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Hong Kong kung fu "legend" wins award at Fantasia Film Festival HKSAR Government 07/13/2010 | HK Pavilion videos win awards News.gov.hk 07/02/2010 |
 The "Legendary Kung Fu Star" Award was presented on Saturday (July 10, Montreal time) at Montreal's Fantasia International Film Festival to Hong Kong actor Bruce Leung Siu-lung in recognition of his contribution to martial art films in the past few decades. The presentation was held during the Canadian premiere of the retro-70s Hong Kong film "Gallants", which was a highlight of the 14th Fantasia Festival. The film was screened at Concordia University's Hall Theatre to a capacity audience. | Hong Kong production company Film Magic has scooped two awards at the 43rd US International Film & Video Festival for its video presentations for the Hong Kong Pavilion at the Shanghai Expo. |
Bollywood makes Osama bin Laden spoof Breitbart.com 06/25/2010 | The Legend is Born: Ip Man Review Today24news 06/25/2010 |
 India's Bollywood cinema, known for its exuberant song-and-dance sequences and romantic plots, is to explore new territory with a satire on Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden. |  The Legend is Born: Ip Man movie starts in Foshan, southern China in 1905. Ip Man (Dennis To) and adopted stepbrother Tien-Chi (Fan Siu-Wong) become students of Wing Chun Master Chan Wah-Shun (Sammo Hung). Then a year later the master dies and the school is acquired by his old friend Ng Chun-Sui (Yuen Biao). |
Filmmakers cast Hong Kong singer as Bruce Lee AP 06/22/2010 | Cecilia Cheung to star in Derek Yee's new film Channel News Asia 06/18/2010 |
 HONG KONG — Filmmakers have cast a rising star from Hong Kong to play Bruce Lee in an upcoming biopic that focuses on the late kung fu icon's youth. |  Hong Kong actress-singer Cecilia Cheung's first film after giving birth to her second son with actor Nicolas Tse will be a collaborative work with director Derek Yee, the "Yangcheng Evening Post" reports. |
Jet Li plays with heart in "Ocean Heaven" Xinhua 06/17/2010 | Jackie Chan calls 'Karate Kid' role a nice breakCHI-CHI ZHANG AP 06/17/2010 |
 For the first time in his 30-year acting career, Jet Li does not fight in a film. In Ocean Heaven (Haiyang Tiantang), which opened the Shanghai International Film Festival, running until June 20, Li plays a marine park worker who desperately looks for a shelter for his autistic son after he is diagnosed with cancer. |  Jackie Chan says his serious role in "The Karate Kid" was a pleasant break from his usual action-comedy parts. |
3-year-old Lucas Tse offered role in movie The Straits Times 06/16/2010 | Jet Li in new movie about autism The Press Association 06/08/2010 |
 HE IS three years old and hot. Lucas Tse - son of Nicholas and grandson of Patrick - has been offered HK$8 million (S$1.4 million) to make his movie debut, says Apple Daily. |  Jet Li says he hopes his new movie about autism offers a refreshing alternative to the historical and kung fu epics that dominate the Chinese industry. |
Shanghai Film FestivalJonathan Landreth The Hollywood Reporter 06/04/2010 | Gong Li to star in Chinese 'What Women Want'Jonathan Landreth Hollywood Reporter 06/02/2010 |
 If success in China is all about building relationships, this year's Shanghai International Film Festival could play a determining role for the west. |  Gong Li will star in Chen Daming's Chinese remake of the romantic comedy "What Women Want" with Andy Lau. |
Oliver Stone 'deeply admires' Hugo Chavez; promotes new documentaryIAN JAMES AP 05/31/2010 | French Glamour Comes to Hong KongGEORGIA FU The New York Times 05/31/2010 |
 American filmmaker Oliver Stone said Friday he deeply admires Hugo Chavez but suggested the Venezuelan president might consider talking a bit less on television. |  For much of the month of June, Hong Kongers will be able to get an up close and personal look at one of France’s most beautiful exports: their women. From June 3 to 23, 20 French films featuring some of the country’s most famous and luminous actresses, past and present, will be showing at two cinemas in Hong Kong, as a part of “Le French May,” the city’s annual French culture festival. |
Hong Kong "ghost comedies" show in Toronto's Asian Heritage Month HKSAR Government 05/29/2010 | Sex and the City 2 -- Film ReviewStephen Farber The Hollywood Reporter 05/24/2010 |
 The finale of this year's Asian Heritage Month celebrations in Toronto will be highlighted by a presentation of two classic Hong Kong "ghost comedies" -- "Esprit D'Amour" and "The Occupant" -- at the Innis Town Hall of the University of Toronto this Saturday (May 29, Toronto time) afternoon. |  Because the first "Sex and the City" movie turned out to be a boxoffice bonanza two years ago, there are a lot of women panting for the sequel, already planning their wardrobe for a girls' night out. So even if "Sex and the City 2" consisted of nothing but a two-hour fashion show, it would draw crowds. |
Thai Film Wins Palme d'Or at Cannes... The Wall Street Journal 05/24/2010 | Mike Leigh and monks vie for top Cannes film prizeMike Collett-White Reuters 05/22/2010 |
 The hypnotic Thai film "Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives" won the top honor at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday, while Academy Award winners Juliette Binoche and Javier Bardem earned acting honors. |  British director Mike Leigh's family story "Another Year" and French religious drama "Of Gods and Men" are seen as favorites to win the coveted Palme d'Or for best film at this year's Cannes festival. |
Gadhafi Goes Hollywood: Dictator’s Son Gets In With $100MSharon Waxman The Wrap 05/22/2010 | |
 Here are two names you don’t expect to see together: Moammar Gadhafi. Hollywood. But guess what – they’re in bed, making movies. | |
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