The Asian Games, kind of like the Commonwealth Games for Asia, kick off this Friday and one of the new sports to be represented is Chess. No longer just a pastime now, it has serious sporting status. So much so that participants will need to be dope tested. Reuters on Yahoo! reports. Chess players [...]
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The Banquet (夜宴, Ye Yan)Zhang Ziyi, Ge You, Daniel Wu, Zhou XunDir: Feng Xiaogang – 2006 – China / Hong Kong Loosely based on Shakespeare’s Hamlet, The Banquet tells the story of Emperor Li (Ge You) in the Tang dynasty in medieval China who has murdered his brother to ascend the throne and marries his [...]
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The 43rd Golden Horse Awards, dubbed as the "Chinese Oscars", took place this weekend in Taipei, Taiwan, and no surprises (for me, at least) that musical film, Perhaps Love took home the most biggest gongs, with a best director award for Peter Chan and best actress award of the delectable Zhou Xun. In addition, it [...]
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A big happy birthday to Paloma, who turns a small important number today! Hope you have a fab day and sorry I can’t be over in HK to help you celebrate!
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