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wo songs which respectively remind people of the strong earthquake in China and the Beijing Olympics were named Best Hits at the Ninth CCTV-MTV Music Awards, held Sunday in Beijing.

“Sheng Si Bu Li” (”Together Forever”), which was written shortly after the May 12 earthquake, expressed the unity of Chinese people, while the Olympic song “Welcome to Beijing” showcased Chinese people’s hospitality to the world, the awards committee said.

The video of “Welcome to Beijing,” featuring around 100 Asian celebrities, was named Best Music Video.

Jackie Chan, who lent voice to both songs, shared a special contribution award with “Welcome to Beijing” composer Xiao Ke. Chan sent a video message to thank the committee and fans.

In the individual categories, Karen Mok and Eason Chan were adjudged Most Popular Hong Kong Female and Male Singer respectively. Jolin Tsai and Show Luo won the same titles in the Taiwan category. Taiwan pop-rock band Sodagreen was the Best Group of Hong Kong and Taiwan.

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Hong Kong actress Maggie Cheung will star in Quentin Tarantino’s World War II film “Inglourious Basterds,” the actress has said.

Cheung, 44, who has settled down in Beijing with her German architect boyfriend Ole Scheeren, went back to Hong Kong over the weekend to promote a brand she endorses, Star Daily reported.

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The second installment of “Red Cliff”, reportedly Asia’s most expensive film, will premier in cinemas on Jan. 15, ten days ahead of China’s annual Spring Festival holiday.

The trailer for Taiwan and Hong Kong was available on-line on Friday, while the trailer for the mainland is to be released in December, according to the Beijing-based Legal Evening News on Friday.

Taiwan supermodel Lin Chi-ling, who said only a few words in the first part, will take the spotlight in the second episode, the paper said.

The first installment of the two-part epic, adapted from the Chinese classic Romance of the Three Kingdoms, debuted in Asia on July 10.

On its first day, the movie took 17 million New Taiwan dollars and 2 million Hong Kong dollars.

Directed by Hollywood-based Hong Kong director John Woo, the cast features leading Asian stars, including award-winning Hong Kong actor Tony Leung, Taiwanese-Japanese heartthrob Takeshi Kaneshiro and mainland actor Zhang Fengyi.

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Lip-synching in commercial performances might face punishment in China, if a plan by the country’s Ministry of Culture goes ahead.

Lip-synching is when in a live concert, a singer doesn’t really sing but instead matches his or her lip movements with a recording. This is widely regarded as controversial.

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Taiwan singer Chang Hui-Mei, nicknamed A-Mei, will hold a solo concert at the ‘Asian World Expo’ in Hong Kong next month, seven years after her last concert was held there.

At a press conference in Hong Kong on Tuesday, A-Mei said there will probably be no guests appearing on this upcoming Hong Kong concert tour because of her tight on stage schedule.

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The ancestral hometown of Bruce Lee in southern China has finished building the world’s largest memorial museum for the action legend, China News Service reported Tuesday.

The museum, located in Shunde, Guangdong Province, was inaugurated Sunday by Bruce’s sister Phoebe Lee, who traveled from San Francisco for the occasion.

More than 1,000 items related to or used by Bruce Lee are on display, including costumes and photographs. Some letters and poems written by the martial artist are being exhibited for the first time, the report says.

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People have seen Lee-Hom Wang play the guitar, bass, piano, violin, drums and erhu. But, adding to the list is his new instrument - the baton.

The Chinese-American musician will conduct Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra for three shows scheduled between December 22 and 24, the orchestra’s chief executive Timothy Calnin announced at a recent press conference.

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Chinese actress Gong Li formally took an oath to become a citizen of Singapore on Saturday, the Straits Times reported.

The 43-year-old international screen goddess collected her citizenship certificate from Singapore’s Parliament Member Lee Bee Wah at a ceremony held at the Teck Ghee Community Club along with 149 other new citizens.

“Gong Li is beautiful, and has a slim figure,” Lee Bee Wah was cited by the Lianhe Zaobao newspaper as saying, “I congratulated her and said I’m glad she could attend the ceremony.”

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Mainland actress Fan Bingbing, one of the most famous Chinese actresses, has been recently nominated to be a senior official in the ‘China Western Movie Group’, previously known as the ‘Xi’an Movie Group’. This move has stirred up widespread discussion among movie fans and the general public.

The Sichuan-based newspaper the ‘West China Metropolis Daily’ reported on Thursday that the 26 year old actress will appear in a grand celebration activity in Xi’an city to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the film group. Fan’s role will be as deputy director of the movie group’s acting troupe, where she will mainly be in charge of training actors.

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Hong Kong actress Carina Lau and Pansy Ho Chiu-king expressed their wishes to Hui Chun Hang Julian’s impending marriage with Hong Kong actress Michele Monique Reis on Thursday.

Carina Lau and Pansy, one is former lover of Julian, and one is ex-wife of the middle-aged Hong Kong business-tycoon, met at the opening ceremony of a famous brand’s world exhibition tour Thursday night, sina.com reports.

Carina Lau said she was very happy for Julian and Michele. Lau told reporters she wanted to attend their wedding ceremony but has not yet decided on a gift.

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