Maggie Cheung, Shu Qi, Tang Wei, Guo Jingjing in MaxMara Event

Hong Kong actress Maggie Cheung, Shu Qi, Tang Wei and Olympic diving gold champion, Guo Jing Jing, glitter on 18 October at Beijing for MaxMara's 55th anniversary celebration. The four female celebrities were not in the limelight for a while and the media is eager to get a piece of their news during the event.
Maggie Cheung
Rumoured to be getting married to architect boyfriend, Ole Schereen, at the end of the year, simply just smiled widely when asked for confirmation.
Shu Qi
Tang Wei
She shot to fame in Lee Ang's movie "Lust Caution" and was rumoured to be working with Korean heart-throb, Jang Dong Gun and Lee Jun Ki on a new movie; but Tang Wei denied the rumours. Spoke fluently in three languages: English, Mandarin & Cantonese to the press who was obviously very impressed by her.Guo Jing Jing

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"The Warlords" Wins Big in Hong Kong 27th Film Awards

Historical epic "The Warlords" dominated the Hong Kong Film Awards on Sunday scooping eight gongs including best film and best actor in martial arts star Jet Li. The film, set in wartime 19th century China and with an all-star cast -- including Hong Kong heartthrob Andy Lau who missed out to Li for best actor -- scooped best director for Peter Chan and best film at the glittering ceremony.

"If I had not made a lot of kung fu films, I could have won the best actor award 20 years ago," Jet Li (see left pic) said in his acceptance speech.

Andy Lau, who was nominated for awards in two separate roles, scooped up the supporting role for his performance in "Protege," which also won best film editing. The movie is a crime thriller about an undercover policeman seduced by the lifestyle of his mafia boss, played by Andy Lau.

"I was told that if I played this role, I would be respected by the entire film industry," he said picking up the best supporting actor award.

However, Andy Lau, who is also a singer, missed out on best original song, which went to the theme from "Love is Not All Around."


The celebrity-mad Hong Kong press pack was out in full force at the red carpet event, as hundreds of screaming fans waved banners and cheered a string of glamorous leading ladies and men as they arrived outside the Hong Kong Cultural Centre.

Controversial Second World War Epic "Lust, Caution" from director Ang Lee won the best Asian Film Award.

The film has faced a tough time from mainland censors for its explicit sex scenes and its subject matter of a government that collaborated with the Japanese occupation. Lee was not in Hong Kong to accept the award.




The best actress award went to Siqin Gaowa for her lead role in the quirky "The Postmodern Life of My Aunt," about a woman in her 60s who falls for an amateur Peking Opera performer, played by megastar Chow Yun-fat.

Prolific director Johnnie To enjoyed a better return than his blank score last year, with his crime flick "Mad Detective" winning best screenplay after drawing plaudits at last year's Venice film festival.

To also produced "Eye in the Sky" which won best new director for Yau Nai-hoi and best performance by a newcomer for actress Kate Tsui.

The professional achievement award was given to much-loved comic actress Lydia Sum, better known as "Fei Fei" (literally meaning "Fat Fat") who died from cancer earlier this year. Her daughter, Xinyi, accepted the awards on her behalf (see pic).

The lifetime achievement award was presented to Hong Kong movie boss Raymond Chow.

Chow's Golden Harvest studios helped produce a string of talent from the former British colony, including action star Jackie Chan and martial arts legend Bruce Lee.

Lust Caution Star - Tang Wei blacklisted by China

China’s newest film star, Tang Wei, who shot to fame in the director Ang Lee’s sexually explicit spy thriller Lust, Caution, has been blacklisted by Beijing authorities. Television stations in Beijing and Shanghai were told to stop reporting on the actress Tang Wei, 28, and to pull any advertisements featuring her. The move followed an internal purge of officials associated with the film.

The ban on Tang, which has not been announced officially, was ordered in part because of the sex scenes but in the main because the movie has been deemed to glorify unpatriotic behaviour, Chinese sources said. Tang plays a student activist who seduces a Chinese intelligence official collaborating with the occupying Japanese forces during the Second World War in Shanghai. Instead of setting up her lover for assassination, Tang’s character gives away the plot, allowing him to escape.

The State Administration of Radio Film and Television (SARFT) sent a memo to all television stations and print media last Thursday ordering a halt to broadcasts of a new advertisement in which Tang promotes Pond’s brand skincare products. Her deal was reported to be worth six million yuan (£450,000) for the doe-eyed young actress plucked from obscurity by Lee to star in the film.

The Taiwanese director expressed dismay at the move. He said in a statement: “I am very disappointed that Tang Wei is being hurt by this decision. She gave one of the greatest performances in a movie that was properly produced and distributed. We will do everything to support her.”

Lee had himself cut seven minutes of graphic sex scenes from the film to ensure that it could be shown last year in Chinese cinemas. But the authorities in Beijing have since censured officials at SARFT for allowing the film to be released, charging that they had passed a film that was a “glorification of traitors and insulting to patriots”. Several officials at SARFT are believed to have been fired or punished in the crackdown.

All awards shows in China have been advised to exclude Tang and the producers of Lust, Caution from their guest lists, Hong Kong newspapers said. Discussions about the film and Tang on online forums in China have been deleted from the internet. Her name no longer appears in a Google search on the internet in China.

A March 7 statement on the SARFT website notified all leading film and broadcast entities that it was renewing bans on lewd and pornographic content, including any scenes of rape, prostitution, sexual intercourse, sexual perversity and masturbation. The notice made no mention of Lust, Caution. The film won the top Golden Lion prize at the Venice Film Festival last year and has been a huge hit in China and in Hong Kong and Taiwan. No reports have specified whether Lee might also be a target of the purge. He is highly regarded in China and has been invited to act as an artistic adviser to the opening ceremony of the Olympics in Beijing in August.