Winners of the 81st Annual Academy Awards (Oscar), presented on February 22nd at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood with Australian actor Hugh Jackman as host…
Best picture – Slumdog Millionaire
Actor in leading role – Sean Penn, Milk
Actress in leading role – Kate Winslet, The Reader
Directing – Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Foreign language film – Departure (Japan)
Music – “Jai Ho”, Slumdog Millionaire
Music (score) – Slumdog Millionaire
Film editing – Slumdog Millionaire
Sound mixing – Slumdog Millionaire
Sound editing – The Dark Knight
Visual effects – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Documentary short – Smile Pinki
Documentary feature – Man on Wire
Actor in supporting role – Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Short film (live action) – Spielzeugland
Cinematography – Slumdog Millionaire
Makeup – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Costume design – The Duchess
Art direction – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Short film (animated) – La Maison en Petits Cubes
Animated feature film – Wall-E
Writing (adapted screenplay) – Slumdog Millionaire
Writing (original screenplay) – Milk
Actress in supporting role – Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
The short and simple story (two-part videos) of the credit crisis, by Jonathan Jarvis…
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Random fun and offbeat stuff…
Cute – Hello Kitty gingerbread house (pic) [Amanda]
Fashion – High heel trouble on catwalk [Youtube]
India – Infant boy married to neighbours’ dog to ward off tiger attacks [Reuters]
Japan – Alcohol-free beer on sale soon [Japantoday]
Japan – The tape that fooled Japan’s airport fingerprinting system [Japanprobe]
Korea – Housewife broke a world record in 76-hours marathon singing [AFP]
Nature – Giant pacific octopus is clever [Youtube]
UK – Lion gets foot massage [Dailymail]
An award winning Norwegian commercial… buckle your seatbelt…
Taiwanese star Jay Chou is making his small screen directorial debut with “Pandamen”, a TV drama series about two Chinese superheroes.
Jay held a press conference in Beijing on Monday to announce the filming (to begin on Feb 25). He said that he wants to create Chinese superheroes which could rival Spiderman and Batman in the west.
Pandamen is a story about two Chinese superheroes protecting their city (what else?). It’s not mentioned what kind of superpower the duo are having… but seems like it’s going to be a comedic drama instead of serious attempt to emulate the western superheroes.
The series will star Devon Song and Zhan Yuhao from Taiwanese pop group Nan Quan Mama; Jay Chou is not taking serious acting role, but is expected to make some cameo appearances.
Entertainment news from various sources…
Hong Kong – Kelly Chen is three months pregnant, congratulations! [Stareastasia]
Hong Kong – Gigi Lai’s wedding gown pics [Cri]
Korea – Jang Hyuk and Sung Yuri play lovers in “Rabbit and Lizard” [Hanfever]
Korea – Kwon Sang-woo bared chest (pic) for fans; not the first time though… [K-popped]
Korea – Jun Ji-hyun to renew her agency contract with SidusHQ despite the phone tapping incident [Popseoul]
Korea – Co-stars turn real lovers… Choi Ji-woo and Lee Jin-wook dating [Hanfever]
Trailer – “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” [Youtube]
Wedding – Salma Hayek marries on Valentine’s Day [Dailymail]
The cast of live action movie “Dragonball Evolution” [watch trailer] kicked off their Asian promotion tour earlier this week…
DB Evolution in Seoul… director James Wong, Joon Park, Emmy Rossum, Chow Yun Fat,
Jamie Chung, Justin Chatwin and James Marsters (Image from
Newsen (Kr))
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