Cinema Popular has released series of posters for upcoming movie Bodyguards and Assassins, with a strong cast of Donnie Yen, Leon Lai, Nicholas Tse, Hu Jun, Fan Bingbing, Tony Leung Ka Fai and Eric Tsang etc.

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Popular Chinese singer was filming a celebrity reality show with a white dolphin.

Li Yuchun with white dolphin

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China’s Supergirl 2005 winner and now popular singer, Chris Li Yuchun is set to perform on stage at Las Vegas Aladdin Theatre on Valentine’s eve.

Chinese singer Li Yuchun

This will be Yuchun’s first stage performance in North America, but US audiences won’t be too unfamiliar of her as Yuchun was featured in Times magazine when she won the popular Supergirl singing contest.

The Las Vegas performance is an annual concert to celebrate Chinese New Year and to provide a platform for international artists from the East and West to interact with each other.

Other Asian stars that have confirmed their appearance for the concert include international superstar Jackie Chan, Taiwan pop diva A-Mei and rock band Mayday etc.

China Supergirl 2006 winner Shang WenjieSuper Girl 2006 winner Shang Wenjie is sorting to end her contract with Tianyu, which holds the Super Girl’s contract by default.

Shang Wenjie didn’t reveal her reasons for leaving Tianyu, but it’s believed to be the ineffectiveness of the company for promoting her popularity and music career.

Shang Wenjie also didn’t mention her future plans, but it’s said that she could be retiring from music industry if she is not getting an offer from established recording company… that is IF she managed to break free from her current contract.

Shang Wenjie is not the first Super Girl to try ending her contract with Tianyu, there are a few Super Girl contestants that seek to end their contract. Other high profile cases include 2005 runner-up Zhou Bichang, who reportedly paid a RMB5 million (~USD600k) as compensation for bleach of contract.

Super Girl is China’s highest rated TV show, a singing contest similar to American Idol. It’s highly successful in 2005 where the winner Li Yuchun is gaining wide knowledge these days… the 2006 competition however didn’t receive the attention as it used to.

China pop star Li Yuchun led a team of China Super Girls to hold a concert in Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Hong Kong on Tuesday (Jan 2).

Chinese singer Li Yuchun at Hong Kong concert

Yuchun was the 2005 winner of the popular China Super Girls singing competition; while Shang Wenjie is the latest winner in 2006. Both of them and a dozen of other Super Girls finalists entertained a full house of 3600 audience at the stadium.


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