News for
Tony Leung Chiu Wai

photos

board

add

contact

details

7 articles from 2008

22 July 2008 12:17 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Hong Kong actor Tony Leung has wed his long-term girlfriend Carina Lau in a ceremony in Bhutan.

The showbiz couple married in a Buddhist-inspired ceremony in the Himalayan country on Sunday, according to local reports.

Monks presided over the union and guests included director Wong Kar-Wai and members of the Bhutan royal family.

The actors also chose to treat the reporters who had gathered outside their wedding venue, by handing out some cake and champagne.

Permalink | Report a problem

22 July 2008 6:25 AM, PDT | From ifc.com | See recent IFC news

By Michael Atkinson

The behemothic, almost impossible to see, hardcore-critic-exalted art film legends keep coming at us on DVD . will there be any Holy Grails left? . but it's likely that no movie has been awaited as intensely and with as high expectations as Béla Tarr's "Satantango" (1994). Finally, after literally years of rumors and broken promises and restoration troubles, Facets has brought this cathedral of a movie to disc, and we can all explore its frontiers at will. Not that we all will . "Satantango" is one of those films that, because of its size (nearly seven hours), form (long-take extremism) and weighty thrust (ambiguous Hungarian existentialism), has always worn the mantle of being a cinephiles' test case, an experience that separates the apostles from the pretenders. Maybe Tarr made it with that in mind . by its very nature, the film intends to be an immersive trial. You don't just watch "Satantango" . you live it,

Michael Atkinson

10 June 2008 4:51 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

A stuntman has been killed on the set of Face/Off director John Woo's latest film after a raging fire broke out during a crash scene.

Woo is currently making new movie Red Cliff in China with Lust, Caution star Tony Leung.

The crew were in the Chinese capital of Beijing on Monday filming a scene where two boats crash into one another.

The accident occurred when one of the vessels caught fire - killing 23-year-old stuntman Lu Yanqing and injuring three others.

Rescue teams believe the film team may have accidentally ignited gas cylinders aboard one of the boats, causing an explosion.

The epic film, about China's ancient kingdom, is set to be Asia's most expensive blockbuster to date - with a budget of $80 million (GBP40 million).

Permalink | Report a problem

17 March 2008 6:25 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

South Korean movie Secret Sunshine dominated the second annual Asian Film Awards on Monday, taking home three trophies, including Best Film.

The movie, about a widow and her child starting a new life in a small town, also took home Best Director and Best Actress prizes for Lee Chang-dong and Jeon Do-yeon respectively.

Elsewhere, Tony Leung won Best Actor for his role in Lust, Caution and veteran Japanese director Yamada Yoji, best known for his 2002 film The Twilight Samurai, was honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award.

Permalink | Report a problem

17 March 2008 6:25 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Latest: Hong Kong actor Tony Leung has defended his Lust, Caution co-star Tang Wei after the Chinese government blacklisted the actress for her her sexually-explicit role in the movie.

Wei made her debut in the Ang Lee film, which attracted controversy last year, and China's State Administration Of Radio Film And Television recently told local TV stations to stop screening commercials starring Wei, including a skin care advertisement.

The ruling prompted the local media to link the boycott to Wei's Lust, Caution appearance.

And, after collecting the Best Actor Award at the Asian Film Awards in Hong Kong on Monday, Leung, who played Wei's lover in the film, said, "I think the (Chinese) film authority understands an actor's place. Our work is only to express our roles and I don't think that an actor should be blacklisted because of this.

"If a film has problems, then the whole (movie) crew should have a responsibility. We are a team and not an individual, and I'm a part of this team."

Permalink | Report a problem

10 January 2008 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Speculation continued to mount in Hollywood Wednesday about how the Oscars might be produced if the writers' strike is not settled by February 4. "We are going to do it," producer Gil Cates told the Associated Press Tuesday. "I can't elaborate on how we're going to do it, because I don't want anybody to deal with the elaboration in a way that might impact its success." Some speculated that the ceremonies could be produced in animation (writers of animated programs are not covered by the WGA contract). Others, that it could be produced by David Letterman's Worldwide Pants, which has signed an interim agreement with the WGA. And Britain's Guardian newspaper proposed a "Team America Oscars" in which puppets, like those used in Matt Stone and Trey Parker's Team America: World Police, would stand in for the stars. "At least an hour could be devoted to recreating the sex scenes between Tony Leung and Wei Tang in Lust, Caution," the newspaper said.

Permalink | Report a problem

4 January 2008 | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Chinese film stars Tony Leung and Wei Tang spent two weeks filming sex scenes for Lust, Caution - because director Ang Lee found the experience "exhausting." Lee admits he was forced to halt filming several times as shooting the steamy scenes was too challenging. He explains, "If we were shooting a porno film, we would have done all those scenes in two days. After half a day, I'd have to call a stop because it's so exhausting. Physically it's not that difficult, but it's mentally exhausting."

Permalink | Report a problem

7 articles from 2008