“Shanghai,” an Asian “Casablanca,” stars [John] Cusack as an American spy who comes to Japanese-occupied Shanghai during World War II to investigate the death of a friend.
While he unravels the mysteries of the death, he stumbles across a much larger secret that his own government is hiding.
He also becomes entangled in a three-sided romance involving a Shanghai woman (Gong Li) and a mobster (Chow Yun Fat).
Add to the mix, Vu Thu Phuong. Vu will play “a Chinese supermodel and spy who has a strong personality.” Chinese, Vietnamese, whatever, they’re all the same. Not much info on Vu, just that she’s part actress, part model and full time hottie. According to Thanh Nien Daily, Vu starred in some Vietnamese tv and films. Actually, I should say film, because they only mentioned one.
Vu scored big, not just landing a role. The Weinstein brothers, mega Hollywood producers, also hired her to be the Vietnam rep for their company. Let this be a lesson for you struggling Hollywood types. With perseverance, some luck and oh, a hot body and pretty face, you too can make it in Hollywood. (Blow jobs are optional, though highly recommended).
Kung Fu Panda has so disturbed one person in the China that he’s taking his disgust to court. Zhao Bandi, a painter and designer whose works include pandas, wants Dreamworks to apologize for their exploitation of a “national treasure”.
“I want Dreamworks to explain to me why the panda Po has green eyes,” Zhao wrote on his blog. “A green eye is evil, and that’s definitely not a Chinese panda.” He also wanted an explanation as to why Po’s father is a duck instead of a panda.
… Zhao has been calling for a boycott of the film, saying it “exploits China’s ‘national treasure’ and its martial arts.”
Evidently, the concept of a “cartoon” doesn’t register with this guy. Neither do the concepts of “fiction” or “imagination”. Green eyes? Ducks? If he cares so much, he would ask how a panda even knows kung fu.
People are calling this guy an opportunist. Sure seems like it. More interesting is that China has progressed to the point that they now have freedom to file frivolous lawsuits. Yay! Just like America. Less time to worry about unpatriotic activities and reeducation camps, more time to worry about green eyed pandas.
And still reminds me of a collie. You can’t argue with that body though. She needs to accessorize in the future. Perhaps some round, hoop earrings under a protective paper bag. She strikes me as such a tomboy. Just look at the way she sits. Is that proper for women? It’s like she just ate an extra large burrito and needs to help her stomach digest it. Please, close your legs. Yeah great, you have a big penis, we know. Stop bragging. If you look closely, you can see she hangs to the right.
I just listened/watched Hyori’s new video for “U-Go-Girl”. That’s five minutes of my life I’ll never get back. I have this really guilty feeling right now. Kind of like when you swear off burgers for a couple of weeks, but break down and end up at Fatburger with half a beef patty wedged in your mouth. Yes, I would like fries with that, thank you very much.
Hyori’s new song works best on mute. Half the song is filled with her calling out “baby baby baby girl” or “that that that girl”. If I hear that line one more time, I’m going to drop kick kick kick my monitor out the window-dow-dow.
Evidently, I’m the only one feeling this way. MNnet.com reported:
After U-Go-Girl was released on the internet, it became Cyworld’s Best Seller Top 500 number one for 14, 15 July. On the charts for 15th, Hey Mr. Big was no.9, Lesson was no.10, Do You Think It’ll Be Ok? was no.25, Sexy Boy was no.37, Red Car was no.38, Unrivaled Lee Hyori was no.40, My Life was no.46, 8 songs were ranked in the Top 50s of Cyworld chart.
What this tells me is that Cyworld’s charts must be a sad, sad collection of horrible songs. Someone should get Hyori a muzzle for Christmas. Or a red ball gag.
Now that Tiger Woods is out with a knee injury, everybody wants to fill the void. If you listen to the pros, Anthony Kim has a good shot at usurping Woods. Fourteen majors may be a stretch, but Kim will try to start his streak at the British Open this week.
LA Times recently wrote about Kim. The kid’s only 23 and has two wins already under his belt. Take that Michelle Wie! Digression: what is up with Michelle Wie? Everyone was up her butt about her skills. She flamed out and landed at Stanford. Now, she’s trying to work her way back. Maybe her role model should be Anna Kournikova. A player with above average skills, but never able to win it all. Yet, saved by their beauty.
Supposedly, Anthony Kim has the best chance in following Tiger’s footsteps. Hot Swedish girl is optional.
If you’re 40 and marry someone 52, that’s okay. You’re both old, no big deal. If you’re 29 and you marry someone 41, you should rethink your decision. There are differences to consider. You can still get it on, at least once a day. On the other hand, your 41 year old mate, if he’s a guy, will just be in the corner playing good cop/bad cop with his wiener. Alternately yelling for it to “hurry and get up” and exhorting it, “c’mon, I know you can do it”. Now, if your 41 year old mate is female, then that’s okay. Cougars are the new thing these days.
Zhang Ziyi seemingly popped out of nowhere in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, made her way through the Hollywood scene and ended up with multi-millionaire Vivi Nevo. Nevermind that his name reminds me of both Elmo and Nemo. The guy’s supposedly loaded as a major stockholder in Time Warner. What can he offer her? Money? Power? Even more fame, money and power? I fart on his money and power. Did you just eat a 4×4 at In n’ Out burger? Probably not. By the way Vivi, Time Warner sucks. I also fart on your cable internet and your desire to throttle my download speeds. Hey Zhang, chirp me on my cell when you realize that you’ll never get 10 megabits per second.
Never heard of Shanghai? Chomp on this.
If you’re 40 and marry someone 52, that’s okay. You’re both old, no big deal. If you’re 29 and you marry someone 41, you should rethink your decision. There are differences to consider. You can still get it on, at least once a day. On the other hand, your 41 year old mate, if he’s a guy, will just be in the corner playing good cop/bad cop with his wiener. Alternately yelling for it to “hurry and get up” and exhorting it, “c’mon, I know you can do it”. Now, if your 41 year old mate is female, then that’s okay. Cougars are the new thing these days.
