Taiwanese pop star Jay Chou has released the music video for Tian Di Yi Dou, featuring NBA basketball star Kobe Bryant.
NBA All-Star MVP Kobe Bryant and Taiwanese pop star Jay Chou have recorded a song, The Heaven and Earth Challenge, which will be used commercially by the soft drinks company Sprite.
All proceeds from the online ring-tone downloads of the song will go to Project Hope, a charity dedicated to helping improve educational facilities in poverty-stricken areas in China.
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Taiwanese pop star Jay Chou kicked off his world concert tour on June 11, the same day of the South Africa World Cup. It’s Chou’s fourth concert tour since he entered the entertainment circle 10 years ago.
On the third day of his Taipei stop, Chou invited his ex-girlfriend singer Jolin Tsai to be the guest singer.
Hong Kong movie star Jackie Chan ranks number one in the recently released Forbes China Celebrity List of 2010.
Taiwanese musician Jay Chou and Hong Kong singer and actor Andy Lau are in hot pursuit in 2nd and 3rd.
The two standards for ranking celebrities are personal income and media exposure rate which is judged from 28 popular newspapers, 18 nationwide TV programs and cover stories in 29 magazines.
4th to 10th are Yao Ming, Zhang Ziyi, Zhao Benshan, Jolin Tsai, Donnie Yen, Liu Xiang and Fan Bingbing.
Taiwanese pop star Jay Chou is going to make his Hollywood debut in The Green Hornet.
Chou has been cast as Kato, the main character’s sidekick, previously played by the legendary Bruce Lee in the original drama in the 60s.
Hong Kong actor Stephen Chow was previously cast but he pulled out of the production; Korean actor Kwon Sang-woo was once tipped as hot favorite to take the role, but it’s Chou that was chosen.
The movie is scheduled for summer 2009 release; the filming should start pretty soon.