Photoshoot Friday: April 26, 2013

Sun Li is as calm and composed as ever in a duo black-and-white and Chinese painting photo shoot for L’Officiel; even in modern clothing, she brings a touch of classicism with her poise. Fan Bingbing tries a different approach to keeping cools as she jumps into the pool, an early prelude to summer for Harper’s Bazaar. Meanwhile, actor and Central Drama Academy professor Zhang Xiaolong has found time in between the filming of the drama version of Bodyguards and Assassins for a photo shoot with Men’s Health.On the other side, Bai Baihe reminds you that chocolate is the most healthy food of them all for Women’s Day, you’ll want to watch out for her new movie A Wedding Invitation.

Despite being the main antagonist in idol drama Our Love and upcoming Hunan TV drama “Female Prime Minister/Legend of Lu Zhen, somehow it’s just so hard to hate the lovely Yang Rong. Look below the cut to see her, and the aforementioned celebs in this week’s round-up.

Fan Bingbing overthrows Jay Chou as most influential celebrity on Forbes China Celebrity 100 list

Forbes China has ranked celebrities from the Greater China region in its 10th annual star power list. The list is aggregated by the magazine based on factors such as print and digital media exposure and income.

Apparently not one to highlight gender differences, the Associated Press calls her a “local heartthrob.” Actress Fan Bingbing jumps two places from 2012 to take the crown as China’s top celebrity from Jay Chou, this year’s runner-up, according to Forbes China. This is the first time since Yao Ming‘s six-year streak, from 2004-2009, that a Mainland Chinese celebrity has topped the list. The top 100 combined suffered an 11% paycut this year, earning ¥482,600,600 less than the previous year. Nevertheless, the stars still took home more than ¥3.8 billion, or around US$613 million. Donnie Yen is this year’s highest earning celebrity, adding ¥115 million to his pockets.

The list further fuels celebrity tabloid rivalries as Fan Bingbing’s (1) red carpet attention and upcoming Hollywood roles outshine Zhang Ziyi (5) as Western media’s Chinese actress of choice. Fellow Bingbing, Li, drops from 20 to 26.

Jay Chou (2) again beats out Wang Leehom (12), despite Wang’s currently ongoing, successful world tour. And Li Yundi (55) plays second fiddle to fellow classical pianist Lang Lang (51). Meanwhile, Super Girl Chris Li (15) outperforms Jane Zhang (45) undeterred by Zhang’s bigger bank account.
Similarly, Jet Li (41) lined his pockets more than higher-ranked kung fu superstar Jackie Chan (4).

Actor Takeshi Kaneshiro, the go-to face in Asia for men’s luxury goods, drops off the list after a slow descent over previous years. His touted successor, Godfrey Gao, is also absent from the list.

Author Mo Yan (16) storms onto the list for the first time, thanks to his Nobel Prize in literature (and accompanying $1.2 million in prize money). And Yang Mi (7) cements herself as one of China’s tops actresses, jumping from 13th place last year, and 92nd the in 2011.

Rank	Name		Income (million RMB)	Income (million USD)	Income rank
1	Fan Bingbing	范冰冰	110	17.6	2
2	Jay Chou	周杰伦	104.2	16.7	3
3	Andy Lau	刘德华	47	7.5	21
4	Jackie Chan	成龙	66	10.6	13
5	Zhang Ziyi	章子怡	59.5	9.5	16
6	Eason Chan	陈奕迅	70.1	11.2	12
7	Yang Mi	杨幂	43.7	7.0	28
8	Huang Xiaoming	黄晓明	75.9	12.1	9
9	Jolin Tsai	蔡依林	110.2	17.6	4
10	Lin Chi-ling	林志玲	49	7.8	20

Fan Bingbing is Blink in X-Men: Days of Future Past

Fan Bingbing will play Blink, a mutant with powers of teleportation.

A blurry photo tweeted by director Bryan Singer has confirmed Fan Bingbing’s role in the upcoming X-Men movie. The Chinese actress will play Blink, a teleporting mutant, alongside a host of X-Men veterans, including Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Halle Berry, Ellen Page, Anna Paquin, Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender, and James McAvoy.

The decision to cast Fan in Days of Future Past as well as Iron Man 3 has fans speculating whether her roles in the two Marvel franchises are related. Her role as Blink, the alter ego of Clarice Ferguson, also suggests that the film’s villain will be the ancient mutant Apocalypse.

Production for the film will begin next month and is set for release in July 2014.

“Iron Man 3″ releases Chinese trailer, glimpses of Wang Xueqi,Fan Bingbing

Fan Bingbing wondering why she’s even in this trailer.

A Chinese trailer for “Iron Man” was released with a few shots of Wang Xueqi,Fan Bingbing. Watch it here.

On the one hand, I’m always happy to see more Chinese actors in mainstream media, but it’s frustrating to see a trailer where the Chinese characters are randomly inserted and obviously do not belong.   In recent year, it seems like it’s become quite popular for movie to include Chinese actresses as minor roles in Hollywood films so as to use that person for extensive marketing in China. It would be nice if the degree to which those actresses are used as advertisement are actually proportionate to their relevance in the film.

Fan Bingbing at the Oscars, clinches Hollywood deal

Fan Bingbing wearing Marchesa and jewellery by Chopard on the Oscars red carpet.

Fan Bingbing graced the 85th Academy Awards last night as guest of veteran Hollywood producer Bill Mechanic. The former Disney and Fox executive also signed Fan on to two English language projects with Cosmos Filmed Entertainment, the production company which he founded late last year.

Fan Bingbing and Bill Mechanic before the Oscars at the Four Seasons Hotel, Beverly Hills.

The first of two films, working titled The Moon & The Sun, where Fan plays a mermaid captured by an immortality-seeking King Louis XIV, will also star Pierce Brosnan. The second, The Dragon Phoenix 龙凤劫, a Chinese co-production set in Shanghai, stars Fan as Ling-Ahn who must reunite with an old flame to recover a stolen Chinese artifact. Both films are currently in pre-production.

Fan Bingbing for Anna Dello Russo at H&M

Actress Fan Bingbing as gorgeous as ever for  Anna Dello Russo at H&M

L’Uomo Vogue features Fan Bingbing, Chen Kun, Han Han

“Elegant, shy, and with a small smile on her face, as soon as she moves she transforms: on our set she is, as the French say, completely ‘déchaînée’, wild. ” – L’Umo Vogue

Following the French edition of Madame Figaro,  Italian magazine L’Uomo Vogue also  did a special China issue featuring actress Fan Bingbing on their covers.  Also featured are actor-singer Chen Kun and writer-racecar driver Han Han.

Photoshoot Round Up, Week Two: Hai Lu, Yang Mi, Chen Kun, Fan Bingbing

As sugar sweet as always, New My Fair Princess star Hai Lu dressed in flowers and pastels to match for a recent photo shoot. Find the rest of this photo shoot here.

If things become violent, Hai Lu‘s shoes will speak for her (for once, high heels are dangerous to more than just the wearer). Yang Mi, on the other hand, seems to be barefoot for her photo shoot with Hong Kong magazine Darizi. Hawick should pay special attention to that issue, asYang Mi is decked out in four different wedding-themed gowns and this might come in handy as a reference someday. Fan Bingbing is charismatic as ever, and I-D magazine got a two-in-one shoot featuring the queen with Chen Man‘s lovely photography – the style of the clothing here is definitely the darkest and most uniquely intriguing of this round up. A photo shoot with Chen Kun for Men’s Uno can also be found below and should also be thought of as grim, although for a different reason. We finish this batch off with a few selections from a photo shoot Mei Ting and Liang Jiahui did for Bazaar, to promote their new film(?) Crazy Love Story 神经爱情故事.

Fan Bingbing’s hair goes white overnight in upcoming movie Double Exposure

Somehow Bingbing manages to look gorgeous even with white hair.

White hair is all the rage in C-entertainment this year. Following Zhou Xun’s somewhat creepy fox demon in blockbuster Painted Skin II and the title character of drama The Bride With White Hair, Fan Bingbing also sports white hair for her upcoming movie Double Exposure. Use that as a measure of how much pressure her character is under. (Her eyes are also perpetually red, and in the recently released stills, she has tears in her eyes just as often as not.) Huo Siyan of the same movie tries to emulate her with snow crusted eyelashes; a few stills of her character can be found at the end of this post. It seems that Feng Shaofeng‘s character, who cheats on Bingbing’s character with Huo Siyan’s, has an unusual preference for girls’ appearance – or an unfortunate ability to bring it out in his girlfriends.

Look below the cut for more stills from Double Exposure, including pictures of Bingbing with black hair. 

Fan Bingbing for Elle

In her latest shoot with Elle, Fan Bingbing is exceptionally regal and queenly – asides from two scenes where she lets down her guard, as she laughs at the gourmet feast set before her. Watch out for her new film with Feng Shaofeng and Huo Siyan, Double Exposure 二次曝光 at the end of September. The movie features a theme song with lyrics written by Han Han and performed by Li Daimo. For those of you who, like us, can no longer access the dramaddicts blog – Double Exposure covers the story of a plastic surgery consultant (Fan Bingbing), who discovers that her plastic surgeon boyfriend (Feng Shaofeng) has been cheating on her with their friend (Huo Siyan). Shortly afterwards, Huo Siyan disappears and Fang Bingbing falls under suspect…

More pictures from the Elle photoshoot can be found under the cut.