-phone for her birthday when she expected an Apple iPhone 4S. This is one very unhappy young lady who seems ready to throw her trophy on the floor and storm out. Every bit of her body language from her hand on her hip to her steely glare to the casual hold she has on the award just bristles with unhappiness.
Yang Mi won a best newcomer award and looked thrilled about it. Backstage she seemed to be in "just happy to be here" mood.
Bibi Chou (Zhou Bichang) with her nerd glasses and multi-zippered black leather took a middle road, looking professional and pulled together, neither so bored she just couldn't stand another minute nor wide-eyed with wonder at it all.
Sina
Yang Mi won a best newcomer award and looked thrilled about it. Backstage she seemed to be in "just happy to be here" mood.
Bibi Chou (Zhou Bichang) with her nerd glasses and multi-zippered black leather took a middle road, looking professional and pulled together, neither so bored she just couldn't stand another minute nor wide-eyed with wonder at it all.
Sina